Robert CODDINGTON ^{1875,1876,1877}

  General Notes:

Seems to have taken his family to Michigan ca. 1840, and returned.
Something wrong in the dates listed in Tompkins Co. New York Church Records (q.v.) as "Marguerite" is listed as being dismissed from the church in 1826 as "widow of Robert" but he did not die until 1845. ¹⁸⁷⁸

  Noted events in his life were:

• He has conflicting birth information of 23 Sep 1787 and New Paltz, Ulster Co., New York, USA. ¹²⁰⁰

• He was baptized on 2 Dec 1787 in New Paltz, Ulster Co., New York, USA. ¹⁸⁷⁷ No witnesses recorded.

• He appeared on the census on 30 Apr 1791 in New Paltz, Ulster Co., New York, USA. ¹²⁰² One male (Joseph) >16, 4 <16 (Joseph, David, Robert, Jacob I.), 1 female (Meribah).

• He appeared on the census in 1800 in New Paltz, Ulster Co., New York, USA. ⁹⁴ Males: 2<16 (Benjamin, James), 3 10-16 (David, Robert, Jacob I.), 1 25-44 (Joseph). Females: 3 <10 (Mary, Elizabeth, Ann), 1 25-44 (Meribah).

• Fact: Joined First Presbyterian Church, Ithaca, New York, 7 Jun 1816, Ithaca, Tompkins Co., New York, USA. ¹²⁰⁴

• He appeared on the census in 1820 in Hector, Schuyler Co., New York, USA. ¹²⁰⁵ Males: 4<10 (John Manning, Reuben Purdy, Chester Towner, Martin Luther), 1 26-45 (Robert). Females: 1 10-16 (possibly Harriet if a lapsus by enumerator). 1 26-45 (Margaret).

• He appeared on the census in 1830 in Ithaca, Tompkins Co., New York, USA. ¹⁸⁷⁴ Males: 1 <5 (Stephen); 1 5-10 (James R.); 2 10-15 (Chester Towner, Martin Luther); 2 15-20 (John Manning, Reuben Purdy); 1 40-50 (Joseph). Females: 2 <5 (Eliza Ann, Ophelia); 1 15-20 (Harriet); 1 20-30 (unexplained); 1 30-40 (Margaret).

• He appeared on the census in 1840 in Ithaca, Tompkins Co., New York, USA. ¹⁸⁷⁹ Males: 2 5-10 (Theron Hoyt, Theodore Hopkins), 3 15-20 (Martin Luther, James R., Stephen), 1 40-50 (Robert). Females: 2 10-15 (Eliza Ann, Ophelia), 1 40-50 (Margaret).

• Fact: executor of will of Joseph Coddington, 24 Sep 1841, Ithaca, Tompkins Co., New York, USA. ¹²⁰⁷

• He has conflicting death information of 11 Sep 1845 and Ithaca, Tompkins Co., New York, USA. ¹²⁰⁰

• Administration: to Margaret and Reuben P. Coddington, 29 Jan 1846, Ithaca, Tompkins Co., New York, USA. ¹²¹¹

Robert married Margaret MANNING, daughter of John MANNING and Phebe, on 4 Jul 1813.¹⁸⁷⁵ (Margaret MANNING was born on 15 Feb 1794 in , Orange Co., New York, USA,^{1200,1201,1875} died on 4 Feb 1877 in Ithaca, Tompkins Co., New York, USA ^1200,1201 and was buried in South Hill Cmty, Ithaca, Tompkins Co., New York, USA ¹²⁰¹.)