Moses CODDINGTON For sources please contact coddgenealogy at gmail d0t com
Benjamin CODDINGTON Jr.
(1708-After 1750)
Katherine MARTIN
(1710-)
Benjamin CODDINGTON
(1730-Ca 1793)
Phoebe
(-1813)
Moses CODDINGTON
(1768-1854)

 

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Amy GIRTON

Moses CODDINGTON 385

  • Born: 16 Jan 1768, Woodbridge, Middlesex Co., New Jersey, USA 385
  • Marriage: Amy GIRTON on 14 Apr 1795 in Woodbridge, Middlesex Co., New Jersey, USA 124,385
  • Died: 7 Sep 1854, Liberty, Union Co., Indiana, USA at age 86 385
  • Buried: Richland Cmty, Union Co., Indiana, USA 386

  General Notes:

"Moses, with his wife and family, and William, with his wife and family, set out from Woodbridge in about 1816 or 1817, in quest of land and homes in the Northwest Territory, then so known and called."
"The Indian Wars, waging in that territory for some years previous, were over. Chief Tecumseh had been killed and the marauding bands of his followers, a constant threat to the safety of the Settlers, were brought under control. The Northwest Territory turned out to be Ohio."
Moses and his brother William married sisters.
"After traveling together over such roads as were then available, none graded or well laid out, most were mere trails and all small streams had to be forded and the larger ones crossed by ferries, with covered wagons drawn by oxen or teams of horses, from Woodbridge, west several hundred miles."
"William Coddington took up land in Wayne County, Indiana in 1817. At that time this county embraced land that afterwards was divided into Fayette, Wayne, Union, and Franklin Counties, as now recorded. Moses continued west and located in Union Co., Indiana. At this time Enoch was a youth of 18 or 20, and practically grown."
"After a vain search of all the available ancient records in the county court house of Union County, at Liberty, none being found relative to Moses Coddingto [sic], whether a freeholder or tax payer, one must conclude, for want of evidence to the contrary, that Moses Coddington was a "squatter," and was occupying land by right of sufferance. Later, after living on it with his parents for many years, Enoch Coddington homesteaded the land, the SW 1/4 of Section 23, Township 12, Brownsville, Range 2, Union County, Indiana, getting a patent thereto, November 10, 1927 [sic], and signed by John Q. Adams, the President of the United States." 387

  Noted events in his life were:

• He moved on 1812 to , Union Co., Indiana, USA.

• He appeared on the census in 1820 in , Wayne Co., Indiana, USA. 388 Males: 1 10-16 (William), 1 16-18 (Enoch), 2 16-25 (Enoch, Moses), 1 >45 (Moses). Females: 2 10-16 (Elizabeth, Mary Ann), 1 26-45 (Hannah). Amy not counted.

• He appeared on the census in 1830 in , Union Co., Indiana, USA. 389


Moses married Amy GIRTON, daughter of Unknown and Unknown, on 14 Apr 1795 in Woodbridge, Middlesex Co., New Jersey, USA 124.,385 (Amy GIRTON was born in 1772 in Woodbridge, Middlesex Co., New Jersey, USA,385 died on 20 Feb 1851 in , Boone Co., Indiana, USA 385 and was buried in , Boone Co., Indiana, USA 385.)




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