Notes:

John Coate received the tract of land across from "Wells Ferry" that crossed the Delaware River to the Province of Pennsylvania from his father Samuel in his will. He applied for and received a license from Gov. Burnet to operate a ferry in Amwell township, Hunterdon Co., NJ on his side of the Delaware on Apr 30, 1726. He is listed as owning a hotel at this crossing too. ("Ferry Tracts in Pennsylvania and New Jersey", p.602) In 1728, he sold 200 acres of this tract of land to John Purcell and another 30 acres on Augst 4, 1732. This same tract when resold in 1732 includes a course described as "a post standing by the Kings Road that leads to the ferry over the aforesaid River Delaware to John Wells." (C-1542) By 1732, he was listed as living in Bethlehem Twp., Hunterdon Co., NJ. (It was Bethlehem Twp. through at least 1741, then Kingwood and is now Franklin Township.) His property was a couple miles from Quakertown, NJ. It is likely that land that Josoph R. Mathews lived on according to "The Jerseyman". He no longer lived on it by 1743. The 1732 deed refers to a post in William Coates and in Henry Coates land (his brothers' land) (C-1499) Both he and Henry were members of Kingwood Friends Quaker Meeting. He voted in the 1738 elections for John Emley and Benj. Smith and was listed as living in Amwell Twp. at that time. He did not vote for a Jno. Coate also running in that election. By 1741, he is listed as a freeholder in Bethlehem Twp. , NJ again. That means that he owned at least 50 acres, cultivated at least 10 of them or if in a burrough, that he owned at least 3 acres and a home. (C-1824) John's death date is probably 1751. John Coate, Sr., Tavern Keeper of Kingwood Twp. left his estate to wife Esther, son Henry and other unnamed children in his will dated May 3, 1751. It was probated on Sept. 3, 1751. It is transcribed here by Charlotte Coats. "John Coate, May 5, 1751, of Kingwood Township, Hunterdon Co., tavern keeper; will of. Wife, Esther. children spoken of, but not by name, except son Henry, who and his mother are made executors. Witnesses-Nathaniel Leforge, James Brooks, John Simcock, sr. Proved Sept 10, 1751; Sept 3, 1751, inventory 368.16.3 pounds, incl. books; a silver spoon; bounds and book debts, 320 pounds; made by John Mullinner and Nathaniel Leforge. Calendar of New Jersey Wills, Vol III, 1751-1760" (C-1p.166, 296, E) Bible records for this family exist in a Bible published in Edinburgh by Alexander Kinciad in the 1770's or 1780s. All the dates in it for this family were written in one hand, years after the dates actually occurred. (C-296) According to one Public Family Tree at ancestrees, John was born in Hempstead, Queens, New York instead. This is not where I've found the family living before at all, but am including it for further study.

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Thomas COATES was born in 8th da 1st mo 1717 in Kingswood M.M., Hunterdon, NJ; was christened in 1717; died in 1780 in Solebury, Bucks, Pennsylvania, USA.
2. Samuel COATE was born about 1718 in , , NJ; died about 1735 in Bethlehem, Hunterdon, NJ.

John married Esther DOUGHTY on 22 Jul 1727 in Amwell Twp., Hunterdon, NJ, USA. Esther (daughter of Jacob DOUGHTY and Amy WHITEHEAD) was born on 17 Aug 1708 in Amwell Twp., Hunterdon, NJ, USA; died after 7 Apr 1742 in Kingwood, Hunterdon, New Jersey, USA; was buried before 1743. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Jacob COATE was born on 27 Jul 1728 in Bethlehem, Hunterdon, New Jersey, USA; and died.
2. Henry COATE was born on 30 Aug 1730 in , Hunterdon, NJ; died in 1787 in , , NJ, USA.
3. John COATE was born on 16 Feb 1732 in Bethlehem, Hunterdon, NJ, USA; died on 25 Apr 1786 in Of Burlington Co., NJ.
4. Amie Anne COATE was born on 25 Mar 1735 in Bethlehem, Hunterdon, NJ, USA; died on 19 Nov 1765 in Springfield, Burlington, NJ.
5. Samuel COATE was born in 11th da 11th mo 1737 in Bethlehem, Hunterdon, NJ, USA; died after 1742.
6. Daniel COATE was born on 29 Aug 1739 in Kingwood, Hunterdon, NJ, USA; died on 26 Oct 1802 in Evesham, Burlington, New Jersey, USA.
7. William COATE was born on 1 Nov 1742 in Kingwood, Hunterdon, NJ, USA; and died.

