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It is theory that James is the father of our John. The other choices are a John and Elizabeth Humphrey in Kingsbury Episcopi that were married in 1588, a George b. 1557 and a Thomas b. 1563.

Jacob married Johane DENMAN on 14 Nov 1614 in Kingsbury Episcopi, Somerset, England. Johane (daughter of DENMAN) was born about 1593 in Kingsbury Episcopi, Somerset, England; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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It is theory on my part that he is the brother of John by age, time and place.

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We know that John is the father of our Elizabeth Humphries because he is listed as her father in her brother James' christening record. We knew her birthdate from Somerset Quaker records previously. I have found only a few other siblings for them in the records in Kingsbury or Drayton where Joane died. With the gap in their ages, it's highly likely that they had other siblings not in the published records or that their mother had a series of miscarriages.

John is listed as the son of a Humfrie in the Kingsbury Episcopi records if he is the Johannes baptized in 1620 there. Kingsbury Episcopi is where most of the earliest Humfry's in co. Somerset, England can be found. There are several possible father's of this John in Kingsbury at the time. They are George, b. 1597, son of Thomas; Peeter b. 1597, son of William; and James b. 1595 who married Johane Denman in 1614. James was the son of William b. 1595 according to Somerset baptismal records. Both the names James and Peter are repeated in this family with James being the more common choice and Peter repeated only once.

I'm working off the theory that our John is the son of James as he names his first born son James. The only other possibilities I've found are 1) a John and Mary that married in 1613 in Drayton, Somerset, England, 2) a John and Agnis Humfry that married in Drayton in 1610 or 3) An Edward and Havis Hue Humfrey who married in Drayton in 1623. The best fit and theory is that John is the son of James b. 1595.

Johanas married Joan before 1647. Joan was born before 1632 in Of Wiltshire, England; died on 3 Aug 1679 in Drayton Parish, Somerset, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Her name is definitely Elizabeth Humphreys. According to Quaker records when she is listed as the wife of John, her birthdate is given as July 7, 1647. She is listed as the mother of John's children in the 1660's in Somerset Co., England. Her surname is proven to be Humphries because of the following extracts from Minute Book 1 of Illchester M.M. in county Somerset, England. "15/12/1668 7th minute, from Kingsbury Meeting, "That Thomas Budd and George Taylor do again go and visit James Humprheys and Elizabeth Coate, his sister, and in God's love, warn them again to clear their conscience by their obedience to the truth, and that they no longer absent or withdraw themselves from the assemblies of God's people." 25/12/1668, "That Thomas Budd and George Taylor do again go and visit James Humprheys and Elizabeth Coate, his sister ...and that Elizabeth, as she is in a capacity, come to the Friend's Monthly or give forth a testimony against her being married by a priest."

Further evidence has been found in the Southern Divison Quarterly Meeting Records which transferred data from the Monthly Meeting records into lists by one recorder. In the middle of the listing for John and Elizabeth Coate's children, her brother James Humphries and previously unknown wife Joan is listed with the birth of their daughter Joane Humphries. Her brother James is then listed in the baptismal records for the Church of England as from Kingsbury Episcopi and the son of John and Joane Humfry. Then to put the cherry on the cake, she and husband John Coate, named their first child John after her father. This was the most common Quaker naming pattern.

Elizabeth did not ever come to America. She might be the Elizabeth Coate, widow, who died in the month called Feb of 1720/21 in Hambridge according to Somerset Quarterly Monthly Meeting Records for Somerset Co., England. (1720 In month 12, Eliz. Coate of Hambridge, died. [http://www-personal.umich.edu/~bobwolfe/gen/mn/m3350x3351.htm] ) The problem with this is there is a John Coate of New Towne, Pennsylvania who was listed free of marriage engagements when he requested a return to England in the 1686. Therefore, I am accepting the theory that he was married twice, both times to an Elizabeth. (C-199, 253c)

