A GENEALOGY

Mo ses and Susanna Coates

WHO SETTLED IN PENNSYLVANIAIN 17 17 , AND

THE IR DESCENDANTS

WITH BRIEF INTRODUCTORY NOTESOF FAMILIES OF SAME NAME .

AN ANCI ENT COATES MOTTO

We are among tfiose who believe [fiat

any w iza care not aoout Meir early origin ,

care littlefor anything nzglzer .

”

COMP I LE D BY

TRUMAN (QQ ATES , MD .

1906

L IST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

1 . Res . , Dr. Truman and S arah B . Coates , Oxford , Pa . (Frontisp iece . )2 . Carlow Metting House - E .xteriorCarlow Mee t ingHouse.—I nterior . . . Opposite page 14

3 . Cor.

, old Deed , showinghand-wri tingofMoses andS usanna Coates.

Pikeland F riend’s burial ground , Chester Co ., Pa . Opposite page 22

4 . Radnor F . M . H .

E as t Caln F . M . H.

5 . Res . Thomas Coates, 1741 .

Res . S amuel Coates .6 . Warrick Coates, S r.

Levi Coa tes .7 . Hart t G . Coates.

E liz a Coates .8 . Warrick Coates, Jr.

Ruthanna Coates .9 . S usanna P . Dar lington.

S arah Wood .

1 0 . Abigail Hoopes .Philena Lynch .

1 1 . George Coates .Joseph R . Coates .

1 2 . S arah Walker.Joseph C . Walker .

1 3 . E llis Coates .Abigai l Coates

1 4 . Truman Coates,M . D .

S arah B . Coates1 5 . Res . S amuel Coa tes .

Clock of Moses Coates, founder of Coatesvil le, Pa16. Res. Moses Coates

,No . I , Coatesvi lle, Pa .

Res . Moses Coates , No . 2 , Coafesville , Pa.1 7 . Res. Jessie Coates, M . D .

Jesse Coates,M . D .

18 . Caleb Coates .E sther V irginia Mather .

19 . S arah Coates .E liz abeth (Coates ) Cowgill .

20 . Coffee Po t and dishes of Moses Coates, Jr.

Chair etc ., of Thomas Coates , son of M . C .

, Jr.

2 1 . F rancis Coates.Mabel E . Coates .

2 2 . Fallowfield F . M . H. and B . G .

TOPICAL INDEX.

Introduc tionLe t ter , from Dr. Carr

PART ONE .

Moses and S usanna (Weldon) Coa tesExtracts from P rovidence and o ther Mee tings i n I relandCertifica te for Moses Coates from Carlow M . M tg .

,I reland

,to

Friends in AmericaLet ter from J . Beuley BealeNo tes of th e Emigrants .

Explana tions . .

Chi ldren of Moses and Susanna CoatesHistorica l No tesLe t ter

,from Lavenia W. S hafer

Le t ter,from Hettie Y . H allowell

Copy of Deed , 1828H averford Mon th ly Meeting RecordsGwynedd Month ly Meeting Records .W i ll o fMoses Coa tes, S rGoods and Chattles of Moses Coates, S r“Moses Coates

,

” poemPART TWO .

Thomas and S arah (Mi l ler ) CoatesMarriage Certificate of Thomas Coa tes and S arah MillerGwynedd M . M tg . Records .Bradford M . M tg . RecordsLe t ter ofThomas Coates , son of S amuelAccounts, Warrick Coates , SrWil l of Warrick Coates ,Marriage Certifica te of S amuel Coates and MargaretMarriage Cer tificate, Warrick Coates , Jr.

, and Ruthanna CookBrief ofTi tles of farm of Thomas Coa tes , E ast Ca ln Townsh ip ,Chester Co .

,P a

Letter from J . AndrewCopy of Lease of Limes tone Land in E ast Caln Township , Warick

Miller to Thos . Coa tesPART THREE .

S amuel and E li z abe th (Mendenhall ) Coa tesJourney to Ind ian Country , by Isaac Coa tes

Topical I ndex .

Poem,by Jesse Kersey , on death of h is w ife , E l iz abe th

Notes on Life of Jesse KerseyDeed for land of Isaac Coates and wife to John JonesBrief of Titles for land in E as t Caln Townsh ip“How I went to Smash ,” poem by E lmer Ruan Coa tesThe Little Quaker Girl ,” poem by E lmer Ruan Coa tesThe Postman,

” poem by E lmer Ruan Coa tesObi tuary of E lmer Ruan CoatesIn Memorium of E lmer Ruan CoatesLetter of Amos Coa tesNo tes on Life of Lindley CoatesLetter of S arah H . Coa tesLetter of George S pencer

PART FOUR .

Moses Coates, Jr. ,and P risci lla (Hutch inson) Coa tes

Notes of S arah (Coa tes ) Robinson and othersSome Revolutionary Experiences of the Coates familyMarriage Certificate of P riscilla Coa tes and Jonath an E vansMarriage Certificate of John Hutch inson Coa tes and H annah Long

streth

Rebecca L. P rice (Vo lunteerLetter from S usanna Coats .“Moses Coates ,” poem by Moses RobinsonFrom Journa l of S arah W. (Coates ) PennypackerMemoir of S arah W . (Coates ) Pennypacker

PART FIVE .

E liz abe th Coates and John Mendenha llBradford M . M tg. RecordsLetters from Wi ll iam R .

PART S IX .

Wil liam Coates .PART SEVEN .

Jonathan and Jane (Longstre th) Coa tesGwynedd M . Mtg . RecordsB radfo rd M . Mtg . Reco rdsUwchlan M . M tg. RecordsGunpowder M . Mtg . RecordsFai rfax M . Mtg.

Indian S prings M . Mtg. RecordsBal timore M . Mtg .

4 Topl'

ed l I ndex.

PART EIGHT .

A aron and Rachel (E astburn) Coates

Goshen M . M tg . RecordsRadnor M . M tg . RecordsReds tone M . Mtg . RecordsLe t ter ofTimo thy KirkLetter of Jonathan Cope

PART N INE .

Benj amin and Ann (Longstreth ) Coa tesGosh en M . M tg. RecordsB radford M . M tg . RecordsFallowfield M . M tg . RecordsS adsbury M . Mtg. RecordsAccount of Reunion of th e Coates Fami ly held in Oxford Park

,

9 mo . 6, 2 58

Reports of P relimina ry Meetings 2 58

Addresses: Pres . J . R . T . Coa tes’ Remarks 260“Our Ancestors

,

” Dr . Truman Coates 26 1

G rowth of Our Country,” S amuel Coates 264

Genealogy of the Coates Family,

” E l la W . Thomas 263

Concluding E vents . 270

Lis t of names of those in attendance at the Reunion 2 73

Coates’ Arms . 2 79

Exp lanation of terms 2 80

Addenda: Marriage Cer tificate ofWarrick and E lenor (Pusey ) Coa tes 28 1

Data of the Pusey family 282

La te Marriages, D eaths, E tc 283

Index of 284

PRELUDE .

With reverence for the past and interest for the present ,may we find in the perusal of this vo lume that which is of nogreat import to the rest of th e world , but shou ld be of sign ificanceto us

,through which we are brought together by simple claim of

k inship,strangers many

,but cousins

,a l l .

To the name we commemorate in th e fol lowing pages hasbeen nourished the tastes that we wou ld a l l do wel l to cu l t ivate .I t is pecul i arly fi tting that we shou ld come as pi lgrims , to lay ourofferings upon the shrine of fam i ly love , and to bui ld , if we wi l l ,an a ltar of fami ly pride— th e pride of nob le name , from the fact

we were,and are

,as a class

,those whose be l ie fs and ambit ion s

wil l ever stand for peace fu l ci t iz en ship and loyalty to our Maker ,exempl ifi ed by our love for our fel lowman .

We may be profound ly gratefu l to be able to say that ourancestors , of whom we are permitted to know something of nine

successive generat ions , seem to have be longed to that c lass ofsociety which has given birth to the best thought and h ighest

achi evements of the nation ’s workers in brain and brawn for therea l advancement ofthe world ’ s progress and upl i ft ing of humanityThey were not , nor are we , burd ened with a plethora of this

world ’s goods ; but the fi rst wea lth,hea lth

,seems to h ave been

l ibera l ly showered upon the heads of our sturdy ancestors,chiefly

of yeoman bi rth .

We have been to ld that our ancestors were among thosedriven from England to Ire land , the result of rel igious persecut ion—ca l l th is th e undefi led work o f God

,who can . When they

found at last , a home in the st ate of P ennsy lvan ia,in the fert i le

va l ley of the S chuy lki l l , where now stands the northern part ofthe town o f Phoenixvil le , but then a wi lderness , with the “RedMan” for the i r common , and a lmost on ly “ne ighbor

,they

final ly founded a home free from secular bigotry and burdens

from the Crown,where the S tars and S t ripes have waved in glory

for more than one and a quarter centuries . W h ere the bel ieverso f the “ Inward L i ght

,

”and the fo l lowers ofGeorge Fox might

,

and did , and yet do worship freely and unmolestedly the DivineFather according to the d ictates of a gui l t l ess conscience . Fo r

our emmigrant ancestors were F ri ends . and were married inF ri ends ’ M eet ing in the town o f Cas h e l

,County Tippera ry

,

Province of Munste r,I reland

,3 1110 . 1

,1715

,and not a few of

thei r descendants have kept to the faith of thei r fathers unto theseventh and eighth gene rations .

S pirits o f our ancestors—Moses and S usanna—we trust you

too,are with us now ,

and from your higher spi ri tual vision,look

with pleasure upon your descendants as chi ld ren , al l ; with the i r

abodes of comfort,intel l igence

,and refinement

,as the resu lts o f

your hard - earned e fforts for your progeny from the vi rgin soi l o fyour n ew ly -made home in th is free count ry .

And wil t thou,Oh Father o f us al l . l et thy b lessing fal l upon

this branch of thy heritage z— from the sweet - faced chi ld , wit hwhom the business of l i fe is to be happy ,

to the youth ,who has no t

passed the blessed land of revery and dreams ; and upon u s , whohave ceased to dream ,

but scarce ly learned to l ive ; and upon

those dear ones whose placid faces , made more lovely by thepuri fying influences o f scores of years . Teach us al l to no t dreadthe coming glow of the western hori z on which portends a brighte rday . May we al l be worthy of such a heri tage , and whi l e we accept the opportun i t ies for broader cu l ture that this age afford s ,l et us emu late that perfect integri ty , the frugal humi l ity , andgreatness of sou l that d ist ingui shed our l ines in days gone by .

T . C .

INTRODUCTION .

The name Coates is of anci ent origin , and was written inearl i est records as DeCo te ,

a Norman name . The l etter “a , ” oc

curs in the name as early as 13 3 1 ,when , in the 4th year of Edwa rd

I II,Wil l iam DeCoates was Lord ofCotes DeVille , in Leistershire ,

England ; and in 1347 the 20th year of Edward I I I , JohnDeCoates , with an

“a,he ld lands here of B ishop o f L inco ln

,al

though the name was general ly written Cotes , without the“a”

unt i l the 17th Century .

The name in S cot land , i s Coats , omitting the e,and may

be from another source,yet many proper names

,from the i r o rigin

,

have been tran sformed into various forms of autography , and notun l ike ly the differen t forms o f spel l ing this name were de rived

from one common source .

As to the origin— Lower,in his Essay on Engl ish Sur

names,

” gives Coates as one of the names taken from habi l imen tso f th e person . G uppy , i n

“Homes of Fami ly Names , ” foundCoateses in Buckinghamshi re , Derbyshire ,

L incolnsh ire ,North

umb erland ,Oxfordshi re and Yorkshi re . There is a Coates Cast le

in S usseX ,England .

The Edinburgh Directory for 1894 gives three names spelledCoates

,and three ,

“Coats .There are landed proprietors named Coates in Yorkshire ,

S hropshi re , and Monmouthshi re , England ; Radnorsh ire , Wa les ;and Antrim and K i ldare Count ies

,I re l and . The name is born

by three offi cers in the Brit ish Army who have won the “Dis

tinguished S ervice O rder , ” an honor which was inst i tuted in1886 , and is indicated by the letters “D . S . O .

” after the name ,

viz : M aj or Henry Wise Unett Coates , D . S . O . ,son o f Rev .

Wm . Unett Coates , vicar of H i l l Co . G loucester ; Captain Regina ldCarlyon Coates , D . S . O. ,

Roya l F i e ld Arti l lery,son of Rev

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8 I ntroductorv.

George Alexander Augustu s Coates ofEarl ’ s Crooine , Worce ster ;Maj or Andrew Coates

,D . S . O . ,

youngest son of the late ThomasCoat s .There are two suggestive derivat ions o f the name Coat s or

Coates : 1 . From the Anglo - S axon col, (somet im es cote) a hutor chamber , from which we have cottage , cottar , sheepcote , dovecot . The word is sometimes spel t coat . Coat , a garment , isfrom the same root

,which original ly meant a covering. 2. F rom

the Cel ti c coea’ or coicl, a wood .

There are two places in S cotland named Coats , bes ides Coatbridge and Coat - dyke (dyke is the S cotch for wal l ) .

England has three places named Coats , and two Coathams,

(b ow is the Anglo—S axon for a dwe l ling , whence our own word

llame)From the local i t ies of these various pl aces , the fi rst deriva

t ion is probably the correct one . Two or three cots (pronouhcedgwith a long 0 ,

as in coats) , standing near one another , wou ldcome to be cal l ed “ the Coats

,

” and the name would , as frequentlywas the case

,be transferred to those who dwelt there . John of

the Coat s wou ld become John of Coats , then , John Coats .

Another claim for th is origin of th e name is , Cotes , or Overthe Coasts .

”In 1668 one

,Thomas Coates , was a member of

Whicksley Meeting ,Yorkshire

,England .

There are tradit ions that the Coateses , who emigrated fromIre land to Pennsy lvan i a were of S cotch ext ract ion , and with

other S cotch fami l i es were transplant ed from S cot l and to I rel andwith Presbyteri ans and other re formers by O l iver Cromwel l

,

after hi s wars when so m any Roman Catho l ic fami l ies were distroyed . This would make a term S cotch - I rish Quakers , synonymous wit h the accepted te rm “

S cotch - I rish P resbyterian .

” H ow

ever this may be the most authentic autho r ity we have been abl eto find ,

bears to the concl usion that t h e Coateses from Irelandwere original ly from England

,and wi l l l ik ely have to remain so

un l ess more posit ive proof to the cont rary .

The fi rst pe rson by name o f Coates on American soi l,with

whom we have posi t ive knowledge , was Thomas Coates , emigrant

Genealogy of Me Coales Family. 9

from S proxton , Leicestershi re , England , in 1682 or 83 . Was born

9 , 26 , 165 9 ,son ofHen ry and E l i z abeth Coates , of o ld Leiceste r

sh i re and Derby fami l i es , and were members of the Episcopa lChurch . Thomas became a successfu l merchant in P hi ladelph ia ,and owned several lots at corner of 2md and Market st reets , wherehe resided . Two remaining great - great - granddaughters yet

(1904) possess one of these lots at above corner , but reside onArch S t reet .

Thomas married Beu lah Jaques,of P hi ladelphi a , and became

members of the S oci ety of Friends , and were valued members o fthe soci ety and ci t iz ens of the ci ty . Henry T . Coates

,publ isher

,

is of this branch of th e name .

S ome years after Thomas came to Phi ladelphia . another im

portation o f the name arrived from England z— two brothers , byname John and Wil l i am

,who were brickmakers and bought land

in northern part of the ci ty , then known as “Northern L ibert ies , ”where they estab l ished brickyard s

,from which business they b e

came wea lthy . Coates S t reet (now Fairmont Avenue ) derived

i ts name from this branch .

I n 1842, one ,Thomas Coates

,with five sons and two daugh

t e rs,emigrated from Reeth , Yorkshire , England , to Dubuque ,

Iowa,his wi fe

,J ane (P lace ) Coates , having died be fore her hus

band and chi ldren l e ft England . On thei r j ourney the vesse l i nwhich they were , was wrecked in Lake Eri e , about six mi les outfrom Cleve land

,Ohio , the who le cargo was lost . The Coateses

lost al l thei r possess ions,i nc luding a va luab le l ibrary

,a part of

which was fami ly history which a last remain ing son wrote, was

a great loss to posteri ty .

As early as 1661, the name appears in I re land

,when one

,

0 . Coates went with Edward Cooke and the Chance l lor to seeabout the re lease of F riends from prison .

”

Thus we know of persons of th is name and spe l l ing in theEmerald Isle nearly two and a ha l f centuries ago . May we not

fee l i t an honor to be extract ions from such a genia l and warmhearted ancestry of a coun t ry c laiming to have the same number of square mi les as th e S tate o f Indiana , a lso has more kindness to the acre than any country on earth .

”

10 ( low .

Phe l ine o f Coatesses in whic h we are d i rectly inte rested,

and h ave records to ve r i fy our statements,is that o f Moses and

S usanna (Vt’eldon ) Coates , who emig r ated from Carlow ,I re land

,

in 17 17 to P ennsy lvan i a,and wh ose descendants we have dil igen t ly

soug h t for s ince the inception of Coates ’ Reun ion held in Oxfo rdPa rk ,

9 mo . 6,1900 , wh ere almost two hundred of t h e descend

an ts o f tho se common ance stors assembled for a day ’ s pleasureand sociab ilit3

To assume I have found and compi led a complete record of

t he gene r at ions and members of our ances to rs from Carlow,

i s beyond 111V cl aim,for no suc h wo rk of any o ld fam i ly i s

or can‘ b e a b sol utely complete and remain so for any definit e

length of t ime,for bi rths

,death s

,and c hanges in ot h er w ay s are

constant ly t ranspiring . S ome l ines a re l ost by the b reaking of at h read and no further t race being obtainable to gather the scattered ends . Another too p reval ent source of d eficiencv may be

noticed,inasmuch as some to whom appl icat ions have been made

for data have negl ected to notice my asking ,and now s h ou ld no t

be too cri ti ca l wi th dissen ting words toward the compi l er o f th econt ents of th e fo l low ing pages , where om issi on s and errors occur .

Among t h e many w h o have kind ly aided in this pe rplexing,

yet always inte resting researc I w i l l ment i on with pleasure :Est h er V . Math e r and daugh te r , Irene Vloedward ,

Ph i lade lphia ;G i lbert Cope ,

West Cheste r ; E . D . VVilenian ,Cleve land

, O . ;

K i rk B rown,Bal t imore

,Md ; Eliz a Vt

’alker

,P ort Kennedy

,Pa . ;

Albert Cook Mye r s . Swa r thmore ,Pa . ; T homas W'

ynne , Phi la

del p h i a ; C'

ialkley Matlo cl' Phi ladelph i a ; “Annal s of Pheoni xv i l l e

,Pa .

;by Gove rno r Charl es Pennypacker ; J . Beauley Beal e ,

Dubl in ,I rel and ; L id i e O . Pri est , Phoen ixvi l l e , Pa . ; Rebecca L .

P rice,Lancaster

,Pa . ; Ma ry McCalvey,

Kansas City , Mo . ; LauraC .Reed ,

Kansas City,Mo . ; Esther J . Fox ,

Ohio ; P r isci l l a W .

S t reets , P h i l ade lphia ; Lavin i a S hafer , Phoen ixvi l le , Pa.

To t h e named and unnamed,whoever and wherever , who

have in t h e l east aided in bringing to the present degree of perfection ,

th e data of this vol ume,I extend my kindest appreciat ion

and thanks . TRUMAN COATE S .

Oxford,Pa . ,

1906 .

Genealogy of Me Coates Fam ily . 1 1

Commanicaiionfrom Professor George B . Carr, D .D . L incoln

University, P a.

Coats is a wel l - known name in S cot land , and beyond it,

through a fami ly which has long been connected by residence,

business,and generous deeds for the pub l ic good , with the manu

facturing town of Pais l ey , about seven mi l es from Glasgow .

Publ ished records of the fami ly begin with James Coats , ofPaisley ; b . 1 Oct . , 1774 ; d . 19 Aug ,

185 7 ; m . 22 Nov.

,1802,

Catherine Mitche ll(d . 1 1 Feb . ,185 7 ) , and had issue (among others)

S ir P eter Coats , (3d son ) of Auchendrane,Ayrsh ire . He

received the we l l - deserved honor of kn ighthood in 1869 .

Thomas Coats (4th son ) of Ferguslie and Maxwellton ,Ren

frewsh ire ; b . 1 5 Oct . ,1809 ; d . 18 Oc t.

,1883 ; m . 13 Oct .

,1840 ,

Margaret,eldest daughter of Thomas G len , of Thornhi l l

,Ren

frewsh ire ,and had issue (among others )

S ir Thomas G len -G l en Coats P aisl ey , J . P . , (in the Un i t ed

K ingdom,an unpaid local magist rate ) , and D . L . (Deputy L i e u

tenant ofthe County , appointed by the Governmentflthe pos it ion

being est eemed an honor ) , Hon . Col. of the 2d Volunteer Battal ion

,P rincess Lou ise

,Argyl l and Sutherlanders ; b . 19 Feb . ,

1 846 ; m . 20 Apri l , 1876 , E l ise Agnes , daughter of A lexanderW

’

alker,Mon t real

,and has issue : 1 . Thomas Coats G len , B .A . ,

Oxford ; b . 5 May , 1878 . 2. Alexander H arold Glen ; b . 26 Ju ly,

1883 . 3 . Marion Marj orie VVinnifred G len . S ir Thomas was

created a Baronet in 1894 H is crest is a stag ’s head,and an

anchor,with the motto

,Be fi rm .

”

The wea lth of the fami ly , from which they have given so

largely to rel igious and benevo lent obj ects,comes from the manu

facture of thread,the spool s of “J 81 P . Coats ,

” l ike those of theClarks

,also from Paisley

,being in use over the world .

PART I .

MOSES AND SUSANNA COATES .

A t our S ix w eeks m en’s M eeting at Clonnzel, 2 7t/z 1 2 mo . 1 71 4 .

Moses Coats , son ofThomas Coats of Ballycater in the County

of Caterloe , 8L S usannah Weldon . daughter of S amuel l Weldon

of Gullacasane appeared in this meet ing s ignified thei r imtent ions ofmarriage with each other they having done the l ike inthe womens meeting his father 81 her father 81 mother being

cal led queried 0 concern ing the ir consenting to i t signified thatthey were consent ing so that noth ing appearing to obstruct thei rproceedings th is meeting leaves them to make the i r second ap

pearance at next Province Meeting i f they proceed .

A t tlze P rovince Men’

s M eeting at Corée , 25 2 nzo . ,1 715 .

Moses Coats of the County of Catherlow and S usanna

Wie lding of the County of Tipperary having made known thei r

intent ions of marriage with each other to Men ’s Meet ing ofClon

mel l,and from thence being recommended to t h e Province Meet

ing have ye sent thei r said intentiohs to th is , as al so to VVomen

’

s

Meet ing and i t appearing that parents on both s ides have giventhei r consents

,and that the Women ’s M eet ing h ave taken care

t o enquire into the clearness of the sd S usanna , this meet ing ap

points John Bo les 8: S ollomon Wattson to writ e to some friendsof ye County of Catherlow to enqu i re into the clearness of thesd Moses , and to orde r Publ icat ion o f thei r intention to be madein both meet ings they belong to , and thereof to cert i fy ye next

P rovince M eet ing i f ye said ptys then approve .

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14 Genealogy of tile Coates Family.

where I be l ieve h is on ly ch i ld was born,i . e . the present Robert

Malcomson of Melview Clonmel . The Glengall fami ly had tose l l to pay thei r debts . The t it le became extinct

,so in every

sense the prophecy was fulfill ed .

J . ERNEST GRUBB ,

Carrickon S ui r , I reland .

From our mens Meeting lzela7at Carlelye 8t/i a

’

ny ofye 3 d Mo .

anno 1 71 7 .

These may Certifie a l l whom it may Concern that our friendMoses Coats having a resol ut ion to remove from thi s Coun try toAmerica des i res some few l ines from u s to fri ends we there foredo Certifie you where h is lot may fa l l that he has been broughtup from a chi ld among us and behaved h im se l f O rderly as al sokept constant ly to our M eet ings both Month ly and Week ly asthey came he a lso took his wife among friends in the Provinceof Munster his Proceed ings therein we refer you to his MarriageCert ificate he a lso for some years has been admitted into ourMens M eet ing as a member thereof .

S igned in beha l f and by orde rof our M ens Meeting by

JAMES LA CKEY ,

THos . PA RKE ,

S AMUELL WATTSON .

A t Haveifora’

(now Radnor) tl/ ont/tly .Veeting,1 0 mo . 1

,1717 .

Moses Coates produced a Cert ificate from friend s at Carloei n I re land

, S i gni fying his behaviour There among t h em and

thei r uni ty with h im which was read I n this meet ing and O rde redTo be recorded .

”

T*Thomas P arke brough t a certificate from Carloe in 1 72 4 , of wh ich

S amuel Watson was a signer .—G . COPE .

lTaken from Book w t ,of Records ofMerion, Radnor, H averford Mo

M tg. , for Record ing Cer tificates p . 19 5 . John M . Geogre,Recorder . On

record a t 1sth and Races S ts. ,Ph i la , Pa. , F ri ends Record vaul t .

Exterior and Interior Friends MeetingHouse, Carlow ,Ireland .

Geneaology of the Coates Family. 5

Ofi ce of the S ociety of Friends, 6 E ustace S treet,D ahlin

,

2,6 mo . 1 905 .

DEA R FR I END , TRUMAN COATEs , M .D .

(Memeo . from Carlow M . M . Proceedings) .

1 mo .,1693 ,

Thomas Coats name occurs in a l ist of S ubscribers—his subscript ion was ,5 3 .

In 1699 ,his name again occurs for a much sma l le r sum

toward a New Meet ing H ouse in Carlow .

In the book of Marriage Certificates , from 1660 to 1768 ,

there i s a Marriage Cert ificate of Mary Coats (marri ed to JosephThompson— both of Carlow ) dat ed 19 , 2 mo . 1702,

th e fi rst

signature as witness to i t is Thomas Coats,but no part icu lars

are given of her parents as is now th e case .

I n the Month ly Meeting P roceeding Book there i s an entryof the 22,

12,1712,

respect ing Thomas Coats and his son Moses

Coats,disowning them from Membership on accoun t of conduct

bringing reproach on the Truth .

I t appears that the presen t F riends Meeting H ouse in Carlowwas bui l t about 1718 . The membersh ip on 12 mo . 3 1

,1904 , was

twenty two . There were at the above date twelve Month lyMeet ings of F riends with a

’

recorded membership of twenty -five

hundred and e leven , in I re l and .

J . BEAULEY BEA LE .

NOTES OF THE EMIGRANTSMoses Coates was born in I reland of an Engl ish fami ly , who

crossed the Channe l to escape religious persecut ion . The Coat es

fami ly seemed to have possessed,in a ma rked degree ; those

qual ifications and s tead fastness that dist inguished the S oci ety ofFriendsi l<

Moses Coates took h is wi fe S usanna Vleldon ,from among

F riends,in the Province of Munste r , and were married in Cashe l

*Genealogy o f Fami lies of Ch ester and Delaware Coun ties,P a .

16 Genealogy of the Coates F amily.

Friends M eet ing , County Tipperary , Province of Munste r , I re

land, ou thi rd month , 1 ,

Moses Coates,with his wi fe

, S usanna emi rated from Car1

low , I re land , in 17 17 and set t l ed in Providence Township,Mont

gomery Co .,Pa.T

At H averford Mont h ly Meeting , held at Merion Meeting

House , 6 mo . 12,1725 , Mose s Coates request ed a Cert ificate to

Guynedd Month ly Meet ing .

Moses Coateses Certificate to Guynedd Month ly Meet ingwas produced at t h is Meeting , he ld at Haverford Meet ing H ouse5 mo . 26 ,

1726 ,and ordered to be signed J

F rom Tax Receipt s we l earn t h at Moses Coates was inCharlestown Township (now S chuylki l l ) as early as 1729 ,

and in

1729 or 1730 he bough t 15 0 acres of land on north s ide of FrenchCreek

,at it s j unction with S chuy lki l l river .HH e and James S tarr ,

a mi l l er f rom New Cast i l e,Del . , but an emigrant from Carlow ,

I re land , became the fi rs t sett l ers at t h e sight of Phoen ixvi l l e .

Moses Coates and his w i fe emigrated f rom Ca r low ,I re land

,

and sett l ed wi t h in ve rge of H averfo rd M . M . but ProvidencePrepa rat ive Meeting ,

in Montgomery Co .,Pa . Th ey were both

Fri end s . H is wi fe was f rom Province of Munster,I re land ."

EXPLANATIONS .

The generations w i l l be l ette red , wh i l e the children of each

wi l l be numbe red,thu s : G ene ra t ion “A ” wi l l be Moses and

S usanna Coates , whi le Gene ration “B ” wi l l compose the chi ldrenof “A ”

and in numbe rs , wi l l be as fol l ows : B 1 . B . 2. &c .,to

B 8 . The chi ldren o f“B " w i l l

"

be C 1 . C 2 . &C .

The names of c h i ld ren in one gene ration and nun1b ered —if

* From le t ter from J . Beanley lieale , Dub lin ,I reland : "There has b een

no Friends Mee ting held in Cashel l fo r more than a century , the sigh t ofhouse is forgo t tent0 1d reconds .

tPennypacker’

s“Annals of Phoenixvi lle .

“His tory o f Delaware Co , Pa ."G ilbert Cope .

Genealogy of the Coates F amily. 17

married fi are carried to next generat ion as parents , and lettered .

For the sake of economy in space , this ru le is not strictlyobserved in the latter generat ions when the fami l i es are sma l l .The names in brackets

,after the name of the head of th e

fami ly wi l l be seen to be the parent in each succeeding generat ion

,reaching in each instance to Moses

,th e emigran t .

Dates are given in numbers,and in order of month ,

day and

Abbreviat ion s : b . born ; (1. died ; m . marri ed ; int . , interred ;dau . daughter ; m . mtg . monthly meeting; unm . unmarri ed ;F . B . G . F riends Burying Ground .

Generat ion A is composed of Moses and S usanna Coates .Moses Coates died at h is home on his farm on present sight of

Phoenixvi l l e,4 mo .

,1761

,where now S t ands Phoenix I ron

Works . S usanna , hi s wi fe , di ed 1 1 mo . 30,1 772,

and both

interred in P ike land F r i ends burying ground .

Generation B comprises th e chi ldren of A ,Moses and S usan

na,as fo l lows :B .\ 1 . Thomas Coa tes

,b . 12

,2 2

, 1 7 16 , in Ireland . Int. in E ast Ca lnF . B . G .

,1 797 .

2 . S amuel Coa tes,b . 6 , 5 , 181 8 . Int.

,in E ast Caln F . B . G .

3 . Moses Coa tes , J r . b . 1 1 , 2 5 , 1 7 19 . Int. (claimed ) in PikelandF . B . G .

4 . E li z abe th Coa tes,b . 1 , 1 3 , 1 72 2 ; d . 3 , I6, 1 770 .

5 . W il liam Coates . No da tes , died young and single .

6 . Jonathan Coa tes,b . 1 1

,1 7, 1 728 , in P rovidence , Montgomery

Co .,Pa. ; d . 5 , 2 7 , 1 80 7 .

7 . A aron Coa tes , b . 173 1 .

8 . Benj am in Coa tes,b . 1733 ; d . 180 1 . Int. at P ikeland

F . B . G Ches ter Co . ,Pa .

H ISTORI CAL NOTES .

I n March ,173 1

,Moses Coates purchased 1 5 0 acres of land

on the northern s id e of F rench Creek at i ts j unct ion wi th S chuylki l l river

,in Charlestown Township

, (now S chuy lki l l ) and

erected a dwel l ing,about which he plan ted

,for ornament

,the

wi ld honey locust t rees , which unti l recent ly be fore 1870 ,were

18 Gcncaology of t/16 Coates Fermi/v.

st i l l growing upon t h e sight . At this t ime the onl y inhabitantsupon the Manavon Tract , were himse l f , F rancis Buckwalter and“Sky, (the l atte r was an appe lat ion b y which a fri endly Indian

was known,who remained

,wit h his familv among the sett l e rs

a fte r the ot h e rs of h is t ribe h ad reti red ) .

Wolves w ere so numerous t h at t h e sh eepfold,for security ,

was placed against the house , and for many y ea rs a fte rward,i n

winte r mornings , the snow wou ld be found beaten down by thest ruggles o f these an imals in t h ei r effort to gain ent rance ; whenthey became too da r ing ,

a gun would be disc h arged from a window into the pack

,which would d isperse them temporari ly . Pre

vions to h is pu rchase in Monavon ; Mo ses Coates had l ived forabout a year on t h e oppos i te s ide of t h e S c huylk i l l , where standst h e p resent vi l lage o f Mont Clare

,a localitv b e se l ected because

the Indians were the re l ess numerous .At n igh t h e s l ept w i t h a loaded gun at h i s s ide , and a se

vant lay at t h e door of h is cave with a pitch fork . Upon longer

acquaintance however he found the natives disposed to befriendly

,and h is fea r of t h ei r h osti l i ty being diss ipated

,he

changed his place o f residence . VJ h ile l iv ing on t h e oppos it es id e o f the rive r f rom thei r l and

,t h e Coates ’ sons w e re wont t o

d iesob e ,and by holding t h ei r clot h ing up w i t h one hand ,

wouldswim ac ross the r ive r to and from t h ei r work ,

but, on one unfor

tunate t rip ,one o f thei r numbe r d ropped h is pantaloons into the

water, and f rom t h i s m is h ap was compel led to l i e abed wh i l e h is

moth er dried t h is artic l e o f appa rel .Dur ing t h e winte r o f 173 0 and 3 1

,Moses Coates caught

, up

on the is l and iu the ri v e r , oppos i te Phoenixvi l l e , twenty - four

beavers . S hort ly after his a rriva l in this d ist rict , he induced hisfriend

,James S ta r r , a mi l l e r , from New Cast i l e , Del . , o r iginal l y

from Ca r low,I reland , to fol low him t h i t h e r . I n December

, 173 1 ,

with h is two sons , James and Moses , he purc h ased 0 5 0 acres o f landfor 230 pounds , t h e land included between F renc h Creek and a

line'

running f rom French Creek b r idge along “N ut ’s road ” to

the “Corne r S to res , ” and from t h e re by way of th e “\Vhite

Horse” to the S chuylki l l .Many of the Indians (who were numerous along French

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20 Geneaology of the Coates F amily.

At the t ime of the Revo lut ionary War, Phoen ixvi l le had not

yet commenced its existence . I n a l ist of heads of fami l ies—64mentioned— the names ofMoses Coates

, Jr. ,0 11 the West Cheste r

Road , S outh of Nutt ’ s road ; Benj am in Coates , Benj amin Longstreth , Edward Lane , Thomas Robinson ,

were amongst th eabove number mentioned fami l i es . The re were at that t ime afew s laves in the neighbo rhood

,but no free negroes . Amongst

the s l aves , one “Pet

,owned by Benj amin Longst reth is men

tioned .

The sons of Moses Coates,said that when t h ey had grown

to manhood,P ike land was st i l l an unb roken wi lderness . Their

nea rest neighbors,afte r cross ing the bounds of Manovan ,

were a

fam i ly by nam e of Roge rs,who l ived in a cave on F rench Creek ,

seven miles distant . The inhabitants on t h e Manovan Tract at

th i s t ime , bes ides them selves , were John Buckwal te r , Moses S tarr ,“Sky

”

(an o ld Indian ) and Roland Richards,w h o had rented

the mi l l e rected by Jam es S ta r r .S oon afte r 1729 Mo rton and H en ry Coa tes bought from

Reeves 8 1 W h i t ake r,the “Cheste r County I ron Works

,con

s ist ing of Mi l l and Nai l Factory ,on t h e S chuvlkill, and nort h of

F rench Creek,who cont inued the manufacture o fnai l s unt i l 1743 ,

when t h ey fa i l ed . The vi l l age of P h oen ixvi l l e , had acqui red thename of “P hoenix” from t h e name of a bird ,

suggested by a Mr .Wernwag,

a Quaker ; l ater the c iti z ens added “vi l l e ” to the

o riginal nam e .

P hoenixvi l le,Pa .

,Oct . 12 ,

1904 .

DEAR FR I ENDI enclose a pamphl et given me by the Editor (Mr .

Robe rts ) , o f “ t h eMessenger”

giving an account oft h e “Cave , ” no

doubt t h e ve ry one in whic h the Coateses dwelt in e a r ly t imes ,for i t i s in the ve ry pl ace Moth er told me i t was , and on t h e spot0 11 which now st and s the P . R . R . Depot in Mont e Cl are ,oppos it e Phoeni xvi l l e .

Later Moses Coates bought 5 00 ac res l and south o f Phoenixvi l le

,supposed to be a po rtion o f the land 0 11 which H annah

Geneaology of the Coates Family. 21

Longstreth and John Coates l ived after the i r marriage . I t was

afterward the home of Moses Robinson . He was the son of

S arah Coates and Thomas Robinson .

A fter Hannah (Longstreth ) Coates became a widow shemoved to a home that was h er portion of her father ’s estate . At

her home she planted the thorny locust . He r son , Aqu i l la ,moved to Ohio . S he and her son—in - law , S amue l Haycock , went

to visi t h im,and she brought the beans home and p lanted them

in her yard . I have a large tree in my yard now that is an off

shoot of these t rees .

I am,sincerely thy fri end

,

LAVENI A W . SHAFER .

Phoenixvi l le,Pa.

The fi rst men tion of a certain message of t ract o f land,was

that one thousand acres was to b e surveyed within th e Province

of Pennsy lvani a on the S chuylki l l , in Charl estown Township ,Chester County

,to David L loyd . Th e said one thousand acres

was set apart to L loyd by the Commissioners of property,Apri l

15 , 1711 .

John Henry Sprogell deeded to David Lloyd one thousand

acres Jan . 20 , 1708 . Wil l of David Lloyd,March 29th ,

1724 ,

devised his est at e to his wi fe , Grace L loyd .

May16th ,175 4

,so ld 600 acres to Moses Coates

,a part of

the acre t ract .

Oct . 30 th ,175 4

,Moses Coates and wi fe conveyed 3 5 0 acres

,

part of the above 600 acres, to Moses Coates , J r .M ay loth ,

1790 , Moses Coates , Jr. , conveyed 200 acres , partof the 350 acres , to John Hutchinson Coates .

Death of J . H . Coates , In testate . Pet i t ion of John Longstreth Moses Robinson

, adms.,of J . H . Coates , Orphan ’s

Court , Chester Co . , ordered sa le for payment o f debts , &c .

John Longstreth Moses Robinson,Administrators of J . H .

Coates , Jan . 27th ,1806 , conveyed 1 13 acres of the above 3 5 0

acres to Thomas Rob inson,subj ect to the dower of Hannah

Coates . Thomas Robinson and wi fe , to Moses Robinson , 72acres , Aug . 13 . 1816 .

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The w i l l of Moses Robinson gave power to hi s executor,

Moses Walke r,to sell and convey his rea l estate .

M oses \Valker to H enry Dyer , Apri l 4th ,18 5 7

,72 acres .

Death of H enry Dyer .

Mary C . Dyer , Jacob Ma rch and wi fe,Eli z abet h C . Dyer (to

Wi l l i am P . Dyer , Oct . 1 4th ,1892,

72 acres . \Vm . P . Dyer to

H ett i e Y . H al lowel l , Apri l 22nd ,1896

,the 72 acres .

H ETT I E Y . H ALLOWELL ,P hoenixvi l l e

, Pa . ,6 mo . , 1905 .

COPY OF OLD DEED .

TH IS INDENTURE made the Fourteenth Day of the

Eleventh Mont h cal l ed January in the Year of Our Lord OneTh ousand S even H undred Fo r ty three BET\VEEN MosesCoates o f Charl es Town in the Countv of Cheste r in t h e Provinceof Pennsylvan i a Yeoman and S usanna hi s wife of the one partWHEREAS WILLIAM PENN Esr fi rst Proprieto ry o f the

S aid Province by Indenture of Release S econd Day ofAugustAnno Dom One Thousand S ix H undred Eighty one fo r the con

side rat ion the rein ment ioned Granted t h e proport ion o r Quant ity

of F ive H undred acres of Land to be Located in said P rovinceUnto Anthony Eston fee AND the S a id Anthony Eston Deceas

ing l e ft two on l y C h i ldren Anthony and Jane AND the S aidAnthony Eston the same by h is Deed of the Twel fth Day of No

vemb er Anno Dom 1702 G ranted the ful l p roport ion of Four

Hundred acres the rem ainde r o f the S aid F ive H undred acresthen un located unto Edward Smout Intermarrying with the S aid

Jane the Daughter of the S aid Anthony Eston t h e lat ter obtaineda Proprietory warrant for the Locat ion of Th ree H undredN inety two acres in R ight of and as the fu l l Remainder of theS aid F ive H undred ac res untaken up and one other Proprietory

Wa rrant for one Hundred acres mo re con t iguous thereto ANDthe Proprieto ry by patent of his Comm issioners of t h e E leventhday of October Anno Dom 1703 . Confi rmed the S aid Three Hun

dred N inety two acres and one H und red acres in one Ent i re

Tract by the Buts and Bound s herein a fte r ment ioned unto the

Corner ofDeed show ingSignatures ofMoses and Susanna Coatesfo r 492 acres of land b ough t by Moses, 1728 , m Ca l n Twp . , Chester Co Pa.

Pike land Friends Burial Ground,w h erein are in terred Mo ses (1761 ) and S usanna Coates (l772l, and o th e rs o f t h e ir fam i ly

Geneaology of the Coates Family . 23

S aid Edward Smout in fee paying the Yearly qui t rent of one

Engl ish S i lver S hi l l ing for each H undred acres 81 so proportionabl y the patent on Record Book A Vol. 2,

page 620 . AND th e

S aid Edward Smout Deceasing Int estat e left S aid Jane h is w idow8L S everal Chi ldren by her Viz : Edward , S y lvanus and John andthe S aid Edward Smout the S on and H ei r at Law of the S aid

Edward Smout Deceased by Indentu re of the Fourth Day of

March Anno Dom 1712 Granted 8L Conveyed Four HundredN inety two acres of Land aforesaid unto An thony Mor r is S en ,

i n

fee th e Indentu re on Record at Phi l ade lphia Book F Vol 8 page

297 and th e S aid S y lvanus Smout Re leased unto the S aid AnthonyMorris S en ,

the S aid Tract of Land and premises and al l hi s Effeets and Tit les to the S ame as by Deed on Record at Philadelphi a Book F . Vol 5 page 147 may appear And the S aid J ane thewidow of the S aid Edward Smout the l att er is Departed this

L i fe Intestate and the S aid John Smout a lso Died without I ssueand Intestate , By force and Devising of which hal f Devised Indent ure and Re lease and of the matters and things herein beforeDevised or by some other good Conveyance or assurance i n th e

Law Duly had and Executed by the S aid Anthony Mo rris S enbecame in his Li fe t ime Lawfu l ly se i z ed in hi s Demi ses as o f feeof and in the S aid Four Hundred 81 Ninety two acres of Landwith the appurtances AND he the S aid An thony Morris beingso thereo f S ei z ed made h is last w i l l and Testament in writ ingb ear ing Date the tenth Day of J uly Anno Dom 1725 and therein

Nominated his son Anthony Morris and Israe l Pemberton to b ehi s Executors and did thereby Impower and Authorise his Ex

ecutors at any t ime or t imes after h is son Lute should atta in theage of Twenty one Years to se l l and Convey (Et . A l . ) a l l or anyof his Un improved Lands in the Counti es of Phi lade lphia or

Cheste r to any person or persons thei r H ei rs or Assigns foreverfor such Consideration as h is S aid Executors S hou ld think fi t

which the Four Hundred 81 ninety two acres of Land aforesaidthe S ame being Un improved and in the County of Chester as by

the S ame Testament remain ing in the Regist ers Cent ra l Offi ce atPhi lade lphia Re lat ion be ing thereunto had may Appear and soonafter he the S aid Anthony Morris the father Died so seiz ed of

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the prem ise in hi s Estate a foresaid and the S aid Testators sonLute being arrived to h is fu l l age of one and Twenty Years they

the S aid Executors I srae l Pemberton and Anthony Morris by

thei r Indentu re o f Rel ease Duly bearing Date the fourteenth Dayof Decembe r Anno Dom 1728 for the cons iderat ion herein mentioned Did Grant and Convey the S aid Four H undred n inety

two ac re s o f Land and P remi ses unto the S aid Moses Coates infee be ing Butted and Bounded as fol lows

,viz : Beginn ing at a

white Oak at a corner ofAbiah Taylor ’ s Land and Extend ing bythis sam e S outh Th ree H undred and Twenty pe rch es to a C h estnut t ree thence west by vacan t Land Two H undred and S ix

perch es to a thi rd C h estn ut Tree thence by M a rgaret S haffersLand East Two H undred forty si x perches to the place of Beginn ing NOW TH IS INDENTURE VVITNESSETH that

Moses Coates and S u sanna h i s wi fe as wel l for and in Considerat ion of the N atura l Love and effection which they bear unto t h ei rS aid S on S amue l Coates as a lso for hi s better L ive l i h ood and pre

ferements on thi s wo r ld HAVE given Granted A leined Enfoffed

Confirmed and by these presence do fu l l y free ly and Absolutel yG ive Grant A le in Anfoff and confirm unto thei r S on S amue lCoates h is H eirs and A ssi gn the one or fu l l equal hal f part ofthe S aid described Four H und red 81 Ninety - two ac res of LandBEGINNING at a Chestnut t ree being a corner of ThomasCoates Land thence by the sam e Land S outh One H und red and

S ixty perches to a White Oak thence south ten perches to a

Maple t ree thence S out h by t h e same Land One H undred and

sixty perches to a post thence west by vacant Land one HundredEighteen perches t o a Chestnut t ree t h ence S outh by Land of

the late John Brogan Three H undred and Twenty perches to aChestnut Tree thence East by Edward T hompsons Land one

hundred and Twenty Eight perches to the place of Beginning

Containing Two H undred fo rty s ix acres to be t h e same more orless Together al so with a l l and S ingula r t h e fie lds fences Bui ldings O rchards M eadows Woods and Ways Water Courses R ightsL iberti es Privi leges Improvements Herid itaments and Appur

tances whatsoever thereunto belonging or in any way appertain

ing and Reversions and Remainders Rent s issues and profi ts

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Haverfo rd (now Radno r ) Friends MeetingHouse , Del. , Co ., Pa.

Here was placed certifi ca tes o f Moses and S usanna Coates , Oct. 12 , 1717 , from OnrlowM . M . , I re land . Th is is an h isto rica l spo t

, as Magaw’s m en encam ped near the

spo t. and used th e ho use as a h osp ita l during th e Revo l utio nary War.

East Caln MeetingHouse .

Here the nam e o fCoates has Iwen o n th e m em b ers h i p ro ll [64 y 4 1 12s .

Geneaology of tfie Coates Family. 25

thereof and True Copies of a l l Deeds Indentures and wri t ingsconcern ing the same TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the S aidTwo H undred Forty S ix acres of Land be i t more or less H eriditaments and promises hereby Granted and Conveyed or men

tioned to be Grant ed and conveyed with thei r appurtances unto

th e S aid S amue l Coates and his Land to the on ly proper l i fe andbehoo f of his the S aid S amue l Coates his H ei rs and Assigns forever UNDER th e yearly quit rent hereinafter arising for thefee hereo f AND the S aid Moses Coates for himsel f his S aid EXecutors Admini st rators for the S aid S usanna h is wi fe Doth Govenant and G ran t to and with the S aid S amuel Coates his H e irs

and Assi gns by th ese presence that h e the S aid S amue l Coateshis Hei rs and A ssigns shal l and Lawfu l l y may from henceforthforever Peaceab ly and Quiet ly have so le use occupy possess andenj oy the S aid Two H undred Forty S ix acres of Land be it moreor less Heriditaments and promises hereby Granted orment ionedto be Gran ted and Conveyed with thei r appurtenances free ly and

due ly discharged of and from al l former and other Grants Bargains

, S ales G i fts Indentu red devised Estates Rents JudgementsExecut ions Transfers and from a l l other Titles Changes and Encomb erances whatsoeve r had made might done or S uffered or to

be had made encumbered Done or S uffered by the S aid MosesCoates h is H ei rs Executors or Admin istrators or any other per

son or persons Lawful ly c la iming or to Claim by from or under

him them or any of th em IN WITNESS whereof the S aid

part i es to these presence have Interchangeab ly S et the i r handsand S ea ls hereunto Dated the Day and Year fi rst above wri tt en .

S eal ed and De l ivered in presence of u sMOSE S COATES JUNR . MOS ES COATE SJAMES PARKER SUSANNA COATE S

FROM HAVERFORD MONTHLY MEETING RECORD .

_

6 mo .

“Arthur Jones John Morgan are ap

pointed to make inquiry concerning Moses Coats conversat ion .

He Requested a Cert ificate to Guynedd Mo Meeting .

”

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7 mo . 5,1725 : Moses Coats Cert ificate being brought to

this meet ing was read and ordered to be s igned .

”

8 mo . 14 . 1725 : Arthur Jones John Morgan are desi redto make Enqui ry whether the reports that are spread Conce rn ingMoses Coat s be true to make report to next meet ing

,because

Last meeting has given a Cert ificate of his Conversation Directedto Guynedd Mo . Meeting .

9mo . 11,1725 :

“pursuant to Last m eet ings order its agreedthat i t be s ign ified to Guynedd Meeting ye Moses Coat s ConductS ince he removed over S chuylki l l is not included in h i s Cert ificat ebut is le ft to the i r Inspect ion sent to them and S igned by RobertJones .

10mo . 9 , 1725 : David Llewellin Evan Jones are desi redto speak wth Moses Coats And Endeavor to put h im in a way to

R emove the J ealousy that the meet ing h as concerning him to

Repo rt to next Meet ing .

”

11mo . 1 3 ,1725 :

“The fri ends appointed to speak with MosesCoats has brought the Ce rt ificate that this meeting Granted himformerely to this meet ing Reports that he proposes Ere longto Com e give this meeting S atis faction .

”

1mo . 10,1726 :

“ Evan Jones 81. S t ephen Bevan are des i redto speak wth Moses Coats and endeavor to prevai l w th him togive satis fact ion to this meet ing .

”

2mo . 15 ,1726 :

“Moses Coates being present at this Meetingi s Des i red fu rther to Consider hi s Reso l ut ions to Comply wth thisMeetings Advice .

Test imony o f d isownment ordered to be prepared for MosesCoates because of his unwi l l ingness to sett l e a claim against him .

At H averford Mont hly Meet ing,3mo . 12,

1726 :

Moses Coats brought a paper to this Meet ing Acknowledging that he is heart i ly S orry that H e had given any occasion

in his Conduct to bring reproach on t h e truth wth this Mee tingReceives .

”

4mo . 9 ,1726 : Lewis Wa lker& S tephen Bevan are appointed

to prepare a cert ificate for Moses Coats . ”

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5 mo . 14 ,Moses Coats Cert ificat e was read and or

dered to b e signedMoses Coates was a wi tness to the marri age ofJoseph Thomas

and J emima Davis , at Lewis Wa lker ’s home i n Tredyffrin ,8mo

29 ,1718 .

A lso witness to marri age of S amuel Evans and H anna Wa lker at the same place

,4mo . 10 ,

1724 .

A l Gwynedd Mont/zly M eeting 26712 of f al/z 111 0 . 1 760 .

Mose s Coat es gave in a paper wherein he say s he has paidPete r Ashton the debt for the refu sa l whereof together wi th h isunbecoming Conduct he was test ifi ed against by our Meet ing , and

produced his rece ipt thereo f . The paper is as fo l l ows, viz :

To Gwynedd Mom‘lzly Meelmg .

Whereas I have been Testified against some years passed forrefusing to pay a certain sum of Money to P et er Ashton

,and

since then being visi ted with S orrow and disquiet of Mind on that

account I have discharged a l l dues and demands to the said and

I do hereby condemn the spirit which led me at that t ime to giveso much trouble to F riends ; be ing now ve ry sensib le that the fe llowship and S ocie ty of F ri ends is he lp fu l i n old age as wel l as in

youth,and hereby desi ring to be again received into the Gommu

nity hoping that my footsteps sha l l hereafter b e guided in thepaths that lead to peace .

(No signatu re to record . )Dated the 28th of the 10th mo .

,1760 .

A FULL COPY OF THE W'

ILL OF MOSES COATES , SR .

Whereas,I ; Moses Coates of Charlestown township , Chester

County and P rovince of Pennsy lvania , being weak in Body ,

but of S ound and Perfect Memory , do this fourteenth dayof Apri l

,Anno Domini one thousand seven hundred and sixty

28 Geneaology of Me Coales F am i/v.

one, make and publ ish this my last wi l l and t estament , hereby

Disannuling and Revoking al l former wi l ls by me made w h atsoever . I tem . I give and bequeath to my Loving wi fe t h e Sum of

S ix Pounds a year During her natural l i fe four pounds thereofto be paid her out of the interest money which is in the hand s ofJonathan Benj amin Coates t h e othe r fourtv Shi l l ings to bepaid her by Benj amin Coates yearly out ofhis Plantat ion togethe rwith al l the household goods t h at she brought wit h her the

new white Rug and the tea - tabl e sm al l Brind led Cow .

I tem . I give and bequeath to my Grand Daug h te rs S usannaand Pri sci l l a Mendenhal l the Sum of fourty Pounds each al sothe sum of Twenty Pounds to th ei r b rother Mose s Mendenhal lbu t i f any or ei ther of them should di e before they come to age

to receive the sd money that then thei r part shal l be at ye Disposal of thei r mother and the sd money is to be le ft on in terestunt i l ye Death ofmy wife in order to pay her the aforesd fou r

pounds a year . I tem . I give 8L bequeath unto Eliz th Coat esDaughter of Moses Coates , Jur . the sum of Twenty Pounds to

be paid at ye death of my wi fe . I tem . I give bequeath untomy Daughter Eliz th my l arge Bibl e . I tem . I give bequeathunto my son Moses my Red Cow . Item . I give and bequeathal l my other household goods to son Benj amin , I al so give andb equeth unto my son Benj amin t h e Plantation I l ive on according to a l l the butts and bounds thero f wi th al l the improvement s

appurtances th e reon bel onging to him and his hei rs forever in

fee to hold the same as a lso that pi ece or parce l l of land lyingbetween the great road ye Mi l l land which I bought of DavidDavis contain ing twenty - one acres a h al f to h im and his heirsfo rever . I tem . I give bequeath unto my son Aaron Coatesal l that piece of l and S urveyed to him bounded by the l and of

Moses Jonathan Coates John Varl ey Contain ing Thirty - five

acres to h im and his heirs forever in fee . I tem . I give b e

queath my wearing appare l to my son Thomas and I

do hereby Const it ute and appoint my S on Moses Coates my S oleExecutor to this my last wi l l and Testament to see that al l things

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be performed accompl ished accord ing to the t rue i ntent andmeaning thereo f .

MOSE S COATE S (SL

S ignd and S eald Publ ished and acknow ledged to be his lastwi l l and Testament in the P resence of

JOSEPH GR I FF ITHGEO . SHOLF I ELD .

Jonath Coat es affd 1761 Apri l 25 th Executor afiid .

Philada 25 Apri l Then persona l ly appeared George S holfieldand Jonathan Coates two of the witn esses o f the foregoing wi l land the said George S cholfield on oath and the sd Jonathan Coateson his solumn affirmation according to law did declare they saw andheard Moses Coates th e Testato r there in named S ign S eal pub l ishand declare the same wi l l for and as hi s last wi l l and Testamentand that the doing thereof he was of sound mind memory and

understanding to the best of thei r know ledge .

WM . CHEM STED , Regstr.

A true and last Appraisement of the goods and Chattles o fMoses Coates o f Charlestown Chester County and Province ofPennsylvania Deceased appraised by us the subscribers this 2lst

day of Apri l Anno Dom 1761 .

To his R iding MareTo a S add le and Bridl eWearing Apparell

C lockOva l Tab leDesk

C lothes PressCouch

Books

Bed furnature

Chest

K it chen FurnatureRugg Curtains

Bed and Furnature

30 Geneaology qf l/ze Coates F amily.

Chest

Tea Table

Chairs

8 yds c lothTea ImplementsWarming Pan

Tongs hand I rons S undries

Pot Racks Kett leArm Chair

Two Cows

Two Hiefers

10 SheepHogs

LumberCash

£239 . 15 . 6

Appraised by

JNo . VALI NTIN .

LASZ IDER WAGNER

MOSES COATES .

The Lord said unto Moses,The Quaker records say ;From Ireland of the E ng lish ,Now get thee forth th is day.

There is a western val ley ,And a riverflow ing there ,Where thou sha lt lead thy householdAnd bui ld thy alter fair .And thou sha lt b e a peop le ;Led by the Ligh t D ivine ,And east and west , and north and south ,The pastures shal l b e thine .

S o Moses left his kindred ,With Abram’s trust of yore ;

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PART TWO .

THOMA S COATES ,F i rst ch i ld of Moses and S usanna Coates .

B 1 . THOMAS COATE S , (Moses) M z—S arah , dau . of H enry

and S arah Mi l l er , of Providence , now Delaware Co . ,Pa .

,3

, 21 ,

174 1 . Their ch i ld ren :

C . 1 . Henry, b . 1 742 . Was a bo tanist . d . UMN . int. E as t CalnF . B . G .

2 . S usanna , b . 3 , 1 2 , 1 744 .

3 . Jonathan, b . 4 , 24 , 174 7 .

4 . S amuel , b . o, 1 3, 1 74 9 .

5 . E li z abe th . NO da tes . D ied a t age Of 1 6 years and 20 days ofdysente ry .

S amuel and wife were living 1 1 , 29 , 18 1 8 from d a te of old le t terfrom their son Thomas in Illinois .

From Gwynedd M . Mtg . records :

An appl i cat ion ,made on behal f o f Thomas Coat es for two

cert ificates,one to proceed in marri age and another to sett l e h im

w th verge of Caln Month ly Meet ing , 3 lst . , of lst mo . ,174 1 .

The cert ificates di rected to be drawn forThomas Coates wereread and ordered it to be s igned .

F rom Bradford M . Mtg . record s .6, 20 ,

1741,Thomas Coates

_ produced a Cert ificate from North

Wa les (Gwynedd ) . S arah Coates , wi fe O f Thomas Coates , Certificate from Chester .

At a M . Mtg . held at B radford 18 th day Of 1 1m0 . 1848,

Thomas Coates and Wm . Woodward were appoint ed to attend

the next quarterly meet ing .

Thomas Coates,in his wi l l , made 12mo . l6 ,

1 792. and proven

1 1,1,1797

,bequeathed : “To son Jonat h an 5 shil l ings . To son

in- law,Joseph Gladden—husband o f daughter S usanna , 60

pounds . To son S amuel , the P l antat ion of 246 acres of l and , on

R e sid ence (‘ei t ha" ) Thor-r es rmd Sarah Coates, 1741-97.

Hi l l l ‘ l l l ‘d -t i w ii w t 1 a . L e ft b y W il l to th e i r so n

S am ue l , a n ] h ' "" s 1 . lt -t‘. a ll m . lite . Owned (1905 ) b v , 1.

A m ir. w r.

Residence ofSamuel and Margaret Cherrington Coates.I n Ca l n Townsh ip , Ches ter Co . , Pa . , n ear Ca l n S ta tio n on th e Pennsy l van ia Rai l road .

F rom pain ting in wa ter co lo rs , b y t heir daugh te r, S arah . in 185 1,in her 17 th year. Th ecarriage was tha t o f Margare t, s tarting to Eas t Ca l n Mee ting o n a 5 th d ay. On th ewh ite h o rse was “Bo b b y” M iller a friend of th e fam ily . Th e “P ittsb urg” wago n ,

toth e righ t, was a very comm o n sigh t o n t h is turn p ike in days o f yo re .

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ly. 33

which I l ive,he to provide for son Henry , who was deprived of

his right reason .

This farm is si tuated in Caln Townsh ip , Chester Co .,Pa .

,

near and east of Caln S tat ion on P . C . R . R . , the hal f part , onwhich stands the origina l residence of Thomas Coates , i s now

(1904) owned and occupied by J . Andrew S e ltz er and fami ly , theremainder of the origina l Thomas Coates farm i s owned by Ambrose Fnlton . on which stands the residence of S amue l Coates ,th e grand - son of Thomas , and son of S amuel Coates , who mar

ried Abigai l Thatch er,by thei r deed

,dated 4mo . 2, A . D . 1824 .

so ld and conveyed to S amue l Torbet , one hal f of this t ract of l and(123 acres )

I n 1865 , S amuel Torbet so ld this farm to ex - Pres ident JamesBuchanan . H is executors so ld i t Wi l l i am McCanna ,

and in 1875

McCanna so ld it to J . Andrew S altz er, who in summer of 1 904

occupi ed the original Thomas Coates residence , as a part of hi sdwel l ing .

The other hal f of the origina l Thomas Coates farm wasdeeded by S amuel , (son of Thomas ) to his son S amue l who married Margaret Cherrington

,and th is residence

,as stated above ,

is owned by Ambrose Fu lton,and stands near the O ld Lancaste r

Turnpike,with the P . C . R . R .

,to rear of dwel l ing . I n early

days of P . C . R . R th e barn be longing to this farm stood near

the R R . and was burned by sparks from a locomot ive .

In 1702,Henry Mi l ler of Bradnich , Dovenshire , marri ed

S arah ,dau . ,

O f George and Dorothy Deebl e,O f Alcombe

,in the

P arish O f Dunste r,i n County S ummerset , England ; in a publ ic

Meeting of the people of God,cal l ed Quakers

,and i n thei r meet

ing P lace in Mynehead ,in th e County of S ommerset .

I n 1714 H enry and S arah Mi l ler,with thei r four chi ldren

,

John,Dorothy

, S arah and H en ry , emmigrated f rom England toPennsy lvan ia , and sett led in Upper P rovidence , (Delaware ) thenCheste r County . H enry purchased l and of Joseph Phipps

,John

and Jacob Edge,Randa l and Wi l l i am Mal in

,Thomas Wi l l iamson

,

and R i chard Weekstead , amounting to seve ral hundred acres .

Among the fi rst owners of this t ract was George Woodward , John

34 Geneao/ogy of fi le Coo /es F am ily.

Houston , John Fox ,&e . NO doubt H en ry M i l l er was attracted by

the fine m eadows on Rid ley Creek a s bearing st rong resemblanceto the beauti fu l meadows in Devon shi re

,hi s native place . Part of

th e old home is st i l l stand ing in which the youngest son,

George , was born ,7

,19

,17 16 . H enry M i l l e r ’s wi fe

, S arah ,died

in 173 1 and he d ied in 1732,about s ix mon ths later . Bot h were

active bus iness members of the S oci ety of F ri ends . Thei r daugh

te r , S arah in 1741 marri ed Thomas Coates and sett led in Caln

Township , Chester County , Pa .

”

Copy Of the Marriage Cirtificate ofThomas Coates and S arahM i l l e r :Whereas"T h omas Coate s

,son of Moses Coates of Charl es

town,in the County Of C h ester and Province ofPenn . And S arah

Mi l l er , daughter of H en ry Mi l ler , O f Providence , I n th e Countyand P rovince aforesaid

,deceased . H aving decl ared thei r imten

t ions of Marriage before several Month ly Meetings of ye peopl ecal l ed Quakers at Providence aforesaid

,accord ing to the good

order used among them , and having consent O f Pa rents and re

lations concerned , there said proposal O f marriage was al lowed bythe said Meeting .

Now these are to cert ify whom it may concern that for t h efu l l accompl ishing there said intentions th is twenty - first day of

ye Third Month,in ye year of our Lord . One T housand seven

H und red and Forty - one ,They

,the said Thomas Coates and

S arah M il l er , appeared in a Publ ick Meeting O f the said peopleat Providence aforesaid ,

and the said Thomas Coates taking thesaid S arah M i l le r by the hand ,

did in solumn manner open l y de

clare that h e took her,t h e said S arah Mi l l er to be his wi fe

,

Promis ing through Divine assistance to be unto her a Lovingand fai th ful husband unt i l death should sepa rate them . And

then and there in the same assembly the said S arah Mi l l e r did inLike manner decl are that s h e took him , t h e said Thomas Coates ,to be her husband

,Promising through Divine ass istance to be un

to him a loving and fai th fu l wi fe unti l death shou ld separatethem . And Moreover , They the said Thomas Coates and S a rah

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Mil l e r,she according to the custom of Marriage . assuming the

name of her husband as a further confirmation , th ereof , did then

and there to these presence set thei r h ands . And we whosenames are hereunder a l so subscribed being present at the S olmun e

iz ation and S ubscript ion of the said Marriage have as witnessesthereunto set our hands the day and year above writt en .

THOMA S COATES ,

S ARAH COATES .

H ENRY H OWARD .

ROBERT TI FF I NY ?SARAH Dc s . MOSES COATES .

MARY SHARPLEss . S USANNA COATE S .

JAME S STARR SUSA NNA MA LI N . S AMUEL COATE S .

JOHN NE EDLES . PETER Dc s . DOROTHY M I LLER .

HANNAH HOWA RD . RACHEL STA RR , JR . GULI ELMA DEEBLE .

ROBERT WI LLIAMS . ALI CE MA LI N . S USANNA P I LE .

GEORGE SMEDLEY . REBECCA CAMN . MOS ES COATES , JR .

H ENRY CAMN . EL I ZABETH M I LLER . HENRY M I LLER .

ROBERT RUS SELL . EL I ZABETH RUS S ELL . JANE DEEBLE .

BENJAM I N WELDON . S ARAH WELDON . ELI ZABETH COATES .

WILL IAM MA LI N . ELI ZABETH R I CHARDSON . GEORGE DEEBLE .

GEORGE M I LLER . JOHN BA I LEY . MA RTHA DA V I S .

N ext is Generation D , C/zilrlren of C.

B 1 . C 2. S USANNA COATES . (Thomas , Moses ) M z—JosephG ladden . From Bradford M . Mtg . Records . 4 MO . 12,

1771 .

Complaint was made ofS usanna Coates—now G l adden—for marriage by a Pri est , to one not a member . 6 Mo . 14 ,

1771 . H er ackdowledgment accepted , to be read at East Ca ln . Thei r chi ldren :D . 1 . S amuel .

2 . S arah,d . UNM .

3 . E li z abe th , M z—Geo . Swift . I ch i ld,d. young .

4. S usanna, Mz—Thos . C la rk,no issue .

B 1 . C 3 . JONATHAN COATES (Thomas , Moses ) M z— JaneCa rrigan . 12

,13

,1771 . Ca ln complains of Jonathan Coates for

36 Genealogy of Me Coates F amily.

M . by a Priest to a non -membe r . 3,13 , 1772 . Disowned .

test imony to be read at West Ca ln . 6 , 14 , 1782. Jonathan Coatescertificate form Uwchlan . Thei r chi ld renD . 1 . Thomas

, b . 9 , 1 3 , 1 772 . Los t a t S ea about 180 6.

2 . Margare t,b . 3 , 20 , 1 774 .

B 1 . C 4 . S AMUEL COATES . (Thomas , Moses ) ; F rom Brad

ford Records . 3,12,

1779 . S amue l Coates,son of Thomas and

Abiga i l Thatcher,decl a re thei r int ent ions ; his Father present . 4 ,

16 . 177 1 . They appear the second t ime . 5,14

,1779 . Report

that the marriage was accompl ished . 4, 28 , 1779 . Abigai l

Thatcher , wife of S amuel , was a dau ., of R ichard and Abigai l

of Kenne tt Township , Chester Co . ,Pa. ,

and married at East CalnMeet ing .

F rom Bradford M . Mtg . Records :S amuel Coates

,son o f Th omas S arah Coates , of Caln

Township , in the County of C h ester P rovince of Pennsy lvan i aAbigai l Thatcher , daughter o f Richard and Abigai l Thatcher

,

l at e or formerly of the towns h ip of Kennet t in the County of

Chester a foresaid,deceased marri ed 28 th . of 4th . MO .

1779 at East Caln Meet ing . VVitnesses z—Thos . Co ates , S usannaG l adden , S usanna H arlan ,

H enry Coat es,H anna h T hatche r ,

S usanna Thatcher . Joseph G ladden , Jonatn Coates , O l iveThatcher

, Lvd ia Mendenhal l , El iz abeth K i rk ,Mose s Coates

,

Mary Coates,Cal eb K i rk

,I saac Coates , others . Thei r ch i l

D 1 . Warrick , b . 1,29, 1 780 . d . 2 , I , 1 860 . Int. a t Doe Run F . B . G .