Notes:

We have several cousins who descend from different sons of Samuel in our YDNA group to prove our descent from Samuel Coate, b. 1670! See these findings at: http://www.ancestrees.com/henrycoatebabt1595ydnagroup.html

Samuel Coate from Somersetshire, England first appears in Pennsylvania with his father, John Coate in 1685. (C-568) He could be the Samuel Coates who arrived in Maryland in 1682. In 1699, through an instrument in writing, his father gave him 200 acres of land that he had purchased on Mar 13, 1689 from Israel Taylor. Samuel, himself, had purchased 23 more acres from this same Israel Taylor on Nov. 16, 1696. After his father's death, in late 1699 or early 1700, Samuel sold the land he inherited from his father John and settled in Burlington Co., NJ.

One source entitled, "The Samuel Coate Family" says that Samuel settled near his brother, Marmaduke, who came over in 1717 (1713) and settled in Burlington Co. as proved by the will of Ann Coate, widow of Marmaduke. (1929) (C-549d) I believe this brother relationship to be an error as John Coate had a son Samuel but no known son, Marmaduke. It is more likely that Samuel and Marmaduke were cousins and this was the kinship referred to in Ann Coate's will. Another possible way the "Samuel Coate Family" erred in saying he lived near his brother, Marmaduke, is that Samuel did live fairly near his older brother James, who came to Philadelphia. James and his other brother Henry supposedly came over after their father, John and brother Samuel. (C-1542)

He appears often in Quaker records in the Middletown Monthly Meeting of Friends, Bucks Co., Pennsylvania. He signed a testimony against the sale of "rum or other strong liquors to the Indian" on 11/5/1687. He witnessed several marriages: 1) Jeffery Hawkins and Ellen Pierson on 9/21/1687 at the home of the bride, 2) William Smith and Mary Cronasdale on 1/12/1688, and 3) his elder brother James and Mary Watson at the Philadelphia Meeting House on 12/8/1691/92. He was a member of the Grand Jury of the Quarter Sessions Court in Bucks County, PA on 7/13/1693. He was a road juror ordered by the court to help lay out a cart road from Newtown to the ferry house at a session dated 12/1693, the second Wednesday of the month. He declared his intention to marry Mary Sanders on 11/3/1694/5 at the Middletown Meeting. Samuel and Mary also declared their intention to marry at the Falls Meeting on 12/6/1694/5 also. It appears they went to both meeting houses a second time to inform all interested family and friends of their intent to marry on 12/7/1694/5 and 1/6/1694/5 before proceeding to marry. Samuel was on a Petit Jury on 10/9/1696, a Common Pleas Jury on the 10th month, 1697 and a Grand Jury on 7/14/1698 and 1/8/1698/9.

In 1700, after his move to Burlington Co., NJ, there is a Samuel Coate who was listed as one of the men who helped survey and lay out a by-road for accommodating the "back inhabitants" leading into the Kings Road. (C-1668) Since he is the only Samuel I know of living in Burlington Co., NJ in 1702, the following records also likely apply to him. He and Samuel Beard acknowledged to the court that they owed the King forty lbs. which was to be levied on their goods, chattles and tenements on condition that Samuell Coates keep the peace particularly toward Elizabeth White and Elizabeth Brown. These two women had attested to the court that they were afraid he would abuse or ravish them and felt their lives were in danger. The court then ordered Samuel Coates to find security to prove his intention was peaceful. Samuel was also charged with four others of neglecting service on the road in that year. In that same year in court, Samuel was named as one of the new Constables from Burlington. These records were summarized in "The Burlington Court Book, a Record of Quaker Jurisprudence in West New Jersey, 1680-1709", by H. Clay Reed. (C-1673)

