Sarah W. COATES

1791 - 1841  (50 years)

• Name	Sarah W. COATES  [1]
  Birth	2 Sep 1791	Schuylkill Twp., Chester, PA
  Gender	Female
  Death	2 Dec 1841  [1]
  Person ID	I8363	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	30 Sep 2024

  
  

  Father	Thomas COATES,   b. Bef 1760, , , Pennsylvania d. Yes, date unknown
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Rachel WOOD   d. Abt 1795, Schuylkill Twp., Chester, PA
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Bef 1789
  Family ID	F1096	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elijah Funk PENNYPACKER
  _MARRIED	N
  Family ID	F1463	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Sep 2024

  
  

• Notes

  Sarah died without having had any children. Her husband remarried. Before her marriage, she was a milliner and dressmaker of renown at the "corner stores". She was known for her great accuracy of fit. She always dressed in silk herselfas called a true "thoroughbred". She was strongly against slavery and made her home a station in the underground railroad. She died of cancer while sitting in her favorite chair. Her will included the stipulation that her husband spare all of her money that he could to continue to support the anti-slavery movement. (E, Coates, Truman, "A Genealogy of Moses and Susanna Weldon Coates..")

  
  

• Sources

  [S596] Edward Sinker to Linda Coate email letters dated 1999 at sinker@mail.globalnet.co.uk.