Ancestry of
Maria Mitchell

Astronomer

Andrew Coleman

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• • Grandfather of Maria Mitchell — 3rd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 6 
  • Father:
  • Enoch Coleman 
  • Mother:
  • Mary Myrick   
  • Birth Date:
  • 30 Nov 1763 
  • Birth Location:
  • Nantucket, Nantucket Co., Massachusetts 
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  • Death Date:
  • 9 Mar 1808 
  • Death Location:
  • at sea near Patagonia 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Lydia Folger
  • Marriage Date:
  • 3 Nov 1791 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts 
  • Child:

  Lydia Coleman (Ahnentafel No:3 )

  • Notes: 

  • Twin

    Andrew Coleman of Nantucket died at sea "on the Coast of Patagonia."

    Some records give the death of Andrew Coleman as having occurred on "7th, 11 mo. 1808" or "9th, 3 mo., 1808." However, his death was reported in a newspaper in March of 1808 making it likely that the latter date is correct.

• Sources for Andrew Coleman

  • ¹ Massachusetts, U.S., Death Records, 1841-1915, Death record for daughter Lydia Mitchell.
  • ² Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Nantucket, Vol. 5, p. 198, Death record for Andrew Coleman.
  • ³ Nantucket Inquirer (Nantucket, Massachusetts), 17 APR 1840, p. 3, Obituary of spouse Lydia Coleman.
  • ⁴ New Bedford Mercury (New Bedford, Massachusetts), 18 MAR 1808, p. 3, Death of Andrew Coleman.
  • ⁵ Austin, John Osborne, American Authors' Ancestry: Including some others who have influenced life wisely . . ., Providence, Rhode Island: Freeman Company, Printers (1915), 64.
  • ⁶ Howe, Julia Ward, ed., Representative Women of New England, Boston: New England Historical Publishing Company (1904), 481.
  • ⁷ Townsend, Mrs. Charles Delmar, et. al., Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Vol. 8, 2nd ed., Degory Priest, Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants (2008), 103.