"Ancestrees"

Elijah COATES ¹

  General Notes:

This Elijah is highly likely to belong to the following Revolutionary War Record from Massachusetts, "Volume 3, page 659, Coates, Elijah, Northampton. Return of men enlisted into Continental Army from Capt. Oliver Lyman's and Capt. Joseph Cooke's cos., sworn to in Hampshire Co., April 8, 1779; residence, Northampton; enlisted for town of Northampton; joined Capt. Bartlet's co., Col. Wesson's regt.; also, Private, Capt. W. Watson's co., Col. James Wesson's regt.; Continental Army pay accounts for service from Jan. 1, 1780, to Sept. 22, 1780; reported deserted Sept. 22, 1780; also, Maj. Pettingill's co., Col. Wesson's (9th) regt.; return for clothing for 1780." ²