On 1/10/1702/3, he submitted the purchase of a deed for 3 acres of land in Newtown, with the deed dated 9/16/1696. He appears to have sold that land plus 19 other acres to Shadrack Walley on that same day, 1/10/1702/3 and then submit it to the courts on 7/8/1703. In 1705 he was named as a Grand Juror in the court records. (C-1673) The Old York Road went from Market St. in Philadelphia through Newtown, Bucks Co., PA to land he later bought in Springfield, Burlington, NJ and in 1722 in Amwell Twp., Hunterdon Co., NJ (at least 400 acres) over the Delaware River. It appears his sons inherited different parts of this land that had then become Bethlehem Twp. which later became Kingwood, Hunterdon Co., NJ and possibly Amwell Co., NJ.

Here are the deed records that belong to him in NJ records:
Coate, Samuel (Grantee) TO: Samuel Coate 10 May 1703 L (WJ) : Folio 337 (SSTSE02
FROM: Joseph English
CONVEYANCE. Burlington County.
OTHERS NAMED:
LOCATIONS: West Jersey; Burlington Coate, Samuel (Grantor) TO: Roger Fort (son-in-law, husband of d. Ann Coate) 11 May 1722 W (WJ) : Folio 339 (SSTSE023)
FROM: Samuel Coate
CONVEYANCE. Springfield, Burlington County.
OTHERS NAMED:
LOCATIONS: West Jersey; Burlington; Springfield Township Coate, Samuel (Named) TO: Roger Fort (added by Linda Coate: Support for Roger Fort being his son in law) 27 Mar 1723 Basse B (Surveys, 207-290) : Folio 264 (SSTSE023)
FROM:
SURVEY. 197 acres. Springfield Township; Burlington County. For Roger Fort. Land purchased of Samuel Coate. Bordering lands of Ananiah Gaunt. [Warrant Date: 13 Aug 1722]. View PDF
OTHERS NAMED: Samuel Coate; Hananiah Gaunt
LOCATIONS: West Jersey; Burlington; Springfield Township

He and his family took a certificate to Buckingham from Burlington on March 6, 1723 (the same year he died). Quaker minutes mention sons John and Henry and in the Women's minutes from Buckingham it mentions Mary Coate and daughter Elizabeth. (C-549c, 995, 1086)

Samuel purchased the land they moved to in 1723 on April 17, 1722: 400 acres of land in Amwell Twp., Hunterdon Co. from Robert Eaton adjoining John Holcombe's land. (This land is now a part of Mercer Co., NJ.) Samuel Coate was listed as of Springfield, Burlington Co., NJ at the time. He also purchased an additional adjoining 100 acres according to the deed where his son William sells 150 acres of the land in 1728. (I'm suggesting this extra land purchase also included land in what became Bethlehem Twp. (and then Kingwood Twp.) as that is where we can verify his son John's land was. He was a carpenter and appears to have established a ferry service there known as Coate's Ferry on the Delaware River. Opposite him was a service owned by John Wells known as "Wells ferry" on the Pennsylvania side of the Delaware. It is interesting to note that this ferry service later became known as Coryell's Crossing (Corryell's Ferry in Lamberton, NJ) and was where Washington crossed the Delaware in the Revolutionary War and is the scene of the famous painting of same. It was approximately 5 miles from what had become Trenton, NJ at the time.

On Aug. 24, 1723, John Bainbridge, Samuel Coate, Thomas Curtis, Joshua Anderson, Andrew Smith, and Nathaniel Leonard, freeholders, received tax money from Capt. Ralph Hunt for the running of the government in Maidenhead, Hopewell, Amwell and Trenton Townships, NJ. I have no further details in his involvement in running the townships than this record in the deeds of NJ. (C-2152)

