Sarah Coats

1772 - 1810  (38 years)

• Name	Sarah Coats  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Birth	18 Feb 1772	Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, United States of America   [3]
  Gender	Female
  Death	15 Dec 1810	Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA   [3]
  Burial	Old Coats Burial Ground, Northern Liberties, Philadelphia, PA   [3, 5]
  Person ID	I7571	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

  Father	William Coats,   b. 1721, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 24 Jan 1780, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, United States of America (Age 59 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Wife 1 of William Coats
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F4595	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Anthony Simmons,   b. 1773, Rhode Island, United States of America d. 3 Jan 1830, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, United States of America (Age 57 years)
  _MARRIED	N
  Family ID	F2102	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

  Family 2	Peter Sonmans Glentworth   d. 2 Oct 1793, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
  Marriage	15 Nov 1787	Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA   [4]
  Family ID	F1155	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

• Notes

  The following is a quote from "Colonial Families of the US, Vol. 4": "p. 167I. Peter Sonmans, M.D., b 23d August, 1765; graduated from the Medical Department of the University of PA, 1786; m. 15th Nov. 1787, Sarah Coats, dau. of Williamrtha Coats, and a member of the prominent family of that name who were large landowners in Philadelphia at a very early date, and for whom Coats Street, now Fairmount Avenue, was named. Dr. Gloentworth d. at Philadelphia, 2d October, 1793. His widow subsequently m 21st May, 1795, Anthony Simmons, Edq., 1774-1830; associate Judge of the district Court of the City and county of Philadelphia and Colonel of the 96th Regiment Pennsylvania Militia. His wife d. 15th Dec, 1810, her remains being interred in the old Coats burying ground, Northern Liberties, Philadelphia. Dr. Peters S. Glentworth's gd. son, William Watts Glentworth, M.D., d 25th September, 1893, aged 73, at which time this branch of the family became extinct."

  
  

• Sources

  [S323] Coats, Charlotte, Email dated 2000+. [S1812] Wills: Abstracts, Will Book W, 1790-1795, Philadelphia Co., PA. [S21] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2012;). https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/247956530/sarah-simmons [S1089] Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, U.S., Church and Town Records, 1669-2013, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2011;), Historical Society of Pennsylvania; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records; Reel: 240. Pennsylvania and New Jersey, U.S., Church and Town Records, 1669-2013 [S1811] Mackenzie, Colonial Families of the U.S., Vol. 4-7 (as partially transcribed in an email letter from Charlotte Coats at coats@hotmail.com).