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| 3651 | Stephen was literally a shipwrecked survivor stranded on Bermuda when their ship bound for early Jamestown wrecked after 5 days of heavy storms. By 1610, these men had built 2 boats that got them to Jamestown in 11 days time. The accounts that came from this experience back to England supposedly inspired Shakespeare's last play, The Tempest, about the shipwrecked "Stephnos". Stephen spent 4 years in the Jamestown colony contributing his skills as a tanner and elsewise where he learned much about the native tribes including some of their language. He was recalled to England when his wife died unexpectedly leaving their 3 small children orphaned in 2013. He received word of this in 2014. Apparently the new world had gotten under his skin. When he heard about the Mayflower signing up persons to go to the Virginia Colony in 1820, he signed up himself and his family with another wife, Elizabeth. They were the only family on the ship that was not of Puritan background. He is the only person on it with previous experience in the new world. The Mayflower could not get into Virginia due to weather and landed on what became known as Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts. Stephen had expressed the idea back in Bermuda, that the survivors were no longer under contract with the company that shipped them to Jamestown since they did not arrive safely there as promised. He talked about self-governing and brought new ideas to the world having to do with his understanding of Democracy. He was sentenced to death by the Governor of Jamestown whom was also on this stranded ship. His life was spared at the last moment because of those other men who spoke up on his behalf. Naturally though, when the Mayflower did not make it to Virginia, he influenced the writing of the Mayflower Compact which basically professed the same thing. These ideas starting showing up in other major documents including our Declaration of Independence and Constitution written a century and a half later. He proved invaluable to the fledgling government. He was an aide to the Governor of Plymouth and key figures like Myles Standish and Edward Winslow. He was the "ambassador" to the Native tribes and meetings with them would take place at his home. We descend from his daughter Constance. She came with her father at about age 14. She had a long life, marriage and 12 children. | HOPKINS, Stephen (I17020)
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| 3652 | Stephen, Sir Leslie, ed. Dictionary of National Biography, 1921–1922. Volumes 1–22. London, England: Oxford University Press, 1921–1922. Dictionary of National Biography, 1921–1922, Oxford University Press, London, England. | Source (S3130)
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| 3653 | Stephen, Sir Leslie, ed. Dictionary of National Biography, 1921–1922. Volumes 1–22. London, England: Oxford University Press, 1921–1922. Dictionary of National Biography, 1921–1922, Oxford University Press, London, England. | Source (S205)
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| 3654 | Stephen, Sir Leslie, ed. Dictionary of National Biography, 1921–1922. Volumes 1–22. London, England: Oxford University Press, 1921–1922. Dictionary of National Biography, 1921–1922, Oxford University Press, London, England. | Source (S876)
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| 3655 | Steven died of "cot death" as the Australians call it. We would call it crib death here in the U.S. (F-600) | LEENDERS, Steven Daniel (I618)
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| 3656 | Sue attended Custer City Schools. At the time of her marriage, she lived in Custer City and John in Degolia, Pennsylvania She listed herself as age 18 with a birth date one year before her birth date is listed elsewhere. They honeymooned at his mother's house in Kushicaw, Pennsylvania. It was a large old country home. She remembers fondly the serenade their friends gave them that Saturday night from the railroad tracks, just outside her mother-in-law's home. They sang "Johnny is home". In the 1940 census, she is employed as a salesperson in a store. (D-10) | KUTCHMIRE, Susan Irene (I12640)
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| 3657 | Sunno was involved in wars with the Romans and Goths throughout his lifetime. The Romans were ignoring an earlier treaty. (C-1346) | KING OF FRANKS, Sunno (Huano) (I16650)
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| 3658 | Susana and Asahel had 3 children: Lydia, Samuel and Charles. (C-2383) | WILKINS, Susana (I7576)
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| 3659 | Susanna died at age 28 after being killed by a bolt of lightening at noon on May 22, 1817. She left 5 children from ages 2 to 10 when she died. Her husband never was able to come to peace about it, a kind, affectionate, Christian wife aher brought to her death so suddenly. Her husband said that he had forshadowed to him, but didn't understand the meaning of the visions. | HOLLINGSWORTH, Susanna (I9268)
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| 3660 | Susanna died young. (C-1616) | COATES, Susianna (I1281)
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| 3661 | Susannah and her husband attended Friend's Meetings and are buried in West Branch Cemetery, a friends burial ground. There still seems to be some question though as to whether or not they were formally accepted into the Quaker Church.2) | MAST, Susanna (I15808)
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| 3662 | Susannah and her husband attended the marriage of their son Nehemiah to Rachel Yarnal on the 14d 10m 1773 in Warrington Twp., York Co., PA as did the parents of the bride. (C-2418b) | GRIEST, Susanah (I13254)
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| 3663 | Susannah is listed as Susan Ennis, the daughter of Joe Bell in his bible. This is accounted for by the fact that Joe Bell's wife, widow Hannah Ennis, had Susan by a previous marriage. (C-1542) Susannah married her second husband somefter May 28, 1804 as she was still signing her name as Coate in deed records at that point in time. In May of the following year she was signing her name as Dixon. | ENNIS, Susannah (I11946)
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| 3664 | Susannah is listed as the third daughter, wife of Francis Swanson, in her father's will. (C-575) It is highly likely she married quite young, as her husband inherited his father's land in 1683, being a likely time thereafter for their ma. One of their daughters was married by 1706, meaning that they would highly likely have been married before 1693. (C-1659) The land that Susannah inherited from her father passed down to Susannah and Francis Swanson's daughter Susannah. Daughter Susannah Swanson and her husband James Ward then sold it to George Wells. George Wells later became Susannah Swanson's lover and 2nd husband. | PLUMMER, Susannah (I13023)
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| 3665 | Susannah was a Quaker minister. She died at her son-in-law's, Robert Pearson. She had been living with her daughter Sarah in Clinton Co., but fell ill when home for a visit in West Milton, Ohio. She had lived alone amongst her childr many years after her husband's death. "She had traveled considerable in different states in the service of the gospel, as the records show." (Mote) (C-759, 2436) | WRIGHT, Susanna (I12086)
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| 3666 | Susannah was widowed shortly after her first marriage. According to her first husband's will, she was with child when he died. She had six children by her second marriage and lived in Princeton, NJ. Their grandson, Richard Stocktonh their son John, was an associate Justice of the Supreme Court and a "Signer" of the Declaration of Independence. (C-865) | WITHAM, Susannah (A.) (I13627)
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| 3667 | Suttone was granted four farms from his grandfather, John Bagley's will on May 3, 1648. He was the only son of Edward to be named in his grandfather's will. (C-1364) "Suttone appears on a number of occasions in the Churchwardens Book forhomas, Dudley, with the last entries being as Overseer for the Poor with his kinsman Jevon Harper in March 1695 and again as a Churchwarden for 1696." (John Taplin) | BAGLEY, Suttone (I569)
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| 3668 | Tacy never married. She was placed with her uncle at Horsham Monthly Meeting on May 8, 1783. This was noted in the Uwchlan Monthly Meeting, Chester Co., PA, although the reasons for this were not given. (C-1616, 2140) | COATES, Tacy (I1251)
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| 3669 | Talbert is listed as a machinist at the Mill Works in the 1900 New York census. He emigrated with his mother in 1881. | HUNTINGTON, Talbert (I1611)
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| 3670 | Talmadge was the family historian on my mother's side of the family. He got all of his information by interviewing family members. (CL-9) He was employed by Rio Grande College when he enlisted in the first World War on June 6, 1917.s already married at the time. He probably met his wife when they were both teachers. He was described as of medium height, medium build with blue eyes and black hair when he enlisted. He also enlisted in World War II in 1942. Mom knew him later as the principal of the high school in Rio Grande. He and his wife lived with her parents in the large house in the center of Rio. They only had one son who died at birth. They both wanted children so but she could not have any more. When he died, he left $9000.00 to each of Nellie's brother and sisters. If her siblings were deceased the money was divided between that sibling's children. (Interview with Marcena Clark Coate, 5/4/1996) They lived in a suburb of Columbus, Ohio for the last several years of their lives. | COTTRELL, Leslie Talmage (I11960)