After Samuel's death in 1723, his land on the hill along Yoark Road went to sons John, Henry, and William. His will was written Nov. 22, 1723 and proved Jan. 8, 1723/24. It lists wife Mary, children: John, Henry, William, Marmaduke, Samuel and Elizabeth. (C-549d, 1078, 1433) In his will, he is referred to as Samuel Coate, Gentleman, of Amwell, Hunterdon Co., NJ. He bequeathed 200 aces to son John, 200 to son Henry and the rest to son William. His Executors were sons, John and Henry. It was witnessed by Jon Holcombe, John Wells, and Benjamin Willcocks. The inventory of his estate dated Dec. 23, 1723 included a clock, the family bible and other books and was made by George Green and John Holcombe In 1728, his son John sold 200 acres of the tract of land he was given by his father, to John Purcell. In 1732, John Coate, of Bethlehem, N.J. (which later became Kingwood Twp., NJ) sold 30 acres more of this land to John Holcombe. It is a home built by this John Holcombe that Washington stayed in twice during the Revolutionary War. (This 1732 deed mentions adjoining posts belonging to William and Henry Coate's lands.) (C-153)

Two Coate names appear in Freeholders lists for New Jersey, that could be his sons. John Coates was a landholder who was selected as the 42nd juror in Bethlehem Twp., Hunterdon Co., NJ in 1741 (Vol. 37, pg. 56-Genealogical Mag. of N.J.) and Henry Coates was a land holder in Amwell Twp., Hunterdon Co., NJ. (C-294, Vol. 37, p.54)

Son Marmaduke is in Quaker records when he married Sarah Mathis in Little Egg Harbor, 1747. (C-549c)

Son William is still puzzling. He or his uncle account for the William who witnessed a Quaker marriage in Burlington County, NJ. He sold his land, 150 acres, that he inherited from his father, Samuel, on May 21, 1729 to William Cornwell. (C-549d). We do not know how much land he received from his father, as deed records do not tell us the amount that Samuel first purchased. We know it was large enough to encompass 197 acres that went to his son-in-law, Roger Fort, 200 acres to son John, 200 acres to son Henry and all the rest which included at least 150+ plus acres to son William. That could also indicate that William is his oldest living son. It is likely that he still retained some land as his name is mentioned in a deed of sale by his brother in 1732. (C-153) This is possibly the William who moved to what became Newberry County, SC by 1762. (See William's bio on ancestrees for further details as he could also be the William Coats who lived in Northern Liberties, Philadelphia, PA by 1734.)

Samuel married Mary SAUNDERS on 6 Jan 1695 in Falls M.M., Bucks, PA, USA. Mary (daughter of John SAUNDERS, * and Mary FARLEY) was born on 24 Jun 1672 in of, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA; died in 1733 in Falls, Hunterdon, New Jersey, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Mary is mentioned in will of Ann Coate, widow of Marmaduke, of Burlington Co., NJ. in January of 1729/30. (C-253c)

I currently have found 7 triangulations on chromosomes 5 and 22 with descendants of John Sanders m. to Mary Farley via Mary Farley's father, George proving that she descends through the early Massachusetts Sanders and Farley families. They averaged 4.71 cM's and a 27Q value of certainty between all of them when compared to my Uncle's DNA. This is above the average in cM and Q value size for this distance in time because I was able to compare these cousin's DNA with my Uncles.

I also found 3 triangulations through the John Sanders married Mary Clarke of less strength in average cM match size and in average Q values that highly suggest that both of these 2 early Sanders/Saunders families are related to each other.

Notes:

We now have absolute proof that we descend through John's father Henry with another YDNA tester in our Coats Surname Project at FTDNA. This cousin descends from a different son of Henry's that ends up being forced to migrate to Australia. Thank you, Australian cousins for helping to prove this line from 1595 to the present!

I also triangulate with autosomal DNA cousins who descends through John and Elizabeth Coate's daughter, Ann Coate, on chromosome 7 in overlapping segments as our 1st common Coate ancestor, tentatively suggesting our descent from John and Elizabeth. Back in this distance of time, the cM's segment match length is small enough that it can't currently prove the descent. I expect that the fact that we triangulate improves the statistical proof, but we will have to wait till the mathematics in this field also improves to know for sure. I would guess that John's mother's name could be Elizabeth from his 2 daughter's names. Ann would have been named after his mother-in-law, JoAnn.