Elizabeth married John COATE, * on 29 Dec 1663 in Kingsbury M.M., Somerset, ENG. John (son of Henry COATE, of Hambridge and UNKNOWN) was born about 1641; died on 29 Feb 1700 in Kingsbury, Somersetshire, ENG. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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His daughter's birth is transferred from the monthly meeting records from the Kingsbury Episcopi M.M. to the Southern Division of the Somerset Quarterly Meeting and recorded right in the middle of the listing for John and Elizabeth's (Humphries) Coate's children's birth records again supporting Elizabeth's Coate's maiden name as Humphries. As a Quaker, he would have been at least 18 when he married so he was born before 1651. His christening took place in the church of England. His possible sister, his daughter or his wife died in 1689 with her death being recorded in Quaker records. He likely died at the young age of 28 in 1678 in Kingsbury Episcopi. All other records on this page were for children and it listed their father's. He was not listed as the son of anyone. It appears he was buried in "Wollen" and the church was informed of his burial.

James married Joane before 1669. Joane died on 4 Jun 1689 in Kingsbury, Somerset, ENG. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Cicely. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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His and his siblings births (except for Ann's) are recorded after the fact in the South Somerset Quarteryly meeting records right before his cousin, Marmaduke Coate's (husband of Ann Pole) children are. In his birth and death record he is listed as the son of John and Elizabeth Coate verifying that he never married.

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Henry lived in Sterbridge (Hambridge), Curry Revell, when he married Anny Cary in 1700. According to Gary W. Coats of Portland, OR, he came with his brother James to America sometime after his father, John and brother Samuel came over. He appears to be the Henry Coate that is in the Quaker Monthly Meeting Minutes, book 2 held at 20 different locations in Somerset Co., England from 1692 till 1723. Henry first appears in them a couple times in 1692. His next apperance in 1696, then in 1700 when he requests marriage to Ann Cary. He is consistantly in the meetings from 1702 on till the end of the minute book in 1723. He is the only Henry I can find in this family of the correct age to account for the Henry who is oft in the Quaker Meeting records during this time frame. (C-1347, 1542)

It is possible that Henry had a second wife named Deborah as I have a DNA cousin match to a descendant of John's son Henry married to a Deborah - at least that's where he believes his Henry Coate fits in.

He likely visited family in America as accounted for by the Henry Coate witnessing his brother James's daughter Mary's wedding to Edmund Sands on Oct. 10, 1720. He was absent from Somerset Quaker records from the 8mo 1719 till the end of the 12mo 1720/21 supporting this. The 12mo 1720/1721 is Feb. 1721. It's also possible that Henry is a son of James that witnesses the wedding. James did not name all of his children in his will, so we don't know them all.

We do not know where he died and could have been a Henry Coate in the American colonies after 1723. He might have had children that emigrated to the colonies also. This remains to be seen. He also might have been the Henry who died in Curry Rivel on 26 Nov 1727. He was an adult. Only the adult males on this page were not named with their relatives which is unfortunate for us.

Henry married Ann CARY on 16 Oct 1700 in Middle Division M.M., Somerset, ENG. Ann (daughter of John CARY and Joane KEENE) was born on 30 Sep 1677; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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James was a carpenter. He emigrated to Pennsylvania before 1691 and was a member of the Philadelphia Monthly Meeting. His brother, Samuel was a witness to his marriage in that year. He purchased a lot on the 2nd street in the town of Philadelphia, fifty feet fronting on Walnut Street from John Parsons on Oct. 20, 1691. (Park's book) James also is probably the James that witnessed the marriage of James Pratt and Mary Bristol in the Abington M.M. in Chester County, Pennsylvania in 1689 and the James who attended the marriage of Joseph Nicholson of Alloways Creek and Hannah Wood of Gloucester Co., PA in 1695 in Newtown MM, Pennsylvania. (C-1, 1976)

