Benjamin COATES b. Abt 1733 Charleston, Montgomery, PA d. 1801 Pikeland, Chester, PA: Our Family History

Abt 1733 - 1801 (~ 68 years)

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Father	Moses COATES, b. 1687, of Dublin, Ireland , d. Aft 14 Apr 1761, , Chester, PA (Age 74 years)
Mother	Susanna WELDON, b. Guillaedsane, , Ire , bur. 30 Nov 1772, , Chester, PA
Married	1 Mar 1715	Cashel, Tipperary, Ire
Family ID	F5468	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Ann LONGSTRETH, b. 3 Nov 1737, , Chester, PA , d. 1824 (Age 86 years)

Married 22 Sep 1756 , Montgomery, PA

Children

	1. James COATES, b. Aft 1756, d. Yes, date unknown
	2. William COATES, b. Abt 1758, Montgomery, Lycoming, PA , d. 18 Oct 1834, Bradford M.M., Chester, PA (Age ~ 76 years)
	3. Jane COATES, b. Abt 1760, d. Yes, date unknown
	4. Sarah COATES, b. Abt 1762, d. Bef 1810 (Age ~ 47 years)
	5. Elizabeth COATES, b. Abt 1764, d. Yes, date unknown
	6. Anne COATES, b. Abt 1766, d. Yes, date unknown
	7. Abner COATES, b. Abt 1768, , Augusta, VA , d. Aft Aug 1826, Of Posey, , IN (Age ~ 58 years)
	8. Susianna COATES, b. 10 Mar 1770, , Chester, PA , d. 1772 (Age 1 years)
	9. Tacy COATES, b. Abt 1772, d. Yes, date unknown
	10. Rachel COATES, b. 1778, d. 1858 (Age 80 years)
	11. Benjamin COATES, b. 18 Sep 1780, , Montgomery, PA , d. 25 Oct 1820, , , Indiana, USA (Age 40 years)
	12. Sarah Ann COATES, b. 1785, d. Yes, date unknown
	13. Jefferson Mifflin COATES, b. 1793, d. Yes, date unknown
	14. Cicily COATES, b. 1796, d. Yes, date unknown

Last Modified 8 Jul 2022

Family ID F5415 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Notes

Moses willed his son, Benjamin, his plantation (in Charles Town) plus 21 acres purchased from David David when he died in 1761. This is the Benjamin Coates who offered a reward of 3 lbs for John Wilson, age 21, who had "absconded from his bail" as in the PA Gazette on Jun 3, 1762. Benjamin was living in Charles town, Chester Co., PA at the time. (C-1755: #28750, C-1977) According to R.K. Montgomery, this family named Benjamin and Ann Longstreth Coats had children from 1758 till 1802. That would be over a 44 year period. Though possible, this is unlikely. I therefore suspect that the later children are by one of his sons, though this remains to be verified with actual records.

It is probable that some of Benjamin and Ann's children moved to North Carolina. I say this because of their daughter Cicely. She is the only Cicely Coates I have found in this time period, and there was a Cicely Coates who married a William Willis in Rowan Co., NC in 1810 and whose bondsman was Abner Coates (brother or father??). The census records for N.C. include a William and a Benjamin that might be her brothers. This needs checked. Family tradition is that Cicely came from a family with a lot of girls in it and this one would certainly match that tradition.

[S1475] The History of Chester County, PA with Genealogical & Bibliographical Sketches.
[S1496] G.B.Davis to Coates Discussion Group E-mail letter dated July 29, 1997 at gbd29@pop3.idt.net (C-1612).
[S1540] Ettie Tidwell McCall, Tidwell and Allied Families.
[S1562] Abstracts of Wills, Chester Co., PA , Vol 1: 1714-1758 (LDS Fiche: 6089197).
[S1349] R.K. Montgomery to Linda Coate Email dated Dec 19, 1999 (RkMontg342@aol.com).
[S1536] Jordan, Wilfred, Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co, Inc., c1932).
[S1565] Stella, Email dated 2002+ from NANAWCR70@webtv.net and Willis1930@webtv.net.
[S1350] Coates, Truman, M.D., A genealogy of Moses and Susanna Coates Who Settled in Pennyslvania in 1717 and their Descendants with Brief Introductory Notes of Families of Same Name (OCLC # 7714964, 1906, English Books).

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