COATE, Marmaduke ^{1 2 3}

  General Notes:

Marmaduke's place of birth is listed as Curry Rivel, Somerset, England and death is listed as River, co. Kent, England instead in Steven T. Ernst's information at ancestry.com.

Marmaduke's will named his wife, Mary, and sons, William, Thomas and Henry and daughters, Rachel and Mary and two grandchildren through his son William named John and Joane. (C-253c) I am wondering if this Marmaduke married twice and that his first wife's name was Joan since three of his granddaughters carried that name.

The original name Coate first appeared in the highlands of Scotland between 800 and 1000 A.D. as Coutts, Coats, and Coates. They were a sept or sub-clan of the Farguharson Clan which branched from the clan Shaw in Scotland. (C-2021). To see where these clans lived, there is a site on the Internet that has an appropriate map at ysiwyg://102/htt;://www.geocities.com/Athens/Parthenon/3145/scotmap.h tml. This clan was one of the most faithful supporters of the "House of Stewart". (C-2247b,c)

The first person of this name that has been found in England was in 1167, when Thomas de Cotes was knighted. He held land in the hamlet of Cotes in Staffordshire. The Coat of Arms of a Cock with the motto "Watchful and Bold" was adopted in the next century by this family. (C-614L)

The names has been stated to have one of two meanings. 1) Cot or Cote meaning hut as in cottage or coat as in garment. 2) Coed/coid meaning wood. Until the 17th century, the name was usually spelled Cotes. (C-2158) ^{1 4}

  Noted events in his life were:

• Will, Mar 4, 1616/17, Curry Rival, Somerset, ENG. ⁵

• Probate, 1624, Taunton, Somerset, , ENG.

Marmaduke married Mary SKINNER? in , Somersetshire, ENG. (Mary SKINNER? was born about 1555 ³ and died in 1631 in Curry Rival, Somerset, ENG.)