William CODDINGTON ^{62,370,371,372,373,374,375}

  General Notes:

William was a revolutionary war soldier. He was a farmer and lived in Cumberland Co., Maryland, where he owned a plantation of 300 acres and some slaves. In 1808 he was Justice of the Peace. His farm was one mile west of Selbysport on the Morgantown road. His will, dated May 21, 1827, and probated June 12, 1827, bequeaths to wife her "thirds" and "one mulatter girl [slave] named Hett." To son Benjamin $500.00, son John. Heirs of daughter Elizabeth Potter, decease." The remainder of his estate was to be divided equally between Benjamin, John, and the heirs of his daughter, Elizabeth Potter.

William was a settler west of Fort Cumberland in 1788

The city of Cumberland took its name from the Fort and was established in 1785. It became the county seat when the county was chartered in 1789. George Washington spent part of his early career at Fort Cumberland and at a log cabin he used as his headquarters during the French and Indian War. The headquarters is now located at Riverside Park in Cumberland. Allegany County was an important center of transportation for travelers heading west. People traveled by canal, train, horse and buggy. The National Road, the first federally funded highway, began in Cumberland. ^{373,62,377,378,379}

  Noted events in his life were:

• He had a residence about 1784 in , Allegany (Garrett) Co., Maryland, USA. ¹²⁴

• Fact: Petition, Nov 1799, , Allegany (Garrett) Co., Maryland, USA. ³⁸⁰ VOTES and PROCEEDINGS, November, 1799. Your committee further report, that it appears from the return of the sheriff of Washington
county, that the election for delegates in said county was held by Jonas McPherson, a deputy of the said sheriff, and that there were no other candidates but John Buchanan, Ambrose Geoghegan, James McClain and John Cellar, Esquires, who are returned by the sheriff of said county as duly elected; that the said sheriff has not certified whether he was prevented from attending said election by sickness, to ascertain which fact your committee are of opinion, that the said sheriff should be summoned to the bar of the house to correct his return.
All which is submitted.
By order, J. F. HARRIS, clk.
Which was read.
ORDERED, That the same have a second reading on Saturday next.
A petition from sundry inhabitants of Allegany county, praying an act may pass to lay out a road between the plantations of Asa Beall and William Coddington, and from thence through the land of William Coddington, and others, to the line that divides the state of Maryland from Virginia, was preferred, read, and referred to Mr. Perry, Mr. Beall and Mr. Tomlinson, to consider and report thereon.

• He appeared on the census in 1800 in , Allegany (Garrett) Co., Maryland, USA. ³⁸¹ Males: 1 16-25 (Benjamin), 1 >45 (William). Females: 1 10-15 (Martha), 2 16-25 (Elizabeth, unexplained), 1 >45 (Hannah).

• He had a residence on 28 Jun 1807 in , Allegany (Garrett) Co., Maryland, USA. ³⁷⁴

• He worked as a magistrate on 28 Jun 1807 in , Allegany (Garrett) Co., Maryland, USA. ³⁷⁴

• He appeared on the census in 1810 in , Allegany (Garrett) Co., Maryland, USA. ³⁷⁵ Males: 1 16-25 (unexplained), 1 >45 (Benjamin). Females: 1 10-15 (unexplained), 2 16-25 (unexplained), 1 >45 (Hannah).

• He appeared on the census in 1820 in , Allegany (Garrett) Co., Maryland, USA. ³⁸² Males: 1 >45 (William). Females: 1 16-26 (unexplained), 1 >45 (Hannah). Slaves: 2 <14 (males).

• He signed a will on 21 May 1827 in , Allegany (Garrett) Co., Maryland, USA. ³⁸³

• He had an estate probated on 12 Jun 1827 in , Allegany (Garrett) Co., Maryland, USA. ¹²⁴

William married Maoriety ERVINE. (Maoriety ERVINE died in 1813-1817.)

William next married Hannah MARSH on 11 Jan 1774 in New Providence, Union Co., New Jersey, USA.¹²⁴ (Hannah MARSH was born on 26 Sep 1754 ^373,384 and died in 1819 ³⁷³.)

  Marriage Notes:

Presbyterian Church records ¹²⁴