Elizabeth Humphreys, *

1647 - Bef 1686  (< 38 years)

• Name	Elizabeth Humphreys  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Suffix	*
  Birth	1647
  Christening	11 Jul 1647	, Somerset, ENG   [7]
  Gender	Female
  Death	Bef 1686	Kingsbury, Somerset, England   [8]
  Person ID	I11500	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	5 Mar 2026

  
  

  Father	Johanas (John) Humphrey, *,   b. Abt 1620, Kingsbury Episcopi, Somersetshire, ENG d. Jan 1682, Drayton Parish, Somerset, England (Age 62 years)
  Mother	Mary Joanne Buckland, *,   b. 1624, Wendover, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom d. 3 Aug 1679, Drayton, Somerset, England, United Kingdom (Age 55 years)
  Marriage	Bef 1647
  Family ID	F837	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	John Coate, *,   b. 1641   d. 29 Feb 1699, Kingsbury, Somersetshire, ENG
  Marriage	29 Dec 1663	Kingsbury M.M., Somerset, ENG
  Children	1. John Coate,   b. 6th da 9th mo 1665, Lambrook, Somerset, ENG d. 4 Jun 1681, Kingsbury Episcopi, Somerset, England (Age 16 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Samuel Coate, *,   b. 11 mo 10 day 1670, Lambrook, Somerset, ENG d. Bef 23 Dec 1723, Amwell Twp., Hunterdon, NJ, USA (Age < 53 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Henry Coate,   b. 27 Sep 1667, Somerset, England d. Aft 1723 (Age > 57 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. James Coate,   b. 4th da 12th mo 1668, Lambrook, Somerset, ENG d. Bef 19 Apr 1705, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (Age < 37 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Elizabeth Coate,   b. 13th da 9th mo 1672, Lambrook, Somerset, ENG d. Aft 1696 (Age > 25 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Anne Coate,   b. Aft 1673, Of Curry Rivel Parish, Somerset, England d. 1762, Northhampton, Burlington, NJ (Age < 87 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F1151	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

• Documents

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• 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)

  
  

• Sources

  [S1809] DAR, comp, Lineage Book of the National Society of Daughters of Founders and Patriots of America (Daughters of the American Revolution, V. 31). [S258] Ernest S. Park, Ancestors & Descendants of Marmaduke Coate of South Carolina and Ohio (unpub, c1950, 1960). [S57] Burial Friends Records of New Jersey. [S51] Burlington Friends Records, New Jersey. [S1787] Louise E. Jones to Eloise Worcester Letter dated 1984 at 36 E. Hickory Rd, Lombard, IL 60148 In L. Dudick files (C-199). [S52] Elizabeth Murphy Cann to Linda Coate Dudick Letter dated May 1, 1985 at 2852 So. Webster, Denver, CO. 80227 In L. Dudick's files. [S171] England Birth and Christenings, 1538-1975 (www.familysearch.org). [S2963] database, 23andMe, accessed 27 Oct 2015).