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Hon. James COFFIN

Male 1639 - 1720  (80 years)


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  • Name James COFFIN 
    Prefix Hon. 
    Birth 12 Aug 1639  Brixton, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Reference Number 102822 
    Reference Number 115589 
    Reference Number 60 
    WWW https://www.WikiTree.com/wiki/Coffin-157  
    Death 28 Jul 1720  Nantucket, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I282  Gummer
    Last Modified 1 Aug 2024 

    Father Governor Tristram COFFIN, Sr.,   b. 11 Mar 1608, Brixton, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Oct 1681, Nantucket, Dukes, New York (now Massachusetts) Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years) 
    Mother Dionis STEVENS,   b. Bef 4 Mar 1610, Brixton, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 2 Oct 1681, Nantucket, New York Colony Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 71 years) 
    Marriage 1630  Braxton, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F72  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary SEVERANCE,   b. 5 Aug 1645, Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Jul 1720, Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years) 
    Marriage 3 Dec 1663  Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. James COFFIN, Jr.,   b. 9 May 1664, Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts Bay Colony Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Aug 1741, Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts Bay Colony Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)
     2. Mary COFFIN,   b. 18 Apr 1665, Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Feb 1741, Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
     3. Abigail COFFIN,   b. 1666, Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 15 Mar 1709, Nantucket, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age < 43 years)
     4. Nathaniel COFFIN,   b. Mar 1671, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Oct 1721, Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts Bay Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 50 years)
     5. Lt. John COFFIN,   b. Apr 1672, Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts Bay Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Jul 1747, Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts Bay Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
     6. Dinah COFFIN,   b. 1 Jul 1674, Nantucket, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Aug 1750, Nantucket, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
     7. Elizabeth COFFIN,   b. 1675, Nantucket, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Mar 1769, Nantucket, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 94 years)
     8. Deborah COFFIN,   b. Abt Sep 1676, Nantucket, Massachusetts, Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Oct 1767, Nantucket, Massachusetts, Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 91 years)
     9. Mr. Ebenezer COFFIN,   b. 30 Mar 1678, Nantucket, Nantucket, Province of Massachusetts Bay Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Oct 1730, Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts Bay Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 52 years)
     10. Joseph COFFIN,   b. 4 Feb 1679, Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts Bay Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Jul 1719, Nantucket, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 40 years)
     11. Benjamin COFFIN,   b. 28 Oct 1683, Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. at sea Find all individuals with events at this location
     12. Ruth COFFIN,   b. Abt 1685, Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts Bay Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 May 1748, Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts Bay Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)
     13. Experience COFFIN,   b. 1689, Nantucket, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1705, Nantucket, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 16 years)
    +14. Jonathan COFFIN,   b. 28 Aug 1692, Nantucket, Nantucket, Province of Massachusetts Bay Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Feb 1773, Nantucket, Nantucket, Province of Massachusetts Bay Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
    Family ID F70  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 1 Aug 2024 

  • Photos
    Births, marriages, marriage intentions, and deaths: 1637-1821    		 Births, marriages, marriage intentions, and deaths: 1637-1821
    The Coffin Family Page 92    		The Coffin Family Page 92

    James Coffin married as his first and only wife Mary Severance on December 3, 1663. She died 4 years after him.

