Henry COATE, * "The Elder" of Hambridge

Abt 1595 - Abt 1662  (67 years)

• Name	Henry COATE  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Suffix	* "The Elder" of Hambridge
  Birth	Abt 1595	Of Curry Rivel, Somerset, England
  Gender	Male
  Death	Abt 1662	Hambridge, Curry Rivel Parish, Somersetshire, ENG
  Person ID	I16542	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	30 Sep 2024

  
  

  Father	Marmaduke Coate COTE, * Big Y Breadcrumb: R-FT147933,   b. Abt 1552, Of Curry Rivel, Somerset, England d. 1624, Curry Rivel, Somerset, England, United Kingdom (Age 72 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Marie SOMNER,   b. Abt 1562, Maperton, Somerset, England d. 1631, Curry Rivel, Somerset, England (Age 69 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	6 Nov 1575	Weston Zoyland, Somerset, England   [9, 10, 11, 12]
  Family ID	F5685	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	UNKNOWN   d. Bef 1662
  Marriage	Aft 1616
  Children	1. John COATE, *,   b. 1641   d. 29 Feb 1700, Kingsbury, Somersetshire, ENG  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Jane COATS,   b. Bef 1635, Of Curry Rivel Parish, Somerset, England d. Bef 1661, Of Stoughton, Somerset, England (Age < 26 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Alice COATE,   b. Bef 1625   d. Aft 1640 (Age > 17 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Rachel COATE,   b. Aft 1617, Hambridge, Somersetshire, ENG d. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Mary COATE,   b. Aft 1617, Hambridge, Somersetshire, ENG d. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Marmaduke COATE,   b. 8 Sep 1634, Hambridge, Somersetshire, ENG d. 22 Jun 1686, Hambridge, Somersetshire, ENG (Age 51 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. Henry COATE,   b. Abt 1620, , Somerset, ENG d. 1663, Curry Rivel, Somerset, England (Age 43 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F5740	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Sep 2024

  
  

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• Notes

  All historical research led us to believe that our Coate line went back through this Henry to his father Marmaduke. We now have a wonderful YDNA match from a cousin in Australia whom has only 1 point out of 37 DNA points different from us. It proves we descend from this Henry Coate, The Elder, who is the most recent common ancestor we have in common. I am so grateful for this. We finally know for certain after 40 years of research via DNA. How truly wonderful! We have support from a 2nd cousin whom also descends from Henry via YDNA and historical documentation. He is often called Henry "the Elder" or Henry C. in family member trees. I have seen no actual proof of either. It's possible that he is the Henry "The Elder" listed as the father of an Elizabeth when she married John Podger in Burton, Drayton, England, but this remains to be proven. John or Elizabeth Podger or their children are NOT in this Henry's will. I have therefore given him the name Henry Coate of Hambridge to distinguish him from the Henry of Burton in Drayton Parish, Somerset, England. Henry named 5 children in his will, among them Marmaduke and John. He wrote his will on Aug 8, 1661 in Hambridge, Curry Rivel Parish, England and is listed by the title of Yeoman. It was proved in January of 1663 at Taunton. Henry Coate of Hambridge in the Parish of Curry Rivel within the County of Somerset, Yeoman, by his will gave: To his son Henry "wearing apperel and one pair of boots and 20 pounds." To his son John "four score pounds and one bedstead voer the entry and my best feather bed with one pair of sheets, one pair of blankets and cover bed and two bolsters there unto belonging": and several other articles of furniture, etc. Unto his daughter Rachel 10 shillings, Unto his daughter Mary 10 shillings, Unto his grandchild Jane Counsell 8 pounds, Unto grandchildren William Sugge, John Perry, Henry Perry, John Jermane, Jonathan Coate, Mary Coate, Elizabeth Coate, Mary Sugge, and Edith Coate 20 pounds each Unto Jane Rowsewell his grandchid one shilling. The rest of his goods and chattels he gave to his son Marmaduke whom he made sole executor of his estate. (C-253c) His known 3 sons all became Quakers through marriage in some cases and some of his daughters. They typically attended the Kingsbury Episcopi Monthly Meeting which was fairly small. They all had interconnections as their children married. The burial page for this monthly meeting in the Somerset Quarterly Meeting Records for the Southern Division included less than 30 people most of whom became related as they married. One small family of Humphries were amongst this group, Elizabeth Humphrey marrying John Coate. Other Coate's that remained in Curry Rivel, England remained faithful to the Church of England in that time period. The fact that the will remains means that he was considered one of the wealthy and his will had been transcribed in another site saving it from the bombings of World War II. I am descended through his son John married to Elizabeth. As for autosomal DNA we also have small segment matches because of the distance back in time. A cousin is descended through the Marmaduke married to Edith that I have sorted as the son of this Henry Coate named Linda Midgett W. Blum. I'd like to know if we and a Joseph Edge are related through DNA as he descends from Marmaduke and Edith Coate. I have found an autosomal DNA triangulation with cousins who descend from this Henry through other children than I do. It is considered tentative back in this period of time because of the small size of the shared DNA and distance in time. They are 7th cousins to my Uncle for Henry Coate 1595, chromosome16, segments 28234964-34708422 7C, Gedmatch Kits M935084, Z397630, A497476. In any case, Y-DNA has now proved the connection so the autosomal DNA is just icing on the cake.

  
  

• Sources

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