with the recent list discussion of the possibility of some Maryland records indicating the surname Coarts as a version of Coats... (there are other early listings for a Courts family but no Notley/Notly included) found on ancestry.com - names are spelled as found in databases.... Maryland Records Colonial, Revolutionary, County and Church from Original Sources Vol. I Number of Souls in Sugar Land Hundred, by Samuel Blackmore; Sept. 2, 1776 Charles Coarts age 62 James Coarts age 23 Notley Coarts age 21 Jean age 55 a negro Clea age 7 Harry age 3 Maryland Colonial Census 1776 Coarts, Notley / Sugar Land Hundred, Frederick Co. MD / age 21 Charles - age 62 (notes 3 negroes) James - age 23 Notly Caots /Montgomery Co. MD / 1778 / Fidelity Oath (note - surname as spelled on database)