Thanks Joe, I think the PA will abstracts mentioned below are all in the Coats Archive....Char ----- Original Message ----- From: J.Coates Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2001 8:58 PM To: Charlotte Coats Siercks Subject: more bits and pieces Char- ran across these various records while browsing- don't know whether there are on website or not. grampajoec ___________________________________________________ English record website shows John Coats married Frances Jordan in Middlesex, England on 1/16/1744 in Ye Royal Chapel-licensed. ___________________________________________________ 1850 Federal Census, Saline Co., Il. shows: Moses Coats, age 33, Male, Born Tn. occupation-farmer Rebecca Coats, age 23, Female, Born in Va. Rebecca J. Coats, age 2, Female, born in Il. Elizabeth C. Coats, age 2 mo., Female, born in Il. ___________________________________________________ Wills:Abstracts, Bk Q. 1774-1784 Philadelphia Co. Pa. shows: Thomas Coates, philadelphia, house carpenter; wife-Mary Son- Samuel; brothers- Joseph, Langdale and Samuel Coates. Execs; Mary Coates and Samuel Coates John Coates, philadelphia, Brickmaker; 9/20/1771-2/13/1776 Execs: Father Thomas Coates and Children Lindsay, John and Septimus; brothers- Daniel and Benjamin; uncle-Daniel Pegg. Codicil- dated 5/17/1774; Mark Grimes & Thomas Coates. ___________________________________________________ 1840 Federal Census Gallatin Co. Il. shows: Benjamin Coats David Coats David Coats- 2nd entry of same name Henry Coats ___________________________________________________ Norma Sue Coats, b. 3/2/1931 in Freestone Co., Tx. birth records. ____________________________________________________ El Paso Co. Tx. 1929 birth records show: Katheryn Coats, b. 5/14/1929; father-Benjamin Baldwin Coats; mother- Lottie Patton. Owen Rogers Coats, b. 11/26/1929; father- Alva J. Coats, mother- Hazel Rogers. ____________________________________________________ Harris Co. Tx. 1928 Birth Records show: Donald Roby Coats,Jr., b. 5/27/1928;father-Donald Roby Coats, mother- Marie Roberts. Janey Coats,b. 11/16/1928; father- Ike Coats, mother-Della Montgomery. ____________________________________________________ Post Revolutionary War- Philadelphia City Muster Rolls, 1784-1788 , Philadelphia Militia show: Issac Coats- 8th Co., 3rd Batallion. William Coats- 8th Co., 3rd Batallion. 1784/1785 Josiah Coats- 5th Co., 3rd Batallion. 1787/1788 ____________________________________________________ 1830 Federal Census Barren Co. Ky. shows: Francis Coats William Coats Hannah Cose Isreal Cose Jesse Cose Levi Cose Moses Cose Note beside these names asks if these names could have been Cox? In my opinion this is just another clerk's misspelling of the Coats name as these are all well known Coats names. ____________________________________________________ Wills"Abstracts, Bk. N 1763-1766 Philadelphia Co. Pa. shows: Abraham Coats, N. Liberties, City of Philadelphia. Occupation- Tanner; 4/7/1764-7/10/1764. Wife-Susannah Children: William, Susannah, Mary, Issac. Execs: Susannah Coats, Issac Snowden, Emanuel Eyres. ____________________________________________________ Milton Co., Ga. 1870 Federal Census shows: Coads-?, Syntha, age 50, Female, White, Housekeeper, b.-Ga. Rueben, age 38, Male, White, Farmer, b.Ga. Emeline, age 33, Female, White, Housekeeper, b. Ga. Ada J. age 8, Female, White, b. Ga. James M., age 2, Male, White, b. Ga. very interesting !! deviational spelling? ____________________________________________________ Will Abstracts, Bk. D, 1714-1725 Philadelphia Co, Pa. shows: Thomas Coats, philadelphia, Merchant. 9/18/1719 9/30/1719 D. 131 Wife: Bulah Children: Enoch, Samuel, Elizabeth, Sarah, Mary. Roland Powell, Haverford, Chester County., Miller. Execs: Wife- Bulah, son Enoch and Daughter Elizabeth. ____________________________________________________ 1790 Chester Co. Pa. Federal Census shows: Benjamin Coats in Charlestown County. Issac Coats in East Caln County. Moses Coats in Charlestown County. Moses Coats in East Caln County.-- 2nd entry of same name. Samuel Coats in East Caln County. Thomas Coats in Charlestown County. William Coats in West Bradford County. ____________________________________________________ 1850 Madison Co., Va. federal census shows: Elizabeth Coats, Female, age 25 Angelina Coats, Female, age 23 ____________________________________________________ thasallfernow--grampajoecGet more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com