James and Marmaduke were members of the New Garden meeting in North Carolina. [1]
James COATE and Marmaduke (37) COATE seem also to have incurred the disapproval of the New Garden MM. The minutes of the meeting of December 82 31, 1763 indicate that the two brothers had "left the verge of the meeting without requesting certification" and a committee was appointed to investigate their conversation and conduct and to prepare a certificate "if they find nothing to obstruct" (W - 12). The committee made an unfavorable report at the MM of February 28, 1764, stating that Marmaduke (37) had left debts behind him unpaid " and had neglected to attend meetings, and that James had been guilty of using profane language and had " slighted Friends ". The meeting decided to inform them by letters that unless they made suitable satisfaction this meeting will be under a necessity to disown them " (W - 13). No further action seems to have been taken until, about 55 years later, the MIM disowned Marmaduke (37) and James on April 4, 1769 (W 15). The minutes of this meeting indicate that Marmaduke (37) and James had previously moved into the jurisdiction of the Fredericksburg (S. C.) MM.
[1] Ernest Park, The ancestors and descendants of Marmaduke Coate of South Carolina and Ohio, page 82, image 44, [FamilySearchImage].