They are one and the same - Elizabeth Mendenhall married first to Samuel Coates and had three children by him that are listed in Bradford MM records. She married second to Caleb Kirk and had four children by him. The records at Bradford are: Samuel Coates from North Wales in order for mar. with Elizabeth Mendenhall, and settlement; 22nd of 12th mo 1742/3 Children of Samuel and Elizabeth Coates of East Caln: Aaron b 6th of 4th mo 1744 O. S.; Moses b. 4th of 12th mo, 1745/6 O. S.; Isaac b 1st of 2nd mo 1748 O. S. Page 5. Then on page 15 Children of Caleb & Elizabeth Kirk Elisha b. 25th of 12th mo 1757; Caleb b 3rd of 8th mo 1759; Beulah b. 7th of 4th mo 1762; Eli b. 13th of 4th mo, 1764. Page 36 Samuel Coates, s/o Moses Coates of Charlestown, Chester Co m. Elizabeth Mendenhall, d/o Aaron Mendenhall of East Caln 11th day of 3rd mo 1743. Then on page 52 Caleb Kirk, s/o William Kirk of East Nantmell Twp, Chester Co [certificate from Newark to mar. & settle], m. Elizabeth Coates, widow of Samuel Coates, dec'd, and d/o Aaron Mendenhall of East Caln, m. 30th day, 9th mo. 1756. The reference for these is "Early Church Records of Chester County, Pennsylvania" Vol 1 Quaker Records of bradford Monthly Meeting" by Martha Reamy, 1995. Nadine ----- Original Message ----- From: "eeyore" <eeyoresan@comcast.net> To: <PA-OLD-CHESTER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2006 8:38 AM Subject: [PaOldC] Caleb Kirk, Mendenhalls > Thanks, Nadine. I asked because the Mendenhalls are one of my direct > lines. I have 3 Elizabeths, one born 1611 (too early to be married to > Caleb Kirk), one married to Samuel Coates, and one born 1778 (too late to > be married to Caleb Kirk) and anyway I show her husband as Joseph > Woodward. > > I have a Caleb Kirk, married 1756 - which was the marriage date Kim > indicated in her posting - but I show him married to Elizabeth Coates. > > ==== PA-OLD-CHESTER Mailing List ==== > Unsubscribing. To leave PA-old-chester-l, send mail to > PA-old-chester-l-request@rootsweb.com > with the single word unsubscribe in the message or subject slot." > > NO VIRUS WARNINGS - if you are concerned contact me PERSONALLY > ferg@ntelos.nettp://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/pa-old-chester > this site allows you to browse by month.. > > please visit the Chester Co rootsweb site...it is full of area photos, > helpful URLs and lots of county information > http://www.pa-roots.com/~chester/ > > if you have a problem contact ME ferg@ntelos and NOT the list > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > >

Yay! Mystery solved. So Elizabeth Mendenhall married Samuel Coates, then, as widow Elizabeth Coates, married Caleb Kirk. Now I get it. Thanks so much! Now I can merge these folks together in my database. Margaret