2 . Levi, b . 1 0

,2 1

,1 78 1 . d . 5 , I nt. a t S adsbury F . B . G . A

Recommended Minis ter in S ocie ty of Fri ends .3 . Rich ard

,b . 7 , 2 3 , 1 784 . d . 6. 7 . 1864 , in York Co . , P a

4 . S amuel, b . 2 , 23 , 1 786 . d . 9 , 1 2

,1826 . Int. a t E ast Caln

,F . B . G .

A Recommended Minis ter in Socie ty of F riends . On a certain Fif th -day he preached in E . Caln Mee ting, and on following Fifth - day he was taken th ere a corpse . Dr . JesseCoa tes was th e physician . There is no stone in E astC lan G rave-yard to the grave of a Coa tes , but the Coates rowof graves is immed ia tely to the righ t hand wh en entering th ega te from the wes t . From Bradford M . Mtg. Recordsz—I z

1 793 . S amuel Coa tes and o thers to care forE . Caln graveyard .

6,15 , 1 798 . S amuel Coa tes a . p t overseer in CalnM tg . in room

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38 Geneaology of t/ze Coates Fam ily.

8 l . C 4. D 1 . WARR I CK COATES , (Thomas , Moses ) MElenor Pusey

,dau . of E l l i s and Abiga i l O f London Grove Town

s h ip , Cheste r CO .,Pa . Ma r r i ed in London G rove F . M . H .

,

4, 3 ,

1803 . E . P . ,was b . 12,

18,178 1

,and died 8 , 6 ,

1840,was a

fleshy woman and from a fal l had her arm fractured and from re

sults O f same died . They sett l ed on a farm in Londonde rryTown ship , same County , where they resided the remainder of

thei r natural l ives . Both int . at Doe Run F . B . G . Their chi l

d ren :E . E ll is

,b . 2

,1,180 4 . (1. 1 877 . Int. a t Homeville F . B . G .

S amuel,b . 4 , 1 1 , 180 6 . d . 1 . 1 1

,1 8 5 5 . Int. Homevil le F . B . G .

Har tt,G . b . 1 , 1 0 ,

1 80 8 . d. 1 1,2 1

,1 873 . Int. E astland F . B . G .

S usanna Pusey, b . 2

,1 7 . 18 1 0 . d 1 8 1 1

, of dysentery . I nt .

Do e Run F . B . G .

Warrick, Jr. , b . 4 , 2 , 18 1 1 . (1. 1897, a t his home in Russel

vi lle,Chester Co .

,Pa . Int. a t Homevi l le F . B . G .

6. S usanna Pusey , b . 3, 2 1, 183 1 . d . 2 , 2 , 1 888 , at her home in P0

copsin Township , Chester Co . ,Pa . Int. a t Burmingham F .B .G .

S arah , b . 2 , 1 7 , 1 8 1 5 . d . 3 , 2 2,1 896 , at her home near Doe Run

vi l lage,Chester Co Pa . Int. a t Fallowfi eld F . B . G .

Abigai l, b . 4 , 30 , 18 1 7 . Res . in Wes t Chester , Pa .

Philena,b . 5 . 1 0

,18 1 9 . d . 9, Int. at Doe Run F . B . G .

Pusey , b . 5 , 20 , 1 82 1 . d . 3 , 2 2 , 1 823 . Int. Doe Run F . B . G .

Lewis , b . 7 , 5 , 18 2 3 . d . to,2,1 828

,from resul ts Of a fa ll in his

fa ther’s barn .

Ph i lema,b , 1 2 , 29 , 18 26. Res . in Oxford , Pa.

,

A fter the dea th of E lenor (Pusey) Coa tes , Warrick married athis home in Londonderry Townsh ip , H annah Darlington,

1 0 .

S he died 1 1,8,1 855 . Warrick was a man of con

siderab le executive abili ty,and held posi tions of t rus t and Over

sigh t in his neighb orhood , being guard ian for minor ch i ld renand executor Ofmany esta tes , and a D irec to r of the Lancasterand Newpor t turnpike . Was a farmer and had a brickyard onon same farm for many years .

Natches,Feb . 10 ,

183 2.

DEA R BROTHER :I t appears I am not to receive a l ette r from you or any of

my Brothers . I h ave wrote a number of t imes i t appears of no

use . S hould you get this pay more attent ion , in fo rm me whethe r

Genealogy of tlte Coates Family. 3 9

you are al l l iving , more part icu larl y my Fathe r and Mother . I

did expect to have come this spring and seen you al l one moret ime on account of my sickness for more than Six months with

the highest sort o f expenses i ts not in my power . You may see

from my writ ing I am not st rong .

Yours with Respt . ,

I remain your Brother,

Dr . JOSEPH COATES . THOMAS COATES .

N . B .

— I have suffered more this summer and fai l than I everdid in my l i fe . I have lost four pieces of J aw Bone with teethfast to them . T . C .

(The subscript ion on back of same—marking the enve lopeas we l l i s post marked Natches ,

Feb . 1 1,addressed to Joseph

Coates ) .

Down ings Town,Chester County

,Pennsylvania .

3rd MO , 3 lst , 1837 .

Received of Warrick Coates executor o f the Estate of hisFather S amue l Coates of Caln deceased two hundred and onedo l lars i t be ing the provision made by his wi l l for the son Thomas ’sdebts as pr sale of lots for that purpose .

ISAAC WALTON .

Warwick Coates Take Not ice .

The va lue of your property forthe presen t year

,is

adj usted to

Tax,at 2 mi l ls and 5 - 105 on the do l lar

,

Dog- tax

Appea l at the house of Joseph Woodin Londongrove Apri l 16 ,

1829 .

JEHU CLARK , Assesso r

40 Geneaology of the Coates Fam ily.

PH I LADELPH I A Dec 22 1825 .

Rece ived of Wa rrick Coates two dol l arsS ubscription to the S aturday Even ing Post

,for 12 mon ths , from

Oct . 1 5 , 1825 ,to Oct . 15 ,

1826 .

for agt . Chas . Gal e .

Jan . 28 ,18 18 ,

Received of Warrick Coate s the Admin ist rato rO f the estate of S amue l Love Deceased the S um O f S even Dol la rsin fu l l for a Coffin and Drawing Corps to grave yard .

Recd by D . CROS BY .

10th MO . 30 ,1848 .

Received of El l is Coat es the sum of twenty Dol lars the balance in ful l for sawing of stuff for Warrick and El l is Coates forbarn .

Rece ived by me CATHAR I NE ROB I NSONfor James Robinson .

Warrick Coates please depos i t i n the Bank of Chester Co . on

lst day ofApri l,185 0

,the fol lowing sums on account of his note

in my hands, viz

payable to order o f Barnaby Whinnery,to be drawn

in New York .

payable to order of James Barnaby , which may bedrawn ei the r in New York or Phi la .

Both these sums or drafts for them,to be encl osed and mai led

in West Chest er on the same day , to be sen t to James Barnaby ,

care of Fow ler Well s,No . 13 1 Nassau S t . , New York .

Payable to order of Uriah Hun t S on ,Phi la . , to

John C . Whinnery , S al em , Co lumbiana Co . , O .

Payabl e to my order .S ARAH COATE S ,

March 1sth ,185 0 .

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COPY OF WILL OF WARRICK COATES , SR .

Be it remembered that I Warrick Coates , of the townsh ip of

Londenderry in the County of Chest er and S tate ofP ennsy lvan i a

being in my usua l hea lth but remembering the uncertancy of l i fethe certancy of death , thought right for me to make and pub

l ish th is,my last Wi l l and Testament

,as fol l ows

,viz :

I tem 1st . I give and bequeath to my son El l is Coates , hisheirs and assigns for Ever al l my undivided hal f part O f the farmwe bought of James F leming , adm .

,of Wm . F l eming , Conta in

ing 180 Acres of l and together with a l l my undivided ha l f partO f a l l th e stock that may be on th e sd . farm at the time of my

death,such as Catt l e

,H ogs or S heep , Dairy F ixtures , grain in

the ground and al l art ic les t h at may j oint ly belong to us at thatt ime (Except Back dues from the tenan t ) S ubj ect H owever to

the fo l lowing payments and encumb rances z—said El l is Coats to

pay H . G . Coates four hundred do l lars to the rest of my Chi ldren five h undred do l la rs apiece

,Name ly

,W . Coates , Jr. , S . P .

Darl ington, S . C . Wood , A . H oopes

,and P . C . Lynch ,

late lyintermarried with J . Lynch

, Jr. ,or thei r l egal representat ives

,

said payments to be due payab le at my death remain a l ienupon said Farm ti l l paid .

I tem 2 . I give and bequeath to my daughter P . C . Lynchthe cow she now cal ls her own ; my R iding Carriage with thenew harness be longing thereto , the carpet and stove in my lodging room , the looking glass , one feathe bed bedst ead bedding

and also th e Bureau be longing in th e 2ud best room upstai rs ,Th e large chest in the Garret , th e Old arm chai r and such artic les about the house as is understood to be long to her

,and also

one hundred and twenty - five dol lars worth of other art icles of thehouse goods to be taken at the appraisment

,Provided she re

mains with me as housekeeper 8: caret aker during the remainderof my l i fe .

I tem 3rd . I give and bequeath to my Grand daughter Elenor Darlington 1 feather bed bedstead and bedding .

I tem 4th . I give and bequeath to my Grand daughter , El e

42 Gencaology of t/ze Coates F amily.

nor Hoopes 1 feat h e r bed b eadstead and bedding . I tem 5 th . I

give and bequea t h to my two Grand daughters , Lydia CoatesEdi th Coates , Daugh t ers of H . G . Coates ; three s i lver tabl e spoonseach , marked H . D . Item 6th . I give and bequeath to MaryGeretv th e cow cal l ed her own , the bed bedst ead bedding shenow occupi es in mv house ; and fifty—five do l l ars , provided she remains wit h me as now during the remainder of my l i fe . And

last ly I do appoint my son El l is Coates my son - in - law ThomasW

'

ood to be my Executors of t h is my l ast Wi l l and Testam ent ,fu l l y authori z ing and empowering t h em to se l l all my persona l

and real estate (except what I have here in wil l ed to my son El l ismy daughter Phi l ema my four grand daughters Elenor Darl ington

,

Eleno r H oopes , Lydia 8L Edith H oopes Mary Garety) to make

and execut e Deed s to the purchaser or purchasers which i s heldto be as good affecttial in l aw as i f executed by mysel f and af

t e r paying al l my j ust debts and funera l expenses to d ivide theres idue remainder of my estate amongst my chi ld ren o r thei r

l ega l representat ives , namely ; H art G . Coates,Warri ck Coates

,

Jr. , S usanna P . Darl ington , S arah C . Wood ,Abigai l H oopes

,

and Philena C . Lynch ,share and share al ike

,except one thous

and dol lars o i my daughter Philena’

s share which I d i rect to besecured in such a way as my above named Executors may thinkbest

,that she may receive inte rest the re from annual ly unti l the

death of her husband at which time i t is to be paid to h er or herl egal representatives

,yet shou ld she become needy during her

husband ’ s l i fetime , my Executors may pay to her such sums asthey may think necessary out of the principl e . And I hereby

revoke and cance l a l l o ther Wi l ls by me heretofore made dec laredthis and this on ly to be my last Wi l l and Testam ent .

I n witness whereo f I Warwick Coates the Testator , have tothis

,my Wil l

,set my hand and seal

,t h is twenty first day o fn inth

mon th in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and

fi fty e ight .WAR R I CK COATES , (S eal )

S igned seal ed and d elivered ~ in thepresence of us who have subscribedas witnesses in the presence o f eacho th e r th is tw ent fi rst d av o f n in th

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44 Geneaology af tlze Coates F amily.

Mary , b . 5 . 1 0 , 1820 . d . 8, 3 1 , 1880

Joseph,b . 4 , 23 , 182 2 . d . 1838 , was hurt on ice while a ttendingschool a t West Grove

,P a .

Amos, b . 8,2 5 , 1824 . d . 1 1

,24 , 1894 . Int. a t D o e Run F . B . G .

James,b . 9 , 1 4 , 182 5 , d . 1 1

,19 , 1866 .

E li z abe th, b . 9 . 9 , 182 7 . Res . German town, Pa .

E llen Smi th , b . 8 . 16,1 839 . Res . 20 19 A rch S t. ,

Phila . , Pa.(19o6 )George , b . 1 0,2, 183 1 . d . 6

, 20,1 90 5 , of gangrene . Int. at D o e

Run F . B . G . D ied on his fa rm,formerly his fa ther’s in

Londonder ry Township,Chester Co . ,

Pa .

B 1 . C 4 . D 3 . RI CHARD COATES (S amuel , Thomas , Moses )M z—Rebecca Walker

,4 . 11 , 18 10 . S he was b . 8 . 21 , 179 1 ,

and

d i ed 9 . 1 1,18 14

,at the home of h er father

,Asahel Walker

, in

S ad sbury Township , Lan . Co . , Pa . Thei r ch i ld ren :

E . 1 . S amuel,d . young .

2 . Abigail,d . young .

3 . Joseph,(1. a t 3 years , drowned in his fa ther’s pool , where he

washed ha ts .Richard was a H a tter . A t above time Richard resided inLondonderry Townsh ip , Chester Co . ,

Pa b ut afterward movedto York Co . , Pa.

,where he d ied . A f ter dea th of Rebecca ,

Richard married Margare t Criswell,a w idow

,wi th one ch ild

Na th an Creswell . Th ei r ch i ld ren2—1 . S amuel A .

,b . 2 ,

1,1 82 5 . 2 - 2 . S arah Jane

,b . 8

,8,1 8 28 .

2—3 . Hannah Susanna , b . 2, 3 , 1 83 1 . 2 - 4 . Ann Margare t, b .

’

37 .

d . 1 90 0 .

B l . C 4 . D 4 . S AMUEL COATES , (S amue l , Thomas , Moses )M z—Margaret C h e r rington

,dau . of Thomas and Rache l (Lee )

2 , 2,1809 ,

at Exeter Fri ends Meeting ,Berks Co . ,

Pa . ,by Fri ends

Ceremony . Margaret died,1 . 2 . 185 2 , at home of h er dau .

,

Anna Moore,in Co leraine Twpt . , Lan . Co .

,Pa . C h i ldren :

E . 1 . Abigail, b . 1 0

,20

,180 9 . d . 1 2

,2 1

,1897 , at home of her dau.

S arah,in Drumoore

,Lan. Co . ,

Pa . Int. a t Drumoore , F . E .G .

2 . Rachel , b . 8 , 1 4 , 18 1 1 . d . 8,1,18 5 1 , of dysen tery .

3 . Anna, b . 5 , 28 ,

’1 3 . d . 7, 5 , 1877 . Int. D ruemore F . B . G .

4 . E sther,M .D . , b . 1 0

, 19, 18 1 5 . d . 3 , 18 , 1873 , in Florida . Int. a tDrumoore F . B . G . Lan . Co . , Pa .

5 . Cherrington,b . 6, 1 5 , 1 8 1 7 . d . 1

, 5 , 190 2 , in Monmouth , I ll. ,where he was Int.

Geneaology of tae Coates Family. 45

6. Joseph , b . I,1 7 , 18 20 . d. 2 , 1 2

,182 2 .

7 . Mary, b . 1,6,182 2 . d . 2

,2 8 , 1893 . Int. at Druemoore Lan. Co .

,

P a . F . B . G .

8 . S arah , M . D . ,b . 3, 7 , 183 4, d . 2

,23 , 1886. Int. at Galena , I ll. ,

where s he resided .

A fter the marriage of S amuel and Margare t (Cherrington )Coa tes th ey settled on a farm in Caln Twpt. ,

Ches ter Co .

,Pa

wh ich was one - half of his father’s farm,a par t of the origina l

Thomas Coates homestead, in a house near and south of th ePhi ladelph ia and Pittsburg turnp ike , wi th P .R .R . to the rearof bui ld ings . S amuel was a minister in Socie ty of F riends ,and was int. at E ast Caln F . B . G .

Whereas, S amuel Coates . J unr . ,

of East Caln Township , inthe County of Chester , in the S tate of Pennsy lvan ia

, S on of

S amuel Coates , of the same pl ace , and Abigai l his wi fe (S hebeing now deceased ) . and Margaret Cherrington

,daughter of

Thomas Cherrington of Exeter Township , i n the County of

Berks,and S tate aforesaid , and Rache l hi s wife , having declared

thei r in tent ions Of‘

marriage with each other , before a month lymeeting of the re l igious S ociety ofFri ends , held alternate ly at Exeter aforesaid and Maidencreek ,

accord ing to the good order sued

among them,and having consent o f Parents thei r proposa l of

marriage was al lowed of by th e said meeting . Now these are to

cert ify whom it may concern,that for the fu l l accompl ishment of

t h ei r S aid intent ions , th is S econd day of the S econd month ,in

the‘

year of our Lord,one thousand eight hundred and n ine

,th ey

the S aid S amue l Coates and Margaret Cherrington appeared in apubl ic m eet ing of the S aid Peopl e held at Exeter aforesaid

,and

the S aid S amuel Coates taking the S aid Margaret Cherringtonby the hand

,did on this S olumn occasion ,

open ly dec lare,that

he took her,the S aid Margaret Cherrington , to b e his wi fe , prom

ising,with Divine assi stance

,to be unto he r a loving and faith fu l

H u sband un ti l death S hou ld separate them ; and then ,in the

same Assembly , the S aid Margaret Cherrington , d id in themanner dec lare , that she took him the S aid S amue l Coates to be

46 Geneaology of tlze Coates F am ily.

he r H usband,promising with Divine assistance

,to be unto him

a loving and fai thful wi fe,unti l death S hould S eparate them .

And,moreover

,the S aid S amue l Coates and Marga re t Cherringo

ton (she according to the custom of marri age assuming the nameof her H usband ) did as a further confi rmation thereo f , then an d

to these presen t S et the i r hand .

S AMUEL COATES , JUN .

MARGARET COATE S ,

And we whose names are al so hereunto S ubscribed , beingpresent at the S olumniz ation of th e S aid marri age and S ub scrip

t ion,have

,as Witn esses thereto S et our hands the day and year

above writt en :

MORDECA I LEE . JN .

JACOB WA RREN . S AMUEL LEE . FRA NCES LEE .

BENJA . WR IGHT . SARAH PIM . RUTH LEE .

MA RY WR IGHT . EDITH WH ITAKER . ELI ZABETH BOONE .

ENOS LEE . Z I LLA COATES . CHA RLES LEE .

ANN LEE . ELEANOR LE E . THOS . CHERR I NGTON .

BENJN . WR I GHT, JN . SA RAH LEE . RACHEL CHERR I NGTON .

DAN I EL Cox . RACHEL BOONE . JOHN CHERR I NGTON .

ISAAC CHR I SMAN . JOHN LEE , JR . WI LL I AM CHERR I NGTON .

HANNAH CHR I SMAN . R I CHARD COATES . THOMA S COATE S .

ABEL THOMAS , JR . MA RY CHERR I NGTON . LEV I COATE S .

JA COB THOMA S . ELL I S LEE . SAMUEL LEE . JUNR .

ABNER THOMA S . MA RY P . LEE . GEORGE COATES .

JOHN EVANS . JOHN LEE . JERM . LEE .

JANE EVA NS . ELI ZA BETH LEE . ANTHONY LEE .

AMOS LEE . S ARAH COATES . ROBERT H I LLI S .

Inventory o f goods and Chattles and credits o f S amuel Coates ,of Caln Towns h ip in Cheste r County (deceased ) , taken the 10thof 2 mo . ,

183 3 :

Geneaology of tlie Coates Family. 47

D 0 1. Cts .Wearing appare l .Cash on handDeskClock

Notes and interest on them .

Book accounts . 62 92

TwoTwo potracks Coffee niil .1

.

.

Carpet .

3 pairs o f spectacles 8L sca les,weights

,&c

Lot of raz ors straps and shaving box .

Two chai rs . 62%

1 mo . 23,1834 .

Received of Warrick Coates,Executor of the Estate of

S amue l Coates,deceased

,seven hundred dol lars on account o f a

l egacy bequeathed to my wi fe ,Abigai l

,i n h is last Wi l l .

ELLI S COATES .

2 mo . ,1834 .

Received of Warri ck Coates,executor of the Estate o f S amue l

Coates , Deceased , fou r hundred and forty - eight dol lars and twocents , i t be ing the legacy In fu l l bequeathed in his last Wi l l to meand my wi fe for me .

AS AHEL WALKER . JR .

West Brad ford Boarding S chool4 mo . 23 ,

1836 .

MA RGA RET COATES ,

To C . HANNUN .

To 3 months tu it ion 81 boarding her son

Cherrington

Washing .

To Books , 1 Nomenclature B lairs Phi lo sophy French Tab les 75 ,

Civi l Engineering,

Paper quill s

48 Geaeao/ogy of t/ze Coates F amily.

Received of Warrick Coates, gueardean of Cherrington

Coates , the above stated amount i n ful l , 81. al so S ix dol l ars forboarding , washing , &c . for my son Cherrington Coates .

MA RGARET COATES .

1 l th mo . 8th ,1838 .

Received of Warrick Coates (Gueardean ) of my daughte rsMary and S arah Coates , s ixty dol lars to be appl i ed to payingthei r boarding and tui t ion at Boarding schoo l .

MARGARET COATES .

1 1 mo . 8th,183 8 .

Rece ived ofWarrick Coates One hundred do l l ars in part andon Account of my Legacy in his hand s .

ANNA COATE S .

Ca ln,8th mo . 6th ,

1838 .

Rece ived of Warrick Coates (by hand of El l is Coates) thesum of twenty - five dol l ars , being part of interest money due me .

ESTHE R COATES .

This is to cert i fy , that on the thi rty -first day of August inthe year of our Lord 18 17 George Coates of Chester County and

Martha B . I rvine of Lancaste r County were j oined in Marriage ,before me the subscriber , one of the Aldermen of the City of

Phi lade lphi a,they having previously decl ared them se lves free re

spectively from prior engagements , or othe r lawfu l impediments .

I n witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and

(SEA L ) the day and year above written .

G . BADGER , Alder .

B 1 . C 4 . D 6 . GEORGE COATES (S amue l , Thomas , Moses ) .

M :—Martha B . I rwin , 8 ,

3 1 ,18 17

,as copy of Mar . Cert . wi l l

Show . Thei r chi ldren :E . 1 . S arah Jane, b . 1820 ; d . 7 , 29, 1849 .

2 . Margare t , b . 2 , 18 , 1824 ; d . 1,27 , 189 1 .

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Moses) .M :—Ann Jones Robe r ts , dau . of John and Eli z abeth, o f

West White land Twpt . , Cheste r Co . ,Pa . ,

12,8

,1822. Thei r

c h i ld :E . 1 . E li z abe th R .

,b . 1 0

,1 0

,182 3 ; d . 1896, a t her home near

Ba l timore,Md .

Dr . Joseph Coates died . when his widow married Thomas RMa thews

, of Bal t . , Md , 9, 2 3 , 1840 .

B 1 . C 3 . D 3 ELI ZA COATE S . (Thomas , Jonathan ,Thomas

,

Moses ) .M :—John S chlasser in 185 3 . They had twelve chi ld ren .

Generation E , Clzilla’

i'

en of E .

B 1 . C 4 . D 1 . E 1 . ELL I S COATES . (Warrick , S amue l ,Thomas

,Moses ) M z—Abigai l Coates , h is fi rst cou sin

,a dau . of

S amuel and Margaret (Cherrington ) Coates , ofE . Caln Town sh i p .

E l l i s l ived and died on his farm in Upper Oxford Township,

Chester Co .,Pa . ,

near H omevi l l e,and buri ed in F . E .G . at H ome

vi l le . Thei r ch i ldren :F . 1 . S arah Walker , b . 2

, 7 , 1 83 1 .

2 . Margare t , b . 7 , 7, 1 832 .

3 . S amuel , b . 2, 3 1 , 1836 ; d . 10

,13 , 1836 . Int. in Doe Run F . B . G .

4. S amuel , b . 1 1 , 1 7 , 1 838 .

5 . Mary, b . 1 2,24 , 1840 ; d . 1

,1 8

,1 856, of pneumonia . Int. in Home

vi lle F .B .G .

6. Lewis , b . 2,1 1 , 1 843 .

7 . Phebe Anna , b . 2, 30 , 1846 ; d . 6

,Int. in Homevi l le

F .B .G .

8 . Joseph , b . 8,1 7 , 1 848 ; d . 8 , 1 7 , 1850 . Int. in Homev i lle F . B . G .

B 1 . C 4 . D 1 E 3 . HARTT GRANDUM COATES (Warrick ,

S amue l , Thomas Moses ) . M z— E l i z a Darl ington , who was born

8 , 9 ,18 14 . Died 1

,5

,1889 . Hartt and wi fe were buri ed in

East land F . E .G . Lancaster Co . ,Pa. M . 1 1

, (4 0 1 5 ) 1833 to

E l i z a dau . o fGeorge and Lydia (Barnard ) Darl ington . Theyresided on a farm in Lower Oxford Town ship , Chester Co . ,

Pa. ,

on which ,at one t ime

,was a flour and feed mi l l , including a

“S orgum” mi l l . Their chi ld renF . 1 . Lydia , b . 2

,1 4 , 1 83 5 ; d . 9, 26, 1869 . Int. a t E astland F .E .G .

2 . Warrick , b . 8,8,1837 ; d . 1 1 , 1 , 1837 . Int. in E as tland F .B .G .

3 . Edi th,b . 7, 13 , 1839 .

Genealogy of tlie Coates Fam ily. 5 1

4 . George Darlington,b . 1 0 , 3 1 , 1 840 ,

5 . G ranvi lle,b, 7 , 3 , 1843 .

6 . Howard , b . 1 0, 30 ,

1845 .

7 . S teph en,b . 5 , 30 ,

1 848 .

B 1 . C 4 . D 1 . E 5 . WARR I CK COATES (Warrick , S amue l ,Thomas

,Moses) . M z

— Ruthanna,dau . o f Wil l iam and S usanna

(Cut ler) Cook , of P l easant Grove . Lancaster Co .,Pa. ,

in L i t t leBritian Penn H i l l ” F ri ends Meeting H ouse , 3 , 24 , 1842, as a

copy of th ei r Marriage Cert ificate wi l l hereinafter describe . S ame

S pring they set t l ed on a farm in Upper Oxford Township , ChesterCo .

,Pa. Thei r chi ldrenF . S usanna

,b . 2 , 1 3 , 1843 .1

2 . Pusey,b . 5 , 5 , 1 844 .

3 . Truman, M.D . ,b . 1 85 2 .

4 . H arvey , b . 7 , 2 , 1 853 , d , 1 85 5 , of pneumonia . Int. at Homevi lle F . E .G .

In S pring of 1877 , Warrick and Ruthanna moved from theirfarm in Upper Oxford Townsh ip to a par t of th eir son- in- law ’sdwelling

,and on 8 , I , 1 877 , moved in to their new home in Russel

vi lle,same townsh ip , where Warrick d ied 1 897 and his

w idow passed from ear th a t the home of her daugh ter , SusannaWood, 5 , 1 5 , 1 899, twenty - six month s af ter life’s companion , on

same day of the month , week (second ) , and w ith in less th an an

hour (I p . m . ) of the day . My Angel Moth er’s passing wordswere : “I t is a beautiful p lace if we are only always good .

” A

Spiri tual-minded woman,and h as the reward of the righteous

l ife lived wh i le in th eflesh , of “Well done,” from ac ts to rewards .Warrick Coates , Jr. ,

and his bro ther , E llis , before their mar

riage , made a t rip on horseback , to the Niagara Fal ls in theautumn of 1 835 . An instance is herew i th s tated of thei r experience . Much of the coun try th rough wh ich they passed was ina w ild , uncul tivated s ta te , and mountaneous, and w i ld animalswere no t infrequently seen by them . On one occasion, no t finding a lodging p lace for the night, early in the evening they h eardin th e distance the screams of a wi ldcat which seemed to b e approaching them . Fa ther said th a t was no t an enviab le time intheir journey , b ut th e anima l did not come very near, cousequen tly they were no t molested, but soon came to a co tter ’shome where they were hospi tably received for the nigh t, as wasthe practice in th inly inh abi ted loca tions in those days . Th is

5 2 Gel/eti ology af t/u: Coates F am ily.

was in I’o t ter Co .

, Pa . The trip each way from thei r home inLondonderry Twpt.

,near Cochranvi lle

, (now ,190 5 , owned b y

H arvey S pencer ) requi red nine days rid ing.No t feeling tha t he was ready to se ttle for life

,before seein"

more of our count ry,Warrick , in 1 839 , wi th a fri end ,

Na thanLin ton, star ted on foo t , on a western journey . In th is way andby s tage and canal they reached Oh io and passed th rough th etown of S a lem

,wh ere for ty - three years af terward I was m arried

to one of S alem ’s daugh ters . They wended thei r way to C incinna ti , where fa ther decided to b uy a horse and assume his favori teway of travel . Th is s teed was young and spiri ted . and beingunt rained , showed inc lina tion to b e treacherous , when fa the r , tobring the col t to subjec tion, rode him pre t ty hard for two days ,and over ti red his new anima l and was compelled to res t him aday; during th is day there came two Vi rginia planters on horseback Ou same errand

,sigh tseeing to the Wes t . They were soon

acquainted rode toge ther,and became very much attached to

each o ther .Th ey were companions unti l th ey traveled to one hundred andtwen ty -five '

miles west of Jefferson C i ty ,Mo . On their homewardjourney they boarded, w i th their horses , at S t. Louis

,on a vessel

b ound for Louisvi lle,Ky . Leaving th is vessel

,th e pl anters

bough t a number of. horses wh ile passing through Oh io , wh ichFa ther helped to care for unti l they reached Harper ’s Ferry ,

Maryland , where they parted, never to mee t again in th is l ife .

T . C .

MARR I AGE CERTI F I CATE OF WARR ICK COATES , JR . ,AND

RUTHANA (COOK ) COATES .

WHEREAs , Warrick Coates , Jr. ,of Londonde rry Township ,

in the County of Cheste r , in the S tate of Pennsy lvan i a , son of

Warrick Coates,o f the same place , and E l enor . h i s wi fe , (she

being deceased ) , and Ruthanna Cook , daughter of Wi l l i am Cookof L i t t l e Britain Township in the County of Lancaster , and S tateaforesaid

,and S usanna his wi fe , having decl ared thei r intent ions

o f marriage with each ot h er be fore a Month ly Meeting of there l igious soci ety of F ri ends held at Li tt le B ri tain .

Married 24th day of 3 mo . ,1842, i n a publ ic meet ing at L i tt l e

Britain Meeting House , Lancaster Co . ,Pa .

WA RR I CK COATES , JR .

RUTH ANNA COATES .

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y of t/ze Coates F am /lv.

Chester Co . ,Pa .

, Thomas died 1, 21 , 1892 ,

and S arah 3, 22,

1896 . Bot h int . in F . B .G . at Fallowfield (Erci ldoun ) . Th ei rchi ld ren :F . 1 . Lydia

, b .

2 . E lenor C . , (I. about one year old .

3 . E ll is P ., b . 1 1 , 14 , 1846 .

4 . Ph i lema,b . 2

, 9 , 1 849 .

5 . Laura , b . 1 1 , 23 , 185 2 ; d . 1,2 1

,1866 .

6 . MOI'

I‘

I S T . , b . 1 2 , 1 , 1 857 .

B 1 . C 4 . D 1 . E 8 . AB IGA I L COATES (\Varrick , S amuel ,Thomas , Moses ) M z

— Franci s P ratt Hoopse . Thei r ch i ldren :F . 1 E llen , b . 4 , 1846, U .N .M .

Mary J . , b . 9 , 7 , 1 848

3 . Mor ton, b . 9 , 9 , 1 850 ; d . 4 , 19 , 1892 , on his farm in Upper Oxford

Township,Ches ter Co . ,

Pa .4 . Henry

, b . 4 , 1 3 , 1 85 3 ; d . 5 , 29 , 1889, of consump tion .

5 . Warrick , H . b . 1 0,1 1

,18 56.

6 . S arah S car le t . b . 2,26, 1 859 ; d . 4 , 2 1

,1 899 , in H arrisburg, Pa.

,

infant also . Int. in London Grove Ch ester Co . ,Pa .

M:—9 , 5 , 1 894 , Emi l Taube , a musician.

7 . Wi l liam,d . in infancy , from smallpox, contrac ted from the doc

tor who was a t tending the mo ther , Abigai l . Their domes ticalso contracted th e disease and died .

Ab igail (Coates ) Hoopse and husband resided on a farm nearCh a th am

,Ches ter Co . , Pa formany years, wh en they moved to

West Ches ter,Pa. , wh ere F . P . Hoopse d ied and where Abigai l

(190 5 ) ye t resides .B 1 . C 4 . D 1 . E 12. PH I LENA COATES . (Warrick , S amuel ,

Thomas,Moses ) M z—J ames Lynch ,

son of Jam es and Mary(Hoy) Lynch . Chi ldren :F . 1 . Anna Ma ry , b . 5 , 1 8 58 .

2 E lla Warrick , b . 2, 9, 186 1 .

3 . S usan, b . 4 , 1 0 , 1 864 .

4 . Laura , b . 5 , 29 , 1866 .

James Lynch was a soldier in the 1 24th Pa . Volun teers in thela te C ivi l War . A fterward he was elec ted to the offi ce of Prothono tary of the County of Ches ter, S tate of Pa . They now(190 5 ) reside in Oxford, some county . Their daugh ter Anna , isa teacher in F riend Central S choo l , 1 5 th and Race S ts . , Ph i la . ,

Pa : J as . Lynch died in Oxford ,Pa.

,190 5 . Int. Doe Run F . E .G .

B 1 . C 4 . D 2. E 2. TRUMAN COATES (Levi , S amuel ,

Genealogy of tlte Coates Family 5 5

Thomas,Moses ) L ived on his farm in Col e raine Township ,

Lancast er Co .,Pa.

,where h e di ed UNM . He was a stock deal er

and butcher . Was a successful business man . In hi s wi l l heleft bequests to his re lat ives and al so to Fri ends Meet ings at

H omevi l l e,where he was buried

,and to Penns Grove , Ches te r

Co . ,Pa .

,and also a considerabl e bequest to a Chi ldren ’s Home

in Lancast er City,Pa.

B 1 . C 4 . D 2. E 2. HANNAH COATES (Levi , S amuel , Thomas ,Moses) M z

—Ez ra,son of Enoch and S arah (Swayne ) Gray .

From Fallowfield M . M . Records :

2, 7 1835 . Ez ra Gray and Hannah Coates having consent ofsurviving parents

,laid thei r intent ions of marriage with each

other be fore this Meet ing . Ez ra is requested to produce a certificate of his cl earness of simi l ar engagements to our next Meetmg

3,7

,183 5 . A cert ificate for Ez ra Gray from New Garden

M . M . dated the 5 th inst . , was rece ived and nothing appearing

to prevent h is proceeding in marriage with Hannah Coates,they

were there fore l e ft at l iberty to accomp l ish i t accord ing to Discipl ine . Joshua S peakman and Warrick Coates , S r. , were appointed

to have an overs ight thereof , and to hand the cert ificate to the Recorder and report .

4,1 1

,183 5 . Informat ion was rece ived that the marriage of

Ez ra Gray and H annah Coates was orderly accompl ished,and

the cert ificate was handed to the Recorder . Thei r ch i ldren :F . 1 . Mary Ann, b . 8 , 1 5 , 1836, UNM . H as (190 5 ) a store on Marke t

S i. , Wi lmington, Del .2 . E noch C ., d . at home of Chackley Web ster , near Homevil le ,Chester Co .

,Pa.

, of consumption.

3 . Luc re tia Mot t, M . F rank Hickman,D .D .S . Res . at Bound

Brook,N . J .

B 1 . C . 4 . D 2. E 3 . PHEBE COATES (Levy , S amue l , Thomas ,Moses) M :

—Pusey Barnard,son of Jeramiah and Abigai l (Pusey )

of Doe Run , Pa. P usey was b . 12, 16 ,1810

,and Phebe died 10 ,

28 ,185 5 .

From Fallowfield M . M . Records :3, 7 , 1835 . Pusey Barnard and Phebe Coates

,having con

5 6 ( r'

eneao/ogv of t/1c Coates F amily.

sent of surviving pa ren ts,l a id thei r intent ions O f marriage wi th

each othe r be fo re thi s Meeting . Ebenez er M aule and Richa rdDarl ington are appointed to enqu i re into the young m an ’ s cl ea rness of s im i l ar engagement s and repo r t at next meeting .

4,1835 . Nothing appea ring to p revent Pusey Barnard pro

ceed ing in mar r iage wit h P h ebe Coates , they we re the re fore l e fta t l iberty to accompl is h i t agreeabl e to d iscipl ine . Joseph Walton and Joseph Taylor were appoint ed to have ove rsigh t the reo fand to h and the Certificat e to the R ecorder and repo r t .

5,9

, 1835 . Overseers in form t h at the m ar r iage o f PuseyBarnard and Phebe Coates was orderly accompl is h ed , and th e

certificate le ft in th e hands of t h e Recorde r . Thei r Chi ldren :F . 1 . James Truman,

b . 2 , 1 3 , 1 836 .

2 Mary Louisa,b . 5 , 1 6

,1838 ; d . 3 , 6, 1873 , in Ch ristians, Pa .

Wi fe of Brinton Wa l ter . NO chi ldren.

3 . Rebecca T .

, b . 5 , 1 6 , 1840 ; d . 3 , 2 , 1843 . Int. a t Homevi lle F .E .G .

4 . Anna M . , b . 1 844 ; d . 2 , 16, 1 847 . Int. a t Homevi lle F .B .G

Pusey afterward married S usan (Wa lker ) Pownal l , of Ch ristiana

,Pa . ,where they bo th died, af ter leaving their farm in Up

per Oxford Twpt. ,Ches ter Co .

,Pa.

,near Bell Bank , Lancaster

Co .

,Pa .

B 1 . C 4 . D 2. E 2- 1 . MARY COATES (Levi , S amuel , Thomas ,Moses ) M z—Coates Preston ,

1 1,18 5 5 . Res ided in Chester , Pa .

One chi ldF . 1 . Carrol , d ied a t age of a few months .

Mary (Coates ) P reston d ied 1880 , in Ches te r , Pa .B l . C 4 . D 2. E 2- 3 . AMOS COATE S . (Levi , S am uel , Thomas ,

Moses ) M z— S arah ,

dau . of I saac and H anna h (K i rk ) P i e rce .

S ara h was born 3 ,14

,1829

,and died 3 ,

2,1896 . I nt . Doe Run

F . B .G . Thei r c h i ldren :F

. 1 . Anna H annah , b . 1856 . M z—Charles Lewis . Res . (1 90 5 )in Passad ena, Cal . No ch ild ren .

2 . Mary Pierce, b . 5 , 30 ,1 8 59 .

3 . John Truman, b . 4 , 1 0,1863 .

4 . Lyd ia I rca , b . 5 , 7 , 1866 .

B 1 . C 4 . D 2. E 2 4 . JAMES COATES . (Levi , S amuel , Thomas ,Moses ) M z

—Lydia Ann Moore , w h o was born 9 ,30

,1833 . Ma r

ried in Phi l ade lphia , l ived on a farm on Octoraro Creek , Cole

raine Townsh ip , Lancaster Co .,Pa . Thei r chi ld ren

Geneaology of tlie Coates Family. 5 7

F . 1 . Charles , b . 9, 2 7, 1 856; d. 4 , 24 , 1 860 .

2 . V i rginia,b . 9 , 6 , 1 858 ; d . 1 860 .

Bo th buri ed in Homevi lle F .B .G .

3 . Leor a . M z—H arry Cooper . Thei r ch ildren: 1 . Roy, 2 . Herber t, 3 . Burleigh .

4 . Cordelia,b . 1 0

, 4 , 1 864 .

5 . E li z ab e th , b . 1 2 , 1 4 , 1 866.

B 1 C 4 . D 2. E 2- 5 . ELLEN SM ITH COATES . (Levi , S amue l ,Thomas

,Moses ) M :

—Isaac Jackson,who was born 3

,3,1829 .

Married 5 , 8 ,185 4 . Isaac died 1 1

,15 ,

1868 at “HarmonyGrove ,

” West Grove , Chester Co . , Pa . Thei r ch i ldren :

F . 1 . Lora,M .D .

,b . 9 , 30 , 1 85 5 . M z—Wm . W . B l ackman, M . D .

Res . B rook lyn,N .Y . Ch i ldren : 1 . E linor , 2 Wm . Jackson.

2 . William ,b . 1 2

,24

,1 85 7 . M z—E llen Jackson. Res . on A rch S t.

,

Phi la . , P a .B 1 . C 4 . D 4 . E 2 7 . GEORGE COATES (Levi , S amue l ,

Thomas,Moses ) M z—S arah Clark ,

of Londonderry Township ,Cheste r Co . , Pa . Their chi ld ren :

F . I . Charles S umner , b . 1,1, 1864 .

2 . W illiam Lincoln,b . 8

,1 865 .

3 . Mary,b . 7 , 1867 . Mz—C larence Moore , of Christiana , Lan . Co .

,

P a . Res . West Ches ter , P a .4 . Joseph , b . 1 0 , 1 869 .

5 . Minuette,b . 3 , 1 872 . M :—E lwood Pusey .

6 . Benj amin,b . M z—Nellie VVhiteside . Res . Ch ristiana

,

B 1 . C 4 . D 8 . E 2- 1 . S AMUEL A . COATE S (R ich ard , S amue l ,“Thomas

,Moses ) M :—Mary Reyno lds , of Ceci l Co .

,Md . Thei r

chi ldrenF . 1 . Roland .

2 . George .B 1 . C 4 . D 3 . E 2- 2. SA RAH JANE COATES . (R ichard ,

S amuel,Thomas

,Moses) M z—Matthew Day,

b . 8,9 , 18 18 ; d .

1 1,7,1892. R es ided in York Co .

,Pa. Res . Del ta , York Co . ,

Pa. Thei r ch i ldrenF . 1 . M inervia Eugenie, b . 8 , 2 1 , 1 857 . UNM .

2 . Emi ly C. ,b . 1

,2 2

,1859 . M: - George Daughton .

3 . Nathan A . ,b . 1 1 , 1 2 , 1 862 . Mz—Carrie Metz el .

4 . Anna R ,b . 6, 2 1 , 1 864 . Mz—First, Joseph O rr, who was k il led

in a slate quarry ; then married Ben. G ass.

5 8 Ger/etiology af t/1c Coates F amily.

5 . Laurence J . , b . 5 , 2 1 , 1866. M z—Katie Me tz el .6. Truman C . , b . 1 2 , M z—Emma W i th row .

7 . Phebe M . , b . 7, 1 1 , 18 72 . M z—John T. Fredd .

8 . Amanda M . , b . 4 , 2 2 , 1877 . Mz—S amuel Kinsler .B 1 . C 4 . D 3 . E 2- 3 . H ANNAH SUSANNA COATES . (R ichard ,

S amue l , Thomas , Moses) M : —John H un sberger , o f Bucks Co . ,

Pa . H e died 12 ,1899 . Thei r ch i ld ren :

F . 1 . Oscar .2 c l Cord el ia . M z—P ayn S t rawbridge . Is a widow .

B 1 . C 4 . D 4 . E 1 . AB IGA IL COATES . (S amue l , S amuel ,Thomas

,Moses ) l\l : -El l is Coates (se e B 1 . C 4 . D 1 . E

Abigai l Coa tes died at the home of son - in - law, George S . Lam

born in Druenm o re Township , Lan . Co . ,Pa . ,

and int . in Drue

moo re F . L G .

B 1 . C 4 . D 4 . E 3 . ANNA COATES (S amuel , S amuel ,Thomas

,Moses ) M z—Thomas Moore , 2, 13 ,

1839,of Bald Eagle

Val ley,Center Co . ,

Pa. S ett led in Drumoore Township, Lan .

Co . ,Pa.

,on a farm

,where Anna d ied . Thomas died i n M i l l ers

v i l le,Pa . ,

at home of dau . ,Mati lda , in 1882. Children :

F . E lmira , b . 6 , 26, 1844; d . 7 , 4 , 1896, at Langhorn, Bucks Co .,P a .

Co rnelia,b . 4 , 28, 1 846; d . in a Hosp ital , in Jacksonville , Florida .

A lonz a,b . 3 , 7 , 1850 ; d . 9 , 4 , 1 852 .

Flora, b . 1 8 54 ; d . in a Hospita l in Ph i ladelph ia , the resul ts

of a burn. Res . Phi ladelphia , Pa . M . Henry C loud, 2 , 18 , 1875 .

Thomas Moore was a w idower w i th ch ildren when he marriedAnna Coates .

B 1 . C 4 . E 4 . ESTHE R COATES , M . D . (S amuel , S amue l ,Thomas

,Moses ) M :

—Abram G . Wi leman , ofMarlboro , Ohio .

Thei r ch i ldren :F . 1 . Flora , d ied young .

2 E rasmus Darwin, b . 1, 3 , 18 54 .

E sther (Coates) W ileman studied medicine and practiced invarious places , and t raveled much . Went to Florida to spend awinte r, where sh e died and was buried in Druemoore

Lan. Co . , Pa .B 1 . C 4 . D 4 . E 5 . CHERR INGTON COATES (S amue l , S amuel ,

Thomas,Moses ) M z—10 , 10 , 1844 , in c ity of Lancaste r , Pa. , by

Friends Ceremony , in presence of Mayor , S arah Ann Knight ,dau . ofMoses and Rhoda , b . 3 , 27 , 1822.

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60 Geneaology of the Coates Family.

Graduate in M ed icine of th e Homeopath ic S choo l . Died in

Ga lena , I l l . Thei r chi ldren :F . 1 . Wenona . 2 . E rnistine . 3 . Irene . 4 . S cribe . 5 . Anna . M . Dr .

Hugh J . Jencks, of Galena , 111. He died . Anna ’s address,

1 357 Monadnock B lock , Ch icago , l l]. 6. Paul Cherrington,b.

8, 1 869 ; d . 2 1 0 , 190 5 , in Ca l . M . Nellie

,no issue .

B 1 . C 4 . D 6 . E 1 . S ARAH JANE COATES , (George , S amuel ,Thomas

,Moses ) M z—Wil l iam Webb

,o f Downington ,

ChesterCo . ,

Pa. Thei r ch i ld ren :

F . 1 . Henry C lay , b . 8,1 8

,1 844 . 2 . Anna . 3 . Margare t . 4 . George

Thomas, b . 7 , 1 5 , 1849 .

B 1 . C 4 . D 6 . E 2. MARGARET COATES . (George , S amuel ,Thomas , Moses ) M z—Nathan Py l e

,ofYork Co . ,

Pa. ,in Phi la . ,

Pa . , at“Black Bear H ote l

,12,

4,185 1 . M argaret died 1 , 27 ,

1891 . Nathan di ed 2 ,16

,188 1 . Thei r ch i ldren :

F . I . Na than I rvin, b . 9 , 28 , 185 2 .

2 . Joseph H ,b . 6, 6 , 1 85 5 ; (1. 1 860 .

3 . Phebe Jane, b . 1 857 .

4 . E dward E vere t t,b . 3 , 2 1 , 1 860 .

5 . Mary M .

,b . 6. 1 , 1 862 .

6 . M . A lice,b . 5 . 1 7, 1865 .

7 . H annah G . ,b . 3 , 30 , 1 867 .

B 1 . C 4 . D 4, E 5 . JOSEPH RUBIN CAN COATES . (George ,

S amuel , Thomas , Moses) M z—F i rs t w i fe , Ruthanna R ichards ,dau . of Isaac and Mary Ann (Reynolds ) , born 2, 14 ,

1843 , died

afte r a l ingering illnes , 4 , 1896 . Married 1,8

,1867 . They

sett led on a farm in York Co . , Pa. , b ut in 1874 removed to a

smal l farm on Octo raro Creek,at Porter ’ s Bridge (now Ri chards

mere ) , Ceci l Co .

,Md

,whe re Ruthanna died . I n 1898 Joseph

marri ed El l en Fox ,dau . ofGeorge and S arah A . ,

o f S hepperds

ton ,West Ya . No ch i ld ren from either un ion .

On 3 , 26 , 1902,Joseph died of pneumoni a

,at h is farm at

R ichardsmere . H e was a farmer al l h is l i fe and a fervent helperin arranging for the Coates Reun ion in Oxford Pa rk

,9,6,1900 .

B 1 C 4 . D 7 . E 1 . ANNA WALKER . (S arah , S amuel , Thomas ,Moses ) M z—Wi l l i am P . Cooper , fa rm er , b . 1 , 5 , 18 15 ; d . 7 , 14 ,

1872. i n V ine land,N . J . Thei r ch i ldren :

Geneaology of the Coates. Fam ily. 61

F . I . A sahel W b . 3 , 28, 1 839 .

2 . Jerem iah R .

3 . Wi lliam ,b . 3 , I , 1 846.

4 . S arah A lice .B 1 . C 4 . D 7 . E 2. SUSANNA WALKE R . (S arah , S amue l ,

Thomas,Moses) M z

—Moses Powna ll , Who died 12, 185 9 . The i rchi ld :F . 1 . Joseph Diskinson Coates .

Moses Pownal l di ed when S usanna married Pusey Barnard of“Bel l B ank

,

” Upper Oxford,C hes ter Co . , Pa .

B 1 . C 4 . D 7 . E 3 . PHEBE WA LKER . (S arah , S amuel ,Thomas

,Moses) M :—Wil l i am P . Cooper , as second wi fe (Anna

Walker—sisters—be ing h is fi rst w i fe) . Thei r chi ldrenF . 1 . S amuel Lew is , b . 6

,26

,1 849 . UNM .

2 . Joseph E llis, b . I,2 0

,1 8 56.

3 . Mary Leah,b . 8

,20 , 1 860 .

4 . Lorena, b . 4 , 1 0 , 1 864 ; d 8, 2 5 , 1 895B 1 . C 4 . D 7 . E 4 . SARAH WALKER . (S arah , S amuel ,

Thomas,Moses) M — Sy lvester Linvill, tanner and farmer , died

5,1886, on his farm near Chathah ,

Chester, Co . , Pa. The i r

chi ldrenF . 1 . A sahel Wa lker, died in Florida .

2 . A qui lla , Coal dealer in Ph ila . , Pa.

3 . Anna .4 . Lucy , died young .5 . C lement H . ,

b . 1 , 2 0 , 1 858 . M . Anna B . McE lhaney, 8, 1 3 , 1 90 4,

she b . 8 , 28,’

58 . Res . , 6432 Winslow S t. , Pittsburg, P a .6 . A rthur, died young .7 . Margaret .8 . Laura , died young .

S arah died at h er home on farm near Chath am, Cheste r Co . ,

P a .B 1 . C 4 . D 7 . E 5 . SAMUEL WA LKER . (S arah , S amuel ,

Thomas , Moses ) M z—S arah T . H aines . S amuel died at h ishome near Chistiana ,

Lancaster Co . ,Pa. Chi ldren :

F . 1 . Anna S arah , died young .2 . Joseph H.

,is a farmer .

3 . Margare t ta E . M . Rev . Lacy M . S immons .4 . S amuel E l lswor th . M .

~Martha S auble .5 . Mary Deborah . M . Wil lis Kent . Chi ldren: G . 1 , Willis H.

62 Geneaology of the Coates Family.

2 . S arah M . 3 . Janette . 4 . Raymond. 5 . Mah lon.

6 . Asahel C . , J r . M . Helen Bruner . Ch ildren: G . 1 . John E .

2 S arah H .

7 . L . H aines . M . Mary Kent. Ch i ldren: G . 1 . Ruthanna. 2 .

H aines K .

8 . S usan Phebe .B 1 . C 4 . D 7 . E 7 . JOSEPH COATES WALKER . (S arah ,

S amuel , Thomas , Moses) M z—Lucy H eister El lmaker , daughterof Esaias Enfield and S arah Watson

,

El lmaker , 3 ,13

,185 6 .

The i r ch i ldren :F . I . E . E nfield , b . 3 , 3 , 1 859 . M . Nancy , dau. of S tawart and Mar

garet McCullough , 6, 26, 1 894 . Thei r ch ildren: G . 1 . JosephC . , b . 1897 . 2 . Margare t Wellock

,b . 190 1 . 3 . S tewartMc . ,

b . 190 3 .

2 . S arah Watson, b . 3 , 4 , 1 86 1 ; d . 3 , 29, 1 90 5 .

3 . Susan Pusey,b . 1 1

,2,1 862 .

4 . Joseph C . Jr.,b . 1 0

, 30 , 1865 ; d. 1,2,1 878 .

5 . W i ll iam La tta, b . 3 , 4 , 1 879 .

Jos . C . Walker promo ted th e Gap Na tional Bank in 1 883 . Hehas been its Presiden t continual ly since . I t has declared 5 72d ividends since its incorpora tion and now h as a surp luss of over

an amount equaling its capi ta l . His oldest 5 0 11 beingits V ice President and Treasurer, and youngest son S ecretary.

Joseph is also P resident of the Jos . C . Walker S ons Co . ,

“In

co rpora ted ,” a business that h as grown from fi fty years experienceand the largest and oldest on the line of in the lines ofgrain, coal , etc .

B 1 . B 4 . D 7 . E 8 . MARY ALI CE WA LKER . (S arah S amuel ,Thomas

,Moses ) M z—Alfred El lmaker , Pres . S pider Lake Tube

Co . ,Wisconsin . Thei r chi ldrenF . 1 . E dgar B . 2 . Mary A . M . Edward C. Wa l lace ; no chi ld ren.

3 . Flora. 4 . Nath aniel . 5 . S arah . 6. A lfred, J r . M . Mary

E . Hess . Ch i ld : G . 1 . Emmett L .

B 1 . C 4 . D 7 . E . 9 . MARGATETTA WALKER (S arah , S amue lThomas

,Moses)M z—J . F rancis Pennock , son o f Joseph and Mary .

Res . 235 N . 18th S t Phi la . Chi ldren :F . 1 . Joseph Darlington, b . 5 , 6, 1870 . M . C lara S nider , of Ph i la .

No ch ild ren. Res . , Ph i ladelphia .2 . Wa lker Coates, b . 1 0

,2 2 , 1 880 . Graduated in dentistry 190 5 .

Oflice 239 N . 1 81h S t.

, Ph i la . , Pa .

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64 Geneaology of the Coates F am ily.

5 . “filliam , b . 9 , 1 7 ,’63 . M . Anna S harpless . 4 , 19 , 1888 . Ch i l ‘

dren . H . 1 . S h arp less . 2 . Raymond . Res , Russelville , Pa ‘

6 . George , b . 1 2,14 ,

’64 . M . May Chambers,1 1

,8 , 93 . Res '

Chris tiana , Pa. Ch i ld: H . I . Lillian .

7 . Linford, b . 1 2 , 26 ,

’66. M . E stella E astburn

,ofDel . Chi ldren:

H . 1 . Marion. 2 . Joseph . Res .

,Collamer

,Pa .

8 . Lillian , b . 1,2 7,

’

73 .

9 . Viola,b . 1 0

,

B 1 . C 4 . D 1 . F 4 . S AMUEL COATES (E l l is , W'

a r rick, S amuel ,

Thomas , Moses ) M z—Clarissa,dau . o f John and Mary Romans

,

1 1 , 28 ,

’62 C la r issa was b . at Romansvi l le ,

Cheste r Co . ,Pa . , 6 ,

4,

’42,and died at thei r home on farm near H omevi l le

, Pa. ,12

6,

’65 . Thei r chi ldren :G . 1 . Mary E va, b . 8 , 4 ,

’63 . M . Horace King

, 3 , 1 5 , 88 . Ch i ldrenH . 1 . Nina . 2 . H a z el . Res .

,Chris tiana

,Pa .

2 . Louella M . , b . 9 , 9 ,’64 . M . Dennison S h ivery , 1 2 , 16, ’

84 . Ch i ldren : H . 1 . Norwood . 2 . Delmar . Res .

,Collamer

,Pa .

3 . A son, died in infancy . Int. a t Homevi lle F .B .G .

S amuel married a second wife ; 9 , 3 ,'

68,Lyd ia Ann Gill

,dau .

of Robinson and Lydia , of Upper Oxford Twpt., Ches ter Co . ,

P a . Their ch ildren:2—1 . Charles T. b . 1 2

,2 1 ,

’69 . M Marv E . Kreide r

,1 2

, 24 ,’89Ch i ld ren: H . 1 . Lydia M . Mina . P . O . Cochranville , Pa

2—2 . Wil liam,b . 1 1

,19 ,

’

70 M . Charlo t te J ebb, 9 , 28 ,

’

95 . Ch ildren :H . 1 . Jennie E lva . Res . , Cochranvi lle , Pa .

2—3 . No rman,b . 5 , M . Charlo t te F ry

, 5 . 14 ,’

98 . Ch ildren:H . 1 . Gladys R . 2 . Le roy . 3 . Helen M .

,P . O .

,Cochranville , Pa

2—4 . Anna L . ,

b . 5 , 16,’

77 .

2—5 . Parke r,b . 7 , 24 .

’

79 . M . Lillian Lamborn. Ch ild : H . 1 .

E thel B .

2—6 . Emma W . b . 8 , 1 5 ,’8 1 . M . Benj. Pr:—ing. Ch ildren: H . 1 .

Mabel . 2 Leary .—7 . Lafaye t te , b . 7 , 28 ,

’8 3 .

2- 8 . E sth er , b . 8 , 6 ,’86. M . S h iver) ,

190 5 .

Lydia (G ill) Coa tes was born near Coch ranvi lle , Ches ter Co .

Pa. , 1 , 1 4 ,

’

48 . S amuel was a so ldier in th e Civi l War. in the1 24th Pa . Volunteers, Infantry under Captain James B . Wh itcraf t , and CO1. Jos W . H awley , Co . C . , Nine Months men .

Mustered into service 8 , 1 1,1862 and mustered out 5 , 1 7 , 1863 .

S aw much hard service in th e A rmy of the Po tomac . Ba t tle ofAntietam being the most severe . Res . , on farm . P . O . ,

Cochranvi lle, Chester Co .

,Pa . R .F .D . NO . 1 .

Genealogy of the Coates Family. 65

B 1 . C 4 . D 1 . E 1 . F 6 . LEWI S COATES , (E l l is , Warrick ,S amue l , Thomas , Moses ) M : —Gert rude S trick land , o f ChesterCo .

,Pa. Their chi ldrenG . 1 . Lewis

,b . 1 , 1 2 ,

’66; d . 1 , 28 ,

’66. In t. Homevi lle F .E .G .

2 . E lsi e May, b . 2 , 1 5,’67 ; d . 7, 1 8 ,

’

7 1 . Int. as above .3 . H arry O rv ille, b . 1 2 , 2 2 ,

”

69 . M . E liz ab eth'

Wickersham,

dau. of John and Ca th arine,of Russelville

,P a .

4 . Mary M . , b . 1 1 , 8 ,’

7 1 . M . S . Irving Husted , of Roch ester . N .

Y where they reside . Ch i ld ren: H . 1 . E lva May , b . 1 1 ,’88 .

Ruth Co ates,b . 190 0 . 3 . H arold L

,b .

’o3 . 4 . Louis C.

,b.

1 1 ,’O4 .

5 . Jesse , b . 2 . Lewis now (190 6) res . , Burke P .O .,Va .

B 1 . C . 4 . D 1 . E 3 . D 3 . EDITH COATE S . (H artt , Warrick ,S amuel , Thomas , Moses ) M : —Davis Keech , of Lower Ox fordTwpt .

,Cheste r Co .

,Pa. Thei r Chi ldren :

G . 1 . E li z abe th , b . 2,2 3 ,

’

75 . M . Gai leh P . Boyce, 9 , 1 4 ,

’

98 . Ch ildren: B . 1 . Melvin C . 2 . E d i th A .

2 . Jacob, b . 1 1 , 26,’

79 .

3 . Rebecca , b . 5 , 1 7 ,’82 . Nottingham

,Pa. ,R . F .D . 1 .

B 1 . C 4 . D 1 . E 3 . F 4 . GEORGE DARLI NGTON COATES(H artt , Warrick , S amuel , Thomas , Moses ) M :—Philena,

dau .

o f H enry and El iz a Reynolds,b . 8

,1 1

,1840 . They were mar

ried 10,26 ,

1875,and reside on the i r farm in Lower Oxford

Township,Ches ter Co . ,

Pa . , where Philena di ed 2 ,8

,1892. No

chi ldren . Res . , Nothingham ,Pa .

,1 .

B 1 . C 4 . D 1 . E 3 . F 6 . H OWA RD COATES . (H artt , Warrick ,

S amuel , Th omas , Moses ) M z—A l ice S utton ,of V i rgini a . Their

chi ldrenG . 1 . Phebe Lockwood , b . 2

,2 5 , 1872 . Trained nurse

,

2 . H artt Grandum . 3 . Charles S utton . Twins, b . 7 , 1 7 , 1982.

4 . George D .

, Jr.

,b . 2 , 29 , 1 884 ; d . at 7 days old .

5 . Joseph , b . 7,20 , 1 885 .

6. Howard Benne t t,b . 4 . 1 3 , 189 1 . P . 0 . Nottingh am

, Pa. ,R . F .

D . ,2 .

B 1 . C 4 . D 1 . E 3 . F 7 . STEPHEN COATES (Hartt , Warrick ,S amuel, Thomas , Moses ) M : —Lydia J . P ugh

,dau . of Amos

and Mary A (Bye ) o f East Nott ingham Township , Chester Co . ,

Pa. by F riends Ceremony , 9 ,19

,1876 . L . J . C . , b . 2, 15 , 185 6 .

Chi ldren

66 Genealogy of the Coates Fam ilv.

G . 1 . A imee P . , b . 8,

2 . E dna D . , b . 12 ,

3 . G ranvil le , b . 8,29 , 1883 .

4 . George D . , Jr.

,b . 7 , 8 , 1887 . P O. No thingham ,

Pa.,R . F .D . 1 .

B 1 . C 4 . D 1 . E 5 . F 1 . S USANNA COATES . Va rrick,VVar

rick , S amue l , Thomas , Moses ) M z—Will iam N eal Wood ,son of

Joshua and E l iz a (H al l ) . Farmer in Lan . Co . ,Pa .

,near Octo

raro , Col eraine Township . Married 1, 29 ,

1862,in Phi l adelphia

at th e home ofWi l l iam Ca lver . Thei r Chi ldren :G . I . Anne t ta

,b . 11

,1,1863 ; d . 10 , 16, 1865 .

2 . Annie C ., b . 8

,14 , 1866 .

3 . Alber ta,b . 1 , 1872 .

Wi lliam and S usanna (Coa tes ) Wood firs t se t tled on a farmin Lan . Co . , Pa. , belonging to his fa ther , near “And rews Bridge ,”af terward to a farm near New London

,Chester Co .

,Pa. ,wh ich

h e bough t,and afterward bought a farm in Upper Oxford Town

ship,Chester Co . ,Pa near his father-in—law

,and resided on it un

til he moved to ano th er farm in same townsh ip known as “E donton

,

” formerly a ho tel proper ty, now (190 6) owned by their son

in- law , S amuel P . Martin . F rom th is farm they moved to

Russelville , where W il liam died on 4 , 6 , 1898 . I nt. in Hom evil le F .B .G .

B 1 . C . 4 . D 1 . E 5 . F 2. PUSEY COATES (\Va r r ick , Vilarrick ,

S amue l , Thomas , Moses ) M : —Adal ine,dau . of Wi l l iam and

Lydia (P ennock) Brosius , of Lan . Co . , Pa . Wil l iam B . was a

ministe r of note in the S oci ety of Friends and a member a t Homevi l le M eet ing . Married by F ri ends Cermonv at the home of he r

parents in Coleraine Townsh ip , 12 ,14 , 1871 , under the care o f

Perms Grove M . M . They set t l ed on a farm in Upper OxfordTownship . Chester Co Pa . , th e fol lowing S pring ,

where they

h ave since remained ,Thei r ch i ldren

G . I . E valine Lyd ia , b . 6, 4 , 1873 .

2 . W illiam B rosius,b . 7 , 4, 1874 .

3 . A lice Ruthanna, b . 7 , 4 , 1879, a trained nurse .4 . Ma ry , b . 3 , 1883 ; d . 4 , 1883 .

5 . Anna , b . 5 , 6 , 1884. P . O .

,Cochranville , Ches ter Co . , Pa .

,

R . F . D . No . 2 .

B 1 . C 4 . D 1 . E 5 . F 3 . TRUMAN COATE S , M . D . , (Warrick ;W

'

arrick , S amuel . Thomas , Moses ) M I —S ara h Boone Thomas ,

Sarah B. Coates Truman Coates, M.D.

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68 Geneaology of the Coates Family.

B 1 . C 4 . D 1 . E 6 . F 6 . MARY JANE DA RLI NGTON (S usanna ,Warrick , S amue l , Thomas , Moses ) M z—John J . ,

son ofEbenez erand Maria S peakman . No chi ldren . P . O . ,

West Cheste r, Pa. ,

B 1 . C 4 . D 1 . E 6 . F 7 . GEORGE W . DARLI NGTON (S usanna ,Warrick , S amuel , Thomas , Moses ) M z—E liz a

,dau . of Ebenez e r

and Maria S peakman ,3 , 8 ,

1877 . Thei r chi ldren :G . 1 . Emma V. ,

b . 11 , 26, 1877 ; d 2,2 2

,1881 ; int. in Burmingham F .B .G .

2 . S usan 2,1878 ; d . 189 5 ; int. in Burmingham F .E .G .

3 . G . Barclay,b . 2 , 2 5 , 1880 .

4 . E l l is P . , b . 6, 9 , 1881 .

5 . J . Howard , b . 1882 .

6 . Helen,b . 6, 14 , 1884 .

7 . E . Pierce,b . 12 , 1 7, 1885 . P . O .

,West Ches ter

,Pa .

B 1 . C 4 . D 1 . E 7 . F 1 . LYD IA WOOD (S arah , Warrick ,

S amue l , Thomas , Moses ) M z—J esse H ood , son of Moses andMargaret Ann (H al lowel l) Brinton , 1 , 22,

1865 , by F riends

Ceremony at home of bride ’s parents,on farm “Mount Ai ry

,

”

near S tee lvi l le , Chester Co .,Pa. ,

under ca re of Penn s Grove M .

M . Res . , (1906 ) W'

est Grove , Pa . Thei r chi ld ren :G . 1 . S arah Laura , b . 1 , 5 , 1870 . M . Leslie Barnes . H ave 4 sons .

2 . Char les Marion,b . 6, 12 , 1872 o r 1873 . M . Edi th ¥Villiams

, of

V ineland,N . J . , 190 4 . Res . , A t lan tic C i ty ,

3 . A lmatenia Cresilda,b . 12 ,

4 . E stella , b . 6 , 16, 1878 .

B 1 . C 4 . D 1 . E 7 . F 3 . ELLI S PUSEY WOOD (S a rah ,War

rick, S amue l , Thomas , Moses ) M z

— Rebecca VJ . Ma rtin,b . 12, 2,

’48 ,dau . of Thos . and H annah , O f near Coatesvi l l e

,Pa . ,

on

t urnpike . at fo rmerly “Rain Bow hote l property , by Fri ends

Ceremony . Res . and P . O . ,Doe Run , C h ester Co . , Pa . A re

t i red farmer . Thei r Chi ldren :

G . 1 , Wal ter T . ,b . 11, 2 5 ,

’

72 , at “H alf Way H ouse,

” hotel P roper ty:

M . Mary B . Pusey , 10 , I 7, 190 0 , by Friends Ceremony . Theirch ild : H . I . E di th Pusey , b . 3 , 4 ,

’0 4 . Farmer on his father’s

farm,D oe Run, Pa .

2 . Mary E . ,b . 12 , I 7 ,

’

76. M . S aml . Pusey , 12 , 2 7 , 190 0 , by F riendsCeremony . Their ch i ld : H. 1 . Rebecca Marion

, b . 4 , I9,’0 2 .

B 1 . C 4 . D 1 . E 7 . F 4 . PH ILENA COATES WOOD (S arah ,

Geneaology of the Coates F amily. 69

Warrick , S amuel , Thomas , Moses) M z—David W . ,son o f David

and El iz abeth Jackson ,who emmigrated from Ireland in 1828 ,

and resided in New Garden Township , Cheste r Co .,Pa . David

and Philena were married by F ri ends Ceremony at home of

bride ’s parents , near Doe Run ,Pa. , 2, 18 ,

1875 , and moved to

the i r farm in Bart Town sh ip,Lan . Co . , Pa.

