8. JOHN COFFIN, (Tristram,3 Peter,2 Nicholas1), b. at Haverhill, Mass. 30 Oct. 1647, the son of Tristram,3 and Dionis (Stevens) Coffin was the first one of this large and well-known family to take up his residence at the Vineyard. It will not be necessary to rehearse their ancestral history and their origin in Brixton, Devonshire, as numerous publications on the subject by genealogists of the family are available to students. John4 Coffin was a blacksmith and lived in Nantucket with his father until 1682 when he settled in E. and carried on his trade until his death. He m. DEBORAH AUSTIN, dau. of Joseph and Sarah (Starbuck) Austin of Nantucket 1668. He became a considerable owner of real estate in the town and d. 5 Sept. 1711. His widow returned to Nantucket and d. there 1724. (1966 Addenda: John Coffin came to Edgartown from Nantucket. Information about the Coffins and related families may be found in Starbuck: History of Nantucket, and Gardiner: The Coffin Family.) [John Coffin is buried at Tower Hill Cemetery in Edgartown, MA.)
10. LYDIA, b. 1 June 1669; m. (l) ROBERT LOGAN bef. 1692; m. (2) THOMAS THAXTER (int.) 26 Nov. 1696; (3) RICHARD DRAPER 14 Aug. 1713.
11. PETER, b. 5 Aug. 1671; m. (l) CHRISTIAN CONDY (int.) 18 July 1695; (2) HOPE GARDINER.
12. JOHN, b. 10 Feb. 1673.
13. LOVE, b. 5 June 1676.
14. ENOCH, b. 1678.
15. SAMUEL, m. MIRIAM GARDINER. [Elaine Rebori <ERebori@att.net> writes: "Samuel 'King Sam' Coffin was married to Miriam Gardner in 1705. Samuel died on Nantucket. Their son William Coffin left Nantucket for New Garden, NC.]
16. BENJAMIN, b. 28 Aug. 1683.
17. HANNAH, m. BENJAMIN GARDINER.
18. DEBORAH, m. THOMAS MACY 18 June 1708.
19. TRISTRAM, m. MARY BUNKER.
20. ELIZABETH.
14. ENOCH COFFIN, (John,4 Tristram,3 Peter,2 Nicholas1), b. 1678; res. E., blacksmith. He m. BEULAH EDDY abt. 1701, dau. of John and Hepzibah (Daggett) Eddy who was b. abt. 1680. He was a great land owner and speculator in real estate on mortgage and the records show 170 transactions in his name as grantor or grantee. He was Judge of the Court of Common Pleas 1715; Representative to the General Court 1721, 1733, 1735, besides holding important town offices. He d. 1761.
30. LOVE, b. 13 Sept. 1702; m. Capt. THOMAS DAGGETT (37).
31. HEPSIBAH, b. 7 Sept. 1704; m. JOHN NORTON (402) 22 Nov. 1724.
32. ELIZABETH, b. 25 Jan. 1706-7.
33. ABIGAIL, b. 6 Dec. 1708; m. GRAFTON GARDINER 22 Sept. 1730.
34. JOHN, b. 6 Apr. 1710.
35. ENOCH, b. 1 Mch. 1712-13.
36. DEBORAH, b. 14 July 1715 m. (l) TRISTRAM GARDINER 24 Jan. 1735; (2) SAMUEL COBB 15 Feb. 1749.
37. BENJAMIN, b. 26 June 1718.
38. DANIEL, b. 23 Jan. 1720-21.
39. BEULAH, b. 16 Oct. 1726.
19. TRISTRAM COFFIN, (John,4 Tristram,3 Peter,2 Nicholas1), res. Nantucket; m. MARY BUNKER.
40. THOMAS, b. 7 Aug. 1714.
41. WILLIAM, b. 6 Sept. 1716.
42. DAVID, b. 9 Sept. 1718; m. MARY LAMBERT (23) and had inter alios William (91) father of Jethro of E.
43. SAMUEL, b. 7 Aug. 1720; m. ELIZABETH GARDINER of N. and had inter alios Obed (92) of T.; rem. to Addison, Me.
44. TRISTRAM, b. 11 Oct. 1722.
45. JONATHAN, b. 6 Apr. 1725.
46. JOHN, b. 28 Mch. 1727.
47. RICHARD, b. 20 Oct. 1729; m. MARY COOKE (11); res. E. yeoman; rem. to Addison, Me. 1770.
48. TIMOTHY, b. 29 Aug. 1731.
49. MARY, b. 6 Oct. 1733.
34. JOHN COFFIN, (Enoch,5 John,4 Trtstram,3 Peter,2 Nicholas1), b. 6 Apr. 1710, res. E., yeoman. He m. (1) HEPZIBAH NYE 9 Apr. 1736, who d. soon after birth of only child [and is buried at Tower Hill Cemetery]; m. (2) HEPZIBAH LAMBERT (22) about 1738-9. He d. 30 Dec. 1791. His will 15 Dec. 1791 was pro. 13 Mch. 1792.
50. HEPZIBAH, b. 1736; d. y. [She is buried at Tower Hill Cemetery.]
By Second Wife:
51. EDDY, b. 6 Oct. 1739.
52. RACHEL, b. 20 Dec. 1741; m. OBED PEASE (344) 4 Dec. 1766.
53. URIAH, b. 11 Mch. 1743.
54. JOHN, b. 3 Mch 1746-7.
55. HEPZIBAH, b. 26 Sept. 1749; m. ABRAHAM RIPLEY (31) 12 Feb. 1771.
56. DEBORAH, b. 1 Jan. 1751-2; m. BARZILLAI PEASE (346).
57. MARY, b. 6 Dec. 1754; m. (l) SPROWELL MARCHANT (44); (2) THOMAS J. WILDBEACH 21 Sept. 1795.
35. ENOCH COFFIN, (Enoch,5 John,4 Tristram,3 Peter,2 Nicholas1), b. 1 Mch. 1712-13; res. E., trader. He m. Mrs. JANE (CLAGHORN) (77) WHELDEN 27 Dec. 1739, who was b. 21 Dec. 1717 and d. 10 Apr. 1774. He d. 23 Mch. 1802.
60. JANE, b. 23 June 1740; m. CORNELIUS BUTLER (62).
61. LOVE, b. 27 July 1742; m. BENJAMIN SMITH (434) 19 Apr. 1764.
62. ABIGAIL, b. 27 July 1744; m. THOMAS COOKE (14) 19 D lay 1763.
63. JAMES, b. 16 Oct. 1746.
64. BEULAH, b. 10 Oct. 1748; m. JONATHAN PEASE (317) 5 Jan. 1769.
65. ENOCH, b. 25 Oct. 1750.
66. MERCY, b. 5 Apr. 1753; m. JAMES BANNING 21 July 1774.
67. HENRY, b. 16 Mch. 1756; d. at sea.
68. SARAH, b. 17 Sept. 1758; m. THOMAS COFFIN (84).
37. BENJAMIN COFFIN, (Enoch,5 John,4 Tristram,3 Peter,2 Nicholas1), b. 26 June 1718; res. E., (Swan Neck), yeoman. He m. ELIZABETH NORTON 1 Sept. 1743 who was b. 23 Mch.1727. He d.1 Oct. 1793. His will 29 Nov. 1791 was pro. 19 Oct. 1793.
70. BENJAMIN, b. 20 Aug. 1744.
71. BETSEY, b. 28 Apr. 1747; d. 29 Mch 1834.
72. HULDAH, b. 18 Jan. 1751; m. THOMAS JERNEGAN (17) 17 Jan. 1771.
73. EUNICE, b. 1 May 1753; m. (1) SIMEON COFFIN; (2) WILLIAM JERNEGAN (16) 28 Sept. 1794.
74. DESIRE, b. 22 Feb. 1756; m. PRINCE PEASE (660).
75. JERUSHA, b. 7 Oct. 1758; m. (1) ALEXANDER PEASE (329); (2) BENJAMIN HASTINGS.
76. BEULAH, b. 26 Feb. 1761; m. EZRA ALLEN (221) 6 Apr. 1797.
77. ABIGAIL, b. 2 Oct. 1763; m. (1) TRISTRAM COFFIN 12 Sept. 1785; (2) DANIEL SMITH (130) 23 Apr. 1795.
78. URIAH, b. 18 Dec. 1767.
79. MATTHEW, b. 26 Nov. 1771; m. BETSEY ALLEN (229) 21 Feb. 1799.
38. DANIEL COFFIN, (Enoch,5 John,4 Tristram,3 Peter,2 Nicholas1), b. 23 Jan. 1720-21; res. E. farmer. He m. (l) MARY HARLOCK (31), who was b. 1727 and d. Oct. 1767 ; m. (2) SARAH RIPLEY (20) 24 Apr. 1769. He d. 24 July 1789.
80. LYDIA, b. 1746; m. SAMUEL FRINK 2 Mch. 1769.
81. DANIEL, b. 16 Sept. 1748; m. ABIGAIL FERGUSON (33) 22 Apr. 1774.
82. MARY, b. 1750; m. JOHN FERGUSON (30) 15 Apr. 1770
83. HANNAH, b. 1752; m. JONATHAN PEASE (317) 24 Jan. 1775.
84. THOMAS. b. 1754; d. Nov. 1796.
85. LOVE, b. 3 May 1756; m. WILLIAM ALLEN (270) 10 Mch. 1779.
86. ENOCH, b. 1760.
87. SARAH, b. 1762; m. THOMAS JONES.
88. DEBORAH, b. Feb. 1763; m. SANFORD DAVIS (124) 26 Nov. 1790.
89. REBECCA, b. June 1765; d. 17 Dec. 1838.
90. JEDIDAH, b. June 1765; m. REUBEN BEETLE (61) 26 June 1791.
51. EDDY COFFIN, (John,6 Enoch,5 John,4 Tristram,3 Peter,2 Nicholas1), b. 6 Oct. 1739; res. E., but later rem. to Williamsburg, Mass. He m. (l) SARAH MARTIN (26) 17 Feb. 1763, who was b. Feb. 1741 and d. 4 Oct. 1767; m. (2) SARAH VINCENT (61) 26 Oct. 1772, who was b. 13 Apr. 1752. He d. 1830 and his will 30 Aug. 1813 was pro. 4 Apr. 1830.
100 PETER, b. 26 Feb. 1765.
By Second Wife:
101. HEPSIBAH, b. 22 Nov. 1773; m. ABISHA E. LAMBERT (115) 16 Oct. 1792.
102. JANE, b. 13 Oct. 1775; d. y.
103. EDDY, b. 22 Jan. 1777; d. May 1799 at sea.
104. THOMAS MARTIN, b. 4 Sept. 1779; m. (1) SOPHRONIA PEASE (698) 22 Nov. 1807 m. (2) Mrs. FANNY (WORTH) (97) DAGGETT 16 Dec. 1846.
105. BARTLETT, b. 23 Dec. 1781.
106. JANE, b. 13 May 1784; m. OBADIAH WARNER.
107. FREEMAN, b. 4 Oct. 1786; m, (1) EUNICE WILLIAMS, (2) HANNAH WHITCOMB of Covington, KY. This family rem. to Milton Co. Ohio.
108. SARAH, b. 19 Aug. 1789; m. PEREZ GRAVES.
109. CLARISSA, b. 29 July 1792; d. 7 Sept. 1872; unm.
110. CLEMENT, b. 25 Aug. 1795; m. SUSAN WILLIAMS; rem. to Iowa.
54. JOHN COFFIN, (John,6 Enoch,5 John,4 Tristram,3 Peter,2 Nicholas1), b. 3 Mch 1746; res. E., mariner. He m. MARY WASS (48) 29 Oct. 1772, who was b.10 Oct. 1752 and d. 12 Mch 1836. He d. 1 July 1819.
120. REBECCA, b. 4 June 1774; m. WILLING JERNEGAN (18) 31 Jan. 1830.
121. DAVID, b. 9 July 1776; m. EUNICE PREBLE 15 Apr. 1823.
122. URIAH, b. 8 Apr. 1778; m. (1) SUSAN NYE 1805; (2) ABIGAIL COOKE (32) 14 Feb. 1830.
123. HOLMES, b. 20 Sept. 1780; m. LYDIA RUSSELL.
124. JOHN, b. 21 Jan. 1783; m. HARRIET BAYLIES 20 Sept. 1821.
125. MARY, b. 31 July 1786; m. WILLIAM NASH 2 Sept. 1805.
126. WILMOT, b. 27 Nov. 1788; d. 22 Sept. 1830; unm.
127. JARED, b. 15 Aug. 1790; m. SARAH BAYLIES 14 Jan. 1819.
63. JAMES COFFIN, (Enoch,6-5 John,4 Tristram,3 Peter,2 Nicholas1), b. 16 Oct. 1746; res. E., mariner. He m. HULDAH ALLEN (220) 9 Sept. 1773, who was b. 28 Oct. 1753, and d. 13 Nov. 1826. He d. 1 Aug. 1818.
130. JAMES, b. 23 July 1776; d. 2 Nov. 1797.
131. SOPHIA, b. 10 Mch 1778; d. y.
132. POLLY, b. 17 Sept. 1779; m. EPHRAIM MARCHANT (60) 15 Dec. 1796.
133. LUCY, b. 26 Apr. 1782; d. 3 July 1802.
134. HENRY, b. 9 May 1784; d. 1 Jan. 1804 at sea.
135. ELIZABETH, b. 7 Nov. 1786; m. SILVANUS CROCKER 16 Mch. 1806.
136. ALLEN, b.20 Sept. 1788; m. DEBORAH G. COFFIN.
137. DESIRE ALLEN, b. 24 Apr. 1792; m. JOHN OSBORN 19 Sept. 1813.
65. ENOCH COFFIN, (Enoch,6-5 John,4 Tristram,3 Peter,2 Nicholas1), b. 25 Oct. 1750; res. E., mariner. He m. DEBORAH PEASE (401) 8 May 1775, who was b. 8 Dec. 1755. He d. 1781 at sea.
