Historic Newark; a collection of the facts & traditions about the most interesting sites, streets and buildings of the city; . reet. Hewas robbed of the very shoes he stood in, his house plundered, andviolent threats of hanging him were made by the party with which hehad sympathized. On the day that Captain Nutman greeted the enemywith such an ovation, houses far and near were plundered and livesthreatened. More than one citizen of Newark received ill-treatment,among them aged Benjamin Coe and his wife. Benjamin Coe was both a farmer and a tailor, a highly respectedcitizen of Newark, and an ar
Historic Newark; a collection of the facts & traditions about the most interesting sites, streets and buildings of the city; . reet. Hewas robbed of the very shoes he stood in, his house plundered, andviolent threats of hanging him were made by the party with which hehad sympathized. On the day that Captain Nutman greeted the enemywith such an ovation, houses far and near were plundered and livesthreatened. More than one citizen of Newark received ill-treatment,among them aged Benjamin Coe and his wife. Benjamin Coe was both a farmer and a tailor, a highly respectedcitizen of Newark, and an ardent Patriot. When the RevolutionaryWar broke out, he was too old to join the ranks in the field, but, wish-ing to be represented there, he sent as a substitute his negro slave,Cudjo. The negro returned at the close of the war, was rewarded byMr. Coe with freedom, and given for life the use of an acre of land. The same day that Captain Nutman fared ill at the hands of theBritish, Benjamin Coe and his wife, sitting quietly at home, weresurprised by the enemy, were compelled to witness the destruction of 38 HISTORIC NEWARK. THE OLD COE HOMESTEADBuilt in 1782 at the corner of Court and Washington Streets their household furniture, and were so brutally treated that they fledfor their lives. Mr. Coe, as he hastened away, concealed a bag ofgold in a patch of weeds at the back of his house. The British setfire to his house and burned it to the ground. Mr. Coes loss wasestimated at £337 14^. ^.d. After this raid he went to Hanover inNew Jersey, but returned to Newark at the close of the war. His son,Benjamin Coe, Jr., a thrifty farmer, in the year 1782 or 1786 builtthe Coe house at the corner of Washington and Court Streets. Itoccupied the lot where formerly was the house which the Britishburned. As business swept toward the corner, the Coe place wastorn down, and on the land now stand buildings devoted to commer-cial interests. Benjamin Coe, Jr., gave one hundred pounds towardbuildin
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