1727 Samuel Coate was witness to the will of William Kitchin of Solesberry, Bucks County. [1]
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. [2]
1729 Samuel Coate, of Amwell, Hunterdon County, oldest son of Samuel Coat, sold land to William Cornwell on September 23, 1729. [3]
1733 Dom Rex and Samuel Coats were named in the May 18 minutes of the Hunterdon County Court of Common Pleas. [4]
1735-6 An inventory of the personal estate of Samuel Coate, of Bethlehem Township, Hunterdon County, waterman, was made by Joseph Willits and Robert Willson on January 31. Value: £10.0.1. [5]
1735 Marmaduke Coate (perhaps Samuel's brother) of Bethlehem, yeoman, posted bond as administrator for Samuel Coate on January 31. Joseph Willitts, of same place, surety. [6]
1738 The account of administrator of Samuel Coate, dated February 27, included money paid to John Coate (perhaps Samuel's brother) and John Pursel, for expenses during sickness of the deceased. [7] [8]
[1] F. Edward Wright, Abstracts of Bucks County, Pennsylvania Wills, 1685-1785 (1995), 11.
[2] Recorder of Deeds, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, A-37, deed 473, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[3] Recorder of Deeds, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, A-55, deed 478, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[4] Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, Minutes, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[5] A. Van Doren Honeyman, Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. Archives Vol. 30. (Wills and Administrations 2, 1730-1750) (1918), 100, [GoogleBooks], [HathiTrust].
[6] A. Van Doren Honeyman, Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. Archives Vol. 30. (Wills and Administrations 2, 1730-1750) (1918), 100, citing Lib. 4, p. 52, [GoogleBooks], [HathiTrust].
[7] A. Van Doren Honeyman, Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. Archives Vol. 30. (Wills and Administrations 2, 1730-1750) (1918), 100, [GoogleBooks], [HathiTrust].
[8] Captain R. C. Holcomb, "The Ferry Tract at New Hope, Pa. and Coryell's Ferry in New Jersey," Papers Read Before the Bucks County Historical Society 5 (1912), 584-611, at 604, [InternetArchive], [GoogleBooks].