James and wife Mary had at least son, John, and daughter, Ann and "others" as he calls them in his will. Professor Dornan states that the "others" definitely includes a Mary. One source lists an additional daughter named Rebecka, a son named Thomas, and gives his wife's burial date as 9/15/1701. I question this, since the wife's burial date is untrue. His wife Mary is the executor for his will in 1705. Brothers Archibald Meikle and Abrahm Carliell are also named. If they are actually relatives, they might be his brother-in-laws and be married to sisters of him or his wife. (Will Book B, p. 414) Note that James's son John attended the wedding of Daniel Mickle and Hannah Dennis in 1711 of Newton MM, Pennsylvania. This would make even more sense if he and Daniel Mickle (son of Abraham Meikle?) were cousins. (C-995, 1006, 1347)

A transcript of James's will follows: LDS# 21721 - Book B page 414 - 1705 - will # 152 - James Coate, He has land lying between *my now dwelling house & the house and lott of Thomas Bradford extending from Wallnut Street Southward the whole length of my lott for the best price....* Wife is Mary Coate, Son John Coate - under 21, daughter - oldest daughter shall marry, daughter Ann, House goes to son John Coate at Mary's death, the residue go to the *rest of my children*, wife Mary Coate sole executrix, brothers Archibal Meikle & Abraham Carlisle as trustees, signed James Coate - 1704, probate date is April 19th 1705, Witneses are Wm Crisp, Abraham Carliell and Richard Heatte or Heath.

Mary Coate, his widow, and his son John Coate, carpenter, sold a lot on Walnut Street, near Dock Street to John Lewis on January 4, 1713. James Coate had purchased this lot on Dec. 9, 1700. (Park's book)

Who are James other possible children that he did not name in his will? If he married in 1691 and died in 1705 and had children every two years on average, he could have had up to 7 or 8 children. Hinshaw says that there were 2 Elizabeths born to James and Mary that died in 1697 and 1714 respectively. His possible "other" children include the extra Samuel Coate in the NJ area, the James Coate who is listed 3rd in the line of closest relatives to his daughter Mary at her wedding, the Elizabeth Coate who was listed directly after James Coate (though I believe it more likely that Elizabeth was James' wife) or the Henry Coats listed 5th in the closest kin's column to the marriage of Mary, d. of James in 1720. James Coate signed the Pennsylvania Petition in 1692 in the Philadelphia Colony. (C-1462)

James married Mary WATSON on 8 Dec 1691 in Philadelphia M.M., Philadelphia, PA. Mary was born about 1670; died in May 1720; was buried on 16 May 1720. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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We have several cousins who descend from different sons of Samuel in our YDNA group to prove our descent from Samuel Coate, b. 1670! See these findings at: http://www.ancestrees.com/henrycoatebabt1595ydnagroup.html

Samuel Coate from Somersetshire, England first appears in Pennsylvania with his father, John Coate in 1685. (C-568) He could be the Samuel Coates who arrived in Maryland in 1682. In 1699, through an instrument in writing, his father gave him 200 acres of land that he had purchased on Mar 13, 1689 from Israel Taylor. Samuel, himself, had purchased 23 more acres from this same Israel Taylor on Nov. 16, 1696. After his father's death, in late 1699 or early 1700, Samuel sold the land he inherited from his father John and settled in Burlington Co., NJ.

One source entitled, "The Samuel Coate Family" says that Samuel settled near his brother, Marmaduke, who came over in 1717 (1713) and settled in Burlington Co. as proved by the will of Ann Coate, widow of Marmaduke. (1929) (C-549d) I believe this brother relationship to be an error as John Coate had a son Samuel but no known son, Marmaduke. It is more likely that Samuel and Marmaduke were cousins and this was the kinship referred to in Ann Coate's will. Another possible way the "Samuel Coate Family" erred in saying he lived near his brother, Marmaduke, is that Samuel did live fairly near his older brother James, who came to Philadelphia. James and his other brother Henry supposedly came over after their father, John and brother Samuel. (C-1542)

