John CODDINGTON ⁸²⁶

   Cause of his death was Lost at Sea.⁸²⁶

  General Notes:

"Sailed from Perth Amboy, master of the schooner 'Planter' bound to North Carolina, thence to Tenereefe, on the 19th of September, 1815 and never was heard of after that date." [supposedly ex Coddington Family Bible].

  Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the census in 1800 in Westfield, Richmond Co., New York, USA. ¹⁸⁴⁹ Males: 1 <10 (David), 2 10-15 (Samuel, John), 1 16-25 (Nathaniel Fitzrandolph), 1 26-44 (David). Females: 1 26-44 (Elizabeth), 1 >45 (unexplained, but probably a mother-in-law), 1 other.

• Inventory: $412.00, 2 Apr 1817, Perth Amboy, Middlesex Co., New Jersey, USA. ³⁹⁵

• Administration: to Martha Coddington, 5 Apr 1817, Perth Amboy, Middlesex Co., New Jersey, USA. ³⁹⁵

John married Martha Ann BUTLER, daughter of Thomas BUTLER and Susan HARRIETT, about 1813. (Martha Ann BUTLER was born on 14 Oct 1791 ⁸²⁶ and died in Jun 1821 ⁸²⁶.)

  Marriage Notes:

estimated from children's birth dates