"Ancestrees"

Elizabeth UNKNOWN ¹

  General Notes:

In Mendenhall's manuscript on the Coates, he says John had 2 wives. It is conjecture that John was married to two women named Elizabeth. This is because a 1668 Quaker record refers to Elizabeth Coats and her brother James Humpries. An 1686 record for John Coates of Newthown, PA states that he was cleared of any marriage engagements when he requested a letter of removal to England. His possible second wife (or first if the 1686 record has been misinterpreted) is Elizabeth Coate, widow of Hambridge, Som. ENG. who died in 1720/21, 12 mo (Feb.). In other words, if he had two wives, they were both named Elizabeth. If he had only one wife, she was Elizabeth Humphries referred to in the records in 1668 and in 1720. His other possible wife is listed as Elizabeth Wilkins in Charlotte Coat's work.

In any case, Elizabeth and her husband John were apparently quite close to John's brother, Marmaduke. They both attended the same Kingsbury Episcopi Meeting when John was still living in England. They both were in jail together. When Marmaduke died in 1687, (note, this is only a year after a John Coates of Newthown, PA was cleared of Marriage engagements), Marmaduke's wife asked Elizabeth to move in with her. This was a full twleve years before John died, but it is also when John was living in the American colonies and when she stayed behind in England. Marmaduke's old home is where both women lived till the end of their days and died. (Park's book)

Elizabeth married John COATE, son of Henry C. COATE "The Elder" and Unknown UNKNOWN, after 1686. (John COATE was born about 1641 ^{2 3} and died on 12/29/1699 in Lambrook, Kingsbury M.M., Somerset, ENG ^{3 4 5}.)