Brief Life History of Elizabeth Margaret
When Elizabeth Margaret Coffman was born on 13 March 1822, in New Market, Shenandoah, Virginia, United States, her father, Samuel A. Coffman, was 40 and her mother, Margaret Gore, was 35. She married Col John Hinton Hopkins on 17 October 1842, in Rockingham, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in Central District, Rockingham, Virginia, United States in 1870 and Stonewall District, Rockingham, Virginia, United States in 1880. She died on 25 June 1889, in Rockingham, Virginia, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Cooks Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Harrisonburg, Rockingham, Virginia, United States.
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- Elizabeth M Hopkins in household of John H Hopkins, "United States Census, 1850"
- Legacy NFS Source: Elizabeth Margaret Coffman - Individual or family possessions: birth: 13 March 1822;
- Elezabeth Coffman, "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940"
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1824 · "Mary Randolph Publishes ""The Virginia Housewife"""
“The Virginia Housewife” was published by Mary Randolph. It was the first cookbook published in America.
1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
1844 · Lumpkin's Jail
In 1844 when Robert Lumpkin bought land in Virginia, this would be the spot of the Infamous Slave Jail (or Lumpkin’s Jail). The slaves would be brought here during the slave trade until they were sold. Lumpkin had purchased the land for his own slave business.
Name Meaning
Americanized form of German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) Kaufmann or of its variants Kaufman , Koffmann (see Koffman ), Kofmann, and Kofman .
Americanized form of Dutch Kofman or of its cognate Koffeman, the second form characteristic of the former island of Urk.
History: As a name of Swiss German origin, originally spelled Kaufmann (see 1 above), the surname Coffman is also found among the American Mennonites; the change of their already Americanized name Kauffman to Coffman occured in Page County, VA, in the 18th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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