Henry Coate

1730 - 1787  (56 years)

• Name	Henry Coate  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	30 Aug 1730	, Hunterdon, NJ   [4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1751	New Jersey, USA   [3]
  Death	1787	Kingwood, Hunterdon, New Jersey, USA   [3]
  Person ID	I12866	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

  Father	John Coate,   b. 8 May 1699, , Bucks, PA d. 10 Sep 1751, Kingwood, Hunterdon, New Jersey, USA (Age 52 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Esther Doughty,   b. 17 Aug 1708, Amwell Twp., Hunterdon, NJ, USA d. 7 Apr 1742, Kingwood, Hunterdon, New Jersey, USA (Age 33 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	22 Jul 1727	Amwell Twp., Hunterdon, NJ, USA   [5, 6, 7, 8]
  Family ID	F3044	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Deborah Newbold,   b. Abt 1735, Kingwood, Hunterdon, NJ d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	13 Aug 1752	Kingswood M.M., Hunterdon, NJ
  Children	1. John Coate,   b. Aft 1772, Kingwood, Hunterdon, NJ d. Aft 1787 (Age > 15 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Daniel Coate,   b. Aft 1756, Kingwood, Hunterdon, NJ d. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Amy Coate,   b. 1754, Kingwood, Hunterdon, NJ d. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Phoebe Coate,   b. Aft 1754, Kingwood, Hunterdon, NJ d. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Lucy Coate,   b. Aft 1757, Kingwood, Hunterdon, NJ d. Aft 1787 (Age > 30 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Mary Coate,   b. Bef 1762, Kingwood, Hunterdon, NJ d. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. Henry Coate,   b. Abt 1765, Kingwood, Hunterdon, NJ d. Aft 1787 (Age > 23 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   8. John A. Coate,   b. Aft 1758, Kingwood, Hunterdon, NJ d. Bef 1773 (Age < 13 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   9. Esther Coate,   b. Aft 1755, Kingwood, Hunterdon, NJ d. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   10. Charles Coate,   b. Aft 1770, Kingwood, Hunterdon, NJ d. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   11. Elizabeth Coate,   b. Bef 1770, Kingwood, Hunterdon, NJ d. Aft 1787 (Age > 19 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   12. Robert Coate,   b. Aft 1752, Kingwood, Hunterdon, NJ d. Aft 1787 (Age > 35 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F4180	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

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  		COATE, Henry (1700-1784) - 1784 Death - Will Probated 11 Ju.jpg

  
  

• Notes

  Henry was said to be the first white child born in that part of Hunterdon Co., NJ. He declared his intentions to marry on Aug. 13, 1752 in the Kingwood MM. He was from Buckingham, PA at the time. (C-1,46b,740) Even though his wife's namet included in this record, Park states it was Deborah Newbold. Proof that her name was Deborah was on July 4, 1769 when Henry Coate, Blacksmith, purchased 4 acres paying 76 pounds he and his wife Deborah sold to Isaac Horner in 1772. (Park, App. P) He was the only child named in his father's will, although other siblings were alluded to. (C-1078) It is thought that he is the Henry Coate which who lived on his father John's land and wrote his will in 1787 in Hunterdon Co., NJ. (C-1, p. 62, p.174) Henry's likely DNA is 2 points off at 37 points from Marmaduke Coate's DNA of Newberry, South Carolina (1738-1822). That means he has a 90% chance of being related to me within 12 generations. Though possible, this DNA distance suggests that Henry isn't Marmaduke's brother as sometimes stated in second hand sources but related a bit further back. In his will, dated, Aug 26, 1787, he referred to daughters Betty Crooks and Lucy and three sons, Robert, John and Henry. His inventory was taken in 1787. These records need doublechecked in Book 29, pg. 280 for Hunterdon Co., NJ. There is a probate of an estate for Henry in 1806 whom we don't know which Henry it is for. His wife's name was unlisted in his 1752 marriage record. I believe this is the case because he married outside the Quaker church. I have found no Deborah Newbold or Deborah Coate in Quaker records, nor have I found his children in Quaker records leading me to question all but the above-named children in his will.

  
  

• Sources

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