Here are the facts that we do know about John Coate. He was the father of our Samuel Coate of Somerset Co., England; Newtown, PA and Hunterdon Co., NJ proven by the fact that Samuel was given 200 acres of his father, John Coate's land in Newtown, Pennsylvania via letter dated August, 1699 from Somerset, England one month before John Coate died in England. John was married to Elizabeth Humphreys in England and had the following children: John, Henry, James, Samuel, and Elizabeth. His children's births are registerd as being from the Kingsbury Episcopi M.M., Middle Divison of the Somerset Quarterly Meeting in England. Quaker records were only kept in their monthly meeting from 1665-1673. They list both John and Elizabeth as parents. They are listed right before his nephew Marmaduke married to Ann Pole's children are listed in this Middle Division of the Somerset Monthly Meeting records all in the same hand. They likely were transcribed from their Monthly Meeting records kept until 1673. It is known that they had four small children and one on the way in 1672 when it was recorded that his house had been burnt down and his wife was expecting. This matches well with the birth dates of his children. However, he could have had more children from 1673 onward that were not in the records. One source lists him with a daughter named Ann. This fits well with info on descendants of an Ann Coate (1673-1762) married to a Roger Fort (1669-1749) in the United States. (E)

He lived in Lambrook, England, which adjoins the town of Curry Rivel on the east. He is often listed in the Illchester Monthly Meeting Minutes or Southern Division Monthly Meeting Minutes as it was known beginning in 1670.

Other events in his lifetime are as follows.

1668 His wife, Elizabeth Coate, sister to John Humphries, was reprimanded for being married by a priest indicating that John was not a Quaker at the time of his marriage. Kingsbury MM, Somerset, England.

1670 8mo 27d In Somerset: "In this Year the following Persons were committed to Prison at Ilchester for refusing to pay Tithes, ... Impropriator: John Coate, at the suit of Samuel Tilley." http://www-personal.umich.edu/~bobwolfe/gen/mn/m3350x3351.htm

1671 2mo 27d In attendance at Illchester MM, Somerset, England (Park)

25d 7mo 1672 In the Southern Division MM minutes, a request was made to other area meetings to aid and assist John Coate, whose "afflicted condition" had resulted from his imprisonment, the burning of his home and property, his indebtedness, his responsibility for his 4 small children, "one of them having been scalded near to death and his wife also being near her time."

1672 12mo 29 In attendance at Illchester MM, Somerset, England (Park)

1676 12mo 24 In attendance at Illchester MM, Somerset, England (Park)

1678 On 28 of month 3 (May), John Coat of Lambrook was at the Bishop's Court on the same day that Quaker John Whiting was questioned for not paying tithes, http://www-personal.umich.edu/~bobwolfe/gen/mn/m3350x3351.htm

1678 (4mo: Park) At Somerset, "Beside those already mentioned, there had been imprisoned for Tithes, some Years before John Whiting's Commitment, John Coate, John Smith, Thomas Ridiout of Mark, and Walter Hodges of Kingsbury. http://www-personal.umich.edu/~bobwolfe/gen/mn/m3350x3351.htm

1679 5mo 31d In attendance at Illchester MM, Somerset, England (Park)

1680 2mo 29d "For a Meeting at Gregory-Stoke: John Cuffe, John Pinny, Francis Scott, and John Coate, were fined

John married Elizabeth HUMPHREYS on 29 Dec 1663 in Kingsbury M.M., Somerset, ENG. Elizabeth (daughter of Johanas (John) HUMPHREY and Joan) was christened on 11 Jul 1647 in , Somerset, ENG; died before 1686 in Kingsbury, Somerset, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Her name is definitely Elizabeth Humphreys. According to Quaker records when she is listed as the wife of John, her birthdate is given as July 7, 1647. She is listed as the mother of John's children in the 1660's in Somerset Co., England. Her surname is proven to be Humphries because of the following extracts from Minute Book 1 of Illchester M.M. in county Somerset, England. "15/12/1668 7th minute, from Kingsbury Meeting, "That Thomas Budd and George Taylor do again go and visit James Humprheys and Elizabeth Coate, his sister, and in God's love, warn them again to clear their conscience by their obedience to the truth, and that they no longer absent or withdraw themselves from the assemblies of God's people." 25/12/1668, "That Thomas Budd and George Taylor do again go and visit James Humprheys and Elizabeth Coate, his sister ...and that Elizabeth, as she is in a capacity, come to the Friend's Monthly or give forth a testimony against her being married by a priest."

