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Mathew COATES & Ruth RIPLEY

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Husband: Mathew COATES (1)
   Born: 10 Nov 1789 in Nappan N.S.
Married: 24 Nov 1818 in Fort Lawrence, Nova Scotia
   Died: 1860 in Smith's Creek, Kings Co., New Brunswick
 Father: Thomas COATES
 Mother: Elizabeth HENRY
Spouses: 
   Wife: Ruth RIPLEY
   Born: 11 Nov 1802 in Southampton, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia
   Died: 04 Jul 1878 in Smith's Creek, Kings Co., New Brunswick
 Father: Henry RIPLEY
 Mother: Isabella Mary FAWCETT
Spouses:
Children
01  (M): William Dickey COATES
   Born: 15 Nov 1819 in Nappan, Nova Scotia
   Died: in Nova Scotia
Spouses: Emily STOCKTON
02  (M): Henry B. COATES
   Born: 1820 in Nappan N.S.
   Died:
Spouses: Rachel COATES
03  (F): Mary R. (B.) COATES (2)
   Born: 11 Jul 1822 in Nappan, Nova Scotia
   Died: 1902 in Studholm, Kings, New Brunswick
Spouses: Charles BAIRD
04  (F): Elizabeth COATES
   Born: 18 May 1824 in Nappan N.S.
   Died:
Spouses: James T. MARR
05  (F): Ann COATES (3)
   Born: 26 Aug 1826 in Nappan N.S.
   Died: 27 Oct 1826 in Nappan N.S.
Spouses: 
06  (M): Robert Pickle COATES
   Born: 19 May 1828 in Smith's Creek, Kings Co., New Brunswick
   Died: in Ridgeville, Manitoba; bur. Springbank Cemetery (4)
Spouses: Martha HUTCHINSON; Eunice Annette CURRIER
07  (F): Jane D. COATES (5)
   Born: 10 Aug 1830 in Smith's Creek, Kings Co., New Brunswick
   Died: 02 Oct 1900
Spouses: Andrew PROUDFOOT
08  (F): Rebecca COATES
   Born: 07 Mar 1832 in Smith's Creek, Kings Co., New Brunswick
   Died:
Spouses: John MCINTYRE
09  (M): Mathew Fenwick COATES
   Born: 29 Sep 1834 in Smith's Creek, Kings Co., New Brunswick
   Died:
Spouses: Elizabeth DICKEY
10  (M): James S. COATES
   Born: 22 Jan 1836 in Smith's Creek, Kings Co., New Brunswick
   Died:
Spouses: Susan MACE
11  (F): Isabella T. COATES
   Born: 18 Nov 1837 in Smith's Creek, Kings Co., New Brunswick
   Died:
Spouses: George MANNING
12  (M): Thomas L. COATES
   Born: 19 Nov 1839 in Smith's Creek, Kings Co., New Brunswick
   Died: 30 Oct 1901 in New Brunswick
Spouses: Eliza KNOLLEN
13  (M): George A. COATES
   Born: 15 May 1842 in Smith's Creek, Kings Co., New Brunswick
   Died: 08 Feb 1906 in New Brunswick
Spouses: 
14  (F): Sarah Ann COATES (6)
   Born: 15 Mar 1847 in Pleasant Valley, Nova Scotia
   Died: 1896 in Fenwick, Nova Scotia
Spouses: James SHIPLEY

Additional Information

Mathew COATES:

Notes:
They resided in Nappan until about 1825, when they moved to Smith's Creek, Kings County, New Brunswick. They had a family of 14 children. (Coates, Dec 12 1981 issue)

From the Ripley Gazette...' Mathew was son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Henry) Coates. Elizabeth Henry was a daughter of Captain James and Ann Henry of Amherst, N.S. Ruth and Mathew were married by Colonel Purdy at Fort Lawrence on Nov 24, 1818. In March 1825 they moved to Smith's Creek, Kings County, N.B.." the spelling 'Mathew' is from the Gazette.

Footnotes

  1. Ernest E. Coates, Cumberland County Families (March 1981- March 1982).
    Information about this family comes from the issue of Dec 12 1981.
  2. G.M. Ripley, Ripley Gazette ((published on the internet - Copyright GM Ripley, 2000)).
    This source has her middle initial as 'B.'
  3. Ernest E. Coates, Cumberland County Families (March 1981- March 1982).
    From the information given by Coates, the year that Ann was born and died was the year the family moved to New Brunswick. Query: did her death give them pain which made them move, or did she die making the journey?... R.R., Sept 2000.
  4. NFFG Genealogical staff, from information received 1967-2004., A reflection...
    This cemetery is located on land once owned by Robert Pickle Coates (information courtesy Lil Cameron, descendant and family researcher - email address lilcame@home.com.
  5. Ernest E. Coates, Cumberland County Families (March 1981- March 1982).
    'Married Dave Proudfoot as his second wife. No family.' from the issue of Dec 12 1981.
  6. Ibid.
    "Sarah and James had six children and they all died young'... from the issue of Dec 12 1981.

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