, where th ey yet re

side P . O .,Bartvi l le , Pa. Chi ldren

G . I . Lindley D . , b . 3 , 2 ,’

76. Runs his father’s mi ll on farm .

2 . E li z abeth Westfield , b . 9, 10 ,’81 . Was a gradua te at Swarth

more Fri end College,c lass of 190 3 . A leader

B 1 . C 4 . D 1 . E 7 . F 6 . MORR I S THOMA S WOOD (S arah ,

Warrick, S amue l , Thomas , Moses) M z—M argaret , B . , dau . of

Wi l l iam T. ,and Mary Weldon

,12, 23 , 1880 by P res . Ministe r

at Erci ldoun,Chester Co .

,Pa. Thei r chi ldren :

G . I . Leila Mary , b . 7, 20 ,’8 2 . Is a teacher

2 . E liz abeth Hodson, b . 2,6,

’84 . Both of the above a ttended

Women’s College,Bal t .

,Md . M . T . W. ,

is a farmer and dairyman. P . O .

,Doe Run, Chester Co . ,

P a .B 1 . C 4 . D 1 . E 8 . F 2. MARY J . HOOPES (Abigai l , War

rick, S amue l , Thomas , Moses) M z—Agustus Bros ius , son of

Hen ry and Rache l (Moore) b . 12, 7 ,1840 . Married 2, 12,

’

74,

at home of bride ’s parents , on farm near Chatham,Chester Co . ,

Pa. Agustus succeeded Mah lon B . Ken t,as Indian Agent at

the Great Nemaha Agency , at White C loud , Kansas , for twoyears

,where he and fami ly res ided . Appoint ed by Phi lade lphia

Yearly M eet ing o f F ri ends . Res . , Avondal e , Chester Co . ,Pa .

Thei r chi ld ren :G . 1 . Florence, b . 2

, 28,’

75 , in N ew Cas t le,Del . M . J . Thomas

Baker , son of Geo . L . 3 , 6,’0 2 . Ch i ld: H . 1 . Mary Amy, b

2, 4 ,

’o3 .

2 . B er th a , b . I,8 ,

’80 , in Kennet t Twpt. , Pa. ; d . 3 , 4 ,

’81 .

3 . A rthur, b . 4 , 7,’82

,at Whi te C loud, Kan .

4 . Mary, b . 7 , 24,’84, in Oxford , Pa. ; (1. 8 , 4 ,

’84 .

B 1 . C 4 . D 1 . E 8 . F 3 . MORTON H OOPES . (Abigai l , Warrick

, S amue l , Thomas , Moses) M —Laura Hoopes , dau . of

Cyrus H oopes , of Doe Run , Pa. ,b . 12,

3,1849 , and d . 5

,1,

1896 , i n Avondale , I a . Thei r chi ldren

70 Geneaology of t/16 Coales Family.

G . 1 . Ida L b . 9 , 28 , 1 877 . M . Henry Crandal l, Russelville , Pa.

No ch i ldren. He d ied about 190 1 or 2 .

Henry M .

,b . 9, 7, 1 879 .

3 . George B .,b . 10 , 5 , 1 882 .

4 . Nina D . ,b . 8 ,

5 . F rancis P ra t t, b . 3 , 9 , 1 889.

B 1 . C 4 . D 1 . E 8 . F 4 . H ENRY H OOPES (Abigai l , Warrick ,

S amuel , Thomas , Moses ) M r—Rebecca R . dau . of Wil l iam B .

and Mary C . Wate rs , 12, 28 ,1880 . Thei r chi ldren :

G . 1 . Linda M .

,b . 1883 . G radua te of W . C . S . N . S . , Pa. , and

Cush ing A cademy , Mass .2 Marion V. , b . 10 , 12 , 1886 ; d . 4 , 17, 1888 .

Henry Hoopes died of consumption,when his widow marr ied

E van T. Pennock , and l ived on farm until E van d ied, 5 , 12 , 1892 .

Rebecca rtsides in West G rove, Pa.

B 1 . C 4 . D 1 . E 8 . F 5 . WARR I CK HOOPES (Abigai l , Warrick

, S amuel , Thomas , Moses) M I—Annie Da lton of Norristown

,Pa. Thei r ch i ldren :G . 1 . Francis R , b . 7, 12 , 1890 .

2 . John D .

, b . 9 , 1 , 189 1 .

3 . Charles Percy , b . 12 , 7 , 1892 .

4 . Mary,b . 10 , 4 , 1894 .

5 . P auline,b . 7 , 24 , 1896 .

6. Helen,b . 8

,18 , 1898 .

7 . Abbie S arah , b . 9 , Resides on farm near J'Vest Chester ,Penna .

B 1 . C 4 . D 1 . E 8 . F 6 . SARAH S CARLET HOOPES (Abigai l ,Warri ck , S amue l , Thomas , Moses) M z—Emi l Taube , amusician .

They bui l t a Conservatory ofMusic , in H arrisburg , Pa. , whereS arah died , 4 , 21 , 1899 . I nt . in F . B . G . at London Grove ,Cheste r Co . , Pa.

B 1 . C 4 . D 1 . E 12. F 2 . ELLA WA RR I CK LYNCH (Phi lema ,Warrick

, S amue l , Thomas , Moses) M z—Harry C . Thomas , o f

Chester Co . , Pa. Their ch i ld :G . 1 . Philena L. ,

b . 7 , 17 , 1886.

B 1 . C 4 . D 1 . E 12 F 3 . SUSAN LYNCH (Philena , Warrick ,

S amue l , Thomas , Moses) M z—Henry Proyer , son of H en ry and

Catherine Proyer,o f K ing of Prussia , Chester Co , Pa. The i r

chi ldren :

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72 Geneaology of Me Goales Family

G . 1 . O riana Ph ebe, b . 7 , 16 , 1862 ; d . 9 , 10 , 1864 , int. in Homevil le F .B .G .

2 . Rebecca , b . 10 , 30 , 1863 ; d ied a t one day old .

3 . Mary T. , b . 10 , 16, 1865 .

4 . Pusey,b . 6

,6,1868 ; d . 1

,26

,1870 , int. in Homeville F .B .G .

5 . W i lliam Davis, b . 10 , 9 , 1869 . Was elec trician. D ied 10,190 5 .

6 . Henry Wal ter,b . 7 , 2 7, 1869 . M . E lla S .

,dau. of Calvin

Cooper , of B i rd in H and , Pa . Res . , on his fa ther’s farm,in

Upper Oxford Townsh ip,Ches te r Co Pa . Their ch il

d ren: H . 1 . Milton E vere t t, b . 9 . 190 2 . 2 . Dor thea

,b . 4 , 190 4 ,

7 . E vere tt Pusey,M .D . , b . 3 , Wasgraduated in med icine in

Universi ty of Pennsylvania,C lass of 190 0 . Practicing in

Ph i la .,Pa . (in 190 6) S ou th B road S t.

Jas . T . , w ife and daugh ter Mary, reside in Ch ris tiana , Lan .

Co .

,Pa.

,190 6.

B 1 . C 4 . D 2. E 2. F 2. LOU I SA BARNARD (Phebe , Levi ,S amue l , Thomas , Moses) M z—Brinton Wa l te r

,coal

,grain and

lumbe r merchant in Christ iana, Lan . Co . , Pa . NO chi ld ren .

Louisa d ied,when Brinton married

,in turn two of Wi l l i am

Davis ’ daugh ters .C 1 . C 4 . D 2. E 2- 6 . F 1 . LEORA COATES . (James , Levi ,

S amue l , Thomas , Moses) M z— H arry P . ,son ofWarrick Cooper ,

Of Bart , Lan . Co . ,Pa . P .O .

, S trawsburg, Lan . Co . ,Pa .

B 1 . C 4 . D 2. E 26 F 1 . LORA JACKSON , M .D . (E l len ,

Smith ,Levi

, S amuel , Thomas , Moses ) M z—Wil l iam WaldoB lackman

,M . D .

,of Brooklyn , N .Y . , b . 5 25 ,

185 6,son Of

Wil l i am Wise and S arah Waldo , o fWatervi l l e , N .Y . Res . , 5 19

Cl inton Ave .,Brooklyn

,E . D . ,

New York . Thei r chi ld ren :G . 1 . Kenne th

,b . 1

,10

,1888 ; d.

2 . E linor , b . 3 ,

3 . Wi lliam Jackson,b . 5 , 2 5 , 1893 .

B 1 . C 4 . D 2. E 2- 7 . F 3 . MARY COATES (George , Levi ,S amuel , Thomas , Moses ) M z

—Clarence Moore,of Christ iana ,

Lan . Co . ,Pa .

B 1 . C 4 . D 2. E 27 F 5 . M I NUETTE COATES (George ,Levi

, S amue l , Thomas , Moses) M z—E lwood , son o f F rank l inand Mary Pusey , of Upper Oxford Township , Chester Co . ,

Pa.

Res . ,West Grove , Pa.

Geneaology of tile Coates Family. 73

G . 1-2 . Twin boys,George Coa tes and F ranklin E lwood, b .

B 1 . C 41 D 4 . E 3 . F 1 . ELM I RA MOORE (Anna , S amuel ,S amuel , Thomas , Moses ) M z—Elwood Lamborn ,

9,13

,1866 .

E lwood di ed in 1878 ,int . in Druemoore Town ship

,Lan . Co . , Pa.

One chi ldG . 1 . E dgar

,b . 12

,2 5 , 1869 ; d . 5 , 30 , 190 0 , in Ph ila . , Pa . Was a

mach inis t a t B a ldw in’s Locomo tive Works in Ph i la . M .

Laura 1. Beaver,b . 4 , Th eir ch ild: H . I . Gertrude,

b . in Ph i la . , P a .B 1 . C 4 . D 4 . E 3 . F 2 . CORNELIA MOORE (Anna , S amue l ,

S amue l , Thomas , Moses ) M z—Bird Landon,1 1

,1880 . One

chi ld :G . 1 . S ea ton . They removed to Florida and there Cornelia d ied in a

hospi tal in Jacksonvi lle,1885 .

B 1 . C 4 . D 4 . F 2 . ERASMUS DA RWI N \V1LEMAN (Esther ,S amue l , S amuel , Thomas Moses) M z—Catharine H . H atton

,

dau . O f Owen and Joanna,b . 3

,19 ,

185 1 . Married by Rev .

Charles G . Ames , a Un i tarian min ist er , of Germantown,Pa. ,

1 1, 23 ,

1876 . Thei r chiidren :G . I . Owen Abram ,

b . in Adelaide,Austral ia . Drowned

in S tate of D elaware .

2 . E sther Joanna , b . 12,2 1

,1880

,in Adelaide

,Australia ; d . 4 , 7 ,

190 4 , in De troi t , Mich ,of consump tion .

3 . Florence, b . 11, 26, 1883 , in A llegheny

,P a . Res . , in Toledo

,

Oh io ,4 . Anna Mary , b . 2 , 20 , 1885 , in Pi t tsburg, Pa. ,

d. 7 , 11 , 188 5 , in

Germantown , P a . Int. at Fair Hill Cemetery,Ph ila

,P a

.

E . D . W . is emp loyed by the Lake S hore M ich igan SouthernR . R . , General Office in C leveland , Oh io where he h asbeen for years . He spent several years in Australia in S cientificpursui ts .

B 1 . C 4 . D 4 . E 5 . F 3 . MARY EMMA COATES (Cherrington ,

S amue l , S amue l , Thomas ,

Moses ) M :— 4

, 27 , 1872,Howard

Nelson , son of Joe l and Phebe Woodword, of Newark

,Del.

Res . , E lbow ,Powhatton Co . , Va . Thei r ch i ldren :

G . I . B lanche Cherrington,b . 8, 12 ,

’

73 . M . Joseph N . Young,1889 ,he died in 1891 . Their ch ild: H . 1 . Ross

, b . 1890 .

E thel V. ,b . 7, 24,

3 . Cora E . , b . 23 ,’

78 . M . 10,17 , 190 2 , Wa lter C . Fogg

, ofMiamiF lorida .

74 Geneaology of t/16 Coalas Fa712ily.

4 . Paul ine M5 . \Villis C. , b .

6 . Howard E .,b . 8

, 3 ,’83 ; d. 8, I ,

’89 .

7 . Fred '

V. , b . 12,17,

’85 .

8 . Harold J . , b . 9 , 3 ,’87 .

9 . Helen K., b . 7, 29 .

’

9 2 .

1 0 . Ph illip B .

, b . 1 1, 9 ,

’

96 .

B 1 . C 4 . D 4 . E 7 . F 2. HORACE GREELEY CUTLER (MaryS amuel , S amue l , Thomas , Moses) M z

—Jenn ie S t ewart , 12. 14 ,

1876 . Thei r chi ldren :G . I . Joseph

, b . 5 , M . Louel la Deaver. Th eir ch i ldren : H1 . Doro th y

, b . 4 , 190 1. 2 . Jennette, b . 4 , 190 3 .

2 . E rnes t, b . 8

,

3 . Helen,b . 11 , 29, 1881 .

4 . Ralph , b . 1, 24 , 18 84 .

5 . Horace,b . 10 , 12 , 1886; d . 5 ,

B 1 . C 4 . D 4 . E 7 . F 3 . CA S SANDRA S OUTHWI CK CUTLER(Mary , S amue l , S amuel , Thomas , Moses ) M z—Wi lmer , son ofJ ason and Anna Bolton

,1,1,1879 . Wi lmer b . 6 ,

3 ,1847 . The i r

chi ldrenG . I . Th eodore C . ,

b . 11 . 21,1882 ; d . 1 2 , 11

, 190 2 . Int. in Druemore

Lan . Co .,Pa .

2 Lesl ie I .,b . 6 . 9 , 1886.

3 . E dga r J ., b . 10 , 1 , 1888 ; d . 9, I nt. in Druemore F .B .G .

W ilmer is a farmer and nurseryman in Druemore Township ,Lancaster Co . ,

P a . P . O .

,Bon View . R . F .D . 1 .

B 1 . C 4 . D 4 . E 7 . F 3 . MARY ELLA CUTLER (Mary , S amuel ,S amue l , Thomas , Moses ) M :—Charles L.

,son of Joseph and

Eme l ine S hoemaker , 11 , 20 , 1884 . Charles was born in 185 6 .

P O . , Goshen , Pa. Thei r chi ldrenG . 1. A lton C . ,

b . 12 , 16, 1 885 ; d_

. 9, 2 2 , 1886.

2 . Mary E thel , b . 12 , 20 , 1886 .

3 . Emeline , b . 10 , 24 , 1889 .

4 . Jesse A . , b . 12 , 26, 1890 .

5 . Author J . , b . 9 , 10 , 1893 .

6. C lifford, b . 1 1, 19, 1895 .

B 1 . C 4 . D 4 . E 8 . F 1 . WENONA HARR I S (S arah , S amue l ,S amuel , Thomas , Moses) M z—John Va lent ine H elman , b . 10 , 5 ,

1848 . Res . I ll inois . Chi ldren

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76 Geneaology of Me Coates Family.

B 1 . C 4 . D 6 . E 2. F 1 . NATHAN IRWI N PYLE (Margaret ,George , S amuel , Thomas , Moses) M z—Caro l ine , dau . Of Johnand Casandra Neiper , of York Co . , Pa 8

,3

,

’

75 , in City of

York,P a. ,

by a Lutheran Min ister . Res . ,Py lesvi l l e

,H arford

Co . ,Md . Thei r ch i ldren :G . 1 . Joseph J . , b . 5 . 1 3 ,

’

76. M . E thel E . ,8, 7,

’0 1 . Ch i ldren : H .

1 . George . 2 . A l fred.

2 . Carrie M . , b . 7 , 2 1 ,’

78 . M . S amuel J . Thompson . Ch ildrenH . 1 . S amuel . 2 . Ross G . 3 . Carrie, b . 1 90 5 .

3 . David,b . 8

,1 3 ,

’

79 .

4 . Howard , b . 3 , 30 ,’86 .

5 . Benj amin, b . 1 0 , 1 5 ,’88 .

B 1 . C 4 . D 6 . E 2. F 4 . EDWARD EVERETT PYLE (Margaret ,George , S amuel , Thomas, Moses) M z

—Bertha Duphorn ,Of

Harford Co . , Md . ,1 1

, 2,1902,

in Be lai r,Md . ,

at P res . P arson

age . Thei r ch i ldG . 1 . Margaret F . b . 7 , 9 ,

’0 4 . Res . Pylesvi lle , H arford Co . , Md ,

B 1 . C 4 . D 6 . E 2. F 5 . MA RY M . PYLE (Margaret , George ,S amue l , Thomas , Moses ) M z—Charles K . Caughey , of BaltMd . ,

4,8,

’

91,at Advent Mission Chapel , by Rev. Mr . C l icker .

Thei r ch i ld ren :G . 1 . E li z abeth K.

,b . 7 , 2 7 ,

’

96.

2 . Chas . F b . 4 , 24,’o4 . Res . , 1 52 2 Re trea t S t. , Bal t . , Md .

B 1 . C 4 . D 6 . E 2. F 6 . MARTHA ALI CE PYLE (Margaret ,George , S amue l , Thomas , Moses) M z

—George B . Johnson , OfS outh O range , N .Y . ,

10,15 , 1902, by Rev. Hyde , of S late H i l l

Pres . Church ,of De lta

,York Co . ,

Pa. Res . ,R ichards , Ind .

B 1 . C 4 . D 6 . E 2. F 7 . HANNAH G . PYLE (Margaret , George ,S amuel , Thomas , Moses ) M z—John R .

,son ofRobt . N . Ramsey ,

of H arford Co . ,Md .

,1,3

,1887 , at Pres . parsonage in West

m in iste r,Carro l l Co . ,

Md . ,by the Rev . M r . G . W . Cooper .

Res . , Rocks , Harford Co . ,Md . Thei r chi ldren

G . 1 . Robert E . ,b . 1 888 . G raduate Belair High S choo l 190 5 .

2 . Janie A . , b . 5 , 7 , 1 892 . 3 . H az el G ., b . 8 , 1 2 ,

’0 5 .

B 1 . C 4 . D 7 . E 1 . F 4 . BENJAM I N FRANKLI N TROUT (S arahAlice , S arah , S amuel , Thomas , Moses) M z—Myrt l e Thei r

chi ldren :G . 1 . Isabella

,b .

Geneaology of tile Coates Family. 77

D 1 . C 4 . D 7 . E 1 . F 8 . CLARA MAY TROUT (S arah A l ice ,S arah , S amuel , Thomas , Moses ) M z—Edward H i rst . Theirchi ld :G . 1 . E ar l .B 1 . C 4 . D 7 . E 2. F 1 . JOSEPH D ICKI NSON COATES POWN

ALL (S usanna , S arah , S amuel , Thomas , Moses) M z—MaryHaines S tubbs , 2,

1864 , in Phi la . The i r ch i ldrenG . 1 . Moses W ilmer , b . 3 , 5 , 1 865 . M . Phebe Thompson, 9,

Thei r ch i ldren : H . I . W il liam Joseph , b . 5 , I I,190 0 . 2 .

Malcom,b . 8 , I I , 190 2 . Res . , in Coatsvi lle, Pa .

2 . Vincent S tubbs, b . 8 , 1 2 , 1 870 . M . Ber tha Wal ton, 1 2 , 1 6, 1 898 .

Thei r ch ildren : H . 1 . Ruth E l iz abeth , b . 1 2 , 20 , 1 90 0 . Res . ,in Coatesville

,Pa.

3 . Mary E li z abeth , b . 2 , 2, 1873 . M . E dwin C layton Walton .

Res. , S warthmore, Pa .4 . S usanna E dna , b . 6, 23 , 1 879 . M . A lbert L . Buffington, 6 , 1 0 ,

1 90 3, son of E dw in and H annah Buffington . Res . ,in Rising

S un , Md. Merchant.B 1 . C 4 . D 7 . E

‘

3 . F 2. JOSEPH ELLI S COOPER (Phebe ,S arah , S amuel , Thomas , Moses ) MZ—Ada McDermit, 6 , 1 5 ,

1878 . The i r ch i ldren :G . 1 . Lurena May .

2 . Mabel A . ,b . 1 0 , 24 , 1882 .

3 . Lucy Pearl .4 . George A . Smith , b . 5 , 2 5 , 1 892 .

B 1 . C 4 . D 7 . E 3 . F 3 . MARY LEAH COOPER (Phebe ,S arah , S amue l , Thomas , Moses) M z

—Frederick Eppleshimer.

Thei r chi ldren :G . 1 . E dward .

2 . John Frederick .B 1 . C 4 . D 7 . E 4 . F 1 . ASAHEL WALKER LINV ILLE (S arah ,

S arah , S amue l , Thomas , Moses ) M i—Lydia Robe rts Moore,dau .

of S harpless and Rachel . Chi ldren :G . 1 . Lucy A . b . 1 879 .

2 . A lice R .

,b . 1 0

,27 , 1 88 1 .

3 . A r thur W ., b . 1 889.

Asahel W . Linvi lle died in Florida , 1 0 , 1 0 ,1890 . His w idow

resides at Swar thmore , Pa .B 1 . C 4 . D 7 . E 4 . F 2. AQ U ILLA J . LI NV I LLE (S arah ,

78 Genealogy of 1116 Coates Family.

S arah , S amuel , Thomas , Moses ) M : —S arah Trego Echus , dau .

ofV i rgi l T . and Jane P . , 2,7 ,1877 : Thei r ch i ldren :

G . 1 . Jane E chus .2 . S oph ia D .

3 . Walker .4 . Marion

,(1. 2

, 9 , 1887 .

A quilla is a coal dea ler at 1 827 N . 1 0 th S t.

,Ph i la P a .

B 1 . C 4 . D 7 . E 4 . F 5 . S A RAH H . LI NV I LLE (S arahS arah , S amuel , Thomas , Moses ) M :—Benj . F . Walter , a merchant

,in Christ iana , Lan . Co . ,

Pa. Thei r chi ldren :G . 1 . Laura .

2 . Maurice F .

3 . Margare t .B l . C 4 . D 7 . E 4 . F 8 . MARGA RET LINV I LLE (S arah ,

S arah , S amue l , Thomas , Moses ) M z—Edwin Lawton Moore ,son Of John Moore . Thei r chi ldrenG . I . E . Law ton .

2 . Anna .3 . E di th T . Res . 434 Carpenter S t.

, Mt. Airy, Ph ila . , Pa.

B 1 . C 4 . D 7 . E 5 . F 2 . JOSEPH H . WA LKER (S amue l ,S arah , S amue l , Thomas , Moses ) M z

—Emma Alexander . Thei r

chi ldren :G . I . J ames B la ine .

2 . Joseph E ar].3 . Mary Emma .4 . Ann .

5 . Margaretta .B 1 . C 4 . D 7 . E 8 . F 3 . FLORA ELLMAKER (Mary Al ice ,

S arah , S amuel , Thomas , Moses) M : -Edward M . Wal lace .

Chi ldren :G . 1 . E dgar Pearl .

2 . E l i z abe th L .

3 . John E llsworth .B 1 . C 4 . D 7 . E 8 . F 4 . NATHAN I EL ELLMAKER (Mary

A l i ce, S arah , S amue l , Thomas , Moses ) M z

—Mary Wi l l iams .ChildrenG . 1 . Cecelia .

2 . H annah A lice .

3 . John Watson .

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8 . F rank S tackhouse , b . 10 , 1 1 , 1890 .

9 . Jesse Raymond , b . 1 0, 5 , 1 894 .

1 0 . Adella B lanche , b . 1 1 , 2 1 . 1 896 .

1 1 . Pauline W. , b . 8 , 1 8, 1 898 .

B 1 . C 4 . D 1 . E 1 . F 2 . G 2. JOS EPH WEBSTE R (Margaret ,E ll is , Warrick , S amuel , Thomas , Moses ) M z—S ophia Fe l l , d au .

of Barclay and H annah,12,

16,1880 . Thei r chi ld ren :

H . 1 . J esse Hibbard , b . 1 88 1 ; d . 9 , 1 1 , 1 899 , a t home of his uncleJesse

,a t H arvey , near Ch icago , I ll. I nt. a t Homevi l le F .B .G

Chester Co . ,Pa .

2 . Phebe,b . 3 , 2 7, 1 883 . M . Frank C . H anna , son of Wm . H .

and S arah (Pennock ) , 1 2,23 , 1 90 2 . Res .

,Georgia

Ch i ld: I . 1 . Joseph Wm . , b . 190 4 . 2 . Mary , b . 190 5 .

3 . Mary , b . 1 , 2 2 , 1 888 .

4 . C larence , b . I, 4 , 1 892 .

B 1 . C 4 . D 1 . E 1 . F 2 . G 4 . MEDORA WEBSTER (Margaret ,E l l i s , Warrick , S amuel , Thomas , Moses) M z— H oward KennedyN ewcomer

,son of Lewis and Esther A . (Bros i us ) , 3 , 20 , 1880 .

(same day as S i lver wedding of her parents ) , at home of th e

brides ’ parents on farm near Homevi l l e , C h ester Co . , Pa.,by

F ri ends Ceremony . P . O . ,Linco ln Un iversi ty , Pa . Thei r

ch i ldren :H . I . Rowenna B .

, b . 2 , 7 , 1 881 .

2 . E sther B . , b . 8,26

,1 882 .

3 . Wendell B rinton, b . 4 , 1 4 , 1884 .

4 . S arah R . , b . 1 1 , 1 2 , 1 887 .

5 . Mary C . , b . 9, 1 9 , 1890 .

B 1 . C 4 . D 1 . E 5 . F 1 . G 2. ANN I E C . \VOOD (S usanna ,Warrick

,Warrick

,S amuel , Thomas , Mo ses ) M z—S amue l P . ,

son ofThomas and E l iz abeth Martin , o f Cochranvi l l e , Chest er Co . ,

Pa. ,i n Mayor ’s Office

,Phi l a . by F riends Cerem ony .

Cochranvi l le,Chest e r Co . ,

Pa . R .F .D . No . 2. Thei r chi ldrenH . 1 . Charles W i lliam ,

b . 7 , 4 , 1888 ; d . a t 6 days Old .

2 . H arold Thomas , b . 9 , 26 , 1889 . E n tered H averford College oni6 th b ir thday .

3 . E lena S usanna , b . 1 1 , 1 3 , 189 1 .

4 . E rnes t V‘larrick,b . 6

,16

,1 895 .

5 . Mi riam , b . 1 , 26 , 1 897 .

6. Anna Mary , 1» 1 2 . 1 2, 1899 .

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B 1 . C 4 . D 1 . E 5 . F 1 . G 3 . ALBERTA WOOD (S usanna ,Warrick

,Warrick

,S amue l , Thomas , Moses ) M z—Wi l l iam

Wickersham,son of John and Cath erine , 3 ,

4, 1897 by Friends

Ceremony , at home Of bride ’s parents , i n Russelville ,Pa . P . O . ,

Russelville ,Chester Co . ,

Pa . (1906)B 1 . C 4 . D 1 . E 5 . F 2. G 1 . EVA LI NE LYDIA COATE S

(Pusey , Warrick ,Warrick

, S amue l , Thomas , Moses) M z—J .

H oward Broomel l,son of S amue l H . and Mary (C loud ) , 3 , 16 ,

1899 , at home of bride ’s parents , Upper Ox ford Township ,Chester Co .

,Pa . P . O . , (1906) Cochranvi l le , Pa .

,R .F .D . NO . 2.

Chi ld :H . 1 . Helen, b . 4 , 7, 190 2 .

BRIEF OF TITLE .

O f a Messuage or t ract of 123 A , 92 Ps (O ld survey ) Of landin Val l ey (formerely East Caln) townsh ip , Chester County ,Pennsylvania , about to be conveyed by S amue l Torb ut , to J amesBuchanan

,of Wheat land .

The fi rst,or start ing point in th e t i tle of th is land

,on the

records O f Chester County,is th e fo l lowing

Re lease .

1,Dated December 14th

An thony Morris and A . D . ,1728 ,

and recordedIsrae l Pemmerton

, Exrs . &c . in the Recorder ’s Office inO f Ant h ony Morris

, S r. ,dec . Deed Book O

,Vo l . 14

TO page 9 1,and conveying

Moses Coates J 492 acres of land,i n fee

,

s ubj ect to a yearly qui t - rent o f one Engl ish S i lver S hi l l ing per100 Acres

,to the P roprietory &c .

The reci tals in th is Deed of re lease are important as indicating the several l inks in the chain O f t i t le from P enn

,down to

th is point,and are , subsequent l y , as fo l lows :

That the P ropri etary Of the P rovince,Wil l iam Penn , by

Indenture of Re lease , Of August 2nd ,A .D . ,

168 1 , granted to

Anthony El ton,in fee , five hundred acres O f l and to be located

in the P rovince .

That the said An thony E lton died , leaving two on ly ch i ldren ,Anth onv and Jane

82 Geneaology of Me Coates Fam ily.

That Anthony,the son

,by h is deed of November 12th ,

A .D . ,1702. conveyed four hundred acres , the rem a inder of said

five hundred acres,t h en un located

,unto Edward Smout , in fee :

That the said Edward Smout , having int ermarried with the

said Jane,the daughter Of said Anthony E lton

,the fathe r

,ob

tained a Propri etary Warrant for the locat ion o f th ree hundredand ninety - two acres of l and , in right of and as the ful l remainderof the five hundred acres

,untaken up

,and another Propri etary

Warrant for one hundred acres cont iguous theretoThat the said Proprietary by P aten t O f his commissioners

,

dated October 1 1th,A .D . ,

1703 ,confirmed the said 392 acres

and 100 acres , in one enti re t ract , by metes and bounds , unto thesaid Edward Smout , in fee , paying the yearly qui t - ren t &c . ,

which rent is recorded in Record Book A, Vol. 2 page 620 .

That the said Edward Smout died int estate , l e aving a w idow ,

the a foresaid Jane,and chi ldren , viz : Edward , S y lvanus and

John,that the said Edward , the son , as hei r at law , by deed o f

March 4th , A .D . , 1712, granted the 492 acres unto Anthony Morris S r. ,

in fee,the Deed being on record at Phi lade lphia , i n Book

E,7 Vol . 8 ,

page 297 , that the said S ylvanus Smout released a l lh is right and inte rest in said tract of l and

,unto said Anthony

Morris . S r. ,by Deed on Record at Phi ladelphia in Book F , Vo l.

3,page 447 that Jan e , the widow of Edward Smout , the father ,

died intestate,and that the said John Smout , the othe r son ,

also

died intestat e wit h out issue .

That the said Anthony Morris , S r., thus sei z ed o f said t ract

of 492 acres of land ,by his Wil l of J uly l0th

,A .D . ,

1721 , and

on fi le in the Regist er General ’s O ffice at Phi ladelph i a and Cheste r ,which incl ude the aforesaid 492 ac res , being then unimp roved .

Moses Coates being thus sei z ed of the said tract of fou r hundred and ninety - two acres o f l and

,he and his wi fe conveyed one

hal f (two hund red and forty—s ix acres ) in fe e,to thei r son

Thomas Coat es,by Deed dated December 2md , A .D . ,

1743 , and

recorded in t h e Reco rde rs office o f Cheste r County in Deed Book0 , Vol . 14 ,

page 102 .

Th omas Coates,O f t h e township o f Ea st Caln

,thus sei z ed

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land s i tuated in East Caln Town ship ,then Moses Coates and

wi fe Conveyed one hal f of this land being (246) acres , to his sonThomas Coates by deed dated December 2nd ,

A .D . 1743 .

Thomas Coates thus owning the 246 acres of land made h isWi l l , dated December 16th ,

A .D . 1792,and subsequently died .

This Wi l l , was proved November l st , A .D . 1797 , giving to h i sson S amuel th is plantat ion .

S amue l Coates holding these 246 acres he and hi s wi fe,by

thei r Deed dat ed Apri l 2ud , A .D .,1824 ,

so ld and conveyed t o

S amue l Torbet one ha l f of this tract of land,one hundred and

twenty three acres . The farm that I now occupy . I t l i es North

of the Turnpike , and M r . Ambrose Fu lton owns the other ha l f ,j o in ing on the south , I suppose the balance of th is 492 acres is

the H atfie ld farm and probab ly W . C . Val entine .

I n 1865 S amuel Torbet so ld this farm to Ex - President J amesBuchanan . H is Executors so ld i t to Wi l l iam McCanna,

and

in 1875 , McCanna sold i t to Mr . J . A . S eltz er , who owns and 0 c

cupies i t a t present . I remember Dr . J esse Coates very we l l , hewas my fathers physician for many years . He doctored methrough a spel l Of s ickness nearly fi fty years ago .

I am , very t ruly yours ,

J . A . S ELTZER ,

Caln,Pa.

TH IS I NDENTURE made the th i rd day ofApri l in the Yearo f our Lo rd one Th ou sand S even Hundred and S eventy Between

Warrick Mi l l er of the Township of East Caln, Countv of Chester

in the P rovince of Pennsy lvani a Yoenian o f the one Part and

Thomas Coates Of the Townsh ip,County and P rovince a foresaid

Of th e other pa r t . Whereas,T homas H artt O f th e Township

,

Coun ty and Province afo resaid Mason in and by a Certain LeaseO f Inden tu re under his H and and S eal being Dated the tenth

Day of May Anno Domin i 1769 for the Cons ide ration t h ereinment ioned did Grant and Confi rm unto the said Vv’arrick Mi l lera Certain piece o r Parce l O f L imestone Land S i tuat e ly ing andbeing in the Townsh ip of East Caln aforesaid

Geneaology of t/ze Coates Fam ily. 85

Beginn ing at a marked Whiteoak in or near the L ine Betweenthe Land of said Thomas Hartt and Moses Coates thence Westfive Perches to a Post thence S outh E i ght Perches to a P ost

thence East five Perches to a Post thence North E ight Perchesto the P lace of Beginn ing Contain ing forty Perches Besides

l iberty for a Road or Cart way ofTen feet wide from said P i ece

of Land to the Gap Road To Ho ld to him the said Warrick

Mi l l e r his hei rs and Assigns so long as there i s or sha l l b e anyL imestone in said P i ece or Parce l of Land As in and by saidLease or Indenture . Relat ions being thereunto had more fu l lyand at Large appear .

Now this Indenture Wi tnesseth that the said Warri ck M i l l e rfor and in Considerat ion Of the Covenants and Agreements here i nafter ment ioned to be fu lfi l l ed and kept on th e part and behal f o fh im the said Thomas Coates his He irs and Executors H athGranted Demised and S ett and by these presents doth Grant De

mise and S et t unto the said Thomas Coates h is H ei rs and Executors the above Described piece Or parce l of L imestone Land anduninterrupt ed L iberty and Privelege t o Enter upon the said

P remises and every part thereof and Quarry and Carry away toBurn as much of said L imestone as he or they or any of them

Shal l see cause to use on the P lantat ion where th e said Thomas

Coates now l ives from Time to Times and at al l Time so long asthere is or shal l b e any Limestone i n said Described P remises orin any part thereof Providing they do not hinder the S aid War

rick M i l ler h is Hei rs Executors Administ rators and Assigns tocome on said P remises and dig Carry awav and Burn sa id L imestone i n l ike manner so much as h e or they see Cause . I t is alsoagree ’d Between the said Warrick M i l l e r and Thomas Coatesthat I f any difference shal l at any Time or Times hereafter arisebetween them the said Warrick M i l l e r and Thomas Coates or b etween their H eirs , Executors or the Admin ist rators ofWarrick

M i l ler Concerning or about the said L imestone that they sha l lChoose three Indifferen t Persons who sha l l have fu l l Power toDecide al l Matters in Disput e Concerning the S ame i f E i ther of

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them shal l be S ued by the above said Thomas Hartt h is H eirsExecutors Administ rators or Assigns t h e other party sha l l payhal f th e Cost and Costs aris ing on account O f said Land L ikewisei t ’s agree ’d Between the said Warrick M i l ler and Thomas Coatesthat they nor any one of them or for Eithe r of them shal l notWork over the Quarry so as to th row and Leave Earth or RottenS tone o r other I ncumb erance i n the way of the other party butshal l from time to t ime and at a l l Times so long as there is anystone in said Quarry leave it in as good Order and Condit ionas

he or they sha l l or do find i t and the said Warrick Miller'

his

H eirs Executors Administ rators and Assigns shal l from Time toTime so long as there is any S tone in said QuarryLet t and al lowthe said Thomas Coates h is H e i rs and Executors have and Enj oyan Equal L iberty with him or them for to use or the abovementioned P lantat ion Paying the Sum of Ten Shi l l ings Lawfu lmoney of said Province to said Warrick M i l ler

,his He i rs or As

signs for Every K i ln or for every five hundred Bushels he orthey or any of them Burn when Burned Each of said part ies

shal l be at hal f the Expense o f Fencing said Land Provided always the Covenants and Agreement herein before Contained areComplyed with . And for the t rue Performance of al l and Everyo f the Covenants &c . to the othe r Party his H ei rs Executors &c .

In the Penal S um of F i fty Pounds Lawfu l Money of the a foresaid Province in Witness whereof the said Part ies to these presents thei r hands and S eals have Interchangeably set the Day andYear above written .

WARR I CK M I LLERS ea led and Del iveredin the Presence Of usCURTI S LEWI S

her

SARAH X MCVEYmark

*The S ea l on original wax with imprint of man’s head wi th crown .

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Residence ofSamuelCoates, second child ofem igrants.Near Ca l n S ta tion . Owned (1906 ) by Gil b ert Hatfi e l d . Th e o rigina lpo rch was w ide and o va l in sh ape in fron t with peaked roo f, and

hams ters and seats . Here. th e F riend s were wo n t to h o l d th e irm eetings , wh en th e ova l cei l ingwou l d ad d vo lum e to th e vo ice

Clock ow ned byMoses Coates, Founder ofCoatesville .

PART THREE .

B 2. SAMUEL COATE S (MoseS)‘

S econd chi ld of Moses and

S usanna. M z—E l i z abeth ,dau . of Aaron and Rose (Pearson )

Mendenhal l of Ca ln Townsh ip , Chester Co . , Pa .,3 ,1,1743 , in

East Ca ln Meet ing .

At Gwynedd M . M . ,he ld 25 th of 1 1 mo . . 1742, an appl ica

t ion was made in behal f of S amue l Coates fo r a cert ificate toBradford M . M . where he intends to locate .

22nd of 12 mo . , a cert ificate was granted S amue l Coates .From Bradford M . Mtg . Records :At a Meet ing held at Bradford the 17th day O f lst mo . 1743 ,

S amue l Coates and E l iz abeth Mendenha l l here signified the i r intention of tak ing each other in marriage

,th is being the first t ime .

S amuel is desi red to produce to our nex t meeting a cert ificatefrom the M . M tg . to which he be longs , of his conversat ion andclearness from a l l other women in re lation of marriage ; the i rparents be ing here hath signified thei r consent thereto .

At our M . M . o f Bradford,he ld in Caln the 21st day of 2nd

MO . 1743, S amuel Coates and E l iz abeth Mendenha l l appeared

here and signified that they cont inue thei r i ntent ion of taking

each other in marriage ; th is being the second t ime ,and S amuel

having produced to th is Meeting a Cert ificate from North WalesMon th ly Meeting o f his o rderly conversat ion and clearness fromal l o ther women on account of marriage as a lso for his removalto sett le among us ; and noth ing appearing to obstruct thei r proceedings ; this Meet ing leaves them at the i r l iberty , to accomp l ishthe i r intended marriage according to the good orde r used amongstus ; and appoint Robert M i l ler and Phineas Lewis to see the

(87 )

88 Geneaology of l/ze Coates Family.

orderly accompl ishment thereof , and to make report to nextM eet ing

,and to return the Cert ificate to be recorded .

At a M . M .,held in Bradford the 19th o f 3 mo .

,1743 . The

Fri ends report that the marriage of S amue l Coates and E l iz abethMendenhal l was orderly accompl ished in Caln M eet ing the fi rst

day of this month . and hath returned the Cert ificate to this

meeting .

Extracted from Marriage Cert ificate OfS amue l and E l iz abeth(Mendenhal l ) Coates :Whereas

, S amue l Coates son OfMoses Coates o f C harlestowni n the County O f Chester in the Province of Pennsy lvania

,and

E l iz abeth Mendenhal l , daughter Of Aaron Mendenhal l of EastCaln in said County , married at Caln , l st , 3 mo . ,

1743 .

S amue l and E l iz abeth sett led on one ha l f Of the 492 acres of

land h is father Moses , bought in Caln Township . This farm i sadj o in ing the V i l lage ofCa ln and S tat ion of that name on P . C .R .R .

A l l but 38 acres i s now (1905 ) owned by J . G i lbert H atfield ,on

which is an extensive Kaol in Wo rks . The above 38 acres wasso ld by Isaac Coat es and wi fe Hannah , to John Jones , sadd ler , in1790 ,

and is now (1905 ) owned by W . A . Va l entine a bl acksmith .

Chi ldren of S amuel and E l iz abeth Coates :C . 1 . A aron, b . 4 , 6, 1 744 .

Moses,b . 1 1

, 4 , 1 746; d 8 , 4 , 1 8 16; int. in E . Ca ln F .E .G .

Isaac,b . 2 , 1 , 1 748 . (1. Int. E . Caln F . E .G . A Minister Of note in

S ociety of F riends .4 . A daugh ter

,died young ; no dates .

8,16 , 1746 . Caln Meet ing complains of S amue l Coates and

others for going to the house of Robert M i l l e r in the n ight andabusing said Robert by cal l ing him many bad names .

1 1,15 ,

1746 . Report that he had made acknow ledgementto Robert .

4,18

,175 4 . Ca ln Meeting complains of E l iz abeth Coates ,

Administrator of S amuel Coates for not answering a demand ofThomas Paine concern ing some t imber .

5,16 ,

175 4 . A committe report the debt of but

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Cox , S amuel Coates , Isaac Coates , Moses Coates , S arah Coates ,El iz abeth Coates and others .

9 , 12, 1766 . They request a Cert ificate to Warrington M.M

.

4,17 1767 . A cert ificate being granted

,an obj ect ion be ing

removed . Thei r ch i ldren :D . 1 . Samuel , died UNM . 2 . E l iz abe th . 3 . Moses . 4 . S idney

,b . 6 ,

2,1 777

9 ,15 , 1775 . Aaron Coates produced a ce rt ificate from War

rington for se l f and wi fe Mary,and chi ldren : S amuel , El iz abeth

and Moses,dated 5 , 6 . 1775 .

5 , 14 ,1779 . E . Ca ln complains o f Aaron Coates for using

unsavory expressions to Joshua Mendenhal l and resisting whenhe wen t to put l ime into the house Aaron l ived .

8 ,13

,1779 . H is acknow ledgement accepted . (J . M . also

offered one ) .

8,17 , 1781 . Aaron Coates received a cert ificate to Warring

ton with wi fe and ch i ldren , S amuel , E l iz abeth , Moses , S idneyand Rache l .

9 ,13 ,

1782. E l iz abeth Coates , cert ificate requested to Horsham M . M .

1 1 , 12,178 4. S amue l Coates cert ificate from Warrington ,

dated 9,1 1 , 1784 .

12,18 , 1789 . S idney Coates , dau . of Aaron Coates , to York .

1 , S amue l Coates , son of Aaron , cert ificate toYork .

11 , 12, 1790 . Cert ificate from York , 10 , 6 ,1790 .

6,12, 1795 . S amuel Coates , son of Aaron , cert ificate to

York .

B 2. C 2. MOSES COATES (S amue l , Moses) M z—Hannah ,

dau . of Thomas and Hannah Musgrave . Thomas was an I rish

Quaker of S adsbury Tow nship , Lancaster Co . , Pa.

F rom Bradford M . Mtg . Marriage RecordsMoses Coates requests cert ificate to Exeter to marry Hannah

Musgrave .13 th of 4 Mo . ,

1770 . Cert ificate granted to Moses Coates .

Brandyw ine Mansion.

—First house built in Coatesville .

Res idence o f Mo ses Coa tes and b uil t by h im se l f and fa th e r, S am ue l , o n zudnea r Brandyw in e . He n . was e n te rta ined h ere .

Residence ofMoses Coates, (Founder ofCoatesville , and hisW ife, Mary .

S to ne in fro n t “C”a t to p ,

and “M M” in th e m idd le , w ith “1800” a t b o ttom , da te o f

b ui l d ing.

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2- 1 0 . Amos , b . 1, 18, 1 794 ; d . 4 , 2 5 , 1 863 . Int. at S andy Hill , S tark Co .,0 .

2- 1 1 . Jesse,M . D . , b . 3 , 4, 1796; d . 8 , 2 , 1868, in Coatesvi lle, P a .

B 2. C 3 . ISAAC COATE S (S amuel , Moses) M z—Hannah H .

S talker , b . 3 , 9 ,1752. Married 12, 1 , 1773 , at East Ca ln , dau .

o f Thomas and Grace .

10,15

,1773 . Isaac Coates and Hannah S talker declare in

tent ions fi rst t ime .

1 1,12,

1773 . They appear second t ime .

12,17 , 1773 . Report that the marriage was accompl ished

12,1,1773 . The i r chi ldrenD . 1 . Beulah , b . 7, 1 9 , 1 774 .

2 . G race , b . 5 , 2 5 , 1 776.

3 . Lydia , b . 2,6,1 778 ; d . 1839.

4 . Rebecca , b . 2, 2 , 1780 .

5 . S eymour , b . 2,27, 1 783 .

6 . Amy, b . 6, 4 , 1 785 .

7 . Zi lla , b . 8,16, 1 787 .

8 . Israel , b . 4 , 24 , 1 792 .

9 . Lindley, b . 3 , 3 , 1 794 ; d. 6, 1856.

Bradford M . Mtg . Marriage RecordsI saac Coates , son of S amue l Coates , of East Ca ln in the

County of Chester and Province of Pennsy lvan ia,deceased

,and

Hannah S talker , dau . ofThomas S ta lker of the same place , married 1

,12,

1773 ,at East Ca ln >l<

Witnesses : Thomas S talker , Grace S ta lker , E l iz abeth K i rk ,

Jonathan Coates , Thomas Coates , Moses Coates , Lydia Mendenhal l

,Mary H arrison , Ann Coates , H enry Coat es , S amuel Coates ,

Joshua M endenhal l, Eli K i rk , Jonathan Mendenhal l , Ca leb K i rk ,

E l iz abeth Coates , Phebe Coates , Ann Coates , Junr . , JamesParker , Moses Coates and others .

5,14

,178 4. Isaac Coates , appointed oversee r of E . Caln

meet ing,in place of S amuel Coates .

7 , 17 1789 . Isaac Coates appointed c lerk .

9 , 13 , 1793 . Isaac Coates , minute to attend Balt imore yearlymeeting .

3 , 14 ,1794 . Isaac Coates succeeded by Joseph Barnard as

clerk .

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Author of Nature . Lodged a t S kinner’s in Horse Va lley . This

day ’s ride,forty -one and a hal f mi les .

28th . I n the morn ing , ascended and descended two largemountains

,the val ley between them cal l ed Path Val ley

,in wh ich

is a sma l l vil lage called Ferrisburg . After crossing the moun

tains,very poor broken land thin ly inhabited

,to Fort L i ttleton

,

twe lve mi les from Skinner’s ; here we break fasted . I n crossing

those mountains and val leys my mind was much employed incontemplating the wonderfu l works of an a l l -wise Creator .

From thence to Berl in , thi rt een miles . On our way we metan old man who had j ust ki l led a large buck which had hornswith a n umber of prongs , covered with the ve lvet , which he hadskinned and had some of th e meat t ied up in i t carrying abouth is neck i n the manner Of a knapsack . In rid ing six mi les wecame to the foot of th e great A l l egheny mountains where is somegood land ; buckwheat and oats about of an equal ripeness , bothgood

,but the buckwheat extraordinary .

After we got over the mountains the t imber was very thickbut much destroyed with fi re . Two or three mi les before we

came to Berl in the land appeared to be excel l ent,covered with

heavy t imber,black oak ,

white oak ,red oak , hickory , and sugar

mapl e,grass and othe r vegetab les very flourishing

,i t having been

a wet growing season . This day ’s ride , thi rty - six mi les .3 0th . Took an early set - ofi from Berl in , being a vi l lage of

about 5 0 houses ; passed through some very rough lands and roadson which I saw a rat t lesnake about three feet long with tenrattles

,lying in the road

,appearing to have been j ust ki l l ed by a

wagon whee l runn ing over i t .

F rom thence to George Bache lor ’s , fourteen mi les in whichwe crossed what is cal l ed Laure l H i l l

,being one mountain afte r

another for seven or e ight mil es of the way . A lmost a l l t hosemount ains that go by the aforesaid name are the most ferti l e ofany I have yet seen ; th e t rees and vegetab les of every kind areso luxuriant I cou ld not hel p fee l ing some attachment to theplace ; but when I considered the exceed ing rough mountainousface of the su rface and the in to lerab le road to and from the place ,

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I am content i f I shou ld l ive to return to spend the remainder ofmy days in Chester County . Proceeded to Connelstown . Hereon th e Y oghagena river the people were employed in bu i ld ingflat-bottomed boats , the ste rn of which they cover with thinboards for a shelter . S ome of them are th i rty , some forty , andsome fi fty feet long and twe lve wide , i n which they wi l l carry360 barre l s o f flour or i ron or other produce i n proport ion , toKentucky or New O rleans .Then passed over many h i l ls and va l l eys to Reese Cadwalla

der ’s,twenty mi les . Passed a new paper-mi l l occupied by Jon

athan S harpless , on Redstone creek ; a lso S amue l J ackson 's gristmi l l at the mouth of said creek

,over which there i s a large bridge

near thi rty feet h igh . The land thus far through the Redstonesett l ement is very rough and moun tainous , and appears to b every fert i le ,

producing wheat,rye ,

oats,buckwheat

,and grass in

abundance even on the top o f t he h i l ls , and abundance of loftyt imber of many sorts

,part icu larly sugar map le and white oak .

N inth month,lst

,be ing F i rst - day

,attended Redstone meet

ing . In the afternoon crossed the Monongahe la at Bridgetown ,the banks ofwhich , I am in formed , wi l l average forty feet . Rodefive miles o f the roughes t road I have yet passed to F rancisTownsend ’s .

2ud . Attended quarterly meeting at Westland , which notwithstanding some weaknesses [and] disorde r appeared in theconduct o f the young people ,

was a comfortable , so l id t ime ,there

be ing a number of wel l - concerned,va luable F riends engaged in

conduct ing the business o f th is remote and newly e stabl ishedquarterly meeting . H ere I met with a number of my former

acqua int ances who had removed to th is count ry years past , diversof them in l ow or st raightened ci rcumstances

,that now appeared

to l i ve in fUllness and plen ty ; many of whom I hope are in a

good measure thank fu l t o thei r k ind Benefactor who h ath spreadthem a tab le i n the wi lderness and provided a com fortable asy lumin this western country . We were t ru ly glad to see each other .This n ight

,lodged at my kind friend

,Jones Catel’s .

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3d . Passed the t ime very agreeably amongst o ur friendsabout B ridgeport .

5 th Rode eight mi les to one Ba rclay ’s, go t breakfast . Up

this narrow val l ey the greatest quant ity o f sugar maple witht roughs for col l ect ing sap appeared , of any place I have yet seen ,though they abound through the count ry in such plenty that I

th ink i f the inhabitants are care ful,and frugal they need never

import the l uxu ry of sugar . F rom thence to P i t tsburg,

fi fte en

mi les . About one mil e from Barc lay ’s is a sawmi l l,occupied

and owned by one,Baldwin , who moved from Newl in ,

a fri endlyman . When we arrived on th e top of the mountain

,we got th e

fi rst sight of P i ttsburg . Al so had a view of the remains o f theold F rench Fort Duquesne and the Engl ish fort

,which are both

very much demol ished and beauti fu l g rass plots in thei r pl ace .

Th is town appears to be a l ive ly pl ace o f trade containing perhaps 200 houses .N inth month

,6th

,1799 . S et off early from P ittsburg and

immediatel y crossed the A l l egheny rive r,a beauti fu l st ream about

a quarter of a mi l e wide . For about two o r th ree mi l es afte r crossing,

we rode through t h e r ichest pi ece of l and I th ink I ever b ehe ld . The s tatel y w alnuts [were] four feet th rough ,

and

a great l engt h , and ot h e r t imber in p ropo rt ion , f rom thenceto one

,Bovear

’

s,where th ree o f our company lodged . James

Cooper and my se l f rode s ix mi l es further to my cous in,Abner

Coates'

s,who i s j ust newly sett l ed in the woods ; has go t about

ten ac res of land cl eared and seem s in a l ike ly way to make a

l iving . H e was very kind and glad to see me ; t i ed up our horses,

fed them with bran and cut co rn tops , w i th which t h ey seemedto do very wel l . Al l this stage appea red to me to be very poor

,

unt i l we turned off t h e road and got near Abner ’ s . whe re theland appears tol erably l eve l and pretty good soi l .

7th . Rode f rom Abne r Coates ’

s to Funk ’ s,seventeen mi les .

F rom thence to McClern’

s,n ine m i l es . \Ve stayed al l n ight

,and

lodged comfortably in the ba rn .

8 th . S et off ea rly and rode to F rankl in [county seat ofVenango county

,Pa ], a smal l town of perhaps tenfor fi fteen houses

,

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feet in diameter,which had seven trees on i t

,some ofwhich were

two or three feet over and perhaps one hundred and fi fty feethigh and the rocks ten or twelve feet h igh . I think we saw neith

er house nor improvement for twenty mi les . As I rode along thisday I frequent ly experienced a transi t ion of ideas ; whi le passingthrough the dark shades o f the th ick and lofty t imber whichsometimes appeared l ike a desol ate

,gloomy wilderness compar

ab le to the gloom of ete rna l n i ght ; and other t imes so great , sogrand , so m agnificent that i t became t ruly transporting .

1 1th . S et off early , without taking breakfast or feeding ourhorses

,and with some difliculty got along , th e Indi an path up

the river being in many places hard to be discove red,to a place

cal led Warren [now the county seat ofWarren coun ty],being a

new ly laid out town , but without much bui lding except one cabin

and a storehouse .

H ere we break fasted and fed our horses . The people in thecabin were very kind

,made our choco late fo r us and gave us

some good pigeon soup . Dis tance n in e mi les . H ere we hi red a

guide ; rode over the Connowongo , and fol lowed our guide with

undescribabl e diffi cul ty about s ixteen m i l es to Cornplanter’

s

sett l ement . The logs , the brush , and t h ick - set young t imber

rendered th is stage ext remely diffi cul t and t i resome ; a lmost a

continua l succession of logs , in many places three or four in a

perch,as high as our horses cou ld step over , and may o f them

they had to j ump ; and the young growth be ing so th ick that i fwe were two rods apart we would have to cal l out t o each othe rin fear of be ing lost .About an hour be fore sunset we reached the new house

which Cornplanter i s gett ing bui lt , and t h e schoo lhouse whereH enry S immons teach es t h e young Indians , at wh i ch place wemet with H enry ,

great ly to our mutual comfo r t, and where we

tarri ed al l ni g h t in the school h ouse . At this place there are

several comfortabl e houses bui ld ing,i t being about one mi le

lower down th e r ive r than w h e re Co rnplanter’s vi l l age stands ,and appears to be on more sui tabl e g round , wh ich with the adviceof our young men ,

the Indian inhabitants of th e town j ust above,

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proposed to move . Cornplanter and many others of the nation

came this evening to visi t us , and appeared to be much pleasedwith our coming .

12th . This morning the Old ch i e f and some ofhis connect ionsbrought us some cucumbers to he lp out our break fast , and immediatelv returned to his vi l lage . We then soon set Off up the

river , Hen ry S immons bearing us company , and in about onemi le we came to the town . S topped a few minutes with the

Indians who gathered around us apparent ly much p leased w i thour arriva l . We proposed a counci l or con ference with th em ,

to

b e he ld in two days afte r that t ime ,to which they readi l y assent

ed ,and agreed to send out some runners to in form thei r peopl e .

We then took leave of them for the present and proceeded upand across the river twice to Genesinguhta ,

to our dear fri ends ,Hal l iday J ackson and Joe l Swayne , whom we met with mutua lj oy

,and rested pretty much in the house the remainder of this

day .

Ninth mon th,14th

,1799 . A fter break fast

,prepared to set

off n ine mi les down the river to Cornplanter’s vi l l age , * in order

t o att end th e counci l before appointed,and nine of us embarked

in a canoe to wit : Indian John,Halftown ,

H al l iday Jackson,

Joel Swayne , Joshua Sharples , Thomas S tewardson , James Cooperand mysel f

,and Hugh H artshorn . Had a pl easan t sai l down

th e river , and arrived at our dest ined port a l it t l e before 1 1 O ’c lock ,divers of th e d istant chi e fs being col lected before we came . Be

fore we sat in counci l , walked about , vi ewing some of the Indiancottages and thei r dress , which would take more t ime t o describethan I am at this t ime disposed to take . About an hour aft erwe arrived , a large horn , something l ike a Frenck horn , was

b lown , in order to col l ect the chiefs and others to counci l ; and ina short t ime they co l l ect ed in a part of Cornplanter

’s house or

*NOTE .

—Genesinguhta, where th e travelers met H allid ay J ackson andJoel S wayne , was on the A llegheny Reservation of th e S enecca Indians , onthe A llegheny river , just above th e line, in New York S ta te . Co rnplanterh ad a vi l lage and priva te rese rvation of h is own—about 130 0 acres—downthe river , and below th e line , in Warren coun ty

,Pennsylvania . He called

it Genesedaga. The town ofKinz ua is now on the opposi te side of the river .

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cabin , perhaps to the number o f th i rty or more . We al l satd own in st i llness a short space

,when the old chie f stood up (his

son H enry O ’

Beil inte rpret ing ) , and addressed us in substance asfol lows :

“Brothers , I am glad the good S pi ri t has favored you a l l withheal th in your long j ourney to come and see us and take us by

the hand ,so that we may brighten the chain of friendship ; and

now some of us are col lected,we should be glad to hear what you

have to say to us .

”

We then in formed them that we had taken a longjourney tosee our young men who were sett led among our Indian brothers

,

and that we had not much that we knew of to say to th e Indians ;on ly to have known from themse lves how they l iked our youngmen being amongst them

,and whether they thought they were

l ike ly to be use fu l to them or not . We then had our certificate

read and inte rpreted to them,with which they expressed sat is

fact ion ; and we h aving agreed upon a short piece o f advice or

queries to lay before them,which we had in writing

,i t was read

by paragraphs and inte rpreted to them as fo l lows :“Brothers

, you have now heard that our coming here was

to see how you and our young men who l ive amongst you aregetting along . We are gl ad the God S pi ri t has favored us to

meet you in hea lth ,and given us this opportuni ty of taking you

by the hand and brightening the chain gf fri endship . Now broth

e rs,we sh ou ld l ike to hear from your own mouths i f you are

qui te sat isfied with our young men l iving amongst you . They

came here with a hope of being u se fu l , by inst ructing you in ab ette r way of managing your land and providing for yourse lvesand your catt l e . We desi re you to speak freely brothers . I t hasbeen some satisfact ion to u s in rid ing through your town to seema rk s of industry taking pl ace ; that you are bui ld ing better andwarmer houses to l ive in ; and that so much of your cl eared landis planted with corn ,

potatoes,beans , squashes , cucumbers , etc . ,

and to see these art icl es kept in good order . Brothers , we ob

s erve where your new houses are bui lding , that the t imber is ve rymuch cut off a rich flat which we wish you encouraged to c lear

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to them on the occasion , considering my own inabi l i ty and theimperfect interprete r we had—be ing one who b ath a strong inclination to the evi l habit himsel f . S o I had l iked to haveOmitted saying anything

,unt i l my fri end Joshua S harples ,

whispered to me and to ld me i f I had anyth ing to say to themnot to omit i t . I then addressed them in substance as fo l lows

“Brothers , your brothers , the Quakers , who have come along way to see you , be l i eve that the Great S pi ri t made bothwhite men and red men , and p laced them on this great island

,

gave them many good th ings to l ive upon such as grain,

flesh,

frui t , etc . , and also gave them understand ing hearts . And wealso be l i eve that h is design or inten tion was that we should loveand serve h im , and not on ly love him and our own people butlove and be at peace with a l l people of al l nat ions and colors .

But some white men became very cunn ing and sought out newinvent ions

,one ofwhich was making rum

,whiskey

,brandy

,etc . ,

out o f the good things that he had given them ,which at fi rst

was used in very smal l quant i t i es as medicine ; but as i t becamemore plenty,

.many white men got to love it and drink more ofi t , insomuch that they became drunk and neglected thei r business ;many of thei r wives and ch i ldren suffered in want o f food andc loth ing

,and i t seemed to be the beginner or forerunner of al

most every bad pract ice .

Now brothers , some o f you r friends , the Quakers , manyyears since were favored to see the mischie f that rum and whiskeyhad done , and bel ieved i t right for them not to drink any more ,and have found by more than twenty years ’ experience that theycan do bette r without i t than with i t . And seeing the mischie fi t d id to others

,and how much better they themse lves did with

out,be l ieved it right to persuade others to do so too ; and as we

love our Ind ian brothers , and seeing the i r land is much sold andwhite people sett l ing al l around them whereby the deer and othergame i s l ikely to become so scarce that they cannot l ive by hunting much longer

,we were drawn in compassion to invite some of

our young men to come and l ive amongst you in order to inst ructyou in the usefu l ways of the white people who have now b een

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some t ime with you . But we understand that some bad whitemen let Indians have whiskey and that many of them love it somuch that they often get drunk and are wicked . Brothers , wewish you wou ld not hearken to those bad men who want you tob uy the i r whiskey , nor give way to your own love for i t , butstand against i t and not use any of i t ; for i f you do , your fri ends,the Quakers , wi l l b e discouraged and hang down the ir heads andgo and leave you . But i f you wi l l stand against i t and not useit , become sober men , they wi l l b e wi l l ing to assist and inst ructyou what they can .

”

I bel ieve the i nterpreter endeavored to render i t into the

I ndian language as we l l as he cou ld , though he appeared somewhat convicted ; and I also think they understood i t pretty wel l ,as there appeared a genera l concurrence by the i r usua l nod andsound ou such occasions ; and by what the old chie f said to us

after,on our asking them i f they had anyth ing to say to us

,he

repl ied that Henry S immons had to ld him some t ime ago that heintended to go home this fal l

, (Hen ry having taught schoo l atCornplanter

’

s vi l lage ) , and that he cou ld not give us an answerunti l h e knew whether Henry wou ld go or not .

p

We then agreed to be a l i t tle t ime by ourselves . They leftus a few minutes and we laid the matte r c lose to Henry . Hethen to ld us that he beli eved i t was h is duty to come he re and henow be l ieved it was h is place to go home

,which we cou ld not

gainsay , though we fel t sorry the Ind ian chi ldren should be le ftwithout an instructor . The chie fs were ca lled in again ,

and tenderly in formed of Henry ’s intent ion of re turn ing . Cornplanter

then repl i ed i f i t was right , he cou ld not say against i t , but wasafraid he shou ld -not have help enough to keep away the whiskey ,as Henry had been a great, help to h im in that , and that hethought the Indians would now mind him more than they wou ldone of them ; and then said that when our young men came fi rst

amongst them some of the i r warriors did not l ike i t,but now he

be l ieved they all l iked i t , and all spoke very wel l of them , andwished the young men to te l l us i f any o f the young Ind i ans orothers behaved bad to them . They then al l rose up and in a

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friend ly manner shook hands with us and did what they cal l“cove r the counci l fi re . ” Then one of thei r women brought in

a large loaf of un leavened wheat bread and a tin cup fu l l o fpretty good butter

,on which we dined and took our departure

up the river . H al l iday Jackson,James Cooper

,and mysel f walk

ed , the oth ers a l l went back in the canoes we came down in . Ar

rived at th e young men ’s home j ust be fore sunset, and lodged

th is n i ght with them .

13 th . S tayed with our friends and vis i ted severa l fami l iesof Indians in thei r houses and cabins . One ,

Indian John,has

bui l t for himse l f a snug house and kitchen,the logs wel l hewn

and the j oists and boards planed ; with sash and glass windows .

H e has mowed and made two good stacks of hay,fenced in

severa l acres of ground in which he has good corn ; and severa lothers of them are improving thei r bui ldings

,fences

,etc . We

have fared very wel l thi s day on provision wel l cooked by H al l iday Jackson ; a lso wa lked about and reviewed the improvementsmade by our young fri ends in this wi lderness country

,which ap

pears considerable . And although I think the spot they sett ledupon is much inferior to many other places in these parts forfert i l i ty , yet thei r corn and buckwheat are good ; they had prettygood oats , have a cons id erab le quant i ty of hay procured , a l arge

garden of good vegetables and have about five acres of groundc leared and plowed ready to sow wheat . They have got a comfortab le two - story house to l ive in

,and severa l other necessary

bui ldings .This day we have had a visi t from five or six Indian chie fs

who stayed with us the most of the day and appeared very muchpleased in being in our company and Viewing a map which we

had with us . S oon gotlto understand i t so that they cou ld pointout almost any of the rive rs and lakes . About noon Cornplanter*

*NOTE.—Cornplanter, at the time of th is visi t, was about 60 to 65 yearsold . He was of half-blood only , the son of a wh ite man named John O ’

Bail,a Mohawk Valley trader . He is believed to h ave been wi th the F rench inthe defeat of B raddock,in 1 75 5 , and he afterwards took part w ith the

B ri tish , in the War of the Revolution. A f ter th at, however , he devotedh imself to peace,and refused to fight. In tge Indian dis turbances from

179 1 to 1794, he kept th e S enecas friendly, and he con tinued to live on hisreservation to his dea th , in 1836, when he was considered to be about 1 0 0

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9th . S et off early and rode to Elicot ’s store - house,th i rteen

mil es , having an order from him to get anything ourse lves orhorses stood in need of. This stage almost a l l the way excel l en tl imestone land covered with ash

,beech

,bass

,sugar maple

,etc . ,

i n abundance ; a deep soi l and not so broken with the rock nor

yet so dead a leve l as in some pl aces,and is to lerably wel l watered

with l ively streams . S oon afte r I set Off th is morning,my mind

became serene , which led me into an humble state , and th ankfu lness and grati tude to H im who hath hi therto p reserved me and

show e red down many b less ings and favors upon me,ascended

from my sou l , accompan i ed wi th strong des i res that the rest ofmy time may be favo rs . This day ’s ride

,th i rty - six mi les

,in

which space we met fi fteen or si xteen wagons with famil i es and

many other people moving to Upper Canada . S o great is th e

em i grat ion to that governmen t .

Tenth month ,12,

1799 . On vi ewing the Lapham ’s farmand t h ings about i t , (though he l ives in a very poor house ) I wasaston i shed to see the improvement made in the t ime ; he to ld mei t was but four years last spring s ince he began on i t in the

woods,and now he has more than one hundred acres of land

fenced in,

fi elds and meadows al l in,either with grain or grass

,

and the most o f i t excelient . Has bui l t a saw -mil l and has a

dai ry of cows so good that notwithstanding i t hath been an nu

favo rable season,they have made above two thousand lb s . of

cheese ; and yet he appears with h is precious wife to be wel l conce rned F riends

,and is free to devote much of his t ime in the

service o f t ruth . Truly in this far back settlement in the Genes ee coun ty

,S tate of New York ,

the appearance of things is comfortab le ,

and affords an encouraging hope that i f the few F riends

here sett led improve as we l l and hold up so good a l ight in are l igious sense as they do in improving the wi lderness count ry

,

they may yet become as “a city set upon a hi l l that cannotbe h id .

”S tayed al l this day with these our valued and kind

friends ; wrote a let ter to Jacob Taylor , at One ida , and walkedabout viewing the improvements Lapham has made . Lodged

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another night in his house . In the even ing , Caleb Maccumb er

and another friend came to see us , and we spen t some t ime inagreeable converse .

14th . Rode five mi les through rich land and new road .

We came to a great road , and as soon as we entered it we came

in sight of Canadaigua ,a new ly sett led town contain ing nearly

or quite fi fty houses .

18th . I fee l ing a good dea l unhappy on entering a lonesome

desert,not knowing wheth e r we shoul d meet with any su itab le

place to encamp,and two of our company being infirm . But on

rid ing about three mi les , we came to a st ream of water and therefixed things in orde r for lodging in the woods , ,which we got

completed before night ; and had a comfortab le night unde r at ent made of bushes , by a large fire . My companions said the

place shou ld b e ca l led Camp Coates , which name I have no doubtwi l l go by . F rom Peter ’s Camp we immediate ly le ft the Tiogoon our le ft hand , and ascended a great mountain cal led the S avageMountain .

