Also took some records from Hinshaw Vol VI, these are VA Quakers rather interesting: These are the only Coat(e)(s)entries in this volume.... p. 483 Coates - Fairfax MM, VA Ann rocf Baltimore MM, MD., dtd 8th of 1st mo. 1795; rem & clear, gct Baltimore MM, Md., 23-6-1803 Aquilla (Coats) rocf Gwynedd MM< Pa., 22-5-1802, dtd 1mo. 1799, endorsed by this mtg & forwarded to Hopewell MM, VA Mary, dt James, late of Phila., Pa., & w, Mary (Watson) Coates, also dec; m 8-10-1720 at Burlington Mtg, N.J., Edmund Sands, s of Stpehen Sands, of Bensalem, Pa., as his 1st w (char's note: doesn't this conflict with some of the other info we have in GA?) Ridgeway (Coats) rocf Mt. Holly MM, N.J., 26-8-1797, dtd 5mo. 1797 p. 378 - Hopewell MM, VA - (hmmm, they probably knew my McKay family out of Hopewell...amazing...) Coats - lots under this listing...starting in 1823 to 1836 1823, 5, 15. Aquila, Frederick Co., VA., s John & Hannah, the form dec, Chester Co., Pa.; m at Hopewell, Rachel Pidgeon, dt Isaac & Elizabeth, the latter dec, Frederick Co., VA b 25-2-1801 1802, 8, 2. Aquilla rocf Gwinnedde MM, dtd 1799, 1, 29 with endorsement by Fairfax MM 1809, 1, 2. Hannah rocf Radnor MM, dtd 1808, 10, 13 1809, 3, 6. Eliza, dt Hannah, recrq of mother 1811, 11, 7. Aquilla dis 1815, 5, 4. Eliza Cowgill (form Coates) rpd mcd; dis 1822, 8, 8. Aquila rst in mbrp by Clear Creek MM 1822, 9, 5. Aquila rocf Uwchland MM, dtd 1822, 7, 4 1824, 5, 6. Aquila & w, Rachel, & s, Isaac Lewis Coaes, gct Centre MM, O. 1832, 5, 2. Hannah dis identifying herself with the seperatists (O) 1836, 8, 4. Hannah gct Radnor MM, Pa p. 553 Roach - Fairfax MM, VA Richard m Hannah Sands b 28-8-1721 dt Edmond & Mary (Coates) Sands (Mary was 1st w) Ch: (of Richard and Hannah Roach: Mary m Owen Rogers; Tabitha; Hannah; Richard; James m Elizabeth Gregg; Edmund; Deborah; Sarah m Robert Whitacre; Micajah (char's note: it gives their birth dates as well but they would be the grandkids of Mary Coates dt of Mary Watson and James Coates, right?) p. 736 Coates - Alexandria MM, VA & D.C. Howard, Lower Oxford Twp., Chester Co., PA; prcf Little Brittain MM, Lancaster Co., Pa.; clear (s Hartt G. Coates & Eliza, his w, of same place) m 9-1-1872 "in a public mtg of Frds held at 11 a.m. at the house of Charles Sutton in Fairfax Co., VA", Alice M. Sutton (b 22-3-1847; rem with h, gct Little Brittain MM, Pa. 2-1-187?, dt Charles & Phebe Sutton of Fairfax Co., VA ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com