David Coddington was born 1801 in Bound Brook, Somerset County, NJ, the 3rd of 4 known surviving children (2 boys/2 girls) born to brick maker Moses Coddington and his wife, Elizabeth Hutchins Bonney.
He was the paternal grandson of David Coddington & Ann Stone; and gr-grandson of John Coddington (IV) and Agnes Clarkson, all of Woodbridge, Middlesex County, NJ. He is a direct descendant of this family's patriarch, Stockdale Coddington (ca. 1569-aft 1650) of Surry, England who traveled to the New World with his (1st) wife, Sarah Wood, eventually settling in Rockingham County, Vermont.
This branch of the Coddington's were later in Boston, MA until descendant John Coddington,II (1653-1715) removed to Woodbridge, NJ, where he was Constable in 1692. The town of Woodbridge was part of the agreement between Daniel Pierce, John Carteret, John Ogden, and Luke Watson, dated Dec. 11, 1666. They obtained a deed Dec. 3, 1667, whereupon Pierce as surveyor laid out the lands to the associates. The original deed from the Indians was dated Oct. 28, 1664. The town was named after Rev. John Woodbridge of Newbury Mass. By 1672 Woodbridge contained 30,000 acres and 120 families, the Coddingtons being prominent among them for many generations to come.
On his mother's side, he was the maternal grandchild of Benjamin Bonney & Elizabeth Hutchins of Bound Brook. His grandfather, Benjamin Bonney, was shot in 1776 by a Tory when the British army were stationed in New Brunswick, and Washington's troops were in nearby Pluckemin. During this encampment, a company of British cavalry made a raid through Bound Brook with the noted Bill Stewart of Somerset county as their guide. Benjamin Bonney was the village blacksmith, residing on Main Street in Bound Brook. Hearing the soldiers coming, he took his four-year-old boy, Peres, and went down into the outside cellar-way for safety; sitting on the steps, with the boy on his lap. Stewart saw him through a window and fired upon him. The bullet struck the father, from which he died the third day after. The boy Peres escaped and became a prominent man in the church of Bound Brook and in the county. His wife, Elizabeth Hutchins, later married North Carolinian, John Powers, who fought in the Revolution and came to Bound Brook after the war.
On April 27, 1826, 24-year old David married 18-year old Deborah Van Derveer April 27, 1826, daughter of Garret Van Derveer & Deborah Voorhees of Six Mile Run in Somerset County. The couple removed to New Brunswick, Middlesex County, NJ where David clerked, eventually working for one of the steamer lines that ran from the Raritan River, and later (ca. 1860) for a grocery store in New Brunswick.
David and Deborah would become parents to 10 known surviving children (6 boys/4 girls): Moses Coddington (1826-1867), Maria Van Derveer Coddington (1824-1864), Abigail Ann "Abby" Coddington (1830-1911), Elizabeth Bonney Coddington (1833- aft 1850), Garret Van Derveer Coddington (1835-1898), Nathan S. Coddington (1838-1858), David Nevius Coddington (1840-1871), William Campbell Coddington (1842-1896), Martin Schenck Coddington (1845-1877), and Carrie Amanda Coddington (1852- aft 1880).
David Coddington died August 5, 1874 at age 73. His wife of 48 years survived him almost 8 years, passing in 1882 at age 75.
Four of David's sons -- Garret, David, William and Martin -- served in the Union Army during the Civil War, and survived the conflict. Both Garret and David enlisted with the New York 47th headed by their brother-in-law, Col. George B. Van Brunt, husband of their sister, Maria Van Derveer Coddington.
Most of David & Deborah's children are buried here, except 3 of his daughters: Abigail, Elizabeth and and Carrie. Elizabeth lived until 1911 and Carrie was known to be a school teacher in New Brunswick (ca. 1880), but it is not known by this researcher what became of them. Son, Garret, married (perhaps twice) and is reported to have died at the Old Soldier's Home in Virginia in July 1898.
He was the paternal grandson of David Coddington & Ann Stone; and gr-grandson of John Coddington (IV) and Agnes Clarkson, all of Woodbridge, Middlesex County, NJ. He is a direct descendant of this family's patriarch, Stockdale Coddington (ca. 1569-aft 1650) of Surry, England who traveled to the New World with his (1st) wife, Sarah Wood, eventually settling in Rockingham County, Vermont.
This branch of the Coddington's were later in Boston, MA until descendant John Coddington,II (1653-1715) removed to Woodbridge, NJ, where he was Constable in 1692. The town of Woodbridge was part of the agreement between Daniel Pierce, John Carteret, John Ogden, and Luke Watson, dated Dec. 11, 1666. They obtained a deed Dec. 3, 1667, whereupon Pierce as surveyor laid out the lands to the associates. The original deed from the Indians was dated Oct. 28, 1664. The town was named after Rev. John Woodbridge of Newbury Mass. By 1672 Woodbridge contained 30,000 acres and 120 families, the Coddingtons being prominent among them for many generations to come.
