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| Sir James COATS
(1834-1913) |
Sir James COATS 1 2 3
Sir James Coats emigrated to America in 1854. He is the first of this famous family to emigrate to America. James and Sarah Ann's children were mostly married in the United States, but we are not certain that they stayed in the U.S. (C-1792) He is the Sir James Coats, that died in 1912. He held the title, first Baronet of Auchendrane, Maybole, and Ayrshire. Newpaper articles from the area mention that four Coats males all had estates probated in the same year, 1912, with this James and James Jr. being amongst them. This James's estate was worth 170,000 lbs at the time. (C-1793) James married Sara Ann AUCHINCLOSS on 10/15/1857 in New York, New York, New York, USA.1 (Sara Ann AUCHINCLOSS was born in 1838 and died on 6/11/1887 1.) |
1 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).
2 Bob Barrett to Coates-L@rootsweb.com Email letters dated Nov. 1998 at refurb1@netcom.ca.
3 Sirtnet Genealogy (http://www.stirnet.com/HTML/genie/british/cc4aq/coats1.htm).
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