QUESTION Asked of the: COATES-L@rootsweb.com Mary Gaunt married a Coates...but which Coates? Char ----- Original Message ----- From: Valeria Wigington Sent: Friday, February 02, 2001 8:34 AM To: Charlotte Coats; JCoats5982@aol.com Subject: Gaunt Answer: Mary GAUNT married Capt. Wright COATES. Mary was the daughter of Isreal GAUNT & & Hannah SPENCER Ennis GAUNT. So Mary was a half sister of Susannah ENNIS who married "Little" John COATES. I can cut & paste my notes from PAF but not the family group sheets, so here are the notes on this couple, Wright Coates & Mary Gaunt. WRIGHT-GAUNT-NOTES: !SOURCE: Summer, George L. "Newberry County, South Carolina; Hist & Gen Annals" pg.341. Names her as Mary COATE. IGI: Desc of Zebulon GAUNT (S2VX-V0) !SOURCE: Summer, George "Newberry County, South Carolina", P 341 on GILBERT Family states Thomas, son of Caleb & Ann CHANDLER, md Rebecca GAUNTT & moved to Alabama where he died in 1835. He md 2nd Mary......? !SOURCE: Family Group Sheets of Lois GAUNT, (widow of Dewey GAUNT who was from Henderson County, Texas, & is a direct descendent of this Isreal GAUNT & Hannah SPENCER), 353 S Hobson, Mesa, AZ, ph # 602-898-8715 to Joan R Cardon, 14 Sep 1996. Lois gives Mary GAUNT as 2nd wife. !INTERNET: COATES-L@rootsweb.com 98-03-27 by Kay PARKER McCARY mccary@jas.net sent out information she got from Janice BINGLEY, on pg 2 Kay writes about the children of Hannah SPENCER ENNIS GAUNTT [COATE]; Mary GAUNTT , 10 Nov 1772 d 10 Nov 1844 md Wright COATES, son of "Big" John COATES & Rachel. After his death she md 2nd Thomas GILBERT, they moved to Alabama & then to Giles Co., Tennessee, where they were buried. Thomas md her sister Rebecca 1st, & Mary 2nd. !SOURCE: Summer, George L. "Newberry County, South Carolina; Hist & Gen Annals" pg. 325 & 341. !SOURCE: "Newberry County SC Probate Estate Abstracts" Vol 1 PP 182-3 Will of ISREAL GAUNT 1800- Box 8, p 5. petition for money left them in will. !SOURCE: O'Neall & Chapman, "Annals of Newberry" p 164, Fairfield Co. section. McMAHAN, David of Union vs Wright & James COATE of Newberry--cotton. Laurens equity 1809-2. p 214-same case adds name of Jesse COATS-a man of color who seems to be Wright's servant-a driver. Also names Pinkneyville as McMAHAN's residence, Newberry Bk 82 129 to 140. !SOURCE: WFT Chart # 2778 desc of Henry COATE; 1st son John b abt 1747 in South Carolina md Rachel WRIGHT b 10 Noc 1747 in Maryland. Chart gives desc of only this one son. Poss Wright COATE was another son based on his name? Date of birth fits in. JRC !SOURCE: "Newberry Co., SC Deeds" , Deed from Wright COATES to William COATES 2 Nov 1802 rec 20 Nov 1802 Book E P 546. Land deeded from John & Henry COATES to Wright 24 Sept 1795 rec 8 Oct 1796. Only two Wright deeds given here. !INTERNET: DRowe85608@aol.com (Doris Jean Rowe) to joancardon@aol.com Contact on internet, information sent by postal mail 30 Jun 1998. Source of children of "Big" John COATES & Rachel WRIGHT. !INTERNET: 7/20/98 12:32:28 PM RE: Coates Bible Found From: Daphne1108@aol.com To: COATES-L@rootsweb.com [Several items went out on the COATES rootweb concerning a COATES Bible found in Chicago & a notice put in March/April 1998 "The Gen. Helper" to return it to any descendents.] Daphne Christopher Crose, Arlington, TX wrote in part: In my research, I have letters from one of my relatives, in which she said that one of my cousins, Royce Christopher of Arlington, TX, & his wife Mildred were in possession of the COATES Bible. After the death of Royce & Mildred, their two daughters began an dispute over their estates. When I contacted one of the daughters in regard to the Bible, she said she did not know what happened to it, but she probably donated it to a mission. I have never seen it, & cannot identify it, but if it is the Bible she got rid of, I would like to know. I have the letter...CHRISTOPHER & COATE families intermarried a lot in the 1700/1800. My G-grandmotherwas a COATS, daughter of Daniel, who was the son of Wright COATS of Newberry SC." Hope this answers the question! JRC