21 . Rode from the widow Harris ’s to Wm . E l l is ’s , nine mi les .On the way crossed the Loyalsock . Rested t i l l evening , whentwe lve Friends appointed by Phi lade lph ia Quarter , came to

E l l is ’s in order to attend the open ing of a new Month ly Meet ingat Muncy

,nex'

t Fourth - day,the 23d of th is month . He re we

were lodged,be ing sixteen of us , they having p lenty o f room ,

good accommodat ions,and open , gene rous hearts .

23d . Attended the opening o f the new Month ly Meet ing atMuncy

,whe re appears a considerab l e number of we l l concerned

F riends . S aid meet ing he ld t i l l near sunset . Lodged this n ightat our k ind and hospitab le friends , Wm . and Mercy E l l is ’s .

24th . Rode from Muncy to Catawissa , th i rty mi les , andlodged at E l l is Hugh es’s . The most of the way a very goodroad ; passed by a number of pret ty good plant at ions though athin soi l and a greal dea l of what I cal l poor mountain land ,covered with barren oaks and smal l pi tch pine . S oon after Ileft E l l is ’ crossed Muncy Creek , a large st ream ; and a l i t tle b e

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fore we came to Catawissa town , F ishing Creek ,another large

st ream appeared on our le ft hand and emptied into the northeastbranch of the S usquehanna , which opposit e to said town i s abouta quarte r of a mi l e wide . We rode through it , [i t] being a l itt lemore than bel ly d eep .

25 th . S tayed in the town and walked about with E l l i sHughes viewing the river and town . which contains about fi ftyhouses , most of them not the most e legan t . Near three o ’c lock

,

afternoon , James Cooper and myse l f set off,l eaving the rest of

our company who intend to attend the Month ly Meet ing at Catawissa tomorrow

,and rode fourteen mi les to Ledingburgs , a Dutch

t avern , the road being good over mountains of very poor land .

26th . Rode from Ledingburg’

s to Ricgh’

s,n ine mi les ; fed

our ho rses and got break fast ; t o Pensinger’s ,eighteen mi les

,and

dined ; to James S tar ’s , at Parvin ’s , twenty mi les , and lodged .

This day ’s ride , forty - seven m i les . The most of i t good road

over a poor mountain coun t ry . Crossed the S chuy lki l l at a forgein a gap of the B lue Mountains , and Maiden Creek ,

about a mi lebefore I came to James S tar ’s . James Cooper having partedwith me two mi les back

,in order to go to John S tar ’s , i t fel t

very com fortabl e to be with these my old neighbors and belovedfriends

,James and Eleanor S tarr .

27th . F i rst of the week . J ames S tar accompanied me toReading ; attended Fri ends ’ meeting in that place , which is verysmal l

,s i x mi les

,and dined at John Jackson ’s , who accompanied

me to my son -in - law ’s,Mark Hughes

,seven mi les

,at Exete r .

The pleasure I fel t i n meet ing with my chi ldren was more sensib lethan easy to describe .

Bradford M . Mtg . RecordsIsaac Coates and Rebecca S harp less, dau . of Benj . of M idd le

town,b . 10 , 29 , 1749 ; d . 2,

9,1780 , UNM . , declared thei r inten

tions ofmarriage 3 , 22, 1771 , at E . Ca ln Mtg . , but at next Meeting i t was minuted that “the marriage laid before last meet ingbetween Coates and S ha rpless is put by on account of the man ’s

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110 Genealogy of the Coates Family.

9 . E li z abeth, b . 1 1 , I , 180 9 ; 4 d . ; d . 8 , I 2 . 1820 .

1 0 . Ann ,b . 9 , 3 , 1 8 1 2 ; 4 d . ; d.

1 1 . E sther E . , b . 9 , 3 , d . ; d . 3 , 4, 18 1 8 .

S evera l of the chi ldren of E li z abeth and Jesse Kersey d ied ofconsump tion. Joseph Kersey , E . 4 . M z—Charity Cope. E s ther ,E . 1 1 . Mz—Joseph H . P ainter

,son of Joseph and Lydia (Mar

sha ll) P ain ter . He, Joseph , was born 1 8 1 8, and married3 , 19, 1 840 , at B radford F riends Mee ting House. They resided inRichmond

,Va .

JE S SE KE RSEY ON THE DEATH OF H I S WIFE .

Ah "wh ither,sainted sp irit

,art thou gone

,

And left thy tender spouse all aloneOur time toge ther swee t ly passed away

,

Wh i le we were par tners, each re turning day .But now,

my love, no more can I beholdThose bril liant eyes that oft thy kindness told.

NO; dearest partner, thy blest race is run,And thou art told that a ll thy work isjdone .

While we were passing through th is'world of care ,How oft thy counsel b id us no t dispa ir .When s torms and tempests seem’d on every side

,

In thee I found (however grea tly tried )A mind superior to the darkest:hour,Whose trust was firm in th e A lmighty’s power .Thy gentle spirit, govern’d by the truth ,Maintain’d w i th constancy the vows of youth .Nor did th y soul e’er separated standF rom thy all-w ise Crea tor’s b lestgcommand .

But, being fai th ful to “the Ligh t w i th in,”Was thereby kep t from each bese tting sin .

And h aving known a heart th a t was sincere,Thy end was peace ,—th y future prospec ts clear .Thus pass’d the partner ofmy life away ,The blessed subj ect of e terna l day .No sorrows , griefs , nor clouds of dark despair,But joy and peace forever cen tre there .Oh may her o ffsp ring , guided as she was,By princip les D ivine , and holy laws ,E njoy with her the pure rewardjof peace,

Geneaology oj llze Goales Family. 111

Nor from the beauty of her li fe e’er cease .

Then w i ll they ever prove themselves to beExamples from al l vice and folly free,Thus wisely mee ting ev’ry task assign’d ,In ev’ry trial they w i ll be resign’d .

A nd when their race on earth sha l l have anJehovah

,God, w i ll be their lasting F riend .

B 2 . C 2. D 2. HANNAH COATES (Moses , S amue l , Moses)M —Gravenor Marsh . Chi ldren :

E . 1 . A daugh ter , died young .B 2. C 2. D 2- 1 ISAAC COATES (Moses , S amuel , Moses)M

Mary Gi lbe rt , 4 ,30

,1801 at E . Ca ln , dau . of John and Ann

(S tackhouse ) G i lbert , ofWest Caln , Pa . , who was b . 12, 27 , 1774 .

Isaac Coates was buri ed at Deer Creek, S tark Co .

,Oh io .

From Brad ford M . M . RecordsIsaac Coates , son of Moses Coates and Ma ry

,his wi fe

, of

the township of East Caln i n the County o f Chester,and S tate

of Pa. ,and Mary G i lbert , daughter o f John G i lbert and Ann,

his wi fe,o f the township of West Ca ln , County and S tate afore

said,married 30 ,

4,1801

,at Ca ln . Witnesses : Moses Coates ,

Mary Coates , Isaac Coates , S arah Coates , E l iz abeth Kersey ,Jesse Kersey

, S eymour Coates , Becky Coates , Esther Coates ,Rache l G i lbert , Warrick Coates , Caleb Coates , Isaac G i lbert ,E l iz abeth Gi lbert , Benj amin G i lbert , Thomas Gi lbert and others .Chi ldren :

E . 1 . Ann Gilbert,b . 4 , 17 , 180 2 . M :—D r . Thomas S h reve .

2 . E lish a , b . 3 , 24, 180 4 ; d . 4 , 1 , 180 6.

3 . John Gilber t , b . 7 , 6, 1 80 7 .

4 . Rachel , b . 7 , 9 , 1 80 9 . Mz—Dr. Solomon S hreve .5 . S arah C lark , b . 1 1 , M:

6. I saac S tackhouse, b . 9, 20 , 1 8 14 ; d . 8, 7 , 1 8 16 .

7 . E s ther Ridgeway,b . 3 , 2 7, 18 1 7 . M z—W i l liam Richmond

,

1 844 . Ch ildren: F . 1 . Charles Linden, b . 1 2 , 4 , 1834 . 2 .

V ic tor Hugo,d ied. I nt. D eer Creek

,Oh io .

1 12 Geneaology of l/ze Coates Family.

8 , Isaac Gilber t Coa tes , b . 9 , 1 3 , 18 19 ; d . 1 2 , 19, 190 2 , at res . ofson- in-law,Dr.W i l liam H . Mattson,

Ches ter Heigh ts,Del . Co . r

Pa. M z—Emma S . (Pierce ) Morris, 1 1,

Isaac wasborn in Coa tesvi lle , Pa. , removed w i th his parents in infancyto S tark Co . , Oh io , where he resided most ofhis life , a li felongmember of Religious S ociety of F riends

, and a s taunchworker in th e an ti-slavery cause . Their ch i ld ren: F . 1 . Ida

Florence, b . 9 , 2 7 , 1 856 . M z—Dr . Wi lliam H . Mattson, 5 , 5 ,1 87 5 , of Conco rd , Pa.

,son of Pe ter Worral l and E valina Han

num . Children: G . 1 . Gilbert Worrall,b . 2 , 3 , 1 876. M

Lydia Boo th,dau. of S amuel and Matilda

, 7 , 1 8 , 1 899 . Ch i ldren: H . 1 . Dorothy Coates , b . 4 , 1 6, 190 0 . 2 . Gilbert Boo th ,b . 190 3 . 2 . H ar ry H. ,

b . 7 , 28 , 1 879 . M :—5 . 5 , 1 894 ,

Amelia Hormann , dau. of August and Joseph ine . Ch i ld : H .

1 . E valina , b . 8, 7 , 190 5 . 3 . Levi L.

,b . 6 , 4 , 1 88 1 . M:

1 2,1 8, 1 90 2 , Mabel B rin ton, dau . of John and S arah . Child ren:

H . 1 . Helen Florence , b . 3 , 16, 190 4 . 2 . G race Brinton, b . 6,

26,190 5 . 4 . Norman Barnard, b . 2

,1 6

,1883 . 5 . F rancis

Coa tes,b . 1 1 , F . 2 . Margaret Emma Coa tes . b . 8 .

24 , 1 86 1 . M z—Wi l liam H . Yerkes,2 , 1 4, 190 3 , 5 0 11 Morris and

H annah Res ., at Old ..Coa tes homes tead P . O .

,Limav i lle

,

S tark , Co .

, Oh io .

B 2. C 2. D 2- 2'

ANN COATE S (Moses , S amuel , Moses)M

John Way,son of Benj . and Mary , 3 , 24 ,

1796 .

From Bradford M . M . Record s10

,14 , 1796 . Ann (Way ) Coate s complained of for marry

ing out and not a member . Thei r chi ldrenE . 1 . Benj amin, b . 6, 1 5 , 180 0 ; d . 1 0

, 20 , 1826.

2 . Mary , 8 , 26 , 180 2 ; d . 2 , 5 , 1 824 .

3 . Moses Coa tes,4 . John Baldwin

,twins

,b . 180 4; d . 8

,6,1832 .

5 . Matilda , b . 9 , 29 , 1 80 6.

6 . Joseph R . , b 1 0,1 8

,1 8 1 0 .

B 2. C 2. D 2 3 CALEB COATES (S amuel , S amuel , Moses) M—3

,15

,18 10 ,

E l i z abeth G i lbert , at Fallowfield Meeting . H e b .

1, 9 ,

1790 . Thei r chi ldrenE . 1 . Ann Luc re tia , b . 4 , 3 , 1 8 1 1 .

2 . E dwin Howard , b . 2 , 1 5 , 18 13 .

3 . Dr . John G ilb er t, b . 4 , 8 , 1 8 1 5 , a t Coa tesvi lle , Pa. ; (1. 1, 18, 1862 ,

a t C ulpepper Cour t House,Va.

,int. a t Big Lick , Rhoanoke

Co Va . , on z oth inst. D ied of Pneumonia .

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1 14 Geneaology of Me Coates Fam ily.

E . 1 . S arah Jane, b . 9, 1 7 , 182 5 . M z—S amuel Ware, son of John and

S arah , 1 0 , 24 , 1844 . Ch ildren: F . 1 . Emmalise , b . 8,1 , 1846.

M:—John G ilman. 6 , 1 5 , 1 867 .

2 . Rosel la , b . 1 0 , 28, 1849 . M z—Joseph Myerson, 1 2 , 2 1 , 1870 .

3 . Va leria,b . 9 , 20 , 1 85 2 .

4 . Laurence Kansas , b . 1 0 , 5 , 1 85 5 .

5 . Lloyd G arrison,b . 6

, 4 , 1 859.

6 . Theodore , b . 2 , 2 2 , 1 863 ; d . 6, 1 , 1 873 .

At Redstone Monthly Meeting held 9 , 3 , 1823 . Aqui l laCoates and H annah S . Troth , in formed this Meet ing , in writ ing ,of the i r intent ion of marriage with each other , he is expect ed toproduce a Cert ificate from his Month ly M eet ing of his cl earnessfrom others on l ike engagements .

At Redstone Month ly M eet ing held 19,1,1823 . Aqui l la

Coates produced a Cert ificate from Marlborough Month ly Meetingin order to proceed in marriage with Hannah S . Troth ,

they now

attending,dec lared the continuation of thei r intent ion o f marriage ,

thei r parents consenting,and noth ing appearing to obstruct

,

they are le ft at l ibert y to accompl ish thei r marriage agreeab le todiscipl ine

,Morris Truman and John Cock

,are appointed to have

the oversight thereof . At next Meet ing the committe reportedthe marriage o f Aqui l l a Coates and H annah S . Troth was orderlyaccompl ished .

Taken from the Marriage Certificate .Whereas , Aqui l la Coates , of S tark County

,in the S tate of

Ohio,5 0 11 o f Moses and Mary Coates , the former deceased , and

Hannah S . Troth , of Fayette County , Pennsy lvania , daughterofHen ry and H annah Troth , th e former deceased , having declared thei r intent ion o f marri age with each other be fore 3

Month ly M eet ing of the Re l i gious S ociety o f Fri ends , held atRedstone . were married the 2ud day o f the l0 th month ,

1823 ,in

a pub l ic meet ing of the said people at Redstone .

AQ UI LLA COATES .

H ANNAH S . COATE S .

Witnesses : H annah Troth , S a rah T . Oxley , James Truman ,M argaret Truman , Jane Troth , Joe l Ox ley ,

Ann G . Coates , John

Geneaology of Me Coates Family. 115

Coates , Ed i th N . S harpless , Hannah G . Lamb , Erastus K i rk ,Joseph Truman , Wi l l i am S harpless , At lantic Haines , Rhoda M .

Hunt, S usan A . Jones , S arah Moore , Ann C . Townsend , Ruth

Townsend,David Catte l l

,Joshua Wood , Ruth Haines , R ichard

Darl ington,E l iz abeth Cattel l

,Jonas Catte l l .

Taken from Cert ificates of Remova l of Redstone Month lyMeet ing :To Marlborough Month ly M eet ing , Ohio . Hannah S .

Coates , having removed with her husband , to reside withinthe l im its of your Meet ing , requests our Cert ificate , nothing appearing to preven t , we grant the same ,

signed at RedstoneMonth ly Meet ing

,12th month , 3 rd ,

1 823 ,By

ELI SHA HUNT .

RACHEL DA RLI NGTON .

B 2. C 2. D 2- 10 AMOS COATES (Moses , S amuel , Moses)M

Jane Brinton , b . 3, 23 , 1800 . Chi ldren :

1 . Moses,b. 8 , 30 , 18 1 9 . M z—Mary A . Young . Ch i ldren: F . 1 .

Wi ll iam,b . 1 844 . 2 . Mary Amelia , b . 1846. 3 . W.

, b . 1 850 .

4 . Geo . S . , b . 1 855 .

2 . No rris B .

,b . 1 0 , 2 5 , 1 820 . M z—A . Rudolph . Ch i ldren: F . 1 .

S y lvanus,b . 1845 . 2 . Moses

, b . 1 849 . 3 . Emeline,b . 185 2 .

3 . H annah , B . N .

, b . 9, 1 5 , 1 823 . M z—Joseph A rnold, who died,4 , 1 86 1 . Ch ildren: F . 1 . James M . 2 . Belle . 3 . Flo rence .4 . Gertrude.

4 . H arriett T .

, b . 6, 5 , 1 824; d . at 1 0 months .

5 . H ayes C lark , b . 6, 9 , 1826 . Mz—Amelia Ware . Ch ildren: F1 . Albert, b . 1 847 . 2 . Pheb e, b. 1 850 . 3 . Laura, b . 185 5 .

6. Jesse Kersey, b . 4 , 2 5 , 1 828 . M: - V irginia B rown. Chi ldrenF . 1 . John, b . 1 852 . 2 . E lmer

,b . 1 854 . 3 . Ma riah

,b . 1 856.

4 . C lifford, b . 1 858 .

NOTE I—I have examined th e names of wi tnesses to marriage Certificates for Redstone Month ly Meeting , do no t find Coates

,th is would appear

to be evid ence th at th e fa n i ly were settled to th e wes t of Redstone, orFayette Coun ty , Penn .

,possibly in Oh io , and lodged their Certificates at Redstone . I have examined myWes tland Mon th ly Mee ting Records in Wash

lugton Co .

,Penn.

, do no t find the name of Coates , nor does th e name appear as w itness to any of marriage certificates . I have a lso examined myCrane Creek and Caesars Creek records , no Coates is reco rded, possiblyth is record does no t cover that part of Carolina , in wh ich Coates’ werelocated . KIRK BROWN .

116 Geneaology of tlze Coates Family.

7 . George B . N ., b . 1829 . Mz—Mary Black . Ch ildren: F .

1 . Jane, b . 1852 . 2 . H arrie t t , b . 1 854 .

8 . O liver Ridgeway , b . 1 2,

M z—Ca tharine Lane. Ch i ld renF . 1 . Edw in O . R . ,

d . 4 , 5 , 1863 , a t Lexington, Ky.

,int. Marl

boro , S tark Co .

,Oh io .

9 . Amos , b . 3 , 24. 1835 . M z—Ada F . F rees . Chi ld: F . 1 . HoraceLucian

,b . 1860 .

1 0 . Mary Ann, b . 6, 1 , 1 826. M z—Joseph C . Warren.

1 1 . Howard H ill , b . 1838 . Mz—Cordelia H all . Ch i ld: F . 1 . S on

b . 1 860 .

1 2 . Ridgeway, b . 1840 . UNM .

B 2. C 2. D 2 1 1 JES S E COATE S , M .D . (Moses , S amue l ,Moses) M z—Martha Webb Pennock

,by Fri ends Ceremony

,in

presence o f M ayor Joseph Watson of Ph i lade lphia,4

,4,1826 .

Thei r chi ldrenF . 1 . George W . P. ,

b . 1 , 30 , 1 828 .

2 . Charles E . , M .D . , b . 1 0, 1 0

,1829 ; d . 3 , 190 1 , in Texas , at home

of a son .

3 . Ann E li z a , b . 9 , 1 , 1 83 1 ; d . 1 83 1 .

4 . S arah Pennock ,5 . Isaac Pennock , b . 1 0 , 16, 1 836.

6 . Caroline Pennock ,S arah and Caroline reside (1 90 6 ) in their father’s homestead

on Main S t.

, Coatesvil le, Pa .B 2. C 3 . D 1 . BEULAH COATES (Isaac , S amue l , Moses ) M

J oshua Moore,of Caln

,b . 5 ,

18,1803 .

F rom Bradford M . Mtg . RecordsJoshua Moore , of Townsh i p o f London G rove , in the County

o f Chester and S tate of Penna ,son of Joseph Moore and Jane

h is wi fe,th e latter deceased , and Beulah Coates , daughter o f

Isaac and Hannah his wi fe , of the township of East Calnmarried 18

,5,1803 , at Caln . Witnesses : Isaac Coates , H annah

Coates, Grace Co lgan ,

Lydia H ughes,Rebecca Coates

, S eymour

Coates,Amy Coates

,Zi l la Coates , Israe l Coates , Wi l l y Coates ,

Wi l l iam Moore,David Moore , Diannah Moore , Mary Coates ,

J unr . , Isaac Coates , Junr . , Wi l l iam Moore . S amue l Coates , Junr . ,Caleb Coates , Levi Coates , and others . Thei r ch i ldren :

E . 1 . Joseph , b . 5 , 4, 1 80 4 .

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1 18 Geneao logy of l/ze Coates Family.

3 , 1 0 , 1 860 . M z—E lla Lamborn ; one son. 3 . Lydia E . ,b . 1 0 ,

a 1863 . M z—A lfred Leeds . Res . , Moores town, N . J . 4 . Al

ber t L.

, b . 1 867 , d . 5 . Mary B .

, b . 1 873 .

2 . H annah Hughes , (H . H . L . , d . 5 , 5 , M : - John Lam

born, 3 , 1 3 , 1845 , son Of Thomas , ofNew Garden Townsh ip ,

Chester Co .

,Pa . Ch i ldren: F . 1 . Beulah

,b . 1

,1 2 , 1836 ; d .

1 2 , 1 4 , 1 842 . 2 . Wil liam,b . 4 , 2 1 , 1838 . M :—Mary C . Law

ton,dau. of Jas . M . , ofN ew Brigh ten

,Mass

,8,1 6

,1 870 . Ch i ld

ren: G . 1 . Annie , b . 6,2 0

,1 87 1 . 2 . E di th

,b . 1 872 ; d .

7 , 2,

1 873 . 3 . S arah , b . 6,2 2

,1 874 . 4 . Ka tharine , b .

2,2 0

,1 876. M : -8

,1,1 895 , Capt . Tenny Ross , son of Commis

sloner John W ofWashington , D .C . Ch i ldren: H . I . Ross .2 . Lew is Tenny . 3 . Mary E liz abe th . G , 5 . Charles Carrington ,

b . 2 , 24, 1 878 . M z—6, 3 , 190 3 , Fannie D . Bache , dau.

of A rthur J .,ofWashington ,

D .C . Ch i ldren: H . 1 . Lawton .

2 . Charles F rances . G . 6 . Mabel Lawton, b . 1 , 1 0 , 188 1 . M6,1 3 , 1 9oo , Emory H . Wi lson

,of Wash ington , D .C . Wm .

Lamborn served three years, lacking one and a h alf mon ths , inthe C ivi l War

,1 862 -65 , for th e suppression of the Rebellion

and the Aboli tion of S lavery , S ince which time h e h as beenemp loyed continuously in the Treasury Dept . , at Washington ,

D .C . F . 3 . P hebe H . , b . 9 , 7, 1 840 ; d . 4 . Hughes ,b . 6

,2,1 844 . M :— 5 , 1 8

,1 878 , O ra A .

, dau. Of Hiram W . and

S arah B . Barney , ofDenver , Col. Ch i ldren: G . 1 . E ra May ,b . 5 , I 5 , 1 879 . M z—C lyde Wh i te, of Denver , CO]. 2 . WilliamHughes , b . 1 2

, 3 . S arah H.

, b . 1 2 , 1 7, 1 884 . Tw ins .3 . Rebecca , b . 5 , 23 , 1 8 1 1 . M :—John D . H arvey . Ch i ldren: F

1 . S amuel . 2 . Lydia . 3 . Mary . M z—Geo . McClain . ChildrenG . 1 . Mabel . 2 . Leona . Res . , Germantown , Pa .

4 . S amuel , b . 6. I,1 80 9 ; d . 2

,26

,1 854 . M z—Mary Ann H arv ey .

Ch i ld : F . 1 . Lyd ia , b . 8 , 2 1,1 839 . M z—A lfred F . Conrad

,

b . 2 , 1 3 , 1 835 , rose grower, West G rove , Pa. , wh ere they re

side . No children . F . 2 . Mark,b . 2 , 1 5 , 1 844 . M z—P riscilla

Hoopes . Ch ildren: G . 1 . Mary . M z—William E w ing,M .D .

ofWest G rove , Pa.,where they reside . Chi ld: H . 1 . Mar

garet H . G . 2 . Lydia . 3 . Alice . F . 3 . H annah . M z—E dward S avery . Res . West Ch es ter , Pa . Ch i ldren: G . 1 . Mary .2 . Rebecca . 3 . Edward . F . 4 . Rebecca . M z—Chas . Tay lor .Ch i ldren: G . 1 . Merritt. 2 . C li ffo rd . 3 . Joseph . 4 . Mary .5 . Raymond .

5 . Margaretta , b . 1 1 , 18, 1 8 13 ; d . 9 , 7 , 1836 . M z—Thomas Tay lor.of West Chester, Pa .

Genealogy of ilze Coates Fam ily. 1 19

E . 6 . W i lliam ,b . d. 1 894 . M : - E li z abeth Gaw th rop ,

b . 1820 ; d . 1 2 , Ch ildren: F . 1 . George G . , b .

9 , 2 1 , 1 843 . M z—Emma H all . No issue . 2 . Charles Coa tes, b .

1847 . M z—Caroline Barton . Ch ildren: G . 1 . Laura , b .

2,2 5 , 1 873 . 2 . May , b . 8 , 5 , 1 880 . 3 . Charles R . , b . I , 16, 1887

F . 3 . Arni e A . , b . 1 850 . M z—Mil ton E . Conard , V.M ,D :

b . 6,6, 1 85 1 . M: - 1 0

,8 , 1 873 . G radua ted a t Veternary Dep t.

Universi ty of Pennsy lvania , Class of 1 89 1 . Thei r childrennG . 1 . E l iz abe th H . 2 . A lice M . Res . , West G rove , P a .

B 2. C 3 . D 7 . REBECCA COATES (Isaac , S amuel , Moses ) MJohn Woodward , 1 ,

16 ; 1805 ,at East Ca ln . He born ,

1775,died 1 1

,5,1843

,in t . at \Vest Grove F .E .G . No issue .

F rom Bradford M . Mtg . Records :John Woodward

,of London Grove Township in County of

Cheste r and S tate of Penna ,son of S amue l Woodward and S arah

(Jackson ) his wi fe , (the latt er deceased ) , and Rebecca Coates ,of the township of East Cal n and County and S tate aforesaid ,married 16 ,

1,1805 . Witnesses : S amue l Woodward , Isaac

Coates,H annah Coates

, S amue l Woodward , Junr . , Benj amin

Swayne , Josh ua Moore , Thomas Woodward , S eymour Coates ,Amy Coates

,Zi l la Coates

,Mark H ughes

,L ind ley Coates

,Rache l

Woodward,Lydia J ackson

,Israel Coates , Wi l l i am Woodward ,

S arah Coates and others .

B 2 . C 3 . D 5 . SEYMOUR COATES (Isaac , S amuel , Moses)M :

Deborah Preston,at West Grove , Pa.

,4,19

,1805 . The i r ch i l

dren :E . 1 . Preston,

b . I , 3 , 1 80 6; d . 1840 . M z—Mary A . B aker, b . 1 8 1 0 ; d .

1 858 . Ch i ldren: F . 1 . Isaac P .,b . 6, 26, 1 830 ; d . 10 , I 6, 1886. 2 .

J ames S .

, b . 1834 . M z—Caroline Miller . Ch i ldren: G . 1 . MaryC . , b . 1857 . 2 . S eymour , b . 1 859 . 3 . Amelia . M :—Isaac Gass .Ch ildren : H . 1 . Isaac

,b . 1 1 , 1 , 1 830 . Res . , Kansas C ity , Mo .

2 . Isaac, b . 9 , 9, 180 9 . M z—S arah A . Rich ards . Ch ildren: F . I .

Phebe R . 2 . Rebecca . 3 . Joshua R .

Rebecca , b . 1 2,19 , 1 8 1 2 ; d . 1 0 , 5 , 1 846. M z—Alfred S ink ler.

H ad 4 ch ildren .

H annah b . 9, 20,1 8 1 5 ; d . 1 2 , 23 , 1 843 . Mz—Abel L . Ch i lds .

S on: F . 1 . Henry Preston. M z—Lillian Price . No issue .Rebecca resides No . 3627 Broadway, Kans as C ity , Mo .

120 Geneaology of Me Coates Family.

5 . Lydian, b . 8 , 1 8 , 1 8 1 8 ; d . 1 2 , 8 , 1899 . M z—Lukins MichenorCh ildren: F . 1 . F rank . 2 . Mary . M: McCalvey, Res:(190 5 ) 13 16 O live S t. , Kansas C i ty , Mo . 3 . Irene .

6. Rachel , b . 1 1 , 1 2 , 182 1 . M z—E rie Locke, Of I ndianaplis, Ind .

Two sons and one daugh ter, latter resides in Cal iforniaB 2. C 3 . D 6 . AMY COATES (Isaac , S amuel , Moses ) M

Mah lon Preston ,1 1 , 20 ,

1805,of E . Caln Mtg . son of Thomas

and Rebecca of London Grove , Pa . Their ch i ldren :E . 1 . Wil l iam, b . 1 1

,6,1 8 1 1 ; d . 2

,20

, 1 886. Wi lliam was at one timeC ity Treasurer of W i lmington , Del . , and served as Quarte rMaster a t Fo r t Delaware during the C ivil War .

Extracted from Bradford Mo . Meet ing Marriage Records :Mah lon Preston , of Township o f London G rove , in County

of Cheste r and S tate of Penna . , son of Joseph Preston andRebecca his wi fe

,the l at ter deceased

,and Amy Coates of the

Township of East Ca ln , in the County and S tate a foresaid ,daughte r of Isaac and H annah his wi fe

,married 20th of 1 1 Mo .

1805 ,at Caln .

” Witnesses z—Joseph P reston,H annah Coates ,

Wi l l i am Preston , Jonas Preston , David Preston ,J udith Preston

,

S eymore Coates , Deborah Coates , Zi l la Coates , Amos Preston ,S idney Coates , Israel Coates , Beu lah Moore , Joshua Moore ,Wil l i am M . Colgan ,

Moses Coates , Joshua Mendenhal l , Wi l l iamTruman

,Rache l Moore

,and others .

B 2. C 3 . D 7 . Z I LLA COATES (Isaac , S amuel , Moses) MJames Wi l l i amson . Chi ldren :

E . 1 . H annah . 2 . S eymour . 3 . Rachel , died young . 4 . Lindley,died UNM . 5 . Gilpin. 6. E lwood . 7 . Taylor . 8 . Beulah .

9 . Amy, died young and of smallpox. F rom E 3 , to E 8 , ln

elusive , died of consumption.

B 2. C 3 . D 8 . ISRAEL COATES (Isaac , S amue l ; Moses ) MS arah Wi l l iamson , at West Grove , Pa. ,

12,16 , 18 19 . The i r

ch i ld ren :E . 1 . Isaac . 2 . Lew is . 3 . Rachel . M z—Richard Amicost. 4 . Louisa

M z—Cox.

B 2. C 3 . D 9 . LI NDLEY COATES (Isaac , S amuel , Moses) M

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B 2 . C 2 . D 2 1 . E 1 . ANN G I LBERT COATES (I saac , Moses ,S amuel , Mo ses ) M : —Dr . Thomas S hreve . Thei r c h i ld ren :

F . 1 . Charles Ridgeway, b . 6, 26, 1 829 .

2 Julia A twa ter, b . 4 , 30 , 183 1 .

3 . Caster Wister, b . 1 , 30 , 1 833 .

B 2. C 2 . D 3 - 1 . E 3 . JOHN G I LBERT COATES (Isaac , Moses ,S amue l , Moses) M z—Ann S awyer . Chi ldren :

F . 1 . Cullen Wis ter, b . 1843 . M z—Mary Rose . Ch i ldren: G . 1 .

Wal ter. 2 . Mary, b . 9 , 16, 1 875 .

Cecelia Mary , b . 1 849, always known as Mary . M z—Dr . A lbertRogers . Ch ild: G . 1 . George .

B 2. C 2. D 2- 3 . E 1 . ANN LUCRETI A COATES (Caleb , Moses ,S amuel , Moses ) M z

—Co l . John A . Rogers,of Tenn . Thei r chi l

drenF . 1 . Lucretia Adelia C lay , b . 5 , 2 5 , 1 843 , in Catawba , Dallas Co .

,

A labama ; d. 9, 7 , 1 843 , in Nashvil le . Tenn.

2 . V i rginia S ylvania , b . 8 , 24 , 1844 .

3 . Charles Watrus, b . 6,1 1

,1846.

B 2 . C 2. D 2—3 . E 2. EDWARD HOWARD COATE S (Caleb ,Moses

, S amuel , Moses ) M t—S arah Du l l , 10 ,12,

1834 . Thei r

chi ldren :F . I . Henry Ridgeway, b . 8 , 6, 1835 .

2 . I sabella V irginia , b . 6,1 3 , 1 83 7 M z—S amuel Thompson

,by

F riend ’s Ceremony . Ch i ldren: G . 1 . Walter, d ied young . 2

F rank, UNM . ,

resides 3 142 Page S t. , Phi la . Pa .3 . Helen Garrison,

b . 9 , M: S hreve. Ch ild: G . 1

Forest,Res .

,E aston, Talbot Co . , Md .

4 . W i lliam Tay lor , b . 3 , 2 2 , 1 841. M : H annah . Ch ildG . 1 . H annah , married . Res . , 2 1 20 North Carolina Ave . ,

Phfla,Pa.

5 . E liz abe th Gilber t, b . 4 , 1 7 , 1843 . Res . , 3 142 Page S t. , Ph i la . , Pa.

6 . Ann Lucretia, b . 1 , 2 3 , 1846 . Res . , 3 142 Page S t.

, Ph i la . , Pa.

7 . E dwin Howard, Jr.,b . 2

,19, 1848 . Res . , 1337 B rown S t. , Ph ila . ,

Pa .

8 , I da Valeria , b . 1 0,

M ~ Wrightman. Chi ldrenG . 1 . Winfield, married, one ch ild . 2 . Kate, married. 3 .

Laura,d ied young . Res . , S trand P. 0 . Box, 1 0 1 , Lincoln Co . ,

Oklahoma .

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124 Geneaology ofMe Goales F amily.

2 . H arry Dar ling ton , b . 9 , M z—I I, 23 , 190 4, Jenni e Walk

er H all , granddaugh ter of Lord Shelmarden . H . D . C . is Ist

S ergt. , in Ist Reg , U . S .V. E ngineers . S aw service I n PortoRico in 1898 .

3—4 . Edi th and Emily , (twins ) , died in infancy .5 . Florence, b . 4 , 7, 1896. M :—4 , 2 5 , 190 5 , Rapeliz e Howell , ofN .Y

Ci ty .Joseph Ridgeway Taylor Coates

,was born in Coatesville , had

an A cedemic education, studied Law , was admitted to the Delaware Bar in 1859, entered the A rmy in 1861 as Ist Lieutenant ofthe (S lifer Ph alanx) CO. C , of th e I st Regt. of Penn Reserves ,was promoted to Captain and breveted M ajor for gal lant conductin th e Ge t tysburg Campaign.

S erved as A ssistant Inspec tor General on S taff of Gen . Mc

Candless, Commanding the I st B rigade of the Penna . Reserves(3d D ivision, 5th A rmy Corps , A rmy of the Potomac) and honorab lymustered out of service, June 15 , 1864, after expiration of

service .Was appointed Postmaster of Chester in 1865 to 1869. In 1887

was elected Mayor of Chester , and again in 1890 . Was an E lector on the H arrison ticke t

, and still continues the practice oflaw .

I

B 2. C 2. D 2 11 . E 1 . GEORGE WI LLIAM PENNOCK COATESMoses

, S amuel , Moses ) M z—RachelE . H az ard , o f

M i l ford,Del .

,granddaughter of Ex -Governor H az ard . Their

“

chi ldrenF . 1 . Rachel D . ,

died at 18 years . Known as “S helly.

2 . Jesse, d ied at 9 months .B 2. C 2. D 2- 11 E 2 . CHARLES HOWARD COATES , M . D .

(J esse , M .D .,Moses

, S amuel , Moses) M z—Annie H unter Roberts

,o f Nantmeal

,Pa. C . H . C . was born in Coatesvil le , Pa.

Graduated i n Medicine at University of P enna . Chi ldrenF . 1 . Geo . W . P .

,b . 3 , 8 , 1857. M z—Aline Wood, fi rst wife . S econd,

E ddie G raham . Ch i ldren: G . 1 . Frank . 2 . Geo . H., Res . ,

Abilene, Texas .2 . Leonard R . ,

b . 12 , 25 , 1858. M z—Janie Boardman. Ch ildrenG . 1 . John T . 2 . Leonard R . 3 . Mary R . 4 . Doro thy W .

5 . Robert B .

3. Dewees R , b . 11, 20 , d .

4 . Charles E . Mz—Dol ie Murin. Chi ld . G . 1. Charles Hunter.

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5 . Mary Louisa . Mz—John A . Benedict. Ch i ldren: G . 1 . Anna .2 . H arriet W.

6. Jesse. M :—Ma ry M . Me rri tt.7 . Rachel Anna . M z—F rank Martin. Res .

,10 0 0 Cathedral S t.,

Balt.,Md .

B 2. C 2. D 2- 1 1 . E 5 . ISAAC PENNOCK COATES (Jesse , M . D .

Moses, S amue l , Moses ) M z—S usan Tay lor A l l ison , ofChesapeake

City,Md .

,b . 7 , 2,

1839 . Chi ldren :F . 1 . Charles P .

, b . 7, 13 , 1859 . 2 . Jesse . 3 . Louis P . 4 . S arah P .

5 . Mabel . 6. Isaac P . J r . 7. Wi lliam G . 8 . Ch ester Cyri ll .B 2. C 3 . D 1 . E 1 . JOSEPH MOORE (Beu lah , Isaac , S amuel ,

Moses) b . 3,4

,1804 . M : - Mary B . Douglass . Res . , 147 S tate

S t .,Chicago

,I l l .

B 2. C 3 . D 1 . E 2. HANNAH MOORE (Beu lah Isaac , S amuel ,Moses ) M z

—Thomas H ughes . The i r ch i ldrenF . 1 . Beulah , b . 4 , 24 , 1829, in London, Britain Twp . ,

Chester Co . , Pa.

M:—Howard P reston, son of Amos , 18 55 . Ch i ldren: G o

1 . Maria . 2 . Margaret. Res . , Treeson,Chester . M:—F rank'

lin Buckman,had th ree chiidren . 3 . Caroline . 4 . Thomas.

Irwin.

B 2. C 3 . D 1 . E 3 . ISAAC MOORE (Beu lah , Isaac , S amuel ,Moses) M :

—Ruth Gawthrop , of Avondale , Pa: Chi ldren :F . 1. Joseph , b. 7 , Mz—S arah Townsend . Ch i ldren: G . 1.

Amy. Darwin . 3 . Lindley . 4 . Ruth . 5 . Bessie . 6.

7 . Haldine .

2 . Lindley , b . 5 , 26, 1845 ; d . 10 , 21 , 1871 .

3 . H annah,b . 1 1

,1 8

,1 849 ; d . 5 , 3 1 , 18 55 .

4—5 . Charming and Darw in.

6 . Lydia .

B 2. C 2. D 5 . E 6 . RACHEL COATES (S eymour , Isaac ,S amuel , Moses) M z—Erie Locke , o f Indianapol is , Ind . The irchi ldren

F . 1 . Char les , died young .2 . H annah Rebecca .3 . Char les E rie . Mz—E l la B rown. Chi ldren: G . 1 . Campbell .

2 . Edi th .

126 Geneaology of fire Coates Family.

4 . S eymour . M z—Catherine Greenleaf. Ch ildren: G . 1 . PrestonE rie .

5 . Willie Moore Brown. M:—Charles Watts . Ch i ldren: G . 1,

H arvey . M : 1 chi ld . 2 . S eymour. M : 1 ch i ld . 3 . Carl .B 2. C 3 . D 5 . E 6 . LYD I AN COATE S . (S eymour , Isaac ,

S amue l , Moses) M z—Jacob L . M i tchener . Thei r ch i ldrenF . 1 . Mary Auburn, b . 1 2 , 2 5 , 1844; d . I

, 3 , 1 845 .

2 . Judkins Parker,b . 1 0

, 5 , 1847 ; d . 1 0, 3 1 , 1 847 .

3 . Judkins Parker , b . 1 0,1 2

,l 848 ; d . 1 , 28 , 1893 .

4 . Mary Auburn, b . 1 1 , 24 , 1 850 . M:—George N . McCalvy, in

1 884 ; d . 1 889 . One ch ild: G . 1 . Irene Myrtle , b . 9 ,

Res . , 1 3 16 ‘

O live S t., Kansas C ity , Mo .

5 . Frank Byron, b . 1 1,2, 1 852 ; d . 7 , 3 , 185 5 .

6 . Irene , b . 1 854 ; d . 8,29 , 1 856.

7 . Frank Byron, b . 3 , 1 8, 1856. M z—E l iz abe th E . Payne . Ch ildrenG . 1 . Jeanne Auston, b . 1 1

, 7, 188 1 ; d . 1 882 . 2 . Margaret,b . 1 1 , 7 , 1886. 3 . E liz abe th Payne

,b . 8

,6,1 889 .

8 . Persey S helby , b . 4 , 1 , 1858 ; d . 2 , 1 4 , 190 0 . M :—S tella Ferguson.

Their ch i ldren: G . 1 . F rancis LeRoy, b . 1,17 , 1 883. M:

Grace Cal l . Ch i ld: H . 1. Marion .

9 . W i llie Lincoln, b . 6 , 6, 1862 ; d. 8 , 5 , 1886.

10 . Pierce Preston,b . 10

,2 5 , 1864 .

B 2. C 3 . D 9 . E 1 . S IMMONS COATE S (Lindley , Isaac ,S amuel , Moses) M z—Emel ine Jackson . at Wi l l i am Jackson ’snear West Grove , Pa. ,

1,1 1

,1843 . S immons was ki l led by the

upsett ing of an ox - cart on his farm near West Grove , 10 ,1862.

The i r ch i ldren :F . 1 . Ger trude, b . 12 , 5 , 1843 .

2 . E liz abeth J . , b . 7, 13 , 1846.

3 . Ann Deborah , b . 8 , 1, 1848 ; d . 11, 10 , 1873, at West G rove, Pa .4 . Rebecca, b . 8 , 9, 1851 ; d . 7 , 30 , 1 886.

5 . E vangeline , b . 2 , 20 , 1853 .

6. Lavenia , b . 4, 22 , 18 58 . UNM . Res . , Colorado Springs, Col.7 . Emma S . , b . 6

,10 , 1 876. Res . , West Chester , Pa .

Lavenia was a teacher in Millersvi l le S ta te Normal S chool,and was th e fi rst lady pupi l who had taken the entire Scientificcourse up to 1 896 in th at School . S immons was born near Gap

,

Lancas ter Co .

, Pa. , 2 , 6, 1830 , his w ife, D eborah , was from S adsbury Twp. , same Co . They were both interrred at West Grove

Chester Co . , Pa.

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B 2 . C 2 . D 2—3 . E 7 . F 3 . CI I ARLE S E . MATHER (EstherVi rgini a , Caleb , Moses , S amuel , Moses ) M z—Anne D . Gemmi l l ,dau . of Zach a ria h and Ma rgaret

,12

, 2,1875 . Res idence

,Phi la

de lph ia ,Pa . Th ei r chi ld ren :

G . 1 . A rthur G . b . 1 1,1876, d . 1 1 , 1879 . 2 . Josehpine Coa tes , b . 8

,1 1 ,

1878 .

3 . V ictor Charles,b . 3 , 8 , 1880 . M z—Ca tharine Ann E a rle

, 3 . 6 ,

190 5 , dau . , of George H . Jr. , of Ph i la . Pa . V ictor is a graduateofH arvard College

,190 3 .

4 Doro thv. 1 . Gilb er t , b . 1 2 , 16, 1887 .

B 2. C 2. D 2- 3 E 7 . F 4 . FLORENCE VI RG I N I A MATHER(Esther-V i rgin ia , Cal eb , Moses , S amuel , Moses ) M z—Al fred

Marshal l . Res.,in Langhorn

,Pa . , 1902. Chi ldren

G . 1 . C larence M . , d ied at 3 years .2 . Frederick W .

3 . Richard , b . 6, 1889 .

B 2. C 3 . D 2- 3 . E 7 . F 5 . IRENE ADELA ID MATHER (EstherV i rgin ia , Caleb , Moses , S ammel , Moses ) M z—Wil l i am H enry

Woodward,Atty . ,

a graduate of U . of P . ,C lass 1895 . Practices

law in Phi la . M :—6, 20 ,

1895 .

B 2. C 2. D 2- 1 1 . E 5 . F 1 . CHARLES P ENNOCK COATE S(Isaac Pennock ,

J esse,Moses

, S amuel , Moses ) M z—M ary Love .

The i r chi ldren :G . 1 . E dward Edwards . 2 . Mabel H a l le t t . 3 . Charles H . 4 . Lillian .

Res . , New O rleans, La .B 2. C 2 . D 2- 1 1 . E 5 . F 2. LOUI S P I ERCE ELLI SON COATES

(Isaac Pennock , J esse , Moses , S amuel Moses ) M z—Mary Cha l

mers Ferguson,of S al em Va . The ir chi ldren :

G . I . Marion Pcnrose,b . 1893 .

2 . Louise A rgyl l , b . 190 2 ; d . a t 20 mos .

Res .,Chicago

,I ll.

B 2. C 2. D 2- 11 . E 5 . F 6 . SARAH PENNOCK COATES (IsaacP ennock

,J esse

,Moses

, S amuel , Moses ) M z—John Maximilan

At lee , of Phi l a . ,Pa. ,

now (1904) res . ,in New O rl eans

,La .

Chi ldrenG . 1 . Mabel Adele . Isaac Pennock . Res . , Fauquier Co . , Va .B 2 . C 2 . D 2- 1 1 . E 5 . F 7 . M ABEL COATES (Isaac Pennock ,

Jesse , Moses , S amuel , Mo ses) M z—lValter Atl ee , bro . of Max

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imilan of Phi la . , Pa . Res . , (1904) in Bal t . , Md . The i r ch i ldrenG . John Walter . 2 . Mabel Louise . 3 . Jesse . 4 . Felicie . 5 . Victile .

6. Mabel . 7 . Marie . 8 . E li z abeth .B 2. C 3 . D 5 . E 1 . F 1 . I SAAC PRESTON COATES (Preston ,

S eymour , Isaac , S amue l . Moses ) M z—Charlotte S pangler . Is

d eceased . Resided in Pasadena , Cal . Thei r chi ldren .

G . 1 . G race Amelia , b . 185 5 . UNM .

2 . Roy Gass , b . 5 . 4 , 1857 . UNM .

3 . E rnest Lander . b . 9 ; 1863 ; d . 10 , 1864 .

B 2. C 3 . D 5 . E 1 . F 2. AMELI A BAKER COATES (Preston ,

S eymour , Isaac , S amuel , Moses ) M z— 5,22, 1848 ,

Isaac Gass , b .

in 1820 ; d . 10 , 21 , 1875 . Amel i a married second time ,12, 29 ,

1 880,Judge George W . Gettes , b . 1824 ; d . 1 1 , 9 , 1892, in M ans

fi eld,Ohio

,where the widow resides , 1905 . Thei r chi ldren :

G . 1 . F lorien P reston Gass , 12,15 , 1848 . M z—H arrie tt Brownson .

Thei r ch i ldren: H . 1 . Charles, b . 11,17 , 18 75 . M z—Jennie

Pierce . Their child : I . 1 . P reston 2

S herlock , b . 10 , 16, 1868 . 3 . P reston .

2 . Mary Amelia Gass , b . 185 0 ; d . 1869 . UNM .

3 . Ber tie Lissa Gass,b . 6

,26, 1864 . M z—Francis C live . Children:

H . 1 . S eymour F .,b . 11 , 2 7, 1885 . 2 . Francis M .

, b . I , 2 , 1888 .

3 . Helen Coates , b . 8 , 14 , 1893 . 4 . A rthur S pencer , b . 1, 21 ,

1895 .

B 2. C 3 . D 9 . E 1 . F 1 . GERTRUDE COATE S (S immons ,Lindley , Isaac , S amue l , Moses ) M : -E z ra , son ofGeo . and Anna

Webster , of Co l lamer , Chester Co . , Pa. , at her home near WestGrove , Pa. ,

1,17 , 1867 . S he res . 5 2 S . Cl inton S t . ,

O range,N .

Y . Chi ldren :G . 1 . Frederic, b ,

a t Wes t G rove,Pa. , 12 , 5 , 1 867 . Res . , New B righ ton,

Pa.,where he married

, 4 , 28,1897 , Maud S . S per ry , b . 9, 12 ,

1870 , dau. of Wm . M . and Emma J . Their ch i ldren: H . 1 .

E lenor . 2 . Margare t . 3 . Wm . S .

2 . Wal ter C. ,b . 9, a t Downingtown

,P a . W ith Westing ‘

house E lectric Co . ,120 B roadway , N .Y . Res . , 5 2 5 C linton S t.

O range,N .Y . M :—11

,10

,190 3 , E va (Fos ter) Fi rth , of Lan’

caster , Pa . Ch i ld : H . 1 . Wa l ter Foster , b . 5 , 15 , 190 5 .

B 2 . C 3 . D 9 . E 1 . F 2. ELI ZABETH J . COATES (S immons ,Lind ley , Isaac , S amuel , Moses ) M z

—3,18

,1869 , Hon . Marriot t ,

130 Geneaology of tile Coates Family

son of C larkson and Rache l (H amb leton ) Brosi us , b . on a farm

at Octoraro , Lancaste r Co . ,Pa .

,3

,4,1843 . He studi ed Law

in Lancaster , under Jas . B lack ,and was elected to Congress from

the l0 th dist ri ct of Penna . ,and ree l ected to each succed ing t erm

unti l h is death which occurred at h is home in Lancaster , Pa. ,

419 W . O range S t . Thei r chi ld ren :G . 1 . Gertrude C.

,b . in Lencaster, 5 , 2 0 , 1871 . M :—Herbert B . Coho

,

son of F rank and Emma , of same ci ty . Thei r ch i ldren: H . 1 .

Gertrude B . , b . 4 , 2 8, 1897 . 2 . Helen E .

, b , 2 , 2 7, 1899 .

2 . Loure tta R .

,b , 9 , 19 , 1872 ; d . 10

,14 , 1878 .

3 . Florence . b . 6 , 4 , 1875 ; d . 3 , 28 , 1876.

4 . Grace Anna, b . 4 , 18 , 1877 . M z—C lement B idd le, Jr. ,

11,28, 190 0 .

Ch i ld: H . 1 . E li z abe th B . ,Res . , Mount Vernon, N . Y . 2 .

Caroline Cooper,b . 2 , 1 , 1 90 6.

B 2. C 3 . D 9 . E 1 . F 4 . REBECCA COATE S (S immons , L indley , Isaac , S amuel , Moses ) M z—S amue l Grumbine , 5 ,

5,1873 ,

he , was born at Fredericksburg,Lebanon Co . ,

Pa. ,5,5,1848 . H e

is a Lawyer . Was City S ol ici tor for six years , and Pres ident ofthe S choo l Board for four years . 15 a member of P . E . Church .

Res . , Titusvi l le , Pa . Thei r chi ldren :G . 1 . Agnes Emeline

,b . 6

,10

,1876 .

2 . Lucy Coates , b . 12,1,1878 . M: —Rev . Alb ert J . Nock , 4 , 27 , 190 0

B 2. C 3 . D 9 . E 1 . F 5 . EVANGELI NE COATES (S immons ,L ind ley , I saac , S amuel , Moses ) M :

—A t West Grove , Pa . ,4,18 ,

1877 , to Wi l l i am Penn H arper,son of John and Mary Ann

Harper , ofNew Garden ,Cheste r Co . ,

Pa. W . P . H . was born ,1,6

, 185 4 . They sett led in Mansfie ld,Ohio

,and in 1887 moved

to S eatt l e , Washington . Are members ofCongregational Church ,and reside No . 65 1 K innear P l ace , S eatt le , Washington . Thei r

ch i ldren :G . 1 . Florence Coa tes

, b . in Mansfield, O .

, I , 29, 1878 . d .

2 . Paul Coates , b . in Mansfield , O ., 9 , 11, 1880 .

3 . E vangeline,b . in Mansfield , O . , 6 , (1.

B 2. C 3 . D 9 . E 1 . F 7 . EMMA S IMMONS COATES (S immons ,L indley

,Isaac

, S amue l , Moses ) . Born at West Grove , Pa. , and

married at same place to Marsh a l l Yeatman Pusey , 2, 23 ,1888 ,

son of J esse D . and Hannah D . (Yeatman ) Pusey , ofLondonGrove , Ches te r Co .

,Pa. M . Y . P . was born 4 , 22,

1864 . They

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of the 77th Regiment of E . M . M . wh ich rendered valuable service during th e “P rice raid,” of 1864 . A t the close of the war here turned to the ci ty of his adoption , and devo ted his time andmeans to bui ld ing up th e present great ci ty ; being one of themain men to develope its possibili ties for a commercial center .Public-sp iri ted, broad-minded , self- rel ian t , far- seeing in makingpublic investments

,his integrity beyond ques tion, h e stands th e

most consp icuous figure in the h istory of Kansas City , says anedi toria l concerning him .

“His speech was always w ise , and

often charmingly il lumed with wit. His repartee was almostma tch less .”He died in Kansas C ity on the 24th ofApril

,1887 . He was

buried in E lmwood Ceme tery . I t was mos t appropriate that heshould have been bo rne to his last resting p lace by colored men

who had been granted th e honor by their reques t, for in payingth is respec t to the dead, they were honoring two s turdy generations of sturdy defenders of freedom.

Inscript ion on back of Deed owned Mr. W A . Va lent ine,

Caln Post O ffi ce,Chester Co .

,Pa .

DEED .

I SAAC COATE S WI FE

To JOHN JONES .

Acres . Roods . P erc h es .

3 5 1 16

En t ered and Registe red in the[here i s J Office for recording o f deeds i nseal o f and fo r the County of Cheste r in4Recorders Book E 2 Vol . 29 page 5 13 &cOffice of This 4th day of S ept . A .D . ,

1790 .

[Chester Co . J Witness my hand and seal of sd .

Oflice .

This Indenture Made the S ixteenth Day of the E ighth

Month Year of our Lord One Thousand S eventeen H undred andN inety Between Isaac Coates ofEast Ca ln Township in ChesterCounty and S tate of Pennsylvania Yeoman and H annah his Wi fe

of th e one Part , And John Jones o f the same P l ace , S addler of

Geneaology of tlie Coates Family. 133

the other Part :Whereas in and by certain Indentures du ly exe

cuted ,one whereof under the Hands and S eals ofAaron Coates

and M ary his Wife bearing Date th e 23rd Day of the 1 lth MonthA . D .

,1769 ; and the other under the Hands and S eals of Moses

Coates and Mary his Wi fe ,bearing Date th e 22d Day of the 3rd

Month A . D . 1787 ; after reci ting as is therein particu larly recited

,and for the considerat ions there in several ly mentioned ,

they the said Aaron Coates and Mary his Wife and Moses Coatesand Mary his Wi fe

,Did Grant , Bargain , S e l l , Release and Con

fi rm unto the said Isaac Coates and his H ei rs and Assigns certainTracts P ieces or Parce ls of Land sit uate i n the Townships of

East Ca ln and East Fallowfield in the said County of Chester,

contain ing by Est imat ion Two hundred and ninety - e ight Acres .

To H o ld to him the S aid Isaac Coates his H ei rs and Assigns forever

,as in and by the said recit ed Indent ures recorded in the

Oflice for record ing of Deeds for the County of Chest e r in BookT . Vol. 19 . Page 133 ,

and in Book 2. Vo l . 26 Page 3 72. Re fere rence thereunto respect ively be ing had may more fu l ly and a tlarge appear . Now This Indenture Witnesseth That the saidIsaac Coates and Hannah his Wi fe for and in Considerat ion of

the S um of Three hundred and S eventy three P ounds ten S hi ll ings current lawfu l Money o f P ennsylvania to them in Handwell and t ru ly paid by the said John Jones at or be fore the S ea ling and Delivering of these P resents

,the rece ipt wherof th ey do

hereby acknow ledge , and thereo f do acquit exonerate and forever d ischarge the said John Jones h is He i rs and Assigns bythese P resents Have Granted Bargained S o ld Released and confi rmed , and by these P resents Do Grant Bargain S e l l Release andConfirm unto the said John Jones and to h is He i rs and Assigns

,

a certa in Lot o r P iece of Land (i t be ing a Part of Land abovement ioned ) s ituate lying and be ing in East Caln Township aforesaid

,Beginning at a Corner Chestnut Oak thence by Land of

Thomas Hart , North three Degrees and forty five M inutes West ,One hundred and sixty three Pe rches to a post thence by Landof said Isaac Coates North E ighty e ight degrees and a hal f Eastth i rty four Perches and seven tenths of a Perch to a Post

,thence

134 Geneaology of t/ze Coates Family.

S outh th ree Degrees forty five M inutes West, One hundred and

s ixty three Perc h es to a P ost,thence by L and o f the said Isaac

Coates No r th Eigh ty—eight Deg rees and a hal f West thi rty fourPerches and seven Tenths of a P erch to t h e P l ace of Beginning

,

contain ing Thi rty five Acres one Quarter and s ixteen Pe rches ofLand be the same more o r l ess

,Together with a l l and singu lar

t h e H ouses Barns Bui ld ings Improvement s Gardens O rchardsM eadows Woods Ways Waters Wa tercourses Ri ghts , L ibert i esP rivi l eges Heredi tamen ts and Appurtenances whatsoever thereunto belonging or in any wise appertain ing , and the Revers ion sRemainders Rents Issues and P rofits thereof

,and al l th e Estate

Right Tit l e Inte rest Use P ossess ion P roperty Cl aim and Demand

whatsoeve r of them the said I saac Coates and Hannah his Wi feof into or out of the sa id Lot or P i ece of Land H ered itaments o rP remises o r any P a rt thereof : (Excepting and always reserving unto the said I saac Coates and to h is H e irs and Assigns forever , the free and un interrupted Use and P rivi l ege of a certain

S t ream ofWater ris ing and runn ing northwards on the above

said described P i ece or Lot o f Land above conveyed unto thesaid John Jones by the said Isaac Coates

,from the S ixth Hour

in the Evening of every S eventh day in the Week unt i l the S ixth

H our in t h e Evening of every S econd day next ensuing , withful l P rivi l ege of Ingress Egress and Regress , to cl eanse scour andOpen a Race orWatercou rse to carry the said S t ream ofWaterinto the Meadow of the said I saac Coates at the southeast Cornerof the M eadow O f the said John Jones ’ Lot near the Gum Treestanding in the same ) To Have and to Ho ld the said Lot orP i eceo f Land He reditaments and P remises hereby grant ed or men

tioned to be granted with the Appurtances unto the said JohnJones

,To the on l y proper Use Benefi t and Behoof of him the

said John Jones his Hei rs and Assigns forever : (Except as aboveexcepted ) . Under the proport ionab le P art of the Yearly Quitren t hereby accruing for the same to the chief Proprietor or Proprietors o f the Fee thereo f . And the said Isaac Coates andHannah his Wi fe and the i r H ei rs the said described Lot or P ieceo f Land Heredi taments and P remises hereby granted or men

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Lease for One Year . Anthony Morris, I r. ,

an Exer. of

An thony Morris, S r. to

Moses Coates . 492 a .

Dec . 13 , 1728 .

S igned : Antho . Morris (S ea l ) .

Israel P emberton (S ea l ) .

Witness : A . B rockett .

S aml . G ifford .

Release : Edward Smoutto

Moses Coates . Dec . 8 ,173 0 .

S i gned : Edward Smout .Witnesses : J ohn S hanan .

Thomas Val ent ine .

Deed : J ohn J ones , to Isaac Coates , for 1 0 a 74 pApri l 1

,1797 .

S igned : J ohn Jones (S ea l ) .

Esther J ones .

25 0 . Witnesses : S amuel Cunningham .

J ames B ing .

Deed : Aaron Coates and wi feto

Isaac Coates, 246 a 164

Nov . 1 1 , 1769 .

S igned : Aaron Coates .Mary Coat es .

Witnesses : Caleb K i rk .

Joseph G ladden .

David Wi lson .

Release : Isaac Coates to Moses Coates ,Nov . 23 , 1769 .

1 3 5 a 5 Shi l l ings .S igned : Isaac Coates .

Witnesses : Warrick M i l ler .S am l . Coates .

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Release : Moses Coates J r. wi fe/to

I saac Coates .

Nov . 23 , 1769 .

145 a S igned : Hannah Coates .5 perches Moses Coates .Witnesses : Warrick M i l ler .

S am l . Coates .

Deed : Aaron Coates 81. wi fe to Moses Coates , Nov . 23 , 1769 , 246

a 1 64 S igned : Aaron Coates .

M ary Coates .Witnesses : Ca leb K i rk .

J oseph G ladden .

David Wi lson .

P atent : Isaac Coates and Moses Coates , 18 a 10 pchs.

March 4,1783 .

S igned : John Dickinson .

Deed : Moses Coates and wi fe t o Isaac Coates .

March 22, 1787 S i gned : Moses Coates (S ea l ) .

246 a 75 1600 . Mary Coates .I ’Vitnesses : John F leming .

Wi ll iam Truman .

Mortgage Deed : Jenken J ones and wife toHannah Coates and S eymour Coates

,admis . of

Feby. 5,1811 . Est .

,Isaac Coates

,late

8 1760

100 acres of land inWest Fallowfield Township .

S i gned : J enken J ones.

Wi tn esses : Robert M i l ler .Nathan J ones .

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Deed : Lind ley Coates to S eymour Coates for 2 t ractsone o f 76 a 122 p one of 6 a in East Ca ln twp .

Paid S 8000 .

S ignature : L ind ley Coates (S ea l) .

March 27 , 1819 .

Witnesses : Robert M i l ler .H annah Coates .

Deed : Deborah Coates others,Admis . 81 C . o f S eymour Coates

decd . to S amuel Hatfi e ld .

For 204 a 69 p of l and in East Caln .

Dec . 21 , 183 1 . S i gned : Deborah Coates (S eal ) .

8 Preston Coates (S eal ) .

Witness : Ziba Py le . L ind ley Coates (S eal ) .

P lantat ion of 180 a 69 p for35 10 960 41 .

18 a wood land 86 a

HOW I WENT TO SMASH .

BY E LMER RUAN COATES .

My name is John Morris McGundy.

I once was a man of renown;I d rove a good team on a S unday ,And entered a firm in th is town .

I know I am shockingly seedy ,And dai ly the fact I bewai l ;

But give me a minute’s attention,

I ’ll tel l you how I happened to fail .We had on the right a rich neighbor,Her palace would do for a queen;

She was never brought up to labor,And thought it degrading and mean.

One day my wife said : “Mr . GundyThere are forty k isses in store,

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I t gives me the horrors to th ink ;But w ife took to work for a living

,

And Mr . McGundy to drink .S POKENz—A t wh ich I made a ful l hand .

A LITTLE CREAM .

In order to keep above water,

You’d b e t ter ea t hoe-cake and beans ;Than tickle a wife or a daughter

,

By rush ing ahead of your means .Don’t follow your weal thier neighborsDon’t ape al l theirBhab its and airs ;

And see th at you pay off the baker ,Before you b uy sofas and chairs .

THE LITTLE QUAKER GIRL .

BY E LMBR RUAN COATES .

(Written for the Telephone ) .Yes, I ’m The l ittle Quaker gir l

,

You schoolma tes laugh a t me,

But I shal l cling to “thy” and “thine,

To “ar t” and “thou” and “thee.”Th is Quaker language fi l ls my soulWi th a l l you love the bes t ;

I t bears th e calm and soo th ing toneThat makes me truly blest.When youEapproach me wi th a “you,I feel so icy cold ;

I’m wondering what harm I

’ve done,

What slander h as b een told .

I quickly turn to see a frown,And th ink how swee t ’twould b e ,

If I could hear the music of

That loving, gentle “thee .

”

O,blissful words of pures t though tWe venerate and craveO

,holy words tha t take th e stingFrom sorrow and the grave

Th ey seem to fi t the angel .o ngue

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And glad their Holy Land ;Th is “Friend” -ly talk w il l touch the heartAnd bring the helping h and .

When mercy gives her timely giftAnd turns a gloom to glee

S he’s so inclined to,sink th e “you

And say : I give toWh en sympa th y would reach her pa lmTo soothe the fevered brow ,How of ten sh e would leave the “youTo comfort one w i th “thou.

When heai'ts and h ands would find th eir matesFor that communion free ,How rarely they go out to “you,We give them bo th to “thee .”These lovely words wi ll warm the soulFor any noble deed ;Most al l reforms th at calm the storms

,

H ave Quakers in the lead.

Laugh all you w ish , b ut here’s a pointYou mus t al low is true

Address the Fa ther and th e S on ,

And then we drop th e “you.

”

’Tis : Fa ther , wil t “Thou” grant my prayer ?O r : Chris t, I come to “Thee ;”

And the swee t language sent to Them,

I hope vou’ll give to me .

THE POSTMAN .

BY E LMER RUAN COATES .

(Respectfully ded icated to the Postman) .In governmen tal uniformI daily trip along my way ,Nodd ing as I hurry on,O r firing out th e verb al p lay ;

For we , who make the daily call,S eem common proper ty of all .

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A sameness , yet a varied life"SI ‘suffer in the summer glow,

Then b ow before the autum blastWh i le pondering the w inter snow.

Wh i le some can choose the house lor street,I have the elements to meet .

Yes, th ere is much monotonyThe same old wa lk of mi le to mile ;

I carry sorrow to the home,

And then I make the gloomy sm i le .Whi le many wai t with solemn dread,S ome long to hear my nimble tread .

A lily h and receives a noteThatflames a p air of lovely eyes ;

There’s maiden laugh ter in the hall ,The rapture of a sweet surpriseHer lover ’s coming from the WestHer h ead w ill dream upon his breast.Again I ring

, and here I findThe weddingm arch , the looks of pride;

The happy carriage leaves the doorWi th old shoes following th e bride ;

But wh ile the love-freight moves away ,There’s nodding to the man in gray .He re is the lonely , humble co tW i thout a bell

, and I must rap ;A foreign stamp is gently la idUpon a mo ther’s aged lap .

She reads : Her b oy w i l l cross the brineAnd bring th e balm of her decline .1 ring . Th ere’s one in p layful mood,Wi th bounding step and music voice;

But Oh , the letter edged in black ?"I falter

,yet there is no choice .

Then soon .the corpse is carried home .Sweet voice ofmusic

,what a moan"

Th at playful one , who’d gaily singHer bliss-refrain with feeling true,

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’

ly.

to n ewspapers and magaz ines in this country and Europe . H i spoem “Laure l H i l l

,

”in book form

,i s we l l known

,and among

his shorter pieces may be mentioned “The O rigin of th e S ophia

Wa l tz ,

”and

“A Night in Veni ce . He was the author of

severa l plays,which he was preven ted from producing from lack

of health to attend to thei r proper presentat ion . H is “Music

Mad , ” with John Drew and Efiie Jermon in the lead ing parts ,was brought out at the XValnut S treet Theat re , and the

“Comedy

of B lunders , ” at the Chestnut S treet theatre , with Mrs . Daven

port and L i l l i an Davenport in the cast .Just before his death he finished what he regarded as the

crowning work of his 1i fe,

— a novel,which wi l l be publ ished .

As , however , the copyrigh t has not been obtained , the name cannot be given now . F rom h is youth he labored under the con

stant d iscouragement of nervous asthma , and al l that he aecomplish ed was in th e midst of constan t suffering with frequent stoppages from nervous exhaust ion . The funeral wi l l take place onMonday from Fai r H i l l Meet ing House .

I N I‘dEMORIAM .

(E lmer Ruan Coa tes , d ied Oc tob er 24th ,

Ano ther of earth ’s son s,The good and nobly great ,H as gone to join the th rongOf angel spi rits bright :

No more his feeble fo rmS hal l brave the s torms of fate,

Nor round the socia l h earthD ispense its warm th and ligh t .Fame

,of her choices t blooms ,

S hall fond ly , swee tly twineA round th a t hono re d name(Fit theme for se raph - tongue )

A wreath more during farThan marb le b ust o r sh rine ,O r gem from secre t rockiy ar t laborious wrung.

—T/10mar G Gentry .

Genealogy of Me Goales Family. 145

Marlborough , Ohio , 8th ,19th , 1861 .

D EAR BROTHERI hard ly need apo logiz e for my omission in convey ing my

ideas in answer to thy kind epist le of the 4th of 10th mo .,al

though my t ime has been occupied in diffe rent spheres ; st i l l oneof them shou ld undoubted ly have been appl i ed for thy specia lbenefi t

,and I am aware

,gratificat ion

,but so i t is .

