William Coats, Sr.

1679 - 1749  (70 years)

• Name	William Coats  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12]
  Suffix	Sr.
  Birth	21 Feb 1679	Thirsk, Hambleton District, North Yorkshire, England   [11]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	13 Sep 1706	Pennsylvania   [7]
  Probate	1748	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA   [8]
  Residence	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania   [9]
  Death	1 Apr 1749	Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, United States of America   [4, 8, 11]
  Burial	Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, United States of America   [11]
  Person ID	I13639	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

  Father	Johannis Coats Coates,   b. Abt 1635, Alne, Yorkshire, England d. 17 Jan 1693, of Thirsk, Yorkshire, England (Age 58 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Joanjanejeane Sisom,   b. Sep 1634, Allerton Mauleverer, Yorkshire, England d. Bef 23 Apr 1729, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (Age < 94 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	8 May 1664	York M.M., Yorkshire, England   [13]
  Family ID	F4592	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Rachel Dubois,   b. 13 Oct 1689, New Paltz, Ulster, New York, United States d. Bef 14 May 1773, Northern Liberties, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (Age < 83 years)
  Marriage	23 Feb 1734	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA   [10]
  _MARRIED	N
  Children	1. Colonel William Coats,   b. 13 May 1741, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA d. 27 Apr 1802, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 60 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F4596	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

  Family 2	Mary Smith,   b. Aft 1682   d. 1 Dec 1732, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, United States of America (Age < 48 years)
  Marriage	9 Sep 1706	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania   [3, 9]
  Children	1. Mary Coats,   b. Bef 17 Jun 1711   d. 17 Jun 1711, Philadelphia M.M., Philadelphia, PA (Age > 0 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. John Coats,   b. Bef 28 Mar 1710   d. 28 Mar 1710, Philadelphia M.M., Philadelphia, PA (Age > 0 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. William Coats,   b. Abt 1713   d. Abt 1713, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 0 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. William Coates, Jr.,   b. Aft 1714, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA d. Mar 1749, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (Age < 33 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Elizabeth Coats,   b. Aft 1706   d. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Ann Coats,   b. 1704, Hook, Yorkshire, England d. Aft 13 Jan 1747 (Age > 43 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. Priscilla Coats,   b. Aft 1708   d. 27 Apr 1745, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (Age < 35 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F4597	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

• Documents

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• Notes

  There are many events that apply to a William of this time period. However, there are also at least 3 Williams living in Philadelphia at this same time. This William may be any of the following. A William witnessed the will of Thomas Fairman, in Philadelphia on 7/27/1711. (C-1006) A William purchased land in Bucks Co., PA in 1712. A William was the only appointed commissioner for Philadelphia County in Oct. of 1732 as published in the PA Gazette. All other appointed offices had several persons filling them. This William is likely to be the one that is in the following 1746 deed transaction: Commission Book A3 p. 347 and 349 On the fifth day of March in the year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred Forty Six.. William Coats of the Northern Liberties of the city of Philadelphia Gentleman of the one part and Peter Aldermost of the City of Philadelphia in the province of Pennsylvania "weaver" on the other part witnesses that the said William Coates for and in consideration of ......a certain lot of land situated on Frankford Road in the Northern Liberties of the City of Philadelphia... 45 feet...all the ground between William Shukerson and Jo? Herbestons lotts...between William Sheeters lot to the Northward and John Herbestons lot to the southward .... Wit Grace Grisiom, John Sisom recorded 1767... Ann Coats wife of Thomas Coats, gentleman, late, Ann Sisom widow of John Sisom late of etc... (Ann Coates attested to the fact that her late husband, John Sisom, witnessed the original deed.) A William owned a house on the west side of the road leading from Philadelphia to Germantown on Apr. 2, 1747. A public Wharf was to be built on the adjacent property to it. (C-1741: #1152, C-1746) He is the William who requested that some of the land between Coats and Brown on 2nd and 3rd St. in Philadelphia be saved aside for the Coates Family Burying Ground in Deed Book E.F. No. 6, p. 113. (C-2188) His and his son's burial records are as follows in that "Coats Burial Ground" provided by Osborn Cresson. William Coats, Sr. died 4/1/1749, age _4 (the first number of the age is illegible). The wife of this William Coats is buried there, too, and she was Mary Coats, who died 12/1/1732, age 60. His son William Coats was buried there and had died in March _, 1749, age 36. He is therefore one of the following wills. William Sr. or Jr. left a will in 1749 in Philadelphia, PA in book F, p. 232 (C-1665, 1670, 1688) The event that follows shortly thereafter is related. William was listed as incapable for nearly the last 12 months of transacting his affairs or managing his estate in Northern Liberties of the city of Philadelphia on Jan. 13, 1746-7. His children, William Coats, Jr, Elizabeth Edge, Ann Kilcress (via John Coats, Sr., and Priscilla Brown, Desc (via Peter Brown) impowered Thomas Say, Sadler of Philadelphia, to manage William Coate, Sr.'s affairs. (C-1814) On April 13, 1748/1749, all persons indebted to the estate of William Cotes, Sr., and William Coats, Jr. late of Northern Liberties, brickmakers, deceased were asked to pay their respective debts in the PA Gazette. In the same article it then announces the publick sale of William Jr.'s estate on the 29th of April. It included his house, one negroe male, two horses, one mare, one cow, a small cart, one chair, and sundry household items. Executors appeared to be Thomas Say and John Cotes, Jr. (C-1813)

  
  

• Sources

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