Bless  the  Lord,  O  my  Soul,  and  forget  not  all  his  benefits!  In  1781
the  enemy  landed  on  the  Great  Neck  in  Stratford,  killed  a  valuable
horse,  and  carried  off  27  sheep  from  me."  (Orcutt's  Hist,  of  Stratford,
vol.  1,  pp.  376-7,  and  vol.  2,  p.  1177.)  The  State  of  Conn,  voted  to
pay  his  expenses  while  disabled,  and  granted  him  £60  for  the  loss  of
his  eye.  (Records  of  Conn.,  1776-1778,  p.  381.)  Capt.  Ebenezer
Coe  of  Fairfield  Co.  of  the  4th  Conn,  militia,  was  placed  on  the  invalided
pension  roll  of  the  U.  S.,  Nov.  25,  1788.  (U.  S.  Pension  Rolls.)
His  injuries  sustained  at  Ridgefield    precluded    further  field   service,


140  ROBERT  COE,  PURITAN

but  he  was  commissioned  lieutenant  of  the  Home  Guards,  Feb.  9,
1779.
Capt.  Coe  closed  an  honored  life  Aug.  1, 1820,  aged  eighty-five  years,
and  was  buried  in  the  Congregational  Church  Burial  Ground  at  Strat-
ford. His  will  dated  Feb.  10,  1812,  probated  Sept.  5,  1820,  gave  legacies
to  daughters  Mary  wife  of  John  Brooks  and  Alice  wife  of  James  R.
Edwards,  and  the  homestead  and  all  residue  to  son  John  Ebenezer  Coe.
He  married  Jan.  9,  1763,  Sarah  (Benjamin)  Backus,  born  Oct.  21,
1735,  died  Oct.  15,  1802,  daughter  of  John  and  Mary  (Smith)  Benjamin,
and  widow  of  John  Backus,  all  of  Stratford.
Children  born  and  recorded  in  Stratford,  Conn.:

i.  Mary6,  b.  Mar.  8,  1764;  m.  Nov.  25.  1787,  John  Brooks,  b.  Nov.  3,
1763,  d.  Jan.  17,  1862,  in  his  ninety-ninth  year,  son  of  John  and  Doro-
thy (Birdsey)  Brooks  of  Stratford.  They  resided  in  Stratford  and
Bridgeport.  Children:  Sally,  John  d.  young,  Maria  d.  young,  John,
Birdsey,  Charles.
ii.  Sarah,  b.  May  7,  1767,  d.  Nov.  29,  1772.
153.   iii.  John  Ebenezer,  b.  Jan.  3,  1769.
