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    1. Charity Smith Bird Coddington
    2. Hi--I have the booklet, Villages at the Crossroads, History of Warren Twp. 1806-1976. In it there is reference to Isaiah Coddington and his family on page 24: Teh Coddington family in Warren was descended from Isaac who was born about 1720 in Woodbridge. He married Sarah Giddes and tehy had John, Benjamin, Archibald, and Abby. John settled on a 122 acre farm on the corner of Liberty Corner and Mt. Horeb Roads and left teh property to his sons George W., Reuben, John, and Bartholemew when he died in 1844. Reuben it is said built the present house in 1873 which is now owned by the Eagans. Next door on the farm owned by Lester and Lora Coddington lived Archibald "Corrington" or Coddington, son of Isaac, who was born in 1756 and served as a private in the militia. When he died his sons Ben and William stayed on to farm the 100 acre property. The place came to Lester and Lora from their father John Wesley Coddington who bought it from his uncle William A. John Wesley's father was Isaiah Coddington (a son of Archibald) who acquired patches of property on both sides of Mt. Horeb Rd. and built the house recently owned by John and Barbara Evans. The house is one room deep and two rooms wide and some of the beams appear to be from another structure: one is even charred. Isaiah was a blacksmith and his brother Archibald, Jr. learned this trade from him before buying the Green Valley Mill in 1861 in Watchung. Their brother David, born Nov 30, 1797 at Mt. Horeb, was 'converted while praying alone in a barn: at age twenty and became an enthusiastic Methodist and licensed exhorter. Teh Methodists were and active group in the Mt. Horeb area and it is daid the first class met in a house a mile southeast of Martinsville as early as 1770. By 1820 services were being held in teh homes of John Smith, David Ruckman, Rachel Adams and Benjamin Coddington. That same year REv. Bartholomew Weed organized a class of eight persons who met in Ben Coddington's home 1 1/2 miles east of the present church. The only references to John Smith are that he was a corporal in the Continental Army. Born 1745 and died 1837. Burial info below. As for your Coons and Van Tuyls I have only a little. Pg 26 There is a cemetery next to the Mt. Horeb church and a small one behind the Tunnison house (now Cramer's) where Archibald Corrington, his wife Mary, Isaac Van Tuyl, John Smith and Abraham Van Tuyl are buried. One last bit to add to your confusion!!! Continental Army pg Isreal Coon was a Private in Lee's Legion, Corporal same Jan 15, 1779. Married Sarah Sutton. Born 1758, died 1837. Maybe the Catherine Van Tuyl was a second wife??? Hope you find this helpful Debbie in California

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