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Amy Titus. (Amie, according to Titus records, Ame on Pomfret, Windham Co., CT marriage record, Ame on son, Amasa's Pomfret birth record). b.1733. d. Apr. 3, 1808 (New Brunswick records). There is no definite proof, but evidence suggests that Amie Titus, daughter of the above John and Althea Titus, is the same Amy Titus that married Edward Coy and settled in New Brunswick. Pomfret town records read of the 'marriage between Edward Coye and Ame Titus solemnized January ye 2nd 1755.' As far as it can be determined this is the only Pomfret record containing a Titus name, although the birth of their son is recorded as follows: 'Amasa Coye son of Edward Coye by Ame his wife born July ye 31 1757.' m. J. Edward Coye (previously McCoy, later Coy). He b. May 6, 1725 at Pomfret, Windham Co., CT. d. Sep. 19, 1795. He was one of the founders of the Congregational Church at Maugerville, N.B. in the 1760's. His will, dated Jan. 22, 1795 and proved Dec. 11, 1795 in the Township of Gage, Queens Co., N.B. reads as follows: 'Wife Lot 7 in Waterborough and half the improvements on the high Land in the Township of Gage during her life while my widow. Sons Amasa, John, Edward, David and Benjamin the remainder of my real and personal estate, they to pay their sisters Sarah 10 pounds, Lavine 12 pounds, Hannah 15 pounds, Mary 12 pounds and Anna 10 pounds.' Son Amasa and son-in-law Thomas Turner, executors. Witnesses: Zebulon Estey, Benjamin Newcomb Jr., Elijah Estabrooks Jr. Inventory dated 'March ye 19' 1796, valued at 605 pounds by Thomas Hartt and Silvanus Plummer included a note of hand of Eleazer Slocum and Andrew Joslin to Amasa Coy, Lots 6 and 7 in Waterborough, land in Gagetown and livestock.

Below was received from Bill Arthurs, 1228 Lampman Crescent, Ottawa, Ontario, K2C 1P8 Canada E-mail: arthurs@@cyberus.ca 6. Amy Titus. (Amie, according to Titus records, Ame on Pomfret, Windham Co., CT marriage record, Ame on son, Amasa's Pomfret birth record). b.1733. d. Apr. 3, 1808 (New Brunswick records). There is no definite proof, but evidence suggests that Amie Titus, daughter of the above John and Althea Titus, is the same Amy Titus that married Edward Coy and settled in New Brunswick. Pomfret town records read of the 'marriage between Edward Coye and Ame Titus solemnized January ye 2nd 1755.' As far as it can be determined this is the only Pomfret record containing aTitus name, although the birth of their son is recorded as follows: 'Amasa Coye son of Edward Coye by Ame his wife born July ye 31 1757.' m.J. Edward Coye (previously McCoy, later Coy). He b. May 6, 1725 at Pomfret, Windham Co., CT. d. Sep. 19, 1795 at Upper Gagetown, Queens Co., N.B. He was one of the founders of the Congregational Church at Maugerville, N.B. in the 1760's. His will, dated Jan. 22, 1795 and proved Dec. 11, 1795 in the Township of Gage, Queens Co., N.B. reads as follows:'Wife Lot 7 in Waterborough and half the improvements on the high Land inthe Township of Gage during her life while my widow. Sons Amasa, John, Edward, David and Benjamin the remainder of my real and personal estate, they to pay their sisters Sarah 10 pounds, Lavine 12 pounds, Hannah 15pounds, Mary 12 pounds and Anna 10 pounds.' Son Amasa and son-in-law Thomas Turner, executors. Witnesses: Zebulon Estey, Benjamin Newcomb Jr., Elijah Estabrooks Jr. Inventory dated 'March ye 19' 1796, valued at 605pounds by Thomas Hartt and Silvanus Plummer included a note of hand of Eleazer Slocum and Andrew Joslin to Amasa Coy, Lots 6 and 7 in Waterborough, land in Gagetown and livestock. The following excerpt is from E. Stone Wiggins' 'History of Queens Co., N.B.' 'Coy, (at first McCoy) Edward of Pomfret, Connecticut. Came to New Brunswick in 1763 and settled on the banks of the St. John, in that part of the country now called Canning. He and his family spent their first summer in a cave which he dug in the bank of the intervale, but which he was obliged to relinquish for a camp on the high land, on the approach of winter and the autumn floods. During the first few years in their wilderness home, Mr. Coy and his family experienced the severest hardships, living chiefly on fish mainly bass, which at that time abounded in the river and the ground-nut which grew plentifully on the intervale. The latter, when roasted, is not unlike the sweet potato. During the second year he was obliged to dig out the potatoes which he had planted in order to keep his family from starving, and on one occasion, after the children had retired for the night, Mrs. Coy approached their emaciated forms to discover whether or not they were living. In the following winter food became so scarce that he was obliged to travel on snow-shoes with a toboggan or handsled to the mouth of the St. John where there were a few French houses in search of provision. All he could obtain was a half a barrel of eels. With these he set out on his homeward journey, but on coming up the river to a certain point, he mistook an inlet for the main channel, and darkness setting in he was obliged to make his bed in the snow. From this circumstance The Mistake took its name.' Mr. Coy was a member of the first Presbyterian Church organized in Sheffield, Sunbury Co., N.B. In an article in the Saint John Daily Telegraph on Sep. 10 and 11, 1894 a report was produced titled 'Before the Loyalists, The Inhabitants On The Saint John.' The report was originally made for Major G. Studholm, Commandant of Fort Howe, on Jun. 30, 1783 and listed the settlers on the Saint John River, presumably as a guide as to whether or not they were loyal to the Crown and thus to be allowed to retain possession of their lands. The following comment was made in this report regarding Edward Coy: ' Edward Coy has a wife and 6 children; has a log house and about 15acres of cleared land. Holds by virtue of a lease from William Spry, Esq. dated July 12th, 1770, for 200 acres of land. Was a rebel committee man. 'Their children i Amasa Coy b. July 31, 1757. ii John Coy b. Jan. 27 1766. iii Asa Coy b. July 24, 1759. He died at age 25. iv Edward Coy, Jr. b. Feb. 27, 1768. v David Coy b. March 8, 1776. vi Benjamin Coy b. 1778. vii Sarah Coy b. July 15, 1755. viii Lavina Coy b. Aug. 30, 1761, m. Gershom Bonnel. ix Hannah Jane Coy b. Sept. 20, 1763. x Mary Coy b. Sept. 1, 1771, m. (1) Feb. 15, 1795, in Gagetown, N.B., David Morris b. Feb. 15, 1766, m. (2) Feb 15, 1795,Leverett Bradley b. 1766. David Morris' Will made in the City of Saint John, administration grated March 6, 1817 to the widow Mary Morris and Alexander McLeod, Merchant. No children mentioned. xi Amy Coy.++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++.⁴