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Note: The following subscripts are genealogical citations separating generations within the same family.

A more extensive biography on the Brown, Coalter and Tucker families can be found by accessing the Brown, Coalter, Tucker Papers (I), Manuscripts and Rare Books Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Coalter Family John Coalter 1 (1769-1838), was born in 1769 to parents Michael Coalter and Elizabeth Moore. He held the postion of tutor to the children of St. George Tucker (1752-1827), and Frances (Bland) Randolph Tucker (d.1788). A move to Williamsburg, allowed him to receive a law degree from the College of William and Mary under Bp. James Madison and George Wythe. A year later he married Maria Rind, the orphaned daughter of a Williamsburg printer, who had been serving as governess for the Tucker children. Coalter's first two wives died in chilbirth, Maria Rind Coalter in 1792; and Margaret Davenport of Williamsburg in 1795. Ann Frances Bland Tucker (1785-1813), daughter of St. George Tucker, was taken as his third wife in 1802. She later bore him his only three children, Frances Lelia Coalter (1803-1822), Elizabeth Tucker Coalter Bryan (1805-1853), and St. George Tucker Coalter (1809-1839). In 1822, Coalter took his fourth wife, the widow Hannah (Jones) Williamson.

Elizabeth Tucker Coalter 2 (1805-1853), married John Randolph Bryan (godson of John Randolph of Roanoke). They had nine children; John Coalter Bryan (1831-1853), Delia Bryan, (d. 1833), Frances Tucker Bryan (b. 1835), Randolph Bryan (b. 1837), Georgia Screven Bryan (b. 1839), St. George Tucker Bryan (b. 1843), Joseph Bryan (b. 1847), Thomas Forman Bryan (1848-1851), Corbin Braxton Bryan (b. 1852).

St. George Tucker Coalter 2 (1809-1839), married Judith Harrison Tomlin (1808-1859). They had six children; Walker Tomlin Coalter (1830-1831); John Coalter (1831- 1883); Henry Tucker (1833-1870); Ann Frances Bland Coalter (1835-1894), who married Henry Peronneau Brown (1832-1894), in 1858; Virginia Braxton Coalter (b. 1837), who married William. P. Braxton in 1855; and St. George Tucker Coalter (b. 1839), who married Amelia Downy in 1862 and Charlotte (Downy) Terrill in 1868.

Brown Family Capt. Henry Brown 1 (1760-1841), married Frances Thompson (1775-1822). Their children included Henry Brown, Jr. (1797-1836), who married Eleanor Tucker; Samuel T. Brown, who married Lissie Huger; Locky [Lockie] T. Brown (b. 1827), who married Alexander Irvine; Frances Brown, who married Edwin Robinson; Alice Brown, who married William M. Worthington; and John Thompson Brown (1802-1836), who married Mary E. Willcox.

John Thompson Brown 2 (1802-1836) and Mary Willcox had three children; Henry Peronneau Brown (1832- 1894), who married France Bland Coalter (1835-1894); John Willcox Brown (b. 1833); and Col. John Thompson Brown, II (1835-1864).

From the guide to the Brown, Coalter, Tucker Papers (II), 1791-1920., (Special Collections, Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary)