Remember that Colonel William Coats of PA that was taken prisoner during the revolution...welllll From Persi and the Allen County Library in IN I received an article on him....will scan it...but: Apprently there are two William Coats in the area - Aurora, that of May 8th, contains an obituary notice of Colonel William Coats, which speaks of him as an Associate Justice adn Colonel of the 88th regiment, mentioning his distinguished revolutionary career, and his personal character in the highest terms. William Coats married Margaret Norris, daughter of Thomas Norris, of Princeton, N.J., and of Philadelphia and left issue, one of his daughters being the grandmother of General George Meade, and numerous other distinguished men and women... Susan or Anne...he look familiar to you?? Char _________________________________________________________________ Is your PC infected? Get a FREE online computer virus scan from McAfee® Security. http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963

Yes, this William is likely descended from Joan Sisom married to an unknown Coates and her sons, the brickmakers in Northern Liberties. He's on my site at www.ancestrees.com. At 05:24 PM 8/5/2004, Charlotte Coats wrote: >Remember that Colonel William Coats of PA that was taken prisoner during >the revolution...welllll > > From Persi and the Allen County Library in IN I received an article on > him....will scan it...but: > >Apprently there are two William Coats in the area - > >Aurora, that of May 8th, contains an obituary notice of Colonel William >Coats, which speaks of him as an Associate Justice adn Colonel of the 88th >regiment, mentioning his distinguished revolutionary career, and his >personal character in the highest terms. William Coats married Margaret >Norris, daughter of Thomas Norris, of Princeton, N.J., and of Philadelphia >and left issue, one of his daughters being the grandmother of General >George Meade, and numerous other distinguished men and women... > >Susan or Anne...he look familiar to you?? > >Char > >_________________________________________________________________ >Is your PC infected? Get a FREE online computer virus scan from McAfee® >Security. http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 > > >==== COATES Mailing List ==== >To >unsubscribe, send the command "unsubscribe" to >[email protected] (if in mail mode) or >[email protected] (if in digest mode.) LINDA COATE, Columbus, Ohio [email protected] www.ancestrees.com