Recently, Sue Ikerd wrote to me that Thomas who married Sarah Stokes was actually Thomas Caffey, a descendant of Michael and Margaret Flowers Caffey. Her contention was backed up with the following reasoning:
- Thomas's parents were born father Maryland, mother North Carolina, name usually spelled Caffey; named son Michael.
- Michael was born in Maryland; name usually spelled Caffey.
- Thomas's wife's mother was a Chilcuitt from Maryland.
- Hooper Caffey, grandson of Michael, married a Chilcuitt.
- John Stokes who married Jane Guerrin, was a brother of Sarah Stokes, wife of Thomas Caffey.
- Hooper Caffey was Bondsman for John Stokes and Jane Gerrin 1814.
- Thomas incurred debt to James Walker 1817 in Rockingham Co. NC (I have an original paper with this info and dates). Old family letter states family came to
- Tennessee in 1824 from North Carolina.
- Thomas lived in Guildford Co. North Carolina in 1821; appointed Brother-in-law James to recover the inheritance from deceased mother of Rockingham Co. NC.
- Stokes, Caffey's, McElroy's, Flacks, Patricks, Averetts, all lived in the same general area in Guilford Co. NC and are all connected by marriage. The June 23, 1804 will of Michael Caffey, probated Nov. 1810 in Rockingham Co.
- NC, lists wife Margaret, sons Michael, Robert, Thomas, John, and daughters Sophia, Mary, and Margaret.
- Executors were Wife Margaret and son John Witnesses were W. Payne, Waiter Good, and Charity Payne.
This information will not be updated in the on-line version of the Edward Coffey Project for reasons cited in previous blogs. However, I will include this information in my master file and will be available on the Edward Coffey Project CD. It has also been forwarded to Bonnie Culley for inclusion in her quarterly Coffey Cousins' Newsletter.
