Ancestry of
William Egan

1st Governor of Alaska

Paulina Coy

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• • 2nd Great-grandmother of William Egan — 5th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 31 
  • Father:
  • Elisha Coy 
  • Mother:
  • Mary Gray   
  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 1784 
  • Birth Location:
  • prob. Arlington, Bennington, Vermont 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Death Date:
  • 7 Mar 1874 
  • Death Location:
  • Waverly, Bremer, Iowa 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Harlington Cemetery, Waverly, Bremer, Iowa 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Henry Hamilton
  • Marriage Date:
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  • Children:
  
  

  Elisha Hamilton

  Mary Hamilton

  Dominicus Hamilton

  Jenette Hamilton

  Betsey Hamilton

  Thomas Hamilton

  Orpha Hamilton (Ahnentafel No:15 )

  • Notes: 

  • Paulina's obituary contains a story about her meeting Gen. George Washington when she was 12 years old.

• Additional marriages for Paulina Coy

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  • Spouse:
  • Gurdon Pierce
  • Marriage Date:
  • BEF 15 Oct 1850

• Sources for Paulina Coy

  • ¹ Federal Census, NY, Allegany County, 1850, Cuba, Image 48 of 55.
  • ² Federal Census, MI, Barry County, 1860, Maple Grove, p. 111, Image 6 of 17.
  • ³ Federal Census, IA, Bremer County, 1870, Waverly Ward 2, p. 1, Image 1 of 16.
  • ⁴ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 02/24/2024).
  • ⁵ New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 2014, Vol. 168, p. 209.
  • ⁶ Waverly Republican (Waverly, Iowa), 12 MAR 1874, Obituary for Paulina Pierce.
  • ⁷ Hamilton, Salome, The Genealogy of the Hamilton Family, From 1716 to 1894, Minneapolis: A. C. Bausman, Printer (1894), 86.