Caleb Coates

1781 - 1869  (88 years)

• Name	Caleb Coates  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	30 Apr 1781	, Chester, PA   [4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Death	9 Jun 1869
  Person ID	I13565	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

  Father	Moses Coates,   b. 4 Dec 1746, Caln Twp., Chester, PA, USA d. 4 Aug 1816, , Chester, PA (Age 69 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Mary Knight Vickers,   b. 27 Nov 1750, Of Plumstead, Bucks, PA d. 12 Oct 1824, Marlborough, Stark, OH, USA (Age 73 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	6 May 1777	Buckingham M.M., Bucks, PA   [6, 7]
  Family ID	F4548	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Gilbert,   b. 9 Feb 1790   d. 1882 (Age 91 years)
  Marriage	15 Mar 1810	Fallowood, Chester, PA
  Children	1. Ann Lucretia Coates,   b. Aft 1810   d. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F4558	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

• Notes

  They had 9 children, two of them being born and listed in the Philadelphia Monthly Meeting records. In "The Pennsylvania Genealogical Catalogue: Chester County 1809-1870", July 20, 1869, the VILLAGE RECORD gives the following obituary:H OF DR. CALEB COATES - In Philadelphia, at the residence of his son-in-law, Richard Mather, June 19th, Dr. Caleb Coates, expired at the ripe age of 90. Dr. C. Coates was the brother of the late and lamented Dr. Jesse Coates, and the only surviving child of Moses Coates, the founder of our flourishing Coatesville. Dr C. Coates, was one of the pioneer of dental science and practiced the profession over half a century. He is believed to have been the inventor of porcelain teeth, and had at one period a very large patronage. For honesty, truthfulness and high moral tone the Dr. never had a superior. In the death of this second son of Moses Coates we have the total extinction of this branch, of a large, honorable, and well known family." (Coatesville Union.) (C-1615 EL)

  
  

• Sources

  [S300] The History of Chester County, PA with Genealogical & Bibliographical Sketches. [S307] Ed Rucker to Coates List Email letter dated Apr 22, 1998 in response to info from Gary W. Coats at edcrucker@ruraltel.net. [S308] Jordan, Wilfred, Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co, Inc., c1932). [S961] Coates, Ann Lucretia, Family Records dated Feb 23rd 1845 (Ann is the daughter of Caleb Coates. This info was transcribed and forwarded by Albie Davis, 2002). [S301] John T. Humphrey, Pennsylvania Births, Delaware Co, 1682-1800 (Washington D.C.: Humphrey Publications, 1994). [S1844] Coats, Joe, Email dated 2001+ from hunkahoe@isp.com. [S1729] Record of Pennsylvania Marriages, Prior to 1810, Volume I (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.).