Skinner Family Association
Family Living History Worksheet
Coffin Lineage
From Richard Coffyn (c1280-??)
To Sallie Coffin (1773-1850)
This document can be found at:
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This is a work in process. It may never be complete, but we are in the process of creating a fully researched and documented timeline in a lineage of the COFFIN / COFFYN surname. Please refer any comments, additions, corrections, or questions to Gregg.
Index
Online Postings (from Sallie Coffin (1773-1850))
FamilySearch Tree
Biographical Information
Origins of the surname Coffyn / Coffin
Chronology (Source: Live Story Events from Ancestry)
Verifying Records
Resources
NEED TO ENTER THIS INFORMATION:
NEHGS Register, V021, p265. Does not seem to have any information.
COFFIN References:
1 Coffin, Allen. The Coffin Family: The Life of Tristram Coffyn of Nantucket, Massachusetts, Found of the Family Line in America. Nantucket. Hussey and Robinson. 1881.
2 Correspondence dated 2 May 1991 from Coffin Family Newsletter, David P. Coffin, ed.
3 Colorado Genealogist. 26(1):12. January 1965.
4 Extracted marriage records, Nantucket, Nantucket county, Massachusetts. LDS Batch M501853 / Source 823704 IT 1&2 (V3&4).
5 LDS Temple Sealing Record, LDS Batch A455
6 Coffin Family History
https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/tree/17232522/person/400011900228/media/6190ca06-7fe4-4106-9057-e193b1dab661?destTreeId=4763153&destPersonId=-1550611107&_phsrc=pVh1582&_phstart=default
7 18 November 2018: Added information from Parkman Genealogy:
(https://parkmangenealogy.wordpress.com/2009/03/08/coffin-family-tree-england-to-nantucket/)
Up to and including information “Coffin Links. Additional information needs to be included.
Origins of the surname
Coffyn / Coffin
COFFIN is a world of Hebrew origin, signifying a small basket. Whether the Israelite hosts were sufficiently enlightened to be in the the enjoyment of baskets before the Egyptians, or whether the chosen people of God were especially favored with a knowledge of the art of basketmaking while the rest of the world plodded on with less commodious means of transit, are matters which cannot at this remote period of time be satisfactorily answered. But when, according to sacred history, we read that a multitude , from a desert place, were fed with five loaves and two fishes, and there was taken up of the fragments that remained twelve baskets full, we may be assured that baskets flourished among the Jews anterior to the Christian era; so, of course, small baskets, or coffins, are of Jewish origin. [1, pg 3]
Source: [Coffin Family Tree England 1066 to Nantucket 1659]
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1066, Sir Richard Coffin: Our First Recorded Ancestor.
Source: [Coffin Family Tree England 1066 to Nantucket 1659]
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“The Coffin Family may be traced back to William called the Conqueror, who was King of England. In his army he had a General by the name of Coffin. After the conquest he gave an estate to General Coffin, which was entailed and at this; time it is held by a descendant by the name of Coffin, in the town of Rrixam (Brixham) in the county of Devonshire, England.” (From a latter record)
Like all the Nobility of Normandy he would have been of Scandinavian descent. The Vikings were settling in Normandy around the 800’s AD through conquest, they were given the “Duchy of Normandy” by the French King “Charles the Simple” as a defense against other Viking Armies. The First “Duke of Normandy” was Hrolf or Rollo 911AD (an ancestor of “William the Conqueror”).
Sir Richard fought as a General for “William the Conqueror” (formally “William the Bastard”) at the Battle of Hastings, during the Norman invasion of England and Williams successful claim for the English Crown.
Wikipedia: Companions of William the Conqueror.
Over the centuries since the Battle of Hastings, many people in England have claimed that an ancestor fought on the Norman side. While there is sound evidence of extensive settlement in England by people of Norman, Breton and Flemish origin after 1066, the fact remains that the names of only 15 men who were with Duke William at the battle can be found in reliable sources.
