Edith Gilling

Bef 1642 - 1718  (> 76 years)

• Name	Edith Gilling  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11]
  Birth	Bef 1642	Of Somerset, England   [11]
  Baptism	Bristol, England   [11]
  Gender	Female
  Death	24 Dec 1718	Hambridge, Somersetshire, ENG   [12]
  Person ID	I15212	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

  Family	Marmaduke Coate,   b. 8 Sep 1634, Hambridge, Somersetshire, ENG d. 22 Jun 1686, Hambridge, Somersetshire, ENG (Age 51 years)
  Marriage	13 Sep 1658	Mark Parish, Curry Rivel, Somerset, ENG   [4, 7]
  Children	1. Hannah Coate,   b. 12 Jun 1667, Hambridge, Somersetshire, ENG d. 4 May 1684, Hambridge, Somersetshire, ENG (Age 16 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Edith Coate,   b. Abt 1660   d. Abt 1750 (Age 90 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Mary Jane Coate,   b. Abt 1661, Hambridge, Somersetshire, ENG d. Aft 1691 (Age > 31 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Anne Coate,   b. 30 Aug 1669, Hambridge, Somersetshire, ENG d. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Elizabeth Coate,   b. 1665, Hambridge, Somersetshire, ENG d. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. William Coatt,   b. 6 Mar 1671, , Somersetshire, ENG d. 21 Mar 1748, Greinton, Kingsbury, Somerset, ENG (Age 77 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. Sarah Jane Coate,   b. Aft 1661, Hambridge, Somersetshire, ENG d. 1737, , , ENG (Age < 74 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   8. Marmaduke Coate,   b. 1658, Hambridge, Curry Rivel Parish, Somersetshire, ENG d. Between 15 and 16 Feb 1729, Burlington, New Jersey  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F5305	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

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• Notes

  Edith's maiden name is listed as a Fell, Satterwaite or Maxwelton in 2nd hand sources. After exhaustive years of research, I have reached a different conclusion. I theorize that she is Edith Gilling who is the only listed marriage recorn Edith to a Marmaduke Coate of Hambridge in the Parish of Curry Rivel, Somerset, England. The supporting evidence for this theory is: 1) Hambrige was a very small burg in the same Parish where Marmaduke was born in 1634. 2) It has been my experience that the clerks in the courts knew everyone in these small towns. They would describe the person they were referring to in such a way as to distingish them from anyone else of the same name. (Ex. Little John, Big John, Georgia John, John of Edgefield, etc.) In this case, the only adult male of that name who lived in Hambridge called Marmaduke is listed as Marmaduke of Hambridge in multiple court records from Marmaduke's marriage to his death. A transcription of their marriage record follows: "Groom Marmaduke COATE status - of Hambridge, - Bride Edith GILLING status - of the parish, - married on 13 SEP 1658 at parish Mark: " (Source: www.familyhistoryonline.com, from email by gccoles@aol.com). 3) Their marriage record of 1658 has likely thrown other researchers off because his Quaker obituary says he was born in 1652. It was submitted after his death at an elderly age. These obituraries notoriously had poor birthdates and "facts" in them. His parents were not of the Quaker faith nor were Quaker records kept in this region until 1667. He was not of the Quaker faith until after his marriage. I suggest that Marmaduke Jr's birthdate was simply not known by his Quaker community. 4) None of the other surnames surmised to be Edith's, have any supporting evidence. In other words, no record has been found that lists a person named Edith of these other surnames in the Parish of Curry Rivel or nearby regions. Ex. Though Satterwaite is often listed, this is a surname from northern England at the time, nearly 500 miles away. Therefore, with an understanding of every record in the Parish of Curry Rivel, I suggest that the only likely conclusion is that Edith was Edith Gilling and that her son Marmaduke was born after 1658. (C-253c) Edith is listed in Quaker records in Somerset after her marriage. On Nov. 15, 1683 fifteen persons were taken to prison from their meeting at Ilminster, Edith being among them. On Aug. 17, 1689 she and her son Marmaduke were again taken prisoner a couple years after her husband and his father, Marmaduke's death. According to Don Johnson's research, when Marmaduke died, Edith asked his brother's John's wife, Elizabeth to move in with her. Elizabeth had stayed behind in England when her husband moved to Pennsylvania due to poor health. She supposedly took up Edith's offer and both women lived in Marmaduke's homestead till the end of their days barring when Edith was in prison. (C-995)

  
  

• Sources

  [S3180] Personal Ancestral File, Ver. 3.0. [S3510] Atherton, M.D., Email dated 2002 from dot@atherton8.freeserve.co.uk. [S811] Phillips, Carl L., John Coats Family Group Sheet (well sourced). [S197] Coats, Gary W., Descendants of Marmaduke Coate Database. [S51] Burlington Friends Records, New Jersey. [S52] Elizabeth Murphy Cann to Linda Coate Dudick Letter dated May 1, 1985 at 2852 So. Webster, Denver, CO. 80227 In L. Dudick's files. [S3503] Coles, G.C., Email dated 2007 (GCColes@aol.com). [S234] Comly, George Norwood, Comly Family in America, Descendants of Henry and Joan Comly (Philadelphia, PA: J.B. Lippincott Co., c1939). [S258] Ernest S. Park, Ancestors & Descendants of Marmaduke Coate of South Carolina and Ohio (unpub, c1950, 1960). [S57] Burial Friends Records of New Jersey. [S1705] Ancestry.com, Bristol, England, Non-Conformist Baptism, Marriage and Burial Registers, 1644-1981, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2020;), Bristol Archives; Bristol, England; Bristol Non-Conformist Registers; Reference: 14585/SF/R/1/1. [S261] England & Wales, Quaker Birth, Marriage, and Death Registers, 1578-1837 (www.ancestry.com).