Fifth Generation

166. Newton Coffey was born in 1773 in Wilkes Co., NC. He appeared in the census in 1810 in Columbia, Adair Co., KY.⁵⁴¹ Newton died in Illinois on 16 August 1858 and was buried at Wright Cemetery in Van Burensburg, Montgomery Co., IL in August 1858 .^542,543

At the time of Newton's birth, Wilkes Co. was still Surry Co. The family went to Bond and Montgomery Counties in IL by 1818 where he founded the town of Hillsboro.

Newton Coffey and Sarah Meridith were married in 1802 in Adair Co., KY.⁵⁴⁴ They^⁵⁴⁴ appeared in the census in 1830 in Montgomery Co., IL.⁵⁴⁵ Sarah Meridith was born circa 1776 in Kentucky. Sarah died in Montgomery Co., IL on 2 November 1845 and was buried at Wright Cemetery in Van Burensburg, Montgomery Co., IL in November 1845 .⁵⁴⁶

Newton Coffey and Sarah Meridith had the following children:

+697	i.	Cleveland Salathiel Coffey.
+698	ii.	Martha "Patsy" Coffey.
+699	iii.	Ruth Eliza Coffey.
+700	iv.	Thomas Luther Coffey.
+701	v.	Nancy M. Coffey.
+702	vi.	Colbert Larkin Coffey.
703	vii.	Murry Coffey was born circa 1812 in Adair Co., KY. Murry died in Montgomery Co., IL circa 1828.

Newton Coffey and Mary Anderson were married in 1848 in Bond Co., IL.⁵⁴⁷ They^⁵⁴⁷ appeared in the census on 26 September 1850 in Montgomery Co., IL.⁵⁴⁸ Mary Anderson⁵⁴⁹ was born circa 1773 in New Castle Co., DE.