Ancestry of
Angela Y. Davis

Civil Rights Activist
and former Black Panther

Daniel Coit

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• • 5th Great-grandfather of Angela Y. Davis — 8th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 158 
  • Father:
  • William Coit 
  • Mother:
  • Sarah Chandler   
  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 1698 
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  • Death Date:
  • 19 Jul 1773 
  • Death Location:
  • New London, New London Co., Connecticut 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Mehitable Hooker
  • Marriage Date:
  • 21 Jan 1741/1742 
  • Marriage Location:
  • New London, New London Co., Connecticut 
  • Child:

  Sarah Coit (Ahnentafel No:79 )

• Sources for Daniel Coit

  • ¹ Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870, New London, p. 220, Marriage record for Robinson Mumford and daughter Sarah Coit.
  • ² Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870, New London, p. 68, Birth record for daughter Sarah Coit.
  • ³ Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870, New London, p. 65, Marriage record for Daniel Coit and Mehetable Hooker.
  • ⁴ The Mayflower Descendant, 1991, Vol. 41, p. 9.
  • ⁵ Hooker, Edward, The Descendants of Rev. Thomas Hooker, Hartford, Connecticut, 1586-1908, Rochester, New York: E. R. Andrews Printing Company (1909), 35.

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