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- Extended research may result in surprising new discoveries. Before Ann Spilsbe Coleman, widow of Robert Coleman./a> (1656-1712), married her second husband, John Hunter, a prenuptial agreement was made between the couple and Ann’s son, Thomas Coleman. The agreement, made on 5 Apr 1715 in Essex County, stated that after Ann’s death, her estate was to be divided among the children of Robert Coleman. On 20 Mar 1716/7, John Hunter sued the children of Robert and Ann Coleman with the exception of Thomas and Robert. Named in the lawsuit were "Edward Coleman and Mary his wife, Spilsby Coleman and Mary his wife, John Chamberlain and Grizell his wife, Daniel Brown and Elizabeth his wife, William Covington and Ann his wife, and Miles Short and Katherine (sic) his wife". Catherine Short was a witness to the will of Ann Spilsbe.Coleman Hunter on 30 Nov 1715 (proved 20 Aug 1717). The lawsuit filed by John Hunter is evidence that Catherine Short was a daughter of Robert Coleman and Ann Spilsbe. If Catherine received her inheritance at the time of her marriage to Miles Short, she would not have been mentioned in either of the wills of her parents. Virginia law allowed her to witness her mother’s will, based on the fact she was not a devisee.
Catherine and Miles Short were the likely progenitors of Fanny Short of Essex County, VA who married John Coleman. John and Fanny’s children were Thomas Coleman, Happy Coleman who married Mourning Fogg, Nancy Coleman who married Samuel Sessions, Peggy Coleman who married H. Young Gibson, and John M. Coleman who married (1st) Kassiale Lavender and (2nd) her sister, Sarah B. Lavender.
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1659 - 1717 (58 years)
