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Thomas Withers Coffer, born 1713, and a
Vestryman of Truro from 1765 to his death,
in 1781, was a son of Francis Coffer, (born 1683,
died 1740) and Mary Littlejohn Withers, his wife.
His seat was at or near the present residence of
M. D. Hall, Esq., whose wife is one of his descendants;
so he was one of the "upper" Vestrymen,
being a neighbor, as neighbors were accounted
then, of Capt. Payne, Mr. Gardner, Mr.
Ford and Mr. Ellzey. His wife was Mary Farguson,
who was born in 1715 and died in 1758. Their
son Francis Coffer was born in 1748, and was a
Vestryman from 1776 to 1785. He married a
Miss Gunnell. Thomas Coffer, their son, born
1773, was captain of a company from Fairfax in
the war of 1812. He married Ann Simpson, and
died in 1862, leaving eight children, namely: William
Coffer, married Miss Harmed, line extinct;
Hannah Coffer, married Silas Burke; Jane Coffer,
married Levi Burke; Elizabeth Coffer, married
George Selectman; Thomas Coffer, married Jane
Selectman; Henry Coffer, married Harriett Taylor;
Joshua Coffer, married Hulda Simpson; Armistead
Thompson Mason Coffer, died unmarried.
The descendants of Hannah, Jane, Henry and
Joshua Coffer have restored a pew in Pohick
Church in memory of Thomas Withers Coffer.

Triplett. The will of Francis Triplett of the
Parish of Truro is dated October 4th, 1757, and
gives the names of his children, Thomas, William,

Daniel, John, Francis, Mason, Margaret
(married Boylston,) and Patty. Of these William
Triplett was a Vestryman of Truro from 1776
to 1785, being elected in the room of George William
Fairfax. He was a man of prominence in
his neighborhood, and was among the friends invited
by Mrs. Washington to the funeral of the
General. Thomas Triplett was a trooper in the
French and Indian War, March, 1756; and his
brother Francis Triplett was in Col. George Washington's
regiment in the same war. The latter received
a wound in the arm, for which 55 pounds
was granted him by the General Assembly. He
was afterward a captain of militia in Fauquier
County, a Justice of the Peace and a Vestryman
of Leeds Parish. His daughter Ann married
Capt. Elias Hord. The Rev. Arnold H. Hord, of
Philadelphia, is among her descendants.