I can hard ly te l l the cause,one th ing certain thee may rest

assured of, i t is not for wan t of k ind and Brotherly affect ionsthe warmest degree of love rests between our hearts , and i t is a

p l easure for me to occupy that thought , in cast ing reflect ion on

former days : Ah , were the t imes to be l ived ove r again how"they might b e improved ,

but th e days and years have gl idedaway

,and l e ft many a b lank

,that shou ld have been devoted to

the cause of righteousness and le ft us stars ofgrati tude to be gaz edat with heaven l y j oy , and crowned minds with that love by re

memb rance , that would not be shaded with spots,to cause

angui sh by thei r not being obl i terated in the outset .I am aware that I have fa l l en fa r short of the dut ies that

h ave been incumben t upon me , in the purpose of Creat ion ,and

it is a mou rnfu l thought when appl ied to se l f,when t ime is nearly

i n ful l measure and runn i ng over for us , yet , moral ly speakingwe have travel ed our Journey in l i fe with good este em : w ithout

wi l fu l defect to our fel lowmen . A conso l ing idea : now as our

gray hai rs are fast waft ing away ; i t i s consol ing to th ink thatthere has been an advocate

,plead ing with in us , and di rect ing to

that peace which crowns the mortal sou l with those beauti es th atdign i fy man and prepare him for the rea lms of bl iss th at neve rfades away .

I do real ly mourn,that so much inte l l igence as we h ave in

this age . s cast to grat i fy se l f , and not app l i ed to that purposewhich man was c reated for th at is

,to glo ry his Maker . Yet he

i s dishonored by the wo r ld ly , by the laws of the world . The

meek and humble t h at was placed upon th e Cross and expired

between two thieves,who cou l d have cal l ed legions of ange ls to h is

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assistance,had he been as th e ru l ers of this world

,but nay fo r

give them,

” was his request . H e carried out the nonresistanceprinciple : (which is not a l i fe - tak ing p rinciple ) that i s th e onlyplat form or conveyance that the Christ i an can be supported by .

H is precepts and exampl e and wh o le l i fe eviden t ly substanti atethe fact ; for when Cain slew his brother Abel t h e great andmighty Judge

,the only righteous

,put not the sentence of death

upon him,but marked h im that none shou ld disturb him .

H ere is th e fi rst murder,and the fi rst J udicia l court

,with

the Judge of H eaven and of earth,who decides for man to l ive

and work out his own S alvat ion . I f our Judges were to takeprecedence from this court

,and not from modern laws

,happy

wou ld be th e effect,but now i t ’ s blood for blood ; how unrat ional ,

unnatura l and brutish . W’

e hear i t expressed every day , byb lood thi rsty men when they are brought to thei r feel ings

,and

say ing that i t ’s awefu l that Fathers and sons and brothers,in

carnage against each other,th is is sel f eviden t of the unrigh teous

ness of the l i fe - taking principl e,for i t is murde r in taking human

l i fe i n any case ,or human law , for i t is written , whence cometh

wars and fighting ? Come they not o f your lu st ? Yes , se l f- grat ification ,

the lust of the flesh, of th e eye , and pride of l i fe gen

erates an imos i t i es and turns love into hatred , and al l consequen tevi ls .

I received a lette r from my dear and kind ni ece,Lucret ia

,

of the 22nd ,oth month last , which was invigorat ing to my

spiri t,with the exception of thy indisposi tion of h eal th , which

was affect ing, b ut we are l iab l e to affl iction s , and our tender

nerves worn by age are easi ly affected,but to be prepared for the

torments of this world , of body and mind , is the beauty o f thi sl i fe

,and th e crown and fe l ici ty in that o f t h e futu re .

I must change my theme , as thee wants a genealogy .

‘As

the e has min e with the exception of H oward H . Coates , who is

23 , and Ridgeway Coat es , my youngest chi ld . is near 21 years ofage . Moses ’ wi fe ’s name was Mary Ann Young , his youngest

chi ld i s Wi l l iam C about 16,and George S . , about 6 years o f

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I have omitted Amos W. ,my next afte r O l iver . H e married

Ada S . F reer , have one chi ld,H orace Lucian Coates

,over a year

ago . I have l e ft off housekeeping . Shal l make my home prettymuch with Amos , at Paris , in this County , 1 1 mi l es from here ,so le tters may be di rected here for me . I have not been out this

summer with my pump,t imes are du l l

,nothing in a manner

doing , crops were rather sl im in this section ofmost al l kinds,the

weather being very dry for summer vegetation . Al l are in prettygood heal th . Lewis can in form thee I had a pretty hard attackof typhoid this spring

,fee l pret ty wel l except my old l iver com

plaint . With much love to thee,Lucretia and al l thy familv .

Thy Affect ionate B rother,

AMOS COATES .

To Ca leb Coates .

I wi l l write to Lucreti a soon .

The fol lowing account ofL ind ley Coates is taken from H is

tory of the Underground Rai l road in Chester and the neighbor

ing Counti es of Pennsylvan i a , ” by R . C . Smed ley , M . D .

“LINDLEY COATES ,

Born 3 mo .,3 rd

,1794 . Died oth mo .

,3 rd ,

185 6 .

L indley Coates,of S adsbury ,

Lancaster Coun ty , was one of

the earl i est of the act ive Abol it ion ists . Possess ing more thanordinary int el l ectual abi l i ty

,earnest in the cause of the s l ave ,

consci ent ious in al l h is purposes,and a cl ear and forcibl e speaker ,

he inspi red others wi th the same s ince ri ty and z eal that actuated

him in the ant i - slavery movement . Though modest in his ambit ions

,he was a man adapted by nature to rul e over men

,and

made a mast e r l y pres idin g o fficer . H e was noted for his cl ear

n ess o f thought,soundness o f j udgment , and stead iness ofnerve ,

and marked executive abi l i ty . H ence hi s counse l was sough tin matters o f ente rprise in the commun i t y in which he resi dedBv his neighbors he wa s ca l l ed “ l ong - h eaded .

”

H e was no t vol ub l e in speech ,but being a clear reasoner

v e ry sagacious,terse and arrcsite in h is remarks , he was con

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sidered a sharp cont estant in debate , and never fai led to adducei rre fragab le argumen t in a l l discussions upon mora l re form inwhich he fel t an act ive interest . One noted characteristi c hepossessed was a remarkab le astuteness in so cross - quest ioning theopponent as to e l icit answers con futing h is own argument .Benj amin Jones . the humorous rhymster who portrayed the

characterist ics of leading abo l i t ion ists in amusing rhymes , thuspays h is compl iments to L ind ley Coates

Pray Lind ley , don’t vex one ,By asking a ques tion ,

Tha t answered, upse ts his own side ;’Tis very perplexing,And sh amefully vexing ,

For one’s self to prove he has lied .

H e was opposed to avarice,and considered it one of the

greatest evi ls institgating men to impose one upon another .

S laves came to h is p lace from Mary land and cont iguousS tates , from Daniel G ibbons , Thomas Whitson and others , andwere taken to James Wi l l iams , Joseph Fu l ton , Mordecai Hayes ,Ammor K imber and to other stat ions . as seemed best , accordingto ci rcumstances or exigences at the t ime . S ome who were veryinte l l igent were taken a considerable distance , and then di rectedhow and where to go . S ome cal led who were steering for Canada

,

taking the north star as thei r guide . These wou ld obtain thenames of the Underground Rai lroad agents along the route

,and

then proceed by themse lves , taking thei r own chances .I t was the custom of the fami ly to make very few inqui ries

beyond what they felt needfu l to sat isfy themse lves th at the applicants were bona fide fugit ives from the S outh .

Extra precaut ionary measures were taken a fter the Christ iana riot to prevent the arrest of any negroes about the i r premises . A l l who came at that t ime were taken to the cornfie l d andsecret ed under th e shocks

,as L ind ley and his wi fe were expect

ing the i r house to by searched by deput ised offi cia ls who werethen scout ing the count ry

,searching houses of Abo l i t ion ists to

see i f negroes were in them,and arrest ing every co lored person

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upon whom they could in any way fix a gl immer of suspicion ofhaving been connected with the t ragedy at Christiana .

H e aided in forming the Clarkson Ant i - sl avery Associat ion,

be fore the American S oci ety had an existence and was an advo

cate o f immediate emmancipation when the name of Wil l i amL l oyd Garrison was comparatively l it tle know .

I n 1840,when the new organ i z ation schism took place in

New Yo rk , he was chosen presiden t o f the American Ant i - s l averyS ociety , and fi l led creditably

,the dut ies of that offi ce t i l l

,upon

his resignation,Wil l iam Lloyd Garrison was appointed to take

h is place .

With approaching age and i l l heal th his principl es had undergone no change and his faith in thei r tri umph “knew no shadow

of turning .

” He died as he l ived,a true fri end of freedom

,and

his name wi l l be prese rved in the history of the ant i - s l avery enterpri se as one of the ablest and most worthy companions .

L ind ley Coates was a member of the Const itutiona l Convent ion of 1837 , and made th e most st renuous efforts to prevent theinsert ion of the word “white” into the organ ic law of the stateof Pennsylvan i a

,whereby the suffrage was rest ricted to members

of the Caucasian race . Thomas Earle and Thaddeus S tevens ,were a lso prominen t members of the convention . worked hard

against hand change,but al l without avai l .

H istory te l l s us a n umber of the Coates fami l i es of Cheste r

and Lancister Coun ti es were prominent workers in the ant i - slaverycause be fore the War of the Rebel l ion , as we find the names ofDeborah

, S immons , and Emel ine , wi fe , son and daughter- in - law

of Lind ley,Levi

,Warrick

, S r. , Edwin , E l iz abeth , Moses and

S arah ,as act ive workers in the Underground Rail road .

S chuy lki l l Township , 6th mo . ,9th .

RE SPECTED COUSI N : (no year given ) .

We received thy lett er last fi fth day and I tri ed to co l lect a l lthe in formation I cou ld concerning my Great Grand Father ’sfami ly .

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In 175 6 , Certificates were given for Aaron Coates and wi feand Benj amin Coates to Goshen Month ly Meeting . JonathanCoates and wife appl i ed fo r one at the same t ime but some d ifficu l ty appearing he did not rece ive one unt i l he had made the fo llowing acknowledgement . That he was ob liged to be concernedin the disputes between h is Father and Peter Ashton and had outhat occas ion used some ungarded expressions and that he wassorry for any t rouble F riends had had on his account

,which

paper was received and a Cert ificate given him to Goshen Meeting .

Moses Coates, S r. ,

resided at Providence,and appears to

have been an act ive member of that Meet ing as h is name frequently occurs on committees appointed by the Month ly M eet ing

,

b ut i t appears that he was d isowned in 175 6 on account of some

d ifliculty i n money matters with one Peter A shton . I n the 19 th

of 4 mo . 1760 he made a very fu l l acknowledgement for the samewhich was received by the Meet ing .

S ince wri ting the above I fi nd that Moses and wife brought

thei r cert ificate from H averford Mon th ly Meet ing in 1726 .

I n 1740 Thomas Coates received a Cert ificate in order to pro

ceed in marriage and also one to sett le h im within the verge o fCaln Monthly Meet ing .

I n 1762 a Certificat e was given for S amuel Coates to B radford Month ly Meeting .

I bel ieve that this i s the substance of al l that is in on recordin Gwynedd Month ly Meeting Books in re lat ion to the Coates

fami ly . I do not find Wil l iam ’s name ment ioned , perhaps he

d ied young and his bi rth and death notirecorded .

Respectfu l ly,

GEO . S PENCER .

To Dr . C . Coates .

PART FOUR .

Generation of Moses Coates , fi x, T/zzm’

Clzila’

of Moses and

S usanna Coates.

B 3 . MOSES COATES , JR . ,was born 1 1

,25

,1719 . F rom

Fal ls M . Mtg . Records5 th mo . 2,

1747 , Moses Coates be longing to North Wa les(Gwynedd ) M . Mtg ,

and P risci l la Hutchinson,declared the i r

intentions ofmarriage .

3 lst of l st mo .,1747 , Gwynedd Monthly M eet ing gave.

Moses Coates , Jr.,a cert ificate to Fa l ls Month ly M eet ing , in

order o f Marriage with P risci lla H utchinson , daughte r of Johnand S arah (Burgess) H utchinson ,

near Penn Manor,Bucks Co . ,

Pa.

6th of 8th mo .,1747 . Marri age of Moses Coates and Pris

ci l la Hutchinson reported as accompl ished . Thei r chi ldrenC. 1 . S arah , b . 6, 2 5 , 1 748 ; d . 1 0

,I, 1 82 2 .

2 . Susanha, b . M z—Amos Rossi ter . Res . , in Chester Co . ,Pa .

P risci l la (Hutchinson ) Coates died , when Moses marrried

E li z abeth (Avery ) Evans , a widow with chi ldren :Gwynedd M . Mtg . Records :3oth of 2ud mo .

,175 1 . Moses Coates and E l iz abeth Evans

declare the i r intentions of marriage—she a widow .

28th of 3rd mo . ,175 1 . Moses Coates'and E l iz abeth (Avery)

Evans are at l iberty to proceed in marriage .

25 th of 4th Mo .,175 1 . Marriage of Moses Coates and

E l iz abeth Evans reported as accomp l ished . The i r ch i ldrenC . 2 - 1 . Phebe

,b . 2

,1 5 , 1 754 ; d . 2 , 23, 1 80 7 .

2-2 . Moses, b . 9, 1 0 , 1 756; d . 1 1 1 2, 1 82 5 .

2 -

3 . Mary, b . 2, 1 6 M Bane

,a son

,John.

(153 )

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-

4 . John Hutch inson, b . 7, 9 , 1 76 1 ; d . 4 , 2 1 , 1 80 4 . Int. Pikeland

F . B . G .

2 -

5 . Thomas, b . r

, 3 , 1 764 . A blacksmith .m 6. Mah lon

, b . 4 , 1 8 , ( 766 .

-

7 . P risci lla, b . 9 , 2 5 , 1 767 .

a -S . Aquilla , b . 7 , 1 770 .

A t radi tion i s in the fami ly O f Prisci l la that he r mothe rWashed the s i lk hose of t h e founder

,whether she was the fami ly

laund ress is not known , but i t was impl i ed that she alone knewthe art of doing up si lk stockings .Another t rad iti on is , that P risci l la ’ s batchelor uncl e l eft each

n iece and nephew a s i lver spoon .

Moses Coates and wife res ided on farm bought by his father

Moses,in 175 4

,south of Phoenixvi l l e

,original l y O f 5 5 0 acres

,

and near “Moore H al l ,”

and now owned by Phoen ix

vi l le Trotting Park .

”

At the home ofMoses Coates, Jr.

, Genera ls Gates and Mifliinand Colone l s Davi s and Bal lard were quartered .

B 3 . C 1 . SARAH COATES (Moses , Moses) M z—Thomas , sonofWil l iam and Rache l (Parke ) Robinson ,

5,22,

177 1 . Wi l l iamcame to Pa ; , a bache lor , marrying about the year 1728 ,

RachelParke

, who cam e with her parents from Carlow ,I re land

,in 173 1 ,

to Chester .Wil l iam Robinson died in 175 5 . From Abstracts ofWil ls

,

Pa. ,H istorica l S oci ety : “Wil l i am Robinson of New Providence

,

Phi la . Co . , proved June 5 th , 175 5 ,m ent ions wife

,Rache l

,chi l

dren :Wil l iam ,Thomas

,Nicho las

,Mary E l iz abeth and Rebecca

Va lent ine .

H e had seven chi ldren : Wil l i am , b . 1738 . El iz abeth ,b .

173 0 ; d . 183 9 ; M Rossite r . Rebekah , b . 1732 ; M

Thomas Va lent in e . Mary,b . 1736 ; d . 18 13 ; M Bane .

Thomas,b . 3 , 9 ,

1739 ; d . 9 , 27 , 1822; M z—S arah Coates .

N icho las,b . 1741 . Rache l , b . 1743 .

Thomas Robinson was born in 1748 , and died 10 , 1 , 1822.

H e and his wi fe S arah (Coates) rented a farm near Phoenixvi l le ,Pa. ,

on the S chuy lki l l river where he l ived for more than fi fty

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P rovidence . One son of Thomas , sold his farm and moved toOhio in 1825 . Anothe r son

,Wil l iam

,so ld out in 183 1

,going to

Port Carbon to l ive . Moses Robinson ret ained his farm ,and at

h is death,i n 185 5

,i t was bequeathed to his wi fe ; at her death

some years later , i t was sold , and that was the last of the namein the neighborhood that had known the fami ly for near a centu ry .

Mention is made in Cope Futhy’

s“ H istory ofChester Co .

,

o f Thomas Robinson,page 93 :

The Hessian troops passed by Thomas Robinson ’s home,

on thei r passage through Chester County from Brandywine b att lefield to Phi ladelphia . A sma l l daughter , Rache l , aged aboutfour

,stood on th e horse - b lock by her father ’s door

,to gaz e at

the unusua l spectacle of marching so ldiers in batt le array , andwhich grati fying her curiosi ty

,nibb led at a pi ece of bread she

held in her smal l fist . I t is said she att racted much attention

and the so ldiers paused from t ime to t ime to caress the l i tt lemaid . She gave them bites o f her bread as a great favor , and tosome a kiss was not deni ed .

-During this debut of Rache l,her

father,according to Cope Futhy,

was marching in the van ,

having been siez ed and forced to go along with them to showthem where the river could be forded . According to history , heassumed feebleness on the march

,and planning to escape with

out ass ist ing his country ’s enemies,took advantage of the dis

turb ance created when shots were heard from across the river ,and s l ipped away unobserved . Arriving home , he found h is houseand stables had been vis i t ed by the Hessians , and some o f hislive stock had been taken

,though his fami ly had suffered no ia

j ury .

I t is to be regretted that the events of this t ime were not tecorded . A daughter

, S arah Robinson (Aunt S al l i e— P . W.

S t reets) , had many stori es to tel l about the H essian invasion ,

also o f the occupying o f Val ley Forge by the American t roops,

which talks were suffic ient recompense for a certain l i t t le girl togive up play , and ho ld yarn to be wound in great gray bal ls .

She had them from the mouths of her father and mother , and

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to ld them with much spi ri t and attent ion to det ai ls . Unfortun

ately they are not clear enough in my mind to present them here ,but there were rides to Phi lade lphia with escapes from so ld iers ,cups o f t ea brewed for unexpected guests in mi l itary array , sma l lboys set on horseback bare footed , to carry notes of i nvitat ions tosome great gen era l ’s card party , etc .

The Coates fami ly a l so,had Revolut ionary War experience

,

as wi l l be seen in the pages in the Chester County H istory mentioned previously . There i s a handsome tab le i n the possessionof Wi l l i am B . Walker , of Phi l ade lph i a , that came from the

Coat es house,that

,i f tab les cou ld Speak ,

cou ld te l l many inte rest ing tal es . Benedic t Arnold has eaten his dinn er from it

,and

very l ike ly tang led h is legs among its carved supports , i t h avingmore than most tab les . He was a week at the house o f Moses

and gave a party under the cherry t rees “to which Wash

ington ,though invited did not come Generals Gates and

Mifflin ,Co lone ls Davis and Ba llard were a lso quartered there

,

with a guard of twenty - four men .

Moses Rob inson,son of Thomas

,has written some verses

which can b e read in “Lewis Wa lker,of Cheste r Val ley

,

” by

P . W . S treets , giving a pleasan t picture o f the Colonia l home of

his ancestor . The property was in possession of the fami ly unt i labout the c lose of the last century (19th ) . Isaac Anderson

,i n

an art icle publ ished in “Potter ’s Am erican Month ly” for Janu

ary, 1875 ,

ent i tled “H istory of Charl estown,says the Coates

fami ly were amongst the original sett le rs o f the township . TheP hoen ix I ron Works , now occupy what origina l ly were themeadows for pasture of Moses Coat es ’ cows .

There i s a set of si lver spoons in existence,bearing the

ini t ia ls “S . C .

” which S arah Coates had on her marriage,1771 .

I t will be seen that the H ess ian Genera l knew what he wasabout when he se l ected Thomas Robinson to guide them acrossthe river . H e must have known th e ford wel l

,as from h is home

i n N ew Providence he undoubted ly had crossed i t many t imes to

atMoses Coa tes, J r .

158 Genealogy of t/ze Coates F amily.

see S arah Coates in her Chester County home . For some goodreason he a lso chose , what we would consider , th e right side ofthe S chuy lki l l for thei r new home , and he chose wel l , as this sect ion of th e count ry is pretti ly situated , with good vi ews , finefarming land

,pure water

,and to be a Cheste r County man

,was

then,as now

,equa l to a patent of nobi l i ty i n some count ri es .

There was ,besides

,game a- plenty ,

in the woods,and the

river ful l of fish . I n th e early S pring , shad came up to spawn ,

and were o ften caught in the Robinson spring- house,swimming

about among the cans of cream , pots of butter and j ars of yeast .To make this yeast

,in the fal l of the year the young folks would

cross to a smal l island,where the water was fordabl e by means

of stepping stones , and there they would gather the hops growing wi ld , draped about th e bushes and t rees that adorned i t .My own father was once carried over by his doting aunts , and Ibel ieve

,came to grie f on th e retu rn by tumbl ing in the water ,

for which a l l received a scolding when they got home . This

story was to ld by cousin S arah (Davis ) Robinson ,who was of

the party of hop - pickers .

S arah (Coates ) Robinson ’ s household must h ave been wel llooked after

,to j udge of the pi les of home -made l inens sti l l ex

tant,that has stood the wear of many years . S ome of i t is es

pecially fine . The patchwork qui l ts,al so

,bear comparison with

the art n eed lework o f th e presen t t ime . and one of them,besides

being adorned with garlands of appl ique work has the maker ’sname

,

“P risci l l a Robinson

,emb roidered in fin est sti tch ing .

The samplers of the daughters,too ,

are exce l l ent ; th ey were

wel l educated for thei r t ime and stat ion . Note books,in which

favo r i t e poems were copi ed showing “T r i stam S handy ,” with

various odes to death and melancholy was t h e favorite readingof the wel l - to - do Quaker gi r l of a century ago . Taken al ltogethe r

,I bel ieve t h at t h e romanti c s ide of our nature comes

from this branch of our fami ly,and h ad i ts origin in t h e e lope

ment of our I rish ancestors,Rache l Parke , with Wil l iam Robin

son . We also get our l arge noses from t h e Robinsons , i t is said .

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Going to Meet ing was in the nature o f a frol ic , and whenthey rode down to the Val l ey to hea r a cul t ivated preacher

, or

j ourneyed to Radnor once a month , to hear the d iscipl ine read ,we may be sure thei r thoughts and eyes wandered from the ga llery and Pres id ing E lders to the handsome , stalwart sons of thesame who sat on th e men ’s side . The rides home over the h i l lsi n company with thei r co - re l igionists were not enti rel y given upto discuss ing t h e sermons or the mystery of th e Inner Light .

B 3 . C 2- 1 . PHEBE COATES (Moses , Moses ) M z— S amuel

Lane,son o f Edward and S arah (R ichardson ) . Th ei r ch i ldrenD . I . S arah , b . 1 1

,1 2

,1 782 .

2 . Priscilla , b . 1 1,13 , 1784 .

3 . Mary , b . I 2,2,1786; d . 1 , 2 1 , 1816.

4 . E dward, b . 1, 1 5 , I 789 ; d . 8 , 1 0 , 1858 .

The fol lowing,i s among other data

,from Mrs . L idi e O .

Priest,of Phoenixvi l l e Pa . Phebe (Coates ) and S amuel Lane

l ived at “Bul l Tavern,

near Val l ey Forge,for a tim e . We have

a wine glass that was used there . I t (Bul l Tavern ) was kept byEdward Lane , father of S amue l . S amuel was wi l l ed the s i lvershoe buckles , knee buck les , cuff buttons and stock buckl e fromhis g randfather

, S amue l Lane (buried at Evansburg ) .

Phoebe Coates was buried in a F ri ends burying ground near

the Mont . Co . Alm s h ouse , and wh e re she was buried the gravecontained so much water that S amue l would not be buried there

,

and he l i es in Morris Cemetery , Phoeni xvi l l e . There i s a storyI remember cousin S arah Beek ley te l l about Phebe Coates (hergrandmother ) . S he was coming home from market on horse

back with her money in S addl e -bags , when she was accosted bya British soldi e r

,who demanded her money . S he told h im i f he

wan ted i t he cou ld wo rk for i t , and threw a smal l reti cu l e , whichshe carried

,into the bushes . When he dismounted to go get it

,

she whipped he r horse and gal loped off,and hi s horse fol lowed .

No one claimed it , so she kept i t , and Cou sin S arah had something (a qui lt , I t h ink i t was) that was on the horse and is nowprobably in possess ion o f her son F rank . I have not heard of

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plished his m arriage cont rary to d iscipl ine , John Vt’right and

Jacob Rees are appointed to write to t h at Meeting .

The next Meeting thi s Committe repo rts they had written

to Fri end s o f Clear Creek Meet ing .

At H opewel l M . M . ,he ld 9th o f 9 th m o . ,

18 19 . The com

mittee in case o f E lders propose John Lee,I saac Pidgeon ,

to that

stat ion,and women ’s Meeting propose P h ebe Cobourn

,H annah

Coates,and Ma ry George , which was un i t ed with .

At Hopewe l l M . M .,h e ld 8 th of 6th mo . , 1820 . Women ’ s

Meet ing in form that E l iz a Cowgi l l requests to be reinstated and

requests that her daughter H annah,might be admitt ed into

membership with Friends . This reques t was grant ed 4th of 7th

mo . ,1 822.

At H opewel l M . M . ,held 7th of 7th m o . ,

183 6 . W’ omen ’sMeeting produce a certificate for H annah Cowgi l l , to j o in her to

Radnor M . M .,Delaware Co . ,

Pa. ,which was approved .

Chi ldren of El iz a and Wil l iam Cowgi l l :E . I . H annah Moore , b . 1 1 , 16, 1816; d . 6,

2 . Cath arine Ann,b . 2 , d . 1 ,

3 . Moses Coa tes, b . 1 2 , 11 , 182 5 ; d . 7 , 31, 1848 . UNM .

After XVilliam Cowgi l l ’s death,Eliz a retu rned to the vicini ty

OfNorristown,Mont . Co .

,P a. The Cowgi l l fami ly cam e to Pa.

with Wm . Penn,in the “Wel come” in 1692 ,

and sett l ed in KentCO . De l .

B 3 . C 2- 3 . MA RY COATES (Moses , Moses ) M z— John BaneXhad one son : D . 1 . Jo hn . No dates . The fam i ly resided fora t ime in P h i l a .

,Pa. Ma rv (Coates ) Bane ended her t ime with

P risci l la H utc h inson Coates,in the early 40 ’

s .

B 3 . C 24 JOHN H UTCH INSON COATES (Moses , Moses ) M :

H annah Longstreth,dau . o f John

,6, 22 ,

1790,in P ike land M eet

ing . Res ided in Phoen ixvi l l e , Pa . H . L . C . ,died 1

,8

,185 1

,

aged 82 years . I nt . at P ikeland F . B . G . T h ei r c h i ld renD . I . S arah H utch inson

,b . 4 , 8 , 179 1 ; d . 1 1

,UNM .

2 Jane Longstretch , b . 1793: d . 1 1,1864 , I nt. a t P ikeland

F . B . G .

3 . Cyrus, b . 2,2 5 , 1 79 5 ; d . 5 , 3

' lut . .i t Pikeland F . B . G .

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4 . Charles L . , b . 3 , 1 5 , 1797 ; d. UNM .

5 . H annah Longs tre th , b . 10 , 9,1 798 .

6. Aqui lla , b . 1 0 , in Chester Co .

,Pa. ; died in Wi lming ton,

Oh io,8 , 2 1 , 1875 . E 1 . John Hutchinson, son of Aquilla ,

died 7, 1 3 , 185 2 , aged 26 years .B 3 . C 2- 5 . THOMA S COATES (Moses , Moses) M z—Rache l

W'

ood . Their ch i ldren :D . I . Jane , b . 4 , 7 , 1 789 ; d . to , 12 , 1 790 .

2 . S arah , b . 9, 2 , 1 79 1 , in S chuylkil l Townsh ip , Chester Co . ; died184 1 , of cancer . Her mo th er d ied when S arah was four yearsold , in same townsh ip in wh ich sh e was born . Thomas had aschool in his residence near Phoenixv i lle . F rom B radfordM . Mtg . Records: 1 0

,1 2 , 1 78 1 , Thomas Coa tes , a minor , cer

tificate from Gwynedd, da ted 7 , 3 1 , 1 781 .B 3 . C 2—7 PRI SCI LLA COATE S (Moses , Moses ) M z—Jonathan

Evans , of Clearfield Co . ,Pa.

,5, 2,

1 797 , at pub l ic M eet ing inP rovidence M . H Mont . Co .

,Pa . Jonathan was a min ister in

S ociety of F riends . Chi ldrenF . 1 . S arah , b . d . 8, 1 1 , 1 844 . I nt. West Branch F . B . G . Pr is

ci lla was clerk ofM . Mtg . and Quarterly Mtg. formany years .D ied at G rampian Hills, Clearfi eld , Pa.

Marriage Certificate of Prisci l l a Coates and Jonathan Evans .

WHEREAS ,Jonathan Evans , son o f Jos i ah Evan s

,

of Tredivfrin Towhship ,in the Coun ty of Chester and

Commonwealth of P enn sy lvan i a , and Prisci l la Coates,daugh

t er ofMoses Coates , ofTownship ofCharlestown , i n said County ,having declared t h e i r intent ions of Marriage with each other b efore severa l Month ly Meetings of the people ca l led Quakers atGwynedd , according to the good orde r used amongst them ; andhaving consent of parents concerned , the i r said proposal of Marriage was al lowed of by said meet ing .

N ow these are to certi fy whom it may concern ,that for the

ful l accompl ishment of thei r said int entions this S econd Day of

fi fth Month in the year of our Lord , 1793 , th ey the said Jon athan Evans and P risci l l a Coates appeared in a publ ic Meeting ofsaid Peopl e fo r that appoin t ed at P rovidence in t h e County o f

1 64 GeneaZOgy of Me Coates Family.

Montgomery , in the said Commonwealth Witnessespresent : JONATHAN EVANS

PR 1sc1LLA EVANSAaron Wood

S arah ThomasMary R ichardsonMoses RobinsonTh eophi lus Davis

Wi l l i am J acobsE li z abeth H igh

E l iz abet h Ac reIssac S tarr

Nancy S ta rrI ssac TysonRac h e l RobinsonAnna S tarr

Hannah MooreS arah LongstrethG race Mi l l er

E l i z abeth S tarr

Let i t i a GriflithEdward Davis

El iz abeth Griffith

Diadema Griffi th

Ann Norton

I srae l Jacobs Mary JonesAnn F rances J esse JacobsE liz ab

’

h Pennypacker Nicholas RobinsonAmy S tarr J oseph CoxEl i z ab eth Robinson Abel Thomas

Eliz abeth Cox Esther Smed leyBenj am in S tarr Joseph Con rade

Dan i e l H ighMartha LookingsH annah JacobsMary ThomasH annah Wand

E l iz abeth J acobsMary Ross it erDan i e l Rossi ter

Joseph S tarrMoses H obson

John Jacobs

John Longst reth, J r .

Mary J acobsEsther Bai l ey

S arah Cox

Phebe H obson

Thomas LewisJohn R ichardsMary Longst rethNancy Longst rethJohn Davi sBeulah S t anl eyJohn H . CoatesEdwa rd ThomasZacha r i ah DavisJohn Longst rethMoses CoatesS usanna Coates

Phebe LaneThomas RobinsonH annah Coat es

Rache l CoatesS amue l LaneThos . CoatesAqui l la CoatesPo l ly Ross i t er

Uwchlan Mont h ly M eeting M inutes , 1776—17956th o f sth mo . ,

1790 . Jo hn H utchinson Coates , son o fMoses Coates

,and H ann a h Longst re th dec la re thei r intent ions of

marri age .

loth o f6th mo . ,1790 . John H utchinson Coates and H annah

Longstreth are at l iberty to proceed in marriage , he having produced a cert ificate from Gwynedd Monthly M eet ing . A lso herFather ’ s Consent in wri t ing , the ot h e r parents being presen t cons ent ing .

8 th of 7th mo . ,1790 . Marriage o f John H utch inson Coates

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B 3 . C 2- 8 . AQ UI LLA COATES (Moses , Moses ) . Produced aCert ificate from Gwynedd M . M . ,

dated 1, 29 ,

1799 . The abovecertificate was produced at H opewe l l M . M . ,

held 2,8,1802.

Aqui l la married Rachel P idgeon , born in V i rgini a , 2, 25 , 1801 ,

dau . of I saac and E l iz abeth H . P idgeon,5,15

,1823 . Thei r

chi ld ren :

D . Isaac Lew is,b . 3 . 1 0 , 1824 . Disappearad , likely dead .1

2 . John Hutch ison,b . 9 , d . 7 , 1 3 , 1 85 2 .

Benj amin Franklin, b . 6,23 , 1827 ; d . 5 , 6, 1899 , at Portsmouth ,where he was born.

Wi lliam Pidgeon, b . 3 , 7, 1 830 ; d . 5 , 2 7, 183 2 .

Cyrus Longstre th , b . 3 , d . 1 0, 30 , 1838 .

George Jenkins,b . 9 , 1 8, 1837 ; d . 1 1 , 1 5 , 1 838 .

S arah E l iz abe th , b . 1 , 27 , 1840 . M: Childs. Res . , Butler,Ya tes Co .

,Mo .

8 . Mary S tone, b . 1 0 , 1 7 , 1 842 , at Wi lm ington, Oh io . M z—In Ur

bana,Oh io

,8 , I 7 , 1 867 , to Wi lliam Helps , haberdasher , born,

at Trumb ridge , E ngland, son of John and E li z a Helps . ofUr

bana , O . Res . , 1 14 West Ward S t.

,U rbana

,O . No chi ld ren.

Mos t of the ch i ldren ofAqui l la Coates reside in Indianapolis,

Ind .

At Hopewe l l Month ly Meet ing he ld 5 th of 9th Month,1822.

A Certificate from Uwch lan Month ly Meeting dated 4th ,Of 7th

Month,1822. for Aqui l la Coates , was read and received . Taken

from Marriage Certificates of H opewel l Month ly Meeting , Frederick County

,V i rgini a . At H opewe l l Month ly Meet ing , held

8th of 4th Month ,1824 . Hopewel l P reparat ive Meeting informs

that Aqui l la Coates and Rachel,his wi fe

,request a cert ificate

for themse lves and thei r son , Isaac Lewis Coates , to CenterMonth ly Meeting

,Ohio .

B 3 . C 1 . D 1 . RACHAEL ROB INSON (S arah , Moses , Moses)M z—Wi ll iam Davis , a hatter , of Chester Co . ,

Pa. M z—in Chester

Fri ends Meeting . Rache l was b . 1773,died 185 Thei r ch i l

dren :E . 1 . S arah , M z—Henry Robinson, l ived during her married life in

S chuylki ll H aven, Pa . Had twelve ch ildren, names no t given.

D ied in 1 888, in her 88th year, born in 180 1.

2 . Wi lliam Swaffer, b . 1 80 3 ; d . 2,2 1 , 1887, on his farm at “Bell

0)

\I

O\

U1

-i>

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Bank,

” Lancaster Co . ,Pa . M :—Ca th arine E ngle . 9 , 1 0 , 1 829,

both of Chester,Del . Co .

,P a . Ca th arine was dau. of Joseph

and Susan (Hill ) E ngle . Thei r ch i ldren, (over to genera tionF ) .

3 . E lenor,b . 1 80 5 ; d . young .

4 . Priscilla , b . 1 80 6 . M z—Ferman Borden , resided in S chuylki l lH aven

,Pa . When her husband d ied she went to a Western

S tate , where she died . H ad four ch i ldren,no names given .

5 . Mary b . 1 80 8 ; d . 1 892 .

6 . H annah,d . 190 3 , in her 9 rst year , she and Mary always resided

in or near Chester,Pa .

7 . S usanna , b . 1 8 1 0 ; d . I S4S . M z—John Va lentine , son ofMicaj ah .Resided in Ch iches ter Township

,D el .

,Co .

,P a . D ied in her

3sth year . Their ch i ldren: F . I . E l len ,M z—John P . G riffith

,

M .D .,of Wash ington ,

D .C . Chi ldren: G . I . W ill iam . 2 ,

Percy,bo th died young of scarlet fever . 3 . Joseph Howard ,

M —Mary,dau . of Jas . Patterson , Lan . Co .

, Pa . He is Lieutenant in S tanding A rmy , U . S . Ch i ldren:—H. 1 . James Pb . 1 1 , 24 , 1899 . 2 . E llen

,b . I

, 30 , 1 90 3 . Bo rn in Ph i lippineIslands . First wh i te ch i ld born in Malabang . 2 . E dward, d .

,

in South . 3 . Joseph W .

,Res . G rand Rapids, Mich . UNM . 4 .

Davis,Res . in Wash ington , D .C . 5 . S on, no name given; died ;

was married ; left a ch i ld, who resides at Norwood ,Pa.

B 3 . C 1 . D 4 . THOMAS ROB INSON , JR . (S arah ,Moses

,

Moses ) M z—Ann Robinson,in Chester Co . ,

Pa .,and moved to

Ohio in 1825 ,and to I l l inois i n 1841 . Ann died in 1847 . Their

ch i ldren :E . 1 . Jane , b . 1811 ; d . 1 820 .

2 . Joseph Walker,b . 1813 ; d . 1 889 . M z—Ruth Boyne . Their ch i ld:

F . I . Mary , M z—E lmer Meredith . Their ch i ld ren: G . I .

E thel . 2 . Lillian. 3 . Wi lliam . 4 . Owen .

3 . Charles B .

,b . 1 8 1 5 . M z—E liz abeth S cott. Ch ildren: F . I .

Thomas , M z—Rebecca G rewell . 2 . Th eodore, s —E liz abethDorsey . 3 . Oscar, M : -M ary Miller . 4 . O live

,M z—Charles

D allis . 5 . F rank . 6. Russel l, died 1890 .

4 . Rebecca , b . 1817; d. 1 890 . M z—Joseph Russell . Their ch ildrenF . 1 . Wi lliam , M z—Carrie S chenk . 2 . Susan. 3 . Anna, MBerton S toops . 4 . Charles.

5 . Thomas Ch alk ley , b . 1 8 19 .

6. Emilt, b . 1824 ; d . I 8S3 .

7 . W il liam ,b . I 829 .

168 Geneaology of t/ze Coates Family.

B 2 . C 1 . D 5 . PR I SCI LLA COATE S ROBI NS ON . (S arah ,

Moses,Moses ) M —Joseph Walker , son of I saac , born at Reho

beth,Tredyfferin Township , Chester Co . , Pa . ,

8 , 24 ,1770 . Died

at same place,1,19

,1820 . M z— at Gwynedd Meeting , 5 th Mo . ,

1812. Thei r ch i ld ren

E . 1 . Lewis , b . 1 813 ; d . 18 1 3 .

2 Isaac, b . 18 1 4 ; d . 1839 . A young man of much promise . D ied

of pneumonia .3 . Thomas R .

, b . 1 8 18 ; d . 1875 . Mz—Mary Banes . Ch ild: F . 1 .

Joseph Jeans,M z—Florence A . Davidson, of Dobbs Ferry ,

N. Y . ,I 0

,6. 1 90 4

4 . Moses, b . 12, 9, 1817 , d, 2 , 24 1870 . M z—ih 1849 , S arah S . Davis , dau.

of E lenor (S tephens ) Chi ld : F . 1 . E llen D .

,M :—William Ram

say, son of S aml . and S arah

,I S77 , Ch i ldren: G . I . Joseph

D . , b . 1 878 . 2 . S ara , b . 1880 ; d . 1881 . 3 . 1882 . 4 .

Charles D .

,b . 1 88 5 .

5 . Mary, b . 1 820 . UNM . Res . w i th her bro ther a t “Rehobe th"(1 896)

6 . S arah , b . 1 82 1 ; d . 7 , 31 , 1 849 .

7 . H ananiah , b . 1 823 . M z—S usan Katon .

P risci lla and Joseph Walker,with six o f thei r chi ldren are

buried in th e graveyard at the top of the hi l l . Joseph and Pris

ci l la resid ing near the Meet ing H ouse,a l l the stranger Friend s

came to thei r house,where a hearty welcome was a lways accord

ed them . In thei r day the F ri end ’s preachers t rave led al l overthe count ry on M iss ion work

,and sometimes in carriages

,some

t imes ou horse - back and whenever they came to the Val l ey theyturned as ide to make thei r home with Joseph and P risci l laWalker for a few days . The old res idence “Rehobeth

,

” has

been changed much in architecture since i t was occupied by those

two persons . During the Revo lut ionary War the middle part ofthe house was at one t ime occupi ed by Genera l Lafayette , ashe adquarters .

B 3 . C 1 . D 5 . E 3 . THOMAS ROB I NSON WA LKER (S arah ,

P riscil l a,Moses

,Moses) . Was born in Radnor Township , Dela

ware Co . , Pa . ,8, 2,

18 16 , died at h is home in Tredyffrin Town

ship,same Co . ,

7 , 29 ,1875 . H e married

,1841

,Mary

,

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170 Genealogy of Me Coates Fam ily.

He d ied sudden ly of pneumonia,and was buried at the Val l ey

G raveyard ,with the honors of the S ociety of Odd Fe l lows

,o f

which he was a prom inent m ember . H is widow and two sons

reside in Phi l a . Thei r chi ldren

F . 1 . W'il liam Keton

,M z—Ka te Garby

,had one son , Wi lliam,

whod ied in infancy .

2 Joseph,d ied of consump tion .

3 . Lewis Ke ton,M z—S arah Jane Wrigh t.

4 . Mary,d ied of consumption .

B 3 . C 1 . D 5 . E 8 . JOSEPH WALKER (P r isci l l a , S arah ,

Moses . Moses ) . Born at Rehobeth ” Triedyffrin Township ,Chest e r Co . ,

Pa .,4

,30 , 1828 . M z—6 ,

1 1, 1863 , E l l en Louisa ,

dau . of Ch ar les and Mary (Di lworth ) Wel l s at her father ’s housein Tredyffrin . Josep h ‘Walker , the younges t son of Joseph and

Prisci l l a l ived at t h e homest ead w i th his father and s ister Mary,

unt i l the death of Joseph Vilalker,when he inheri ted the prop

erty according to the condi tions of his father ’s wi l l . After hismarriage h e made some improvements at “Rehobeth

,and as

sisted by h is wi fe he has there dispensed generous hospita l i ty tothei r many fri ends and acquaintances . During the t ime of theQuarterly Meet ing in August

,they have frequent ly entertained

as many as fi fty . H e is an enthusiast on th e subj ect of th e old

house in which he fi rst saw the l igh t,and de l ights in tal es of

“ au ld lang syne .

”

E l la \Valker died very sudden l y o f pneumonia on

1889 . S he was generous and warm - hearted,and always ready

to assist her neighbors in distress and j oin them in thei r pleasures . I t may t ru ly be said of her

,that her place in the neigh

b orhood has never been fi l led . They had two sonsE . I . Charles Wells , b . 1 2 ; 2 7, 1 867 . Married 1895 , at Church

of the Advent,Ph ila .

,Marion G raves COppuck, dau. of Ma l

cum M . COppuck. They reside in Downingtown .

2 . Joseph Jeans , b . 1 1 , 4 , 187 1 . G raduated at Swarthmore College .In 1 898 was employed by Jesse Wagner Walker, in ShiffleeB ridge Co . , Pittsburg, Pa.

3 . E l len L . ,(1. 1889

B 3 . C 1 . D 5 . E 3 . F 2 . ELI ZABETH BANEs WALKER

Genealogy of llze Coates Family. 171

(Thomas R . , S arah , P risci l la , Moses , Moses) . Born i n WhitpainTownship

,Montgomery Co Pa.

,5,8,1844 . Married at her

father ’s residence in Tredvffrin Township , Chester Co . , Pa. , 7 ,

5 , 1877 , Joseph H eacock ,son o f Joseph and Esthe r (Hal lowel l )

H eacock,of Che l ton H i lls

,Mont . Co .

,Pa . E l iz abethW. , wi fe of

J oseph Heacock,haS

’

been a teacher since she was eighteen yearso ld . She was a principa l of the “

G i rls ’ Intermediate” at theF riends S choo l at 15 th and Race S ts . Phil a . ,

Pa. some years beforeher marriage

,since which t ime ,

with the assistance of her s isterin- law

,Annie He acock ,

has establ ished the“Chelton H i l ls

S choo l , a successfu l educationa l estab l ishment in c lose proximity to her home . Joseph Heacock is a florist

, who has achievedsuccess in the cu lt ivat ion of roses and other cho ice flowers . The i r

chi ldrenF . 1 . F anni e Walker

,b . 1 878 ; d . 1879 .

2 . James Walker , b . 7 , 3 , 1 879 . Was 6 ft 4 in. on his 1 7th bi rthday.3 E sther

,b . 1 2

, 3 , 1 880 .

4 . Mary B aynes , b . 1 882 ; d . 1883 .

5 . P riscilla Walker,b . 7, 16, 1885 .

6. Edward Rockh i ll,b . 8 , 10 , 1 886.

B 3 . C 1 . D 5 . E 3 . F 3 . I sAAc P RI ESTLY WA LKER (ThomasR . , S arah , P risci l la , Moses , Moses) . Was born in WhitpainTownship

,Mont . Co .

,Pa. M z

—2,12, 1 873 ,

E l l a M . ,dau . o f

J oseph and Mary Ann Eckman , of Co lumbia , Pa. Isaac P . ,and

E l la (Eckman ) Walker own a farm at M e rl in , Chester Co . , Pa.

He has occupied a posit ion at G i rard Co l lege for severa l years .He was a vo lunteer in l 92ud Reg , of Penna . Vo lunteers

,a lso in

the 42md Reg. of M i l i t i a,under Captai n John Davis

,in 1863

,

leaving schoo l to enl ist on both occas ions . Thei r ch i ldren as fo llows

F . I . Percy E ckman, b . 1 874 .

2 . Emily E ckman, b . 1 876 ; d . 3 . mo . 7 , 1879, of scarlet fever .3 . Fanny B aynes

,b. 12

, 5 , 1 882 .

4 . Thomas Robinson,b . 1 883 ; d . 1883 .

B 3 . C 1 . D 5 . E 3 . F 4 . JAMES BAYNES WALKER (ThomasR . , S arah , Priscil la , Moses , Moses) M z

— 10, 3 , 1873 ,

M artha M .,

dau . of James and S usan (Eastburn ) Abraham ,of Montgomery

172 Genealogy of t/26 Coates F am ily.

Co . , Pa . James B . Walker,afte r graduating at Friends Central

S choo l , Phi l a . ,was graduated in Medicine at Penn Un iversity

,i n

1872,and in Phi losophy in Un iversi ty of Penna . in 1874 . Was

resident physi ci an from 1872 to 1873 ; visi t ing physician 1876 to1893 ; Pro fessor of Practice of M edicine , in Women ’s MedicalCo l l ege

,P enn . , 1879—1890 ; Pres iden t ofAmerican Cl imatological

Associat ion,1896 , etc . Practices his p rofess ion i n Phi ladelphia

and vicin i ty . Resides at 1617 Green S t . ,Phi la . Thei r ch i ldren :

G . I . A l ice Mary, b . 1867 ; d . 4 , 1 , 1878 .

2 . Helen Duer,b . 9 ,

3 . Mary Baynes,b . 188 1 .

4 . James Abraham,b . 1885 .

B 3 . C 2- 1 . D 1 . S ARAH LANE (Phebe , Moses , Moses ) MGeorge Christman . Chi ldren :

E . 1 . George . 2 . Soph ia,M Michener . 3 . P risci lla, M z—Bing

aman. Resided at Coventry,Chester Co . ,

Pa . P risci lla , diedThei r ch i ldren : F . 1 . S al lie . 2 . Phebe . 3 . Lidie .

4 . Emma . 5 . Ch ristman.

B 3 . C 2- 1 . D 2. PR I S crLLA LANE (Phebe , Moses , Moses)M

J ames I rvin . Thei r ch i ldren :1 . S arah , M z—Abrah am Beekley . Ch i ld : F . I . F rank , MRes . a t Cedarvi lle , Ches ter Co . , Pa .

2 . Phebe,M z—James E ssex. Ch ildren : G . 1 . James . 2 . Lane .

3 . Wil liam,died at Soldiers’ Home , E rie, Pa .

4 . John, UNM . Is at Read ing R . R . Terminal , Ph ila . , P a .5 . James, M :—S arah S cofield . Ch ildren : F . 1 . Mary

,M z—Ist,

Nath an B rown,z ud , Norris . Ch i ldren: G . 1 . Thomas

Brown. 2 . Anna Norris . F . 2 . F rank,M z—Rebecca S trunk ,

I st, and 2nd , A lbina Mc I llesmy. Frank ’s chi ldren: G . I . Anna .2 . Helen . 3 . A l fred . 4 . E verett. 5 . Dunton. F . 3 . S amuel ,M z—Rebecca S nyder . Ch i ldren: G . I . Jul ia . 2 3 . E thel4 . .James 5 . Norris . 6. Nathan. 7 . F rank . F . 4 . Benj aminM z—Lillian John.

B 3 . C 2- 1 . D 3 . MA RY LANE . (Phebe , Moses , Moses) MJ ohn Buckwal ter . Children :

E . 1 . Jacob, b . I , 29 , 1 80 9 .

2 . Phebe , b . 2 , 9, 1 8 1 1 , d . young.3 . E liz abe th , b . 3 , 6, 1 813 ; d . I , 2 5 , 1876.

4 . S arah , 1 0 , 15 , 18 1 5 ; died young .

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174 Genealogy of t/ze Coaies Family.

S usanna O livia , b . 5 , 26, 1847 . M z—I st

,Wi l liam Kane

,2nd ,

W ill iam B i t ting, The w idow resides 40 1 GayS t. , Phoenixvi lle , Pa.

5 Mary Eli z abeth , and descendants,who are dead are a l l

buried in Morris Cemetery,Phoenixvi l le

,Pa . The above is from

kindness ofMr . L id ie O . P ri est , who again says : My grandmother ,E l iz abeth Pennypacker , and Aunt Mel issa VVisler

,were nurses

during the Civi l War , and Aunt Rebecca Lane P rice was a volunt eer nurse at Gettysburg and other p laces . H er accounts of her

experi ences are very interest ing .

Bridgeport,Pa.

,Dec . 2, 1904 .

ELI ZA C . WALKER .

Dear Madam z—Yours of 12, 2,

at hand,and noted . Coates

H i l l,

” Bridgeport,was ca l led a fte r my grandfather

, S eptimus

Coates,the son of John Coates

,who was the son of a widow who

emigrated to this country with two sons , one ofwhom married

Danie l Pegg ’s daughter whose father was a brick -maker in what

is now cal led R ichmond,Phi la .

My two uncles, S amuel and John spel led thei r names

Coates . I found my grandfather ’s wi l l , where he signed his

name,I mean grandfather three removes back . He signed i t

Coats . The widow who came to this county with two sons , was a

widow of a Coats Cotton Manu facturer in England , and i f you lookat Coats spoo l cotton you wi l l find they spe l l i t same as I , my fathersaid i t was right .

My grand father owned a great tract of land here reach ingfrom low water -mark S chuy lki l l , to the old Gu l f road . Themiddle t ract

,which I own one - hal f of “Coats H i l l” is st i l l in my

name . Very t ruly,

S AMUEL COATES .

B 3 . C 2 2. D 1 . E 1 . HANNAH MOORE COWGI LL (El iz a ,Hannah

,Moses

,Moses ) M z

— David Walker,ofTredyffrin Town

ship,Chester Co . ,

Pa . ,10 , 27 ,

1841 . He was the son of Hanah iah and Jane (Havard ) Wa lker , and res ided on a farm in sameTownsh ip . David was born , 10 ,

8 ,18 18 ; d . 5 ,

13 ,1889 . The i r

chi ldren :

Genealogy of ilze Coates F amily. 175

E . I . E li z a Cowgill , b . 8 , I 5 , 1 842 . UNM .

2 . E lla V irginia , b . 2 . 20 , 185 0 .

3 . W infield, b . 4 , 29 , 1 852 ; d . 1 1 , 24 , 1 876, of typhoid fever .4 . Lew is , b . 8 , I 4 , 1 860 . UNM .

B 3 . C 22 . D 1 . E 2. CATHARI NE ANN COWGI LL (El iz a ,Hannah

,Moses

,Moses ) M z— I s aac B . S tokes , 4 ,

4,185 0 . The i r

chi ldren :F . 1 . Mary E li z a

,b . 3 , 5 , 1 85 1 ; died in infancy .

2 . XVilliam Cowgi ll , b . 1 0,29, 185 2 . M z—Nellie Hunsiker, dau. of

John M . and Fannie H .

,1 , 7 , 190 3 .

3 . Anna Mickie, b . 4, I 3 , 1 858 ; d . in infancy .B 3 . C 2- 2. D 1 . E 1 . F 2. ELLA VI RGI N IA WA LKER (Han

nah,E l iz a

,Moses

,Moses ) M z— 10 ,

19 ,1875 ,

Edward Bright

Conard,son of J oseph and El iz a (Bright ) Conard , of Port Ken

h edy,Montgomery Co . ,

Pa .

,at the residence ofher father . They

reside at the Conard Homestead Thei r ch i ld ren

G . I . Winfield ‘v’Valker

,b . 1 1 , I I , 1876. M z—Mary Kemble

, dau. ofH annah S . and th e late Jacob B . Walker

,former ly of Queen

Anne Co .

,Maryland

, 4 , 8 , 1 90 3 . He is a graduate of F riendsCen tral S chool in Ph i la . 1893 , and Penn University in 1 897 .

2 E li z a Cowgi ll,b . 22 , 9, 1 879 . M z—at the home of th e br ide’s

parents . near Por t Kennedy , Mont. Co .

,Pa . , 1 1 , 2 , 1 90 4 , ander

care of Radnor M . M . of Friends , Jacob Beidler Walker, former ly of Queen Anne Co Md.

3 . Juani ta , b . 1 1 , 2 3 , 1 88 1 ; d .

B 3 . C 2- 4 . D 2. JANE COATES (J ohn Hutchinson , Moses ,Moses ) M z

—B . Frankl in Haycock . Thei r ch i ldrenE . 1 . Thomas E lwood . 2 . H annah , M: Beck . 3 . Amelia . 4.

E llen . All the above reside in Jackson Co .

,Iowa .

B 3 . C 2- 8 . D 3 . E 3 . BENJAM I N FRANKLI N COATE S (Aquillla,

John Hutch inson , Moses , M oses ) M z—in Laurence Co .,Ohio

,

5,6,185 7

,Eliz abeth J . Patte rson , b . at West Union ,

Ohio , 12 , 1 1 ,

183 3,dau . of J ohn and Cecel i a (Prate r ) Patte rson . In early l i fe

he taugh t school . Graduated at Ohio , and J e fferson Medica l Co ll eges

, Ph i l a . ,Pa . P racticed Medicine at Wes t Union . Vlas S tate

S enator at beginn ing of Civi l Yl ar . Was Li eu tenant Co lonel andCo lone l of 9l st and Brigadi er Genera l . At close of war

176 Genoa/0g of f/26 Con/cs F amily.

he located at Po rt smouth,Ohio . W

'

as Internal Revinue Col lector

from 1867 to 188 1 incl us ive,afte rward in Insurance

,Real E state

and Banking business ; Rece iver for C incinnati 8: Easte rn R .W.Co .

Res . , 5 5 3 S econd S t .,Portsmouth

,Oh io . Their chi ld ren

E . 1 . Joseph Pancoast,b . a t Wes t Union

, O .

,6,

2 . Lillian Pat terson,b . 4 , 1 9, 1867 .

3 . S arah E li z abe th,b . 7 , 23 , 1868 .

Joseph P . Coa tes was a . school teacher in the High S chool atCli illico the , O . G radua ted at Kenton College, 0 . Represen tingS cio ta Co .

, O .,in Legisla ture two terms

,1 887- 189 1 . Now prac

ticing Law in Portsmouth , 0 . NNM .

B 3 . C 2- 5 . D 2 . S A RAH COATES (Thomas , Moses , Moses)M z—E l ij ah Pennypacker in Autumn of 183 1

,of near Phoenix

vi l l e , Pa . S arah died wh i le si tt ing in her chair about 1 A . M .,

12 , 2,1841 . Befo re h er marriage to E l i j ah Pennypacker

, S arah

fol l owed the occupation of mil l iner and dressmaker and was anexpert in these vocat i ons . I t was th e custom of the Misses ofthe neighborhood

,when they w ish ed th e ir forms fi tted with a

new dress or bonnet preci se ly , they would go to S arah Coates , at“Corner S tores , ” who h ad a reputat ion of extended renown forher abi l i ty in such tastes , as we l l as making i t a rul e to h erse l f tod ress in s i lk as a usual att i re for l i fe

,and was sty led a “ thorough

bred .

”

H er moth er being dead,and her father an inval id

,having

an extens ive and l ucrat ive bus iness in the above cal l ings ; at t imeof her fathe r Thomas ’ death

,she had qui te a fai r competence

,

which she wished used in di rect ion of reform . VJ hen she became

the wi fe of E l ij ah Pennypacker (both of whom were act iveexamples of th e ant i - s l avery movement ) ; mak ing thei r home a“s tation” on the “Underground Rai l road .

” At her death , an

in j unct ion in her wi l l , was that he r husband shoul d use al l hermoney he could spare in h elping in the effort of a id ing in eman

cipating the down - t rodden race which was at that t ime in bond

age ; al l of which he d id and excel led her asking in faithfu l workin purse and in every j ust way

,unt i l t h e shack l es fel l from the

arm o f the s lave in the Un i t ed S tates ofAmerica .

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Genealogy af ille Coates Family. 177

B 3 . C 2- 7 . PR I SCI LLA COATE S (Moses , Moses ) . Was born

i n Chester Co . , Pa. ,i n Charlestown Township , 9 , 25 , 1769 . M :

i n P rovidence Meet ing , Mont . Co . ,Pa . 5 , 2, 1793 ,

to J onathan,

son of Josiah and Mary Evans . Jonathan was born in Mont . Co .

2, 26 , 1769 . H e was a Tanner , and l ived near the home of thepoet

,Bayard Tay lor

,

“Cedarcro ft . ” Pa . In 1797 theymoved toCenter Co . , (to Ba ld Eagle Towsh ip) , and in 9 mo . ,

18 12,they

removed to Ch incleclamoose (now P ike ) Township , ClearfieldCo . ,

Pa. When they arrived at th is place there were but twohouses near where the Borough of Curwensvi l le now stands . On

the thi rd day after the i r arriva l they commenced cutt ing logs for ahouse on the farm now descended to the i r great - great - grandson

,

Geo . H . Evans , and in n ine days moved into i t . They both l ived toan advanced age

,and died in P ennvi lle (now Grampian Borough ) .

P ri sci l la,d ied 1 1 , 29 , 1849 ,

and Jonathan 7,19

,185 5 ,

and were

int e rred in West Branch F .B .G . They had six chi ldren,a l l of

whom l ived to b e married,and are as fo l lows

B 3 . C 2- 7 . D 1 . JOS I AH . (P ri sci l la , Moses , Moses ) . Born in

K ennett Township , Chester Co . ,Pa. ,

7, 23 ,

1794 . M z—in Clear

field Co . , Pa .,5,3 1 , 1821 , E l i z abeth S t rat ton , dau . of Isaac and

S oph i a Rodden . E l i z abeth was born 3 , 25 ,1798 ; died 1 1 , 7 ,

185 7 . Jos iah l ived with his paren ts , industriously engaged inc learing the farm unt i l 18 17 ,

when he went on a visi t to ChesterCo . ,

taveling al l the way on foot . At the event of his 9oth ann iversary he related some account of his early l ife to those present .H e said he started in Oct . , and in the fi rst two days walked toH oward

,Cen tre Co . ,

where he visi ted with fri ends a few days,

when he pursued his j ourney to near Wi l l iamsport,then to M i l

ton where he d iscarded his worn - out shoes or“pumps” as they

were cal l ed . Then turn ing up his pan taloons sal l i ed forth barefooted to purchase another pai r

,then resuming his t rip

,making

his stopping places at Northumberland , S idesingen ’

s on themountain near Mauch Chunk

,R eading and final ly to his j ourney ’s

end at Charl estown (now S chuy lki l l Township ) at the home ofhis uncl e

,Thomas Robinson . He remained in Chester County

,

178 Genealogy of Me Coates Family.

(visit ing Phi l a . ) about a year , th en started for home on foot ,about the same - route . A lette r writ ten to h is sister whi l e ont h i s vis i t and dated August 9

,18 18

,is yet p rese rved

,the postage

on thi s l e tter being 18% cents .H e was a member of the Met hodist Episcopal Church and a

l iv ing exampl e of a cons ist ent Ch r ist ian . H e di ed 5 , 19 ,188 5 ,

and was int . in the fami ly bury ing g round near his early home .

Chi ldren of J os iah and El i z abet h (S t ratton ) Evan s :1 . Leander Rodden

, b . 1 , 11 , 1 822 ; d . 2 . 2 , 18 2 2 .

2 . E lmira H annah, b . 8 , 2 , 1 823 . M z—Lewis C . G aler

, 4 , 28 , 1 840 .

Lew is died,1 1 , 1 4 , 1842 . They had two children

,d ied in in

fancy . E lmira married second time, I saac S egner, 1 0 , 1 0,

1850 . Thei r ch ild ren : F . 2 - 1 . Lorena,b . 8

,2 , 185 1 ; d . 8 , 1 2 ,

1 85 1 . 2 - 2 . E dwin E . , b . 2,6, l8 53 ; d . 4 , 4 , 1885 . M z—Io ,

29 ,

1875 , H at tie S later . Their chiid : G . 1 . Charles W .,b . 8 , 8 ,

1 878 ; d . 8,

2 -

3 . Laura J ., b . 5 , 9 , 18 5 5 ; d . 5 , 9 , 1 857 . 2 -

4 .

Soph ia E .,b . 5 , 28, 1 8 58 ; d . 7 , 1 2 , 1 860 . 2 -

5 . Oscar M . ,b .

1860 ; d . 8, 8 , 1863 . All born in Curwensville excep t the fi rst ,E lmi ra died 1 0 , 1 2 , 1 866, and Isaac d ied 1 . 1 , 1891 .

3 . Horatio M . , b , 2 , 2 2 , 182 5 ; d . 2 , 2 2 . 1 82 5 .

4 . Moses Lew is Coates, b . 5 , 8 , 1 826. M : —8 , 1 7 , 1 84 5 , E li z abe thMcDowell

,b . 1 0

,15 , 1826; d . 3 , 26

,1 884 . Had th ree ch i ldren .

M . L . C . M z— (second w ife ) , Mrs . Annie H arley , who surviveshim . He died 6 , They were members of the M . E .

Church,and a t time of his death owned farm of his grand

father . Jona th an E vans,near Curwensvi lle

,Pa . Thei r ch i l

d ren: F . 1 . F rances Emma , b . 6, 9 , 1 8 56 ; (1. 1879 . A

fai th ful member of the M . E . Church , and teacher in S abb athS chool , and consisten t Ch ristian in al l her wars . Interred inFriends Ceme tery

,near th e E vans home . 2 . G eorge H artline

,

b . 1 0 , 29 , 1860 . M z— I o,16

,1 90 1 , B lanche, dau. ofBenj amin and

Mary S peakman . One ch i ld: G . 1 . W i ll Lewis , b . 6, 5 , 1 90 3 .

Owns the old E vans home . P . O . , Curwensvi lle , Pa . 3 . LewisJohnson

,b . 1 1 , 1 7 , 1868 M :— 1 1 , 19oo , H a t tie E . S la ter, w idow

of E dwin E . S egne r . Lewis is a machinist , owns proper ty inCurwensvi l le , b ut is employed byVolgan I ronWorks , Toledo ,Ohio . Add ress 1 0 14 S uperior S t.

5 S oph ia J . , b . 8 , 6 , 18 28 . M z—8,20

,1 849 , George B . Goodlander

,

Ed i to r of “The Clearfield Repub l ican” many years, he died 1,

1897 . No ch i ld ren. S oph ia was th e last survioor of her paren tsand eigh t ch i ld ren. An ac tive worker in M . E . Church w i th

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180 Genealogy of Me Goa/es Family.

2 . Wi llard H b . 9 , 3 , 1 876. 3 . Cordelia C.,b . 1 0 , 4 , 1 878 . 4 .

Augusta H. , b . 7 , 30 , 1880 . 5 . E mma Blanch e , b . 3 , I 8, 1 883 .

6 . Emi lie Winnifred,b . 2 , 7 , 1 887 . Th e last four are teachers .

3. Jonathan C .

, b . 1 1 , 9 , 1 836. M : - 2 , 2 7 , 1 862 , Mary J . HeiseCh i ldren: All born in Clearfield Co . ,

Pa . F . 1 . H arry, 2 .

Emma . 3 . Lil lie . 4 . Mary . 5 . Blair . 6 . E rnest . 7 . Lynn8 . S tel la . 9 . V iola . P . O .

,Keylerstown, P a . O f these ch i l

dren, two have died and seven are marriedJCatharine

,b . 9 , 9 , 1 839 . M z—4, 2 1 , 1 859 , James Moyer . One

ch i ld . G . 1 . Rebecca, b . 6 . 30 , 1 859 . M :—5 , 30 , 1 876, John

Emigh,b . 1

, 5 , 1 853 . Ch ild ren : All born in Clearfield Co . ,Pa .

G . 1 . A l fred , b , 8 , 1 8 , 1876 . M z— Io, 7, 1896, E . Agnes Smeal ,

b . 3 , 7, 1 879 . Ch i ldren: I . 1 . Maggi e , b . 1 0 , 16, 1897 . 2 . E va, b

7 , 2 0 , 1899 . Maude,b . 190 3 . G . 2 . Berth a

, b . 3 , 1 3 , 1 879 .

3 . Cordie E .,b . 1 2

, 3 , 1 881 . M z— I, 7, 1899, Jonah Quick , b . 1 1 ,

2 8,1 880 . Ch i ld ren: I . 1 . Russel l , b . 4 , 4 , 1899 . 2 . Charles

, b .

4 , 1 1 , 190 1 . 3 . Arlene , b 1 90 4 . G . 4 .

5 . E llis, b . 4 , 1 0

, 1 886. 6 . John, b . 8 , 26, 1889 . 7 . Mi tch ell , b .

12,27, 1 892 ; d . 4 , 26

, 1 893 . 8 . Anna,b . 1894 . 9 . Lloyd

, b .

4 , 8 , 1 897. 1 0 . Emily, b . 7 , 8 , 190 0 .

E l lisW .

,b . 2

,14 , 1 842 . M z—z

,2,1875 , S arah A . Heise . Children,

All bo rn in Clearfi eld Co .

,Pa excep t one , in Macon Co . ,

I ll. ,

and two in Center Co .

,Pa . F . 1 . Rebecca M .

, b . 1 876 ;

d . 2 . Moses Lewis, b . 9 , 5 , 1 878 ; d . 7 , 7, 1 88 1 . 3 . JosiahMil ton

, b . 7 , 6, 1880 . A studen t in th e Minis try . 4 . Henry H ., b .

9 , 6, 1 882 . M : O live Hubber . P .O .,Grahampton,

Pa .5 . Geo rge \V. , b . 5 , 3 , 1884 . 6 . Vil illiam W .

,b . 7 , 2

, 1887 . 7

Bonnie E lla Bond, b . 5 , 1 3 , 1889 . 8 . Grover C b . 1 891

9 . E llis W .,b . 3 , 2 5 , 1 893 . 1 0 . Frederick K.

,b . 9 , 2 5 , 1 895 . 1 1 :

Aus tin P . ,b . 2 , 2 5 , 1 897 . 1 2 . E li z ab e th C .

,b . 190 4 .

6 . Josiah M . ,b . 5 , 1 4 , 1844 . M: Martha E . Park e r

Chi ldren: All born in Clearfield Co,Pa .

,except one , in P h i l

lippsb urg, Pa . G . 1 . XVilliam E, b . 1 2

,M z—9 , 23 ,

1890 , Luc re tia Mi les . P .O .,C learfield

,P a . Ch ildren: H . 1 .

H arry R .,b . 7 , 28 , 189 1 . 2 . George G . ,

b . 1893 . 3 . E stherE .

,b . 1 0

,1 1 , 1 896. 4 . S olomon M .

,b . 1 2

, 5 . E ar l P .,

b . 8, 18 , 190 3 . G . 2 . George C ., b . 2 , 8 , 1 869 . M z—z

,26

,1895 ,

Annie E . Mumper . P .O .

