>Date: Wed, 02 May 2001 18:15:06 -0400 >To: osborn cresson <oscresson@juno.com> >From: "Linda J. Dudick" <LDudick@Ancestrees.com> >Subject: Re: [COATES-L] > >This is all useful information. I'd love to know the sources of this >lineage in the book if you have them. I say this because the Coat of >Arms that Thomas used was a variation of the one that Marmaduke and Mary >Skinner's descendants used and that would suggest that he's desecended >through Marmaduke instead.... >At 11:07 AM 5/2/2001 -0400, you wrote: >>As to the ancestors of Thomas Coates who married Beulah Jacques, John W. >>Jordan in Colonial Families (1911, p. 650) has this passage about Thomas >>Coates (1659-1719): "He was the son of Henry and Elizabeth Coates of >>Sproxton;...Henry Coates is recorded as having been buried in Sproxton >>Churchyard February 2, 1671-2; and letters of administration upon his >>estate were granted the following day and are still on file at >>Leicester. He owned land in Leicestershire, the extent of which is not >>ascertained, but which was probably inherited from his father. The name >>of Elizabeth Coates is found in local records at Sproxton as late as >>1679; but she was not living in that year, probably, as in Thomas Coates' >>note-book, before cited, is this entry: 'Memorandum. My mother died ye >>26 day of ye 5 moneth (called July) on ye 6 day of ye weeke 1678.'" >>There are other records where Thomas Coates is referred to as being "of >>Sproxton" and the name was given to the family homes down to the present day. >>Do those death dates and the Sproxton location help identify the Henry >>and Elizabeth who were the parents of Thomas who married Beulah? >>Os >> >> >>On Tue, 01 May 2001 20:21:11 -0400 "Linda J. Dudick" >><<mailto:LDudick@Ancestrees.com>LDudick@Ancestrees.com> writes: >> > I have just discovered that there are two trains of thought out there >> > about >> > who ancestors of Thomas Coats who married Beulah Jacques are. Both >> > >> > lineages have Henry Coats and Elizabeth Walker as his parents, but >> > one has >> > Alexander and Martha Coats and his grandparents and their ancestors >> > line >> > going back. The other has Henry the Elder who was the son of >> > Marmaduke >> > and Mary Skinner Coats as his grandfather and great grandparents. >> > Any one >> > have proof to back either lineage up? >> > >> > >> > LINDA COATE DUDICK, >> > P.O. Box 30871, Columbus, Ohio 43230: >> > <mailto:LDudick@ancestrees.com>LDudick@ancestrees.com >> > www.ancestrees.com >> > >> > >> > >> > ==== COATES Mailing List ==== >> > To >> > unsubscribe, send the command "unsubscribe" to >> > <mailto:COATES-L-request@rootsweb.com>COATES-L-request@rootsweb.com >> (if in mail mode) or >> > <mailto:COATES-D-request@rootsweb.com>COATES-D-request@rootsweb.com >> (if in digest mode.) >> > >> > >> > > > LINDA COATE DUDICK, >P.O. Box 30871, Columbus, Ohio 43230: >LDudick@ancestrees.com >www.ancestrees.com LINDA COATE DUDICK, P.O. Box 30871, Columbus, Ohio 43230: LDudick@ancestrees.com www.ancestrees.com