1669 James Coate, son of John and Elizabeth Coate, was born on 4 of month 12 [February], 1668/69, at South Somerset, England. [1] [2]
1691 James Coat was granted a lot of land, perhaps near Third Street [Philadelphia, Pennsylvania], by lots of John Fallows and Abraham Hooper. [3]
1691 James Coate and Mary Watson, on 27 of month 9, declared their intention to marry at the Philadelphia meeting. [4]
1692 James Coate, carpenter of Philadelphia, and Mary Watson were married on 8 February (month 12), 1691/92, in Philadelphia. Samuel Coate and others witnessed the marriage. [5] [6]
1692 James Coate, and many others, signed a letter, written by William Penn, against a tax of one penny per pound to be imposed by the Pennsylvania Assembly. [7]
1697 Elizabeth Coate, daughter of James and Mary Coate, died on 4 July or 5 June. [8]
1705 The will of James Coate of Philadelphia, carpenter, was dated December 16, 1704 and proved April 19, 1705. Children John, Ann and others whose names are not given. Brothers Archibald Meikle and Abraham Carliell. Executrix: Wife Mary. Witnesses: William Crisp, Abraham Carliell, Richard Heath. [9]
1719 John Coats, child of James Coats, died on April 8, 1719. John Coats had lived at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [10] [11]
1720 Edmund Sands and Mary Coate, daughter of James Coate, late of Philadelphia, were married on December 8. Witnessed by James Coate, Elizabeth, Henry, and William Coate, Caleb and Mary Rapier, and others. [12] [13]
[1] England & Wales, Quaker Birth, Marriage, and Death Registers, 1578-1837, Piece RG6/1439: Monthly Meeting of South Somerset (to 1783), and Mid-Somerset (1657-1748), [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[2] Bristol, England, Non-Conformist Baptism, Marriage and Burial Registers, 1644-1981, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[3] William Henry Egle, Pennsylvania Archives, Second Series, Volume 19. (Minutes of the Board of Property, Volume 1) (1890), 67, citing Property Minute Book E, [InternetArchive].
[4] Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, Women's Minutes, 1686-1728, 8, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[5] Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, Arch Street, Abstract of Record of Births, Deaths and Burials, 1688-1826, 11, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[6] Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[7] William Penn, A letter from William Penn, proprietary and governour of Pennsylvania in America, to the committee of the Free society of traders of that province, residing in London (1881), 17, middle column, bottom, [HathiTrust].
[8] Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, Arch Street, Record of Births, Deaths and Burials, 1688-1826, 107, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[9] USGenWeb Archives, citing Philadelphia County Pennsylvania Will B-414, [USGenWeb].
[10] Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, Arch Street, Record of Births, Deaths and Burials, 1688-1826, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[11] U.S. Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, Minutes [miscellaneous papers], 1752-1778, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[12] Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Marriages, Births in Burlington Monthly Meeting (Rancocas and Burlington Monthly Meeting), [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[13] Charlotte D. Meldrum, Early Church Records of Burlington County, New Jersey, Vol. 1 (1994), 54.