Further evidence has been found in the Southern Divison Quarterly Meeting Records which transferred data from the Monthly Meeting records into lists by one recorder. In the middle of the listing for John and Elizabeth Coate's children, her brother James Humphries and previously unknown wife Joan is listed with the birth of their daughter Joane Humphries. Her brother James is then listed in the baptismal records for the Church of England as from Kingsbury Episcopi and the son of John and Joane Humfry. Then to put the cherry on the cake, she and husband John Coate, named their first child John after her father. This was the most common Quaker naming pattern.

Elizabeth did not ever come to America. She might be the Elizabeth Coate, widow, who died in the month called Feb of 1720/21 in Hambridge according to Somerset Quarterly Monthly Meeting Records for Somerset Co., England. (1720 In month 12, Eliz. Coate of Hambridge, died. [http://www-personal.umich.edu/~bobwolfe/gen/mn/m3350x3351.htm] ) The problem with this is there is a John Coate of New Towne, Pennsylvania who was listed free of marriage engagements when he requested a return to England in the 1686. Therefore, I am accepting the theory that he was married twice, both times to an Elizabeth. (C-199, 253c)

Notes:

According to Triangulations I have with both the Sanders/Saunders of Maine and Massachusetts and this Sanders/Saunders of Massachusetts, these two groups are related. Some of the children of one might apply to the children of the other instead.

John married Mary FARLEY in 1671 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Mary (daughter of George FARLEY, * and Christian Beatrice BIRTHS) was born in Feb 1647 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 31 Aug 1712 in of, Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

All historical research led us to believe that our Coate line went back through this Henry to his father Marmaduke. We now have a wonderful YDNA match from a cousin in Australia whom has only 1 point out of 37 DNA points different from us. It proves we descend from this Henry Coate, The Elder, who is the most recent common ancestor we have in common. I am so grateful for this. We finally know for certain after 40 years of research via DNA. How truly wonderful!

He is often called Henry "the Elder" or Henry C. in family member trees. I have seen no actual proof of either. It's possible that he is the Henry "The Elder" listed as the father of an Elizabeth when she married John Podger in Burton, Drayton, England, but this remains to be proven. John or Elizabeth Podger or their children are NOT in this Henry's will. I have therefore given him the name Henry Coate of Hambridge to distinguish him from the Henry of Burton in Drayton Parish, Somerset, England.

Henry named 5 children in his will, among them Marmaduke and John. He wrote his will on Aug 8, 1661 in Hambridge, Curry Rivel Parish, England and is listed by the title of Yeoman. It was proved in January of 1663 at Taunton. Henry Coate of Hambridge in the Parish of Curry Rivel within the County of Somerset, Yeoman, by his will gave: To his son Henry "wearing apperel and one pair of boots and 20 pounds." To his son John "four score pounds and one bedstead voer the entry and my best feather bed with one pair of sheets, one pair of blankets and cover bed and two bolsters there unto belonging": and several other articles of furniture, etc. Unto his daughter Rachel 10 shillings, Unto his daughter Mary 10 shillings, Unto his grandchild Jane Counsell 8 pounds, Unto grandchildren William Sugge, John Perry, Henry Perry, John Jermane, Jonathan Coate, Mary Coate, Elizabeth Coate, Mary Sugge, and Edith Coate 20 pounds each Unto Jane Rowsewell his grandchid one shilling. The rest of his goods and chattels he gave to his son Marmaduke whom he made sole executor of his estate. (C-253c) His known 3 sons all became Quakers through marriage in some cases and some of his daughters. They typically attended the Kingsbury Episcopi Monthly Meeting which was fairly small. They all had interconnections as their children married. The burial page for this monthly meeting in the Somerset Quarterly Meeting Records for the Southern Division included less than 30 people most of whom became related as they married. One small family of Humphries were amongst this group, Elizabeth Humphrey marrying John Coate. Other Coate's that remained in Curry Rivel, England remained faithful to the Church of England in that time period. The fact that the will remains means that he was considered one of the wealthy and his will had been transcribed in another site saving it from the bombings of World War II.