, Clearfi eld , Pa . Chidren: H . 1 .

Charles M . , b . 2,1 5 , 1896. 2 . Leonard , b . 5 , 30 , 1897 . 3 .

Davis H.

,b . 1 , 8 , 1899 . 4 . Millard J .

, b . 1 2, 5 . Helen

E . , b . 2 , 12 , 1 90 2 . 6 . Ruth J . A . ,b . 10 , 1 1 90 3 . G . 3 . Miriam

E . , 4 , 5 , 1872 . 4 . Mary , b . 9 , 5 , 1873 . 5 . David S . , b . 2 , 1 4 ,

1 87 5 . 6 . Agnes M . 7 . Flo ra , b . 7 , 2 5 , 1 880 . 8 . JohnW . , b .

Genealogy of me Goales Fam ily 18 1

8,I 7, 1892 . The las t s ix were burned in house in wh ich theywe re sleep ing ow ing to fire in nigh t and al l escape was cut off

,

fire ge t ting headway before discovered . 7 , 1 6, 1885 . 9 . JosiahM .

,b . 5 , 2 5 . 1 884 . 1 0 . Dora A .

,b . 8 , 1 0 , 1 886. 1 I . Nellie E .

,

b . 11 , 3 , 1 888 .

7 . Rebecca J . ,b . 3 , 8, 1 849 ; d . 2 1 , 1855 .

B 3 . C 2- 7 . D 3 . S A RAH EVANS (P risci l la , Moses , Moses ) .

Born in Chester Co . ,Pa.

,1 1

,1 7

,1797 . M z—in West Branch

F ri ends M eet ing ,Clearfi eld Co . , Pa. ,

12,13

,1827 , J eremiah ,

son of J ames and Lydi a (S harpless ) Moore , b . 8,14

,1794 , i n

Cheste r Co . ,Pa . S arah served as Clerk of her Mon thly and

Quarterly Meetings for severa l years . A smal l qui l l pen remainsin a book in which she wrote some poetic stan z as in 1821 , she

died 8 ,1, 1844 . J eremiah died 7 . 26 ,

1873 . B oth int . in F .B .G .

at West Branch , Pa. Chi ldren :E . I . P riscilla

,b . 8, 3 1 , 1 829 ; d. 2 2 , 1 836 ; int. F .B .G . a t Wes t B ranch

,

P a .2 . Abraham C.

, b . 3 , 9 , 1 83 1 . M :—6, 1 7 , 1 858, in G ramp ian, Pa.

,

H annah J .,dau. of James and Jane (S hivery) Moore . Their

ch ildren: F . 1 . Lew is Car lton , b . 5 , 1 0,

1 859 . M z—I z, 30 ,

190 3 , in Luth ersburg , Pa.

,Florence, dau. of J . N . and Mira D .

Booz e . In th e S pring of 1 898 , he wen t w i th a company tothe Klondike gold -fi elds

,bui l t himself a house and lived near

Dawson C ity for about two and a h alf years, now (190 5 ) is inB landburg, C larion Co .

,Pa . Florence is a music teacher of

abili ty,a son was born to them, 4 , 1 5 , 190 5 . 2 . F rancis E .

,h .

1861 . M z—B enj amin B arkey, an en engineer . Ch i ldren: 1

C lare,b . 10

,22 , 1 886. 2 . A lice , b . 1

,1 0 , 1 888 . 3 . John D .

,b .

1 1 , 8, 1 890 . 4 . Tul les , b . 2,24 , 1 893 . 5 . E dna , b . 5 ,

6 . Wm . E dward, b . 1898 . 3 . A lice J . b . 5 , I 2 , 1863 . M z—1 o,

3 0 , 1 884, Harvy B . , son of Abrah am and S arah (Fenton )S pencer , b . 3 , 2 7 , 1860 . NO ch i ldren . Harvy owns a farm in

Linn Co . ,O regan

, b ut is engaged to operate a p laning mi l l inLebanon , O regon . 4 . S arah Adella , b . 9, 1 2 , 1 866. M z—I o

,

Charles C . Hoover, res . , G ramp ian, P a . Ch i ld ren1 . A lice C . , b . 1 2 , 2 5 , 1 885 ; d . 1 886 . 2 . G race H b . 8

,I 0

,

1 888 ; d . 1 0, 3 . Carl L.

,b . 8, 23 , 1 892 ; d . 1 1 , 2 2 , 1892 . 4 .

Lenore M . , b . 1 0,2 I

,1 893 . 5 . Vera G .

,b . 7 , 4 , 1 895 ; d . 3 , 1 3 ,

1896. 6 . P auline d. 3 , 3 ,1897 . 7 . Carla Moore

,b .

1898 . 5 . C lara E . , b . I , 23 , 1 872 . M z—6, 30 , 1 897, John , son of

Isaac and Annie (Caldwell ) Norris . P .O . , G rampian, P a .

182 Genealogy of llze Coates Family.

One ch ild,I saac Bruce , b . 4 , 6. E dson J . , b . 4, 29 ,

1874. M : 1896, O ra L . Pe ters, b . 3 , 20 , 1878; d . in P itts

burg, Pa.

,1 2

, 31, 190 2 . Int. in near G rampian,Pa

.

Ch i ldren: 1 . Margarrte Ross , b . 7 , 7 , 1897 . 2 . Van Carl, b . 7 ,

E dson J . , married 2nd time, 2,1 5 , 190 5 , A lvina M .

Pinder . P .O . , Grampan, Pa .E li z abe th

, b . 10,24, 183 2 . M z—6

,16

,1853 , George W .

, son ofJacob and Margare t (Brown ) Wal ters . George W. , b . 8 , 3 ,1830 , a t Bowe r, Pa.

, removed to Wrigh t Co .

,Iowa where he

died 9, E l iz abeth returned to G rampian,Pa. , and mar

ried 8 , Gideon R .

,son of Jacob and Gulielma(VVidemire )Doughman . Gideon R . , served in the army IX years, has

been Post Mas ter a t Grampian mos t of the time since 1870 .

E li z abeth died 1 2 , 28, 190 0 , int. ,at Wes t Branch F .B .G . S he

had four ch i ldren by each marriage . Ch i ld ren of George Wand E li z abe th E . (Moore ) Walters: 1 . C lara Irene

, b . 6,16

,

1854 . M :— I o,21

,1879 , A lfred T . Owens, son of Moses and

S usanna (S pencer ) , b . 2,

I s a harnessmaker. P .O . ,

Curwensvi lle,P a . Ch i ldren: I . A lice

,b . 7, M z—5 ,

2 2,190 3 , John ,

son of John and Agnes Brownlee , Pi ttsburg , Pa.

Ch i ld: Agnes 190 4 . 2 . E dna E liz abeth, b . 4 , 26,

1887 . 2 . William A l ton,b . 2 , 23 , 1856 . M z—in P rince ton

, Mo .

9, 12 , 1886, E va E . B laker , b . 9 , 26, 1867 . Wm . is a carpenter .Res . , 5 164 Gloster S t.

,Pi t tsburg

,Pa . Ch ild ren: Geo rge C lif

ton ,b . 3 , 26, 1888 . Irene A lice , b . 12

, 9 , 1890 . Raymond A l ton,

b . 2 , 2 1, 1896. Lorna May, b . 2 , 2 7 , 1899; d . 6

,28

,1899 . 3 . A l ice

Jane,b . 3, M z—7 , 1899, in P rince ton, Mo . ,

John J . Upton, ofWrigh t Co .

,Iowa . J . J .

,is a banker and dealer in rea l

estate in O reana,Okla . No ch ildren. 4 . George W . , b . 3 , 24 ,

1860 : d . 9 , 5 , 1862,in Gramp ian

,P a . Int. at West B ranch .

Ch ildren of Gideon P . and E l i z abe th E . (Moore-Walters )Doughman. A ll born in Grampian,Pa . z Wal ter G .

,b . 5 , I I ,

1865 . M : Delilah Agnes D ickey . He is a Contrac to r and bui lder in G ramp ian

,P a . Ch ildren: Judy , b . I I , 19,

1891 ; d . I , Gideon P . ,b . I

,2 2 , 1 893 . Dudley H b . 4 ,

27 , 1895 . E sther E . ,b . 12 , Bess Loraine

,b . 4 ,

(1. 8 , 4 , 190 2 . Dalny E lma , b . 9 , 5 . Zella T . , b .

1867 . M z—Roland G .

, son of James and Nora (Neal ) Farwel l .R . G ., keeps a livery in G rampian , P a . Ch ildren a ll born inGramp ian

,P a . Thornton D . ,

b . 6, Richard O . , b

12 ,-

5 , 1892 . James G .,h . 2

,I I , 1895 . Nora E liz abe th , b . 9 , 8

‘

1897; d . 10 , 22 , 1899 . Norma E sther,b . I I , 3 , 1899 . John F ran.

’

cis, b . 9 , 10 ,190 2 . 6. V irginia T. ,

b . 1869 . M

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184 Genealogy of l/ze Goales Fam zly.

E . 1 . S arah Ann, b . 1 2 , 1 2 , 1 740 , in Penn Twpt. , Clearfield Co .

, Pa.

M:—1 2 , 1 , 1 8 59 , in Rockton, Pa.

,to Wi lliam Wel ty

, b .

1 836 . Wm . is a farmer. They h ave four chi ld ren . P . O . ,

G rampian , P a . Th eir ch ildren: 1 . Lewis Eml in, b . 9 , 24 , 1 860 .

UNM .

,is an under taker a t Grampian

,Pa . 2 . Laura Jane

, b .

9 , 9, 1 866 ; d . 3 , 3 , 1 872 . 3 . E lvina E liz abe th , b . 8 , 27, 1 868 ; d . 1 ,

1 2,1 879 . 4 . Emma Irene

, b . 9, M :—6, 29, 190 2 ,

E noch E vans Thomas, b . 6, 30 , 187 1 , in S cranton,

Pa . Nochildren .

B 3 . C 1 . C 1 . E 2. WI LLI AM SWAFFER DAV I S (Rache l ,S arah ,

Moses,Moses ) M z—Catharine dau . of Joseph and S usan

(H i l l ) Engle , 9 ,10 ,

1829 ,both of Chester , De l . Co . ,

Pa. Their

chi ld renF . 1 . Joseph E .

, b . 1 1 , 30 , 1 83 1 ; d . 1 , 3 1 , 1 890 , in Chester , Pa .2 . Carolina , b . 9, 24 , 183 3 ; d .

3 . Mary H.,d . 1 , 1 90 4, at S pruce Grove, Pa .

4 . Susan,b . 7, 26, 1 837 ; d . 3 , 20 , 1 85 2 .

Dorithea, b . 1 0 , 1 1 , 1838 .

Wi lliam,b . 1 2 , 20 , 1 840 ; d . 2 , 1 7, 1 885 , at Leavenworth , Kansas .

E l len,b . 4 , 2 1 , 1 843 ; d . 7 , 3 1 , 1 883 , in Christiana , Pa .

Hill E ngle,b . 2

,

9 . Louisa , b . 4, 2 , 1 846.

1 0 . Catherine E . ,b . 1 1

,1 847 .

1 1 . H arry .B 3 . C 1 . D 1 . E 2. F 1 . JOSEPH E . DAV I S (Wi l l i am ,

Rachel ,S arah ,

Moses,Moses ) M z—Lucret ia M . H ays

,l,1 3

,185 9 .

Chi ld :G . 1 . Ca therine Engle , b . 1 86 1 ; d . 9, 1 4 , 190 3 , in Chester, P a .

int. in Oxford Cemeter. Pa. M z—Rufus H ., son of J ames and Mar th a

S pringer . He (1. 8 , 1 896, int. Oxford Ceme te ry . Lucretia died when Josephmarried Anna E . Wright . of Chester , Pa. , 1 2 , 2 5 , 1883 .

B 3 . C 1 . D 1 . E 2. F 3 . MARY HORNE DAV I S (Wi l l i am ,

Rache l, S arah , Moses , Moses ) M z—J ames Turner

,son ofAl ex .

and Mary, 2,

14,185 6 . Chi ldren

G . 1 . Will iam A . ,b . 6, 20

, 1868 . M z—Renie Smi th . No ch ildren .

H as sheep and cattle ranch a t B retton S . Dako ta . 2 CarolineD .

,M z—Chas . Wh iteside , b . 1 1

,20

,1 883 . Ch ildren: H . 1 . Mary

C. , b . 8 , d . 4 , 23 , 190 4 , in New York Ci ty . 2 . Wal ter A .

,

b . 1 1,28

,1890 . 3 . Dora B .

, b . 1 892 . G . 3 . MontgomeryBell

, b . 9, 1 860 . M z—Jennie Bai ley, of S . Dakota . Ch ildren:

WV

O\

Ln

Genealogy of Me Coates Family. 185

H . 1 . Mary . 2 . B rintonW . 3 . A ris . 4 . Mara B . 5 . Jenni e.6. Montgome ry B . Res. , Tulab oma, Tenn. G . 4 . Joseph E .

,

b . 1 86 1 . UNM . Res ., S ioux C i ty , Iowa . 5 . James Ful

ton, b . 7, M z—Anna Rheinhart. Chi ld: H . 1 . James,

b . 5 , 1 894 . Res. , S ioux Ci ty , Iowa .B 3 . C 1 . D 1 . E 1 . F 6 . WI LLI AM DAV I S (Wil l i am ,

Rachel,

S arah ,Moses

,Moses ) M z

— S hemineth Andrews Underwood,10

,

29 , 1862. S he d ied 6 mo . 1865 . Wi l l i am a ft erward mar ri ed

Isabel la,daughte r of S amue l and Catherine Ho lmes

,of Upper

Oxford Towhsh ip, Chest er Co .,Pa . ,

10 1110 . 1866 . Wi l l i am hadby last wi fe a daughterG . 1 . Caroline Davis , b . 1 2 , 2 5 , 1 870 . M z—6

, 4 , 1 898 .Wi l liam H armon.

2 . Edwin,b . 9 , 1 873 . 3 . \Villiam S . ,

(1. young. 1 and 2 live inLeavenwor th

,Kansas .

B 3 . C 1 . D 1 . E 2. F 7 . ELLEN DAVI S (Wi l l i am ,Rachel

,

S arah ,Moses , Moses) M z—Brinton ,

son of George and Hannah(Brown ) Wa lte r , of Christ iana , Pa. , 11 , 8 ,

1876 . Thei r ch i ld :G . 1 . Georgiane , M .D . , b . 1 , 19 . Was graduated from th e VVoman’

s

Medica l College,Ph ila . , in C lass of 190 2 . H ad a term in Post

G raduate work in Ph ila . Hosp i tal . Res .,Pine S t Ph i la . , Pa .

B 3 . C 1 . D 1 . E 2. F 8 . H I LL ENGLE DAV I S (Wi l l i am ,

Rachel, S arah ,

Moses,Moses) M z

— Anna E .,daughter of David

and Hannah Bun ting,12, 7 ,

1869 . The i r ch i ldren :G . 1 . Louisa , b . 1 2

, 1 7, 1 87o . M z—Calvin S w isher , 1 0 , 5 , 1892 , whod ied (C . S . ) in 1893.

2 . Wi ll iam S . , b . 7, 1874 . M: —Lena Boyd, 2 , 1 90 3 .

3 . C lyde,b . 1 2 , 1875 ; d . 3 , 1882 .

4 . Joseph W. , b . 8 , 1884 .

5 . F red, b . 2 , 9 , 1886.

Anna (Bunting) Davis died 1 2 , 1 90 0 .

B 3 . C 1 . D 1 . E 2. F 9 . LOU I SA DAVI S (Wi l l i am ,Rachel

,

S arah , Moses , Moses ) M z—Brinton Walt e r,o f Christ iana

,Pa. ,

as his thi rd wi fe .B 3 . C 1 . D 1 . E 2. F 10 . CATHERI NE E . DAV I S (Wi l l iam ,

Rache l , S arah , Moses , Moses ) M z—Joseph Potts

,son o f John

and Maria Echternach,10 , 29 ,

1872. The i r chi ldren :G . I . E lloise , b . d . 1 1

,1 875 .

186 Genealogy of llio Coates Family.

2 . Caroline Davis , b . 3 , 1 , 1 876 . M z—John,son of Nicholas and

Amand a Danner , 3 , 1 896.

3 . Joseph P . , b . 4 , 23 , 1 879 . J . P . E .

, was graduated in the DentalDep t . of Penn. Universi ty in 6

,1 90 3 . Joseph P . E chternach ,

S n , d ied 10 mo .

,1895 .

B 3 . C 1 . D 1 . E 2. F 1 1 . HARRY DA V I S (Wi l l iam ,Rache l

,

S arah , Moses , Moses ) M : —Roberta,dau . of Hugh and E l iz a

Ross , of Upper Oxfo rd Townsh ip , Chester Co . , Pa ., 2 , 9 ,

1886 .

Chi ld ren :G . 1 . Helen R . ,

b . 3 , 1890 .

2 . Norman E .

,b . 6

,1891. Rober ta died 11, 1894, wh en H arry M

Pheb e E vanson,dau . of Reece and Hannah .

S ome verse s composed by Moses Robinson ,a great - grandson

of Moses Coates,may be o f inte rest to the lover of “ye o lden

t ime .

”

MOSES COATES .

In the village of Phoenix and near a small ri ll ,That rippl es o ’er rocks as it descends from th e h i ll ,By some wi ld honey locusts and near to th e road ,The Pioneer of th e Wi lderness took up his abode,Where a dark

,tangled fores t spread over his ground

And the how ling of wolves made the va l leys resound .

When the coun try around was a l l cove red w i th wood ,A boundless w ilderness and deep solitude .

His ca ttle did then to th e wilderness stray ,And wh en evening drew near, he’d be wending his wayThrough th ick ~ se t woodland and deep forest dellD irec ting his course by th e sound of their bel lAnd to prevent them from fall ing to the w i ld beast of preyHe would lodge them in folds e’er the close of the day .I n morning

,to the forest h e would go w i th his axe,

And in h eal th he did never from his labour relax,Ti ll his energy and s trength made the w ilderness y ield,And a rich , yellow harves t waved over h is field .

His labour each year did new beauties disclose,And the w ilderness blossomed like unto the rose .The beauties of Ceres his labours beguiled,And where late was a desert, a paradise smiled,

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188 Genealogy of l/ze Coates Family.

and were employed the interva l in v iewing the garden and shrub

bery connected wi th the establ ishment . At this t ime the enginebel l rang

,and the t rain came in sight . I t cons isted of eleven

cars and three of them were double or eight wheeled cars .We took our seats in one of the double cars and moved on

slow ly and maj est ical ly a short d istance . But our speed soon in

creased to the rate of twenty mi l es an hour . Notwithstanding

we gl ided a long so rapid ly we had a handsome View o f the farmso f Chester County Val ley . The excel lence of which

,being so

we l l known that they need no descript ion . The fi rst place wehalted was Oakland . The car agen t stated that there were b e

tween two and three hundred passengers . We descended the

north side of the val ley hi l l at a rapid rate . Observed some shopsat Oakland

, for th e purpose of repai ring cars . I n this vicini ty

there is a branch rai lroad leading to the marb le quarries of J ohnR . Thomas from which the City Counci l obtained supply of

marble blocks of great si z e and beauty , fo r the G i rard Co l l ege .

A fte r l eaving Oak land we were soon brought to the viaductacross the Val ley Creek , a handsome structure consist ing of five

arches . After passing a short distance , the back Vi ew of i t is

beaut i fu l . Turn ing from the View of the bridge we now andthen caught a gl impse of the haymakers and reapers and had in

vi ew the vi l lage of Downingtown and the viaduct across the east

branch of the B randywine .

This viaduc t is of moderate e l evat ion . And i ts structute is

s imi lar to the one j ust mentioned . Downingtown , my own County

V i l lage,I fee l associated the reflect ion of having spent some

pleasing moments there once on a visit . I t contains some hand

some houses . At this place we obtained addit iona l suppl i es ofwater and fue l

,i t is 3 3 mi les from Phi ladelphia . After leaving

Downingtown we passed Gallaherville , one mi le from Downingtown . And six mi les further along the midd le of the va l ley theattent ion is arrested by the V i l lage of Coatesvi l le , i t is si tuatedon the west branch of the Brandywine .

S urrounded by a very fert i le country . The View from thevery high Viaduct across the Brandywine is commanding. The

Genealogy of t/ze Coates Family 189

Viaduct be ing eighty fee t high and stretches across a chasm aboutsix hundred fee t wide . The cars are whirled across by the locomotive and a person appears l ike be ing in mid - ai r . The Va l leyof the Brandwine above the viaduct wh ich is made narrow bythe adj acent h i l ls arising from near the margin of the water looksromantic . I am told this Vicini ty abound s with manu factoriesof various k inds.

The next place of importance i s Parkesburg , a water stat ionand the place where a ve ry large workshop is located for repai ring disab led engines

,four mi les from Coatesvi l le . From Parkes

b urg we passed a long the side of the hi l l that const itutes thenorthern boundary o f the val ley . I t is less fert i le and moredignified with rocks than the val ley . We cont inued to gl idea long the northern boundary of the va l ley unti l we reached theGap , which is fifty- three mi les from Phi ladelph ia and e ight fromParkesburg . What astonished me very much is that al thoughthe Gap is the h ighest part o f the Rai l road i t is a perfect swampor quicksand . Having passed through the Gap excavation ,Pequa va l ley , one of the rich va l leys of Lancaster County comesin View . A l though the va l ley is i n good state of cu lture thewheat fields which appeared ready for the harvest men

,appeared

quite poor . The corn fields were excel lent . We passed threeviaducts . The fi rst crossed Pequa Creek , the second M i l l Creek ,and the thi rd Big Conastoga Creek . The two fi rst bridges wereacross mi ll st reams of ord inary siz e and the bridges are of usua llength . The thi rd one is a bridge constructed , I am to ld , uponthe latt i ce p lan . And a lthough the st ream is not more than twohundred yards wide

, the bridge appears a lmost hal f a mi le long.Short ly after passing this bridge the ci ty of Lancaster came invi ew . The largest in land town in the state . The rai lroadpasses through the northern part o f the town : The bui ldings inthe outer parts of town are of German order (one story high ) .The bui ldings in the interior are high

,and present the ent i re ap

pearance of a Ci ty .

I t is 27 mi les from Parkesburg and 71 from Phi lade lphia.

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After tarrying at Lancaste r long enough to d ine and resusci tate theengine we proceeded to Columbia a d istance o f 12 mil es in about45 minutes . The count ry west of Lancaster i s finely divers ifiedwith fert i le fi e lds and some good bui ld ings . Passed the l i tt leConastoga Creek by a viaduct o f considerabl e length , after wehad proceeded about two miles from Lancaster the Engine tookus to the head o f the plane .

From the foot of the plane we were drawn by horses to theCana l basin a long the Rai l road located near the bank of the

R iver S usquehanna . The Vi ew of the river was very much Oh

st ructed as we passed a long by the pi les of lumber on the bank .

The Cana l basin is qu ite capacious . We waited to see the boatsdepart wi th the passengers upon the arrival of the cars and wentto Gossler

’

s H otel .After t aking some re freshments we went out t o see the

bridge across th e river . I t connects Col umbia with Wrightsvi lle ,a v i l lage si tuated on the opposite shore of th e river . The structure of the bridge is the most noble I ever saw . I t is one mile and aquarter long

,and rests on twenty - eight pie rs . I t is designed

for common travel and for a rai lroad . Co lumbia is a l ively place .

I t contains many good bui ld ings and stores . S i tuated on thebank of the S usquehanna R iver , eighty- three mi les by Rai l roadfrom Phi ladelphi a .

Third - day morning,the 19 th . We le ft Co lumbia in th e

Northumberland packet boat for Harrisburg . About a mi le fromCo lumbia we came to a wonderful precipice ca l l ed Chickeys Rocks .This pi le of rock rises we suppose to the heighth of four hundred

feet . I t is a lmost perpendicu lar . And in some places the largefragments orblocks of rock appears to proj ect , orhang over . I wastold one of these fragments once gave way and t umbl ed down withsuch force that i t carri ed away a part of a bui ld ing ; afte r pass ingwe took a back view and near the top the rock presents a goodprofi le of a human face .

At this place there is a cons ide rabl e bend in the river . Justas we approached th e point of i t a person observed there are

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ing i n importance . I t was o rginally laid out a l it tle distant fromthe j unct ion . The cana l gave rise to some bu i ldings in i ts immediate vici nity from whence Portsmouth i s derived . The

bui ldings or arrangements in e ither Show but l itt le taste inneatness . The next is H ighspi re

,a sma l l v i l lage on the turn

pike road , which the cana l crosses at this place . The sceneryrepresents much o f a sameness from there to H arrisburg , theright hand s id e tolerably leve l

,and the le ft hand side of the river

a range o f undulat ing hi l ls,and some Vi l lages .

Approaching Harrisburg,Paxtons C reek is crossed by a

aqueduct . F rom which the fronti e r S ett lement of the same namewas derived . In the early history ofPennsy lvan ia , I bel i eve aboutthe year 175 6 is replete with incidents that occurred between theIndi ans and the front i er sett l ements . One of th ese sett l ementswas P axtons and was at this Creek . What amaz ement" Thisspot Eighty years ago th e front ie r Western sett lement contending with the forest and i ts noble red , inhabitants . Now whereare they ? The hands of civi l iz ation h ave crushed and rol ledthem hundreds of mi les beyond the M ississippi . And in placeof the i r w igwams and paths and pipes of peace

,we find Towns

and state ly ed ifices,Canals

,Rai lroads and Turnpikes

,and

society held together by writ ten instruments . At Harrisburgthe Cana l leaves the river and goes back of the town a shortdistance from the yard of the Capitol . Where there is a num

ber of storehouses and landings that wear the appearanceo f business . There is but l i tt le of the town to be seen from thecana l

,there bering an e levation between i t and the principa l

part . We arrived there at hal f past th ree in the a fternoon . And

went in an omn ibus to our board ing house . S i tuated at the

corner of Market and F ront S treets , on the Susquehannah , near

the bridge . We were comfortably enterta ined , the people aresoci ab le and friend ly . Next morning , the 2oth , we went to the

Capito l and spent the afternoon and took dinner at Isaac Anderson ’s , market square . Returned in the afternoon to our board inghouse accompan ied by Mary A . Pennypacker . Afte r tea we took

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walk down the R ive r to Thomas E lders . He resides in a5 house formerly occupied by John H arr is , the founder o f

now l i es j ust in front of the house , by thea large Mu lberry t ree that grew on the bank of thennah

,and I have been in formed was in a flourishing

cond\tion when Wi l l iam Penn commenced the sett lement of theProvhce of Pennsy lvania . Harris had been in the pract ice of

t radingwith the Indians , whom he offended by re fusing them as

much r

‘

iim as they wished and in conse quence they dragged himout of his

,house and t ied him to th is t ree with hickory w i ths , and

prepared ’vood and pi led around him intending to burn him a l ive .He b eggedfor mercy but h is feel ing intricety incident to such as ituat ion 11 ence upon the minds of the savage Indian ;they were to execute the i r design . Meanwhi le hisblack manfle<\1

\to a vi llage o f friend ly Indians on the opposite

shore and brought them to rescue h im .

A company\f them landed in canoes in t ime to save h im .

One of them had\he torch in his hand to set the wood on fire .And as he was (1 under the t ree he requested to b e buri edthere that the might be remembered . I t is enclosed withboards in the f pen . There is a paint ing represent ingthe ci rcumstances b ag

gi ng in the Senate Chamber . And I was

told that they intend g a port ion of the stump to the frameof the paint ing , that y be preserved . The st ump is e ightor t en feet h igh and f As we returned we treated ou rse lvesto some i ce cream the price i t i s in Phi ladelphia andequal l y as good . Next ning

, the l t, Thomas E lder ’s wi feand the deput ie ’s daugh to see us . A fter they left wewent to Isaac Anderson ’s . afternoon we went over thebridge . I t i s said

,

to be a mi l We had a handsome viewof the Capi to l from the opposThere is an Isl and in the hat divides the bridge . This

Island is said to be very prod there is a peach orchard on

it . And the Cit i z ens ofHarr are indebted to i t for a largeproport ion of the vegetab les brought to thei r market . The rive r

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suppl i es them wi th fi sh . The town near the river is a l i ttlee l evated . And along the Northeaste rn part or back of the townthere i s a flat , that bears the appearance o f having once passed a

part of the river . Along this flat the Canal passss .

There are a number of fine houses, and along fron t st ree t ,

the street that is next the R ive r . There is good taste displ ayedin the formation o f yards and cu l tivation o f shrubbery .

Thereare two markethouses . Th i s is th e seat of Government . The

state Capito l and publ ic bui ldings are s i tuated in th e northern

edge of the town and occupy th e most e l evated posifion in th ewho le town . Thei r appearance is very commanding .

The basement story has two large rooms

,one for the S enate and one fo r

the House of Represen tatives . And a Rotunda b ztween them .

The second story is occupied by the l ib rary and committe rooms .Above that there is a dome

,from w h ich a personnas a good view

of the town and surrounding count ry . Part icularly the mountains up the river

,and the Gaps in them , wher: the Rive r passes

through . In the even ing we went to F rances S hank ’s , whi l e we

were there we had a heavy shower of rain . After i t abated weretu rned to our boarding house and packed -

. or start ing .

At e leven o ’c lock the omn ibus came anl took us to the wharf .We waited there un ti l near one . Before the boat arrrived . I t

being detained by a breach in the canal. I found i t very nu

pleasant ente ring the boat . I t be ing sh u t up and al l in thei r

berths,arranged one above ano th er on each s ide of the boat so

near together that they almost to uched each other i f the personsare large . I sl ept but l it t l e

,not b eirg accustomed to the motion

o f the boat . And saw none of the Count ry from H arrisbu rg toC lark ’s Ferry a distance of fi fteen mi l es . As soon as i t was l i gh tI went on deck and i t happened we were crossing the S usque

hannah . I t was cro ssed by means o f a poo l formed by the construct ion of a low dam . The boat is towed by horses . Clarks

Ferry b r idge is used for a towing path . The river is a consider

able width . The east ern shore at th is place is approached byquite a romantic and e levated mounta in . Immed iate ly opposite

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i f the manu facturer of i ron makes no inroad in upon them theywi ll remain so in al l probabi l ity for the lapse of ages . A fewmi les above Lewistown we passed through what is termed thelong narrows . The elevat ion can be obse rved some distance .

As i t outtops a l l elevations East of i t . The length of the narrows

is e ight mi les , hence the name . The mountains on both s ides arevery steep . In some places they proj ect a l it t le and many othersare a lmost perpendicular part icu larly near the top .

There appeared to b e a great ledge of massive rock . Theelevat ion is supposed to b e at least two thousand feet and theyconfine the river to a ve ry narrow space . I t was diffi cu lt to find

space enough for a . Canal and Turnpike . The mountains on bothsides are covered with fol i age except some places that have a largequant ity of loose stone and rocks that must have been loosenedfrom the large ledge at the top by the effects of t ime and tumbledand lodged promiscuously near the base . After passing the longnarrows the sun soon became hid amongst the great world ofmoun tains that intervenes . And it becoming damp admonishedme to t ake to the cabin and get what repose I cou ld between thethumps and no ise that took p lace when we entered a lock . A l

though I had what was cal led a good berth I slept but l i tt le .

F i rst day the 22nd ,we found ourselves in Hunt ingdon

,having

passed during the n igh t I was in formed a curosity quite as greatas that of the long narrows , ca lled Jack ’s Narrows . Hunt ingd on is forty - n ine mi les from Lewistown . I t is the seat of j ust iceofHuntingdon County ; observed no pecu l iarity in relat ion to thet own except being bui lt i n a wooden country the greater part o fthe bui ldings are wooden and they soon give a town an aged appearance .

I t is close ly bu i lt and contains a considerable populat ion .

We arrived there before sunrise stopped to leave Off passengersand change horses . From H unt ingdon we had slack water andin consequence went very fast . There were four horses to theboat which gave i t such a rapid mot ion that sometimes the waterflowed over the towing path . S even mi les further we passed

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Pete rsburg , a smal l town , and the next town we came to was

A lexandria seven m i les from Petersburg . The cana l passingthrough a port ion of i t . There are a number of very good brickhouses in i t . We took on passengers at the upper part of thetown . The river makes a great bend here and g l ides along th ebase of a large Mountain si tuated on the le ft s ide . And on the

other side there are some farms . But we soon passed these and

entered in between two precipi ces .

I Observed on the slope o f th e Mountain the north s ide of

the Cana l a state l y and so l i t ary rock of great height standing upl ike a spi re terminating in many po ints . And it is but l i tt lelarger at the base than i t is near th e top . Th e spi re or rock ap

peared to lean a l i tt le toward the base of the precipice . I t re

minded me of draw ings I had seen of the great a rchi tecture . I t

is o f a soft gray colour . The next town is Wil l i amsburg th irteenmi les from A lexandria . We crossed the rive r a number of t imes .The horses crossed on bridges every place except one . The numb er of locks increases as we approach Ho l l idaysburg . Passing

through the locks creates a strange fee l ing to those unaccustomedto trave l ing in packets particu larly when in the cabin . We

reached Ho l l idaysburg about four in the afternoon . Havingpassed Frakstown , ten mi les distance from Wi l l i amsburg ,when we were invited on deck to see the sight . I t was

Holidaysb urg and i ts warf l ined with cars and storehouses at thefoot o f the A l legheny Mountain . Here ends the Juniata Divis ionof the Canal . I t i s one hundred and twenty mi les long hasn inety locks , e ighteen dams and twen ty - five aqueducts . S omeof the aqueducts are grand and state ly structures . The JuniataR iver general ly is very circuitus and the h i l ls and l i tt le val leystoward i ts mouth and i ts more bo ld high lands and mountainsalong its narrow passes

,and toward Hol l idaysburg makes its

scenery high ly romant ic,and beauti fu l beyond anything to be

met with . The passengers went d irect ly on in cars to the summit .We remained in Ho ll idaysburg . I t is si tuated at the base of the

Allegheny Mountain and is surrounded wi th spurs of the mount

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ain . I t contains some stores and good houses and is dependan t

on th e publ ic improvements .

I t i s one hundred and seventy two mi les from Columbia .

The next morn ing ; the 24th , we left there in a car and were drawnby horses to the foot of th e fi rst plane . We encountered fiveplanes be fore we reached the summit . The cars were drawn upa l l th e p lanes by stati onary steam power . And on the shortlevel s between the p lanes by horse power . The distance fromHo l l idaysburg to the summit is twe lve mi les . On the summit ofthe Mountain there is a publ i c house kept by G . Marlet wherewe took an exce l len t break fast . From there we proceeded to

Johnstown . S i tuated at the western t ermination of the rai lroadtwenty four mi l es and three quarters from the summit . In pass

ing there we descended five incl ined planes , by the use ofstat ionary steam power . The cars with one except ion were d rawn byhorses between the planes . This except ion consists of a levelabout fourteen mi les long between p lanes N0 . one and two upon

which locomotive engines are used . J ust at the head of planenumber one , we passed through a tunne l n ine hundred feet long ,cut through so l id rock . XVe reached Johnstown about e l eveno ’c lock .

Johnstown is s i tuated on a flat of about two hundred acres

completely surrounded with mountains,the bui ldings are ch iefly

frame . There is an excel l en t and capacious basin at this place,

i t occupies a space of eight acres and a hal f . And appears to

me to be d ist inguished for nothing but i ts fine capacit y forthe accommodation for the t rade and t rave l on the canal andrai lroad . S econd day the 2sth . We returned back to the summit having found it necessary t o spend aday or two on the road .

And the house kept by G . Marlet being an excel lent one themost agreeab le of any we had met with , we concluded to make i tour stopping place . A short d istance from it the rai lroad crossesthe Juniata and I think is not more than five feet wide . And onthe west s ide Of the mountain the Conemaugh takes i ts rise andruns along the rai lroad al l the way to Johnstown with one or twoexceptions . These two st reams nearly interlock , they are not

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clouds I saw whi le i n J ohnstown . I was l ooking out o f the

window when a cloud went against a spur of the Al legheny a

considerable distance from the top . This may appear incred ibl eto some though i t is a fact . A person who resides in that placetold me he had frequent ly been at t h e foot of the mountain s

,

when cloud s wen t against them and the water would pour down

in torrents at that place and none e lsewhere .

\Ve have now came into a cu ltivated count ry . Corn much

l ike that of ourown neighborhood . Westmoreland Coun ty . Next

town is Blai rsvi l le . Conemaugh passing through i t . I t containsa number of brick houses on each side e l evat ed from the R ive r .

The turnpike bridge cross ing about the cent er . A storehouse j ustbe low four stories high . Blaresville is twenty eight miles fromJ ohnstown . A short dis tance west of Blaresville there are somegood farms , they were busy cutt ing grain ,

bui ld ings good . S ome

distance further west we passed through a Splendid tunne l ninehundred feet long and came out int o an aqueduct across the Conemaugh , i t has seven arches . And what is remarkable

,exact ly

over the t unnel,I was in formed there is a house si tuated

,and

near i t a good we l l of water . Pass ing th rough this tunne l bywater

,I shal l a lways remember

,i t is romanti c beyond d escrip

t ion . We passed it j ust be fore dark .

N ight soon came on and we saw nothing more un t i l morning .

Before day we crossed the A l legheny R iver in an aqueduct at themouth o f the Conemaugh , and entered the Canal on the north

side of the A l legheny R ive r . I t i s said to be navigabl e for steamboats at some seasons of th e year . Twenty four mi les fromPi t tsburg we crossed an aqueduct over a st ream that entered into the Allegheny . I t looks more l ike l iving in this country thanany 1 have seen since I le ft Co lumbia . During the n ight we

passed Leechburg and F reeport . Ninet een mi les from the aqueduct we passed Sharpsburg and crossed an aqueduct over a smal lstream that entered into the A l legheny . After passing this placea mi l e or two , I observed c louds of smoke rising in th e ai r whic hdenoted the locat ion of P i t tsburg . The Canal cont inues on th e

north side of th e A l legheny . F rom F reeport a l l the way to

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A l legheny town,a town si tuated on the north side of th e A l l e

gheny R iver , exactly opposite P it tsburg . At A l legheny townthe Cana l branches . One branch o f i t is ca rried through Al l e

gheny town on th e same side of the R iver to communicate withth e Ohio R iver immed iate ly be low the j unct ion of the Al l eghenyand Monogahala .

The other branch of the Cana l i s carried over th e A l legh enyR iver by means of a massive and supurb wooden aqueduct thatpasses through the Ci ty of P i ttsburg

,and Gran t ’ s H i l l by

means of a tunne l , and communicates with the Monongahala

R iver . The Canal a long which we have j ust passed from J obustown to P i t tsburg is sty l ed the western divis ion of Pennsy lvan i a

Canal,and is one hundred and four mi l es long—ten dams , one

spacious tunnel besides one at P i ttsburg,and Six aqueducts .

P i t tsburg is s i tua t ed exact ly in the j unct ion of th e R ivers . The

branch of Canal last al luded to passes through the business parto f i t . The steamboat wharf i s on the Monongahala. I obse rvedabout thirty st eamboats lying there

,some taking on freight and

passengers,others unlaiding and some undergoing repair . I was

to ld a lthough the boats appeared large they we r e of the secondcl ass of boats

,and bore no compari son to those that came up

during the spring freshets . The boats that I saw appeared as longas the Delaware boats and were three stori es h igh . P i t tsburg is

more d ist inguished for business than neatness and comfort .The manu factu ring of Engin es , different k inds of cast ings ,

and a l l the th ings to which i ron i s adapted together with cot tonis carried on to great extent . Al l the mach inery connected with

the i r vast opperations is propel l ed by steam generated w i th coa lo f a very su lphurious nature . I n the combust ion of coal i t th rowsout vo lumes o f dense smoke , which gives everything in the Cityand vicin ity a very sooty appearance . The exterior of the houses

in the ci ty and environs look l ike bl acksmith shops . G rant ’s

H i l l forms the southern boundary of the Ci ty . I t i s suffici ent lye levated to afford a very good View of the town . We went up

on i t but was soon glad to retreat on accoun t of the smoke .

They have no shade t rees in the st reets and i t appears to me

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thei r pavements are neve r washed . Even the i r bedding is a stonecolor . I f it was not for the smoke and fi l th i t wou ld be a fine ci ty

handsomely s i tuated a long t h e two Rivers . And is much largerthan I had any idea of. The surrounded country is e l evated andthick ly sett led . I not iced a number ofsplendid bui ld ings thougha l it t l e tinged wit h the common color . They te l l me th e smok eextended severa l miles . We arrived here on F i fth day th e 29th ,

about ten . S eventh day the 3 l st , we went on board a st eamboatand bid adieu to P i ttsburg the queen offi l th and business .We sai l ed rapid ly down th e Ohio and soon began to breathe

a clean atmosphe re . About twe lve mi les below we passed theH armony set tl ement , thei r town i s e levated f rom the river . Theyascend to it by steps in the bank from the waters edge . They

stopped to leave off passengers . And a few mi les below we passed a town cal l ed F reeport

,a business place . And landed at

Beaver point thi rty m i l es be low P i ttsburg and stopped at a largehote l S i tuated at the j uncti on of Ohio and Beaver R ivers

,where

we remained un ti l towards even ing,and then wen t about four

mi les up the Beaver R iver to a friend ’s house of th e name ofEdward H oopes

,who resides in a town ca l led New Brighton

S it uated on the east s id e of the Beaver R ive r oppos i t e the lowerfa l ls at the terminat ion of the Beaver Canal . We passed Bridgewater , S harren and Fal l ston . They are nearly al l connected andI have no doubt wi l l some day be cal led the same name , Beave rCity . There is a range of mountains on each s ide of the R iver .On the w est s ide the blu ffs come up so near i t that there is on lyroom for one row of houses in places and the mountain closeback of them

,perpendicu lar to a great height So that the coal

i s thrown from the mouth of th e mine holes down into some of

the i r kitchen yards . These Mountains a lso contain a lum and

sal t .The fa l ls of Beaver is a succession of rapids commencing

near the mouth of the R iver and extend several mi les . Thewho le fa l l is sixty n i ne feet and affords exce llent water power Iobserve . M . T . C . Gou ld asserts that the power is suffic ient forfive hundred mi lls . We left fri end Hoopses on first- day morning

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having cowbel l s on thei r ne ck s . We arrived at Mercer abou tfive . Mercer is the county seat of Merce r Coun ty

,the Court

House is si tuated in the center of the s treet . The town is smal l,

bui ld ings ch i efly fram e though there are some very good brick

and stone houses . It is twenty mi les from Newcast le .

We le ft Mercer in a private conveyance for Meadvi lle on themorn ing of the 4th of eighth month . We passed along a distanceof fi fteen mi l es to Georgetown a smal l v i l lage that did not appearto be noted for anything . The country around the town is improved to some extent . But I observed but l it t le improvemen ton the way . The country is general l y wi ld and uncu l t ivated I n

some places saw them gathering thei r crops from amongst thedead t rees . And other places the wheat was not ripe . The country continues to b e sowewhat hi l ly . There are however many flats .

Over these the road was constructed by placing logs and poles

across them c losely adj usted . I t mokes a very disagreeable roadto trave l over . A considerabl e portion of the road is of this

character . After re freshing at Georgetown we proceeded morespeedi ly having a better road . A large proport ion of the roadhad been made of pol es , but a thick covering of earth having

been recent ly put on i t rendered i t more agreeable to pass over.We noticed them covering the road , they made use of a

curiously const ructed shove l attached to a yoke of oxen and

these an imals appeared to understand thei r business perfect ly .

We discovered but l i tt le advantage in the improvement of thecount ry unt i l we were approaching Meadvi lle .

*

The character of the country general ly is much l ike i t eastof Georgetown . Meadvi l le is handsomely situated in the va l leyof th e F rench Creek . I t makes a very handsome appearance

from the top of a ridge about two mi les from the town . TheCo l lege

,Churches and brick bui ld ings are ful ly in view . We

gl ided down the hi l l and around along the base of i t some dis* I t is proper here to remark that about five miles from Meadville we

crossed th e outlet of Conneaut Lake . We passed it by a logbridge that appeared tofloa t on the wa ter . The coun try ad j acen t to the outle t is ve rymarshy , and hund reds of acres appear to be a perfect swamp and marshnotwithstanding the country generally was so much elevated.

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tance leaving a few beauti fu l farms to the right . The best spotof c leared land I have seen since I left P i ttsburg . Depart ing

from the base of the hi l l we crossed F rench Creek by a bridgeand entered the town . The favorable impression formed fromthe top of the ridge remained unchanged .

The town is very neat . The people appear industriousand have showed a good degree o f taste i n the construct ion ofmany bui ldings . We stopped at G ibson ’s hote l , a brick bui ld ingfour stories high . I was taken very i l l in the night with an at

tack of a b i l l ions nature and remained there four days . The

family of James G ibson were very kind and Obl iging , H is twodaughte rs

, S arah and F rancis,I shal l remember with grate fu l

emotions . They exib ited to me a very good ly and affect ionate fee ling .

Meadvi lle is the county seat o f Crawford County , th i rtym i les from Me rcer . We le ft Meadvi l le on second day , the 9th o fe ighth month and traveled by stage to E rie . A S we left th etown the road began to ascend and continued t o do so for severa lmi les . After reaching the level we had a good road . Passedsome ve ry fine t imbered land . In many places they have com

menced c learing. We passed a town contain ing a few very neatbui ldings , cal led Waterford , twenty two mi les from Meadvi l le .I n this neighborhood , the agricu lture o f the country becomesb etter . The land is better and appears to b e t i l led with morecare . I l ike the agricul t ure of Erie County better than any Ihave seen in the northwest . The farmers have barns in placesweatherboarded , which is not the case in Mercer and some partsof Craw ford . I must not fo rge t to not ice the t imber from Mercerto Erie , i t outst rips an y I have seen except the west S ide of theA l legheny Mountain . Though the timber is general ly very largeon the side o f the A l legheny .

The distance from Waterford to Erie is s ixteen mi les . Aswe descended the gently sloping grounds toward the lake , with

in six or eight mi les o f i t , the vast expanse o f water so extensivethat it appeared to the eye to be connected with the firmament and

is very grand and beaut i fu l . We reached the town of Erie about

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four o ’c lock . I t is handsomely situated on one of the bays of

Lake Erie , cal led the bay of Presque Island . The town is butof few years growth , and promises in consequence of i ts great

natura l advantages to become a city . The harbor is very capacions , and on i t I am told Perry gained the victory . The hul lsof some of the ships are st i l l to be seen lying on the shore of thepeninsu la

,east of the town . On a l i tt l e b luff on the shore of the

lake the so ldiers were interred that were ki l l ed.And close by

this place and near what is cal led the o ld l ighthouse, Genera l

Anthony Wayne was int erred . The spot where he was laid issaid to be a terror to the Indians to th is day .

The town of Erie is laid out on an extended sca le and issuscept ib le of be ing made very handsome . I t contains at presentmany fine bui ld ings . A canal from the Pennsy lvania Cana l atP i ttsburg i s expected to intersect the lake at this place . A lso arai lroad by way of the west branch . Dr . Johns stated that heemigrated to the place fourteen years ago

,and at that t ime there

were few frame bui ldings .

Just below the town th ere i s a large breakwater i n the laketo protect the harbor . The wharves extend into the Lake a considerab le d istance , and between them float ing grocery stores aresituated . On fi fth day , the l 1th , we le ft Eri e in the steamboatNorth America for Buffalo . We went on board at seven o ’clockin the morning and arrived in Buffalo about five

,a d i stance of

ninety mi les . Considering the nature of th e lake we had ap leasant t rip . We stopped at a town on the way cal led Dunkirk

,

forty - five mi les from E rie . We tarried there a Short t ime and

then set out again with sai ls hoisted in addi t ion to the steam . I

noticed several l ighthouses on the way to di rect vesse ls at night .Our d istance from the American shore of th e lake general ly

was about two to th ree mi les . We had some wind,but the

vessel being very large,three hundred and fi fty tons burthen , i t

was not tossed very much , though to me being unaccustomed tosee ing the l ike i t appeared to foam and froth fright ful ly . The

lake i s a vast expanse ofwater and with the exception of rol l ingb i l lows it i s not much un l ike the Ocean . I t is about two hun

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city . Population more than with about 25 00 bui ldings .

I t has sprung into notice with in 'a few years and must cont inue to

flourish as i t is sit uated at the commencement of st eam naviga

t ion,and the western terminat ion o f the New York Canal . We

left th is place of ente rprise on the morn ing of th e 12th ,and

t rave led down along the shore of the N i agara R iver to the Fal l so f the N iagara by stage . There are some very good improvements along the river . Passed B lack Rock ,

three mi les belowBuffa lo . I t is a smart l i tt le town . S hort ly after pass ing B lackRock

, Grand Island came in view ,we had i t in prospect un ti l we

came within a few mi les of the fal ls . This is the island M . Noah

was about purchasing a few years ago with the view of mak

ing it an asy lum for his scatt ered brethren , the J ews . I t is said

to be twe lve mi l es long and from two to seven broad .

We passed Tonawanda at a d istance of twelve mi les . This i sa l so a l ive ly l i t t le pl ace . H ere the Cana l diverges from the river .The soi l is rather a heavy clay . Observed Ch ipeway on the

Canada side,three mi les above the fal ls and one mi l e above the

battleground . Near th is there is a burn ing spring enclosed by

a sma l l bu i lding . A barre l is pl aced over the spring , which has

a cover with a tube in i t th rough which the gas,su lphurate hydro

gen escapes,when a l ight is appl i ed i t ignites and burns bri l l i ant ly .

We reached the fal ls,that magnificent and sub l ime wonder o f

nature,about twelve O ’clock . These fa lls are situated below

Grand Island on the N i agara R iver , about twe lve mi les fromLake Erie ,

and fourteen mi les from Lake Ontario . This riverunites the waters o f these two lakes and is from one and a ha l fto six mi les wide .Above the fa l ls the banks are said to be from one to two

hundred feet in heighth,and immediate ly below not less than

three hundred feet , at which heighth they cont inue as far asLewistown where they sudden ly fa l l off to about twenty feet .

The rive r at the fa l ls is about one mi le in width , the cataract

pours over a concave summit,and fal ls on the American side per

pendicularly one hundred and sixty - four feet . The horseshoe

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fal ls on the Canada side , descends in a curved form proj ect ingabout fi fty fee t from its base , to the distance of one hundred andfifty

- e ight feet . The descen t of the rapids above the fa l ls isabout fi fty-e ight feet , making the who le he ight over two hundredfeet . There is a ci rcu lar stai rway enc losed and suspended fromtab le rock on the Canada side by means o f t imbers that enab les aperson to go down to the shore of the river below the sheet . At

the foot of these stai rs commences the passage under the greatsheet o f wate r . There is said t o b e a to lerably good green sortof l ight within th is s ingu lar cavern

,but the wind b lows with

al arming vio lence from the poo l up against the rocks throwingdeluges of wate r . My curiosi ty was sat isfied without going tothis fright fu l place .

The fal ls on the American s ide is d ivided from the BritishFa l ls by Goat Island which stands on the very verge o f the prec ip ice . They are t ru ly magnificen t . A fl ight of stai rs has beenerected a few rods be low the fal ls descending to the ferry whe rea boat is a lways ready to convey passengers to the opposi te shore .After going down these stai rs we went as near the perpendicu larpi tch as we cou ld without be ing wet with the spray . Here thereare pi les of pet rifi ed moss to the height of six or eight feet

,i t i s

green and a lways wet .This pi tch faces Canada and the water , as i t pours over ap

pears in whi te and green streaks . A bridge i s const ructed acrossthe rapids to Bath Island a quarter of a mi le above the fal lswhich is connected to Goat Island by means o f another bridge .At the tol l - house on Bath Island is kept for sa le a good co llect ionofminera ls and other curiosit ies of the country , consist ing in

part of reticu les and other specimens o f apparel very ingeniouslywrought I was to ld by the Indians in that vicin ity . Brig Islandis n ear and is connected with Bath Island by a narrow bridge .I t is said to resemble the main and quarter decks of a brig .

Goat Island , some t imes cal led I ris , is laid out in wa lks,which are shaped by a grea t variety of th e lofty t rees o f theAmerican forest . I t is said to have derived i ts name from the

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fact of an aged and venerab le goat having resided there and h eldundisputed right t h ere for severa l years prior to i ts being troddenon by human feet . 0 11 Goat I s land there a re seve ral manufac

tori es .

The descent of fi fty- eight fee t above the fal l s or perpendicular pitch affords excel l en t water power . And I observed bythrowing a l i tt le wing dam from the sho re

,an amoun t ofwater

cou ld be commanded equal to any purpose . A nd i t would appear

from this,that Manchester on the American side mig h t become

the manufacturing Manchest er o f America . There are m any

fine vi ews of the rapids above,and of the grand fal l on t h e Can

ada side from severa l points on the I s l and .

Tarapin Bridge extends about ten feet over the precipice ofthe Cresent Fa l l and affords a spl endid View , though one that

int imidates the gent le and makes the brave stand st i l l . I t

natural l y excit es queer emotions to find onesel f suspended , as i t

were,in midai r

,over a yawn ing precipice and causes an involun

tary shudder as we t urn our eyes from the giddy depths , andever fal l ing cataract .

The Cataract o f N i agara,the grandest spectacl e in the world ,

sudden ly burst upon the s i ght of i ts fi rst vis i tors , who cou ld contemplat e nat ure ih her wi ld nat ive d ress

,must h ave stuck thei r

senses more potent ly,and excit ed thei r fee l ing more intensely

than i t can now do of those who see it surrounded by cu l tivatedfie ld s

,and monuments o f art . What can we imagine more beau

t i fu l,mo re t ru l y subl ime

,than a maj est ic river sudden ly con

t racted into less than ha l f i ts former width,after tumbl ing over

a bed o f l arge rocks,precipitated

,roaring as i t we r e , with very

terror,into a dark caldron bel ow maddened and l ashed into foam

white as t h e driven snow,and throwing up a th ick co lumn of

spray towe r ing to the arch of H eaven . A cloud that is seen t o

hang over the fa l l s by those navigating E r i e and Onta r io , i sseen by spectators a hund red mi l es from each ot h e r .

Add to this impression on the eye , t h at made upon the ear ,and our own senses partake of th e wi l d tumul t o f the scene .

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ing i ni t ia ted into c ivi l i z ed habits . They are harvest ing , I ohserved them hau l ing wheat with two horses in a wagon

,and

some use oxen . We met a number o f them on our way to Lockport , some with large burthens on thei r backs . These burthens are

supported by being fastened to a band that fi ts around the head .

We a l so met two female Indians riding a long very merri ly onone horse . They had nothing on the i r heads and le ft the i r longblack hai r flow down the i r backs .

We reached Lockport about one o ’c lock . I t is twenty - three

mi l es dist ance from the fa l ls . A short t ime after our arriva l we

proceeded on in a packet boat . Lockport is a vi l l age o f considerab le business . In 1821 there were but two houses at this place ,now there are about four hundred

,and is dist inguished for the

large amount o f lockage overcome consist ing of five chambers ofth i rteen feet each . The locks are doub le and are sit uated in th ecenter o f the town . We reached Medina , distant e ighteen mi lesfrom Lockport

,by even ing where we tarried during the night .

The country between Lockport and Medina is not more thanordinarialy fert i l e , very leve l as we did not pass a single lock ,

and i t appears to be new ,the fi e lds genera l ly abound in st umps .

Medina is a vi l lage containing some manufactories but neverwi l l be large as the water power is very l imited , being confinedto an o rdinary mi l l stream . We le ft Medina on the morn ing o fthe 14th ,

in a packet boat . We soon d iscovered our j ourney was

not to be agreeab le . The boat was a cont racted th ing , as muchun l ike the packet boats o f Pennsy lvan ia as the mind can wel lconceive . And I was in formed that al l the packet boats west ofRocheste r were of this descript ion . We gl ided along in our teteri ng l i tt le bark e ight mi les and reached Knowesville . The country

wears the same appearance,observed grain in shock and some

not reaped .

The next town i s A lbion , the seat o f j ust ice of O rleansCounty

,distant ten mi les from Medina . In this town there are

a number of fine brick houses , and i t wears a very respectab le appearance . The count ry around i t is very leve l , and the t imber

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does not appear as large as I saw in P ennsylvan ia . A ft e r passinga number of unimportant vi l lages , we arrived at Brockport , fi fteenmi les d istant from Albion . Brockport

,I am in formed

,derived its

name from H i e l Brockway,i ts founder . There is a fine degree

of t aste displayed in the const ruction of bui ldings . The town

has sprung up w i th in ten or twe lve years .The country st i l l cont inues level and wears the appearance

of having been c leared but recent ly . I suppose that the fi rst

t rees that were c leared out of the way was done for the purposeof c learing a place to make the canal , about sixteen years ago ,

which was soon fol lowed by the axe to prepare the way for thecu l t ivator of the so i l . Many parts of Pennsy lvan i a the farmersare t roub led with rocks , here they are as much t roub led w ithstumps .

The houses i n this country are principa l ly frame,the re are

no bui ldings that a person from Chester County cou ld ca l l a barn .

I suppose on what they consider the i r best farms , noth ing wi l lbe seen but a stable

,of a si z e that I wou ld th ink wel l adapt ed to

a two acre lot .

We passed S pencers Basin e ight mi les from Brockport .There is a great indentat ion of the earth immediately east ofS pencers Basin , and with the view of avoiding i t they had tomake a great bend in the cana l

,about one mile and a ha l f we

gl ided away round in the packet boat and d id not gain more

than hal f a mi le in a di rect l ine . Twe lve mi les further we reached

the Ci ty of Rochester . We were landed at a large basin in th ei nterio r o f the city about six o ’c lock in the evening , havingt rave led forty - five mi les the distance from Medina . We stopped

at the Eagle Hote l , and found everything commodious , com fortable and extreme ly n eat . Rochester is si tuated on both s ides ofth e Genesee R iver . The river passes th rough it from North toS outh and the cana l passes through the center of the town a lso ,from West to East . The canal is carri ed over the river by an

aqueduct bui l t of sol id masonery. The aqueduct is e ight hundred and four feet long

,has e leven stone arches and is el evated

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fourteen feet above the surface of the river . There is considerabl e rapid ln the river at the town and about a quarter of a mi lebelow the town th e great fal ls of the G enesee R ive r are found ,the fa l l is ninety - seven fee t in height .

These rapids and fal ls afford an exce l l ent water power,and

I was in formed there in the vicin i ty of the city,e leven mi l ls are

capabl e of grinding twe lve thousand bushe ls o f wheat everytwenty - four hours . I n the year

,eighteed hundred and twelve

,

the ground now occupied by the City of Rochest er,was a wi lder

ness . And wonderfu l as i t may appear, in the short space of

twenty years , we find a city with a popu lat ion of twe lve thousandand about 2000 bui ldings

,many o f them l arge and exce l lent .

What a con trast the forest has yi elded to perseverance and ihdustry. And instead of being the abode of wi ld an ima ls i t isnow the seat of cana ls , large manufacturing establ ishments and

a busy and an imated peopl e .

At eight O ’clock on the morning of the 15 th of e ighth month,

we le ft Rocheste r in a stage and expected to see a finely improvedcountry around so extens ive a town but found the contrast verygreat . The bui ldings

,fences and agricu l ture general ly very

much neglected . I bel i eve t h e prevai l ing custom here is to bui ldup a handsome town and leave the country run chance . At thedistance of seven mi les we passed P i ttsvi l le a pleasant looking l i tt l evi l l age . As we advanced East of P i ttsv i l l e the country becameextremely hi l ly

,many of th e hi l ls over which we passed were

steep and long . The country genera l ly cleared and settled andwas in a state of ord inary fert i l i ty . P assed severa l vi l l ages andafter be ing tossed over a number more hi l ls we arrived at Canandaigua. The most beaut i fu l town I have yet seen . I t i s s itu

ated at the out let o f Canandaigua Lake twenty - eight mi les fromRochester . The lake extends in a North and S outh direct ionand is from one to two mi les wide and fourteen mi les long . The

inhabitants are said to be very weal thy . I t appears to be a placeof reti rement for those that have accumu lated by mercanti le andother adventurous pursuits .

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that is made a long the outlet from S eneca Lake and that cornmunicates with the grand Erie Canal , a cons iderabl e number ofmanu factories and mi l l s are establ ished here . I t i s four mi l esfrom Waterloo and promises in consequence of i ts superio r advantages to much surpass i t in si z e and grandure . Three mi lesfurther brought us to Bridgeport

,a vi l lage situated on the w est

ern margin of Cayuga Lake . Saw nothing of interest or promiseat this vi l lage .

The lake is thi rty mi les long from North to S outh and from

one to two mi les wid e . I t i s deep enough for steamboat navigat ion

,and i s surrounded , I was informed with an exce l l ent agri

cu l tura l count ry except about the out l et at i ts northern terminat ion

,which is very marshy . We crossed the lake on a bridge

one mi le and one - t enth of a mi le long with in about three mi lesof the northern terminat ion of th e lake . The bridge i s supportedb y large t imbers . There is also a vi l l age cal l ed Cayuga at theend of the bridge on the easte rn margin of the lake , in appearance l ike B ridgeport . Afte r leaving the lake a few mi les theroad became qu ite hi l ly and the country general ly appeared nudulatory. The unpleasant mot ion of the stage over hi l ly roads

connected with having trave led,when we reached Auburn

,about

seventy mi les,made me rej oice when we reached the town . \Ve

tarri ed there unt i l four o ’c lock the next morn ing . I found a few

hours repose very sweet . Auburn is seven miles from CayugaCounty and I am informed contains S ix thousand inhabitants

,

court house,seminary

,and i s dist inguished as being the seat of the

stat e prison , however melancho ly i t appears to me that mankindshou ld so depart from the path of recitude as to be restrained by

human laws and massive wal ls . I t i s neverthe less humane as bythis plan . S o l i tary confinement and opportun i t i es for re forma

t ion is adopted in the place of the uncivi l iz ed method hereto foretoo long practiced

,of putt ing poor un fortunate beings to death .

I l earned that the persons now confined there exceeds six hundred

,that they are engaged cheerful ly and under good discipl ine

at the d ifferen t vocat ions and make enough to support themse lves .

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Auburn I S a handsome town contain ing spacious hotels beaut i fu l dwel l ings and stores , and st reets wide and finely ornament edwith trees . On thi rd day , 16th ,

we left Auburn by stage at 4a . m . ,

and aft er riding seven mi les,passed Skeneatalas , in Onon

dagua County,a vi l lage beaut i ful ly s it uated on a l ake of same

name . The lake is sixteen mi les long and from one and a hal ft o two mi les wide . Manu factories exist here to some extent .The bu i ldings are good and the adj acent country is very ferti le .

S ix mi les further ove r a rather h i l ly road brought us to Marcel lus ,in Onondagua County . During th is ride we passed an encampment of Indians . They were supposed to be a re l i c of the oncepowerfu l S eneca tribe , and were emigrat ing westward . I th ink

there were about twen ty - five or thi rty of them . They were j us taris ing from nature ’s bed

,the damp ground

,as we passed . They

had a wagon and two horses . During thei r j ourney they encampout instead of tak ing shel t er in some civi l iz ed abode . At Mar

cel ius we took breakfast . I t is a sma l l vi l lage located in the valley of O t isco . There i s a stream passing through the val ley

,

that affords power suffi cient for some manu factories . The va l leyis narrow and the hi l l s are very bold .

I n passing from Marce l lus we ascended a long hi l l whichbrought us on an upland and hi l ly country . We passed a succes

sion of hil ls and I observed some very high .and prominent b luffs .

The so i l and agriculture of the country is ordinary . Among thehi l ls , there is one cal led Onondagua hi l l , eight mi les from Marcellus . The summit of which afi ords a fine View of severa l vi l lages

, Onondagua Lake and the surrounding country . I am ih

formed this V icin ity is d ist inguished for Indian ant iquity nearhere the S ix Nations held counci l , i t is also proper to remark thatpetri fact ions of various kinds abound .

F rom here we diverged from the main road and went to

S yracuse , a town of great importance being the seat of very ex

tens ive sal t manufacturies . The water from which the sa l t ismade is obtained from a spring that rises to the surface of theground and is so strongly impregnated with sal t that thi rty - six

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gal lons ofwater w i l l make a bushel. I was in formed that upwardo f two mi ll ions of bushe ls of sa l t was manu factured at this placelast year . Two mi les west of S yracuse there is a v i l lage cal l edGettys , a n umber of sa lt Springs have been d iscovered at th is

place . And one mil e and a ha l f north of S yracuse , S al ina issit uated . The fi rs t salt spring was d iscovered at this place byIndians f rom the ci rcum stance of i ts be ing visited by d ee r and

other an imal s . And it i s from springs at th is place that the sal tis made . I t is forced to an e levation of eighty feet to a resevoirfrom whence i t is conveyed in pipes to the differen t manufactur

ing establ ishments . S yracuse is a hand some town and wi l l be thecent e r of a dense population , as the manu facture of salt b ids fai rto become very extens ive . The sal t is made by the appl icat ionof art ifici a l heat and so lar evaporat ion ,

the vats used for the latterprocess cover nearly three hundred acres .

The grand canal passes th rough this place . And from this

point also d iverges northward th irty - eight mi l es to Oswego on

Lake Ontario . F rom S yracuse to Man l i us , distance e l even mi l eswe passed over a leve l count ry rather fert i le in the vicini ty o fthe canal . Manl ius is a sma l l town containing about two hundredhouses and some manufacturies of cotton , si tuated on Limeston eCreek . Four mi les further is Chittenango . Going from Man l ius

to Chittenango a hi l l is crossed of considerabl e e levation whichaffords a commanding and picturesque View of Onondaga Lakeand Onondaga hi l l .Chittenango is si tuated in a va l ley and i s quite an animated

place,as i t abounds to some extent with manufacturies and is

connected with the grand cana l by a navigable feeder one andone hal f mi les long . I was informed a lso that gypsum is foundin great abundance as wel l as petrifiications of various kinds , andorganic remains .

Leaving Ch i t tenango we passed a long hi l l and gained thetop of an e l evated and rather imdulating count ry . E ight mi lesfrom Chittenango we came to Lenox where we dined—a l it t levi llage situat ed one mi le from the Erie Cana l , a p lace that was for

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that side . We passed through the vi l lage ofHarkimer fi fteenmi les from Utica . This is rather an ancient looking town

,not

ve ry large,and does not appear to flourish . S even mi l es further

we passed L i t tle Fal ls a smal l town , the name ofwhich I presumeis derived from a succession of rapids or fal ls in the river at thisplace . The spot is romantic , the blu ffs on both s ides which con

tinue about two mi les , confine the river , the canal , rai l road , andturnpike road to a l itt l e space ; the turnpike is on the northernside of the rai lway . The bed of the river and ad j oining bluffsare very rocky .

There are many bold and picturesque e levations . The mostprominent ofwhich is ca l l ed Anthony ’s Nose . There are several

manufacturies at th is p lace , and i f a l l the water power cou ldbe employed i t might become a place of importance . The canal ,rai lroad and turnpike are Very difficu l t to make

,great mass ive

rocks had to be removed by the use ofpowder to make places forthem al l . West o f L i tt le Fal ls there is a d el ight ful and ferti leplain ca l l ed German F lats . With the exception of these flats the

val ley of the Mohawk is very cont racted , and th e agricu lture isnot very extens ive nor is i t very good . The bui ldings

,arrange

ments of fie lds and fences,are far from denot ing a high degree of

t aste .

Fu ltonvi l le,Canaj ohari e

,an Indian name signi fy ing boi l ing

pot , and Fort P l ain are vi l lages s i t uated on the canal betweenL i t t le Fal l s and S chenectady . S chenectady is fi fty- eight mi les

from L i tt le Fa l ls,si tuated on the south side of the Mohawk .

I t enj oys the canal passing through its borders and the te rminat ion of the Utica and S chenectady Rai lroad within its northernlimits, and that of the Albany and S chenectady within i ts southern

l imits .We were lauded by the Utica Rai l road in the northern part

of the town,and had to transport ourse lves to the Albany Rail

road,the best way we cou ld . S chenectady is not a very pleas

ant place,and does not appear to flourish l ike many other New

York towns . Probably i t is retarded by its contiguity to A lbany .