138. ENOCH, b.1778; d. May 1806 at sea.
70. BENJAMIN COFFIN, (Benjamin,6 Enoch,5 John,4 Tristram,3 Peter,2 Nicholas1), b.20 Aug. 1744, res. E., and T., mariner. He. m. JEDIDAH NORTON (493) 29 Jan. 1767, who was b. Feb. 1746 and d. 23 Apr. 1822. He was drowned 19 Nov. 1782. Her will 6 Feb. 1822 was pro. 15 July 1822.
140. CHARLOTTE, b. (1768); m. ELIJAH HILLMAN (280) 17 Aug. 1788.
141. PRESBURY, b. (1770).
142. HULDAH, b. 1772; m. JONATHAN ROLFE of Boston 13 Jan. 1803.
143. TRISTRAM, b. 1774; d. 14 Nov. 1791.
144. PETER, b. 27 Dec. 1776.
145. BETSEY, m. _____ WARNER.
146. JEDIDAH, b. 6 Apr. 1783; m. MOSES T. CROMWELL 1813.
147. BENJAMIN.
78. URIAH COFFIN, (Benjamin,6 Enoch,5 John,4 Tristram,3 Peter,2 Nicholas1), b. 18 Dec. 1767; res. E. and Nantucket, mariner. He m. (l) SARAH BEETLE (63) 29 Dec. 1790 who was b. 1769 and d. 30 Apr. 1810; m. (2) Mrs. HANNAH (SMITH) VINCENT 5 Sept. 1810. He d. 7 Sept. 1820.
150. LOVE, b. 16 Aug. 1792; m. JOHN L. COGGSWELL.
151. BENJAMIN, b. 8 June 1795; m. NANCY PARROTT.
152. PRESBURY, b. 6 Aug. 1796; m. SARAH HUSSEY 27 Oct. 1822.
153. AARON, b. 25 Aug. 1798; m. MARY PECKER.
154. MATTHEW, b. 27 Sept. 1801; m. HARRIET ALLEN. [She died 13 Nov. 1875 in Tisbury.]
155. THOMAS BEETLE, b. 23 May 1805; m. Mrs. MARY (HOWARD) WARREN.
79. MATTHEW COFFIN, (Benjamin 6 Enoch,5 John,4 Tristram,3 Peter,2 Nicholas1), b. 26 Nov. 1771; res. E, and later, rem. to Williamsburg, farmer. H m. BETSEY ALLEN (229) 21 Feb 1799, who was b. 7 May 1776 and d. 12 Aug. 1846. He d. 17 Nov. 1820.
156. ROBERT ALLEN.
157. JAMES
158. JAMES HENRY, b. 1806.
159. LUCY.
160. MATTHEW
161. BETSEY.
162. MARY A. T.
84. THOMAS COFFIN, (Daniel,6 Enoch,5 John,4 Tristram,3 Peter,2 Nicholas1), b. 1754, res. E., master mariner. He m. SARAH COFFIN (68) 22 Nov. 1781. She was b. 17 Sept. 1758 and d. 3 May 1833. He d. Nov. 1796 at Savannah, Ga. and her will 8 Dec. 1832 was pro. 15 July 1833.
163. SAMUEL, b. 1 Apr. 1782; m. LUCY SPRAGUE (43).
164. SUSAN, b. 1784.
165. ELIZABETH, b. 1786; m. THOMAS MALLORY.
166. THOMAS, b. 8 Aug. 1789; m. RUHAMA P. DUNHAM 4 Aug. 1817.
167. DEBORAH, b. (1792); m. _____ TERRY.
168. SARAH, b. 13 Oct. 1795; m. PHILIP SMITH 18 Nov. 1813.
87. ENOCH COFFIN, (Daniel,6 Enoch,5 John,4 Tristram,3 Peter,2 Nicholas1), b. abt. 1758; res. E., master mariner. He m. HULDAH NORTON (1040) 4 Mch. 1780, who was b. 21 Oct.1758 and d. 28 July 1845. He was variously known as "Junior" and "Third" at times, owing to the several Enochs of E. living in his generation. He served as a privateersman during the Revolution and suffered shipwreck in the ill-fated brig "General Arnold" at Plymouth 25 Dec. 1778 (see Vol. 1 p. 409). He rem. to Farmington, Me. bef. 1796, but did not wholly abandon the sea-faring life. He died "in the fall of 1801" of yellow fever (Thaxter).