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| 3671 | Tansing in a manuscript states that James Coate's (son of Marmaduke and Mary Coppock) first wife was Susannah Teague. They supposedly married on Apr 28, 1807 in Miami Co. However, other sources give Mary Miles as James's first wife and tsing source is riddled with many errors. (C-1519j) | TEAGUE, Susanna (I7824)
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| 3672 | Temperance Nicols is the supposed grand-daughter of Robert Seabrook. Her grandfather gave her husband land, which her husband proceeded to deed to his mother at some later point. | NICHOLS, Temperence (I13631)
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| 3673 | Tennessee County, District and Probate Courts. | Source (S925)
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| 3674 | Tennessee. Division of Archives, Land Office, and Museum. Early Tennessee/North Carolina Land Records, 1783–1927, Record Group 50. Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee. | Source (S3145)
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| 3675 | Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. | Source (S209)
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| 3676 | Texas Department of State Health Services. Texas Death Certificates, 1903–1982. Austin, Texas, USA. | Source (S2815)
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| 3677 | Thackthwaite, a hamlet in Loweswater township, on the river Cocker, in Cumberland, 4 | MARTIN, Richard (I12151)
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| 3678 | The "History of Chester Co., PA" states that "Moses Coates possessed considerable inventive genius, and towards the close of the last century he contrived and constructed a curious apple-paring machine, which was at once simple, convenied highly useful in domestic economy. With some slight modifications the instrument is still in popular use. He also invented a self-setting saw-mill, which attracted much notice at the time, but of its practical importance at the present day we are unable to speak. He likewise claimed the invention of a horse-rake (which he demonstrated to President Jefferson: C-1614), among other ingenious implements. That instrument, however, was afterwards greatly improved and brought nearly to perfection in the intellectual community of Kennet Square and vicinity, where agricultural machinery of various kinds is produced on an extensive scale; but as the inventors and machinists are yet living and flourishing, their memoirs must await the historic efforts of some future county Plutarch." (C-1601) He purchased a large tract of land that first was called Bridgetown (after his son-in-law, John Way's Hotel that had a sign of a Bridge) and then became Coatesville, PA when his son, Dr. Jesse Coates, named it in his father's honor in 1867. He built a sawmill, and a general store as parts of it's earliest constructions. He was not the original inhabitant of Bridgetown, but one of it's early white settlers. It had been an Indian village previous to William Fleming first building a home there. Moses later bought this home from William Fleming's son. The 14th post office in the county was opened in his store. He was the postmaster there and the town was named after him because of it. (C-1613, 1615) His sawmill was purchased by Isaac Pennock in 1810 who turned it into an Iron Mill run by his son-in-law, Dr. Lukens. It was called Brandywine Mills and then Lukens Rolling Mills. (C-1777) It was Moses' son-in-law, Jesse Kersey, that got the idea of partitioning and selling their land off that bordered on the new Lancaster Turnpike, the first road through that territory. (Wikipedia article, c 2011) He entertained many an officer during the Revolutionary War, with General Washington often being one of his guests. (C-1615) According to the DAR index in 1966, p.140, he was also a Private in the Revolutionary War from the Pennsyvania Province. He was married either in the Quakertown MM or in the Buckingham Monthly Meeting. A book on Philadelphia marriages lists it as Buckingham and my other second hand source lists it as Quakertown. He is bequeathed $50.00 in his brother in law's will, Abraham Musgrove, brother to Moses's wife, Hannah. It was probated Mar 24, 1775. (C-2149) | COATES, Moses (I14790)
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| 3679 | The 1850 Census for Benjamin and Phoebe's family says that Pheobe was born in Ohio instead. | HAYWORTH, Phoebe (I13771)
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| 3680 | The 1850 census says that Lydia was born in North Carolina. The 1880 census record for her son Abiathar says she was born in Ohio instead. We do not know which is correct. | DAVIS, Lydia (I14167)
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| 3681 | The 1850 Census would put this James'ss birth date at about 1828, after his mother had died. He was listed as Jim. (C-1623) | COATES, James Henry (I508)
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| 3682 | The 1850-1870 census gives his birthplace as Pennsylvania. In the U.S. Army, Register of Enlistments, 1798-1914, he gives his birthplace as Maryland. He is highly likely to be a sibling or cousin of Philip Hetzer as he lived in the same places as him and is 3 years older. There were very few Hetzers in America at the time. He served in the War of 1812. He was a Sergent in Capt. Samuel Lane's Co., location unstated. Captain Samuel Lane gathered a militia in Sheperdstown, WV just over the border from the southwest corner of Maryland. His likely brother, Philip was also in the War of 1812. George had his first daughter in Maryland in 1825. By 1829, he lived in Olive Twp., Meigs Co., Ohio when his 2nd daughter was born. | HETZER, George (I185)
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| 3683 | The 1851 census gives his birthplace as Rowley, Staffordshire, England and the 1861 gives it as Five Ways, Worcestershire, England. Since he was only 3 months old in the first, I would imagine that the first record is more accurate. Hekely to be the Benjamin Charles Dimmock, b. 1851 who marries Susannah Mills on Jan. 2, 1873 in Bilston, Staffordshire, England. His father is listed as Benjamin. | DIMMOCK, (Benjamin) Charles (I1932)
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| 3684 | The 1860 Census list Mary Coats, age 76, living in Mercer County, Gibson Twp, Ohio with her daughter and son-in-law, Abraham and Abigale Mott. Their land is located as follows 79 acres, N/W quarter of N/W Sec 27 Township 15N Range 1 East.way 49 passed through this property between Fox Road and Jenkins Road. It should be noted that there were 200 acres nearby owned by a Thomas and Francis West, Sec. 25, T 15 N, R 1 E who might be relatives of Mary. | WEST, Mary (I12381)
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| 3685 | The 1861 census says she was born in Dudley, Worcester, England and the 1881 census says she was born in Netherton, Worcester, England instead. | UNKNOWN, Elizabeth (I6149)
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| 3686 | The 1900 census lists Mary as Marie, age 11 who was a naturalized citizen. (D-50) This would make her birthdate approximately 1889. However, no birth record can be found for her in Neviczke, Hungary at the time. She had 2 other siblinn there before and after this date that are listed in the records. Perhaps she was born in Budapest or at a relative's home outside of Neviczke. She is likely to be the Maria Dudik who emigrated from Hungary on Nov 27, 1896, age 7 on the ship Havel, from the port, Breman, Germany to Ellis Island, New York. This Maria was traveling with a possible Aunt, Julia Volsik, age 22, a married American citizen. The record lists her as a male, but Maria has an aunt married to John Volcik (her mother's brother) named Julie Volcsik. I therefore suspect that Julia's sex was simply mistranslated. (D-199) There is another Mary Dudik coming over to the United States traveling with Veorn (Veronica) Voscvik arriving on the Pannonia from Nevicke in New York on Sep. 11, 1905. She was age 19, could read and write, nationality Hungary, race - Ruthenian. Mary's destination was her cousin, Anna (Uhiur) in New York City, New York that could be this Mary instead though she would be 4 years older than any records indicate in the United States. It is possible that she wasn't telling the truth about her age or that this Mary was instead a younger sister/niece of Joseph Dudick, my children's original immigrant. In the 1920 census, Mary and her husband Daniel continued to live in Allentown, Pennsylvania. They had no children. She is listed as naturalized, though her husband wasn't. He was born in Pennsylvania, and she as well as her parents were listed as being born in Austria. Her native tongue was Slavik. She was 31 on her last birthday. Mary was not living at home in the 1930 census. She listed her nationality as Czech and her and her parents birth places as Czechoslovakia. She married at age 24 and her husband was age 25 according to this census. She could speak English, entered the country in 1922 and was listed as an alien or not naturalized. This immigration date is not likely to have been accurate. She was married in Allentown, PA in 1913/1914. Possibly it's the last date that she traveled to and from the old country. They had no children listed. This info and her place of birth in Austria Hungary by family tradition is not supported in her marriage certificate. In that she was age 25 when she married on May 10, 1915. She lists her birthplace as Bradford City, PA. Both of her parents are listed as being born in Austria. Her father, Joseph is deceased and her mother Mary is listed as "at home". Her residence was Allentown, Pennsylvania at the time on what looks like 1447 Hamilton St. Her birthplace would not have been Pennsylvania as earlier records state her to not have citizenship in this country yet. | DUDICK, Mary (I11639)
