| NOTE OF INTEREST | The Coates family provides interesting sets of problems in our family tree and this Sarah is one of them. Originally, the research on this line was done on my mother's side of the family, where Sarah Coats, the daughter of Samuell and Ruth Coates had apparently wed Caleb Downing in Lynn, Essex co., MA in 1751. However, in the course of researching my father's side of the family, both Boston, Suffolk co., MA and New Castle, Rockingham co., NH records clearly show that this Sarah Coates married John Neal of New Castle in Boston in 1746. Short of the unlikely instance of polygamy, the identity of the Sarah Coats who married Caleb Downing is now a mystery. The only other option is that John Neal died in 1750 (after the birth of his apparent only child, James) and not in 1800, Sarah then returned to Lynn, Essex co., MA to be with her family and married Caleb Downing in 1751. This premise has holes of its own, however. Why would her marriage record to Caleb Downing list her last name as (Coats) and not (Neal)? What then happened to her son James, who apparently lived in New Castle all his life? Sigh. Research continues. Any insights appreciated. |
| BIRTH | Sarah was born on 3 July 1726 in Lynn, Essex co., MA[14]. |
| DEATH | Because of the confusion over her marriage, her death date has yet to be found. |
| MARRIAGE |
According to the Boston, Suffolk co., MA marriage record of John Neal and Sarah Coates (which specifically names Sarah Coat's
parents by name), THIS Sarah is the daughter of Samuel & Ruth [Hart] Coates. Now, the identity of
the Sarah Coates who married Captain Caleb Downing is as yet unknown. Please read the notes at the start
of the Coates Register Report.
On 28 November 1746, when Sarah was 20, she married John NEAL, son of Richard NEAL & Abigail BERRY, in Boston, Suffolk co., MA by The Reverend Benjamin Colman[31]. |
| CHILD (surname Neal) |
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i. | James NEAL | Please see his own page. |
| GENERATION | Great-great-great-great-great (G5) Grandmother |
| FAMILY NUMBER | 137 |
| 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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