There is a William Coats (born about 1765) in my family - he was the son of Abraham Coats and lived in what was called the Northern Liberties...His descendants ended up in Delaware and the Philadephia, PA area. Anne Mayea ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charlotte Coats" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, July 10, 2004 10:52 AM Subject: RE: [COATES-L] William Coats and Rachel Budd > Yes, both the Newbold and Pemberton families have collections in the LDS, > notes as I recall...but they both show a connection to the Coats' in SC > through this old Coats genealogy....that William Coats in 1762, let's see > Camden would be the William Coats on Kings Creek in Newberry County, son was > Barton Coats...but I don't know that he came to Camden in 1762....I've not > checked the records of the Maryland connection with this group i.e. Notley > and Charles Coats of Chester and Newberry Counties...but it is quite > possible they are brothers and came to SC from Maryland, their father being > named Charles as well, but the name is spelled Coarts in MD...so that needs > to be checked to make sure