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I t is quite an ancient looking p lace,and is said to contain a pop

ulation of five thousand,and a col lege . A fter much bust l ing

and confusion , we started for A lbany , distant fi fteen mi les by theS chenectady A lbany Rai l road . Direct ly after leaving the townwe were drawn up an incl ined plane . Having gained the top b ecame attached to a locomot ive and set off on rapid sty le . Wetraveled much more rapid ly by far than I ever t raveled before ,We supposed at the rate o f thi rty mi les an hour . A lbany wassoon in View . Afte r leaving the head of the i nc l ined plane theground was covered for a few mi les with nothing but p itch pineon ly a few feet high . A fter l eaving these pines we came out ona perfect sandy desert.

The country between S chenectady and A lbany is the mostt rack less and desert l ike country I saw during my who le j ourney .

I t was noth ing but l ight sand . And in some places was so l ightand dry that i t wou ld drift l ike snow . After leaving the vici ni tyof S chnectady there was no improvement unt i l we reached thevicin i ty of Albany . I t is t ru ly a t rack less and dreary waste .We reached A lbany in the afternoon . A lbany is the seat ofGovernment of the S tate o f New York

,and is s ituated on the west

ern side o f the Hudson R iver , at the head o f navigation for largesteamboats . The t ide flows as far up as Troy but the river isnavigab le for on ly the second class of steamboats above A lbany .

The Erie Canal t erminates at this p lace . The cana l from S chenectady pursues the course of the Mohawk , and approaches theHudson R iver at the mouth of the Mohawk R iver , e ight mi lesabove A lbany .

And from the mouth of the Mohawk i t is brought down theweste rn bank o f the H udson to its te rminat ion in a fine andspacious basin immediately in front o f the northern part o f thecity . Canal boats

,s loops

,and steamboats l ined the basin and

the outer bank of i t,present ing qui te the appearance o f a com

mercial ci ty . The popu lation of Albany is about , as I was in

formed , th i rty thousand . I ts si tuat ion i s ve ry pecu l i ar , be inglocated ou s loping ground . The ground s lopes toward the river.

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After leaving the rive r the ground for some distance rises gradual ly , but upon approaching the western part o f the ci ty i t raisesvery abruptly . S tate street is at right angles with the river , i t isb road and spacious and has the S tate Capito l located on i t , neari ts western terminat ion on quite an eminence . The state bui ldings are very large and some o f them e legant .

There are a number of spacious dwe l l ings and stores . I oh

served some with the gab le ends front ing the street , which Ilearned were some o f the ancient bui ldings put up by the first

sett lers , the Dutch . Previous to the construction of th e canal ,there were many such , but more recent ly they have given wayto the spirit o f improvement and luxury that appears to prevai l .The sight now occupied by A lbany was one of the earl i est

set t lements of the country . I am in formed i t is next in order,as

regards t ime,to that of Jamestown in V i rgin ia

,and was com

menced by some emigrants from Hol land about the year , 1612.

The Ho l landers yi e lded to the Engl ish on th e 24th of S eptember ,1664 , by whom the place was named Albany , in compl imen t tothe Duke of York and Albany .

On the morning of the 18th , we left A lbany by steamboatfor New York

,distance 15 4 mi les . We w ent on board the boat

at seven o ’clock in the morn ing,and soon found ourse lvesfloat

ing on the waters of the H udson , a course due south , and at therate of from twe lve to fi fteen mi les an hour . Greenbush is nearlyopposite A lbany ; a steam ferry boat pl ies between the two places .Overslaugh about five mi les below Albany , i s a place wherethe channe l is very shoal ly and narrow and the steamboats areob l iged to lay to for an hour or two unt i l the t ide rises . It is

said they have expended an immense sum for the improvement

of th e channe l , but i t soon fi l l s up again . A lbany is in sight o fth is place . Passed Van Wies Po int on t h e west side , H ogeberg ,which in Engl ish sign ifies h igh h il l , on the east side ; Castiletonand S chodack both on the east side , and arrived at New Balt imore

,situated on the west side o f the river and which is one hun

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the range o fmountain s that bear the name . And al thoug h i t i ssome mi les distan t i t can be observed from favo rab l e pos i t ions onthe river with the naked eye .

After l eaving Albany,unt i l we approached thi s place , th e

count ry along both sides ofthe river appeared to be under cul tureas far as the eye cou ld scan , but now the vision is becomingbounded , part icu larly on the west s ide of the river with mountains

,but we st i l l see here and there a cu lt ivat ed spot . Th e

range o f mounta ins we are approaching is a continuation of th e

range o f Al legheny Mount ains that cross Pennsy lvania . S ai l inga long I observe some fine mans ions , amongst which are those ofHarmon Livingston

, Esq . ,and H enry Barc lay

, Esq . RedhookLanding can be obse rved on the east side ofthe river one hundredmi les from New York . I n this v icin i ty there are a number ofelegant mansions be longing to the L ivingstons , I . C . S tephen and

I . C . Montgomery . Co lumbus Point is the next obj ect of attract ion . I t is n inety mi les from N ew York ,

and is on the west si deof th e Hudson at the j unct ion ofWaulkillCreek . The Deleware

and H udson Canal I learned terminates in the Waulkill Creek

four mil es from its mouth,and by means of the creek a connec

t ion is fo rmed with the H udson R iver . The country on the

western side continues abrupt,and on the east side

,rather broken .

H yde Park on the east side,eighty mi les from New York ,

i s a l i tt le vi l lage the former res idence of Dr . Dan i e l Hosack andis surrounded with some beaut i fu l mansions , lawns , shady retreatsand flower gardens

,and I was in formed there was also a large

park for deer . We next passed M i lton on the west side seventy

two mi les from New York .

Barnegat on the east side nearly opposite Marlborough isa lmost ent i rely covered with l ime ki lns . About two mi les furtherwe passed the residence o f George C l inton , former Governor o fNew York . I t is a fine brick bui lding si tuated on a proj ect ingpoint . Passed H amburg on the east side and came to Newburgon the west sid e sixty - two mi les from New York , a town that I as

certained was first sett l ed by some emigrants from Pa lat ine about

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the year 1708 . I t is now a p lace of considerable magnitude andcontains a popu lat ion of four thousand . It is proper to remarkthe width o f the river has been very un iform unti l now , i t appears

to be widen ing to doub le i ts usua l width . Two mi les south of

Newburg , west side ,there are two docks at a place ca l led New

Windsor . A few yards from the south dock is seen a low housewith three dormer windows . In 1774 Genera l Washington withh is fami ly resided in i t the most of the winter , and held hisquarters there . Polepells Island , a smal l round island i n themidd le of the river at this place . This island is the residence of

nothing save snakes which are found in immense numbers . The

mountains are beginn ing to come bo ld ly to the shore on both

sides,on the east s ide a h igh peak was point ed out that is said t o

be 1 689 feet high . Breakneck H i l l,in the same vicin i ty , 1 1 87

feet h igh . And about one mi le further on the same side i s Bu l lH i l l

,1480 fee t , a l i tt le fu rther on the west side i s Butter H i l l

1 529 feet high , and a hi l l ca l led the Crows Nest , i n consequenceof an indenture on i ts top resemb l i ng a nest , is 1418 feet high .

These are e levations that const itute a part of the mountainousrange cal l ed the H igh lands , upon which West P oint is situatedand which is not far distant . Th e last e levationmentioned , thatis the Crows Nest , i s fifty- five mi les from New York . I t is prope r

here to remark from a comparison of the heights of th ese moun

tains,and those of P ennsy lvania

,that in the fi rst part of my de

script ion I have underrated those on the Juniatta.

The river here is quite con tracted and is confined to much

narrower space by the massive mountains and rocks than at anyother place that I have seen . Proceeding a l i tt le further , WestPoint , noted as being th e theatre of many important events during the Revo lution , is fu l ly in view . I t i s now the seat o f a mi litary academy situated on the east s ide of the river , fifty- onemi les from New York . The si tuation is e l evated and beaut ifu l .The Academy and necessary bui ldings

,the hote l

,the ruins o f

old Fort Putnam , the shady walks , mountains , and gardens a l lconspire in consequence of thei r e l evated situat ion to render i tsappearance to the t raveler from the upper deck o f the steamboat

,

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picturesque and del ight fu l,howeve r, humi l i at ing to my feel ings

t he obj ect is that the academy isdesigned to promote .

Proceed ing a few miles further we ent ered the Horse Race,

so ca l led from the swi ftness of the water . The Horse Race isabout th ree mi les long

,which we passed very rapid ly and at i ts

termination were with in forty - two mi les from New York . At

this point the H igh lands began to disappear . Through al l theH i gh lands the superiori ty of th e massive heights and rocks con

fined the river to a narrow space,but at this point the river begins

to ass ert its superiority over the shore and is widening out . Atthi rty—eight mi les from New York we pass S tony Point , knownas the seat of a revo lutionary exploit

,here the river widens so

much that i t has assumed the name of Haverst raw Bay . It appears at least three mi les wide .

At Te l lers Point the river comes to i ts former width whichis the termination ofHaverstraw Bay

,and about th irty - two miles

from New York . A fte r passing this point the shores recede againand the river becomes so wide i t is ca l l ed Tapan S ea. I think

its width mus t be near four mi les . After passing Tel l ers Pointabout one mi le

, S ing S ing was in View on the east side . A town

in which a prison is locat ed o f the same name,the discipl ine and

plan ofwhich is l ike that of Auburn . S parta on the east side ,Nyack on th e west s id e . Tarrytown on the east s ide , and Tapan

Landing on th e west s ide,the view of which from the midd le of

Tapan S ea i s not very des i rabl e . The most spendid sight whi l eon Tapan S ea was the vast number of vesse l s sai l ing in every

di rection . After passing Tapin Landing ,about one mile , the

river i s again cont racted by a bl uff of rocks on the west side ,which i s the southern te rmination ofTapan S ea . Here I learnedthat we were within twenty - four mi l es f rom New Yo rk . The

eastern sh o r e of Tapan S ea i s dense ly sett l ed and pretty wel l imp roved .

Th e weste rn shore of the sea is undulating , i rregular and

not so wel l sett l ed . Afte r passing out of Tapan S ea into the

river with usua l width,t h e opportuni ty o f observing the shore

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son too , that merchants from the remote parts of the south andwest make purchases . About this t ime the trave l ing world is inmotion , hence the cause of the great mass of st rangers .

O f the interior o f New York and its inhabitants,I know

but l i t t le , as we passed a long . Broadway ,i s a very wide and

finely ornamented street . I t is to New York,I presume

,what

Chestnut street is to Phi lade lphi a— the seat of fashion,fol ly

,l i fe

and animat ion of the kind . Observed a great many large ande legant bui ldings and fancy stores

,i l luminated with gasl ights in

a very tasteful manner . It is a great commercia l ci ty,and I

learned that i ts popu lation is varied,much more so than most

ci t i es in this country . P ersons can be found from the loweststate of poverty to the highest state of aflluence and luxury ; persons of a l l distinctions

,nations and tongues . Being a city of the

greatest commercial importance o f any in the country , induces agreater and more varied mass of forei gners to centre here

,than

at any other place . A traveler passing down the Hudson in asteamboat and passing through two o f the principa l streets ofthe ci ty , and leaving again by steamboat for Phi ladelph ia wi l l bemore forcib ly struck with the commercia l abi l i ty of the placethan anyth ing else .

The c ity is oblong,si tuated on Manhattan Island

,about

fi fteen mi les long from north to south and one and a hal f mi les inwidth . The city commenced on the southern po int o f the island ,hence i t is acces sible for sh ipping on three sides , on the west sideby the North R iver

,on the eas t side by the East R ive r and on

the south side by New York Bay . The sett lement of th e sightnow occupi ed by New York , was fi rst commenced by the Dutch

in the year 1615 . On the morning of the 19th , we left New

York by steamboat for Phi ladelphia . We wen t on board theSwan about six in the morning , at pie r No . 1 , on North R iver .The boat soon moved off and we found ourselves floating on the

broad and extensive bay of New York . As the boat was propelled along we had another fine View of the vast shipping thatl ined th e borde rs of the ci ty al l around , and its e levated bui ldings

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and lofty spires . The bay is so extensive that afte r we proceededfour or five mi les i t appeared l ike gett ing out in to the ocean .

The state o f New J ersey forms the western boundary of thebay and Long Island the eastern . Before leaving New York Baythe Narrows that lead to the ocean were fu l ly in view , the Nar

rows are about one-hal f a mi l e wide and fo rm a communicat ionbetween Long and S taten Islands . When we were opposite the

Narrows there was nothing to obstruct the view but the immenseand broad surface of the waters of the At lan t ic . Leaving NewYork Bay we ente red S taten I sland Inl et and had S taten Is landon the left , and New J ersey on the right a l l th e way to Amboy

,

except where we passed Newark Bay ,a considerable body of

water,that proj ects in to the st ate of New J ersey . The in let

genera l ly is but a few hundred yards wide . I n some places wepassed close by the shore of the i sland .

The i s land is densely set t led and very wel l improved ; ob

served some beauti ful mansions and elegant gardens . Distancefrom N ew York to Amboy thirty mi les . Amboy is si tuated at

mouth of Rari tan R iver . I t is an ancient looking l i tt le town,and

possesses nothing commanding . At Amboy a locomot ive engin eand cars were in readiness when we arrived to whirl us acrossNew J ersey on the Amboy and Borden town Rai lway . The dist ance from Amboy to Bordentown is th i rty - five mi les .

We were transported at a rapid rate,saw no kind of improve

ment , agri cu ltu ra l or otherwise , in passing over the eastern partof New J ersey worthy ofadmirat ion . The so i l

lis sandy and ster

i l e . As we approached the western part of the state the soi lbecame something bette r , and there was a visib le improvement inthe appearance of the bui ldings

,fi e lds

, &c .

Within a short distance of th e Delaware we passed the seatand residence of the Ex-K ing of S pain , J oseph Bonaparte . I t is

qu ite picturesque,being surrounded with lawns

,shady groves

,

gardens and everything calcu lated to render i t a de l ight fu l ret reat . The rai l road approaches close to the margin of the De laware R iver . We stepped from the cars on board a steamboat

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that was wait ing to float us on the water of the Deleware to Phi lade lphia . As we departed from the shore

,Bordentown , a neat

vil lage was fu lly in view . After proceeding ten mi les we touchedat Bristo l , a very handsome town si tuated on the west side of theriver . The ground on which the town is slopes verv handsomelytoward s the river . The streets appeared to be neat and shady ;bui ldings good , with handsome gardens . Nearby is Burl ingt on ,a handsome town

,dist inguished for i ts schools and academies .

Both sides of the river is well - improved , part icularly on the weste rn side . Each appears to be pretty wel l adapted to the perforance of what nature designed . The Pennsylvania side to theproduct ion of wheat and corn , and the J ersey side to th e product ion of frui ts

,melons and potatoes . As we approach the vicin ity

of the ci ty I observe some handsome count ry seats on the Pennsylvan ia s ide , surrounded with fert i le and well cu lt ivated fi elds .

Passed Kensington , and Northern Liberties ; had an excellentView of the shipping and the bus iness , and also the Delaware frontof the city and L ibert i es , and arrived at the Chestnut S treetwharf about 2 o ’c lock P . M . We tarried with our fri end J amesWood the remainder of the day and on the 20th ,

set out for homeby the Norristown Rai l road , which we were favored and pleasedto reach about 12 o 'clock having been absent th irty - four days

,

and trave led about twelve hundred and twenty mi les .

SARAH W . PENNEPACKER .

MEMOIR .

CONCERN ING SARAH W . PENNYPACKER .

Under I trust the humbl ing sense,which the c losing scene

of the departed so lemn ly impresses us with , I fee l engaged tot ransmit the fo l lowing

,t rust ing i t may be a source o f encourage

ment to those,who are st i l l soj ourn ing to that “bourne from

whence no t raveler returns .S he was the daughter o f Thomas and Rachel Coates (mem

bers of the S ociety of Friends) and was born in S chuy lki l l Town

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Father is j ust and merci fu l . By c lose attention to the guid ingsand teachings and regenerat ing influence o f the spiri t of Christwithin us

,she was final l y enabl ed

,with a more clear hope to say

in the course o f t enth month , My way i s more open and I amfavored with peace .

Sh e cont inued in this frame of mind , I have reason to b el i eve

,with a brighten ing hope and increased confidence to the

last .That the K ingdom of C h rist i s spi ri tual and pure

,peace ful

and nonres istant was her unshaken be l ief ; and she was l ed to express her devoted attachmen t t o the free , spi ri tua l and peace fu lprincipl es of the society of which she was a member ; and he rfee l ings against the unchrist ian pract ice o f war and coertion

,and

in relation to the purity and righteousness of non - resistance ledher at t imes to approbate that movement . Her mind was muchexorcised on the subj ect of s l avery .

1 1th mo . 24th , she observed her husband , in re lat ion to someproperty which she held in her own right . I wish thee to enj oyi t so long as thee l ives , and i f there shou ld be any le ft , I desi rethat a port ion of i t should be appropriated in whatever way theeshou ld deem most des i rable in promoting the principl es of immediate emancipat ion

,and freeing from bondage and oppression

the too long neglected colored race that are now toi l ing in chainsin this count ry

,and added ,

“ this is l itt l e compared to What Iought to do for them

,when I reflect , I have now on me some of

the unrighteous gain of oppression .

”

On the afternoon of the fi rst day of 12th month she was vis

ited by her fri end Emmor K imber, who I bel i eve , in the t ruespirit o f prophecy

,spoke of the tria l s she had passed through ;

of her approaching disso l ut ion ; to ld her that her faith and hopewere bui lt upon the Rock of Christ ; that she was covered withthe spi ri t and that was tranquility and peace and exorted her with

fai th and pat ience to ho ld out to the end . And added ,“dear S arah ,

thy c lose wi l l be easy and t ranqui l , l ike pass ing from one room to

another . ” During this t ime she was as composed and t ranqui l

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as a lamb,and after he had conc luded expressed sat is fact ion that

he came,and said sh e fe l t encouraged . A fte r fri end K imber re

t i red she seemed more than usual ly inte rested and an imated ; admon ished

,to avoid the necessity o f having to pass through the

t rials she had,and exorted h er husband ve ry affect ionate ly to

do his work (that is requi red of him ) dai ly . Sh e also gave ad

vice ou the subj ect of prayer advising to renewed inqui ry . A fterstat ing the disposit ion she desi red made of her wearing apparel ,she cont in ued ca lm un ti l about 9 o ’c lock , when she observedtwice ,

very emphatical ly,

“ I am submissive .

”She ret i red to

b ed about the usua l time , and after being there about an hour

or more,was ass is ted to her arm - chai r in which she expi red about

one o ’clock in the morn ing . on th e 2ud day of 12mo . ,very

easi ly and tranquily,by which was rea l iz ed her desi re that her

c lose might be ca lm and t ranqui l . She was interred in F ri ends ’

burial ground at S chuy lki ll on the seventh day fo l low ing,th e

4th of the month ,attended by a l arge concourse of re lat ives and

friends . And I fu l ly be l i eve her gent le spi ri t now reposes withinthe pavi l ion of that city

,whose wa l l s are sa lvation and whose

gates are praise .12th ,

mo . 9th ,1841 . ELI JAH F . PENNEPACKER .

The impression is so st rong upon my mind that I cannot feeleasy without adding to the foregoing memoir

,that the dear sub

ject of i t was scrupu lously conscien t ious and exact and honest ina l l her re lat ions to l i fe . And her fe el ings of exactness and rightwas not on l y confined to man , but embraced the whole inferior

order of animals , o ften maintain ing that they were given to us inthe wisdom of a kind Providence for our rat iona l and proper use ,

and not our abuse ; that they , throughout thei r whol e orde r . aswell as man , have rights , and that man , a being of superior lntelligence , in th e exercise of his domin ion over them ought to

award to them , in the spi ri t of benign ity and mercy a ful l measure of what so j ust ly belongs to them . During her i l lness shewas much exercised and thought in deep sympathy with sufferingpoor . Dep lored the inequal i ty that exists , as to the outward

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things o f th is world, exorted her husband with kindness and

tenderness to avoid avarice , commending frugal ity , industry andeconomy , and as we are favored with more than is necessary fora com fortable subsist ance in the s impl i city o f t ruth , to use i t inrel ieving the wan ts and d ist resses of the poor and oppressed , andi n aiding those benevolent

,humane and Christ - l ike enterprises

that aid us in l iv ing soberly,righteously and piously in th is

world , and exal t the standard o f t ruth and righteousness . 12mo .

18 th , 184 1 .

The fol lowing appeared in the Pennsy lvania Freeman o f12th mo . 29th ,

1841 :

“Died on the 2ud inst . in S chuy lki l l Township , ChesterCounty , S arah W . C . Pennepacker, wi fe of E l ij ah F . Pennepack

er . (C was used in her name at the A . S . A . perhaps to dist inguish from others . )

To surrender a dear friend to the stern summons of deathis always a deep melancho ly

,and more or less painfu l duty . But

there are some cases in which th is even is robbed of al l i ts terrors ,and both the one depart ing and the su rviving friends can say‘O death where i s thy sting . O grave where is thv victory?’

S uch a case was the one above recorded . One who knewher whi lst she was l iving , better perhaps than any other , andwho sat beside her bedside when she was dying remarked in al et te r to a friend , with touching emphasis “ I bel ieve she laidup for herse l f a crown of R ighteousness . ”The deceased

,though a lways a very modest and ret i ring

woman , fe l t a deep interest in the cause o f the slave . As sheapproached her final close , which was by a slow and gradua l progress

,this inte rest increased

,and the exercises of her mind b e

came more intense . He r test imony on the sub j ect was st rongand c lear

,and she expressed much sympathy with those who were

labo ring for the slaves ’ emancipat ion . S o l ively were her impress ions of the wickedness of s lavery , that she was uneasy underthe clothes that covered her , because they were in part , the product of this system . Upon her husband , who had been for a

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PART FIVE.

Generations of E liz abetlz Coates, Fonrtlz Clzila’

,ana

7

only

D anglzler of Moses ana7S usanna Coates .

B 4 . ELI ZABETH COATES (Moses) .

At our Month ly Meet ing of Bradford,held in Ca ln

,the 18th

day of 6 mo . ,1743 , John Mendenha l l requests a Cert ificate to

North Wales Month ly Meet ing in order to proceed in marriagew ith E l iz abeth , daughter of Moses Coates .

Slst o f 6 mo . ,1743 , John Mendenhal l and El iz abeth Coates

declare thei r intentions of marriage .John Mendenhal l received a Certificate to North Wa l es to

marry E l i z abeth Coates , 7 mo . 1sth , 1743 .

27th of 7 mo . ,1743 , John Mendenhal l and E l iz abeth are at

l iberty to proceed in marriage .

8 mo . ,1743 ,

Marriage of John Mendenha l l and E l iz abethCoates reported as accompl ished .

Slst of 5 mo . ,1744 , A Certificate for El iz abeth M endenhal l

(late Coates) to B radford Mo . Mtg ,was granted and signed at

this Thei r chi ldren :C . I .

‘ Moses Mendenhall,b . 1 2

,23 , ( 744 . M z—S arah Howell . Ch i l

dren: D . 1 . Aaron. 2 . Jonathan. Moses married secondtime—C. Hoopes . No issue""

2 . John, b . n , 26, 1 746; d . 5 , 1 3 , 1 770 .

3 . S usanna , b . 7 , 9, 1 749 ; d . 9 , 1 772 . M z—Zachariah S tanley .4 . S amuel , b . 4, 2 1 , 1 753 ; d. 5 ,

5 . P risci lla , b . 1 7 , 1 756; d. 5 , 23 , 1 770 .

6. E liz abe th, b . 3 , 24, 1 759 ; d . 5 , 26, 18 19 .

B 4 . C 6 . ELI ZABETH MENDENHALL (El iz abeth , Moses) MN icho las Robinson

, 10 , 10 , 1776 . N . was born in Pa 1741

*From Bradford and North Wales M . M. records .‘236

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d ied 10 , 21 , 1826 interred at New P rovidence , Mont . Co . , Pa.

Aged 85 years . The i r chi ldren :D . 1. W i lliam,

b . 10 , 1 0 , 1 777 ; d . 9 , 1 0 , 1 869, in Oh io . Buried at Mt'Pleasant

,Oh io

2 . E liz abeth , b . 1 2,2 5 , 1 778 ; d . 5 , 26, 1 819 .

3 . John, b. 3 , 1 780 ; d . 7, 8 , 1 85 5 .

4 . Anna , b . 1 783 ; d . 1 80 6.

5 . Rachel , b . 1 786; d . 3 , 8, 1840 .

6. S amaria , b . 1 787; d . 10 , 2 5 , 1 8 13 .

7 . Priscil la , b . 1 790 ; d . 10,23 , 1836.

8 . Mary , b . 1 0 , 1 5 , 1793 ; d . 2 . 1 9, 1 866.

9 . H annah , b . 1 , 3 , 1795 ; d. 1 870 .

1 0 . Jonathan ,b . 1 2 , 23 , 1797; d. 3 , 1, 1827.

1 1 . Letitia,b . 9 , 1 5 , 180 0 ; d. 1 871 .

Emerson , O . ,Ju ly , 30 , 1904 .

TRUMAN COATES ,M .D .

Respected Friend and Relative z—My grand father , Wm . Rob

inson , came to this country in 18 15 . The country then a wi lderness . He said he wanted rich so i l , plenty of t imber or fuel andwater , here he found the desi res o f his heart , though he st artedw i th the intent ion of going to sett le near Cincinnat i , or M i amiVal ley , but this locat ion contained a l l he wished . He obtainedpart of his land from the Government—which is st i l l in our

fami ly . A l l he owned we retain in the fami ly , and the house(brick ) he bui lt in 1829 ,

i s now undergo ing thorough repai rsand improvements . I t is si tuated in one o f the most beaut i fu llocat ions in the vicin ity .

Very respect fu l ly ,WM . R . CLARK .

B 4 . C 1 . D 1 . AARON MENDENHALL (Moses , E l iz abeth ,

Moses ) M z—Lydia R ichardson thei r ch i ldrenE . I . John. 2 . Moses . 3 . Cyrus . 4 . George, M .D . Is practicing

medicine in Cincinnatti, Oh io, (190 4) Mz—E liz abeth S . MauleThei r ch i ldren : F . 1 . Charles . 2 . Laurence . 3 . Emma . MAnderson. Is a w idow, and lives in or near Cincinnatti, O.

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B 4 . C 1 . D 2. JONATHAN MENDENHALL (Moses , E l iz abeth ,Moses) M z—Lydia Townsend . The i r chi ldren :

E . 1 . Jesse.

2 . H arrison. M One daughter . H arrison Mendenhall is deceased, and his daugh ter and widow reside in New Brigton,Pa. Daughter Mz—Wade.

3 . Anna , M z—D . Barry.

4 . May, UNM .

B 4 . C 5 . ELI ZABETH MENDENHALL . (Moses , E l iz abeth )M z—N icho las Robinson . (Thomas ; Rachel ) N icholas b . 1741 ,

in Pa. d . 1826 , at New Providence,Montgomery Co . , Pa. ,

aged85 years . H is n iece , Hannah (Robinson ) Bear , writes that sheremembers h im as a very o ld and feeb le man whom she ever sawpropped up with pi l lows , in a large chai r . They l ived at the oldhomestead , inheri ted from his father , which was afterward oc

cupied by the i r daughters—“the old maid Robinsons . ” I think

they were not st rictly Quakers , at least the daughters were not .These daughters l ived to old age , and were interest ing women .

They were exceptional ly clever with need le and penci l,and some

o f them cou ld turn off an appropriate rhyme upon occasion .

With the advantage of the present day they wou ld have beennoted . One of the i r pieces was an illustratson of l i tt le “Barbara

Lithwaite ,” Wardsworth

’

s heroine . It was rea l tapest ry work,

evo lved out o f the i r own inner conscienciousness . An old Wedgewood bow l , descended from the Robinson ’s , i s decorated withBarbara Laithwaite and her lamb . Possib ly they copied it .The bow l is i n my possession , the need lework in Ohio , in posses~sion of a niece

, S amaria C lark , Emerson , P . O . (P . W . S . )They were o ld women when I saw them , years ago , and to my

youth fu l mind,very amaz ing on account of thei r idiosyncrasies .

They had a farmer and his fami ly who worked for them .

On the death of the last member o f the fami ly,i t was found

that these people had come in for a good share o f the prope rty ,and they were suspected o f helping themselves to much household stuff i n the way of si lver , &c . A law suit resu lted . Of the

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F . 1 . Charles B . , b . 1 2 , 1 84 1 ; d .

2 . W i lliam Robinson,b . 7 , 1 5 , 1 843 .

3 . Theodore , b . 9 , 1 , 1 845 .

4 . Frances , b . 9, 1848 ; d. 3 , 1849 .

5 . E l i z abe th J b . 2 , 28, 1 850 .

6 . Tacy E lla,b . 1 2

,1 851 ; d . 1 88 1 .

7. Mary A lice, b . 9 , 16, 1854.

8 . Laura , (1. 8 , 2 2 , 18939 . George M .

1 0 . Robe rt, b . 7 . 186 1 ; d . I , 1 862 .

B 4 . C 6 . D 1 . E 2- 3 . F 2. WI LLIAM ROBI NSON CLARK(S amaria , Wil l iam ,

E l iz abeth,E l iz abeth

,Moses ) M z—Margaret

Craft,10

,1876 . P .O . ,

Emerson,Ohio . The ir ch ild

G . 1 . F rank W.,b . 7 , 1 3 , 1 879 .

B 4 . C 6 . D 1 . E 2- 3 F 3 . THEODORE CLARK (S amaria , Wi l li am

, E l iz abeth , E l iz abeth ,Moses) M z—Laura Berry , dau . of

Reece and Ju l i a Berry . Married 5 ,1878 . Children

G . 1 . Horace, b . 5 , 7 , 1 879 .

2 . Mabel , b . 3 , 188 1 .

3 . Florence, b . 2 , 2 1 , 1884 .

4 . Leona,b . 1 0 , 1889 .

B 4 . C 6 . D 1 . E 2- 3 . F 7 . MARY ALI CE CLARK (S amaria ,Wi ll iam , E l iz abeth , E l iz abeth , Moses ) M z—E lwood Walker , sonof J eremiah and Ruth Wa lker

, 10 , 14 ,1880 . Chi ldren

G . I . E rnest R .

,b . 3 , 8 , 1 883 .

2 . Irene , b . 5 ,

B 4 . C 6 . D 1 . E 2- 3 . F 9 . GEORGE M . CLARK (Samaria ,Wi l l i am

, E l iz abeth , E l iz abeth , Moses) M z—Amel i a H icks , dau .

of S tephen and H annah H icks,1 1

,19 ,

1891 . Thei r ch i ldrenG . 1 . Tacie E lla, b . 1 , 1 1 , 1893 .

2 . S tephen Hicks , b . 2 , 1 894 ; d. 7, 1894. Res.,E ast VVilliston, Long

Island , N . Y .

tw ins,b . 1 0 , 29, 1857 .

PART SIX.

Generation of William Coalef, F ifi/z S on of Moses and

S usanna

B 5 . WILLIAM COATES . I s reported to have d ied single andunmarried .

We may in fer that Wi l l i am was not a smal l ch i ld at the t imeof his death

,as from the verses written by a great - grand son ,

Moses Rob inson , he speaks of the “seven stout sons of Mosesand S usunna Coates .

PART SEVEN .

Generation offonatlzan Coates, S ixtlz son ofMoses and

S usanna Coates.

B 6 . J ONATHAN COATES , (Moses) was born in New P rov i ‘dence , Phi ladelphia County , Pa. 1 1 ,

1728 .

Gwynedd M . M tg .,Records .

25 th of 3 175 5 . Appl icat ion made for a Ce rt ificate for Jonathan Coates to proceek i n marriage with a young woman b elonging to Abbington Mo . Mtg .

25 th , of 3 , 175 5 . Cert ificate gran ted to Jonathan Coates .25 th , o f 10 , 175 5 .

_

A certificate was rece ived for Jane Coatesfrom Abbington Mo . M tg . Jane (Longst reth ) Coates , wi fe ofJ onathan Coates , was born 1 1 , 23 ,

1735 ,died 5

,16

,1795

,fi fth

ch i ld of Bartho lomew and Jane Longstreth , and was born inWarminster

,Bucks Co . , Pa. They were married 4 , 22, 175 5 .

30th ,o f 8 th mo . 175 7 . A cert ificate granted for Jonathan

Coates and wi fe to Goshen Mo . M tg . (From B rad ford M . Mtg . )The i r ch ildrenC . 1 . Ann, b . 5 , M: —Zeb ulan Wi thers, of Bal t . , Md .

,

1 796.

2 . James, b . 7 , 2 2 , 1859 .

3 . H annah, b . 7, 5 , 1 76 1 ; d . 1 1 , 28, 184 3 , UNM .

4 . Jonathan, Jr. , b . 5 , 28 , 1 764; d . 1 0 , 1 , 1 793 , UNM .

F rom Bradford M . M tg . Records: 7 , 1 8, 1 783 , Jona than Coa tesJr. , Cert. reques ted to Kenne tt, signed 1

,16

, 1 784 .

5 . S usanna . 6. Phebe, twins b . 7, 23 , 1 766 . Phebe, d . 1843 . MRichard P rice . They were d isowned by Bal t . M . Mtg . , 7, 8 ,1 80 2 .

7 . Kez ia , b . 2 , 24 , 1 769 . Mz—VVilliam Hayard , J r. A Certificatewas granted 1 6th of 6th mo .

,1 79 1 from Ind ian S prings M . M .

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that he resided with in the verge o f Hopewell Month ly Meet ing ,and it is j udged right to t ransfer h is right there .

At Indian S prings M . Mtg . , held 5 th of 4th month 1791 .

(Ind ian S prings M . M tg . ,was in Anna Arundle Co . , Md . E lk

R idge part icu lar meet ing was in Ellicot City , Howard Co . ,Md . )

Elk R idge informs that Wi l l i am Hayward , J r. ,requests a certifi

cate to Gunpowder M eet ing , for marriage with Kez i ah Coates .This cert ificate was granted 17th of 6th mo . , 1791 .

At Gunpowder Month ly Meeting he ld 25 th of7th mo . , 1789 .

Jonathan Coates produced a ce rt ificate from Kennett Month lyMeet ing

, Pa. (Taken from Balt imore Month ly Meet ing marriages) .

At the estab l ish ing of Ba lt imore Month ly Meet ing for th eWestern District , 8 th of l0th month 1807 , Hannah Coates , JaneCoat es

,and Ann Coates are ment ioned as young women .

Note,from 1807 to 18 19 Ba lt imore had two Month ly Meet

At Ba lt imore Month ly Meet ing for the Western D istri ct he ld7th o f 3rd month ,

18 10 . A cert ificate was produced from Indian

S pring Month ly Meet ing for Ann Coates , dated 6th of last month .

Taken from extracts from York Month ly Meet ing,York

Co . , Pa. S amue l Coat es cert ificate to Bradford Month ly Meetingl0th mo , 6th ,

1790 . H annah Coates , ce rt ificate from Bradforddated 2nd mo . , 18th ,

1791 , rece ived 3 mo . , 9th . H annah Coatescert ificate t o Brad ford

,4th mo . ,

9th ,1794 . Rachel Coates cer

tificate from Brad ford 6th mo . 12th ,1795 . Eliz abeth Coates ,

daughter o f Aaron Coates,deceased

,and Mary Coates , and John

Worley,o f York

,son ofJacob and Ann Worley .

PART EIGHT .

Generation of Aaron Coates, S eventlt clzila7of Moses and

S usanna Coates.

F rom Gwynedd M . M tg . ,Records : 26th o f 9th mo . ,

1752.

Aaron Coates and Rachel Eastburn declare the i r intentions of

marriage .3 lst of 10th mo . ,

1752. Aaron Coates and Rachel Eastburnare at l iberty to proceed in marriage .

1 1th mo . ,175 2. Marriage of Aaron Coates and Rachel

Eastburn reported as accomp l ished .

25 th of 5 mo . ,1 75 6 . Appl icat ion be ing made for a certifi

cate for Aaron Coates and wi fe,J onathan Coates and wi fe and

Benj amin Coates to Gosh en Month ly M eet ing , where fore we appoin t Six fri ends to b e a committee to t reat with said fri ends andGoshen and P ikeland fri ends and endeavor to find whether thelatter are wi l l ing to j oin with them in ho lding a Meet ing .

27th of 7th mo 175 6 . Cert ificates granted forAaron Coatesand wi fe and Benj amin Coates to Goshen Mo . M tg .

Goshen M . M tg . Cert ificates received 1721 - 175 7

Certificates from Gwynedd Month ly Meet ing for AaronCoates and Rachel

,his wi fe .

B 7 . AARON COATES (Moses) M : Rachel Eastburn . Chi l

B enj amin. M z—Mary Bal lance, 1 0 , 1 3 , 1763 . (B al t. Records ) .

Beulah . M z—James Guin . He d ied,wh en Beulah married

George Foster .G race. Mz—George Litz enburg. Ch ildren: D . 1 . Mary Ann2 . J acob . 3 . Isaac .

Aaron. M: Chi ldren: D . 1 . E liz abeth . Mz—John Worley,

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of York , Pa. 2 . Moses . Mz—Ca therine Howe . 3 . S idney .

4 . Rachel . The whole family moved to western part of Penna .in 18 14 .

5 . S amuel . Mz—Rebecca B rooke . Their ch i ldren: E . 1 . Isaac,

2 . John. Both born about 180 6. S amuel and Rebecca wentwest.

6. John. M z—D eidomia G riffith . They had one ch i ld : F . 1 .

E l iz abe th , b . 1 2 , 1 796, at Norristown, Pa.

Aaron Coates o f B rad ford M . M tg ,moved to Warrington ,

York Co . ,Pa. , sett lement about 1767 .

Among the Friends o f the Caro l ina ’s and Georgia are

Coateses . Moved about 1760 . S upposed to be from Warrington,

Pa.

F rom R adnor Month ly Meet ing Records : 2 mo . 8 th , 1765 .

Aaron Coates produced a cert ificate for sel f , wife and chi ldren ,Benj amin

,Beu lah

, Grace and Aaron , from Uwchlan ,dated 10

mo . ,4th ,

1764 .

7 mo . 9th , 1776 . Benj amin Coates hath taken up arms andi s gone away

,and was therefore disowned .

3 mo . 1 lth , 1779 . Rache l Coates and two chi ldren , S amueland John

,requested a cert ificate of removal to Phi ladelphia .

12 mo . 9th ,1779 . S amue l Coates had a cert ificate of re

moval to Gwynedd Meet ing .

Taken from Redstone Month ly Meet ing Records in FayetteCounty , Pa. , establ ished 1793At Redstone Month ly M . held the 2nd o f 12th month , 1814 .

A cert ificate was produced for S idney Coates , from York Month lyMeet ing

,dated the 7th of 9th month last , which was read and

accepted .

Mary Coates,cert ificate to Redstone (Fayette Co .

,Penn . )

9 mo . 7 , 1814 .

At Redstone Month ly Meet ing held the lst of 9th month ,

1815 . Women Friends produced a cert ificate for Rachel Coates,from York Month ly Meet ing dated the 7th of 6th month last,which was read and accepted .

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farm about three mi les below Brownsvi l le,in Fayette Co . , Pa. ,

here they put up a smal l house for Moses . The i r mother andtwo daughters homed with John and E l iz abeth for about 2 years ,when the former was prostrated with rheumatism

,which closed

the confl ict with time , for the happy mansions of the redeemedof al l generat ions . This took p lace the second year after thei rleaving York . The next death that fo l lowed was John Worley ;then fo l lowed that of thei r daughter Mary Ann , who l ived togrow up

,but left no issue ; then fo l lowed the death of Moses ’

wi fe,without having any more issue than these above named .

Of the three latter I can give no date , as I had le ft that neighborhood before they took p lace .My last interview with any of the fami ly was in 1849 . I

Spent a few days in B rownsvil le , and made a special cal l on E l izab eth Whorley

,after a lapse of thi rty years . I found her and

two sisters the on ly occupants of th e farm ,except her son - in- law

who had remained as a tenan t after the death of his wife , and

the proceeds of the farm afforded them a com fortable l iv ing . He

was laying prostrat e at that t ime,not abl e to attend to any bus

mess .

Every dispensat ion seems to have a tendency to t ry the fai thofE l iz abeth who is now left wi thout a chi ld to lean upon

,he r

two eldest sons having married . The chi ld ren were al l l iving inthe same ne ighborhood

,but none with the i r mother . I did not

see any of thy uncles fami ly except E l iz abeth , S idney and Rache l,

and the forego ing is about the Substance as near as I can recol

l ect . Moses Coates was l iving with his daughter in the samene ighborhood at the t ime .

We wi l l now revert to thy uncle Ca leb K i rk , who marriedLydia Updegraff

,daughter o f S amuel , by whom there were seven

sons, S amue l Agustus , E lmer , Erastus , Aqui l la , J os i ah , E l i , and

H enry K irk . A l l ofwhom l ived to grow up , and al l moved toOhio

,except Josiah and Eli who went to Phi ladelphia and there

married . The names o f the twin S iste rs I know not , or i f th ere

was any issue . The other sons married in Ohio except Erastus

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and Aqui l la, the former married Mari a Mathews , (of Gunpowder)

who died and le ft one son Charl es,a l itt le after her marri age .

Aqui l l a married S arah Need l es , of B a l timore , by whom therewere five daughters

,whom I cannot correct ly name

,and two

sons, Edward and Charles . After they al l sett l ed in Ohio S amue l

A . K i rk married Lisanna Vlorell, and E lmer marr i ed Edi th Updegraff

,neither had any ch i ld ren .

Henry K i rk married Margaret Marsh who h ad six or sevenchi ldren

,but thei r names I do no t know . They al l l ived in Oh io .

Aqui l la has had seve ra l of his chi ldren to marry,and a l l moved

to the state of I l l inoi s,which c loses my reference to them . Caleb

K i rk d ied near Smithfield ,th e latt er part of 183 6 ,

and hi s wi fea l it tl e more than a year a fte r .

As respects thy unc l e El i , hi s death took place , as near as Ican recol l ect , in 1796 , he le ft a widow with 5 ch i ldren to wit :

Joseph,Nathan , Elisha , Beulah , and S usan . who l ived to grow

up, and as they came of age ,

and there married as herein stated .

Nathan,to Amel ia Townsend . He soon after moved to th e l ower

part of Indiana,where his wi fe di ed and le ft 7 or 8 chi ldren

whose names I know not . Nathan married a second t ime , of

this I have no doubt,but o f his subsequen t death

,we on ly infer

,

from not hearing from any of his fami ly for these 20 years .

E l isha had three wives , the fi rst,Deborah H arrison

,who died

within a year a fter,th e second

,Rache l Folk ,

by whom there

were two sons and a daughter,J esse

,Elisha , and S arah ,

and

thei r mothe r di ed . The th ird and last wife,Christ iann

‘

a Hal l,

with whom he le ft a son and a daughter . Nathan and Rachel,

and last o f a l l . E l iz abeth died ,which occurred since I left in

1849 ,say in 185 3 or 4 . Next in course of marriage was Susanna

who married J ohn N . Marsh , who l e ft her a widow without issue ,

also s ince I left .Beu lah married Isaac Garretson . Thei r children were

,

E l iz a , Emi le ,David and Eli . Thei r mother was also cal led home

by a pain fu l close and left them a ll minors . Joseph comes nextin course o f t ime , his choice was Rache l Garretson , by whom he

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le ft 5 ch i ld ren , viz : S a rah ,Maria

, Therissa ,John and Wi l l iam .

I was with thei r father at the c lose,i t was an agoni z ing one .

S usan is now l iving a widow ,she homes with her brother E l isha ’s

ch i ldren near Mount Pleasant , Ohio . AS respects to my dearEdith

,I may add we married in 1807 . H er ch i ldren were al l in

attend ance at her funera l,except Nathan who was sett led in I n

d iana . And now in conclus ion may I add , where names anddates are in the foregoing , I have no knowledge of them . Ofl ater years I have become so ne rvous that my writ ing wou ld beunint e l l igible to a st ranger and there fore have to beg the aid ofan amanuensi s to make a transcript from my rough ske tch on a

s l at e , wh ich i s rather a tedious process , I am glad to give mymite in furtherance of thy plan .

Tliv affectionate friend,

TIMOTHY KI RK .

To Ca leb Coates , Phi la . , Pa .

East Goshen County , 6 mo . , 24 , 185 7 .

RESPECTED FR I END :I rece ived a letter from thee some t ime ago

,request ing o f

me such in formation as I cou ld give in re lation to the Coatesfami ly from the records ofGoshen Month ly Meeting . Upon examinat ion I find that Aaron Coates and wi fe Rachel

,and Benj amin

Coates,came to Goshen with thei r certificates from Gwynedd

Month ly Meet ing,dated 9th mo 185 6 .

Jonathan Coates and wi fe Jane , came in 8 th mo . ,185 7

,from

the same place . P risci l la Coates I find no record of.

In the 9th month o f the same year that Benj amin came toGoshen he married with Ann Longstreth , of Bucks County .

In the year 1763 Goshen Meet ing was d ivided and Uwch landMonth ly Meet ing was sett led , and I think they must have beenwith in the l imits o f that M eet ing as I find noth ing concern ing ofthem a fte r that t ime .

Respect ful ly,

JONATHAN COPE .

To Ca leb Coates , Phi la .

N . B . It appears that Benj amin was more appointed onommittees in the Month ly Meet ings than the others .

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Longstreth , John Longstreth , Moses Coates , J unr . , Rachel Coates,Isaac Lo ngstreth

,Joseph Longst reth

,Benj amin Longstreth

, &c .

F rom B rad ford M . Mtg . Records1 1

,18 , 1786 . Abner Coates minor , cert . , from Goshen .

8 , 14 , 1792. Abner Coates complained of for marrying outand one not a member . Disowned 3

,15 ,

1792 (Caln M . Mtg . )

B 8 . C 1 . WI LLI AM COATES (Benj amin , Moses) of WestB radford

,Chester Co . ,

Pa. 1,17 , 1783 . Wm . Coates requests

Cert . to Goshen , signed 2,14 ,

1783 . M z—Rebecca S talker.

They resided in West Brad ford Township,Chester Co . ,

Pa. Re

becca died 1, 27 , 1830 ,

in her 74th year . Interred at East CalnF .B .G .

1,14 , 1785 . Rebecca (S talker) Coates made acknowledge

ment for marrying out of Meet ing (Wm . Coates) .

Brad ford M . Mtg . records , 1,18 ,

1782: Wi l l iam CoatesCert ificate from Abington dated 12, 3 1 , 178 1 .

10 , 12,1782. Makes acknowl edgement for quarrel ing .

The i r chi ldrenD . 1 . Wi lliam

,died young . S ta lker. 3 . G race . 4 . H annah . 5 .

Reuben,died UNM . 6 . Ann . 7 . Wi lliam .

2,17 , 1797 . Chi ldren received by request of parents .

B 8 . C 9 . RACHEL COATES (Benj amin , Moses) M z—Phinaes

Fel l . Thei r ch i ldrenD . 1 . Thomas . 2 . G race . 3 . David . M z—Abb ie Ann Horner . Had

one ch i ld, ki l led by steam mi ll .B 8 . C 10 . BENJAM IN COATES , JR . (Benj amin , Moses) ,M

E l iz abeth Iveston . Chi ldrenD . 1 . George .

2 Abner, d . 1820 . 3 . Benj amin, (1. 1820 .

B 8 . C l . D 2. STALKER COATES (Wil l i am ,Benj amin

,Moses)

ofWest B radford M tg . M z—E l iz abeth Wi l l iams,10 , 1 1 , 18 13 .

The i r chi ldren :E . 1 . E z ra

,b . 9 , 8 , 18 14 ; died in Waynesburg (now Honeybrook )

Ches ter Co .

,Pa.

2 . Cyrus, b . I

,1,1 8 16; d . 1 , 6, 190 0 , in Coatesvi lle , Chester Co . , Pa.

3 . Lyd ia, b . 10 , 16 , 18 1 7; d . 1 2 , 16, 1 89 1 , in Upper OxfordETownship.

4 . Mil ton, b . 7, 2 , 1 8 19 ; d . 8 , 6, 183 1 .

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Generation F , F’zila

'ren of E .

B 8 . C 1 . D 2. E 1 . EZRA COATES (S talker , Wi ll iam ,Ben

j amin,Moses)

Fallowfield M . Mtg , 8 th , 10th 1. 1836 . Cert ificate for Ez raCoates from New Garden Month ly M e et ing

,dated the 7th of 7th

mo . last . M—S usanna S loan . Thei r ch ildrenF . 1 . Charles. M z—Miss Penny. 2 . F ‘izab eth . 3 . Joseph , (1. young.

After death of Susanna (S loan ) C oa tes, E z ra M z—Phebe AnnMills: Ch ildren: 2- 1 . Mary B . 2 - 2 . C lara .

B 8 . C 1 . D 2. E 2. CYRUS COATE S (S ta lker , Wi l l i am ,Ben

j amin , Moses ) M z—E l iz abeth Fu lton , dau . of J ames and Ann

Py le Fu l ton . E l iz abeth was born 9 , 23 , 1822, and now residesat 15 0 Elm S t. ,

Reading, Pa. They were M z—2, 18 ,

1847 They l ived on farm in Upper Oxford Twp . , Chester Co .,

Pa. ,for years

,when they moved to Ercild then to Coates

vi l le,where Cyrus died . Thei r chi ldren :F . 1 . Laura , b . 6, 19 , 1849 ; d . 1850 .

2 . James F rancis, b . 1 1,I,185 1 , in Wes ilowfield Township,

Chester Co . , P a .3 . Walter S cott, b . 2

, 24, 1855 ; d. 3 , 24 , 190 0 Was an able mechanicand contractor , and from resul ts of -all in a bui lding inCoatesvil le , he died .

B 8 . C 1 . D 2 . E 3 . LYD IA COATE S . (S tall-

er, Wil l iam ,

Benj amin,Moses) M :~ —John H amb leton , son of Samuel and

S arah . Thei r sonF I , Theodore Parker . M z—F rances Epright, no ch:

‘ren.

B 8 . C 1 . D 2. E 6 . CHALKLEY COATES . (S talker , Wi l l iam ,

Benj amin,Moses ) M z

—Mary Ann Walton,dau . ofNathan and

E l iz a Truman Walton . Nathan was a Thompsonian Phys ician .

Chalkley and Mary Ann were marri ed 1,15 ,

1848 . Thei r chi ld

ren :F . 1 . Anna Melissa , b . 9, 2 1 , 1 849 ; d . 1 1 , 7 , 1 849 .

2 . Jane tte Wal ton, 1 85 1 ; d . 1 2 , I , 1860 .

3 . E vangeline, b . 6, 30 , 185 3 ; d. M z—Wi lliam J . Moore. Res . ,Ogontz , Pa . NO ch ildren.

4 . Irene , b . 9, 9 , 185 5 ; d . 8, 16, 1889 . Mz—Wil liam Wesley Trout.Their ch ild ren: G . 1 . E va Mary , b . 1 878 ; d . 1 879 . 2 . Henry

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S ta lker , Vv’

illiam,Benj amin

,Moses ) M z

— E lmi ra Boshong,dau . ,

of John and El i z abeth . Thei r ch i ld ren :G . I . J . Howard . Mz—A lice B . Phleming, of Coa tesvi lle

, Pa. ,

190 1 , where thev resideB 8 . C 1 . D 2. E 8 . F 1 . VI LL I AM BARNARD COATES .

(John , S ta lke r , l'Villiam ,Benj amin

,Moses) M z—Anna Moore .

Thei r ch i ld renG . 1 . Norman Barnard

,b . 1 0

, 5 , 1892 .

2 . F rederick Will iam , b . 1895 .

3 . Paul , b . 1 0,2 5 , 1 90 1 .

B 8 . C 1 . D 2. E 8 . F 1 . LEONDA C . LAMBORN . (Ann i e ,S talker , W'

i l l iam,Benj amin

,Moses ) M z

— Annie E . Crawford ,

dau . of John and Martha . Thei r ch i ld ren :G . I . E thel , 1 2 , 26, 1 887 .

2 . Benj amin, b . 8 , 2 8 , 189 2 .

3 . Margarete , b . 8 , 2 5 , 1 896.

4 . Anna , b . 1 2,16, 1 897 ; d . 4 , 24 , 1 898 .

B 8 . C 1 . D 2. E 8 . F 2. ELNORA ELLSWORTH LMMBORN .

(Annie , S ta lker , Wil l iam ,Benj amin

,Moses ) M z

—J ohn B . Tan

guy,son of Al fred and Ruth Ann . Thei r chi ldrenG . 1 . Lewis Leland, b . 4 , 18

,1893 .

2 . Ruth E velyn, b . 3 , 16, 190 3 . Res . , in West Grove , Ch ester Co .,

Pa .“B 8 . C 1 . D 2. E 8 . F 3 . ELI ZABETH LAMBORN . (Annie ,

S talker , Wil l i am ,Benj amin , Moses ) M : -Wa lte r W . Maul e , son

of Comley and S usan Emma . W . W . M . died 4 , 20 ,1892. No

chi ldren . Res . i n Oxford , Pa.

B 8 . C 1 . D 2. E 8 . F 4 . W I LLI AM R . LAMBORN . (Annie ,S talker , Wi l l iam ,

Benj amin , Moses ) M z—Anni e S cott , dau . o fF rankl in and Rache l , of Coleraine Twp . ,

Lancaster Co Pa.

Thei r ch i ldren :G . 1 . Char les S cott, b . 12 , 3 , 1 890 ; d . 3 , 16, 1892 .

2 . Rom a Rachel , b . 9, 1 7, 1892 .

3 . W illiam K.

,b . 3, 1 4 , 1895 . I s being educated at Gi rard Col lege

Ph ila . , Pa.

B 8 . C 1 . D 2. E 8 . F 5 . ANNA MAY LAMBORN . (Annie ,

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S ta lker , Wi ll i am ,Benj amin . Moses) M z—J ohn H . Py le , son of

Atwood and E l i z abeth . Thei r chi ldrenG . 1 . Pearl E liz abe th , b . 1 1 , 2 5 , 1894 .

2 . Leland J . ,b . 8 , 1 , 1 897 .

J . H . Py le is a farmer, resides near Cochranvil le, Chester Co .,

Pa.

3I CCOUNT OF THE REUNION OF THE COATES FAMILY

He ld in Oxord Park , 9 mo . , 6th ,1900 .

Minutes of fi rst Prel iminary '

Meet ingOn the afternoon o f 6th mo . , 15 th , 1900 ,

a meet ing of sixteen members of the above fami ly met in the parlors of Dr . Truman Coats , 25 N . 3 rd S t . ,

in the Boro . ofOxford to consider theadvisabi l i ty of ho lding a reunion of the Coates fami ly .

S amuel Coates presided fo r the day . I n his remarks heSpoke of the idea o f a meet ing for sociabi l i ty and o f a .literary

characte r .

After a ful l considerat ion o f the subj ect i t was decided toho ld a reun ion

Ph ilena Jackson and E l la W . Thomas were appointed a committee to gather what history they cou ld procure of the fami lyand present i t at the reunion . I t was a lso spoken o f to ask JohnCoates ofH igh land Township to gather the names and addresseswith any inciden ts he can procure of th e branch to which hebe longs and to forward such to Truman Coates .

Pusey Coates was appointed a committee to procure Lacey ’sPark ,

in th e Boro , in which to hold the Reun ion , which he d idduring the afternoon .

The t ime for the meet ing was decided to b e on 9 mo . 6th,

1900 ,to convene at a . m .

Truman Coates was appo inted a committee on invitat ion .

TRUMAN COATES , S ecretary , for the day .

M inutes of second prel iminary meet ing of Coates Reun ion ,

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held 8 , 14 , 1900 , in same place as fi rst meeting,with same P res .

and S ec .

Minutes of pre l iminary meeting of Coates R eunion he ld inparlors of Dr . Truman Coates

,Oxford

, Pa 8 , 14 ,1900

,to pe r

fect arrangements for the Reun i on to be h e ld in Oxford Pa rk,

9th mo . 6th ,1 900 .

Minutes of previous meeting read and adopted . I t was de

cided to ho ld the Reuni on in basket picnic sty l e . Ex .- Mayor

Joseph R . T . Coates,Atty . of C h este r

,Pa.

,was e l ected to p res ide

at the Reun ion and Edna Pownal l to act as S ecretaryCommittee on In t roduction and Reception z—Anna M . Lynch ,

Mary Barnard, S arah B . Coates

,Mary P . Coates , V incent

Pownal l,L innaeus Lamborn .

Committe e on Geneo logy : —Philena Jackson and E l la W .

Thomas .

Dr . Truman Coates was appointed to procu re a book for

autographs of those presen t,and to have the same as his own

property promising to ho ld it for inspect ion for t h e members athis house .

Granvi l l e Coates was appointed Treasure r , and to consu l t

with ice cream makers for the privi lege of sel l ing the same on thegrounds on that day .

Dr . Coates was cont inued a committee on invi tat ion .

I t was decided to ask members of each descendant to arisei n the audi ence on cal l of the histori an , whi le she was readingher art ic l e on geneo logy .

TRUMAN COATE S , S ecretary , for the day

The fo l lowing is a copy of the report o f the Coates Fami lyReunion

,held i n Oxford Park , S ept . 6th ,

1900,copied from

Oxford P ress , i ssue of S ept . 13 , 1900 .

REUNION OF THE COATES FAM ILY.

The clan assemb led under the Shady chestnuts of OxfordPark ,

on a bright S eptember day and greeted each other as members o f a great fami ly .

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260 Genealogy of tlze Coates Family.

OUR ANCE STORS .

What is the meaning of th is crowd ,Where every body seems so p roud ,Wh i le al l of them are talk ing loud

of our ances tors .All trains are in, the Coates h ave come ,And Oxford Park is all-a-hum’

W ith genealogy of someof our ancestors .

Who was it left his native land ,And sought th is country w i th his band,From Emera ld Isle ? ’Twas our grand

old ances tors .Moses and S usanna , his w ife ,Crossed the seas for a freer life

,

To land of Penn, w i th less of s tri fe ;were our ances tors .

In seventeen hund red and fi fteen,Are the fi rst records we have seenO f th e Coateses, from which we glean

Our ancestry .Near S chuy lki ll river , at Mont Cla ir ,I n a cave , history tells , is whereMoses and w ife, w i th ch ildren, fair ;

lived our ancestors .To Charl es ton, in S chuylki ll Va lley .Did th e Coates at length ral ly ,S ettled , and from there did sally ,

our ancestors .Fi rst ch ild , Thomas, wi th confidenceWed S . Miller, of Providence,S pent their lives in Caln Township, hence

are ancestors .

Next was S amuel , once so small,Not the S am .

,wi th us here w ith-a ll

,

But he who wed E . Mendenh a ll ;and are ancestors.

Genealogy of tlze Coates FamilyNext

,Moses

,no t of bul lrush fame ;

Then Li z z ie and Wi lliam of same,And Jona th an, a U . S . name ,

were ancestors .Th en Aaron ,

a s turdy good man;But th e youngest was Benj amin,Wi th wi fe to bless

,whose name was Ann,

and were ancestors ,But yet ano th er son was bornTo th is good pair , for whom we mournThe lack of records , thus to form

our ances tors .Then S amuel , a name qui te dear ,Wed A . Th atch er , and lives qui te nearIn m ind to some aged ones here

as our ances tors .Then Warrick and Levi , now cameRich ard

,and th ird S amuel of same

,

And Thomas, of batchelor fameas ancestors .

S ixth was George, the fa ther of Joe,The latter good fellow , we know ;Whose w ife, Nell , th inks Joe is “just so ,

and is an ancestor .Then S arah , lone gir l of a fold ,Came to bless her fath er’s household

,

And from her much could have been toldof our ancestors.

Now Joseph,a Medical man

,

Who ended his life w ith Wife, Ann,

Thus we h ave the last of th is clanof ancestors .

Of present kin,w ith us today ;

Judge each for self ; th ink what you mayGood or ill, we are g lad to say

we are resul ts of such ancestors.We know we came from strong

,good men

W e’ve some warm Irish blood,and th en

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We’re in straight line wi th Quaker Penn,and proud of our ancestors .

\Vho laid the keel of Noah ’s Ark ,And filled, in pai rs, that noble bark ?A sk any Coates w i th in th is Park ,

who’ll quick ly say, our ancestors .Who set the Pyramid’s corner stoneIn Afric’s sands . now little known ?With graceless w ink , some Coates wil l own,

’twas our ances tors .

Why go farther, I do believeW i th mention of Adam and E ve

,

Some crafty Coates he re might conceivethey too , were ancestors .

S amuel Coates ofHomevi l le , read a paper on The Growtho f the Century .

” I t was a st rong review o f the advancementmade by this nation to the thresho ld o f the twent ieth century .

A fte r a se l ection “Whist l ing Ru fus , by the Orchest ra , Mrs .H . C . Thomas , o f Oxford , read a paper on the Coates fami ly .

The paper was wel l prepared , Showing that much research hadbeen expended on i t , which is as fo l lows :

GENEALOGY OF THE COATES FAMILY .

Living in the busy and hurrying world of today with i ts

wonderfu l inventions and discoveries that bridge space and bringthe news o f the globe to every city

,vi l lage and farm each morn

ing,i s i t not we l l for us somet imes to pause in our places and

turn back to conside r the l ives of our forefathers and to look into the condit ions and ci rcumstances surrounding these pionee rsthat made possible the privi leges of today . How brave theywere

,how strong , how venturesome The hardships they en

dured and the dangers they faced we can neve r know ; can weever imagin e them surrounded as we are with the luxuries ofour t imes ? . Ancest ry is a fascinat ing subj ect and one worthyo f serious study .

Two or three generat ions ago Coates was awell-known name

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Monthl y Meeting and they sett l ed near that pl ace . I n a few

years they removed to Gwynedd , Montgomery County ,but st i l l

they were no t permanent ly settl ed , for in 173 1 they recrossed theS chuy lki l l and set tled in Charlestown Townsh ip . Thei r land in

c luded the presen t s ight of the town o f Phoenixvi l le . A poem ,

writt en by Moses Robinson , a great grandson ofMoses Coates,

says of h im :

In the vi llage of Phoenix and near a small ri l l,

Tha t ripples o’er rocks as it descends from a h i ll ,By some wi ld honey locusts and near to the road

,

The Pioneer of the Wi lderness took up his abode,Where a dark

,t angled fores t spread over his ground

And the howling of wolves made th e val ley resound .

But there is accoun t of on ly s ix sons and one daughter,as

unt i l on l y a few week s ago th e name of Thomas,theoldest son

,

was omitted . We trust time wi l l diverge the name of the seventhson .

The o ldest son , Thomas , mar r i ed S arah Mi l ler ye 2lst dayof ye thi rd month

, in the year o f our Lord one thousand sevenhundred any forty - one . The marriage certificate says : “VVhere

as,Thomas Coates

,son of Moses Coates of Charl estown

,i n the

county of Cheste r and Province of Pennsy lvan ia,and S arah

Mil l er,daughter of H enry Mil l e r of Providence , i n the county

and Province aforesaid , deceased , having declared thei r intent ionsofmarriage before several Monthly Meetings of ye people cal l edQuakers at Providence , etc .

”

(Providence is near Media now

in Delaware County , but at that tim e a part of Chester) .

There is a Bib le owned by Joseph R . Coates , a di rect desceudant

, who i s present today , which contains : Thomas Coates ,H is Book

,A . D . 1740 . Then foilows t h e birth and names o f his

chi ldren : Henry C . ,who never married

, S usanna , the on lydaughte r

,Jonathan

,who had a wi fe , Jane , and S amue l , who

married Abigai l Thatcher , who is the progen itor of most of thepeople here today .

The second son o f Moses and S usanna was S amue l , whomarri ed El iz abeth Mendenha l l in 1743 . They had three sons ,

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Aaron,Moses and Isaac . The thi rd son o f the emigrants was

Moses,who marri ed Prisci l l a Hutchin son of near Penn ’s Manor .

Thei r ch i ldren were S arah , S usanna , Phebe ,Moses

,Mary

,John

H utchin son,Thomas

,Mah lon

,P risci l la and Aquilla f

/

Th—e i r son

Moses l ived near the old home near Phoen ixvi lle . Bened ict Arno ld,

afte r the victory at S aratoga , spent a week at h is house . Arno ldgave a party th ere under the cherry trees , to which Genera lWashington

,though invited

,did not come . General Gates and

Miffln and Co lonels Davis and Ba l lard were a lso quartered at thehouse . Many a load of provisions did Moses Coates hau l fromhis home at Phoen ixvi l l e to the soldi ers encamped at Val leyForge . After th e sold i ers had l eft t h ese histori c h i l l s many of

the rude huts used by them were l e ft standing , and as supe rst i t ionamong al l classes was prevalent at that t ime , Moses Coates wasOften ca l l ed to Show how groundl ess were th e peopl e ’s fears .

F rom one of these huts came disma l and ghastly sounds,and the

word wen t round that i t was haunted . He wen t to the spot , to reaway the debris , when out j umped a poor , hal f starved Sheep .

The fourth son of Moses and S usanna was B enj amin ,

who married Ann Longstreth in 175 6 . There were four chi ldren,

Jane, S usanna , Benj amin and Tacy , but as far as we know none

o f thei r descendants are here .

The fi fth son ,Jonathan

,married J ane Longstreth and had

Ann,James

,Hannah

,Jonathan

, S usanna , Phebe ,Kez i ah

, Grace ,Isaac

,Jane and E l iz abeth .

The sixth,and last son

,Aaron

,l i ved at H averford

, and as

far as we can ascertain , had no descendants . The on ly daughter,

E l iz abeth , married John Mendenhal l but a ll traces of thei r chi ldren has been lost .We much regret that the account o f the family is not more

complete ; but the t ime since this work has been assigned thecommittee has been short and th e opportunity for looking up therecords

,deeds etc has not been what we wou ld desi re . S uch

search means an expenditure o f t ime and money,neither ofwhich

we have to spare .

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In further taking up the fami ly h istory we wi l l on ly go alongthe l ines of those whose descendants are represented here

, or

those who have shown the i r interest by responding to the com

mittee . I f any have been omitted,we crave pardon and assure

you the error has been one of ignoranc e , not of neglect .S amue l Coates , born 1749 , younges t son of Thomas and

S arah , with h is wi fe , Abigai l T hatcher , l ived in Caln Township ,

ne a r the l ine of th e p resen t Pennsy lvan i a Rai l road . L ike theem igrant s , Moses , they had seven sons and one daughter .

Vlarric k , th e e ldest son ,

was born 1780 and died 1860 . In

18 03 h e m ar r ied El eanor Pusey , in London Grove meet ing . Theyset t led on a farm in Londonderry Township

,where he died . H e

was a man be loved and respected throughout the neighbo r hood,

and was often cal l ed upon to set t l e estates,write wi l l s

,etc . In

18 5 6 he mar r i ed Hannah Darl ington . H e was the father of

twe lve chi ld ren , the fo l lowing of whom grew to maturty: E l l is ,who ma rri ed Abigai l Coat es

,and had s ix chi ld ren :S amuel , H art t ,

G . ,who mar r i ed El iz a Darl ington and ha d six chi ldren

,Warrick

,

who ma rri ed Ruth Anna Cook,and had four chi ldren ; S usa who

married George Darl ington ,and had six chi ldren ; S arah , who

married Thomas Wood and had S ix chi ldren ; Abigai l who married F . Pratt Hoopes , and had seven chi ldren ; Philena who married James Lynch

,and had four chi ldren . The last two on ly

survive .

Levi,the second son was born in 1781 . S oon aft er h is mar

riageto M ary Truman he bought a farm adj oin ing his brotherWarrick

’

s,in Londonderry Town ship . The farm is now owned

and occupied by his son George . H is wife dying he afterward

married'

Ann Smith . Levi Coates was a recommended minist eri n the society of F riends . H e was an ardent abol i t ion ist , assisting many runaway S laves to freedom . H e was a rad ical man

,

early refusing to furn ish l iquor to his harvest hands,but many

things he advocated which seemed mere theories then ,have become

rea l i t ies now,and t ime has made them customs . The fol lowing

chi ldren Surv ive him : Truman , who died in 1894 , Phebe , who

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Walker in 1813 ,and l ived on the Walker estate near Christ iana

,

Lancaste r County . They had n ine chi ldren : Anna , who married Wi l l iam Cooper ; S usan ,

who married Moses Pownal l ; Phebe ,who married Wi ll iam Cooper ; S arah , who married S y lvester L invi l le ; S amuel , who married S arah H aines ; Asahe lWalker , J os . C. ,

who married Lucy El lmaker , Mary , who married Al fred Ellmak

er; Margaretta , who married F rancis J . P ennock ,

The seventh son , and youngest chi ld ,Joseph

,was born 1794 ,

studied medic ine,and sett l ed near Coatesvi l le

,where he attain ed

much success,but un fortunate ly , death soon claimed him . H is

wi fe was Ann Roberts , and thei r only daughter , El iz abeth ,mar

ri ed J erard H opkins,who died in 1896 . M r . Hopkins is in his

84th year , and resides in Balt imore with a daughter , El iz abethJ . ,and two sons

,Jerard T . Hopkins , Jr. ,

and Roger BrookeHopkins .

