Biography

11/17/1753 - 09/03/1824

Septimus “Lindsay” Coates (Federalist) Montgomery County 1790-1794 (Federalist2) Bucks, Chester and Montgomery Counties 1794-1797. 

Early Life:

Septimus “Lindsay” Coates, born November 17, 1753, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America; son of John and Sarah Lindsay Coates; delegate, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention, Montgomery County, 1789; elected, Federalist, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1790-1794; elected, Federalist, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1794-1797; unsuccessful reelection, 1797; married, Mary Holstein Coates, 1780 (d.1795), remarried, Rachel Rambo Coates, children, Hannah Coates, Sarah Coates Rambo, Hannah R. Coates Carver, Elizabeth R. Coates, Lindsay Coats; Rachel Coates Rambo; died, September, 13, 1824 (aged 70), interment, Christ Church Upper Merion Episcopal Cemetery; Bridgeport, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania Politics:  

Delegate, Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention, Montgomery County, 1789.  

Elected, Federalist, Pennsylvania State Senate, Montgomery County, 1790-1794, original member. 

Elected, Federalist, Pennsylvania State Senate, 2nd district, Bucks, Chester and Montgomery Counties, 1794-1797, unsuccessful reelection campaign, 1797. 

Cited: 

Cox, Harold "Senate Members "C". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University. 

A New Nation Votes (tufts.edu) 

Septimus Coates (1753-1824) - Find a Grave Memorial