On his mother's side, he was the maternal grandchild of Benjamin Bonney & Elizabeth Hutchins of Bound Brook. His grandfather, Benjamin Bonney, was shot in 1776 by a Tory when the British army were stationed in New Brunswick, and Washington's troops were in nearby Pluckemin. During this encampment, a company of British cavalry made a raid through Bound Brook with the noted Bill Stewart of Somerset county as their guide. Benjamin Bonney was the village blacksmith, residing on Main Street in Bound Brook. Hearing the soldiers coming, he took his four-year-old boy, Peres, and went down into the outside cellar-way for safety; sitting on the steps, with the boy on his lap. Stewart saw him through a window and fired upon him. The bullet struck the father, from which he died the third day after. The boy Peres escaped and became a prominent man in the church of Bound Brook and in the county. His wife, Elizabeth Hutchins, later married North Carolinian, John Powers, who fought in the Revolution and came to Bound Brook after the war.
On April 27, 1826, 24-year old David married 18-year old Deborah Van Derveer April 27, 1826, daughter of Garret Van Derveer & Deborah Voorhees of Six Mile Run in Somerset County. The couple removed to New Brunswick, Middlesex County, NJ where David clerked, eventually working for one of the steamer lines that ran from the Raritan River, and later (ca. 1860) for a grocery store in New Brunswick.
David and Deborah would become parents to 10 known surviving children (6 boys/4 girls): Moses Coddington (1826-1867), Maria Van Derveer Coddington (1824-1864), Abigail Ann "Abby" Coddington (1830-1911), Elizabeth Bonney Coddington (1833- aft 1850), Garret Van Derveer Coddington (1835-1898), Nathan S. Coddington (1838-1858), David Nevius Coddington (1840-1871), William Campbell Coddington (1842-1896), Martin Schenck Coddington (1845-1877), and Carrie Amanda Coddington (1852- aft 1880).
David Coddington died August 5, 1874 at age 73. His wife of 48 years survived him almost 8 years, passing in 1882 at age 75.
Four of David's sons -- Garret, David, William and Martin -- served in the Union Army during the Civil War, and survived the conflict. Both Garret and David enlisted with the New York 47th headed by their brother-in-law, Col. George B. Van Brunt, husband of their sister, Maria Van Derveer Coddington.
Most of David & Deborah's children are buried here, except 3 of his daughters: Abigail, Elizabeth and and Carrie. Elizabeth lived until 1911 and Carrie was known to be a school teacher in New Brunswick (ca. 1880), but it is not known by this researcher what became of them. Son, Garret, married (perhaps twice) and is reported to have died at the Old Soldier's Home in Virginia in July 1898.
David Coddington was born 1801 in Bound Brook, Somerset County, NJ, the 3rd of 4 known surviving children (2 boys/2 girls) born to brick maker Moses Coddington and his wife, Elizabeth Hutchins Bonney.
He was the paternal grandson of David Coddington & Ann Stone; and gr-grandson of John Coddington (IV) and Agnes Clarkson, all of Woodbridge, Middlesex County, NJ. He is a direct descendant of this family's patriarch, Stockdale Coddington (ca. 1569-aft 1650) of Surry, England who traveled to the New World with his (1st) wife, Sarah Wood, eventually settling in Rockingham County, Vermont.
This branch of the Coddington's were later in Boston, MA until descendant John Coddington,II (1653-1715) removed to Woodbridge, NJ, where he was Constable in 1692. The town of Woodbridge was part of the agreement between Daniel Pierce, John Carteret, John Ogden, and Luke Watson, dated Dec. 11, 1666. They obtained a deed Dec. 3, 1667, whereupon Pierce as surveyor laid out the lands to the associates. The original deed from the Indians was dated Oct. 28, 1664. The town was named after Rev. John Woodbridge of Newbury Mass. By 1672 Woodbridge contained 30,000 acres and 120 families, the Coddingtons being prominent among them for many generations to come.
On his mother's side, he was the maternal grandchild of Benjamin Bonney & Elizabeth Hutchins of Bound Brook. His grandfather, Benjamin Bonney, was shot in 1776 by a Tory when the British army were stationed in New Brunswick, and Washington's troops were in nearby Pluckemin. During this encampment, a company of British cavalry made a raid through Bound Brook with the noted Bill Stewart of Somerset county as their guide. Benjamin Bonney was the village blacksmith, residing on Main Street in Bound Brook. Hearing the soldiers coming, he took his four-year-old boy, Peres, and went down into the outside cellar-way for safety; sitting on the steps, with the boy on his lap. Stewart saw him through a window and fired upon him. The bullet struck the father, from which he died the third day after. The boy Peres escaped and became a prominent man in the church of Bound Brook and in the county. His wife, Elizabeth Hutchins, later married North Carolinian, John Powers, who fought in the Revolution and came to Bound Brook after the war.
On April 27, 1826, 24-year old David married 18-year old Deborah Van Derveer April 27, 1826, daughter of Garret Van Derveer & Deborah Voorhees of Six Mile Run in Somerset County. The couple removed to New Brunswick, Middlesex County, NJ where David clerked, eventually working for one of the steamer lines that ran from the Raritan River, and later (ca. 1860) for a grocery store in New Brunswick.
