Samuel Coates (1718 - 1748)

Born Jun 1718 in Lancaster County, Province of Pennsylvania

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Mendenhall) Kirk — married 1 Jun 1743 in East Caln, Chester, Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died 15 Dec 1748 at age 30 in Philadelphia, Province of Pennsylvania

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Biography

He married Elizabeth, daughter of Aaron Mendenhall of East Caln, on March 11, 1743^[1]. After his death, she married Caleb Kirk Sept 13, 1756 in Chester PA. He was son of William Kirk.

Samuel's children were

1. Aaron b.4/16/1744;
2. Moses b. 12/4/1745-6;
3. Isaac b. 2/1/1748 and d. 4/3/1809

His son Isaac married Hannah Stalker, daughter of Thomas and Grace, and had children, - Beulah, Grace, Lydia, Rebecca, Seymour, Amy, Zillah, Israel, and Lindley. The descendants were largely represented in the neighborhood of West Grove

His son "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 sawmill, 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, 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."

Ref: History of Chester County, Pennsylvania: With Genealogical and Biographical; By John Smith Futhey, Gilbert Cope 1881. Page 501

Sources

1. ↑ “Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Marriage Records, 1512-1989", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6CYX-1YQS : 13 January 2021), Samuel Coates, 1743.

• Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Births and Baptisms, 1520-1999", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6CTT-2GJ1 : 11 January 2021), Samuel Coates, 1718.

Acknowledgments

• WikiTree profile Coates-346 created through the import of heinakuu2011-6.ged on Jul 5, 2011 by Johanna Amnelin. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Johanna and others.