Thomas Coatt Coate

Bef 1582 - 1628  (> 46 years)

• Name	Thomas Coatt Coate  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
  Birth	Abt 1580	Bridgewater, Somersetshire, ENG   [3]
  Birth	Bef 1582	Of Drayton Parish, Somerset, England   [10]
  Gender	Male
  Birth	Bef 1582	Of Drayton Parish, Somerset, England   [11]
  Birth	Bef 1583
  Birth	Bef 1583	, Somerset, England, United Kingdom   [9]
  Death	Y
  Death	Jul 1628	North Petherton, Somerset, England   [1]
  Death	Jul 1628	North Petherton, Somerset, England, United Kingdom   [9]
  Death	Aft 1664	Of Curry Rivel Parish, Somerset, England   [12]
  _MARRIED (I)	N
  Name	Thomas Cotte
  Burial	North Petherton, Somerset, England   [1]
  Person ID	I14818	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

  Father	Johne Cotte Coate,   b. 1562, Drayton, Somerset, England d. 19 Oct 1621, Drayton, Somerset, England (Age 59 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F6952	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	1st Wife of Thomas Coate   d. Bef 1615
  Marriage	Abt 1600	Somerset, England
  Children	1. John Cotte,   b. 1601, Drayton, Somerset, England d. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Marmaduke Coate Cotte,   b. 1601, Drayton, Somerset, England d. 1643, Drayton, Somerset, England (Age 42 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F5188	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

  Family 2	Jane,   b. Abt 1595   d. Aft 1628 (Age > 34 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1615	, Somersetshire, ENG   [3]
  Children	1. Elizabeth Coatt,   b. 10 Apr 1623, North Petherton, Sommerset, England d. 1623, North Petherton, Sommerset, England  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Mary Coate,   b. 12 Oct 1617, North Petherton, Sommerset, England d. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Elizabeth Coate,   b. 1624, North Petherton, Sommerset, England d. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Joan Coate,   b. 1620, North Petherton, Sommerset, England d. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. John Coate,   b. Aft 20 Jul 1626, Of Somerset, England d. 1692, of Curry Rivel, Sommerset, England (Age < 65 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. William Coate,   b. 1616, North Petherton, Somerset, England d. Sep 1676 or July 1678, St. Andrew, Curry Rivel, Somerset, England (Age 62 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F5189	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

• Notes

  This Thomas was of North Petherton Parish, Somerset when he wrote his will on July 20, 1626. It was proved at Taunton, England on Aug. 8, 1628. He named his wife, Jane, and daughters, Mary (named after his mother), Joane, and Elizabeth. His daughters were all under the age of 18. His brother (in-law) who was his sister Mary Coate's husband, John Woodborne and his cousin, Simon Reepe were named the overseers in his will of North Petherton, Diocese of Bath and Wells. Simon Reepe would have had the same grandfather as Thomas possibly helping us take the Coate line back further one generation if studied. He was buried at North Petheron, co. Somerset, England.*Calendar of wills and administrations in the court of the archdeacon of Taunton : (parts I and II, wills only) 1537-1799 All current references to early Coate's named Thomas lived in North Petherton Parish, Somerset, England. It is theory that he is the son of John of Drayton. I believe he is because he is of the correct age and place to be his son. He names a son John after his possible father. He has the same spelling of his last name in English records.s obviously trying to honor a relative named Thomas when he named a daughter Tomasin. The name Thomas was nonexistant except for this Thomas in early Drayton Coate families. If I've placed him correctly, he wasn't in his father's will indicating in this case that he had been given land already before his father's 1621 will and could be his oldest child. Land records in England could help prove or disprove this. He and his wife's birthday could have occurred years before the estimated dates. If it's years before, then he is a likely brother of Marmaduke married to Marie Somner. If he was born in the decade before 1623, he was likely a grandson of Marmaduke through one of his sons.

  
  

• Sources

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