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| 3687 | The accomplishment of Moses' and Priscilla's marriage was recorded in the Falls Monthly men's minutes, Bucks Co., PA on 5/4/1747 with a certificate from the Gwinedd Monthly Meeting. Moses was listed as belonging to the North Wales Monthling in these minutes. Moses Jr. was willed a cow by his father in 1761. He was a private in the American Revolution as was his nephew, Moses also. (C-1615, 1977, 2154) | COATES, Moses Jr. (I14625)
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| 3688 | The actress Lucille Ball descends from her. | ROBERTS, Anna (I3173)
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| 3689 | The ancestry of our Mary John was unknown until the publication of the Chancery Court Records for Montgomery Co., Ohio In two different land cases, she is listed as the daughter of David John and wife of Absalom Mast along with the ss I now have listed for her. It should be noted that there was another Mary John in Montgomery Co. that had been connected to this family instead in places like Brien's "Miami Valley Genealogies, Vol. II", but the Chancery Court records are as clear as day on this. It's this Mary married to Absalom Mast who is the d. of David John and Eleanor Powell. (C-2318) Mary's birth date is listed as Mar 5, 1797 in her husband's bible, her cemetery stone and in a published book "The Mast Family History" (Mar 3, 1797). She is listed as age 16 in the guardianship papers after her father's death in 1815 with her older brother, Bowen being listed at age 18. This would calculate his birth date at 1797 and hers at 1799. She is definitely the sibling born after Bowen (b. 1797) and before Samuel (b. 1801) in all of the court records on this family. I suspect that the earlier dates of birth, given when they were children are more correct. It should be noted that in a transcribed Bible record belonging to Gr.Gr. Aunt Jane Pickering, she was listed as a Mary Johns with an s on the end of the name. | JOHN, Mary (I12375)
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| 3690 | The bible belonging to this Jarius Bunnel is in the current possession of Hal and Libby (Elizabeth Corrigan) Swenson. I have seen it and they have copied it for me. The first page is inscribed "Jarus (Jarius?) Bunnel's Book, Cheshire, Ju1" (F-315) Since it is stated he is the Jarius of Cheshire (Conn) in 1811, it is likely that at least some of his children were born in Cheshire as he and his wife were raising a family starting in 1812. Note that his name is written consistently by he or his family with only one l. Jarius is probably the Jarius listed in the 1820 Cheshire, New Haven, Connecticut Census records on page 228. This record still needs to be located. (F-429) | BUNNEL, Jairus (I11716)
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| 3691 | The bible is very difficult to read for his name. It could have been Hester instead. In either case, he or she was a twin to a Witty or Hitty Coate. | COATE, Wesley (I495)
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| 3692 | The Bible that is quoted as the source for this Daniel and Esther Troth Coats family is her bible as quoted in the front "Esther Coate, 1825" and is likely in her excellent penmenship. However, the copywrite on the bible is 1830, so it'y that the front inscription was put in later and had the date slightly wrong. | TROTH, Esther (I12871)
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| 3693 | The bible that originally belonged to Sarah Milles's family was passed down to this Sarah Mills when she married Daniel Coate. I say this because at the beginning of the last section of her bible which is a collection of psalms put intoor song), it states "Sarah Moor her Book God give her grace ther into Look for whan the Belles". On the side of this page is also handwritten, "Sarah Moor Whiton may 27 1740". From this I am assuming that Sarah Milles' mother was named Sarah Moor until she married a Whiton and then married a Milles before she had Sarah Milles in 1745. A second theory is that her grandmother was named Sarah Moor before she married a Whiton, and she gave her bible to Sarah Milles when she married Daniel Coate. In an earlier spot that is bookmarked in the bible, a likely sister of Sarah's is written "In the year of our Lord 1742 10 month 3 day then was boarnd Rosana Milles (and further down), William Wilson" In the page before the New Testament starts it states "I the year of our Lord 1745 9 month 20 day then was bornd Sarah Milles." Earlier in the book in front of the beginning of the Old Testament the following information is given about her "Sarah Caote wfie of Dal Coate was Born the 20th of November in the year of our Lord 1745". This dating pattern suggests that Sarah Milles parents were Quakers when she was born as her original birth record in the bible lists the date as 9/20/1745 which would have been the Quaker format in that time period for a November birth date. In the end flaps of the book there is definitely writing, but it doesn't make sense as essential words have faded over the years. Here is what is readable in 2004 when the bible is almost 400 years old, on the front inside cover is states "Sarah Milles in the Year of our Lord....Sarah Coate Daniel Coate, and on the back inside flap it states "Ard(h) Ca(yre) his book 1766, Job 22, 19th Varse," on side of back page it states "Joshua" "Joshua" "Joshua", upside down from that it says Joseph." The bible's earliest date that it was hand written in was 1678. The following scribblings which look like someone learning to write his name are on the page after the title page for the New Testament. They read "William Hill (Hanr) Ha(url) Anno 1678 William Andand (A ) (A ) O W JJJJJ William JJJJJJJJJ II." In the page before the concordance of the bible in hand writing it says "Ambros hands and Ambros R was Ambros hand" (at least that is sure what it looks like.) From: DorothyWiland@aol.com: This is the will of Sarah Mills Coate wife of Daniel Coate. WILL OF SARAH COATE 1825 Burlington,NJ I Sarah Coate of the township of Evesham, in the County of Burlington and State of New Jersey, being at this time in a good State of health, and of a good, sound, well disposing, mind and memory, do make this my last will and testament in manner and form following, that is to say (Imprinis?)I will and order that my funeral expences, and all my just debts be duly paid by my son Asahel Coate and of the real estate which I shall herein after give to him as soon as may be convenient for him to do after my decease. Secondly I give and devise to my Son Asahel Coate all my plantation and real estate whatsoever Situate in the Township of Evesham (or elseware) with all the appurtenances belonging hereto, To hold to my son Asahel Coate his heirs and assigns forever -Provided that my Son Asahel Coate pays of duly the Several legacies which I shall herein order and direct him to pay, that is to say, I give and bequeath to my grand son Asahel Page (son of my daughter Sarah Page two hundred dollars in money to be paid by my son Asahel Coate and of the real estate which I have herein above given to him within one year after my decease: Provided that my grandson Asahel Page pays? the Interest of three hundred dollars yearly to me or to some other person as I shall direct him to pay the same during my life time. But of the whole or any part of the Interest money being unpaid by him at my decease, the same is to be deducted out of the above legacy of two hundred dollars--. Also I give and bequeath to my four grand Sons namely John, Abner, Daniel and Thomas Page (the sons of my daughter above named) the sum of three hundred dollars [ink blot] in money: To be paid by my Son Asahel Coate out of the lands which I have above given to him as they arrive to the age of twenty one but in case one or more of them arrive to the age of twenty one then in that case I order the same to be paid to such, in one year after my decease. Likewise I give and bequeath to my grand daughter Sophia Coate the daughter of my son Samuel Coate, the sum of five hundred dollars in money. And to my grandson Daniel Coate, the son of my son Samuel Coate, the sum of seven hundred dollars in money, which said two sums of money is to be paid to the said Sophia and Daniel Coate when they come to the age of twenty one, by my Son Asahel Coate out of the real estate which I have herein before given to him but if either or both of them comes to the age of twenty one before my decease I order the same to be paid to them in one year after my decease. Thirdly, I give and bequeath to my grand daughter Sarah Coate, the daughter of my Son Asahel Coate, the bed and bed clothse which I occupy and make use of And to my grand Son Asahel Page I give and bequeath my other bed and bedclothes. Fourthly, I give and bequeath the remainder of my moveable Estate including my wearing apparel to be equally divided amongst my Son Asahel Coates children. Fifthly As my Son John Coate having been gone from this parts several years and not having had a full account of his (unreadable) And in case if he should return I order and direct my Son Asahel Coate to pay him eighty dollars a year as long as he lives out of the lands which I have given him. And Lastly, I do nominate and appoint my Son Asahel Coate my Executor of this my last will and testament hereby revoking making nul and void all former wills and Testaments by me made. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this eighteenth day of the fifth month in the year of our Lord one Thousand eight hundred and twenty one. Signed Sealed and declared by the testator to be her last will and testament in the presence of us who have subscribed our names as sitnesses in her presence. Hannah Stockton, Haines Sharp, Joshua Sharp Joshua Sharp one of the witnesses to the aforewritten will alleging himself to be conscientiously scrupulous of taking an oath and being duly affirmed according to law doth declare by that he Saw Sarah Coate the testatrix therein named deceased sign and seal the same and heard her publish pronounce and declare the aforegong writing to be her last will and testatment: that at the time of the doing thereof the said testatrix was of sound and disposing mind & memory so far as this affirmant knows and as he verily believes and that Hannah Stockton and Haines Sharp the other subscribing evidences were present at the same time & signed their names as (unreadable) to the said will together with this affirmant in the presence of the said testatrix. Joshua Sharp Affirmed the 6th day of August 1825 before me Abrm Brown Surrog Asahel Coate executor in the aforewritten will named alleging himself to be conscientiously scrupulous of taking an oath and being duly affirmed according to law doth declare & say that the afore(cut off word) instrument contains the true last will and testament of Sarah Coate the testatrix therein named deceased so far as he knows and as he verily believes, that he will well and truly perform the same by paying first the debts of the said deceased and then the legacies in the said testament specified so far as the goods chattels & credits of the said deceased can thereunto extend; and that he will make & exhibit unto the Prerogative Office at Trenton a true and perfect inventory of all & singular the goods chattels & credits of the said deceased which have or shall come to his knowledge or possession or to the possession of any other person or persons for his use & render a just & true account when thereunto lawfully required. Asahel Coate Affirmed the 6th day of August 1825 before me Abrm Brown Surrog I Abraham Brown Surrogate of the County of Burlington do certify the annexed to be a true copy of the last will and testament of Sarah Coate late of the County of Burlinton deceased and that Asahel Coate of the County of Burlington the executor therein named proved the same before me and is duly authorised to take upon himself the administration of the estate of the testatrix agreeably to the said will Witness my hand and seal of office the sixth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty five. signed Abraham Brown | MILLES, Sarah (I7849)
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| 3694 | The birth places I've found published for Henry Coate and Rebecca Willson in second hand sources give Henry's birth place as Newberry Co., SC (C-556-Compilation of Quaker Records) and Rebecca Willson's as New Jersey. However, in two of their son's, John H. and Henry's census records in 1880, both listed that each of their parents were born in North Carolina, and a third, Caleb (a blacksmith) thought they were born in Maryland. It is possible that Marmaduke and Mary Coppock were living in North Carolina when they had Henry Coate in 1770, but I suspect they didn't really have that knowledge from their father. All the Quaker records suggest they lived in S. Carolina by 1770. Henry was born on the 8m 18 1770 according to Hinshaw's Encyclopedia. (C-384-385) Henry was a Blacksmith and sickle-maker by trade. According to an interview I had with a Blacksmith at the Ohio Historical Society, Henry would have been the best paid member of the community and honored. On top of that, Henry manufactured "edge" tools which required a keen eye and a "feel" for the metal. It supposedly defined an accomplished, not just skilled, blacksmith. (C-648) He and his family moved to Ludlow Falls, Ohio on a letter dated 7/28/1804 where he set up shop as a smithy. (C-100) They had sold their land in Newberry Co., SC to John Chapman on April 4, 1804. Not long after moving to Ludlow Falls, due to fear of the Indians, they moved to Waynesville, Warren Co., OH for a period of 10-12 years after which they returned to their property on Ludlow Falls. He is listed in the 1827 and 1835 tax lists for Union Twp., Miami Co., OH living next to his brother Samuel. In the 1830 census for Union Twp., Miami Co., Ohio, Henry Coats was listed between the age of 60-70 with 3 males 5-10 yrs, 2 males 10-15 yrs 1 females 5-10 yrs. and 2 females 20-30 yrs living with him. We don't know who the young female was. My best guess is that she was a visiting grand daughter at the time. He was a Whig and a Quaker. He prospered by his own hard labor and at one-point owned 2000 acres. (E) Henry and Eunice are listed in the Deed records of Washington Twp., Miami Co., Ohio in 1836 and 1840. (C-1025) He or his son Henry might have been the Henry Coates who was an operator on the Underground Railroad in Montgomery Co., Ohio. He wrote a will in 1848 in Miami Co., Ohio. It is in Will Book B, pg. 122, case # 1711. It follows with spelling and punctuation retained. "Be it Remembered that I Henry Coate of the County of Miami and State of Ohio, Considering the certainty of Death and being Desirous of Setling my worldly affairs Do make and ordain this my last will and testament in manner and form following vez First it is my will that all my Just Debts and Funeral Expenses by Justly paid out of my personal Estate. Secondly It is my will that my wife Eunice have and hold possession of and for her Sole use and benefit the quarter Section of land we now reside upon Except a Lot or lots given to my Son Caleb Coate So long as she remmains my widow. I also will that so much of my personal property after my Debts be paid and my wife Eunice has set off to her as much property beds beding & house hold & kitchen furniture and all other things She may (have) in kneed of also my Carriage and harness and the Interest of two hundred Dollars annually ___ That so much as remains after this Setoff and what is hereafter bequethed Be Sold by my Excrs and Equally Divided between my Sons that may then be living and also at the Death of my wife Eunice; or before if She prefers to give it up that what personal property she has had in her care and for her use be Sold and the procedes with the two hundred Dollars which She is to have the Interest of be Equally Divided amongst my Sons that may then be living = the two hundred Dollars above refered to to be kept at Interest by my Exrs for the purpose and use above Stated Thirdly I give and bequeath to my three Sons Namely, Robert Henry W. and David M Coate Each of them two hundred and thirty Dollars = Fourthly I give to my son Caleb Coate two hundred and thirty Dollars to be held by my Executors for the Express purpose of paying out for a Certain tract of land in Carrol Co., IA on which Caleb has mad a payment until Such payment may be made that my Executors made full payment on Said land and the ballance to be applied to the payment of his Debts if any and the ballanc if any to be payed over to him; if any Fifthly I give and bequeath to my Son John H. Coate and his heirs the quater Section of land which I now Reside upon it Being the South west quater of Section Six Township Six Range five East the same being subject to the use of my wife Eunice as above Stated I also give and bequeath to my Son John H. Coate and his heirs the west half of the North West quarter of Section Six Township Six Range five East I also give to my Son John Coate all my horses Except the use of one at any time my wife Eunice may wish to Ride or use it in the carriage also I give him the Carriage after my wife Eunice is Done using it also the wagon and horse gearing and four Cows except one milk Cow So long as my wife Euncie may wish to use one for milk and butter as much as she may wish to use also my (maps) and all farming utensils also all corn wheat and oats hay & also all utensils used about the barn Stables and Cribs = my other Sons Namely Isaac Samuel Robert Henry W. Caleb & David W. Coate have had their portions of real Estate by deeds made heretofore Sixthly I give and bequeath to my grand Children Henry Samuel Isaac & Jonathon Davis each of them two Dollars and their Sister Mary Hoover five dollars Isaac Pearson Henry Miles and Rhoda Jones each of them two Dollars I have already give Isaac coate his portion also to my Daughterinlaw Samuel Coates widow I give fifty Dollars Seventhly I give and bequeath one hudnred Dollars to be placed in the hands of the African Commitee and their successors of Union monthly meeting of friends to be applied to the Education of they children of the Couloured people of the Randolph family in our Neighbour hood - And lastly I hereby Constitute and appoint my Soninlaw David Miles and my Son Henry W. Coate Executors of this my last will and Testament hereby revoking and annuling all former wills by me made or Suffered to be made and ratifying and confirming this to be my last will and testament Given under my hand and Seal this twenty third Day of Ninth one thousand Eight hundred and forty. Henry Coate (seal) Signed Sealed and Declared by Henry Coate to be his last will and testament in presence of us who in his presence and at this Request have Set our hands as witnesses the Day and year above written John Baggs Joseph C. Coppock Aaron Coppock" The following is a most interesting account of our family as it relates to President Hoover's "cousinhood." It is transcribed with retained spelling from a handwritten account in my Great Aunt Grace Coate Wilson's penmanship. My father remembers this story clearly being written by her sister, his Aunt Mamie. He went with her when she interviewed a very aged man in a small town near Trenton to assist her with that story. He does not remember who the man was. The story could possibly be the article that Mamie was writing for a magazine or Dayton newspaper. In a letter written