John COATES

(ca. 1659-1729) - Lynn, Essex co., MA

(Second Generation - Coates Family)

FATHER	MOTHER
THOMAS COATES	ELIZABETH FLOOD/FLOYD

BIRTH	John²was born ca.1659 in Lynn, Essex co., MA. Johnąs birth date is based on the fact that he was age 23 in June 1682^[15].
DEATH	John died in Lynn, Essex co., MA [probably] on 17 April 1729; he was 70. Broderick claims that John died in 1726 or 1727^[15]. Torrey says 1727^[4]. Regardless, John's Probate was filed on 17 April 1729 and names John, Jr. as his executor^[15].
RESIDENCE	John lived in Lynn all his life and had his home near Groves End^[15].
MILITARY & TOWN SERVICE	He was a member of the military squadron of Mr. Laughton and Francis Burrill and took the Oath of Allegiance on 26 February 1677/8 at Lynn [sworn to by Cap't. Thomas Marshall of Lynn.].
MARRIAGE #1	On 14 April 1681, when John was 22, he first married Mary WITHERDIN, in Lynn, Essex co., MA^[4,5,6,16]. Mary died on 18 June 1682 in Lynn, Essex co., MA^[15].

CHILDREN	7.	i.	Mary1 COATES [twin]	Born on 14 January 1682 in Lynn, Essex co., MA and died in Lynn, Essex co., MA on 17 April 1695; she was 13.
	3.	ii.	John1 COATES [twin]	Born on 14 January 1682 in Lynn, Essex co., MA and died in Lynn, Essex co., MA before 13 December 1687; he was 5.

MARRIAGE #2

Sometime after 18 June 1682, when John was 23, he second married Naomi [surname not known], in Lynn, Essex co., MA^[4,5]. Naomi died on 27 December 1687 in Lynn, Essex co., MA^[3].

CHILDREN

John2 COATES

Born on 13 December 1687 in Lynn, Essex co., MA^[14]. and died in 1688 in Lynn, Essex co., MA^[15].

MARRIAGE #3

Finally, on 3 November 1690, when John was 31, he third married Alse (also spelled "Eals" and "Alice") HENLEY, in Lynn, Essex co., MA^[4,17]. Alse died possibly in Lynn, Essex co., MA on 20d:1m:1728/9. An entry in the Lynn Vital Records reads: "Coats, ___, wid. 20d:1m:1728/9".

CHILDREN	10.	i.	Sarah COATES	Born on 29 March 1693 in Lynn, Essex co., MA^[14,15]. Sarah was not named in her father's estate in 1729^[15]. It is possible that she died before that time.
	11.	ii.	Mary2 COATES	Born on 22 March 1696 in Lynn, Essex co., MA. On 15 March 1722 when Mary2 was 25, she married John BREWER, son of Thomas BREWER & Elizabeth GRAVS, in Lynn, Essex co., MA.
	12.	iii.	Samuel COATES	Please see his own page.
	13.	iv.	Jane COATES	Born on 27 May 1701 in Lynn, Essex co., MA^[14,15]. On 7 September 1721, when Jane was 20, she married Jonathon TOMSON/THOMSON, in Lynn, Essex co., MA^[14,28]. On his marriage record, John is listed as being of Marblehead.
	14.	v.	Martha COATES	Born on 5 November 1703 in Lynn, Essex co., MA^[14,15]. On 21 January 1722/3 when Martha was 18, she married Daniel GRAVES, son of Samuel GRAVES & Sarah BRUER, in Lynn, Essex co., MA^[15].
	15.	vi.	Tabatha COATES	Born on 19 April 1705 in Lynn, Essex co., MA^[14,15]. Tabitha is listed as being (of Lynn), Essex co., MA on her marriage record. On 27 Dec 1725/27 Jan 1725[-6] when Tabatha was 20, she married Thomas LASKEY, son of Robert LASKEY, in Marblehead, Essex co., MA^[28]. He was "of Marblehead".
	16.	vii.	Benjamin COATES	Born on 29 March 1706/1707 in Lynn, Essex co., MA^[14,20]. Benjamin died on 25 Apr 1773; he was 67.
	17.	viii.	Abigail COATES	Born in 1712 in Lynn, Essex co., MA^[14,15]. Abigail was 17 when she asked the court to name her brother, John Coats, her guardian on 10 February 1729/30. The Court agreed and made her his ward^[20].
	18.	ix.	John3 COATES	Born on 16 October 1691 in Lynn, Essex co., MA^[14,15]. John3 died in Ashford, CT in 1754; he was 62. John "...was appointed executor of his father's estate on 7 April 1729 and given the guardianship over his younger sister Abigail 10 February 1730..."^[20] He probably moved to Boston, Suffolk co., MA sometime before 1744, since three of his children were subsequently married there^[20]. On 10 July 1715 when John3 was 23, he married Mary PINSON, daughter of Thomas PINSON & Mary [surname not known], in Marblehead, Essex co., MA^[20,28].