Google Search: Men who fought with William the Conqueror
His land “Gifted” in England for his valuable service to the new King was the Estate of the Manor of Alwington a few miles from Bideford, Devonshire southwestern England. Coffins are also in the Williams “Doomsday book” (1080) as current inhabitants of England, probably settlers from France at an earlier date.
Source does not include the surname “Coffin.”
Google Search: Domesday book surnames
The Coffins spread out to Somerset, Dorset, Wiltshire and Cornwall. By 1252 the name in its different forms (Colvin, Corvin, Cophen and Coffyn) are frequently found in records. The name is disputed in its origins. Welsh “Coffyn” meaning hill top boundary, English and French: metonymic occupational name for a basket maker, from Old French cof(f)in ‘basket’ (Late Latin cophinus, Greek kophinos). The modern English word coffin is a specialized development of this term, not attested until the 16th century, and the most likely to me is the meaning of “Coffer” or treasure box.
Source: [Coffin Family Tree England 1066 to Nantucket 1659]
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25 Richard Coffyn (c1280-????) m ?? [6]
circa 1280, Richard Coffyn was born at Alwington, Devonshire, England.
Source: [Coffin Family Tree England 1066 to Nantucket 1659]
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The coffin house reflects Brixham humour: it is coffin-shaped and when a father was asked for the hand in marriage of his daughter, he said he would 'see her in a coffin, before she wed'. The future son-in-law bought the coffin-shaped property, called it the Coffin House, and went back to the father and said: 'Your wishes will be met, you will see your daughter in a coffin, the Coffin House'. Amazed by this, the father gave his blessing. (Wikipedia: Brixham, Devon, England)
Source: [Coffin Family Tree England 1066 to Nantucket 1659]
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24 John Coffyn (c1301-????) m. ?? [6]
circa 1301, John Coffyn was born at Alwington, Devonshire, England.
Source: [Coffin Family Tree England 1066 to Nantucket 1659]
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23 David Coffyn (c1332-c1361) m. Thomasin [6]
circa 1332, David Coffyn was born at Alwington, Devonshire, England. He married Thomasin (?) circa 1361. He died after 1370.
Source: [Coffin Family Tree England 1066 to Nantucket 1659]
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22 David Coffyn (c1361-????) m. ?? [6]
circa 1361, David Coffyn was born at Alwington, Devonshire, England.
Source: [Coffin Family Tree England 1066 to Nantucket 1659]
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21 John Coffyn (c1392-1427) m. Thomasine Hartley [6]
circa 1392, John Coffyn was born at Alwington, Devonshire, England. He married Thomasin Hartley in 1406 at Alwington, Devonshire, England. He died in 1427.
Source: [Coffin Family Tree England 1066 to Nantucket 1659]
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20 William Coffyn (1420-1486) m. Margaret Cockworthy Giffard [6]
circa 1420, William Coffyn was born at Alwington, Devonshire, England. He married Margaret Cockworthy Giffard circa 1453 at Alwington, Devonshire, England. He died on 11 Sep 1486.
Source: [Coffin Family Tree England 1066 to Nantucket 1659]
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19 Richard Coffyn (c1425-????) m. Alice Gambon [6]
circa 1425, Richard Coffyn was born at Portledge, Devonshire, England. He married Alice Gambon, daughter of John Gambon, in 1462 at Merston, Shropshire, England.
Children of Richard Coffyn and Alice Gambon were: (Note: Information not provided)
Source: [Coffin Family Tree England 1066 to Nantucket 1659]
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18 John Coffyn (1450-1566) m. Philippa Elizabeth Hingston [6]
1450, John Coffyn was born at Portledge, Devonshire, England. He married Phillippa Elizabeth Hingston, daughter of Philip Hingston, in 1496. He died on 15 Dec 1566 at Devonshire, England.
Source: [Coffin Family Tree England 1066 to Nantucket 1659]
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17 Richard Coffyn (c1475-1555) m. Wilmont Chudleigh [6]
circa 1475 Richard Coffyn was born at Portledge Manor, Brixton, Devon, England. He married Wilmont Chudleigh, daughter of Sir Richard Chudleigh (1468-1535)son of Sir Knight William Chudleigh (1445-1515) and Joan Hody (1446) and her mother Maria Wadham (1470-1535) daughter of Sir Nicholas Wadham (1444) and Jan Hill (1452), in 1510 at Merifield, Cornwall, England. He died on 24 Dec 1555 at Alwington, Devon, England.
Source: [Coffin Family Tree England 1066 to Nantucket 1659]
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16 James Coffyn (1514-1566) m. Mary Cole [6]
1514, James Coffyn was born at Portledge Manor, Brixton, Devon, England. He married Mary Cole (1513) in 1534. He died on 15 Dec 1566.
Source: [Coffin Family Tree England 1066 to Nantucket 1659]
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15 Peter Coffyn (1535-1613) m. Mary Boscawen [6]
1535, Peter Coffin was born at Portledge Manor, Brixton, Devon, England. He married Mary Boscawen, daughter of Hugh Boscawen and Phillippa Carminowe, in 1560. He died on 8 Oct 1613 at Portledge Manor, Brixton, Devon, England.
Children of Peter Coffin and Mary Boscawen were as follows:
1560 Nicholas, born at Chateau Courtiton, Fallaise; married Joan Advant. (see below)
1563-1602 Tristram Coffin
Lionel
Philip
Source: [Coffin Family Tree England 1066 to Nantucket 1659]
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Devon Baptism records begin 1542
14 Nicholas Coffin (1560-1613) m. Joan Advant [6]
1560-1613, Nicholas Coffin – Brixton, Devonshire England The name in early times was written Coffyn was born in 1560 at Chateau Courtiton, Fallaise.
He married Joan Advant (1550)daughter of John Advant (1522-1554) son of John Advent Dudley (1490) and Jane Guildford (1504-1555), her mother Anne Seymour (1529-1588) daughter of Sir Edward Seymour (1506-1552) 1st Duke of Summerset and the Earl of Hereford and Anne Stanhute (1497-1536)in 1580 at Butlers, Brixton, Devon, England. He died in 1613 at Brixton, Devonshire, England.
Children of Nicholas Coffin and Joan Advant were as follows:
(1582-1610) John
(1582-1627) Nicholas.
(1584)Tristram
(1584)Peter, born at Brixton, Devon, England; married Joan Kember (Thember)(1578-1661). (see below)
(1585-1627) John
(1588) Ann; married Thomas Wynston,
(1590) Joan
Source: [Coffin Family Tree England 1066 to Nantucket 1659]
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13 Peter Coffyn (1584-1628) m. Joanna Kember [6]
Dec 1 1627, Peter Coffin – Brixton England, will proved Mar 13 1628, To Joan, land during her life, and at her decease to go to his son and heir Tristam, ‘who is to be provided for according to his degree and calling’. To son John certain property when 20 years of age. mentions daughters, Joan, Deborah, Eunice, Mary. He refers to tenement in Butlers parish called Silverhay. *May 1661- His widow Joan died in Boston Mass. The Rev. Mr. Wilson who preached the funeral sermon spoke of her as a woman of remarkable character. One Hundred Sixty Allied Families by John 0. Austin ** was born in 1584 at Brixton, Devon, England. He married Joan Kember, daughter of Robert Kember and Anne ( ? ), in 1604 at Brixton, Devon, England. He died in 1628.
Children of Peter Coffin and Joan Kember were as follows:
(1605-1688) Christian; married Thomas Davis.
(1609-1681)Tristam, born at Plymouth, Devonshire, England; married Dionis Stevens. (see below)
(1611-1681) Joan; married Joseph Hull; born at Brixton, Devonshire England.
(1613)Peter.
(1616) Deborah; born at Brixton, Devonshire, England; married William Stevens, son of Robert Stevens and Dionis ( ? ), 25 Jun 1640 at England.
(1617-1648) Eunice; born at Brixton, Devonshire, England; married William Butler after 1642.
(1619) Mary, born at Brixton, Devonshire, England; married Alexander Adams.
(1625)John; born at England; died 1642 at Plymouth Fort.
