Anstes Chenault

Do not confuse with her sister Annister Chenault

Anstes Coffey

• AKA Austes, Austin
• Birth: about 1710 - St. Anne's Parish, Essex County, Virginia
• Death: before 1740 before about age 30 in Spotsylvania (?) County, Virginia
• Parents: Edward Coffey Sr. and Anne Powell
• Spouse: Stephen Chenault II — married 1725

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WikiTree.com indicates that Anstes/Austis/Anstis/Austin Coffey (Coffey-153) and Annister Coffey (Coffey-615) are NOT the same person. They were sisters that married the same man, Stephen Chenault II, at different times, both unions producing children. As of 12-27-2023 records in WikiTree are correct. Anstes Coffey married Stephen Chenault II 1725 - 1740 with children of Benjamin Chenault Sr, Stephen Chenault III, William Chenault and John Chenault. Annister Coffey married Stephen Chenault II in 1745 and raised her sisters children along with James Bluford Coffey and a son with Chenault named William b. 1749.

Anstes was born 1710 in Essex, VA and died 1742 in Spotsylvania, VA.
Annister was born c. 1716 in Essex, VA and died c. 1802 in Essex, VA.

Possible children of Anstes/Austes/Austin and Stephen Chenault, all born between 1720 -1730:[3]

1. Stephen Chenault (III) b ca 1727
2. William Chenault b ca 1729
3. Benjamin Chenault b ca 1731
4. John b ca 1733

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Notes:

• Note: It is apparent by the wording of Edward's will, "my two Suns," and a letter-by-letter analysis of the names of the children done by Fred Coffey, that the child called Anstes, Austis, Anstis, Austin was a daughter.
• Annister (Ann) Coffey was indicted by a Grand Jury in Essex Co, Va on November 17, 1736 for "having a base born child." She named this child, James Coffey.
• "Richard Stanley Harsh of Winchester, our best genealogist had given his views in a book on the Chenaults about eleven years ago.(Unfortunately Stan died last June--a tremendous loss to all of us.)  He believed that our ancestor, Stephen Chenault II, son of our ancestor from France by way of the Netherlands and from England on the Nassau in 1771, had married Anstes, daughter of Edward and Ann Powell Coffey, and had sons--Stephen III, William , Benjamin and John. He considered the possibility that he might have married Ann (Annester) but ruled that out because of Annester's base born child, James, for which cause she was called before the court in 1736. Ann did not marry until after her mother, Ann's death in 1744. Now we know through a Merchant's account record in King and Queen County in the mid 1700s  that "Anniester"  married a "Chinault" after her mother's death and in time to have mothered our William Chinault in 1749. So it seem more than probable that she married Stephen Chenault II and THEY were the parents of our ancestor, William.

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References

• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Coffey-615
• http://www.fmoran.com/coffey2.html
• http://www.coffey.ws/FamilyTree/FamilyNotes/MarvinCoffeyNotesOnAnni...
• http://www.coffey.ws/FamilyTree/FamilyNotes/JohnChenaultNotesOnAnni...
• http://www.fmoran.com/coffey2.html
• http://www.coffey.ws/FamilyTree/FamilyNotes/MarvinCoffeyNotesOnAnni...
• http://www.coffey.ws/FamilyTree/FamilyNotes/JohnChenaultNotesOnAnni...
• http://www.chenault.org
• Reference: WikiTree Genealogy - SmartCopy: Jan 7 2025, 11:19:40 UTC