Jacob CODDINGTON ^{117,1029,1030,1031}

  General Notes:

Jacob kept an inn at Accord and was a farmer. His military record seems peculiar, because apparently he served on both sides of the Revolutionary War.
On the one hand, a Jacob Coddington is listed as a private in both the Orange Co. 4th Militia regiment, and the Ulster Co. 3rd.
On the other, a Jacob Coddington was a Tory [loyalist], and served in the British New York Volunteers in the Revolutionary War, for which service he was granted 200 acres of land in York County, New Brunswick, Canada, lying on the east side of Madamkisway Creek, 30 Jan. 1787. Sold the New Brunswick land 17 Oct. 1787 to Solomon Whitlock for £3, and returned to Ulster Co., NY.
The 1790 census lists a Jacob Coddington in Rochester New York with 2 males under 16 (Jacob 1785 and ??) and four females (Maria, Harriet and ??). He was also enumerated in Rochester in 1800 and 1810.

(p. xv) "The New York Volunteers were recruited in Halifax in January, 1776 by Captain Archibald Campbell. Later commanders were Major Alexander Grant and Lieutenant George Turnbull. They were sent to East Florida in December, 1778, and were in the siege of Savannah in 1779 and the siege of Charleston in 1870. They returned to New York and were disbanded in Nova Scotia in 1783."

(p. 191) Muster Roll of Captain Allan CAMERON's Company of New York Volunteers, commanded by Lieut. Colonel George Turnbull, . Savannah 29th November 1779 (May have participated in campaign to retake Savannah and Georgia). Private Coddington, Jacob.

(p. 207) Muster Roll of Captain Archibald McLean's Company of New York Volunteers, commanded by Lieut. Colonel George Turnbull, Camden, SC, 24 Feb. 1781 to 24 April 1781, 60 days inclusive. Private Coddington, Jacob.

(p. 209) Muster Roll of Captain Archibald McLean's Company of New York Volunteers, commanded by Lieut. Colonel George Turnbull, Camden, SC, 24 Oct 1781 to 24 Dec 1781, 61 days inclusive. Private Coddington, Jacob.

(p. 201) Muster Roll of Captain William Johnston's Company of New York Volunteers, commanded by Lieut. Colonel George Turnbull, Foster's Meadows, New York, 16 Jan 1783. Private Coddington, Jacob. ^{1030,1033,1034}

  Noted events in his life were:

• He worked as a farmer. ²³⁵

• He was baptized on 24 Aug 1760 in Reformed Dutch Church, New Paltz, Ulster Co., New York. ¹⁰³² No witnesses recorded.

• He had a residence about 1773 in Kes, New Brunswick, Canada. ¹⁰³⁵

• Military: Private in Orange Co. Militia, 4th Regiment, 1776-1781, , , New York, USA. ^162,163

• Military: Private in Ulster Co. Militia, 3rd Regiment, 1776-1781, , , New York, USA. ^162,163

• Military: New York Volunteers (British), Ca 1780, , , New York, USA. ¹⁰³⁰

• He owned land on 30 Jan 1787 in , York Co., New Brunswick, Canada. ^1030,1036

• He moved on Ca 1787 to Rochester (Accord), Ulster Co., New York, USA. ¹⁰³⁰

• He owned land and sold it to Solomon Whitlock for £3 on 18 Oct 1787 in , York Co., New Brunswick, Canada. ^1030,1037

• He worked as an innkeeper after 1787 in New Paltz, Ulster Co., New York, USA. ^1030,1031

• He appeared on the census on 3 Jan 1791 in Rochester (Accord), Ulster Co., New York, USA. ¹⁰³⁸ Males: 1 >16 (Jacob), 2 <16 (Joseph Elias, Jacobus). Females: 3 (Harriet, Maria, unexplained).

• He appeared on the census in 1800 in Rochester (Accord), Ulster Co., New York, USA. ⁸⁷ Males: 2<10 (Benjamin, Peter Louw); 2 10-16 (Jacobus, Jacob); 1 26-45 (Joseph). Females 3<10 (Maria, Elizabeth, unexplained); 1 10-16 (Harriet); 1 26-44 (Maria).

• He appeared on the census in 1810 in Rochester (Accord), Ulster Co., New York, USA. ¹⁰³⁹ Males: 5<10 (Ephaim Depuy, John, David, Thomas Jefferson, Peter Louw), 1 10-15 (Benjamin), 1 16-25 (Jacobus), 1 >45 (Jacob). Females: 1 <10 Catherine), 3 10-15 (Maria, Elizabeth, unexplained), 1 >45 (Maria).

• Inventory: 29 Nov 1813, Rochester (Accord), Ulster Co., New York, USA. ^{117,1030,1040} Total $869.69

Jacob married Maria HENDRICKSON, daughter of Elias HENDRICKSON and Ariaentje KETER, in 1784 in Rochester (Accord), Ulster Co., New York, USA ¹⁰²⁹.^,1030 (Maria HENDRICKSON was born <1765>, christened on 16 Aug 1765 in Rochester (Accord), Ulster Co., New York, USA ^117,1030 and died after 1813 ¹⁰³⁰.)