JANE FOSS

This is Robert Coates of Lynn (-1724) who bought land in New Castle, NH in 1723. This (along with Sarah Coates) is a link with the Lynn Coates' side of the family. Finding how Robert fits into the family tree has been...difficult. By all current accounts, this Robert (in fact nearly all Robert Coates) should have been in Stonington, CT and NOT New Castle, NH. However, his marriage record and administration of estate indicate otherwise.

A branch of the Thomas Coates line of the family (Thomas' son Thomas) removed from Lynn, Essex co., MA to Newbury, Essex co., MA ca. 1695. Later, it is postulated that they removed further to Portsmouth, Rockingham co., NH by 1700-1709 (when Thomas and his son were fined there for selling without a license). This Thomas' mother and father suffered persecution while at Lynn for their Quaker Faith, so a move to more tolerant climes might have been a relief^[16]. Research to sort this out is ongoing.

Administration on the estate of Robert Coates of New Castle was granted to his widow Jane Coates on 1 September 1724. [Probate Record, vol. 10, p. 331]^[14]

Details of the administration of his estate are as follows: "...Bond, in blank, September 2, 1724, signed by Jane Coates, Richard Neal, and John Vennnard...Inventory, September 1724, amount £85.15.0; signed by Sampson Sheafe, Jr. and Benjamin Parker...License September 11, 1725 to the administratrix to sell real estate...Guardianship of John Coats, minor, more than 14 years old, son of Robert Coates, cordwainer, granted to David Mitchell of New Castle, fisherman, November 16, 1737...²^[14]

2. 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), [GDMNH}, 90, 240.

3. The Essex Antiquarian, (13 vols.)(n.p., 1897-1909), 12:81, 3 correction.

4. Emery, William Morrell, Chadbourne-Chadbourn Genealogy, ([Fall River, Mass., 1904]), [Chadbourne].

5. Parsons, Langdon B., History of the Town of Rye, NH From Its Discovery and Settlement to December 31, 1903, (1905; repr. Bowie, MD: Heritage Press 1992), [RyeHist], 345.

6. Ibid.

7. Ibid. 344.

8. Ibid. 344-345.

6. Locke, Arthur Horton, A History and Genealogy of Captain John Locke (1637-1696) of Portsmouth and Rye, N.H., and His Descendants; Also of Nathaniel Lock of Portsmouth, and a Short Account of the History of the Lockes in England., ([Concord, NH: The Rumford Press, 1916?]), [Locke] p. 18.

9. Stackpole, Everett S., Old Kittery and Her Families, (Lewiston, ME: Lewiston Journal Press, 1903), 30-31, 311.

10. [GDMNH], 134.

11. [Chadbourne], 3.

12. [GDMNH], 507.

13. [Locke], 18.

14. Harrison, Metcalf Henry and Hammond Otis Grant, New Hampshire State Papers: Probate Records of the Province of New Hampshire, [NHStatePapers], vol. 32, pt. 2, pp. 235-236. 15. Ibid.

16. New England Historic and Genealogical Register. Vols. 1+, (Boston: New England Historic and Genealogical Register, 1845+), [NEHGR or Reg.], 111:104-111.

17. [RyeHist], 296.