Does anyone on the list have any documentation to confirm or correct the following family group? I think that the children of Isaac are secure but I am unsure of his connection to parents John & Mary. Isaac Coates s/o John Coates & Mary Hale born after 1712 died by 1786 marriage details unknown but likely more than one. (an adult by 1754 in father's will but in 1786 lists minor daughter in his will) children - Isaac Coates - no further information Abraham Coates - died 1804 wife Frances John Coates - possibly also listed as Jacob Coates - died after 1804 Elizabeth Coates - died after 1804 married to John Wright Van Cleve of N.J. documentation used was obtained from ancestry.com (so possibly contain errors)..... 1) 1754/60 will of John Coates names children Warwick, Isaac, Rebecca, Abraham, John Jane, Sarah, Mary & Hannah. 2) abstract of will of Isaac Coates written May 25, 1786 / proved Sept. 7, 1786 Coates, Isaac. Northern Liberties, Co. of Philadelphia. Brickmaker. children: Isaac, Abraham, John and Elizabeth. Exec. Isaac Coates, Manuel Eyre and guardians for daughter Elizabeth. (note - Manuel Eyre is the son in law of Isaac's sister Mary) 3) abstract of will of Abraham Coates written August 8, 1797 / proved March 7, 1804 Coats, Abraham, Northern Liberties of Philadelphia. Blacksmith. Wife: Frances Coats. Friend: Abia Brown, boatbuilder, Brother: Jacob Coats, Sister Elizabeth Van Cleve, property in Camden, N.J. Exec: brother Jacob Coats, friends Abia Brown and Thomas Norton. (note - in Isaac Sr's 1786 there is no son Jacob but a son John - either the transcriber or one of the documents were in error or Isaac's unnamed wife was pregnant at the time of his death). 4) "New Jersey Biographical Sketches, 1916" and "New Jersey Biographical Sketches 1665 - 1800" Benjamin Van Cleve m. 1st, Mary, dau. of Joseph Wright; she d. 1784, aged 38 yrs.; he m. 2d, Sept. 20, 1786, Anna, dau. of the Rev. Caleb Smith, of Orange, and wid. of George Green, of Maidenhead; she d. 1789. aged 40 yrs. Issue (by his first wife): i. John Wright, graduated at Princeton College, 1786; licensed as an attorney, September term, 1791; as a counsellor, November term, 1796; m. Elizabeth, dau. of Isaac Coates, of Philadelphia; d. 1802. Children: 1. Mary, m. Dr. Garbett, of Georgia; 2. Elizabeth; 3. Cornelia, m. Daniel Barnes, of New York.

I am descended from this Isaac's son Jacob. I have a old family tree that begins with John Coates and Mary Hale. Anne Mayea > Isaac Coates - no further information