Henry Coates (abt. 1618 - 1671)

Born about 1618 in Sproxton, Leicestershire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Walker) Coates — married 21 Oct 1641 in Gaddesby, Leicestershire, England

Descendants

Died 1671 at about age 53 in Sproxton, Leicestershire, England

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Biography

Henry son of Nathaniel and Wyberye Coate was christened in Sproxton, Leicestershire, on 12 December 1618.^[1] He was the grandson of Lawrence Coates (abt.1550-1615) of Sproxton, and father of Thomas Coates (1659-1719) who emigrated to America.^[2]

He married Elizabeth Walker by licence on 21 October 1641, in Gaddesby, Leicestershire, England.^[3]

He was named as son and heir in the will of Nathaniel Coates of Sproxton in 1650.^[4]

Henrie Coats the husband of Elizabeth Coats was buried at Sproxton on 25 December 1671.^[5] He died intestate: letters of administration of his estate were granted to his brother John Coates^[6] and son Henry Coates (1642-1729).^[7]

Research Note

This person is named in many online trees as the son of Alexander Coates of Leicester and Martha Wigley of Scraptoft. This information is taken from a paragraph in The Pennsyvlania Magazine of History and Biography, which states:

In 1601 Alexander Cotes, gentleman of Leicester, married Martha, daughter of Henry Wigley, of Scraptoff, and Frances, third daughter of Richard Bradgate, Esq., of Peatting Parva, who were probably the grandparents of Thomas Coates.^[8]

The statement is unsourced, and the glaring spelling errors in the place names "Scraptoft" and "Peatling Parva" give rise to suspicion, but the statement seems to match the marriage of Alexander Cotes (1631-1665) and Martha (Wigley) Cotes (abt.1633-) in Leicester in 1657, in which case there is no way they can have been grandparents of Thomas Coates, born in Sproxton in 1659.

John W. Jordan, Colonial Families of Philadelphia, Vol. 1 (New York: Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), page 650, cited in the Biography, names Thomas Coates' father as Henry, and his great-grandfather as Lawrence Coates, but does not name his grandfather. It seems several contributors to Ancestry et al. have inserted the name "Alexander" based on Levick's speculation. Probate records and the Sproxton parish registers held in the Leicester Record Office and available on Find My Past clearly show that Henry was the son of Nathaniel, who in turn was the son of Lawrence.

Sources

1. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J3CY-T4Y : 21 September 2020), Henrye Coate, 1618.
2. ↑ John W. Jordan, Colonial Families of Philadelphia, Vol. 1 (New York: Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), page 650 Internet Archive HathiTrust
3. ↑ "England, Leicestershire Parish Registers, 1533-1991," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP47-F1FL : 6 June 2018), Henry Cotes and Elizabeth Walker, 21 Oct 1641; records extracted by findmypast, images digitized by FamilySearch; citing Marriage, Gaddesby, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom, page , citing the Record Office of Leicestershire, Leicester, and Rutland, Wigston, UK.
4. ↑ Ancestry.com. UK, Extracted Probate Records, 1269-1975 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009. Original data: Electronic databases created from various publications of probate records. Ancestry uk Record 1610 #1357066
5. ↑ Leicestershire Burials viewed on Find My Past 8 May 2021
6. ↑ Leicestershire Wills And Probate Records, 1500-1939 viewed on Find My Past 8 May 2021. The Bishop's Transcripts for Sproxton 1619-1620 are missing: it is likely that the record of John's birth is lost.
7. ↑ Leicestershire Wills And Probate Records, 1500-1939 viewed on Find My Past 8 May 2021
8. ↑ James J. Levick, M.D., "Benjamin Hornor Coates, M.D." in The Pennsyvlania Magazine of History and Biography, vol VI (1882), page 28 https://archive.org/details/pennsylvaniamagav6hist/page/n83/mode/2up

• https://www-personal.umich.edu/~bobwolfe/gen/pn/p3375.htm
• https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/L524-XGX/henry-coates-1618-1672

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Coates-349 created through the import of Bierbrodt.GED on Jul 14, 2011 by Becky Bierbrodt.

• Updated by Veronica Williams 03:12, 14 January 2014 (EST)

• http://www.ancestrees.com/pedigree/6196.htm