Michael Coates (1675 - 1752)

Born 24 Dec 1675 in Woodland, Lynesack, County Durham, England

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret (Welfoot) Coates — married 5 May 1702 in Auckland St Helen, County Durham, England

Descendants

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Biography

Michael was a Friend (Quaker)

Michael was the son of George Coates and Elizabeth Shaw

The details quoted in biography below are from the book, "The Langstaffs of Teesdale and Weardale" by George Blundell Longstaff , Pedigree 15, Dixon of Raby.

Michael Coates was the eldest child of George and Elizabeth Coates. He was born on the 24th December 1675, at Woodland in Lynesack. He died on the 13th January 1752, at Pierce Bridge, Gainford, Durham, England, and was buried at the Friends' Burial ground in Raby.

His will dated 15th February 1750, was proved at York in 1752.

He bequeathed lands, tithes, messuage, etc., at South Bedburn and Barnard Castle along with part of a house in York.

His sister-in-law Hannah Ward of York is mentioned.

Hannah Ward was the widow of his brother Joseph Coates who later married with Robert Ward. Son in law's, Edward Pease and Hugh Watson, to pay his married daughters Margaret Stansfield Hannah Watson, Elizabeth Pease, Rachel Dixon and Ann Raw, £100 each. His grandchildren William Raine, and Margaret Dixon each to receive £50. His daughter Mary Trotter was given a farm at Lynesack. Son in law's, Joshua Stansfield, Edward Pease and Hugh Watson were appointed as joint executors.

He married Margaret Welfoot, after the 5th May 1702. Their children were: Hannah (1703-1704), Sarah (1704-1706/7), Sarah (1706-1729), [L19] Hannah (1709-1785), Margaret (1712 - after 1743), Elizabeth (1715-1783), Rachel (1718/9-1782), Ann (1722 - after 1755), and Mary (1725 - c. 1755). The first six were born at Case Lee, the last three at Langleyford.

He inherited from his father the Case Lee farm and homestead.

He was a God-fearing honest yeoman, respected by his neighbours and in good esteem with the Society of Friends, of which he was a member, and his name appears on the Monthly Meeting books as attending the select meeting at Durham in 1726 and 1731 and in 1727 the Meeting of "Ministering ffrds" at Durham; he is named as a representative at Bishop Auckland in 1732, at Lartington in 1736 where he is appointed to attend a marriage at Raby 1745, etc., etc. Thomas Raylton speaks of his virtuous character with his brethren as a youth.

• Mical Coats
• Age 77
• Death Date 13 Jan 1752
• Death Place Durham, England, United Kingdom
• Death Place (Original) Durham, England
• Birth Year (Estimated) 1675^[1]

"England and Wales Non-Conformist Record Indexes (RG4-8), 1588-1977," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FQTQ-TJ3 : 11 December 2014), Mical Coats, 03 Jan 1752, Death; citing p. 43, Raby, Durham, record group RG6, Public Record Office, London.

Name: Mical Coats

Event Type: Death

Death Date: 03 Jan 1752

Death Place: Raby, Durham

Name: Mical Coats

Event Type: Burial

Birth Date: abt 1675

Death Date: 13 Jan 1752

Death Age: 77

Burial Date: 13 Jan 1752

Burial Place: Raby, Durham, England

Meeting: Monthly Meeting of Darlington: Raby

Burial Age: 77

Piece Description:

Piece 1549: Monthly Meeting of Darlington: Raby (1651-1778)

Research Notes

• Christian name was spelt various ways.

Sources

1. ↑ "England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J8MZ-WB8 : 14 March 2020), Mical Coats, 1752.

• Source Information

Ancestry.com. England & Wales, Quaker Birth, Marriage, and Death Registers, 1578-1837 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. Original data: General Register Office: Society of Friends' Registers, Notes and Certificates of Births, Marriages and Burials. Records of the General Register Office, Government Social Survey Department, and Office of Population Censuses and Surveys, RG 6. The National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, England.

• Ancestry.com. England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.

Original data: England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.

• See "The Langstaffs of Teesdale and Weardale" by George Blundell Longstaff , Pedigree 15, Dixon of Raby.

Michael Coates of Caselee, Langleyford, co. Durham, b. Woodland, near Cockfield, 24 x 1675; d. at Piercebridge, 13 i.1752/3, aet.77, bur. Staindrop.