COATE, Samuel ¹

  General Notes:

This Samuel might be the one that is referred to as father in the following Pennsyslvania archives indenture "This Indenture…of John Henry Coats…and with the consent of his father Samuel Coats…John Humphries, Cordwainer, and his assigns…him the said John Humphries…nine years and seven months… Cordwainer… apparel… nine years and seven months, to teach him to read the Bible, to write and cipher the Rule of Three and at the expiration give him the usual freedom dues and a set of tools…dated 29th of May, in the 23rd year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Second, 1750."