GENERATION

Great-great-great-great-great-great-great (G7) Grandfather

FAMILY NUMBER

548

SOURCES

1. The American Genealogist, [TAG], 18:218.

2. New England Historic and Genealogical Register. Vols. 1+, (Boston: New England Historic and Genealogical Register, 1845+), [NEHGR or Reg.], 4:375; 5:95,343; 6:247; 41:79,274; 43:264,274.

3. Ibid. 111:104. 4. Torrey, Charles, New England Marriages Prior to 1700., (Boston: New England Historic and Genealogical Society) [Torrey].

5. Paul, Edward Joy, The Ancestry of Katharine Choate Paul, Now Mrs. William J. Young Jr., (Milwaukee: Burdich & Allen, 1914), [Paul Anc.], 223.

6. Savage, James A., A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, 1860-1862., (Boston 1860-1862; rpt Baltimore 1955), [Savage], 1:412.

7. The Essex Antiquarian, (13 vols.)(n.p., 1897-1909), 5:170.

8. Noyes, Sybil, Charles Thornton Libby and Walter Goodwin David, Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, (Portland, ME: Anthosensen Press 1928-1939; rpt Baltimore: Gen. Publ. Co., 1972), pp. 90, 240.

8. Anderson, Robert Charles, George F. Sanborn, Jr. and Melinde Lutz Sanborn, The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England 1634-1635., (New England Historic Genealogical Society), [GreatMig1634-1635], p. 538.

9. Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts, 1636-1686, 9 volumes., (Salem 1911-1975), [EQC], 1:99. 10. New England Historic and Genealogical Register. Vols. 1+, (Boston: New England Historic and Genealogical Register, 1845+), [NEHGR or Reg.], 1:104.

11. Hotten, John Camden, The Original Lists of Persons of Quality., (London 1874; rpt. Baltimore 1974), [Hotten], 96.

12. [GreatMig1634-1635], 538-539.

13. Coldham, Peter Wilson, The Complete Book Of Emigrants, (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing co., Inc., 1987), [Coldham], p. 143.

14. Lynn, Essex co., MA Vital Records, Court Record.

15. [NEHGR or Reg.], 111:105.

16. Lewis, Alonzo, & James Newhall, History of Lynn, Essex County, Mass., including Lynnfield, Saugus, Swampscot, and Nahant, 16219-[1893], (Lynn: George C. Herbert, [1890]), [Lynn Hist.], 226.

17. Paul, Edward Joy, The Ancestry of Katharine Choate Paul, Now Mrs. William J. Young Jr., (Milwaukee: Burdich & Allen, 1914), [Paul Anc.], 224.

18. [NEHGR or Reg.], 111:105,106.

19. [GDMNH].

20. [NEHGR or Reg.], 111:106.

21. [Paul Anc.], 223-224.

22. [EssexAnt], 8:164.

23. Coffin, Joshua, A Sketch of the History of Newbury, Newburyport and West Newbury, ([Hampton, N.H.: P.E. Randall], 1845), [Newbury Hist.], 224.

24. The Genealogical Magazine, (Salem, Mass.: Salem Press, 1890+), 4:37.

25. [NEHGR or Reg.], 68:82.

26. [GDMNH], 759.

27. Perley, Sidney, The History of Salem, Massachusetts, 3 vols., (Salem: Sidney Perley, 1924), [Salem], 3:244.

28. Marblehead, Essex co., MA Vital Records.

29. Salem, Essex co., MA Vital Records.

30. Newbury, Essex co., MA Vital Records.

31. Boston, Suffolk co., MA Vital Records.

32. New Castle, Rockingham co., NH Vital Records..

33. Odiorne, James Creighton, Genealogy of the Odiorne family in America., (Rev. in 1966), 74

34. Aherin, Evelyn (Coates). The Genealogy of Robert Coates of Lynn, Mass. and Some of his Descendants. 5


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