Born in East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut
Ancestors 
Daughter of John Spencer
and Susannah (White) Spencer
Sister of
John Spencer, Oliver Spencer, Samuel White Spencer, Susannah Spencer, Anna (Spencer) Loveland, Brainerd Spencer and Selden Spencer
Wife of
James Coates
— married
27 Jan 1803 in Middlefield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA
Descendants 
Mother of
Sedgwick Coats and Mary (Coats) Powers
Died
at age 35
in Martinsburgh, NY
Profile last modified
| Created 7 Jul 2015
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Biography
Note: F: "Robert Coates of Lynn, Mass", Evelyn Aherin. M: "Robert Coates of Lynn, Mass", Evelyn Aherin. S: "Robert Coates of Lynn, Mass", evelyn Aherin.
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Marriage
Husband James Coates. Wife Polly Spencer. Child: Sedgwick Coates. [2]
Marriage 27 JAN 1803. Middlefield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA. [3][4]
Sources
- ↑ Spencer-10756 was created by Michael Spencer through the import of Jeremiah Spencer v01_2015-06-29.ged on Jun 29, 2015. This comment and citation should be deleted after a short biography has been added and primary sources have been cited.
- ↑ Source: #S394
- ↑ Source: #S391
- ↑ Source: #S393
- Ancestry.com, Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006), Ancestry.com, Record for Molley Spencer.
- Kellogg, Allyn Stanley, "Memorials of Elder John White, One of the First Settlers of Hartford, Conn., and of His Descendants" Case, Lockwood, 1860, pp 85 : accessed October 30, 2017[https://archive.org/stream/memorialsofelder00kell/memorialsofelder00kell_djvu.txt : archived text accessed October 30, 2017
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Molly by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Molly:
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"41. James5 Coates (John4, Joseph3, Robert2, Robert1), was born at Middlefield, Mass. 23 Oct. 1773 and died at Martinsburgh, New York 25 Feb. 1855, his probate was dated 22 Dec. 1859. He married first, at Middlefield 27 Jan. 1803 Polly Spencer, who was born at East Haddam, Conn. 25 Aug. 1775 and died at Martinsburgh 29 Sept. 1810, the daughter of Brig. Gen. John and Susannah (White) Spencer. He married second, 15 March t 813 Nancy Gates, who was born at Dummerston, Vermont 3 June 1788 and died 27 Oct. 18(76) in 89th yr., the daughter of Phineas and Rebeccah (Ward) Gates. (proof of 2nd marriage in service papers). In 1804, James removed to Martinsburgh, settling on West Road beside Roaring Brook. The house he built was still standing in 1927, when his great grandchildren visited there. In the War of 1812, James served in the New York State militia. He enlisted at Martinsburgh and was discharged at Sackets Harbor, service one month in 1814, serving under Capt. Me Knight, Capt. Abner Clapp and Maj. or Col. Collins. "