Source: [Coffin Family Tree England 1066 to Nantucket 1659]
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12 Tristram Coffyn (1609-1681) m. Dionis Stevens [6]
11 James Coffin (1639-1720) m. Mary Severance
10 John Coffin m. Hope Gardner
9 Elias Coffin, Sr. m. Love Coffin
8 Elias Coffin m. Abigail Coffin
7 Sallie Coffin m. Nathaniel Cornell
6 Mary Cornell m. Zeri Skinner
(1639-1720)
12th Generation
COFFYN, Tristram m. Stevens, Dionis [1, page __]
Tristram Coffyn, (as he always signed his name) the founder of the family line in America, and from whom all persons by the name of Coffin in this country are descended, was born at Brixton, a small parish and village, near Plymouth, in the southeastern part of Devonshire county, England, in the year 1605. He married Dionis Stevens, daughter of Robert Stevens, esquire, of Brixton, and in 1642, migrated to America with his wife, five small children, his widowed mother, and two unmarried sisters. He lived alternately in Salisbury, Haverhill, and Newbury, in the Colony of Massachusetts, until 1659, when he came to Nantucket, then under the jurisdiction of New York, and made arrangements for the purchase of the island by a company which he organized at Salisbury. He returned to the island with his family in 1660, where he lived until his death, which happened on the 2nd day of October, A.D. 1681, at his new residence on the hill, at Northam, near Capaum Pond, at the age of 76 years. [1]
11th Generation
COFFIN, James (1639-1720) m. Mary Severance
When JAMES COFFIN was born on August 12, 1639, in Brixton, Devon, England, his father, Tristram, was 30 and his mother, DIONIS, was 29. He married MARY SEVERANCE on December 3, 1663, in Nantucket, Massachusetts (Discrepant information. See below.). They had 13 children in 28 years. He died on July 28, 1720, in Nantucket, Massachusetts, having lived a long life of 80 years.
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James Coffin 1639-1720 Timeline
1639
JAMES COFFIN was born on August 12, 1639, in Brixton, Devon, England, to DIONIS STEVENS, age 29, and Tristram COFFIN, age 30.
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=CO&GSfn=t&GSpartial=1&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=21&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GSsr=41&GRid=10904410&df=all&
12 August 1639-1640 • Brixton, Devon, England
1660 Age 21 Arrival
1660 • Nantucket, Massachusetts
1663 December 3; Age 24: Marriage
James Coffin married Mary Severance (1645-1724) in Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts Bay Colony, on December 3, 1663, when he was 24 years old.
Marriage date discrepancy.
Three dates have been recorded for the marriage of James Coffin and Mary Severance (see Illustrations 2-5 below):
- 1 November 1663 Book Transcription [8]
- 3d, 12 mo. 1663 Book Transcription (m. Salisbury). Dating format indicates Old Style dating 3d, 12 mo. 1663, resulting in James and Mary being married 3 February 1663. [9]
- 3 December 1663 Book Transcription [10]
The ORIGINAL record [11] (below) indicates it was written in “Old Style” dating 3:10th mo:1663, thus making their marriage date 3 December 1663 (10th month), not October, November, or February. (FamilySearch Film 890245 aka 007009666 image 270 of 758)
James Coffin - Mary Severance 1663 Marriage
FamilySearch Film 890245 aka 007009666 image 270 of 758 [11]
28 Jul 1720 Age 80 Death
JAMES COFFIN died on July 28, 1720, in Nantucket, Massachusetts, when he was 80 years old.
