Moses Coates

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Moses Coates was the son of Samuel Coates and wife Elizabeth Mendenhall. He was born in 1748 in Chester County, Pennsylvania and died in 1816. He is buried at East Caln Friends Burying Ground. He married twice and had thirteen children between the two marriages.

Moses married Hannah Musgrave, daughter of Thomas and Hannah Musgrave.Thomas was an Irish Quaker who had settled in Sadsbury Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Hannah was born in 1752, married Moses in 1770 and died in 1775 from a 'nervous fever.' She was buried at East Caln Friends Burying Ground. Moses and Hannah had two daughters, Elizabeth and Hannah.

After Hannah’s death, Moses married Mary Knight Vickers, daughter of Peter and Ann Vickers. She was born in 1750 and died in 1824. She was buried in Marlborough, Stark County, Ohio. Moses and Mary had eleven children.

From the Bradford MM minutes of 1770, we find that Moses requested as certificate to Exeter to marry Hannah, which was granted. In 1777, Moses requested a certificate to Buckingham MM for marriage with Mary. Moses acquired a large tract of land that later became Coatesville, Pennsylvania. He was the first postmaster of the township in 1812. He helped to lay out the town and gave it the name. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coatesville,_Pennsylvania

Children of Moses Coates and first wife Hannah Musgrave:

• Elizabeth Coates, born in 1771 and died in 1829 of consumption. She was buried at West Chester, Pennsylvania.
• Hannah Coates, born in 1773 and died in 1801 of consumption.

Children of Moses Coates and second wife Mary Knight Vickers:

• Isaac Coates, born 1778 and died 1853; buried at Deer Creek, Stark County, Ohio.
• Ann Eliza Coates, born 1779 and died 1845 of a lung fever; buried at Sandy Springs, near Hanover, Ohio.
• Caleb Coates, born 1781 and died 1869
• Esther Coates, born 1783 and died in 1859 of dropsy.
• Elisha Coates, born 1784 and died in 1797, after a short illness, aged 13
• Sarah Coates, born 1786 and died 1861
• Mary Coates, born 1788 and died 4 month later
• Moses Coates, Jr., born 1789 and died 1844
• Aquilla Coates, born 1791 and died 1862; buried at Deer Creek Meeting, Stark County, Ohio.
• Amos Coates, born 1794 and died 1863; buried at Sandy Hill, Stark County.
• Jesse Coates, MD, born 1796 and died 1868 in Coatesville, Pennsylvania