to my Gr. Aunt Mamie, April 25, 1931, from a Mrs. V. (T.) Dunn, it states "I ... hope that you will have something ready for a magazine or at least for a Dayton paper by June." (C-361) Gr. Aunt Mamie, seems to have been the researcher in our family starting in 1929 and her sister, Grace, avidly communicated Mamie's findings to family members. This is the pattern that my father and Uncle Richard have both described. The original copy of the account is in possession of my cousin, Richard Simms, of Georgia. Here it is transcribed verbatim. Henry's emigration from South Carolina to Miami MM, Ohio supposedly took place in 1804. OHIO HISTORY OF HERBERT HOOVER'S ANCESTRY "Ohio claims fifty-three years of the triumphant march of President Hoover's ancestry, that March beginning with the arrival in America of contemporaries of George Fox and William Penn, seeking religi ous freedom in a new world; their descendants through the years pressing over various states, ever seeking opportunity for broader development, and culminating with California's giving our President to an eager people. In him are focused generations of sterling pioneer character. Attracted by fertile land in the Stillwater Valley, there came between 1801 and 1809, from the Carolina's and Georgia (or) the covered wagon and horseback routes, (bands) & determined faced immigrants, settling in what is now Miami County, Ohio. They were nearly all members of the Society of Friends, commonly called Quakers. Plain in dress and quiet in manner these Quaker colonies set about with eagerness, bravery and faith to reclaim the land from its wild state. Henry crossed the Ohio River at Cincinnati, wagon trains, traversing trails northward through the Stillwater Valley in 1801, entered an almost unbroken forest. Lurking in forest shadows was danger of attacks from wild beasts and Indians. Among the very earliest emigrants from Randolph County, North Carolina, were John and Sarah Byrkett Hoover with their children, one of whom was Jesse; and David and John Mast. John Hoover settled about one and one-half miles southeast of the present site of the old West Branch Friends Church near West Milton. John Mast whose wife was John Hoover's sister, built the first grain mill on the Stillwater River. Several South Carolinians staked their claims in the vicinity of the picturesque waterfall on Ludow Creek, that flows into the Stillwater River. Henry Coate with his wife Mary Haskett Coate and their children, the oldest of whom was Lydia were among the first to come from Newberry District, South Carolina. Henry Coate's choice of location was determined by the proximity of a fine spring of water to Ludlow Creek where water power could be obtained. This point is up the creek less than two miles from the waterfall. There he pitched a tent and unloaded the things brought on the long tedious journey; tools for conquest on the forest and new soil, carpenter's tools, guns and ammunition for game and protection from the Indians, a spinning wheel and loom, a crane and andirons, flint stones and punk, blacksmith's tools, bedding, cooking utensils, pewter plates, a Dutch oven, and a few chairs. The chairs were used for seats in the wagons on the journey. Those chairs are highly cherished relics to this day. A long desired goal (u...ied) the first night must have been a restful one to Mary and Henry and the first morning one of keen interest to each member of the family. Henry, out early for game, discovered a number of maple trees that would afford an abundance of sugar the following spring. As he strode stealthily through the forest in quest of wild turkeys, he was forming plans for the clearance of land during the ( ) months and for building a dam in the creek to supply power for the shop he meant to have for manufacturing edged tools. Returning to the camp with a couple of fine young turkeys he found Mary removing corn bread from a Dutch-oven by the campfire and the children eager to related the happenings of the morning. Lydia accompanying her mother to the Spring had glimpsed a deer; Isaac had seen a pheasant with its highly colored plumage, and was delighted with grey squirrels scampering through the trees; he had found a beech tree (heanly) laden with deserted pigeon nests; Samuel and Little Mary were playing with an odd shaped stone which Henry explained was an (axe?) (NOTE: A hat shaped stone is believed to be the one just described. It is in the possession of Linda Coate Dudick. It was given to her father by the same Aunt Mamie who authored this account. When Mamie made sure he got it, she told him it was found on the banks of Ludlow Creek and had been in the family a long time); the baby Rhoda was peacefully sleeping. Henry produced from the pocket of his hunting coat a handful of (darts), triangular sharp-pointed stones which he had picked up during his tramp through the woods. As they ate their simple breakfast, their hearts were filled with gladness, they had arrived safely; land in natural resources was theirs to develop and within the next four years, many of their relatives and friends would come from the South making possible the establishment of schools and churches. All was well, except for the menace of Indian depredations. After breakfast Henry, taking Lydia with him, cast a line in the creek which they found teaming with fish; Henry was want to talk much to Lydia, about God and about the wonders of nature. This morning he talked of the beautiful new country to which they had come. Henry a dreamer, had visions of good things to be (vested) from nature's store house, not only material things but the blessings of mind and heart that come from peaceful living in a land of plenty where ignorance and superstition were banished and where God could be devoutly worshipped. Henry was more than a dreamer. He had courage, physical strength, initiative and executive ability, forming a combination pretty sure to make dreams come true. It was Henry's enthusiasm about the blacksmith shop more than the fish that drew him to the banks of Ludlow Creek this morning. He wanted to decide on the proper location for the dam and select the site for the shop for manufacturing plant, ocicles, axes, chains, knives, (hors), (hame)-hooks and mattocks all of which the early settlers stood so much in need. Because of his skill in this kind of work as well as in farming, Henry visioned great possibilities. Looking down the years as he angled in the creek, he saw the land yielding bounteous harvests, he saw schools and churches, emblems and the development of mind and heart. As he looked into the potential future, he did not forget the past, in which his ancestors in England had so steadfastly stood for what they believed to be right. Marmaduke Coate, Born about 1620 in England became a convert to the teachings of George Fox, founder of the Society of Friends. Because they refused to conform to the rules and ceremonies of the Church of England, Marmaduke and his wife, Edith were imprisoned most of the time over a period of fifteen years. His son Marmaduke who married Ann Pohl was also persecuted because of his religion. Seeking religious freedom he with his family emigrated to America in 1715, settling near Burlington, New Jersey. His son, William married Rebecca Sharpe and with her he moved to South Carolina about 1727. Their son Marmaduke early became a character worthy of the elder Marmaduke, who had so courageously and successfully upheld the principles of their new faith. (This lineage has proven to be incorrect. L.D.) In Newberry District, South Carolina, neighbors to Rebecca and William Coate and their son Marmaduke, there lived Moses and Martha Scarr Coppock. In the absence of the father, Indians raided and burned the home, capturing the children all were soon rescued except Mary, who remained a prisoner for several years. During this time, she learned the Indian language and became familiar with all their customs. Her long captivity fired the imagination and heroism of stalwart young Marmaduke Coate, who sought and found the tribe of Indians who held pretty Mary. Marmaduke paid a horse, bridle and saddle for her ransom. They were married with the Indian ceremony before leaving camp. Marmaduke and Mary's son, Henry, had harkened to the call of progression and conscience, and brought his family in covered wagons over hundreds of miles to their promising Ohio country and there inside the creek with nature gay in her autumn dress, and his daughter Lydia, aged eight, playing among the stones; looking both backward and forward, he was a link in the chain of progress. Henry must have sensed this. He there made a mighty resolve to teach his children a realization of their place in the change of the universe. And so it was that Lydia Coate, great-grandmother of President Hoover, received in her early childhood strict discipline in spiritual things and faithfulness of the discharge of duty. Henry Coate visioned both the material development of the rich new country and the spiritual growth of his posterity; the promise "I will give thee the land that thou seest" was literally fulfilled through the years with good measure. While felling trees for the cabin, Henry carefully cautioned Lydia to assist her mother in watching the younger children lest they stray into the wood, becoming an easy prey to Indians. This injunction was strictly obeyed, for Lydia had heard from her grandmother's own lips the story of her captivity among the Indians. Pioneers all helped each other in the construction of cabins, the work progressing rapidly. Henry and Mary were soon established in their log house with its stone chimney and fire place and greased paper for windows. All through the winter there was tedious labor in clearing the land for crops. In the spring, men assembled to roll their logs into heaps to be burned, taking turns at each clearing in