Moses Coates, Jr.

1719 - 1785  (65 years)

• Name	Moses Coates  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Suffix	Jr.
  Birth	25 Nov 1719  [6, 7]
  Gender	Male
  _MARRIED (I)	N
  Residence	28 May 1751	Chester, Pennsylvania   [8]
  Death	1785	, , Pennsylvania   [6]
  Burial	1785	Phoenixville, Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States of America   [6]
  Person ID	I13341	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

  Father	Moses Coates, R-FT394633 predicted (Became Quaker and moved to Carlow M.M. Ireland bef. PA Triangulates with this family),   b. 22 Dec 1687, Dublin, Ireland d. 25 Apr 1761, Phoenixville, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States (Age 73 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Susanna Weldon,   b. Guillaedsane, , Ire d. 1772, , Chester, PA
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1 Mar 1715	Cashel, Tipperary, Ire
  Family ID	F4555	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Elizabeth Avery Evans,   b. 1724   d. 1790 (Age 66 years)
  Marriage	28 May 1751	Chester, Pennsylvania   [8]
  _MARRIED	N
  Children	1. Aquilla Coates,   b. 1 Jul 1770   d. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F4426	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

  Family 2	Priscilla Hutchinson,   b. 28 Nov 1726, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	3 Apr 1747	Gwinedd M.M., Bucks, PA
  Children	1. Moses Coates,   b. Aft 1750, , , Pennsylvania d. Aft 1787, of Coatesville, Chester, PA (Age > 37 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Mary Coates,   b. Aft 1751   d. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Sarah Coates,   b. 1748   d. 1822 (Age 74 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Mahlon Coates,   b. Bef 1759  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Priscilla Coates,   b. Bef 1761   d. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Susianna Coates,   b. 1749   d. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. Phebe Coates,   b. Aft 1749   d. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   8. John Hutchison Coates,   b. 9 Jul 1761, , Chester, PA d. 21 April 1804 / 1809, Charles Town Twp., Chester, Pennsylvania, United States of America (Age 47 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   9. Thomas Coates,   b. Bef 1760, , , Pennsylvania d. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F4427	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

  Children	1. Elizabeth Coates,   b. Bef 1761   d. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]
  Family ID	F6907	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

• Notes

  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)

  
  

• Sources

  [S308] Jordan, Wilfred, Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co, Inc., c1932). [S541] Abstracts of Wills, Chester Co., PA , Vol 1: 1714-1758 (LDS Fiche: 6089197). [S300] The History of Chester County, PA with Genealogical & Bibliographical Sketches. [S320] Kay McCary to Coates Discussion Group E-mail letter dated Apr 9, 1997 at mccary@inu.net (C-1611). [S307] Ed Rucker to Coates List Email letter dated Apr 22, 1998 in response to info from Gary W. Coats at edcrucker@ruraltel.net. [S170] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2012;). [S119] Ancestry.com, U.S., Family History Books, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2025;), A Genealogy of Moses and Susanna Coates Who Settled in Pennsylvania in 1717, and Their Descendants: With Brief Introductory Notes of Families of Same Name; Author: Coates, Truman, 1852-. [S111] Ancestry.com, U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2014;), Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania.