Marmaduke was a son of Samuel Coate and Mary Saunders. [1]
SON MARMADUKE (35): was, in 1734, living within the bounds of the Chesterfield MM as the minutes of that meeting show that he brought a certificate to the meeting, July 5, 1734 (L. 45). In January 1735, however, when he was made administrator of the estate of his brother Samuel COATE, his appointment refers to him as Marmaduke (35) COATE, Yeoman, of Bethlehem Township, Hunterdon Co. (M 22). Evidently, for a time at least, he lived in Hunterdon Co. His will, dated May 7, 1749, refers to lands he owned at Kingwood, Bethlehem Township, Hunterdon County, as his lands up in the mountains (P 87). In 1747 Marmaduke (35) married Sarah, only daughter of John & Alice (Andrew Mathis of Gloucester County, N. J. P-87). The minutes of the Chesterfield MM show that, on February 2, 1747, Marmaduke (35) COATE was granted certificate to the Egg Harbor N. J. M to marry (48). The birth records of two children of Marmaduke (35) and Sarah COATE appear in a Bible handed down in the Leeds family of Gloucester Co. They were John COATE, born January 2, 1747/48, and Mary COATE, born September 26, 1749 P-114). Marmaduke (35) COATE was a carpenter. The deed for 27 1/2 acres of land in Mansfield Township refers to him as Marmaduke (35) COATE, carpenter, of 60 Springfield Township (T-9). This land was purchased August 10, 1747 from John Gibbs and Michael Buffin and evidently, after its purchase, Marmaduke (35) moved to the land in Mansfield as, on June 8, 1748, he purchased additional land from the same Gibbs and Buffin, the deed referring to him as Marmaduke (35) COATE, Carpenter, of Mansfield Township (T-10). Marmaduke (35) COATE was a comparatively young man when he died in Mansfield Township in 1749. Under the terms of his will, dated May 7, 1749 he left all of his property to his wife, Sarah, until his children became of lawful age. All of the land in Mansfield Township was left to his son John. Other bequests were made to his other child not now born, who was Mary, born September 26, 1749, after Marmaduke (35)'s death. In his will he mentions his brother John (3). " The proceeding of the Surveyor's Association of West N. J., for the year 1880, in referring to John Mathis and his family states " (P-87) Sarah, only daughter of John Mathis, called Great John Mathis, married Marmaduke (35) COATE of Mansfield, N. J. COATE died early in life leaving two children, one a son named John Other child's name is not remembered. COATE owned a property in Mansfield on which he resided, and also had large possessions at Kingwood in Bethlehem Township in the County of Hunterdon, N. J. In his will he denominates those possessions as his lands up in the mountains. After COATE's death, his widow came to reside at her father's and, after she had been a widow two or three years, she married John Leeds, son of Joseph Leeds and brother to Robert Leads who had married her half sister, Abigail Higbee, Sarah's mother was Alice, daughter of Edward Andrews, founder of Tuckerton. The records referred to above show that Marmaduke (35) COATE was the father of only two children, John and Mary John married Millicent Mapes (N-5). Like his father, John was a carpenter and, like his father, died at an early age. An administrator of his estate was appointed May 7, 1777, indicating that he died early in 1777, aged about 30 years (M 41). John's widow, Millicent, married John Webb of Gloucester County, June 11, 1779 (N 6). The writer has found no record that can be identified as referring to Marmaduke (35) COATE's daughter Mary.
[1] Ernest Park, The ancestors and descendants of Marmaduke Coate of South Carolina and Ohio, page 60, image 34, [FamilySearchImage].