170. NANCY, m. ______ HOWARD.
171. MARY, bapt. 6 July 1783; d. y.
172. VELINA, b. 16 Jan. 1786; d. 6 Sept. 1871, unm.
173. MARY, b. 1l Oct. 1790; m. GARDNER T. CORNELL 26 Feb. 1815.
174. HENRY, b. 1795.
175. WILLIAM, bapt. 19 Aug. 1798; m. SARAH MAYHEW (674) 22 June 1824
176. CORDELIA, b. 6 May 1801; m. BARTLETT ALLEN (411) 19 Feb. 1832.
100. PETER COFFIN, (Eddy,7 John,6 Enoch,6 John,4 Tristram,3 Peter,2 Nicholas1), b. 26 Feb. 1765; res. E., master mariner. He m. LOIS PEASE (676) 27 Aug. 1789, who was b. 22 Feb. 1770 and d. 17 Aug. 1848. He d. 3 Oct. 1835.
200. (Child); d. in infancy.
201. SALLY MARTIN, b. 19 Dec. 1792; d. y.
202. JERUSHA PEASE, b. 18 Apr. 1794; m. (1) LEVI FISHER (117) 11 Oct. 1813; (2) ISAIAH DUNHAM PEASE (774) 16 Sept. 1838.
203. PETER MARTIN, b. 31 Mch. 1796; m. (1) MARGARET MAYHEW (677) 6 Sept. 1826; (2) SUSAN (NORTON) (1093) FISHER Sept. 1839.
204. SALLY MARTIN, b. 5 Nov. 1797; m. (1) GEORGE LUCE (877) 7 Dec. 1815; (2) STEPHEN SKIFFE (171) Aug. 1842; (3) FREDERICK BAYLIES.
205. EDDY, b. 27 Aug. 1799; m. NANCY DREW (rut.) 26 Mch. 1825.
206. FREEMAN PEASE, b. 9 Mch. 1801; m. CHLOE DEXTER 7 May 1829.
207. SOPHIA, b. 6 Sept 1802; m. HOLMES SMITH (631) 19 Aug. 1823.
208. CHARLES, b. 27 July 1804; d. 1823 at Sea.
209. THOMAS, b. 29 Oct. 1806.
210. SUSAN, b. 28 Feb. 1809; m. JOSEPH ATHEARN (231) 8 Aug. 1832.
211. ELIZA, b. 6 Sept 1812; m. GEORGE RIPLEY MARCHANT (141) 4 July 1835.
212. GEORGE, b. 6 Oct. 1815; m. (1) DEBORAH D. CROSBY 13 June 1841 ; (2) ELIZABETH A. HUXFORD.
Several members of this family not direct descendants
of the Martha's Vineyard line of Coffins came from Nantucket and settled
on this island. They were descendants through the line of (19) Tristram,
viz.:
42. DAVID COFFIN,
b. 7 Sept. 1718; res. Nantucket, m. MARY
LAMBERT (23) and had: WILLIAM m. LYDIA COLEMAN and had JETHRO, b. 21
Jan. 1780; res. E., who m. LYDIA COTTLE
(234) int. 28 Nov. 1807 and had issue: Shubael, Hepsibah, Mary B.
43. SAMUEL COFFIN, b. 7 Aug. 1720, res. Nantucket, cordwainer; m. ELIZABETH GARDINER and had: OBED; res. T., shipwright; m. (1) DEBORAH _____; (2) PHEBE _____ and had Charles and Timothy.
48. TIMOTHY COFFIN, b. 29 Aug. 1731; res. E., master mariner. He m. EUNICE GARDINER 21 Nov. 1754, who was b. 9 Nov. 1735 and d. 27 Oct. 1803. He d. Dec. 1756 at sea. They had issue
93. TIMOTHY, b. 1755; res. E.; m. ZORAIDA NORTON (1043) 21 Aug. 1788, who was b. 30 July 1765 and d. 5 June 1842. He d. 13 July 1827. They had issue: Deborah Gardiner b. 24 May 1789; Grace Cousens b. 16 Nov. 1791; Frederick Norton, b. 10 May 1794; Timothy b. 14 May 1797; Zoraida b. 21 Apr. 1800; Eunice Gardiner b. 8 June 1803; Rodolphus Williams b. 1807; Anne Frances b. 3 Dec. 1809 d. 8 May 1828.