Linda, My mother and I have been researching the line of Coates that has been in the northern neck area of VA. We thought that our line had come in from James City, VA in the 1660's and soon moved into Essex Co and then Richmond Co. Edward T. Coates left Richmond county without his family and landed in Dorchester Co in Maryland in 1863. His father( James)(James) and grandfather we think were from the VA counties previously mentioned. I guess I need to start researching Samuel Coats in the time that you wrote and find before and after. Any suggestions? We have not been able to get anything concrete on the first James in VA. I need to figure where to research to see if he ties in to Samuel in MD. The distance from these 2 areas is small and would have happened by crossing the water between Dorchester Co and then to Richmond and Essex in VA. My mom lives in VA Beach and I live in Indiana. Edward T. Coates- born in Richmond Co and died in Dorchester was her great grandfather. You are right. This line is not well known and we have done a lot of work to get where we are now. Thanks! John Bratcher Our line is John Bratcher, Eva Gloria Coates Bratcher, John Elliott Coates, Robert L. Coates, Edward T. Coates, and then James and James. I don't have the material with me right now but that takes us back to the late 1700's. -----Original Message----- From: coates-bounces@rootsweb.com on behalf of Coats Family History Sent: Mon 6/9/2008 9:46 PM To: coates@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [COATES] Maryland Wills - Samuel Coats - 1686 Well, I do believe there is more about this Coats families we don't know than we do know....:) I also think there is another Wilson Coats, older in Kershaw/Camden area that we know nothing about either...seems he had a rather large piece of land, which means he probably had a family when he moved there...but I've not found anything other than a survey for him... On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 2:53 PM, Linda Coate <lcoate@ancestrees.com> wrote: > Char, These are giving us some really early Coates in this country that > I haven't seen before. Thanks. Linda > > Coats Family History wrote: >> page 2 and 3 >> >> http://books.google.com/books?id=PycQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA3&dq=A+genealogy+of+Moses+and+Susanna+Coates&lr=&as_brr=1#PPA3,M1 >> >> Samuel Coats witness to a Stephen Gary of Dorchester County Will dated 1686 >> >> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COATES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- A shameless plug for my web activities: Support Authentic Cherokee Art - ask for the Artist's Tribal registration number before you buy!! Cherokee Style, Cherokee Heritage and Cherokee Descent all mean non Indian! Indian Arts and Craft Act: http://nativeamericanlawus.blogspot.com Cherokee Basket Weaver's Association: http://www.cherokeebasketweaversassociation.org Cherokee Basketweaving Books: http://www.lulu.com/groups/indianbasketweaving Cherokee Artists Association http://www.cherokeeartistsassociation.org Cherokees of Orange County http://www.cherokeesoforangecounty.org Coats Archive: http://www.coatsarchive.us Pages Through Time http://www.pagesthroughtime.us ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COATES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message