William Coatt Coate, Sr

Aft 1652 - Aft 1716  (> 63 years)

• Name	William Coatt Coate  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
  Suffix	Sr
  Birth	Aft 1652	Of Curry Rivel Parish, Somerset, England   [8]
  Christening	9 Aug 1675	Curry Rivel Parish, Somerset, England
  Gender	Male
  Death	Aft 3 Oct 1716	Curry Rivel, Somerset, England   [8, 9, 11]
  Burial	17 Oct 1716	Curry Rivel, Somerset, England   [8, 9, 12]
  Person ID	I6114	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

  Father	William Coate,   b. 1602, North Petherton, Somerset, England d. Between Oct 1674 and 1678, Curry Rivel, Somerset, England (Age 72 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Elizabeth Combstocke,   b. Bef 1604, Of Curry Rivel Parish, Somerset, England d. Feb 1657, Curry Rivel Parish, Somerset, England (Age > 53 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	11 Apr 1638	Curry Rivel, Somerset, England   [13, 14]
  Family ID	F758	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Elizabeth,   b. Bef 1661   d. Bef Nov 1704, Of Curry Rivel, Somerset, England (Age < 43 years)
  Marriage	Bef 1675	Of Somerset, England
  Children	1. Isaac Coate,   b. 1704, Curry Rivel, Somerset, England d. 1704, Curry Rivel, Somerset, England (Age 0 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Joanne Coate,   b. 1696, Curry Rivel, Somerset, England d. Aft 1716 (Age > 21 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Ambrose Coatt,   b. 1692, Curry Rivel Parish, Somerset, England d. 1708, Curry Rivel Parish, Somerset, England (Age 16 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Aubrey Coate,   b. 1700, Curry Rivel, Somerset, England d. Bef 1716 (Age < 15 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Geffrey Coate,   b. 1701, Curry Rivel, Somerset, England d. Aft 1716 (Age > 16 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Thomas Coate,   b. 1694, Curry Rivel, Somerset, England  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. Jacob Coate,   b. 1704, Curry Rivel, Somerset, England d. Jun 1744, Curry Rivel, Somerset, England (Age 40 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   8. Robert Coate,   b. Between 1697 and 1698, Curry Rivel, Somerset, England d. Sep 1762, Curry Rivel, Somerset, England (Age 65 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   9. Henry Coate,   b. Bef 1699, Of Curry Rivel Parish, Somerset, England d. Dec 1727, Curry Rivel, Somerset, England (Age > 28 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F702	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

  Family 2	Hannah,   b. Bef 1654, Of Curry Rivel Parish, Somerset, England d. Between Jan 1690 and 1691, Curry Rivel, Somerset, England (Age > 36 years)
  Marriage	Bef 1675
  Children	1. Marmaduke Cote Coat, Sr.,   b. 1675, Of Curry Rival, Somerset, England d. Aug 1726, Curry Rivel, Somerset, England (Age 51 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. William Coate, Jr.,   b. 1681, Curry Rivel, Somerset, England d. Apr 1729, Curry Rivel, Somerset, England (Age 48 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. John Coate, Sr.,   b. Bef 1687, Curry Rivel, Somerset, England d. 1728, Othery, Somerset, England (Age > 41 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F703	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

• Notes

  He wrote his will in Curry Rivel on Oct. 3, 1716 under the title of Yeoman. He named his sons William, John,Thomas, Robert, Jeffery, Jacob, Marmaduke, and daughters Elizabeth, Joan, Mary and Sarah. His wife, Elizabeth, was named his exe. It was witnessed by James Hurd, John Richfield, and Thomas Crofts. It is theory on my part that he had 3 wives, 2 of them named Elizabeth. In this time period and place most families lost a lot of children before adulthood and the number of children he lists in his will plus the larger number in the christening records would indicate that his family was significantly larger than the number of children living at the time of this will. He was also wealthy as indicated by the fact that his will had a duplicate in the Prerogative records of Chanterbury.

  
  

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