David and Deborah would become parents to 10 known surviving children (6 boys/4 girls): Moses Coddington (1826-1867), Maria Van Derveer Coddington (1824-1864), Abigail Ann "Abby" Coddington (1830-1911), Elizabeth Bonney Coddington (1833- aft 1850), Garret Van Derveer Coddington (1835-1898), Nathan S. Coddington (1838-1858), David Nevius Coddington (1840-1871), William Campbell Coddington (1842-1896), Martin Schenck Coddington (1845-1877), and Carrie Amanda Coddington (1852- aft 1880).
David Coddington died August 5, 1874 at age 73. His wife of 48 years survived him almost 8 years, passing in 1882 at age 75.
Four of David's sons -- Garret, David, William and Martin -- served in the Union Army during the Civil War, and survived the conflict. Both Garret and David enlisted with the New York 47th headed by their brother-in-law, Col. George B. Van Brunt, husband of their sister, Maria Van Derveer Coddington.
Most of David & Deborah's children are buried here, except 3 of his daughters: Abigail, Elizabeth and and Carrie. Elizabeth lived until 1911 and Carrie was known to be a school teacher in New Brunswick (ca. 1880), but it is not known by this researcher what became of them. Son, Garret, married (perhaps twice) and is reported to have died at the Old Soldier's Home in Virginia in July 1898.
He was the paternal grandson of David Coddington & Ann Stone; and gr-grandson of John Coddington (IV) and Agnes Clarkson, all of Woodbridge, Middlesex County, NJ. He is a direct descendant of this family's patriarch, Stockdale Coddington (ca. 1569-aft 1650) of Surry, England who traveled to the New World with his (1st) wife, Sarah Wood, eventually settling in Rockingham County, Vermont.
This branch of the Coddington's were later in Boston, MA until descendant John Coddington,II (1653-1715) removed to Woodbridge, NJ, where he was Constable in 1692. The town of Woodbridge was part of the agreement between Daniel Pierce, John Carteret, John Ogden, and Luke Watson, dated Dec. 11, 1666. They obtained a deed Dec. 3, 1667, whereupon Pierce as surveyor laid out the lands to the associates. The original deed from the Indians was dated Oct. 28, 1664. The town was named after Rev. John Woodbridge of Newbury Mass. By 1672 Woodbridge contained 30,000 acres and 120 families, the Coddingtons being prominent among them for many generations to come.
On his mother's side, he was the maternal grandchild of Benjamin Bonney & Elizabeth Hutchins of Bound Brook. His grandfather, Benjamin Bonney, was shot in 1776 by a Tory when the British army were stationed in New Brunswick, and Washington's troops were in nearby Pluckemin. During this encampment, a company of British cavalry made a raid through Bound Brook with the noted Bill Stewart of Somerset county as their guide. Benjamin Bonney was the village blacksmith, residing on Main Street in Bound Brook. Hearing the soldiers coming, he took his four-year-old boy, Peres, and went down into the outside cellar-way for safety; sitting on the steps, with the boy on his lap. Stewart saw him through a window and fired upon him. The bullet struck the father, from which he died the third day after. The boy Peres escaped and became a prominent man in the church of Bound Brook and in the county. His wife, Elizabeth Hutchins, later married North Carolinian, John Powers, who fought in the Revolution and came to Bound Brook after the war.
On April 27, 1826, 24-year old David married 18-year old Deborah Van Derveer April 27, 1826, daughter of Garret Van Derveer & Deborah Voorhees of Six Mile Run in Somerset County. The couple removed to New Brunswick, Middlesex County, NJ where David clerked, eventually working for one of the steamer lines that ran from the Raritan River, and later (ca. 1860) for a grocery store in New Brunswick.
David and Deborah would become parents to 10 known surviving children (6 boys/4 girls): Moses Coddington (1826-1867), Maria Van Derveer Coddington (1824-1864), Abigail Ann "Abby" Coddington (1830-1911), Elizabeth Bonney Coddington (1833- aft 1850), Garret Van Derveer Coddington (1835-1898), Nathan S. Coddington (1838-1858), David Nevius Coddington (1840-1871), William Campbell Coddington (1842-1896), Martin Schenck Coddington (1845-1877), and Carrie Amanda Coddington (1852- aft 1880).
David Coddington died August 5, 1874 at age 73. His wife of 48 years survived him almost 8 years, passing in 1882 at age 75.
Four of David's sons -- Garret, David, William and Martin -- served in the Union Army during the Civil War, and survived the conflict. Both Garret and David enlisted with the New York 47th headed by their brother-in-law, Col. George B. Van Brunt, husband of their sister, Maria Van Derveer Coddington.
Most of David & Deborah's children are buried here, except 3 of his daughters: Abigail, Elizabeth and and Carrie. Elizabeth lived until 1911 and Carrie was known to be a school teacher in New Brunswick (ca. 1880), but it is not known by this researcher what became of them. Son, Garret, married (perhaps twice) and is reported to have died at the Old Soldier's Home in Virginia in July 1898.
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