Winifred (Coffey) Moran (1739 - abt. 1823)

Born 1739 in Essex, Virginia

Ancestors

Wife of Nicholas Moran — married 1760 in Virginia

Descendants

Died about 27 May 1823 at about age 84 in Amherst, Virginia, United States

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Biography

Winifred was born about March 1739 in Albemarle County, VA, USA. She is the daughter of John Coffey and Jane Jean Graves.

Notables

Winifred is the 4th great granddaughter of Capt. William Powell who immigrated from England and became the commander of the fort at Jamestown. Capt. William Powell is believed to have died on January 24, 1623 in the "Chickhoninies Indian Massacre".

Winifred is the 3rd cousin twice removed of Confederate soldier Lt. Gen. Ambrose Powell "A.P." Hill Jr.. The United States military honored Hill by naming both a fort and a ship after him. Fort A.P. Hill is located in Caroline County, Virginia, about halfway between Richmond and Washington, D.C.. During World War II, the United States Navy named a Liberty Ship the SS A. P. Hill in his honor. In 2020, during the George Floyd protests, there were calls to rename U.S. Army installations named after Confederate soldiers, including Fort A.P. Hill. Source: Wikipedia.

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._P._Hill

Winifred is the 7th cousin twice removed of Colonel John Harvie Jr., signer of the Articles of Confederation and the Bill of Rights, and was a guardian of Thomas Jefferson. Colonel John Harvie Jr.'s son, Jacquelin Burwell Harvie married Mary Marshall, daughter of Chief Justice John Marshall.

Captain Benjamin Taliaferro's sister Sallie Taliaferro is married to the brother of Colonel John Harvie Jr.

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Harvie

Winifred is the 7th cousin twice removed of John Locke, (1632 - 1704), British philosopher, Oxford academic and medical researcher.

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Locke
• https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/locke/?goal=0_c98caf23a9-7183090f8e-75163353&mc_cid=7183090f8e&mc_eid=7dc77fd710

Sources

• WikiTree profile Coffey-417 created through the import of Leehawk201202171001146495.ged on Feb 18, 2012 by Chilton Hawk. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Chilton and others.

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"The Twisted Tree" By Stewart Goodwin

Purkiss and Jones Families Records Author: J. D. Purkiss and Lester C. Jones Publication: Dec 2000

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Larry Chesebro' for creating WikiTree profile Coffey-873 through the import of LarryChesebro'Coffey.ged on Sep 4, 2013.

Entered by Stephanie Sanchez, Sunday, November 3, 2013.

Thank you to Stephanie Sanchez for creating Coffey-931 on 3 Nov 13.

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