the neighborhood, until all the timber was rolled, corn and a vegetable garden was planted. It was soon found necessary to build a stake-and-rider fence around the garden plot to keep out the deer. The growing corn was badly damaged by squirrels, rabbits, Raccoon and deer. Early settlers would get up at dawn to frighten the pests from the fields. Indians were committing such atrocious deeds that the second winter Henry Coate placed his family in a covered wagon going to Waynesville, (Ohio) several miles to the south, where the settlements were stronger and better prepared to oppose the foe. In 1804 there arrived in Waynesville, Henry's parents, Marmaduke and Mary Coate, and Abiather Davis with his three sons, one of whom was John. The latter came from Georgia. Lydia Coate was now about nine. There in childhood in Waynesville, ( ) began Lydia's acquaintance with John Davis, which in later years was to (ripen) into love. In the autumn of 1804, Henry's family in company with the new arrivals from the south, journeyed back to their improvement on Ludlow Creek. Marmaduke Coate chose his land about one half mile north of the present site of Ludlow Falls .. Abiather Davis settled on land which is on the outskirts of West Milton. Here there were three springs of excellent water. Abiather built his house at the center spring, the double stone fire place and chimney of which remained standing until 1927. The spring to the north fell to John where a few years later he erected a cabin for his bride to be. Meanwhile John and Sarah Hoover in their little cabin, were also dreaming of the future for their children. The plenteous land portended that their future might hold many good things but they had no way to judge to what marvelous extent the material increase of their labors would reach, or how far the noble character building of their children would extend through the years. Schools and places of worship always held paramount consideration in Quaker settlements. John and Sarah Hoover were foremost in arranging for meetings to be held in the homes prior to the erection of the West Branch Meeting House. Abiather Davis and his sons had arrived in time to assist in the erection of the first meeting house which was built in 1804-05, cabin fashion 20 by 30 feet, near a spring of clear cold water. Covered wagons bearing Friends were arriving in such numbers that the little meeting house was soon replaced by a larger, hewed-log structure. Every one within a radius of many miles attended the First Day and Fifth Day meetings held there. About this time, Henry Coate secured apple trees from Caleb Mendenhall who had brought apple seeds from North Carolina. The orchard resulting from this planting proved in subsequent years to be one of the finest in the country. Emigrants from Pennsylvania and points farther east began bringing him stock to Ohio. The settlers in the Stillwater Valley came soon stocked with calves, sheep and hogs. Especially necessary were the sheep, for warmer clothing was needed in this climate than they had in their southern home. Moreover, the beautifully checked and striped cotton garments brought from the south would not last indefinitely. The need of warmer winter clothing was supplied at first by skins. Flax growing and sheep raising became a part of every settler's work, and the women of each household spun and wove as industriously as the men worked felling trees, cultivating the land, hunting game, rolling log's or building houses. Lydia Coate early learned to spin and weave. Proud was she when on meeting day she wore a dress made by herself out of cloth which she had spun and woven. In May, 1809 a great grief came to Henry. His wife Mary, who had shared with him all the hardships of pioneer life, died. She was taken through the woods to a burying ground in a clearing donated to the community by Marmaduke Coate from his quarter-section of land. Lydia then assumed charge of the household. From Isaac down to Esther aged two, she gave loving and watchful care. Though wagon trains from year to year arrived from the south bringing girls, John Davis found no one who might so well grace his cabin by the North Spring as Lydia Coate. In the Spring of 1810, he went courting to the house on Ludlow Creek. In September of that year, John and Lydia made public declaration in meeting their intention of marriage and on Nov. 10, 1810 they were married in the log meeting house at West Branch, in the presence of witnesses appointed by the church to attend the wedding. In the Minutes of the West Branch Monthly Meeting which convened Nov. 17, 1810 is the following settlement; "Friends appointed to attend the marriage of John Davis and Lydia Coate, report they attended and it was orderly accomplished." Lydia wore a neat home-spun dress with a gray quilted bonnet framing her pretty, alert face. John wore a short breasted coat with straight collar and no unnecessary buttons, a long vest and pantaloons without suspenders. This was the customary costume of Quaker men at that time. It was the same as worn by George Fox in England and similar to that worn by English noblemen. Many guest assembled for the wedding dinner in Henry's house. Venison, wild turkey and dried corn in addition to the fall vegetables, formed the feast. Before nightfall, John with Lydia on his horse, forded the creek and took the trail for the cabin by the North Spring. All about the bright orange and red hues of bitter-sweet (vied) with the colors of the sunset. Great (teams) of birds on their way southward, settled in the trees for the night. Lydia and John entered the cabin and started a fire on the hearth of a new home. Here they lived and prospered; the log house was replaced by a larger frame one. That Lydia was active in the church is evidenced by the entry in the church minutes under the date of Apr. 21, 1821: "The committee appointed to make choice of a friend to serve as overseer, proposed Lydia Davis, with which the meeting () and appointed her to that service." Lydia's covered wagon journey from South Carolina to Ohio in her childhood, the exceptional training by her parents, and the care of her brothers and sisters following her mothers death, served to give Lydia more than an ordinary preparation for life. Lydia and John Davis were careful about the discipline of their children. Their son Henry became a doctor; Samuel, a judge; Jonathan and Isaac were farmers; and Mary was the grandmother of Herbert Hoover. The north spring still gives forth it's refreshing water. The house is (just) a few () of the bitter-sweet remain. Meanwhile, John and Sarah Hoover prospered, acquiring a large acreage, all of their children developed worthy characters. One son was a surveyor, following an occupation much in demand in those times; another son was a school teacher; their son Jesse married Rebecca Yount from the Mill Creek Monthly Meeting of Friends in Montgomery Co, O. Their son Eli early gave indication of possessing the keen intelligence and steadfastness of purpose of his Father and of his Grandfather Hoover and the kind friendly disposition of his grandmother Sarah Hoover. All through the years, Sarah Hoover was held in high esteem by the entire community- she was active in her church, ever ready to befriend an orphan, to help some one in need, or care for the sick, though she reared a large family of her own, one example of her thrift was the saving of wild duck and loon feathers for making a feather bed for each one of her sons and daughters. Henry Coate each year reaped a greater harvest than the preceding one, as he was gradually acquiring more land. In 1816 he built a larger hewed log house, and to this in 1820 he built a frame addition which today is standing in good condition. In his merchant blacksmith shop on Ludlow Creek, he at times employed several men. For many years he supplied tools over a large area. His sickles were in great demand. On the Stillwater River at Possum Hollow, Henry built a store room for the exchange of his tools for products of the farms, which in turn he had hauled in wagons to Dayton or Cincinnati; and shipped in boats at Cincinnati and points farther south, sometimes as far as New Orleans. Joel Hollingsworth, a man of great physical strength and bravery, made trips down the rim by boat with Henry Coates cargo, returning on horseback. Henry and his father Marmaduke Coate both were active in the establishment of the Union Meeting of Friends, by the burying-ground near Ludow Falls, the first Monthly Meeting being opened Feb. 1, 1813. The first building was of logs. Incessant labor through the years in (commiting) natural resources of the wilderness into civilized utilities resulted in prosperity, leaving in its wake schools and improved places of worship. The log church in 1818 gave way to a brick structure which for many years was a social center for the whole country side. Though long unused, this building stands today, a lonely sentinel guarding the church yard where lie many of the pioneers, including members of the Hoover families. The Union Meeting House also was replaced by one of brick which stood until about 1884, when it was torn down, the brick being partially used in the construction of the new church at Ludlow Falls. The grave-yard on the original site has been maintained in good order to the present time and there lie Marmaduke and Henry Coate and members of their families. The outstanding characteristic of early Quakers was their strict adherence to what they believed to be right. A Quaker's word was as good as his note. Often at a meeting there would be no preaching. If the "Spirit moved", some one would speak. Otherwise a meeting hour would pass in silent mediation and prayer. Modern psychologists no doubt would point out the Quaker "Silences" as the source of the sterling character all early Quakers possessed. Henry Coate had many (problems) in