28 July 1720 • Nantucket, Nantucket, MA
Hon. James Coffin, the fourth Child, was born in England. Aug. 12, 1040. He married, Dec. 3. 10(53, Mary, Daughter of John ami Abigail Severance, of Salisbury, Mass.; and died at Nantucket, July 28, 1720, aged 80 years. He came to Nantucket with the first settlers, but subsequently removed to Dover, N. II., where he resided in UfflS. bcina a member of the church There in 1071, and tho Same year. May 31. he was There Made freeman. Soon after this dato, however, he returned to Nantucket and resided There Until his death. He Tilled several important Public Offices at Nantucket, among them Judge of the Probate Court. The first records of the Probate Office are under his administration. He was the father of fourteen children, all of whom, except two, grew to maturity and marned. From him have descended, Perhaps, tlie most remarkable Representatives of the Coffin Family, as doubtless the most numerous and generally scattered. This branch furnished the families that remained Loyal to Great Britain in the American Revolution, and General John Coffin, As Well as his brother. Admiral Sir [suae Cotliu, rendered valiant service against the Colonies, for which they received, in time their rewards, two Sons of Gen. John now holding Admiral's commissions in the Royal Navy, one aged 88 and the other 34 years, both halo and hearty when last heard from. The most distinguished
https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE1916460
10th Generation
COFFIN, John m. Gardner, Hope
When John COFFIN was born on February 10, 1673, in Nantucket, Massachusetts, his father, JAMES, was 33 and his mother, MARY, was 27. He married Hope GARDNER in his hometown. They had seven children in 16 years. He died in 1717 at the age of 44.
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10 Feb 1673 Birth
John COFFIN was born on February 10, 1673, in Nantucket, Massachusetts, to MARY SEVERANCE, age 27, and JAMES COFFIN, age 33.
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10 February 1673 • Nantucket, Nantucket, MA
Marriage
John COFFIN married Hope GARDNER in Nantucket, Massachusetts.
Nantucket, Nantucket, MA
1717 Age 44 Death
John COFFIN died in 1717 when he was 44 years old.
1717
9th Generation
COFFIN, Elias, Sr. m. Coffin, Love
When Elias, Sr Coffin was born on June 18, 1702, in Nantucket, Massachusetts, his father, John, was 29 and his mother, Hope, was 32. He married Love COFFIN on January 15, 1727, in his hometown. They had eight children in 22 years. He died in October 1773 in Nantucket, Massachusetts, at the age of 71.
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18 Jun 1702 Birth
Elias, Sr Coffin was born on June 18, 1702, in Nantucket, Massachusetts, to Hope GARDNER, age 32, and John COFFIN, age 29.
18 June 1702 • Nantucket, Nantucket, MA
15 Jan 1727 Age 24 Marriage
Elias, Sr Coffin married Love COFFIN in Nantucket, Massachusetts, on January 15, 1727, when he was 24 years old.
15 Jan 1727 • Nantucket, Nantucket, MA
Oct 1773 Age 71 Death
Elias, Sr Coffin died in October 1773 in Nantucket, Massachusetts, when he was 71 years old.
Oct 1773 • Nantucket, Nantucket, MA
8th Generation
COFFIN, Elias, Jr. m. Coffin, Abigail
B. est 1740 4 March 1762
Nantucket,
Nantucket, MA [4,5]
7th Generation
COFFIN, Sallie m. CORNELL, Nathaniel
When Sally COFFIN was born on October 28, 1773, in Dartmouth, Massachusetts, her father, Elias, was 32, and her mother, Abigail, was 30. She married Nathaniel CORNELL on July 13, 1800, in Boston, Massachusetts. They had eight children in 11 years. She died on August 28, 1850, having lived a long life of 76 years.
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28 Oct 1773 Birth
Sally COFFIN was born on October 28, 1773, in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, to Abigail COFFIN, age 30, and Elias, Jr Coffin, age 32.
4 Aug 1799 Age 25 Christening
4 AUG 1799 • Nantucket, MA
13 Jul 1800 Age 26 Marriage
Sally COFFIN married Nathaniel CORNELL in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, on July 13, 1800, when she was 26 years old.
1850 Residence
Sally COFFIN lived in Hastings, New York, in 1850.
1850 • Hastings, Oswego, New York
28 Aug 1850 Age 76 Death
Sally COFFIN died on August 28, 1850, when she was 76 years old.
