William COATES, Jr.

Aft 1714 - 1749  (~ 34 years)

• Name	William COATES
  Suffix	Jr.
  Born	Aft 1714	Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
  Gender	Male
  Died	Mar 1749	Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA   [1]
  Buried	Coats Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
  Person ID	I6259	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	8 Jul 2022

  
  

  Father	William COATS, Sr.,   b. 21 Feb 1680, Thirsk, Yorkshire, England ,   d. 1 Apr 1749, Northern Liberties, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA  (Age 69 years)
  Mother	Mary SMITH,   b. Abt 1672,   d. 1 Dec 1732, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA  (Age ~ 60 years)
  Married	25th da 8th mo 1706	Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA   [2]
  Family ID	F5334	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary UNKNOWN,   d. Aft 1748
  Married	Bef 1741
  Children	1. Mary COATES,   b. Bef 1746,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	8 Jul 2022
  Family ID	F5294	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  He might be the William Coates who had a public wharf built next to his home that was on a road that led from Philadelphia to Germantown and Frankfort. Notice of this action was in the Pennsylvania Gazette on Apr. 2, 1747. William Jr. left a will in book J, p. 101, Philadelphia, PA on Feb. 26, 1746. It's been transcribed by Charlotte Coats Siercks: LDS # 21724 "No. 63 - William Coats, jr, city of Philadelphia, brickmakerwife Mary, daugher Mary, son William, both children it appears are under 21 years of age since both bequests are to *delievered unto him by my said Exers when he arrives to ye age of Twenty one years*, my truly Friends as executers Thomas Jay, Sadler and John Coats, brickmaker (his uncle or cousin). It also appears that William Coats', jr father dies after him, his father's name is also William Coats...jr... : 'my will is that my said executers in one year after the decease of my father William Coats do pay or cause to be paid unto my wife Mary Coats the sum of Ten pounds', witnesses William Wallace and Stephen Hooley. The will was signed Feb 26, 1746, probated April 7, 1749" (C-2388) He or his father might have been the William who purchased a lot in Northern Liberties, PA in 1734. (C-1665, 1670) He might be the William Coates who owned a house on the west side of the road leading from Philadelphia to Germantown on Apr. 2, 1747. A public Wharf was to be built on the adjacent property to it. (C-1747) He is possibly the William who forbade all persons to trust his wife in the Sep 11, 1746 PA Gazette. "For her will pay no Debts by her contracted, from the Date hereof. William Coates." (C-1742) He and his father died at almost the same time. On April 13, 1748/1749, all persons indebted to the estate of William Cotes, Sr., and William Coats, Jr. late of Northern Liberties, brickmakers, deceased were asked to pay their respective debts in the PA Gazette. In the same article it then announces the publick sale of William Jr.'s estate on the 29th of April. It included his house, one negroe male, two horses, one mare, one cow, a small cart, one chair, and sundry household items. Executors appeared to be Thomas Say and John Cotes, Jr. (C-1813)

  
  

• Sources

  [S1516] Cresson, Osborn Coates, Email dated 2001 at oscresson@juno.com (This is an excellent summary of the Cotes lineage in England where Cresson has reviewed first hand documents and 10 plus published sources.). [S2343] William Wade Hinshaw, Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy.