"Ancestrees"

George COATS (1743-)

Catherine HAYWOOD (-)

James COATS (1774-1857)

Katherine MITCHELL (-)

Sir Peter COATS (1806-1890)

 

Family Links Spouses/Children: Gorianna McKENZIE Sir James COATS+ Margaret COATS Catherine COATS Archibald COATS+ Peter COATS Mary COATS Daniel COATS George COATS Gloranna COATS Jesse McKenzie COATS Eliza COATS Sir Peter COATS 1 Born: 7/18/1806, Paisley Abbey, Renfrewshire, SCT 2 3 Marriage: Gorianna McKENZIE Died: 3/9/1890 at age 83   General Notes: Sir Peter Coats along with his brother James were the founders of the J.& P. Coats Thread Co. He was knighted in 1869. 4 Sir married Gorianna McKENZIE. (Gorianna McKENZIE died on 4/21/1877.)

1 Bob Barrett to Coates-L@rootsweb.com Email letters dated Nov. 1998 at refurb1@netcom.ca.

2 Brown, Jack, Descendants of George Coats prepared by Jack Brown and forwarded by Paulette.

3 Sirtnet Genealogy (http://www.stirnet.com/HTML/genie/british/cc4aq/coats1.htm).

4 History of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (New York: The American Historical Society, c1920 as transcribed in an email from Beth Hurd at beh@mail.1globe.com).