I am descended through his son John married to Elizabeth. As for autosomal DNA we also have small segment matches because of the distance back in time. A cousin is descended through the Marmaduke married to Edith that I have sorted as the son of this Henry Coate named Linda Midgett W. Blum. I'd like to know if we and a Joseph Edge are related through DNA as he descends from Marmaduke and Edith Coate. I have found an autosomal DNA triangulation with cousins who descend from this Henry through other children than I do. It is considered tentative back in this period of time because of the small size of the shared DNA and distance in time. They are 7th cousins to my Uncle for Henry Coate 1595, chromosome16, segments 28234964-34708422 7C, Gedmatch Kits M935084, Z397630, A497476. In any case, Y-DNA has now proved the connection so the autosomal DNA is just icing on the cake.

Henry married UNKNOWN after 1616. died before 1662. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Her name is Jane Batholomew according to Steven T. Ernst on ancestry.com. Her name is Emily Jane according to the Joseph Edge Family Tree. She is the first spouse of Henry Coate according to some trees with his other spouse being Joan Combstork/Comstock. If he also was married to a Joan Combstock that occurred on Apr. 28, 1656 in the Parish of Drayton. No wife is mentioned in Henry's will.

Notes:

We know that John is the father of our Elizabeth Humphries because he is listed as her father in her brother James' christening record. We knew her birthdate from Somerset Quaker records previously. I have found only a few other siblings for them in the records in Kingsbury or Drayton where Joane died. With the gap in their ages, it's highly likely that they had other siblings not in the published records or that their mother had a series of miscarriages.

John is listed as the son of a Humfrie in the Kingsbury Episcopi records if he is the Johannes baptized in 1620 there. Kingsbury Episcopi is where most of the earliest Humfry's in co. Somerset, England can be found. There are several possible father's of this John in Kingsbury at the time. They are George, b. 1597, son of Thomas; Peeter b. 1597, son of William; and James b. 1595 who married Johane Denman in 1614. James was the son of William b. 1595 according to Somerset baptismal records. Both the names James and Peter are repeated in this family with James being the more common choice and Peter repeated only once.

I'm working off the theory that our John is the son of James as he names his first born son James. The only other possibilities I've found are 1) a John and Mary that married in 1613 in Drayton, Somerset, England, 2) a John and Agnis Humfry that married in Drayton in 1610 or 3) An Edward and Havis Hue Humfrey who married in Drayton in 1623. The best fit and theory is that John is the son of James b. 1595.

Johanas married Joan before 1647. Joan was born before 1632 in Of Wiltshire, England; died on 3 Aug 1679 in Drayton Parish, Somerset, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She is listed as the spouse of John Humfry when she died in Drayton. Her mother's name is likely Elizabeth and that is where the name of their first daughter came from.

Notes:

He was in Massachusetts by 1636 according to a government record.

John married Hester ROLFE. Hester (daughter of John Thomas ROLFE) was born on 2 Apr 1616 in White Parish, Wiltshire, , England; died in 1663 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

George arrived in Massachusetts (possibly Roxbury) in 1639 on the ship "Lion". He shortly thereafter, moved to Woburn, Massachusetts. He was in King Phillips war with his house being one of the "safe" houses that was a place of refuge for nearby families. His son Timothy was one of the first to die in this war. He helped found Billerica, Middlesex, Ma in 1653 where he lived out his days.

I have multiple triangulations with his descendants of considerable size ranging from 4-7 cM's for that time period.

George married Christian Beatrice BIRTHS on 9 Apr 1641 in New England, USA. Christian was born in 1620 in Massachusetts; died on 27 Mar 1702 in Billerica, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States of America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]