He appears often in Quaker records in the Middletown Monthly Meeting of Friends, Bucks Co., Pennsylvania. He signed a testimony against the sale of "rum or other strong liquors to the Indian" on 11/5/1687. He witnessed several marriages: 1) Jeffery Hawkins and Ellen Pierson on 9/21/1687 at the home of the bride, 2) William Smith and Mary Cronasdale on 1/12/1688, and 3) his elder brother James and Mary Watson at the Philadelphia Meeting House on 12/8/1691/92. He was a member of the Grand Jury of the Quarter Sessions Court in Bucks County, PA on 7/13/1693. He was a road juror ordered by the court to help lay out a cart road from Newtown to the ferry house at a session dated 12/1693, the second Wednesday of the month. He declared his intention to marry Mary Sanders on 11/3/1694/5 at the Middletown Meeting. Samuel and Mary also declared their intention to marry at the Falls Meeting on 12/6/1694/5 also. It appears they went to both meeting houses a second time to inform all interested family and friends of their intent to marry on 12/7/1694/5 and 1/6/1694/5 before proceeding to marry. Samuel was on a Petit Jury on 10/9/1696, a Common Pleas Jury on the 10th month, 1697 and a Grand Jury on 7/14/1698 and 1/8/1698/9.

In 1700, after his move to Burlington Co., NJ, there is a Samuel Coate who was listed as one of the men who helped survey and lay out a by-road for accommodating the "back inhabitants" leading into the Kings Road. (C-1668) Since he is the only Samuel I know of living in Burlington Co., NJ in 1702, the following records also likely apply to him. He and Samuel Beard acknowledged to the court that they owed the King forty lbs. which was to be levied on their goods, chattles and tenements on condition that Samuell Coates keep the peace particularly toward Elizabeth White and Elizabeth Brown. These two women had attested to the court that they were afraid he would abuse or ravish them and felt their lives were in danger. The court then ordered Samuel Coates to find security to prove his intention was peaceful. Samuel was also charged with four others of neglecting service on the road in that year. In that same year in court, Samuel was named as one of the new Constables from Burlington. These records were summarized in "The Burlington Court Book, a Record of Quaker Jurisprudence in West New Jersey, 1680-1709", by H. Clay Reed. (C-1673)

On 1/10/1702/3, he submitted the purchase of a deed for 3 acres of land in Newtown, with the deed dated 9/16/1696. He appears to have sold that land plus 19 other acres to Shadrack Walley on that same day, 1/10/1702/3 and then submit it to the courts on 7/8/1703. In 1705 he was named as a Grand Juror in the court records. (C-1673) The Old York Road went from Market St. in Philadelphia through Newtown, Bucks Co., PA to land he later bought in Springfield, Burlington, NJ and in 1722 in Amwell Twp., Hunterdon Co., NJ (at least 400 acres) over the Delaware River. It appears his sons inherited different parts of this land that had then become Bethlehem Twp. which later became Kingwood, Hunterdon Co., NJ and possibly Amwell Co., NJ.

Here are the deed records that belong to him in NJ records:
Coate, Samuel (Grantee) TO: Samuel Coate 10 May 1703 L (WJ) : Folio 337 (SSTSE02
FROM: Joseph English
CONVEYANCE. Burlington County.
OTHERS NAMED:
LOCATIONS: West Jersey; Burlington Coate, Samuel (Grantor) TO: Roger Fort (son-in-law, husband of d. Ann Coate) 11 May 1722 W (WJ) : Folio 339 (SSTSE023)
FROM: Samuel Coate
CONVEYANCE. Springfield, Burlington County.
OTHERS NAMED:
LOCATIONS: West Jersey; Burlington; Springfield Township Coate, Samuel (Named) TO: Roger Fort (added by Linda Coate: Support for Roger Fort being his son in law) 27 Mar 1723 Basse B (Surveys, 207-290) : Folio 264 (SSTSE023)
FROM:
SURVEY. 197 acres. Springfield Township; Burlington County. For Roger Fort. Land purchased of Samuel Coate. Bordering lands of Ananiah Gaunt. [Warrant Date: 13 Aug 1722]. View PDF
OTHERS NAMED: Samuel Coate; Hananiah Gaunt
LOCATIONS: West Jersey; Burlington; Springfield Township

