FYI...Char ----Original Message Follows---- From: Richard Wheat <rlwheat@earthlink.net> To: coats@lawyer4u.com Subject: Coates Family in Louisiana Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 18:02:16 -0500 Hello, I'm searching for information on a Christopher Coates, born ca 1800, died about 1837, either in Catahoula or Caldwell Parish LA, married Mary Humble. They had a daughter, Mary Jane born in 1830. After Christopher Coates died, his widow married a John Bannister Jr, therefore Mary Jane Coates is sometimes shown as Jane Bannister. She married John Overton Grayson. Any help available?? Thanks. Dorothy ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com

This is a wild guess, but it might give you some help. The name Christopher Coats was extremely unusual except for the branch of Coats that were in Stonington, CT in the early 1700's. I have a Christopher Coats b. in 1720 in Stonington, CT. Now, there was a shipping industry that went from LA to CT to England to Barbados I believe, but definitely between CT and LA.... At that early date they could have and very likely would have traveled by ship to come to LA. It's worth a try. The person who has the 1720 Christopher in their line is Connie Faulke at connief@netins.net . That Stonington Ct. family goes back to immigrant ancestor Robert Coats from West Riding, England who settled in Essex Co., Massachusetts in the 1600's. There is a whole book on him and his descendants at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City called "Robert Coates of Lynn, Mass. and some of his Descendants" by Evelyn Coates Aherin. If it's not available on microfilm from a branch library, I think they will make copies of their books for 20 cents a page. There also might be a copy up on Charlotte's page and I have at least parts of it around here too. Hope this turns out to be a lead for you. At 05:25 PM 6/19/2000 -0700, you wrote: >FYI...Char > >----Original Message Follows---- >From: Richard Wheat <rlwheat@earthlink.net> >To: coats@lawyer4u.com >Subject: Coates Family in Louisiana >Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 18:02:16 -0500 > >Hello, >I'm searching for information on a Christopher Coates, born ca 1800, >died about 1837, either in Catahoula or Caldwell Parish LA, married Mary >Humble. They had a daughter, Mary Jane born in 1830. After Christopher >Coates died, his widow married a John Bannister Jr, therefore Mary Jane >Coates is sometimes shown as Jane Bannister. She married John Overton >Grayson. Any help available?? > >Thanks. >Dorothy > > >________________________________________________________________________ >Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com > > >==== COATES Mailing List ==== > >