Aquila Coates

1799 - 1875  (75 years)

• Name	Aquila Coates  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Birth	30 Oct 1799	, Chester, PA   [5]
  Gender	Male
  Death	21 Aug 1875	Wilmington, Clinton, OH, USA   [6]
  Person ID	I7348	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

  Father	John Hutchison Coates,   b. 9 Jul 1761, , Chester, PA d. 21 April 1804 / 1809, Charles Town Twp., Chester, Pennsylvania, United States of America (Age 47 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Hannah Longstreth,   b. 9 Oct 1768, Uwchlan M.M., Chester, PA d. 8 Jan 1851, Phoenixville, Pennsylvania (Age 82 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	22 Jun 1790	Pikeland, Lancaster, PA   [7, 8, 9]
  Family ID	F1098	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Rachel Pidgeon,   b. 25 Feb 1801, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	15 May 1823	Hopewell M.M., Frederick, VA, USA   [3, 4]
  Children	1. Benjamin Franklin Coates,   b. 23 Jun 1827, , Phildelphia, PA d. 6 May 1899, Portsmouth (Age 71 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. George Jenkins Coates,   b. 1837   d. 1838 (Age 1 year)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Cyrus L. Coates,   b. 1833, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA d. 1838 (Age 5 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Isaac L. Coates,   b. 1824, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA d. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. John H. Coates,   b. 1825, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA d. 1852 (Age 27 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. William Pidgeon Coates,   b. 7 Mar 1830, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA d. 27 May 1832, Virginia City, Storey, Nevada, USA (Age 2 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F1240	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

• Notes

  This Aquilla is listed as the son of Moses who was the son of Moses in Truman Coates book. This is incorrect. Quaker records according to Hinshaw, Vol. 5, Hopewell M.M. in VA list him as the son of John and Hannah Coates when he marriesl Pidgeon.

  
  

• Sources

  [S74] William Wade Hinshaw, Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy. [S494] Edward Sinker to Coates-L@rootsweb.com Email letter dated Oct 26, 1998 at sinker@mial.globalnet.co.uk. [S317] McIntyre, Susan, Email dated 2003 (from sbmc2@chartermi.net in which she quotes a listing of various records published in books about Maryland and Virginia). [S119] Ancestry.com, U.S., Family History Books, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2025;), A Genealogy of Moses and Susanna Coates Who Settled in Pennsylvania in 1717, and Their Descendants. [S301] John T. Humphrey, Pennsylvania Births, Delaware Co, 1682-1800 (Washington D.C.: Humphrey Publications, 1994). [S665] OneWorldTree (www.ancestry.com). [S111] Ancestry.com, U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2014;), Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. [S119] Ancestry.com, U.S., Family History Books, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2025;), The Longstreth Family Records. [S111] Ancestry.com, U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2014;).