He and his family took a certificate to Buckingham from Burlington on March 6, 1723 (the same year he died). Quaker minutes mention sons John and Henry and in the Women's minutes from Buckingham it mentions Mary Coate and daughter Elizabeth. (C-549c, 995, 1086)

Samuel purchased the land they moved to in 1723 on April 17, 1722: 400 acres of land in Amwell Twp., Hunterdon Co. from Robert Eaton adjoining John Holcombe's land. (This land is now a part of Mercer Co., NJ.) Samuel Coate was listed as of Springfield, Burlington Co., NJ at the time. He also purchased an additional adjoining 100 acres according to the deed where his son William sells 150 acres of the land in 1728. (I'm suggesting this extra land purchase also included land in what became Bethlehem Twp. (and then Kingwood Twp.) as that is where we can verify his son John's land was. He was a carpenter and appears to have established a ferry service there known as Coate's Ferry on the Delaware River. Opposite him was a service owned by John Wells known as "Wells ferry" on the Pennsylvania side of the Delaware. It is interesting to note that this ferry service later became known as Coryell's Crossing (Corryell's Ferry in Lamberton, NJ) and was where Washington crossed the Delaware in the Revolutionary War and is the scene of the famous painting of same. It was approximately 5 miles from what had become Trenton, NJ at the time.

On Aug. 24, 1723, John Bainbridge, Samuel Coate, Thomas Curtis, Joshua Anderson, Andrew Smith, and Nathaniel Leonard, freeholders, received tax money from Capt. Ralph Hunt for the running of the government in Maidenhead, Hopewell, Amwell and Trenton Townships, NJ. I have no further details in his involvement in running the townships than this record in the deeds of NJ. (C-2152)

After Samuel's death in 1723, his land on the hill along Yoark Road went to sons John, Henry, and William. His will was written Nov. 22, 1723 and proved Jan. 8, 1723/24. It lists wife Mary, children: John, Henry, William, Marmaduke, Samuel and Elizabeth. (C-549d, 1078, 1433) In his will, he is referred to as Samuel Coate, Gentleman, of Amwell, Hunterdon Co., NJ. He bequeathed 200 aces to son John, 200 to son Henry and the rest to son William. His Executors were sons, John and Henry. It was witnessed by Jon Holcombe, John Wells, and Benjamin Willcocks. The inventory of his estate dated Dec. 23, 1723 included a clock, the family bible and other books and was made by George Green and John Holcombe In 1728, his son John sold 200 acres of the tract of land he was given by his father, to John Purcell. In 1732, John Coate, of Bethlehem, N.J. (which later became Kingwood Twp., NJ) sold 30 acres more of this land to John Holcombe. It is a home built by this John Holcombe that Washington stayed in twice during the Revolutionary War. (This 1732 deed mentions adjoining posts belonging to William and Henry Coate's lands.) (C-153)

Two Coate names appear in Freeholders lists for New Jersey, that could be his sons. John Coates was a landholder who was selected as the 42nd juror in Bethlehem Twp., Hunterdon Co., NJ in 1741 (Vol. 37, pg. 56-Genealogical Mag. of N.J.) and Henry Coates was a land holder in Amwell Twp., Hunterdon Co., NJ. (C-294, Vol. 37, p.54)

Son Marmaduke is in Quaker records when he married Sarah Mathis in Little Egg Harbor, 1747. (C-549c)

