"AMBROSE COFFEE said in sworn testimony that he came to Caintuck in
the year 1776 and in the year 1777 came to reside in Boonesborough
where he continued to reside until 1784 or 1785 and while living
there frequently hunted on Howard's Creek & 4-Mile Creek. He also
said in sworn testimony that he became well acquained with EDWARD
WILLIAMS, NICHOLAS ANDERSON and JOHN HARPER in the latter part of
1779 and the beginning of the year 1780. He said sometime in the
year 1780 he was out hunting with EDWARD, JOHN and EDWARD'S son
DANIEL when they lodged the night in EDWARD'S preemption cabin on
the headwaters of Little Mountain Creek (the cabin that EDWARD built
to procure the land on LULBEGRUD).
This proves that DANIEL WILLIAMS s/o EDWARD was in CAINTUCK by
1780... and (2) that he, DANIEL WILLIAMS, was KNOWN to AMBROSE
COFFEE in 1780 as EDWARD WILLIAMS' son. This ONE sworn statement
ALONE should have been enough YEARS AGO to quash the erroneous
claim about TEW & MLE being the parents of Elder DANIEL WILLIAMS...
but, NO...some folks still don't, to this day, BELIEVE that EDWARD
of Lulbegrud s/o WILLIAM of Westmoreland was REALLY REALLY the
father of DANIEL. Makes me TIRED.
So, we KNOW that AMBROSE COFFEE was personally acquainted with
DANIEL WILLIAMS as early as 1780. Did DANIEL WILLIAMS marry 1786
AMBROSE COFFEE'S step-daughter? Somebody claimed AMBROSE COFFEE
married a widow woman...was SHE the mother of FRANCIS & VIOLET?
WHY did DANIEL & VIOLET sell to AMBROSE & AILSEY [ ? ] COFFEE
part of their part of EDWARD & JEMIMAH'S land? I sure wish I
knew...LSH"
