1729 William Coate, of Amwell, Hunterdon County, sold land to William Cornwell on February 20, 1728/29. William Coate had inherited the land from his father, Samuel Coate, deceased. Samuel Coate, of Springfield,Burlington County, had purchased the land from Robert Eaton on April 16, 1722. Samuel Coate bequeathed, in his last will and testament, the land to his three sons John, Henery, and William Coate; that is to say two hundred to John Coate, two hundred to Henery Coate and the remainder to William Coate. [1]
1731 Henry Coats and Esther Wilson, stated their intention to marry for the second time, having consent of parents. Two friends were appointed to attend the marriage. Dated 3 of month 6. [2] [3] [4] [5] Both mothers gave consent. Henry produced a certificate from Buckingham, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. [6] [7]
1741 Henry Coates, of Amwell Twp was named as a freeholder in Hunterdon County, New Jersey for the purpose of selecting a jury. [8]
1757 Henry moved to New Garden MM, Rowan and Guilford Counties, North Carolina from Kingwood MM, NJ. Certificate of removal from Kingswood to New Garden MM, NC dated 14th, 7mo 1757 lists sons Marmaduke, James and John. [9]
1759 Henry Coates was on the list of Taxable Persons in Rowan County, North Carolina, along with with James and William Coats. [typed transcription seen] [10]
1778-79 Marmaduke Coats, John Coats, and Charles Coats were named on a list for the petit jury in district 96, South Carolina. [11]
1784 Henry Coate's will was probated in Newberry County, South Carolina, June 11, administered by John Coate, Benjamin Pearson, George Powell, and bound to John Thomas Jr. for 2000 pounds in the 96th District. Henry Coate was of Bush River. Inventory was made Aug. 10, 1784 by Samuel Kelly, Hugh Creighton, and Benjamin Pearson. Buyers were Henry and John Coate. [12] [13]
Research Notes:
Source for some of the notes below is http://www.ancestrees.com/pedigree/93.htm:
1733 Henry Coat bought 260 acres from Robert Willson (grandfather-in-law or brother-in-law).
1735 Henry purchased land in the southwest corner of Readings line, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, north of the Assanpink River (originally the township of Hopewell) from William Biles.
1735 Henry bought land from Thomas Canby which he sold in 1741 to Derrick Hoagland.
1738 Henry was listed as of Amwell Twp. when he voted for John Emley and Benjamin Smith in the voting records for Hunterdon County, New Jersey.
1741 Henry was listed as a freeholder who owned at least 50 acres or a house and 3 acres or more, living in Amwell Twp, Hunterdon County, New Jersey.
1751 Henry Coate, perhaps this one, took leave to marry in Chesterfield MM, Burlington County, New Jersey. (C-199) The Kingwood M.M. records state that a Henry Coate married on 8/13/1752. Neither record lists his spouse. A Henry and wife moved from Kingwood MM about the same time as this Henry, and 3 of his sons move to the New Garden MM, NC.
1761 Henry was dismissed from New Garden, Guilford County, North Carolina, on 7/25/1761.
1765 Henry moved to Newberry, South Carolina and purchased 200 acres on July 29, 1765 on Scotch Creek in Berkely Co, South Carolina. Witness William (brother) and James (son or nephew?) Coate.
1766 William Coate purchased land on Scotts Creek, perhaps Henry and William were brothers.
1769 Sons Marmaduke and James were dismissed 4/29/1769.
1784 Benjamin Pearson died. His will on Dec. 10, 1784 referred to land of Bush River, Ninety Six District, South Carolina adjacent to that of the late Henry Coates. Neighbors included the late Hugh Creightons and John Brooks.
There were several other land transactions, any or all of which could be his purchases. A Henry Coats obtained 150 acres on Dec. 6 1768 and May 16, 1769 in what was then Berkley (now Newberry?), South Carolina. His neighbors were Richard Griffin, Jno Caldwell, John Delany and James Cook. A Henry had land on Mudlick Creek, Craven Co. in 1770 when Ann Hagen purchased land adjoining it. Their neighbors were Richard North, William O'neal, and Anthony Griffin. (C-1411, 1835) (C-1404) Lastly, a Henry obtained 100 acres on May 18, 1773 in Berkley on the waters of the Saludy bounded by vacant land. His son Marmaduke owned land in Berkley. His son "Little John" owned land within 2 miles of brother, Marmaduke. His son, James, could be involved in the following purchases. A James bought 150 acres on Dec. 3, 1771 and 250 acres on May 4, 1772 in Berkley.
Esther's death date has been listed as 5/6/1736. The information on her death date probably came from the book "The Willson Family, 1672-1959" by Richard Eugene Willson according to Ron Peterson. (C-2110). However, it has not been able to be verified and could just as easily apply to her mother, Esther instead. The reason why it should still be in question, is that her son, Marmaduke was most likely born in 1738 as he would still have been under the age of 21 when he was listed with his father on their move from NJ to NC in 1757. She and her husband could easily be the E.W. and S.W. on the stones in the oldest cemetery in Quakertown, NJ. That is the only information on the stones, but the initials on stones next to each other would statistically apply to them. Photos of them have been provided by Patti Sue McCrary.
[1] Recorder of Deeds, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, A-37, deed 473, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[2] Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Chesterfield Monthly Meeting, Minutes, 1688-1809, 156, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[3] U.S. Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Chesterfield Meeting, Minutes, 1688-1809, 156, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[4] Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Chesterfield Monthly Meeting, Minutes, 1688-1809, 157, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[5] U.S. Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Chesterfield Meeting, Minutes, 1688-1809, 157, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[6] Lewis D. Cook, Chesterfield Monthly Meeting, Burlington, New Jersey, Intentions of Marriage and Certificates of Removal 1685-1756 (NJ/B2F.3) (1970), 010, [AncestryImage].
[7] Charlotte D. Meldrum, Early Church Records of Burlington County, New Jersey, Vol. 2 (1995), 52.
[8] Norman C. Wittwer, "Hunterdon County Freeholders, 1741," The Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey 37 (1962), 49-56, at 54.
[9] Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Rahway and Plainfield Monthly Meeting, Union, New Jersey, Register of Marriages, Births, and Deaths, 1687-1871, 79, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[10] U.S. Census Reconstructed Records, 1660-1820, Tax, Rowan County, South Carolina, [AncestryRecord].
[11] The Jury Lists of South Carolina, 1778-1779, [AncestryImage].
[12] South Carolina, Wills and Probate Records, 1670-1980, Abbeville Court House, South Carolina, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[13] South Carolina historical records : records of will books of county of Abbeville (Ninety-six District) South Carolina, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].