M ention has been made of the known descendant s of Thomas ,the o ldest son of the emigrants . The second son of Moses and sS usanna , S amuel , who married El iz abeth Mendenhal l in 1743 ,had three sons

,Aaron

,Moses born 1745 ,

and I saac born 1748 .

This Moses married H annah Musgrave in 1770,and had two

daughters,E l iz abeth and H annah . H e afterward married Mary

V ickers,and had Hannah

,I saac

,Ann

,Ca leb

,Esther

, El isha ,S arah , Mary , Moses , Aqui l l a , Amos and J esse . E l iz abeth mar

ried J esse Kersey . The l ast named Jesse is the Doctor Coates sowel l known in the ne ighborhood of Coatesvi l l e . In the H istory

of Chester County ,” this Moses is given as the son of Moses , an

error we wou ld be glad to see corrected . Moses,born 1789 , mar

ried Lydia Tay lor,o f Kennett

,and had Moses

,Ann

,Isaac T. ,

Joseph R . T. ,Amos Aqui l la and J esses Aqui l la .

The third son o f S amuel and E l iz abeth Mendenhal l , wasIsaac

,who married Hannah S talker . The ir ch i ldren were ,

Beu lah,Grace , Lydia , Rebecca , S eymore , Amy,Zi llah , Israe l

and L ind ley . The daughter Lydia , married Mark H ughes , andhad severa l chi ldren

,some of whom reside in the neighborhood

ofWest Grove . The daughter Amy,married Mah lon P reston ,

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and her descendants are in and around Wi lmington , Delaware .Moses

,son ofMoses Coates and Prisci l la Hutchinson , soon

after h is marriage to Hannah Moore in 1 795 , emigrated to V i rginia

,where his daughter E l iz a , married Wi l l iam Cowgi l l . Their

daughter Hannah,in 1841 married David Wa lker , Tredyffrin ,

and had four chi ldren .

S arah ,a daughter of Moses and Prisci l la , married Thomas

Robinson in 1771 . T hey sett led on a farm near Phoenixvi l le , onthe S chuy lki l l R iver . When the canal was dug in 1822, therewas an outbreak of feve r in the vicin i ty , Thomas Robinson , hisw ife

,and daughter Rebecca

,a l l died within a few week o f each

other . There were seven chi ldren : Rachel , born 1773 , marriedWi l l i am Davis

,many of whose descendants l ive i n and around

Christ iana , Pennsy lvan ia ; Moses , born 1774 ,married Anna

Thomas ; Wi lliam ,born 1776 , went to Port Carbon , Pennsy lvan ia ;

Thomas , born 1779 , moved to I l l inois ; Prisci l la , born 1783 , married James Walker o f Rehobeth

,Tredyffrin Township ; S arah ,

born 1787 ; and Rebekah , born 1 793 , never married . The o ldestson , Moses Robinson was the author of the poem from which wehave quoted . He was a beauti fu l penman

,a surveyor

,and one

of the fi rst farmers to in troduce hedges into th is count ry .

Thus in a brie f and imperfect way we have spoken of a few

o f the progeny of our emigran t fathe r and mothe r . And as far

as we know , does not the old adage ho ld t rue,

“L ike father , likeson .

” Doubt less some members of this large fami ly are scattereda l l over this large country

,and possib ly a l l over the world , ye t

how many are l iving near the land of the i r forefathers . Many ,very many , l ike the old father , t i l l the so i l for thei r livehood ,

and are honest farmers . Good ones they should b e for the o ldpoem says :

In morning, to the forest he would go w ith his axe,A nd in health he did never from his labour relax,Ti ll his energy and S trength made the w i lderness y ield

,

And a rich , yellow harves t waved over his field .

His labour each year did new beauties disclose,

And the w i lderness blossomed like unto the rose .The beauties of Ceres his labours b egui led,And where late was a desert, a paradise smi led,

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The study of medicine has been an att ractive one to the sonsof the race , and for many years past , as we l l as at the present ,worth M .D . , have added honor to the fami ly . I f there are fewor no mi l l ionai res amongst us

,we can say with pride that

,as far

as we know,there are no criminals or paupers , and yet , as S axe

saysDepend upon it, my snobbish friend,Your family thread you can’t ascend ,Without good reason to apprehendYou w i ll find it waxed at the farther endBy some p lebean vocation"O r worse than th at

, your boasted lineMay end in a Ioope of stronger twine,That plagued some worthy relation:

I f , there fore , there has not been interest shown in th is h isto ry of the Coates l ineage and i f there has not been much prideof fami ly amongst us , shal l we not henceforth try to l ive worth i lyas sons and daughters of worthy fathers and mothers . Let usteach the chi ldren —the coming fathers and mothers— that theymust not on ly bring honor and fame to thei r own l ives , but mustShed glory on the honest name of Coates . May its honor never

be dimmed by an unworthy act of one of i ts chi ldren . And i f , in

coming years,another reunion Shal l be held

,i f i n 1917 , once

again the fami ly shal l be cal l ed together , may on ly noble , honestGod - l ike deeds be recorded of any one of i ts chi ldren

,and so

,i n

the words ofTiny Tim ,we say in closing

,

“God bl ess us every

one . ”THE CONCLUDI NG EVENTS .

M iss Pownal l read the minutes of the pre l im inary meet ingsheld at Dr. Coat es ’ which were approved .

Duet,

“We Tread the Pat h that Duty Leads,by M isses

Cresswel l .Brie f remarks respecting the Coates fami ly and reunion were

made by Howard Coates of L i tt l e Bri tta in , John Coates of H ighland

,James Lynch of Oxford , Agustus Brosius of Avondale ,

A l ice Coates of L i t t l e Brit tain,M rs . Anna Harris J encks of

Ga lena ,I l l . , Maj or WilliamLamb orn ofWashington

,D . C .

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272 Genealogy of ilze Coates Fam ily.

poem caused much amusem en t by its humorous way of presentingto us otherwise dry fact s . S amuel Coates addressed the meetingon

“Th e Growth of the Century ,” point ing out t h e marvelous

improvements and advancement in every l in e of work over that

of a century ago ,and Showing the youth thei r greater Opportun

it i es therefore thei r greater respons ibi l i t ies .

O rchest ra played “Whist l ing Rufus .

”

The geneology was then read by El la W’

. Thomas . The

care ful l y co l l ected history of the fami ly was re lated in a mostpleasing and in terest ing manner . A copy of thi s wi l l be preserved elsewhere . Minutes of two prel iminary meetings , held inDr . Coates ’ parlors were next read .

Creswel l sisters sang “We Tread the Path that Duty Leads .I t was moved and carri ed that a copy of the history and any

other va l uabl e in format ion be sent to each member of the fami ly .

I t was moved and carri ed unan imously that a vote of thanks

be extended to Dr . Truman Coates for his work in arranging for

this fami ly reunion .

F ive minute speeches fo l lowed,most of which helped to

impress upon us the importance and benefi t derived from suchfami ly gatherings .

Many expressed the desi re that this fi rst be onl y the prel iminary for many reun ions . Howard Coates and John Coates re

sponded to the cal l o f thei r names .

Orchestra played “The Be l le of the V i l lage .F ive minute speeches were cont inued by James Lynch , Al ice

Coates, Agustus Brosius , Anna Coates Harris Jenckes, and Wi l

l i am Hughes Lamborn .

I t was moved and carri ed that the persons who served on

committee for organ iz at ion be continued as a permanent one forinvest igat ing

,for futu re meet ings . El la W . Thomas , Dr . Tru

man Coates,and Edna Powna l l were considered as members of the

committee . I t was moved and carried that three names b e

added to those a l ready ment ioned,to form the committee .

The persons were z—Anna M . Lynch , Joseph R . T . Coates ,

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E l la P . Conard . I t was moved and seconded that two morenames b e added but this motion was lost .After the O rchest ra played “

Pride of the Ba l l , and a fewremarks from the P resident , the meet ing adj ourned .

S . EDNA POWNALL , S ecretary .

A l ist o f names and addresses o f those present at the CoatesReunion held i n Oxford Park , 9 mo . ,

6th ,1900 ,

and who s igned

the i r names in the register :E l iz abeth F . Coates

,

Coatesvi l le , Pa.

Abigai l Hoopes ,West Chester , Pa.

S arah J . Day ,Delta

,York Co . , Pa.

E l iz abeth Coates ,2019 Arch S t .

,Phi la . ,

Pa.

George Coates ,Cochranvi l le

, Pa.

J oseph R . Coates ,R is ing S un , Md .

E l len M . Coates,

R is ing S un ,Md .

Lewis G . Lamborn ,

Coleraine , Pa.

Annie C . Lamborn ,

Co leraine , Pa.

John B . Tanguy,

West Grove , Pa.

Alnora E . Tanguy ,West Grove , Pa,

George S . Lamborn ,L iberty S quare , Pa.

S arah W . Lamborn ,L iberty S quare , Pa.

E l iz abeth R . Mau le ,Co leraine

,Pa.

E lmira B , Coates ,Coatesvi l le , Pa.

Roma R . Lamborn ,Co leraine

,Pa .

Wi l l i am Lamborn,

Coleraine , Pa .

Mary P . Coates ,Cochranvi l le

,Pa.

L . I rea Coates ,Cochranvi l le ,

Pa.

Leonda C . Lamborn ,L inco ln Universi ty

,Pa.

Annie E . Lamborn ,L incoln Un ivers ity , Pa.

Ethe l Lamborn ,L inco ln Univers i ty

,Pa.

Benn ie Lamborn ,Li ncoln Universi ty , Pa.

Margueri te Lamborn ,

L incoln Un iversity , Pa.

George Deeble M i l ler ,3 13 N . 33rd S t . ,

Phi laEdward B . Conard ,

Port Kennedy , Pa.

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W . D . B lackburn ,

Fishertown,Pa.

Lucret i a M . B lackburn ,

F ishertown , Pa.

S amue l P . Martin ,Cochranvi l le

,Pa.

Annie C . Martin ,Cochranvi l l e

,Pa.

Haro ld T . Mart in ,

Cochranvi l le,Pa.

E lena S . M art in ,Cochranvi l le

,Pa .

Ernest W . Martin ,Cochranvi lle , Pa.

Miriam E . Martin ,Cochranvi l le

,Pa.

Ann Mary Martin,

Cochranvi l le,Pa.

Wi l l i am Lamborn,

Washington,D . C .

Mary D . Coates ,Chester

,Pa.

Howard Coates,

L i tt l e B r i tain,Pa.

A l ice M . Coates ,L i t t l e Brita in , Pa.

Phebe L . Coates ,L i tt le Bri tain , Pa.

Hart t Grand um Coates ,L i t t le Britain

,Pa.

Charles S utton Coates ,L i tt le Britain

,Pa.

Joseph A . Coates ,Li tt l e Bri tain ,

Pa .

Howard Bennett Coates ,Li t t l e Britain

, Pa .

E l la V . Conard,

Port Kennedy,Pa .

E l iz a C . Walker .

Port Kennedy,Pa .

Eva Coates B roomel l ,Cochranvi l le

,P a.

J . Howard Broomel l ,Cochranvi l l e

,Pa

P usey Coates,

Cochranvi l le,Pa .

Adal ine B . Coat es,

Cochranvi l l e,Pa .

Wi l l i am B . Coates,

Cochranvi l l e,Pa.

Al ice R . Coates,

Coch ranvi lle,Pa .

Anna Coates ,Cochranvi l le

,Pa .

Joseph R . T . Coates , Atty .

Chester, Pa .

E leanor D . Walton ,

Parke rvi l l e,Pa.

Charl es B . Wal ton ,

Parkervi l l e, Pa .

Lydia A . Darl ington,

Lenape,Pa .

S al l i e M . S peakman ,

Longwood , Chester Co ., Pa.

He l en Darl ington,

Lenape, Pa .

Geo . T . Webb ,

New Garden,Ches . Co . , Pa.

A lmena R . Webb ,New Garden , Ches . Co . ,

Pa.

Mary Alice Walker El lmaker,

Gap , Lancaster Co . ,Pa.

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276 Genealogy of the Coates Family.

Philena C . W . Jackson,

Bartvi l le,Pa.

L ind ley D . Jackson ,Bartvi lle

,Pa.

E l iz abeth Westfield J ackson,

Bartvi l le , Pa.

S tephen Coates ,H opewe l l C . W. ,

Pa.

Lydia A . Coates,

Hopewel l C . W. ,Pa.

Ann Coates Lewis,

P assadena, Cal .Chas . Lewis ,

Passadena, Ca l .Horace K ing

,

Christ iana , Pa.

Mary E . K ing ,Christ i ana

,Pa .

N ina A . K ing ,Phristiana,

Pa.

J enn ie E lva Coates ,Cochranvi l le , Pa .

Annie Coates ,Co l l amer , Pa.

Lyd ia Coates ,Co l lamer

,Pa.

Ester Coates ,Col lamer

,Pa.

Emma Coates ,Col lamer , Pa.

P arker Coates ,Coch ranvi l le , Pa.

Li ll i e Coates ,Cochranvi l le

,Pa.

Harry O rvi l le Coates ,Co l l amer

,Pa .

Charles T . Coates ,Cochranvi l le

, Pa .

Mary L . Coates ,Cochranvi lle

, Pa.

Lydia M . Coates ,Cochranvi l le

, Pa.

M ina P earl Coates,

Cochranvi l le,P a.

Brinton Wa lte r,

Cochranvi l le,Pa.

W . D . S hivery ,

Col lamer, Pa.

Luella Maranda S hivery ,Co llamer

, Pa.

S amue l Norwood Shivery ,Co l lamer

, Pa.

Wiiliam L . Coates ,Cochranvi l l e

,Pa.

Lott ie Coates ,Cochranvi l le , Pa.

Gailen P . Boyce ,H ense l , Pa.

Me lvin C . Boyce ,H ensel

,Pa.

Aimee P . Coates ,Hopewe l l C W. ,

Pa.

Edna D . Coates .

Hopewe l l C W. ,Pa.

Norman Coates,

Cochranvi l le, Pa.

Lafayette Coates,

Cochranvi l le,Pa.

Chas . S . Coates ,Cochranvi l le

,Pa.

L inford Webster,

Co l lamer, Pa.

Genealogy of the Coates Family.

Edith C . Keech ,

Glen Roy, Pa.

J acob Keech,

G len Roy , Pa.

Rebecca Kecch ,

Glen Roy , P a .

E l i zabeth K . Boyce ,

Hense l , Pa.

Mary H . Powna l l ,Christ iana

,Pa.

El i z abe th P . Wa l ton ,Christ i ana

,Pa.

J ames T . Barnard ,Co l lamer

,Pa.

Dora D . Barnard ,C o l lamer

,Pa.

Mary T . Barnard ,Co l lamer , Pa.

B . F . Wa lte r ,Christ i ana

,Pa.

J oseph A . Coates ,Cochranvi l le , Pa.

Mary H . Turner ,Spruce Grove ,

Pa.

Carrie D . Whiteside ,

S pruce Grove , Pa.

Anna M . Whiteside,

S pruce Grove , Pa.

S all ie El lmaker Amb ler ,Quarryvi l le , Pa.

Lydia A . Reed ,Christ i ana

,Pa.

A lbert a W . Wickersham ,

Russelville ,Pa.

S usanna Wood ,Russelville , Pa.

77,

Este l la E . Webste r ,Co l lamer

,P a ,

Marion B . Webster ,Co l lame r

,Pa .

Harry W . Barnard ,Co l lamer

,Pa.

J . D . C . Powna l l ,Christ iana

,Pa .

E lwood K . P usey ,E lk V iew

,Pa.

M ignonette C . P usey ,Elk V i ew , Pa.

Catherine D . Echternach ,Christ iana , Pa.

Wi l l iam Webst er,

Russelville ,P a .

Anna S . Webster ,Russel lv il le

,Pa.

S harpless C . Webster ,Russelville . Pa .

Raymond C . Webster,

Russelville , Pa.

J ohn T . Coates ,Cochranvi l le

,P a.

Mary C . Webster ,Christ iana

,Pa.

Li l l i an C . Webster,

Christ iana,Pa.

Geo . Webste r ,Christ iana , Pa.

W . J . Wickersham ,

Russelville , Pa.

Wm . C . Coates ,Cochranvi l le , Pa .

Anna M . Coates ,Cochranvi l le , Pa.

278 Genealogy of the Coates Family.

George M . Ty ler , Frederic H . Coates ,Media , Pa . Cochranvi l le

, Pa.

J ames Lynch , F . J . Coates ,Oxford , Pa . Lenover

, Pa.

S usanna L . Frorer, Frank F . Coates,

K ing of P russia , Pa. Coatesvi l le,Pa.

Catharine Charlton Frorer, M rs . Morris T . Wood,

K ing of P russ i a , Pa. Doe Run,Pa.

Laura E . Lynch , Anna M . Lynch ,

Ox ford, Pa. Oxford

,Pa.

J . H . Py le , Dora M . Newcomer ,New London

,Pa. Octoraro , Lanc . Co . ,

A . May Py le, S arah B . Coates

,

New London , Pa. Oxford,Pa.

Leland J . P y le , Truman Coates,M . D

New London , Pa. Oxford , Pa.

P risci l la B . Coates , Granvi l le Coates ,Lenover

, Pa. Glen Roy , Pa .

C . A . Moore , Christ iana , Pa.

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280 Genealogy of the Coates Family.

10 . Coates z— (Ferguslie ,County Renfew , S cot land , 1869 )

The same as No . 9 within a bordure sable . S ame crest and motto .

EXPLANATI ON OF TERMS .

O r Yel low,or go ld color

,represented in drawing or en

graving,by smal l dots .

Az ure—A blue co lor , represented in engraving by horiz onta lparal le l l ines .

Gules—Red l ines , named from red color of the throat,used

in seals,and engraving paral le l vert ica l l ines .

Argent—S i lver color , shin ing .

Vest—Green ,represented in

,

engravings by paral le l l ines,

sloping downward toward the right .E rmine—YVhite .

S ab le—B lack , represented by vert ica l and hortiz ontal l inescrossing each other .

P roper—Natura l color .Attires—Ant l ers .Bez an tee—Round .

ADDENDA .

MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE OF WARRICK COATESAND ELENOR PUSEY .

WHEREAS , Warrick Coates of the Township of East Ca ln ,County o f Chester and S tate o f Pennsy lvania , son o f S amue l andAbigai l Coates

,the latter deceased

,and Elenor Pusey , o f Town

sh ip ofLondongrove ,County and S t ate aforesaid , daughter of

El is and Abigai l Pusey , having declared the i r intentions o f Marriage with each other before severa l Month ly Meet ings of th ePeople Cal led Quake rs , at Londongrove in th e County and S tateaforesaid

,accord ing to the good order used among them ; and

having consent of Parents,thei r said proposal of Marriage was

a l lowed of by said Meet ing .

Now these are to cert ify whom i t may concern that for th efu l l accomp l ish ing their said intent ion this sixth day of fourthmonth

,in the Year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and

th ree,they the said Warrick and E lenor Pusey appeared in a Pub

l ic Meet ing of the said people at Londongrove ,etc . Witnesses

present :

Caleb SwayneJoe l Bai leyLewis Pennock

S am l . SwayneEdwd . Brookes

J eremiah BarnardJohn M anCaleb P usey

Ann Woodward

Mary Swayne

P hebe Bai ley

E l iz abeth Wi lsonRache l P ennockEsther Coates

S usan Glacden

P olly Mi l ler(281)

WARRI CK COATES .

ELENOR COATESEl iz abeth Wilk inson

Eliz aWoodward

Deborah Woodward

S am l . CoatesE l l is PuseyAbigai l PuseyH annah CoatesH annah P usey

282 Addenda .

John P ennock J oshua Walton S usan PuseyGeorge Carson H annah Wal ton Abigai l Pusey

, J r .Joshua Bai l ey Dan i el G . Temple Lydia P useyF rancis Wi lkinson John Brinton

, J r. E l l is P usey, J r .

Joseph Smith Moses Moore Levi CoatesAbigai l Moore J ohn Py le R ichard CoatesS arah England Phebe Chambers Mary PassmoreRu th P ennock S usan Wilkinson S usan H usband

Eiiz ab eth Pennock Lydia Py le Wm . H usband

An n Mart in Mah lon Phi l l ips John V ickersH annah Swayne Francis Wi lk in son S amue l Coates , J r .

E l iz abeth P usey Geo . Edge Edi th Pusey

My belo ved wife departed th is life the 6th of 8th Mo . ,1850 , in her 59thyear . -Warrick Coates .

ACCOUNT OF THE PUSEY LINE DIRECT TO ELENOR .

The fi rst o f the Pusey l ine in this country was Wi l l iam ,who

married 9,5,1707

,El iz abeth Bowater, and sett led in London

Grove , Chester County , Pa. The i r son Joshua , b . 1 1 , 9 ,1714 ;

d . 8 , 16 , 60 ; mar . 8, 29 ,

1734 ,Mary Kewis . Thei r son El l is

,b .

6, 21 , 173 5 ; d . 9 , 27 ,

1808 ; mar . lst, S usanna Bai ley , 2nd ,

1 mo .

30,1777 , Abigai l Brinton . Thei r wedding ceremony (Fri ends)

was defered for a day on account of batt l e o f Brandywine , and

fami ly went to ce l lar for protect ion . Thei r daughte r E lenor marri ed Warrick Coates .

Wi l l i am P usey is supposed to have come to this Count ry

about 1700,and was probably a nephew of Caleb Pusey who was

with Wil l i am Penn . He (Caleb ) may have been a son of J ohnP usey of London .

Caleb P usey H ouse,near Chester

,o ldest bui lding in P enn

sy lvan ia,having been bui l t in 1683 . Occupied by Wi l l iam P enn

during occasiona l visits .

*

*Pennsy lvania,Colonia l and Federal , by Howard Jenkins , 190 3 .

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INDEX OF NAMES .

A 8

Ashton, PeterA lexander

, EmmaAmbler, E van T.

Caroline W .

Amicost,Richard

A rnold, Jos .

James M .

BelleFlorenceGertrudeBenedict

A ll ison, S usan T .

A tlee, JohnMabel A .

I saac P .

Wa l terJohn W .

Mabel L .

JesseFelecieVictile

Mari eE l i z abeth

Acie, E liz abethAbrahams, Martha A .

JamesSusanMartha M .

A very , E liz abethAnderson

,Isaac

Shemineth

Christian

Beale, J . Benley

Buckwalter, F rancis

JacobPhebeE l i z abethS arahMary E .

Henrie tta J .

Isaac B .

B rogan, John

Beven, S tephen

B arry, James

Beck,

Brosius . AdalineW illiamLydiaAnni eJoseph H .

MaryAgustus

HenryRachel

FlorenceBerthaA rthurMaryMarriottC larksonGertrudeLunetta R .

G race A .

Boyd, A l ice K .

Lena

B icknell , John H .

Barnard, PuseyJas .JeremiahAbigai lPhebeJas . T.

M . LouisaRebeccaAnna M .

JosephOriana P .

Mary T.

Wm . D .

H ar ry W .

Milton E .

E verettMary

Buchanan , JamesBa iley, John

E sterJennie

Genealogy of the Coates Family.

Boone, H annah (Lee )Wm . A.

Barnaby , Jas .B rown, Kirk

Jeremiah, J r .

A z ariahLew isVirginiaE l la

B ingaman, Sal liePhebeLidieEmmaCh ristman

Blackman , M .D . , Wm. W .

E linorWm .

D e Forest L .

AmosE . Jennie

285

Blackman,Wm . W .

S arahKennethE linorWm . J .

B runner, HelenBayee, Gaillen P .

Melvin C .

E dith A.

RuthBarnes

,Leslie

Blaker , W . E .

Booz e, MiraJ . N .

B rinton, Jesse H .

hlosesMargaret A.

S . LauraC. MarionAlmatenia

S tellaBlab el

JohnS arahJane

B arkey,Benj .

ClareA liceJohn D .

TullesE dnaWm . E .

Brownlee, JohnGeorgeAgnes I .

Irene A.

AgnesRaymondE dnaLorna M .

Wm . A:

Alice J .Geo . W .

286

Biddle , C lemen t , Jr .E li z abe thCaroline

B ing,James

Brocke tt, A .

Borden, FermanJamesE li z abeth

B itting,Wm.

Baker, Thos .Geo . L .

Mary A .

Buffington, A lbert L .

Edw inH annah

Beaver , LauraBolton , Wi lmer

JasanAnna

TheodoreLeslieEdgar

Blackburn, W . DorseyHiramMary A .

HermineE di thE lenorE velyn

Bachelor, Geo .

Boyles, JohnBroomel l , J . Howard

S am l . H .

Ma ryHelen

B lackey , Wm.

Bonnell,E liz abeth H .

Booth , LydiaS aml .Dorothy C .

Gilbert B .

Index of Names

Black,Mary

Berney,A .

F rankBache

,Fannie

AnthonyBarney

,O ra A .

Hiram W .

S arah B .

E va M .

Wm . H .

S arah H .

Bar ton,Caro line

Bordman,J as .

Benedict John A .

AnnaH arri ett

Buckman, Frank linBalance, MaryB rooke, RebeccaBrownson , H arriett

AnnaBane

,JohnMary

Ballard, Col.

B rock,Isaac

Brockway , Hil lBark ley, HenryBonaparte , JosephBunting , AnnaDavidH annah

B arry,D .

Bear , H annahBerry , Laura

ReeceJul ia

Bushong, E lmiraJohnE l iz abe th

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288 I ndex of Names.

Coates, Aquilla 2 1 , 1 1 4 , 1 5 1 ,

154 . 163 . 164. I 65 . 166. 243

J . H . 2 2

Pusey 38 , 5 1 , 66

E valine 14 7

E valine L . 66, 8 1 , 1 5 2

Wm . B . 66

A lice R . 66

Anna 44 , 58 , 64 , 66

Anna H . 56

Anna C . 59

T ruman. 4 3 .44. 5 1 .66. 83. 237

2 571 2 58 ) 2717 259: 272 °

H arvey S I

Margaret 36, 377 45 1 50 1 59 7Margaret E . 1 1 2

Marv. 7. 8. I 2. 36. 44 , 45 , 50 ,

1 33 ) I 37: 1 5 1 1

Mary A 37. 1 0 9. 1 1 5. 1 16,

Mary P . 56, 2 58

Mary E . 64. 59. 73

Mary S . 1 66

Mary J r . 1 16

Mary C . 1 19

Mary M . 65

Mary I . 1 23

Mary L . 12 5

Isaac 36. 88. 90 . 93.

1 33 ,

I 341 I 3S7 1 367 137"243 7 246

Isaac J r . 116

Isaac P . 116,119 , 12 5 . 129

Isaac P .

, Jr . 12 5

Isaac T . 123

Isaac L . 166

Isaac S . 112

Warrick S r. 36, 38, 39, 4 0 ,

43 , 111 , 150 .

Coates, Levi , 36, 50 ,

Richard 36, 44 , 46

W . 115George 37. 44. 46. 5 1.

2 5 2 .

Geo . W . 116

Geo. D . 65

Geo . D .

, J r . 65 , 66

Geo . W . P . 124

Geo . H . 124

Geo . S . 146

George S . 1 1 5

George J . 166

Joseph 2 7. 52. 57. 65 .

2 54 .

Joseph R . 60 , 1 1 3 , 270

Minnette 57 , 72

Ab igai l 3 7. 38. 44. 45. so.

53 . 54.

Jacob 37 , 1 0 9 , 247

E li z a 37, 50 , 58. 1 16

E ll is 40 . 4 1 . 42. 43. 5 1

H ar t t G . 38 ,

Warrick , J r . 38, 4 1 , 42 , 50 ,

5 1 , 52 ’ 5 3? 59 °

Philena 38 , 54

Lewis 38 , 65 , 1 20 , 1 47

E lenor 38, 1 1 5

H . G . 38

Lydia 42. 50 . 92 . 1 1 7.

E d i th 42 , 50 , 65 , 1 24

Phebe 43 , 5 5 , 56, 92 , 1 1 5 ,

1 47 1 1 537 160 1 165 1 2 5}

PuseyRebecca 47 , 92 , 1 1 3 , 1 1 6.

Amos 92 , 1 1 3 , 1 1 5 ,

Amos A .

Amos W .

JamesE llen S .

H annah S .

Genealogy of t/ze Coates Family. 289

Coates, E sther 44, 58 , 64}9 1 , 1 1 1 ,1 1 3 .

Cherrington 44. 58, 59

Zi lla 46, 92 , 1 16,1 1 7 , 1 19,

1 20 .

Phebe N .

Phebe R .

Phebe M .

S arahS arah W .

S arah A .

S arah P .

G ranvil leG ranvi lle

, Jr .HowardS tephenRuthanna

Lydia IrcaCh ar lesCh arles T .

Charles S .

Charles E .

Char les P .

Dr . Charlse H .

Charles L .

V1 giniaLeoraCordeliaWm . L .

S arah J .

RolandPh i llip M .

CarolineHenry W. B .

E arnest R .

Lamella M . ,

Lydia M .

MinaJennie E .

NormanGladysLeroy

Coates,Helen M . 64

Lafayette 64

E thel 64

Emm a W . 64

Emma S . 1 26,1 30

Emma V . 1 23

E lsie M . 65

H . O rvi lle 65

Jesse

Jesse A . 1 1 3

J esse K . 1 1 5

H . Benne tt 65

Anni e B . 66

E dna D . 66

Lena 72

Dr . C . 1 52“

S idney 90 , 1 0 9, 1 20 , 246, 247

Rachel 1 1 1 ,

1 2 5 7 164 1 165 1 166) 230 7 244 1

24 5 . 246, 247. 2 5 1 . 2 52

Rachel D . 1 24

Rachel A. 1 2 5

Ann E l iz a 9 1 J

Ann G . 1 14 , 1 2 2

Laura 1 1 5 , 1 27 , 147, 2 54

Caleb 9 1 ,

148, 15 1 , 247, 2 50 .

E lish a 9 1 , 1 1 1

Beulah 92 , 10 9 , 1 16, 1 1 7,

245 7 2 50

Grace 92 , 1 1 7, 243 , 246, 2 50

2 53 .

G race A . 129

S eymour 92 , 1 1 5 , 1 16,1 1 7 ,

Amy 92 , 1 1 6, 119 , 12 0

Israel 92 , 116, 119 , 120 , 164

Lind ley 92 , 119, 120 , 131 , 138,

Ann 92 , 112,164 , 242 , 243 ,

290

Coates,Ann E .

Ann D .

Anna Jr .AbnerBeckyS arah B .

S arah R .

S arah H .

S arah E .

Ida F .

Ida V .

Ann L .

A nn G .

Edward H .

E dward H .

, J r .E lmer R .

Lewis M .

RosellaVa leriaLawrence K .

Lloyd G .

TheodoreSylvanus

EmelineH annah B .

H arriett T .

H ays C .

A lbertMariahC liffordO liver R .

Edw in O .

Horace L .

RidgewayHowardHoward H .

Wi llyP restonP reston A .

AmeliaJoshuaLydian

1 46,

I ndex of N ames .

Coates . Deborah 1 20 ,

S immonsKerseyComleyCul len W .

Wal terCeceliaHenry R .

Henry S .

I sabella VHellen G .

E liz abeth G .

James W .

E sther V .

LucretiaRosalent

H arold P .

Jos . R . T .

H arry D .

EmelyFlorenceFrankDewees R .

Leonard R .

LouiseChester A .

Mab el

Mabel H .

Ge rtrudeGertrud e P .

E vangelineLaveniaA r thurLlewellynMiria E .

Edwin C .

BessieE lmer R .

Edward E .

LillianLillian P .

Louis P .

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292 I ndex of Names .

Crosby D . Christman,Isaac

Camn, Henry H annahRebecca Cutler

,A lban

Carrigan,Jane Jesse

Crisswell, Margaret Mary (S tubbs )N athan Theodore P .

Nora Horace G .

Mary CassandraCadwallader, Reese JosephCaldwel l , A lice B . Doro thyCrandall

,Henry Jenne tte

C licker , Rev . E rnestC lark

,John HelenS arah RalphWm. R . M . E llaS amaria Ch ambers, MayGeo . P . Calver, Wm.

Chas . B . Cooper, H arryTheodore Ray

F rances HerbertE l iz abeth Bur leighTacy E . Wm . P .

Mary C . S am l . L .

Laura Joseph E .

Geo . M . Mary L .

Robt. LorenaFrank W . S arahHorace G . W .

Mabel Mabel A .

Florence Lucy P .

Lena Geo . A . S .

S tephen H . James , 96, 99,

Cloud, HenryJosephE liz abeth E .

Geo . W .

C larence T .

Millie 0 .

W i lliamMyrtle E .

Leona D .

Philena

F rank S .

Genealogy of llze Coates Family. 293

C loud, Jesse R .

Adella B .

PaulineCaugh ey , Chas . K .

E liz abeth K .

Chas . T .

C lare, E s therCoppuck, Melum M .

Catel, JonesCornplanter

Cutle JohnCock , JohnCattell , David

E li z abethJonas

Colgan,GraceWm .

H annahZi llaJohnWm . M .

Conard, A lfred F .

Milton E .

E l i z abeth H .

A lice M .

E dward B .

Jos .E liz aWinfield W .

E liz a C .

JuanitaE lla P .

Ch i lds , Ab eliL .

Henry P .

E liz abethCall , GraceChandler, S arah W .

JohnMaria

Campbe ll , John G .

AnnaMary

RebeccaJamesHenryAnna E .

AndrewC live, F rancis

S eyman

F ranc is M .

Helen C.

A rthur S .

Coho,Herbert B .

Gertrude B .

HelenCowgi ll , Wm .

E liz abethE liz aH annahCath arine A.

H annah M .

Moses E .

Craft, MargaretCobourn, PhebeConnade, JosephConrade, Jos .Ch ristman, Geo .

S oph iaP risci lla

Clinton, Geo .

Crawfo rd, Annie E .

JohnMartha

de Cotede Coates, W il liamDyer

,HenryMary C .

E l i z abeth C .

Wm . P .

294

Dal ton,A nnie

D icks, S arahPe ter

Deeble , Gulielma

JaneGeo rge

Deaver , Louel laDar lington

,George

LydiaRichardH annahS . P .

E lenorS usanna P .

E liz aS arah M .

S usanna R .

G . BarclayE llis P .

HelenE . PierceRichardRachelMary

Day,Mat thewMinervia E .

Emi ly C .

Na than A .

Anna P .

LaurenceTruman C .

Phebe M .

Amand aDuphorn ,

Ber th aDawney

,LlwellynDavid

JemimaMarth aDavid W .

C larence

I nd ex of 1Vam e5‘

.

7 1 , 166,

Dull,Mary E .

S arahDavis

,Doro thyWi lliamJosephS usannaCol.

I sraelTheophilue

E dwardJohnZachariahS arahWm . S .

P riscillaMaryH annahS usannaS arah L .

E lenorS arah S .

H arryHelenNorm anWm . E .

CarolineMa ry H .

SusanDorithea

E llenLouisaH arryJoseph W .

FredDouglass

,Mary B .

D ickinson, JohnDunkin ,

A aronS arahSusanna

Dowdall , IsraelDo rsey

,E liz abeth

Dal lis,Chas .

Davidson,Florence A .

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E vans , E li z abeth C .

Wm. E .

H arry R .

Geo . G .

E s ther E .

Soloman M .

E ar l P .

E arl P .

Chas . M .

LeonardDavis H .

Millard J .

Helen E .

Ruth J .

MiriamDavid S .

Agnes M .

FloraJohn W .

Josiah M .

Dora A .

Nellie E .

AnnieS arah

Emig,JonathanJonathan J r .HiramP riscillaLucretiaGeorgeGeo . W .

E llaForestMyrtleWi lsonE li z abethRuthHoweJohnA lfredMaggieE va

I ndex of Names .

MaudBe rth aCo rdie E .

E dge,JohnJacob

E l lmaker,Lucy H .

E saius E .

S arah W .

A lfredE dgar B .

Ma ry A .

FloraNathanielS arahEmmett L .

Cecel iaH annahJohn W .

Evason,PhebeReeceH annah

E dders , Thos .E astburn

,E stella

Rachel

CatharineJosephS usan H .

E ctor , H annah G .

ThomasHenrietta

E ppleshimer, FrederickE dwardJohn F .

E ckman, E lla M .

JosephMary A .

E ssex, JamesLane

E chus, S arah T.

V irgi l T .

Jane P .

Genealogy of Me Coates Fam z’

ly.

E w ing, Mar tha A .

ThomasMargare tF red a M .

Wi ll iam, M .D .

E lton,An thonyJ ane

E llis,W i lliamMercy

E arl , Catharine A .

B ehman, E l la K .

Epright, F rancesF royer, H arryCath arineJ ames B .

Catharine C .

Fox, E sther J .JohnE l len M .

GeorgeS arahW i lliam S .

Charles L .

E s therMary M .

John F .

E rie E .

Fulton,AmbroseJamesE li z abethJamesAnn P .

Free,Rachel

F reeman ,Mabel

Laura J .

E l iz abethAnabelFayS arah E .

F ry,Charlotte

Fogg, Wal terFranklin, Chas .

297

Fleming , Jas .

Wi lliamJohn

Forsythe, Chas .

A lbertS arahWm . L .

Wm . B .

Fish , S tephenF rees

,Ada F .

Ferguson, S tellaMary

Furniss , GardnerFolk

,Rachel

F redd,John T.

Firth , E va F .

Freer,Ada S .

Foster . Geo .

Fussell , S olomonF rances

,Ann

Farwell, Roland G .

JamesNoraThornton D .

Rich ard 0 .

James G .

Norma E .

John F .

Virginia T .

Fell, Soph iaB arclayH annahPh ineasThomasG raceDavid

Glenn, ThomasMargaretThomas GlennA lexander H .

MarianMargerieW innifred

298

Gibson,Anna W:

Grubb, J . E arnestG riffith , Jos .

Leti tiaE li z abethD iademaJohn P .

W illiamPercyE l lenJosephJamesD eidomia

Gladden, JosephS amuelSusannaEmmaS arahMattsonCoatesH annahLeviJames

Guy, KatharineGehrty, MaryGifford

,S aml .

Ga le, Chas.Gil l

,Lydia A.

RobinsonMary R .

G ray , E z raE nochS arahMaryA .

E noch C.

LucretiaChas . B .

Louisa S .

E lsieWilliamS arah

Gilleth , John A .

I ndex of Names.

Gilber t, MaryJohnAnn

RachelIsaacE li z abethBenj aminThomas

Gilman, JohnGillespie

,Cornelia

Gawth rop,E liz abe th

RuthGa lbrea th

,H annah

Gaski ll,Mary P .

G reenleaf, CatherineCharles

Grimmell, Annie D .

ZachariahMargaret

Gettes, Geo . W .

Grumbine, S aml .Agnes E .

LucyGass, Benj amin

IsaacFlorien P .

CharlesPreston F .

S herlockP restonMary A .

Bertie L .

G raham,Add ie

Gibbons, DanielG arrison

,Wi ll iam L .

Gates , Genl .George, MaryG rewell , Reb eccaGarby, KateGoodlander, Geo . B .

Gailer, Lewis C .

G reene, S arah M .

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H aines,S arah T .

HenryGeorgeHariett

Geo . D .

A tlanticE lish a

Hutton, RachelH atton, Wm . , Jr .

OwenJoannaCaroline

Hunsberger , JohnOscarZell C .

H arris , Smi thWenonaE rnistine

IreneScribeAnnaPaul C .

Helen C .

Helen E .

A rthur N .

S arah C .

RoyWm .

Chas . L .

PaulineMargaretE lenorBerniceJohn

H aw ley , Jos . W .

Hess,Mary E .

Hopkins, Gerard T .

Frances N .

Nevin M .

Annie K .

F ranc is G .

A lfred T .

Anna R .

I ndex of N ames.

Hopk ins,E li z abeth J . 63

John H . 63

Wm . G . 63

Roger B . 63

Howe,Ca tharine 1 0 9 , 246, 24 7

Hugh,Daniel 165

Hobson,Moses 1 65

Phebe 1 65

Helps,E li z a 1 66

H annum ,Frank 67

Bertha 67

E arl 67

Mary 67

S aml . P . 67

J . Pewnell 67

E sther P . 67

E lsie 67

Georgetta 67

D . F rederick 67

Evalena 1 1 2

Hellman,John V . 74

Pauline S . 74

H anna,Frank C . 80

Wm . H . 80

S arah 80

JOS . W . 80

Mary 80

Benj amin 1 2 1

Markus A . 1 2 1

H arlow,H annah 1 1 3

Halftown 99

Hughes,E llis 1 0 7, 1 0 8

Mark 1 0 8, 1 1 7, 1 18, 1 19

Lydia 1 16, 1 1 7, 1 18

S amuel 1 1 7, 1 18

Margaret 1 1 7

Thomas 1 1 7, 1 2 5

Beulah 1 1 7, 1 2 5

E li z abeth 1 1 7

H annah 1 1 7 , 1 18

Rebecca 1 18

Mary 1 1 7, 1 18

Hughes , A l iceMargarettaWilliamGeo . S .

Chas . C .

LauraChas . R .

Annie A .

Hormann,Amelia

AgustJoseph ine

H ayes , J . B ar tonCarolineLydia E .

MordecaiLucretiaCatharine

H arvey, John D .

S amuelLydiaMaryMary A.

Hummel , J amesHoover

,Ch as . C .

A lice C.

G race H .

Carl L .

Lenore M .

Vera G .

Pauline M .

C lara M .

C lara E .

Edson J .

Genealogy of t/ze Coates Fam ily.

Margarite R .

Van CarlJosephThomasRebecca

High , E liz abethHeise

,Mary J .

S arah A .

Howel l, R .

S arah

301

H arper, Wm . P .

JohnMaryFlorence C .

Paul C .

E vangelineH ale, CordeliaHutch inson, P riscilla

JohnS arah

H al ey, JoelH enrietta

Hunsiker, NellieH arley , Annie

H aycock , Jos .

E liz abethAnnieE stherFannieJos . W .

Mary B .

P riscilla W .

E dmond R .

B . F .

Thos. E .

H annahAmeliaE llen

Howard, HenryH annah

Huston,John

Hicks , AmeliaS tephenH annah

Hillis, RobertH ayward ,Wm . Jr .H arlan, SusannaH artt, Thos.

H atfield , J . GilbertS amuel

Horner,Abbie

30 2

Hall , IsaacCordeliaEmmaJennieCh ristian

Hirst, EdwardE arl

H anks, Ma t tieH az ard , Rachel E .

Hudson, HenryH arrison

,Mary

DeborahHossack , DanielH artshorn, HughH arman

,Wm .

EdwinH a rrett, JohnHolmes, Isabell

S amuelCatharine

Irwin,Wm .

Irvin,JamesS arahPhebeDuntonWill iamJohnJosephMaryHelenA lfredE verett

Indian JohnIddings, H annah

Jackson, Philena,Jenckes, Anna H .

Jaques,Beulah

I ndex of Names.

Jones , A rthurRobertE vanJohn 88, 1 32 , 1 33,

136.

S amuelS usan A .

E stherJenkinNathanBenj aminMary

Jackson, Isaac

LeoraW i l liamDavid W .

E liz abethLindley D .

JohnLydiaH a lladayS amuelEmeline

Jebb, CharlotteJohnson, Geo . B .

Wm . F .

S amuelS arah A .

J encks,Hugh J . , M .D .

AnnaJ arvis , Lucre tia

FlorenceJacobs , Isaac

JessePhebeWil liamIsraelE liz ab ethJohnMaryHoward

Jessop,Jonathan

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Lane, E dwardCath arineS amuelS arahP riscillaMaryPhebeE li z a A .

Lloyd , DavidLlewellyn ,

DavidLover, S am l .

MaryLandon

,B ird

S ea tonLynch , P . C .

14 11'

JamesMary (Hoy)Ph ilemaAnna M .

E lla W .

S usanLaura

Locke, E rieCharlesH annah R .

Chas . E .

CampbellE d i thS eymourP res ton E .

Wi llie M . B .

Lewis,Chas .Cur tisPhineasJohnGraceThomas

Lamborn , George L .

SmedleyMargaretMargare t C .

Ma ry M .

I ndex of Names .

Lamborne ,Priscilla

A nna M .

Chas . LinnaeusLucretia M .

LillianE lwoodE dgarGer t rudeRuthanna H .

HelenHerbert S .

A lva L .

E s ther E .

Annie M .

E llaJohnThomasBeulahW illiamEdi thS arahKath arineChas . C .

Mabel L .

LawtonChas . F .

Phebe H .

Lewis G .

Marshal lIisterLeondor C .

E lnora E .

E l iz abe th R .

Wm . K .

E thelBenj .Margare teAnnaE li z abethRoma R .

Linnarus

Linvill, S y lvesterA sahe l W .

A quil laAnnaLucy A .

C lement H .

A r thurMargare tLauraS arahA lice R .

A r thur W .

A quilla J .

Jane E .

S ophiaWalkerMarianS arah H .

Leeds,A lfred

Lawton,Mary C .

Lamb , H anah G .

Lafayet te,Genl .

Locke, E ri eLook ings

,Mar th a

Ligh tfoo t , Wm .

MaryLee

,Mordeca i , J r .E nosAnn

AmosS amuelE lenorS arahE l lisMary P .

JohnE li z abethRuthCh ar lesJe remiahAn thonyS amuel , J r .

Genealogy of t/ze Coates Family

Litz enb urg, Geo .

Mary A .

JacobIsaac

305

M

Myers,Alber t Cook 1 0

Ma tlock , Chalkley 1 0

McCalvey, Mary 1 0 120

Geo . N . 1 26

Irene M . 1 26

McVeaugh , Rebecca 164

McCanna, Wm . 33 , 84

Mc I llesing, A lbina 1 72

Mitch ell. Catherine 1 5Charles 1 1 7

Moon , A lfred 1 1 7

McLain, Geo . 1 18

Mabel 1 18

Leona 1 1 8

Malcomson,Robt . 1 3

Morris,Anthony 23 , 24 , 8 1 , 82 , 83

Emma S . 1 1 2

An thony , Jr . 1 36

Morgan , John 2 5

Mines,Louisa A . 1 79

Moyer,J as . 180

Rebecca 180

Mumper , Annie 1 80

Miles,Lucre tia 1 80

Maule, Wa l ter W . 2 56

Com ley 2 56

Susan 2 56

Ebenez er 5 5

E liz abeth S . 23 7

Miller,S arah 3 2 , 33 , 34

Hen ry 22.33 34. 37

Geo . 34. 35Doro thy D . 35

John 35

E liz abeth 35

3 06 I ndex of Names.

Miller , Warrick 84 , 85 , 1 36, 137

Robert 8 7, 88 , 1 3 7, 1 38Caroline 1 1 9

Di ary 1 67

G race 1 65

Me tz ler,Carrie 5 7

Kate 58

Mendenhall, S usanna 28

,2 5 5

P risci lla 28,236

Moses 28, 1 0 9 , 236, 2373Lydia 36 , 92 , 1 0 9

E li z abeth 236, 238 , 2 5 1

A aron 87 , 88 , 236, 237

Rose 87 , 89

Jonathan 90 , 92 , 236

Christian 1 0 9

Joshua 1 0 9. 1 20

JohnS aml . 236Cyrus 23 7

Geo . , M . D . 23 7

Chas 237

Lawrence 2 37

Emma 2 37

Jesse 2 38

H arrison 238

Anna 238

hl ay 238

Wm. 239

Marsh,Anna 37

Gravenor 1 1 1

Margaret 249

John 249

Malin,Randal 33W i lliam 33 , 35

S usanna 35

A lice 3 5

Mcw i lliams, S arah 3 7

Mat thews,Thos. R . 5 0

Maria 248

Marlet, G . 198

Montgomery, I . C . 2 24

McDowell,

Martin, S aml . P .

Rebecca W .

ThomasH annahE li z abe thChar les W .

H arold T .

E lena S .

E rnest W .

MiriamAnna M .

GeorgeF rank

McE lhaney, Anna B .

Moore,Lyd ia A .

ThomasMatildaE lmiraCorneliaA lonz aFloraC larenceE dwin L .

E . LawtonAnnaE di th T.

S arahJoshuaJosephJaneD iannahW ill iamH annah 1 1 7,

165 , 1 81, 183 .

IsaacBeulahRachelJas . M .

AmyMordecaiE liz abeth

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Ma ther , E lenorA rthur G .

Joseph ine C .

V ictor 0 .

Doro thyGilbert

Nutt, S aml .Needles

,John

S arahNeiper

,CarolineJohnCassandra

Newcomer, Howard K .

LewisE sther A .

Wendell B .

S arah R .

Mary C .

Noonan, Chas .Mabel

Nock , A lber t J .

Nortan, Ann

Norris , JohnIsaac B .

Annie

O rr,Joseph

O’Beil, HenryOxley , S arah T .

Owens,A l fred T .

hdoses

S usannaA licePe terJane

P

Pennypacker, S amuelE liz abeth

Pennepacker, E liahMat th iasRebeccaE li j ahMary A .

E li j ahS arah W .

P riest. Lidie 0 .

Henry S .

P rice, Rebecca L .

LillianE dwinCoraGeo . E .

Mary E .

RichardP arke

,Thos .Wil liamRachel

Penn,W il liam

Pember ton, IsraelParker , Jas .

Marth a E .

Pownall , MosesJos . D . C .

Moses W .

Jos . W .

MalcomV incen t S .

Ruth E .

Mary E .

S . EdnaPhillip Jos .Pim,

S arahPrang. Benj .

MabelLeary

Paul , E vanPennock , J . F

Joseph,D .

Walker C .

E van T .

Marth a W .

P res ton, CoatesCaro lMaryDeborahMah lonThomasRebeccaWi lliamJosephJonasDavidJudi thAmosHowardMariaMargaretCaroline

Pa ine,Thos .

Pugh , Lydia J .AmosMary A .

P arry, Priscilla

Pierce , S arahIsaacH annahJennieGeo . W .

EmmaF rancisMaryHenriettaE liz abethE ffaAnna C .

Frances M .

E thelIra

EdgarA llen

IloraP illing

, J .

Genealogy of lice Coates Fam ily.

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309

Peck , Ge rtrudeCharlesMary

P ayne,E liz abe th E .

Pyle,Na th anNathan 1.

Jos . H .

Pheb e J .

Edward E .

Mary M .

M . A liceH annah G .

M . J .E thelGeo .

A lfredDav idHavardBenj .Margare tNa than A .

SusannaZ ibaJohn H .

Pearl E .

Leland J .

Packe r, RosePierson

,Gideon

Paxan, JacobPhleming, A lice B .

Pownall , S . E dna

Penny ,Pusey , , E lena

E ll isAbigai lMary B .

S amuelE lwoodF ranklinMaryGeo . CF rankl in E .

3 1 0

Pa t terson,Mary

JosephE li z aJohnCecelia

Pidgeon,Isaac

RachelE li z abe thW i l liam

Pe ters, O ra L .

Pinder , A lvina M.

Po tts , Jos .JohnMaria E .

E lloise

Reed,Laura C .

HomerKerseyThos . H .

S arah S .

Laura , J r .Homer, J r .Isabel

Randolph , Mary A .

Rudolph A .

I nd ex of IVanzes .

Rossi ter , Amos 154

Ma ry 1 65S amuel 165Polly 165

Rober ts,Ann J . 5 0

John 50

E li z abe th 50

Annie H . 1 24

Robinson, Thos . 20,2 1 , 2 2

, 1 54 ,I 56. I 5 7. 1 64. 1 65 . I 67. 1 77

238 .

Moses 1 5 5 ,

Ca tharine 40

Jas .Wm . 1 54 , 1 5 5 , 1 56, 167, 2 26,

237 .

Rachel 1 54, 1 5 5 , 1 64. 165 .

Nicholas 1 54 , 1 5 5 , 165 . 236,

Mary E . I S4

Rebecca 1 54. 1 5 5 . I 67

S arah 1 57. I 67

Thos . J r . I SSP riscilla 1 5 5 . 1 58. 167. 237.

239 .

S arah C .

E liz abe thHenryAnn

JaneJos . W .

Chas . B .

ChasTheodoreOscarO liveFrankRussellThos . E .

Emitt

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Righ ter , Jos.

JohnAnnieBenj aminWi l liamGuyA .

S cott, AnnieFranklinRachelWalter W .

S tree ts,P riscil la W .

D r. Thos . H .

E dwardMary E .

S h afer, LaveniaMargare t

S pencer, Geo .

H arvey B .

Abrah amS arah

S tarkey , BeulahS cott, E liz abethS toope , BertonShenck , CarrieSmeal , Reb ecca

AgnesS hank , F rancesSky

S chroyer, S amuel

S tarr, James 1 3 , 19 , 20 ,

hI o ses

RachelJohnE leanorIsaacS arahRebekahAnn

Amy

I ndex of Names .

S tarr, Benj .JosephNancyAnnaE li z abe th

S pringer , Rufus H .

J as .Mar th a

S tephens,I . C .

Smout,E dwardJaneS ylvanusJohnLute

S holfield, Geo .

S el tz er, J . And rew

S utton, A lice

S harpless , MaryAnna

Jona th anRebeccaBenj .Edi thWm .

Smed ley , Geo .

JamesThomasS arahEmmorE liz abe thR . C . ,

M .D .

E stherS trickland, A .

Ger trudeNimrod

S ch losser, JohnShrivery, Dennison

NorwoodDe lmar

S trawbridge,Payn

S trunk,Rebecca

Genealogy of tlze Coates F amily.

S tubbs, Thos .Susanna C.

Rebecca H .

Martha L., J r .Thomas N .

John D .

MaryJohnGilp inE lwood M .

Jos . C .

Mary H .

S peckman, E llis P .

ThomasLyd iaJohnNina

Snider, C laraRebecca

Sotewart, JennieS teele, Larkin

Nath anielS arah

Shoemaker, Chas. C .

Jos .

E ve lineA ltonM . E thelEmelineJesse A .

ArthurC lifford

S tanley, ZachariahS talker , Thos.

Hannah H .

G raceThos. Jr.JaneRebecca

S chivly, Asa

A z arich

S tewardson Thos .

3 1 3

Smith , Na thanChas

S loan, SusannaS carlett , Anna L .

Wm . N .

S avery, EdwardMaryRebecca

S tecke r, PeterRachelAnna E .

S wayne, Benj .Joel

S inkley, A lbertS immons, DeborahS hreve, D r . SolomonDr . ThomasChas . R .

JuliaCarter W .

FredSummers, MaryS pangler, CharlotteS perry, MaudWi lliamEmma J .

S tephens , Th addeusShelmander

T

Thompson, JosephE dmondS amuel J .S amuelRoss S .

CarnPhebeDani elJoelA lfredAnnieH annah

3 14 I ndex of Names

Thompson,N . Roland

Wa lterF rank

Tompkins,Ann

Tay lor, AbiahJosephAnna A .

Richard H .

Lydia A .

JacobLydiaCh arlesMerrittC liffordMaryRaymondThomasI saacBarnard

Tanguy, JohnA lfredRuthLeland L .

Ruth E .

Taube , Emi lTussy , MargaretThomas , Joseph

S arah B .

JacobRebecca J .Abel J r.AbnerH arry C .

Philena L .

AdrianaAnn

Dav idAnnaRebekahS arahMarAb eE dwardE l la W .

Thatcher, Abigai lRichardH annahS usannaO live

Torb o t, S am l .Tiffiney, Robt .Turk , MaryTruman, Mary

JamesE li z abe thMorrisMargaretJosephWm .

Tyson,Isaac

Trout,Benj . F .

IsabellaC lara M .

Wm. N .

Eva M .

IreneTroth , H annah S .

HenryH annah S .

JaneTownsend, Anna C .

RuthS arahLydiaAmelia

Turner,Jas.

A lexanderMaryWi lliamCarolineB rinton W .

A risMaraJennieJos . E .

Jas . F .

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Walker,Lewis

AbelEdwardIsaacThomasE llen D .

MarvHannamiah

P riscillaThos . R .

E liz abe th B .

Isaac P .

Fannie B .

Mary A .

E l iz a C .

DavidE lla V .

WinfieldLewisJacob B .

H annah S .

Mary K .

Wm . K .

JosephLewis R .

MaryE llaChas . W .

Jos . J .J esse W .

E l lenE l i z abe th B .

Isaac P .

Percy E .

Emi ly E .

Fannie B .

Thomas R .

Jas . B .

A l ice M .

Helen D .

Ma ry B .

James

I ndex of Names .

Wa lker , E lwoodRuthE rnestIreneA lexander

Wells,E l la L .

CharlesMary

Wat tson, S amuel

S olomon

Wagner,Lasz ides

Weekstead , RichardWorrell , Benj .

LisannaI srael

Wa lters,Geo . W .

Waln,Nicholas

W i lhelm,Catharine

Whennery, John C .

Woodward,Wm .

GeorgeHoward N .

JoelPh ebeB lanche C .

E thel V .

Cora E .

Pauline M .

Wi l lis C .

Howard E .

F red V .

H arold J .

Helen K .

Phi llip B .

JohnS arahS amuel J .ThomasRachelWm. H .

Genealogy of the Coates Family.

Wal ton, IsaacJosephB rintonChar lesD avidS arahClaraBer th aC laytonMary A .

NathanE l iz a

Wor ley,John 10 9,

Mary A .

JacobCalebAsa

E li

Moses J .

W i lliamson, Thos .JamesI I annah

S eymourRachelLindleyGilpinE lwoodTay lorB eulahAnn

S arahWi l liams

,Robt .

E di thMaryJamesH al lieE li z abeth

Wood , S . C .

ThomasLydieJohn

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Wood, E lenor C .

E llis P .

Philena

LauraMorris T.

Wil liam N .

JoshuaE liz a H .

AnnettaAnnie C .

A lbertaWa lter T .

Mary E .

Rebecca M .

E dith P .

Leila M .

E liz abeth H .

A lineRachelA aron

Warren, JacobWright

,Benj .

MaryBenj . N .

JonathanJohnAda

Wh iteside,Nellie

Char lesMary E .

WalterDoraMontgome ry B .

West,Amos

Wh itaker , E dithWalter, B rinton

Benj . F .

LauraMauriceMargarettaGeorgeH annahGeorgiana, M.D .

3 18 I ndex of Names.

Wi th row , EmmaWalmsley

,Harrie t t E .

Wickersham,E li z abe th

JohnCatharineWi lliam

Whi tcraft, Capt . Jas . B .

Webb,Wm .

Henry C.

AnnaMargare tGeo . T .

F rederickS arahE l la C .

MaudFlorence D .

Joseph C .

Anna E .

Com leyCom ley E .

S arah A .

Wallace, Edward C .

Edward M .

E dgar P .

E liz abe th L .

John E .

Webste r, Cha lkleyJesseE l i z abe thE velineJosephJesse E

,

LilianIdellaMedoraWilliamGeorgeLinfordMarionV iolaHibbard

Webster, PhebeMaryClarenceE z raAnnaF redericWal ter C .

E lenaWm . S .

Wal ter T .

Wrightman , WinfieldWatts, H arvey

S eymona

CarlWilson

,Emery H .

Caroline L .

DavidWate rs

,RebeccaWm . B .

Ma ry C ,Wh i te

,LauraC .

Windle,Wal ter

W adeWi thers

,Zeb ulan

Way , JohnBenj .Maryhlo ses

John B .

Ma tild aJos. R .

Ware, S aml .S arahEmmalise

AmeliaWard

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A FEW TESTIMONIALS (UNSOLICITED) OF THE

COATES GENEALOGY .

TRUMA N COATES , M . D . , Oxford ,Pa .

Dear Friend z—Having exam ined the Coates Genea logyto som e extent I am pl eased to find so much of detai l whichis des i rable to preserve for futu re gene rat ions , as wel l asmuch genealogy o f fam i l i es in which I am more or l ess interested . The condit ions of t h e past can never be repeated

and i t i s both int eresting and inst ruct ive to read of t h e l ivesand customs o f'

our predecessors . Th e i l l ust rations also preserve much that would be otherwise lost , especial ly in t h es tyle of dress , which the Journal s of t rave l present a st rongcontrast between then and now .

Th e Coates fam i ly,whether they appreci ate i t or other

wise,wi l l a lways owe a debt of gratitude to the compi l er .

T hy f r i end,

G I LBERT COPE ,West Cheste r

,Pa .

MY DEA R COUS IN :We were all impressed with t h e amount o f wo rk t h e

book represents . The i l l ust rat ions are fi ne . The descendan ts of Moses Coates , fi rst , ought to be int el l ectual , for int h e app r a isem ent l ist of t h at pe r iod one rare ly see s as gooda showing of book s .I t was an in spi ration to th ink of putt ing in th e Wi l ls

,

Deed s,Marri age Cert ificates and Meeting Record s . T h e

Journa l o f S arah Coates Pennypacke r i s of h istoric va l ue .

Un l ik e the Bibl e genealogi es,t h ee has to ld the sto ry of the

“Coates begats ” i n a most int erest ing and inst ruct ive way .

S incere ly thine ,CA ROLI NE B . P ENNYPACKER ,

Phoen ixville , Pa.

DEAR FR I ENDThe book a r r ived safely . I am much pleased with it .

I t i s an ent i re success . binding ,printing

,paper

,to say noth

ing o f cont ents . It s appea rance i s refined and dign ifi ed . I

h ave no t seen a genea l ogy t h at pl eased me so wel l . Th epict u res , good and wel l execut ed . Thee has been fo rtunatetoo , to fi nd so much of inte rest amongst your fami ly

,and

now may I congratul at e thee on t hy enti re success .S ince re ly t hy f r i end

,

ELLA K . BA RNARD ,Park Ave . ,

Bal t . , Md .

My DEA R Coue TRUMANMy fi rst impress ion of the Coates book was—what

patience , w h at presistance and what an immense amount

of h ard wo rk t h ee h as had in t h e und e rtak ing . Th e nextt h ough t was , wh at a magnificent success . I have readnearly a l l of i t ; t h e different branch e s of t h e fami ly t ree aswel l as the h isto r ica l matte r and h ave found i t ve ry interesting . Thy cous in

,

ANNA H . FREEDMAN ,

Calumet Ave . , C h i cago , 111.

L ocal N ew s , West C/zester, P a .

Oxfo rd is t h e hom e o f an aut h or . H is book i s " CoatesGenealogy , and i t dea l s with t h e distingui s h ed fam i lywhich took an act ive part in C h este r County a lmost f romits beginn ing . The book con tains 3 19 pages , and i s as idefrom this

,profusely i l lust ra ted wit h forty - two ha l f- tones .

I t is a handsome volume , bound in green c lot h , with goldl ettering , wit h a gold s h am rock to sign i fy t h e I ri sh l ineageof the fami ly .

The materi a l fo r t h e book was gathe red and compi led

wit h infin i te pati ence by D r . Coates and i s as complete agenealogical reco rd as can be found anywhere . Inasmuch asthe Coates fami ly played such a part in t h e h istory o f theCounty ,

the book wil‘ have an inte rest not on ly to the

Coates ’ and t h e i r connection s but to t h ose who a re inte restedin the early history of the County .

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DEA R FR I ENDThe book a rrived safely . I am much pleased with it .

I t is an ent i re success . binding ,pr inting

,paper

,to say noth

ing o f contents . I ts appearance i s refined and dign ifi ed . I

have no t seen a genea l ogy t h at pl eased me so wel l . Th epictu res

,good and wel l executed . Th ee ha s been fortunate

too,to find so much of inte rest amongst you r fami ly

,and

now may I congratulate t h ee on t hy enti re success .S ince re ly t hy friend ,

ELLA K . BARNARD ,Park Ave . , Bal t . , Md .

DEA R COUS IN TRUMAN :My fi rst impression of t h e Coat es book was—what

n a fip n np w h a t n re s is ta.nc e . - an d w h at an imm en se am ount

From Oxford P ress, Oxford , P a.

A genealogy of Moses and S usanna Coates , w h o set t l edin Pennsylvan i a in 17 17 ,

and thei r descendan ts,has been

wel l told in a book recent ly publ ished by Dr . TrumanCoates

,of Oxford . I t is a book of 3 19 pages , i l lust rated

by fo r ty - two portrai ts and residences of the Coates fami ly .

A few pages of int rod uction gives som e h isto ry of t h e earli est record of the name w h ich in No rmandy was DcCote ,

f rom which members of t h e fami ly went to England , where

t h e name was changed to Coates in 133 1 ,but late r in S cot

land the l ette r “ e ” was d ropped and the name appeared asCoats in the usage of some fami l i es , t h e derivati on beingeviden t ly th e same , cot or cot e , a h ut or chamber , a cove ring.

The fami ly in t h e days of George Fox became fo l lowers of the earnest advocate of t h e s imple fai t h of the F riend sor Quake rs

,many of them going to I reland to escape per

secution at the hand s of the Establ ished Church . Most oft h e fam i ly at the present day sti l l adhere to the doct r ine oft h e S ociety of Fri ends .

Muc h t ime and research have been devoted by D r .Coates du r ing t h e past six years in obtaining a correct h isto ry of t h e fami ly f rom the time of the marri age of MosesCoa tes and S usann a We ldon in Cas h e l , County T ippe rary ,

I re l and ,in 17 15 ,

and t h ei r immgration to America in 17 17and sett l ed in Montgom ery Co . , Pa . I n 173 1 Moses Coatespu rch ased 15 0 ac res of l and on S chuvlkill R ive r in Charl estown townsh ip , C h este r County ,

and a f t e rwa rd 3 5 0 acressouth of Ph oenixvi l l e ; on a p ortion of the former the great

i ron work s of t h at town l ocated . H ere he continued to re

s ide and prospe r,purchas ing in 1728 ,

nearlv 5 00 acres inCaln township

,to w h i ch h is sons Th omas and S amue l re

moved in latte r years . Moses Coates died in 1761 and hi swi fe in 1772 ; we re bu r i ed in P ike land F r i end ’ s bu r i a l g round

,

Moses , second son of S amue l and grandson of em igrant,

succeeded h is fat h e r in Cain and founded t h e nowflourishing i ron town of Coatesvi l l e on a port ion of the t r act

,of

w h i c h place he was the fi rst postmaster in 18 12.

Among the i l l ustrat ions in t h e book are t h e homes ofsome o f the ea r l i e r set tl ers in Caln and Coat esvi l l e . Th esea re the l ine o f t h e ancesto r s of t h e aut h or . T h e po rtrai tso f h i s fat h e r and m oth e r

,Wa r r ick and Ruthanna (Cook )

Coat es,deceased

,l ate o fUpper Oxford ; h is own and wife

and t h ei r residence in Oxfo rd,and t hose o f severa l local

membe rs of the fam i ly a re al so given . Th e oldest m embe ro f th e Coates fam ilv being Abiga i l (Coates ) H oopes , o fWest C h este r

,Pa . , wh o di ed in h e r 90 th yea r , 9 , 5 ,

’

06 .

Th e book contains besides a cl ear and expl ici t genealogyof t h e Coa tes familv much o f interest in l i tera ry as wel l ash istorica l l ines

,poetica l e ffus ions

,the re l ation of m any inci

dents,copies ofmarri age certificates , o ld deeds , etc . Among

t h e l engt h y artic l es embraced in the volume are fi fteen

pages f rom the j ourna l o f I saac Coates , a m in iste r in t h eS oci ety o f F ri ends

,who in 1799 made a j ourney to t h e I n

di an Coun t ry in Weste rn Pennsy lvan ia , Ohio , New York

and Canada ; fo r ty pages f rom a j ourna l of S arah (Coates )Penny packe r , who accompan i ed her h usband , Elij ah Pen

nypacker, of Phoenixvi l l e , in 1836 ,1n t h e ea r ly days of

rai l roads,to P i ttsbu rg , and t h ence via E r i e to N iaga r a Fal l s

and Canada and retu rn via Albany and New Yo rk ; a ful lrepo rt of the reun ion of t h e Coates fam i ly in Oxfo rd Park

,

S eptember 6 ,1 900 ,

is also given .

Th e b ook ‘

is very inte resting and ins t ruc ti ve and th e

aut h o r h as rendered a se rvice to t h is l a rge , int el l igent andrep resenta tive fami ly o f C h este r County and e lsew h eret h a t cannot fai l to be appreciated by not on l y th e presen tbut succeed ing gene r at ions o f th e nam e .

HENRv L . BR INTON S ONS , Editors ,Oxford ,

Pa .