28 Aug 1850
Most of the records we have give her name as "Sally". We do not know whether she was named Sally or Sarah with Sallie as a nickname even in official records. [2]
The Nantucket, MA, Methodist Episcopal Church records have "Sally, daughter of Elias and Abigail Coffin, born 1772. Baptized by Mr. William Beauchamp 4 August 1799." [2]
The Boston, MA, Marriages, 1752-1809, has "Nathaniel Cornell married by Rev. Joseph Eckley, D.D., July 13 1800 to Sally Coffin." [2]
The Coffin Family by Louis Coffin published in 1962 by the Nantucket Historical Association shows (pg 419) the children of Sallie (Coffin) and Nathaniel Cornell as Joseph Russell, Sallie, Lydia, Eliza, Mary, and Elias. This data was probably submitted by a descendant, not necessarily direct, to the Genealogy Committee of the 1881 (or possibly the 1959) Coffin Family Reunion on Nantucket. [2]
6th Generation
Line continues from
Mary Cornell m. Zeri Skinner
NOTE: Need to create CORNELL Line from Mary
References
[1] Coffin, Allen, LL.B. The Coffin Family: The Life of Tristram Coffin of Nantucket, Mass. Nantucket, MA: Hussey & Robinson, 1881.
https://books.google.com/books?id=X9AUAAAAYAAJ&q=cornell#v=onepage&q=monitor&f=false
[2] Correspondence dated 2 May 1991 from Coffin Family Newsletter, David P. Coffin, ed. Bethesda, MD to Ron Westlake, Bristol, IN.
[3] The Colorado Genealogist. 26(1):12. January 1965.
[4] Extracted marriage Records, Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts. LDS FamilySearch Batch M501853 / Source 823704 Item 1&2 (Vol 3&4).
[5] LDS Temple Sealing Record. LDS Batch A455208 / Source 455208 - 455212.
[6] Coffin Family Tree England 1066 to Nantucket 1659 +
https://parkmangenealogy.wordpress.com/2009/03/08/coffin-family-tree-england-to-nantucket/
[7] Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp. Massachusetts, Marriages, 1633-1850.
Source Information
Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Compiled Marriages, 1633-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.
With some noted exceptions all marriage records in this collection can be found at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah, and may be available through Family History Centers throughout the United States. See table below for information listed.
[8] Torry, Clarence A. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004.
Source Information
Ancestry.com. U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2012.
[9] Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).
Source Information
Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
[10] A sketch of the history of Newbury, Newburyport, and West Newbury, from 1635 to 1845
by Coffin, Joshua, 1792-1864; Bartlett, Joseph, 1686-1754. Page 299.
https://archive.org/stream/sketchofhistoryo00coffrich#page/298/mode/2up/search/severance
[11] Vital records 1637-1910 (Salisbury, Massachusetts) Births, marriages, marriage intentions, and deaths: 1637-1821 FamilySearch Film # 890245.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G979-4PVT?i=269&cc=2061550&cat=1129402
NEHGS Register, V007, p265.
Updates
2017 September 30
Connected Coffin Worksheet to Ancestry, FamilySearch, and WikiTree lineage.
2017 September 29:
Updated FamilySearch Tree to a complete lineage back from Mary Cornell to Tristram Coffin.
Coffin Links
Coffin Links
- A Coffin Family tree link
- Coffin History Site
- My Family tree is here
- Nantucket Link
- Tristram Coffin
- Wiki Coffin name
- Wiki Coffin Whalers
- Wiki Portledge Manour
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From: https://parkmangenealogy.wordpress.com/2009/03/08/coffin-family-tree-england-to-nantucket/
Supporting Documentation
1A. References that discount claim that
“The Coffin Family may be traced back to William called the Conqueror, who was King of England. In his army he had a General by the name of Coffin.”
Wikipedia: Companions of William the Conqueror.
Over the centuries since the Battle of Hastings, many people in England have claimed that an ancestor fought on the Norman side. While there is sound evidence of extensive settlement in England by people of Norman, Breton and Flemish origin after 1066, the fact remains that the names of only 15 men who were with Duke William at the battle can be found in reliable sources.
Coffin Family Lineage
through Mary Cornell, daughter of Nathaniel and Sally (Coffin) Cornell
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