NameThomas Coates 
Deathabt 1841
Documentation
On 19 November 1835, Thomas Coates witnessed the will of William Taylor, and proved it in court on 20 June 1836. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 24, pages 47–48.]
He is listed as the father of his daughter Sarah in her birth, recorded in a family Bible. [Minter-Durham family Bible at the Virginia State Archives, Acc. 26856]
Orator and oratrice James Durham and Frances his wife who was Frances Coates, widow of Thomas Coates decd. That Thomas Coats died some years since intestate leaving a widow and two children namely Sarah Jane and Anne Thomas his only heirs at law. Anne Thomas Coates died an infant of tender years after the death of Thomas Coates.
Spouses
Birthabt 1818, Virginia
Death28 Oct 1865
Marriageabt 24 Mar 1838, Essex County, Virginia