Son William is still puzzling. He or his uncle account for the William who witnessed a Quaker marriage in Burlington County, NJ. He sold his land, 150 acres, that he inherited from his father, Samuel, on May 21, 1729 to William Cornwell. (C-549d). We do not know how much land he received from his father, as deed records do not tell us the amount that Samuel first purchased. We know it was large enough to encompass 197 acres that went to his son-in-law, Roger Fort, 200 acres to son John, 200 acres to son Henry and all the rest which included at least 150+ plus acres to son William. That could also indicate that William is his oldest living son. It is likely that he still retained some land as his name is mentioned in a deed of sale by his brother in 1732. (C-153) This is possibly the William who moved to what became Newberry County, SC by 1762. (See William's bio on ancestrees for further details as he could also be the William Coats who lived in Northern Liberties, Philadelphia, PA by 1734.)

Samuel married Mary SAUNDERS on 6 Jan 1695 in Falls M.M., Bucks, PA, USA. Mary (daughter of John SAUNDERS, * and Mary FARLEY) was born on 24 Jun 1672 in of, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA; died in 1733 in Falls, Hunterdon, New Jersey, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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She might have come to the American colonies with a child/children and lived in New Jersey aft 1703 where she likely married again. She has no death record that we've found in Somerset, England.

Elizabeth married Richard WELLMANT in 1696 in Kingsbury M.M., Somerset, ENG. Richard died in May 1703 in , Somerset, ENG; was buried on 14 May 1703 in Yeovit M.M., Middle Division, Somerset, ENG. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Professor Dornan theorized that Ann's niece through brother James named Ann was married to Roger Fort. Thanks to info from Bobbie Earle, I theorize that John and Elizabeth had a daughter Ann who was married to Roger Fort instead. Bobbie has quite a bit of data on Ann and Roger and their dates fit perfectly if Ann is the daughter of this John and Elizabeth. She also names children Marmaduke and Joan which are common names in our family. Here are the facts that support my theory that Ann Coate is the daughter of John and Elizabeth Coate. 1) Her supposed birth year, 1673, (which comes from an LDS record) fits into this family correctly and would not have been recorded because the Quakers stopped keeping records in 1673 in the Kingsbury Episcopi meeting. 2) Both she and her husband were from the same Parish of Curry Revell, co. Somerset, ENG. 3) Their first child's name was John (after her father) 4) Her 4th child's name was Marmaduke (after John's brother) and her 5th child's name was Edith after Marmaduke's wife. If she was the youngest daughter of John and Elizabeth, b. about 1673, she would have been about 14/15 when her stepmother, Elizabeth, went to live with sister-in-law, Edith Coate who was widowed in 1687. She would have lived in her uncle Marmaduke's home possibly looking at Edith as a second mother from that time on. That is a logical reason why two of her children were named after this favorite Aunt and Uncle. Her first daughter's name is Joan which is also a common name in her Coate ancestral line. 5) Ann Coate and her husband Roger Fort raised their family in Burlington Co., NJ where related Coate cousins lived. 6) The other Ann Coate b. in 1669 to Marmaduke and Ann Coate was verified as married to William Masters. 7) John had a son James who named a daughter Ann (after his sister?) 8) James's daughter Ann, just mentioned, was born after 1691. If she was the wife of Roger Fort, b. 1669, she would have been a full generation younger than her husband and quite young to have a son in 1706. Even Professor Dornan who had obviously come across a couple named Ann Coate and Roger Fort put a question by whether the Ann Coate, d. of James, could be the wife of Roger Fort. 9) I have a triangulation with small cM segment matches for persons who descend from this Roger Fort and Ann Coate line. It's too small a triangulation for proof but certainly supports Ann as the daughter of John and Elizabeth along with this other evidence..

Anne married Roger FORT on 26 Jan 1701 in New York, New York. Roger (son of Roger FORT and Benina VANE) was born in 1669 in New Hanover, Burlington, New Jersey, United States; died before 13 May 1749 in New Hanover, Burlington, NJ. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]