Jonas Coe papers, circa 1786 -- 1822

Collection context

Creator:
Coe, Jonas, 1759-1822
Abstract:
Jonas Coe (1759-1822) was the Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Troy, New York. This collection contains Jonas Coe's numbered sermons (the sequence is incomplete), other sermons, as well as addresses and speeches on particular occasions.
Extent:
3.5 linear feet 3.5 linear feet; 7 boxes
Language:
English .
Scope and content:

This collection contains Jonas Coe's professional papers related to his study and pastoral leadership of the First Presbyterian Church of Troy, New York from 1792-1822, including his numbered sermons (the sequence is incomplete), other sermons, as well as addresses and speeches on particular occasions.

Biographical / historical:

Jonas Coe was born on March 20th, 1759 in Haverstraw, Orange County, New York, to John Coe (1719-1782) and Hannah Halstead (1722-1804). John Coe was a Presbyterian Church Elder and civil servant; he served as Orange County's Delegate at the Provincial Congress in 1775 and Orange County Assemblyman to New York. Jonas Coe was a Revolutionary War Veteran and was the pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Troy, New York for nearly thirty years. He attended Rutgers College and received his A.B. in 1789, became a licensed Presbyterian Minister in 1791, and graduated with his A.M. in 1792. The Presbyterian Church of Troy, formally organized in 1791, chose Jonas Coe to be its first pastor in 1792. He was ordained in the first church meeting house there and served as pastor until his death in 1822. In 1794, Jonas Coe married Elizabeth Hunting Miller. They had four children before Elizabeth's death in 1805: Burnett M. Coe (1795, died in infancy), Edward Morris Coe (1796-1828), John Rogers Coe (1800-1823), and Eliza Maria Coe (1803-d. unknown). Eliza Maria Coe would marry James Brown (1791-1877), a great banker and generous donor to Union Theological Seminary, in 1831. Their son John Crosby Brown (1838-1909) would have many connections to Union; he would join Union's Board of Directors in 1866, his father-in-law William Adams was a professor and became president of Union Theological Seminary in 1873, and his son William Adams Brown became a well-known and beloved professor who became involved with many outreach ministries and political projects in his years on the faculty. Jonas Coe wed his second wife, Abigail Wallace (1771 – d. unknown), in 1810. Jonas Coe died in 1822.

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Preferred citation:

Item description, UTS1: Jonas Coe papers, box #, folder #, The Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary, Columbia University in the City of New York.

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