"Ancestrees"

Private Moses COATES ^{3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12}

  General Notes:

The "History of Chester Co., PA" states that "Moses Coates possessed considerable inventive genius, and towards the close of the last century he contrived and constructed a curious apple-paring machine, which was at once simple, convenient, and highly useful in domestic economy. With some slight modifications the instrument is still in popular use. He also invented a self-setting saw-mill, which attracted much notice at the time, but of its practical importance at the present day we are unable to speak. He likewise claimed the invention of a horse-rake (which he demonstrated to President Jefferson: C-1614), among other ingenious implements. That instrument, however, was afterwards greatly improved and brought nearly to perfection in the intellectual community of Kennet Square and vicinity, where agricultural machinery of various kinds is produced on an extensive scale; but as the inventors and machinists are yet living and flourishing, their memoirs must await the historic efforts of some future county Plutarch." (C-1601) He purchased a large tract of land that first was called Bridgetown (after his son-in-law, John Way's Hotel that had a sign of a Bridge) and then became Coatesville, PA when his son, Dr. Jesse Coates, named it in his father's honor. He built a sawmill, and a general store as parts of it's earliest constructions. The 14th post office in the county was opened in his store. He was the postmaster there and the town was named after him because of it. (C-1613, 1615) His sawmill was purchased by Isaac Pennock in 1810 who turned it into an Iron Mill run by his son-in-law, Dr. Lukens. It was called Brandywine Mills and then Lukens Rolling Mills. (C-1777)

He entertained many an officer during the Revolutionary War, with General Washington often being one of his guests. (C-1615) According to the DAR index in 1966, p.140, he was also a Private in the Revolutionary War from the Pennsyvania Province.

He was married either in the Quakertown MM or in the Buckingham Monthly Meeting. A book on Philadelphia marriages lists it as Buckingham and my other second hand source lists it as Quakertown.

He is bequeathed $50.00 in his brother in law's will, Abraham Musgrove, brother to Moses's wife, Hannah. It was probated Mar 24, 1775. (C-2149) ^{12 14}

  Noted events in his life were:

• Birth2, 11/4/1746. ¹⁵

Moses married Hannah MUSGRAVE, daughter of Thomas MUSGRAVE and Unknown, on 4/26/1770. (Hannah MUSGRAVE was born on 2/12/1752 and died on 4/5/1775.)

  Marriage Notes:

or Apr. 13, 1770. (C-1615)

Moses next married Mary Knight VICKERS, daughter of Peter VICKERS and Unknown, on 5/6/1777 in Buckingham M.M., Bucks, PA.^{1 2} (Mary Knight VICKERS was born on 11/27/1750 of Plumstead, Bucks, PA and died on 10/12/1824 in Marlborough, Stark, OH, USA.)