Research Notes:
1753 Thomas Coate and Elizabeth King declared their intentions to marry, as recorded on 8 of month 3, in the minutes of the women's monthly meeting at Kingwood. [1]
1753 The marriage of Thomas Coate and Elizabeth King was reported as orderly, as recorded in the minutes of 12 of month 4. [2] [3]
1754 Thomas Coate, perhaps this one, and Sarah Leek, both of Burlington, were married on January 2, 1754. [4]
DNA [5]
[1] Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Rahway and Plainfield Monthly Meeting, Union, New Jersey, Register of Marriages, Births, and Deaths, 1687-1871, 22, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[2] Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Rahway and Plainfield Monthly Meeting, Union, New Jersey, Register of Marriages, Births, and Deaths, 1687-1871, 41, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[3] Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Quakertown Monthly Meeting, Hunterdon, 1744-1877, 23, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[4] William Nelson, Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. Archives Vol. 22. (Marriage Records, 1665-1800) (1900), 70, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive].
[5] The family tree of a person who has a DNA match to Robert suggests a lineage to this sibling of Robert's ancestor. The lineage is through a descendant shown on our website, [Link].