Thomas Coats

Abt 1675 - Aft 1753  (> 79 years)

• Name	Thomas Coats  [1]
  Birth	Abt 1675	Glasgow, , SCT
  Gender	Male
  Death	Aft 1753
  Person ID	I13913	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

  Family	Sarah Cramer   d. 1765, Holborn, London, Middlesex, ENG
  _MARRIED	N
  Children	1. John Coats,   b. Aft 1700   d. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. David Coats,   b. Aft 1700   d. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. William Coats, Sr.,   b. 1700, Glasgow, , SCT d. 21 Mar 1753, Of St. George Parish, Dorchester, SC (Age 53 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Joseph Coats,   b. 1705, , , ENG d. Abt 1791, Orangeburgh District, , SC (Age 86 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F4734	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

• Notes

  Thomas had two known sons, William and Joseph, both of whom immigrated to South Carolina between 1715 and 1725 at Charles Town. (C-2118, 2270E) Neva Coats supplied the following transcription to Charlotte Coats Siercks internet site thposedly applies to this Thomas Coates. "Know all men by these presents that I Thomas Coats of the City of Glassgow in the Kingdom of North Britain Maltman have made, ordained constituted and appointed and by these presents do make ordain constitute and appoint Robert and William Brisbanes Merchants in Charles Town in South Carolina both or either of them my true and lawful attorneys or attorney for me and in my name and for my use to ask demand levy recover and receive all and Sundry goods debts sums of money chattels and effects dues and duty's whatsoever which were belonging in due and owing to the now deceased Mr. William Coates my son some time minister of the Gospel in the parish of St. Georges Dorchester in South Carolina by whatsoever person or persons whatsoever manner of way & for whatsoever cause or occasion & that have become due since his decease & upon nonpayment thereof the persons liable in payment of the same their Exers & Adors for me & in my name to sue arrest imprison implead & prosecute for the same & upon such suit to proceed to judgment & execution & thereupon the debtors their exors and Admors in prison to hold & keep until payment thereof be made with all coats & damages sustained or to be sustained by the detaining of the same and upon payment thereof the said debtors & theirs aforesaid: forth out of prison to discharge & acquitances for the same or any part thereof for me & in my name to make seal & deliver & also to do perform & execute all & every lawful & reasonable acts & things whatsoever both for obtaining & discharging of the same as shall be needful to be done giving & hereby granting upon my said attorneys or attorney my full and absolute power in the premises ratifying and holding firm all & whatsoever my said attorney or attorney shall lawfully do or cause to be done in and about the premises in virtue of this presents In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal at Glasgow the twenty first day of March in the 26th year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France & Ireland King defender of the faith and in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & fifty three years signed: Thomas Coats (LS) Signed sealed and delivered in presence of, James Coats, John Wilson Sr., Arch Coats Before Justice of the Peace for the Shire of Lanark these are to certify that the above Thomas Coatts appeared this day....signed John (seal) Brown. James Coatts of the City of Glasscow mariner one of the witnesses to the within writing being duly sworn upon the holy Evangelist made oath that he was present and saw the within Thomas Coatts sign seal and as his act and deed deliver the within power of attorney and also saw John Wilson and Archibald Coatts sign there to as witnesses...Sworn before me this 27th day of June 1753...Dan'l Crawford J.P. Recorded the 27th June 1753 (C-1892)

  
  

• Sources

  [S543] Neva Maxene Coats Staples, My Coats Family.