his life. His second wife Rebecca Wilson Coate died young, leaving him with another family of small children. Lydia died in 1826 leaving her youngest child Mary Davis an orphan at the age of six. With his orphaned children and grandchildren, it is not strange that Henry sought another wife. At Ludlow Falls there stands today the log house in which Henry Coate courted Eunice Coppock, a very estimable woman whom he married. Eunice mothered Henry's children and orphaned grandchildren winning the love and respect of each. Mary Davis Hoover must have been especially fond of her since she named her eldest daughter Eunice. So it happened that Mary Davis was much under the care of Henry that man of wonderful personality who had the faculty of teaching children the things worth while in life. Mary Davis grew to womanhood, possessing the grace and beauty of her mother Lydia, the patience and fortitude of her grandmother Mary Haskett Coate, and the courage of her great-grandmother Mary Coppock Coate. It was quite natural that she won the heart of (promising) young Eli Hoover, one of the most prospering farmers of the community. Another wedding was solemnized at West Branch Church. Eli and Mary Davis Hoover lived in a fine new house on a flourishing farm on the Butler Road which leads out of West Milton to the south-west. At this period extensive house building was going on over the country. Eli's father Jesse, built near-by a commodious brick house. Eli and Mary were very happy with their growing family which numbered five; Eunice, Allen, Jesse Clark, Rebeca and Henry. But a great shadow fell upon them, submerging all the joy in their pretty house and production fields. Mary's health was failing. With the hope of finding a better climate, the farm was sold. Before a removal could be made, the death angel came, claiming both Mary and her daughter Eunice. Side by side they lie in the West Branch Church Yard. On the pages of the old West Branch Church Records, are the following minutes; "18th day, 5th month, 1854, those appointed to prepare a certificate of removal for Eli Hoover and family produced one to Red Cedar Monthly Meeting of Friends, Iowa" which ( ) Ohio gave to Iowa, the boy Jesse Clark Hoover who became the father of (President) Herbert Hoover." | COATE, Henry * (I11751)
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| 3695 | The bondsman for her marriage to Samuel Calhoun were Asa G. Brittain and Nathaniel Crutchfield. That usually indicates that her father had passed and the she had no brothers of age to sign for her. The bondsman were usually relatives in some way. | PARISH, Levisa (I15412)
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| 3696 | The Clark surname comes from the name "Clericus," which means priest. It was an English name that evolved during the time of William the Conqueror. Alternate spellings of the name include, Clarke, Clarck, Clearck, Cleark, Clearke, Clerc, Clerck, and Clercke. (CL-387) William D. Clark and Susanna Hunter are the parents of James A. Clark. James A. is listed in William's administration. William and his wife also have the correct birth places and son listed as James born in 1824 according to census records. These facts all match facts given in census records in which James A. is listed. He grew up in Cora, Ohio. It was a post office address located in section 11, Perry Twp., Gallia Co., Ohio from 1866-1913. Living members of my Clark family (namely my great Aunts) remembered their ancestors living in Cora, Ohio. William D. Clark was married in Cabell Co., VA (now WV) in 1823. His first son, James A., was probably born in Cabell Co., West Virginia in 1824. He was deeded livestock and household goods by his probable father, William, on Aug. 22, 182, in Cabell Co., West Virginia. (CL-DOC) They then moved to Ohio where his 2nd son was born in 1826. His third son, Peter, was born abt. 1828 in Indiana or Louisiana (it's difficult interpreting the handwriting in the census. Their 4th child was born back in Ohio. In 1836, he is on the tax rolls for Gallia Co., Ohio. He owned a farm on section 13, range 16, of Perry Twp. according to an "1874 ATLAS OF GALLIA COUNTY, OHIO." He was taxed for the first time in Gallia Co. for 102 acres of land in this sec. 13, range 16, township 5 worth $146.00. He paid a $1.71 in taxes that year. He was absent from the 1833 tax tables. (CL-223) He was in the court Chancery records on July 22, 1836 in regards to Section 34-5-16, Perry Twp. Clark was supposed to buy Amos' land. He started to build a house on it, Amos tore it down and used the materials. Amos would not accept final payment from him. In court, Amos and William D. agreed to dismiss the case and each pay one half of the costs involved. (CL-228) There are multiple purchases of land by a William Clark, any of which could be our William, on May 26, 1823, Jun 19, 1839, May 19, 1847, and Jun 14, 1849. All of these purchases occurred in Sec. 35 or 36, range 16, Twp. 4. of Gallia Co., Ohio. (CL-359) William might also be the William Clark who was the administrator of Enoch Shaw's vs. Jency Shaw (widow of Enoch) in Gallia Co., Harrison Twp., Court records date May 10, 1839. (CL-373) His oldest son, would have been our James Clark. They apparently didn't live in Ohio at his birth, as they gave Virginia (now West Virginia) as his birthplace in the 1860 census. (CL-213) He was probably the William Clark, age 20-29 living in Cabell Co., Virginia in the 1830 census. His age is not correct, but everything else matches. (CL-336, 337) Name: William Clark Home in 1830 (City, County, State): Cabell, Virginia Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 2 (George S. and Peter) Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9: 1 (James Andrews Clark * Note: likely named after Step Father of William D.) Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 1 (William Clark who was actually 39 - Maybe his wife didn't know) Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 1 (Susannah Hunter) Free White Persons - Females - Under 20: 3 (Nancy and unknown sisters) Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2 (Ann Asbury Clark and a Mother or Mother-in-Law)Total Free White Persons: 5 Total - All Persons ( Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 5 He is the William Clark of Walnut Twp., Gallia Co., Ohio in the 1840 census. Name: William Clark Home in 1840 (City, County, State): Walnut, Gallia, Ohio Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 2 (?) Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9: 2 (?) Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14: 1 (George S. and Peter) Free White Persons - Males - 50 thru 59: 1 (William Clark, age 50 at the taking of the census) Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 1 (Metilda Clark) Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14: 2 (Nancy Virginia Clark and ? daughter) Free White Persons - Females - 40 thru 49: 1 (Susannah Hunter, wife)Persons Employed in Agriculture: 1No. White Persons over 20 Who Cannot Read and Write: 1 Free White Persons - Under 20: 8 Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 1 Total Free White Persons: 10Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 10 In the 1850 census, it gives this on his family: Name: William B Clark (It clearly states B. as his middle initial, but it's D. in all other documents.)Age: 60 Birth Year: Abt. 1790 Birthplace: Kentucky Home in 1850: Perry, Gallia, Ohio, USA Gender: Male Family Number: 1879 Household Members: Name Age William B Clark 60 (b. Kentucky) Susannah Clark 47 (b. NC)James Clark 26 (b. OH)George Clark 24 (b. OH)Peter Clark 22 (b. IN?)Virginia Clark 18 (b. OH) Norman Clark 15 (b. OH) Metilda Clark 13 (b. OH) America Clark 10 (b. OH) In the 1860 census their info is as follows: Name: William Clark Age: 69Birth Year: Abt. 1791Gender: Male Birth Place: Kentucky Home in 1860: Perry, Gallia, Ohio Post Office: Wales Family Number: 739Value of real estate: View image Household Members: Name Age William Clark 69 (b. KY)Susan Clark 51 (b. NC)Virginia Clark 29 (b. OH)Norman Clark 25 (b. OH)John Clark 3 (b. OH) A couple interesting facts to note above are in the 1860 census records. William and Susanah's son, Norman, was listed as a convict living at home. They also had a boy, John Clark, age 3, born in Ohio, living or visiting in the household that could be a grandson. (CL-214). The 1870 census for William D. Clark is as follows. Name: William D Clark Age in 1870: 79 (The indexer misinterpreted it at age 99)Birth Year: Abt. 1791Birthplace: Kentucky Home in 1870: Perry, Gallia, Ohio Race: White Gender: Male Post Office: Patriot Value of real estate: View image Household Members: Name Age William D Clark 79 (b. KY)Sarah Clark 67 (b. VA) Virgina Clark 37 (b. OH)Norman Clark 34 (b. OH)Mary A Clark 29 (b. OH)John A Clark 13 (b. OH)In this 1870 census William D. Clark is listed as a citizen and was born in Kentucky. His daughter, Virginia and son Norman could not read, nor write. (CL-225, 383) In the 1880 census: Name: William D. Clark Age: 91 Birth Year: Abt. 1789 Birthplace: Virginia Home in 1880: Perry, Gallia, Ohio Race: White Gender: Male Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)Marital Status: Married Spouse's Name: Susan Clark Father's Birthplace: Pennsylvania Mother's Birthplace: Pennsylvania Neighbors: View others on page Occupation: Farmer Household Members: Name Age William D. Clark 91 Susan Clark 78Virginnia Clark 48Norman Clark 45 In the 1880 census, William is 91 with rheumatism. His parents were born in Pennsylvania and he in Virginia. (Note, all earlier census records indicate Kentucky) His wife, Susan, age 78, had typhoid pneumonia. Her parents were born in Virginia and she in North Carolina. Their parentage would have likely been given by a child in the household as she was very ill and he was aged. I'm not sure we