Looking for a JACOB Coney born ca 1680

Question

How common was the name "Coney" in early New England? The John Coney in this profile "had thirteen children. Many of them died young" - I'm looking for a Jacob, but haven't found one yet.

I'm hesitant to create a new profile for the Jacob Coney who married Barbara Clinkenbeard / Klinkenburgh / Clinkenbird (Clinkenbird-2) in Philadelphia on 6 August (not June) 1707. Has anyone working more closely on the Coney family encountered the name but not yet had time to create a profile?

Where should I look for more info?

Thanks

Answer 1

This is not a family I have personally researched but Coney is not a common name in early New England.  At least among those who arrived by 1640, John Coney is the only one I could find.  I think the best treatment of his family seems to be Mary Lovering Holman's Ancestors and descendants of John Coney (1928).  And looking at Torrey's New England Marriages before 1700, all the Coney's listed descend from John.

During this time period, removals outside New England to mid-atlantic or southern colonies was rare.  A few mariners, and Quakers or Baptists sometimes, but I would be skeptical about connections between families of different regions.

Comments

Thanks!

There is no matching Jacob Coney in Mary Lovering Holman's book (thanks for the link!). I will have to keep looking for some other Coney/Cony family. Very helpful answer, though!