Where is this Island? Char ----- Original Message ----- From: J.Coates Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2001 5:14 AM To: Charlotte Coats Siercks Subject: Interesting Bit & Piece of Coats info Char- found this while rummaging through one of the rootswebsites: The british occupied St.Eustatius(Statia) island from 3/3/1781 until 11/25/1781 by Admiral Rodney; known as 1781 Rodney Roll. The british confiscated personal property, forced everyone to pay a poll tax, sent north americans to prison; english and danish merchants were extradicted. The French captured the island from the english in 1781 and held it until it was formally restored to the dutch in 1784. William Coats was forced to pay a poll tax of 64.26( pounds-?) on 2/24/1781 and was listed as a burger of the island of St.Eustatius. Is it assumed he was a merchant, therefore he would have been extradited afterwards- to where? I'll take odds he came to U.S. grampajoec<br clear=all><hr>Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at <a href="http://explorer.msn.com">http://explorer.msn.com</a><br></p>