can rely on that information. In the next house, his son George and daughter-in-law, Sarah lived with their 3 sons and 2 daughters. In the 2nd house after his, a Henry G. Clark, age 26, son of George lived with wife Emma. (CL-230) William D. Clark did leave a will. In it he gives his farm, section 13, range 16, of 108 acres to his son Norman and daughter Nancy Virginia Clark. This is the same land he is living on in the 1874 Gallia Co., OH Atlas. It is located south of what is now Rio Grande, Ohio. He does not mention any other members of his family. In the administration of his will, his next of kin residing in the state, are listed as James A. Clark, George S. Clark, Matilda Blagg, Nancy V. Clark and Polly A. Duval, in that order. Out of these, Polly A. Duvall is probably Polly America Clark. The closest marriage record I've found for her is G.W. Deval to MOLLIE A. Clark, both of Gallia Co., OH at the residence of John H. Rupp in Gallipolis by Samuel Kerr, J.P., on June 17 1874. (CL-227) Locating William's parents has been difficult. Neither of them has a death certificate filed in Gallia Co. where they were likely living at their deaths. However, where they were living at the time of their marriage does give a few clues. In 1820, in Cabell Co., WV, there are several Clarks: Samuel, Henry (brother?), Samuel F. (brother?), James and William. Only William has a son the correct age range to be our William D. Clark. This William Clark, Sr. has 1 son 10-16; 1 16--18; and 2 males over 26-45 (1 might be our William) in his household. He, himself, is over 45. He has one female over 45 in his home. William D. is the son of William of Cabell Co., WV according to a half dozen researchers who've submitted data to the LDS church also. Lastly, there is also a deed between William Sr. (father), William D. and James Clark (brother) on Aug 22, 1824 in a Cabell Co., WV that suggests a father and brother or cousin relationship between these persons without stating the same. This deed is transcribed herein by Linda Coate with spelling, errors and capitalization retained. "This Indenture made this 22nd day of August, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four between William Clark of the first part, Wm. D. Clark of the second part and James Clark of the third part, all of the county of Cabel and State of Virginia, Witnesseth that whereas the said Wm. Clark is justly indebted to the said James Clark in the sum of three hundred dollars by note executed on or about the 15th day of August 1815 (...?) Clark is desirous of securing the payment of the said sum of money, Now this Indenture witnesseth that the said William Clark for and in consideration of the premises aforesaid and for and in consideration of the sum of one dollar to him in hand paid by the said William D. Clark, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, he the said William Clark hath granted, bargained and sold and by these presents do grant, bargain; sell unto the said William D. Clark, his heirs; assigns forever, all the following property to wit: three head of Horses, six head of cattle, forty head of hogs two beds; their furniture and all the household and kitchen furniture and farming utensils at the time belonging to the said William Clark, to have and to hold the said property unto the said William D. Clark, his heirs; assigns forever to the only proper use and behoof of the said William D. Clark his heirs; assigns forever. In trust nevertheless that is to say of the said William Clark, his heirs, exec., adms., shall pay to the said James Clark, his exors., admns. or assigns the sum of three hundred dollars with interest thereon from the day the said note becomes due and payable then and in that; in that case this deed is to be null and void and of no effect. But if the said William Clark his heirs, exors or admins. shall fail to pay the said sum of three hundred dollars with the Interest to the said James Clark, his heirs, exors, or adms, or assigns then (d..) in that case the said William D. Clark shall upon the request of the said James Clark, or his proper representative, advertise the said property herein mentioned for sail, at least twenty days, on the front door of the Court House of Cabel County and then procede to sell the same and and out of the proceeds thereof, first pay and satisfy the changes attending the executution of this trust and then pay to the said James Clark, the demands for the security of which this deed is executed and the balance if any pay to the said William Clark. In Testimony whereof the parties of the first, second, and third part hath hereunto set their hands and seals, this day and date first above written. (Signed) William Clark, William D. Clark At a Court held for Cabel County the 23rd day of August 1824. This deed of trust from William Clark to William D. Clark for the use of James Clark was presented in Court acknowledged by the said William Clark; William D. Clark, which is ordered recorded. Testo: John Samuels, C.K.C.C." (CL-DOC) I have personally chosen William as William D.'s father because of this deed which alludes to debt that William Sr. owes to his son James. James is making sure that William D. will pay the debt if his father dies before paying it off. Further evidence that he is the son of this William is the fact that he named many of his children after his stepsiblings: James A. (Alexander), Nancy, Metilda, and Mary out of his children's names that we currently know. I believe it's possible that William D's relationship to William is not specifically delineated as father and son in the records, because William D. is the son of William and a slave. This would account for the 1.5% of DNA showing up in my gneration from Africa. His father, William Clark is the only ancestor I've found in 40 years of research that owned a slave and his wife's ancestry are the only owners of slaves that I have found. William D.'s son, James Andrew, also had very tightly curled hair and tanned skin also indicating this is the correct family. James Andrew would have inherited about 25% of African DNA to account for current DNA results. However, my DNA is coming up with many DNA matches to the Fergusons and James Jameson and his wife who were the grandparents of Jane Ferguson. So, this theory is probably not where my African DNA is from after all. | CLARK, William D. * (I16186)
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| 3697 | The Coat of Arms was granted to Radus/Ralf Emerson in 1535 of Foxton, co. Durham, England who is a presumed ancestor of Robert. Robert Emerson owned twelve acres in Bishop's Stortford, called Haggle's Dale, England. It is thought that he is the same Robert Emerson who was baptised in Dunmow. In his will proved 1620, he is listed as a "currier" and landholder of Bishop's Stortford. He probably was a migrant from Essex, and the son of Thomas Emerson, of Great Dunmow, baptized 1561. Great Dunmow and Bishop's Stortford are within seven miles of each other. The Stortford Register begins in 1561 and no Emersons appear till Robert married there in 1578 leading to the conclusion that he came from elsewhere. The same remark applies to his father Thomas, of Great Dunmow; the Register begins in 1537, and the first baptism is in 1561. His occupation is interesting. It can be interpreted as a leather maker, a groomer of horses or a postman. The believed interpretation is a groomer of horses as he bequethed "Muggles Dale" in his will, it would indicate he owned land for horses. A transcription of his will is as follows: I, Robert Emberson of Stortford in County Herts currier, being aged and sickly"; to wife Susan lands in S. called Muggells Dale, containing about 12 acres, near a field called Woodfeild, to hold for her life with remainder after her death to Thomas Emberson, my eldest son; I give her also the messuage wherein I now dwell for the term of fifty years; afterward the same to go to Margaret my daughter now the wife of Thomas Browne of Southwarke for 50 years; after her decease to James Browne her son for all the term of years then to come. The residue of my goods to the said Susan for her life, and after her death to my four children Thomas, John, Anne and Margaret. (Com. Ct. of London.) Will of Robert Emberson of Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire, currier «u» | EMERSON, Robert (I180)
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| 3698 | The Coulson were Danes (Northmen) who supposedly migrated to England in the 9th century along with the Vikings. They settled in what is now Derbyshire, Staffordshire and Leicestershire. The original spelling was "Kouldsen". It then softo Coulston and finally Coulson. It means "Son of the Cold". They have a history of being pioneers and actively seeking change. The early look of a Kouldsen was a short, heavy set, blond with blue eyes and red cheeks. They were remembered as an unemotional and undemonstrative family with little love of family according to an early 20th century researcher, Henry Coulson. Thomas was supposedly a Ship's Captain who traded between England and Oriental ports. His family home was supposedly back in Ashbourne, Derbyshire, England. Some of his descendants still live in all the above mentioned counties where the Kouldsen Danes first settled. One source gives Thomas's possible father as a Samuel instead, but offers no proof. (C-1339) | COULSTON, Capt. Thomas (I13079)
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| 3699 | The Deanery, Mobberly, Cheshire | MALLORY, Thomas Dean Of Chester (I7816)
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| 3700 | The death date I'm giving for Richard could belong to his father or relative instead. If it belongs to this Richard, than he died young within a few years of marrying Elizabeth Coate. | WELLMANT, Richard (I13034)
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