II. JOHN, This is the DANIEL COLEMAN you asked about. Younger brother to Thomas COLEMAN, bc: 1652, [see #1 post] was Daniel COLEMAN, bc: 1662, Gloucester ~ d: before 07 JUN 1722, K&Q ~ His spouse was probably Unknown DARBY; this THEORY is based on the fact that Daniel and his wife named a son "Darby" Coleman, and… "Certificate is granted to Mr. Anthony Ellyott for the transportation of Steven DARBY to this Country…" [Lancaster County, VA Orders 1656~1666, pg 172]. This Steven also could have been Daniel COLEMAN's father-in-law, and reason his descendants were named Stephen, a name not commonly used by his COLEMAN siblings. In the will of Edward Coleman of Suffolk, England, there is mention of a cousin, Charles Ray. Then, in 1642, Thomas RAY was granted 300 acres on the Severne River for the transportation of himself and five other persons, one of them a Darby RAY. Thomas RAY was godfather to Robert COLEMAN and Elizabeth GRIZZELL's son, Thomas [bc: 1652]. The Severne River was entirely contained in what later became Abingdon Parish, Gloucester County, Virginia. It is established that Daniel COLEMAN and Samuel WILLIAMS, as joint tenants, acquired 600 acres of land on Hunting Creek in King William County, 23 OCT 1703. [Pat. book 9, page 549.] Then by grant, 06 JUN 1714, Daniel Coleman and John MADISON, as joint tenants, acquired 2000 acres of land in the forks of the Mattaponi River, lying in K&Q and King William Counties. [Virginia Colonial Abstracts, Beverly Fleet, pg 9] An affidavit of John WOOD was presented in the King William County Court, 07 JUN 1722, stating that John WOOD had divided the land owned by Daniel Coleman, then deceased, and Samuel Williams. The order recites that the affidavit was presented by Daniel Coleman, son of the deceased Daniel Coleman. [Virginia Colonial Abstracts by Beverly Fleet, pg 19] Known Children of Daniel COLEMAN, SR and Unknown DARBY: 1. Daniel COLEMAN, JR, bc: 1693/1705 ~ dc: 1769/70 ~ Married Patience ELLIOTT, her Will dtd: 18 JUL 1771 ~ admitted to probate 26 AUG 1771 [Cumberland County, VA Will book 2, pg 41] In addition to Patience's children, she mentioned the following grandchildren: William, Daniel, Giulimus and Parmens, sons of her son, Thomas COLEMAN, Gideon EDWARDS and Patience Terry SIMMS, and one great-grandson, Elliott G. COLEMAN. Daniel COLEMAN, JR appears to have lived in King William County until 1745, for by deed dated 28 MAY 1745, William HOLLADAY conveyed 400 acres of land in Goochland County to Daniel Coleman of King William county. [Goochland County, VA Deed book 5, pg 15] This tract was in that part of Goochland county, which became Cumberland in 1749. Daniel remained in this county until his death which occurred in late 1769 or early 1770, for his will dated 29 AUG 1763, was admitted to probate on 22 JAN 1770. The executors named in his will were his son Daniel, a grandson, William COLEMAN, and a son-in-law, Nathan GLEN. Cumberland County Will book 2, pg 4] Daniel devised his home place, consisting of 300 acres, to his grandson, William COLEMAN, and lands, which he owned in Halifax county, VA, to his grandson, Gideon EDWARDS. The remainder of his property was to be divided among his nine children. Children of Daniel COLEMAN JR and Patience ELLIOTT: {1} Daniel, III; {2} Thomas, married Elizabeth UNKNOWN; {3} James; {4} Anne, married Nehimiah GLEN; {5} Lucy, married Nathan GLEN; {6} Mary, married Mathew SIMMS; {7} Grizzell, married William EDWARDS; {8} Judith, married Unknown TURNER; {9} Sarah, married Unknown GUTHERIE or Guthery. 2. Elizabeth COLEMAN, bc: 1693/1705 ~ Married Henry MADISON, and has been identified as a daughter of Daniel Coleman and his wife, Miss DARBY. Henry Madison, bc: 1700, member of the House of Burgesses from King William County, VA 3. Darby COLEMAN, bc: 1693/1705, named one of his sons "Henry", also a name seldom used in the early Mobjack Bay Coleman family and reasonable to assume he named a son Henry for his brother-in-law, Henry MADISON 4. Samuel COLEMAN, bc: 1693/1705 ~ Married Anne Mourning CHRISTIAN 5. James COLEMAN, bc: 1693/1705 ~ Married, Spotsylvania County, VA, to Mary Eleanor MADISON, bc: 1700 ~ Daughter of John Madison, II and Isabella TODD. Essex County records for a James COLEMAN who was granted a license to keep an Ordinary in 1729 and 1730. His birth year would have been at least by 1708. The only known James Coleman of that approximate age was the one who married Eleanor Madison and was living in Spotsylvania County in 1732. Spotsylvania was formed in 1721 from Essex, K&Q and King William. It is very possible that the James Coleman in Essex County in 1729 and 1730 was the James of Spotsylvania Co. in 1732. In 1732, James COLEMAN was living next door to Ambrose MADISON, brother of Eleanor. His land was in that portion of Spotsylvania County which later became Orange County. The heirs mentioned in James' will were daughters Betty SCOTT and Mary HOLLAND, sons James and Ambrose, and a niece Mary Coleman ELLIS. A William ELLIS, in Orange Co. VA in 1756: "Accounts paid by William ELLIS, apparently the estate account of Thomas MARYE, to James MADISON, Edward COLEMAN, Nicholas JONES and Robert GAINES." After Mary Ellis was widowed, she married 03 Nov 1770, Amherst Co. VA, to widower John SORRELLS. [The Sorrells Family of the Shenandoah Valley of VA, by Dorothy L. Weaver, 1990 and Amherst Co. VA DB C~146] Mary Coleman 'Molly' Ellis, died after 1783, Nelson Co. VA [previously Amherst Co]. NOTE: Essex Co. Deeds pg 437, 21 SEP 1708. Edward ELLIS, mariner, now in Virginia, but forthwith intended on my voyage for England, appoint Francis Meriwether of Essex Co. my attorney to demand of Capt. Robert COLEMAN of Essex Co. the steel whip saw, box, tiller, set & file to the value of £5 sterling which I lent Coleman the beginning of this month & never received them again from him, and also the 8 water casks marked PA which I left on shore at Mr. Andrew Hardings landing. Signed, Edward Ellis, Wit: William Oliver, John Davis, Joseph Lodge. Proved 14 Sep 1711 by Joseph Lodge. NOTE: I have pointed out ELLIS and CLAYTON associations with the COLEMANs as I believe these are from the same that were in Rowan/Stokes areas of North Carolina with the DANIELs, my GLASSCOCKs and HENDRENs from North Farnham Parish, Richmond Co, VA who married into the ELLIS families. Also, the CLAYTONs and STOCKTONs supposedly go back to John STOCKTON, dc: 1643 who married Ellen CLAYTON; then from this same line, my 4-g Uncle Daniel STOCKTON, b: 1726, Jersey, married Mary CLAYTON and they too ended up in Rowen/Stokes with my 3-g grandfather, John NICHOLSON, whose mother was a STOCKTON with WHYTHEDE [or Whitehead] in her family tree, same as the COLEMANs.