  • Notes 
    • [[Category:Dover, New Hampshire]]
      [[Category:Descendants of Tristram Coffin-221]]
      [[Category: Nantucket Founders and Descendants]]
      {{Nantucket Founders and Descendants}}
      ==Biography==
      {{Quakers Sticker}}James Coffin, the fourth child of [[Coffin-221|Tristram Coffin]] and [[Stevens-67|Dionis Stevens]], was born in England on 12 Aug 1639 and died 28 Jul 1720,Vital Records of Nantucket Massachusetts to the Year 1850, Volume V - Deaths, (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1928) pg. 160 aged 80 years, in Nantucket, Massachusetts. He was baptised on 11 Sep 1639 at St Mary, Brixton, Devon.St Mary (Brixton, Devon, England), Bishop's transcripts, 1609-1859, FHL #004392618, Image 29 of 288 - https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G94Y-9WXH?i=28&cc=2515875&cat=1832033
      He married [[Severance-3|Mary Severence]], a daughter of John and Abigail Severance, of Salisbury, Massachusetts, on December 3, 1663.[https://archive.org/stream/newenglandhisto34unkngoog#page/n190/mode/2up NEHGR 8:162]Vital Records of Nantucket Massachusetts to the Year 1850, Volume III - Marriages (A-G), (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1927) pg. 274 ''"He came to Nantucket with the first settlers, but subsequently removed to Dover, N. H., where he resided in 1668, being a member of the church there in 1671, and the same year, May 31, he was there made freeman. Soon after this date, however, he returned to Nantucket and resided there until his death. He filled 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 married. From him have descended, perhaps, the 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 Isaac Coffin, 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 84 years, both hale and hearty' when last heard from. The most distinguished woman which America has produced, Lucretia Mott, was also descended from this line, her father, Thomas Coffin, being the 17th child of Benjamin, and not the youngest, either. "''Allen Coffin, [https://archive.org/stream/cu31924029839762#page/n53/mode/2up The Coffin Family], (Hussey and Robinson, Nantucket, 1881) pgs. 55-56.
      In the early 1700's, Hon. James Coffin was the Chief Magistrate on the Island of Nantucket. His eldest son James, must have in some part helped his father manage his land holdings and businesses. It's known that James Sr. had trading sloops going back and forth from the mainland. These sloops would have needed crews of up to ten men, depending on the size. Wool and whale oil would most likely have been the exports.

      === Children ===#Mary, b. in Nantucket, April 18, 1665 ; married first, Richard Pinkham, of Portsmouth, N. H., who came from the Isle of Wight, and died in Nantucket in 1718 ; second, James, son of Richard and Sarah Gardner; d. in Nantucket, Feb. 1, 1741.

      #[[Coffin-75|James, Jr.]], b. probably in Dover, N. H.; m., first, Love, dau. of Richard and Sarah Gardner; second, Ruth, dau. of John and Priscilla Gardner; d. in Nantucket, Oct. 2, 1741.

      #[[Coffin-191|Nathaniel]], b. in Dover, 1671; m. Aug. 17, 1692, Damaris, dau. of Wm. Gayer; d. Aug. 29, 1721.

      #John, b. in Nantucket; m. Hope Gardner, dau. of Richard; d. there July 1, 1747.

      #Dinah, b. in Nantucket ; m. Nov. 20, 1690, Nathaniel Starbuck, Jr.; d. there Aug. 1, 1750.

      #Deborah, b. in Nantucket; m. Oct. 10, 1695, George Bunker, son of Wm.; d. there Oct. 8, 1767.

      #Ebenezer b. in Nantucket, March 30, 1678; m. Dec. 12, 1700, Eleanor, dau. of Nathaniel Barnard; died there Oct. 17, 1730.

      #Joseph, b. in Nantucket, Feb. 4, 1680; m. Bethia, dau. of John Macy; d. there July 14, 1719.

      #Elizabeth, b. in Nantucket; m., first, Jonathan, son of Wm. and Mary Bunker; second, Thomas Clark; d. there, March 30, 1769.

      #Benjamin, b. in Nantucket, Aug. 28, 1683; lost overboard between Nantucket and Martha's "Vineyard.

      #[[Coffin-725|Ruth]], b. in Nantucket; m. Joseph, son of Richard and Mary Gardner; d. there, May 28, 1748.

      #Abigail, b. in Nantucket; m. Nathaniel, son of Richard and Sarah Gardner; d. there March 15, 1709, and was the first person buried in Gardner's burial ground.


      #[[Coffin-74|Experience]], b. in Nantucket and died young.

      #Jonathan, b. in Nantucket, August 28, 1692 ; m. Hephzibah, dau. of Ebenezer Harker; d. there Feb. 5, 1773.

      == Sources ==

      ===See Also===*Coffin, Allen, 1881. The Coffin Family: the life of Tristram Coffyn, of Nantucket, Mass., founder of the family line in America. Hussey & Robinson, publishers, Nantucket, Mass., [https://archive.org/details/coffinfamilylife00coff/page/55 page 55]* Barney Genealogical Record [https://genealogy.nha.org/getperson.php?personID=I1435&tree=barney Person ID I1435.]*Coffin Lineage: A Family Living History Worksheet from Richard Coffyn (c1280-??) to Sallie Coffin (1773-1850)* Coffin, Louis, ed. ''[[Space:The Coffin Family.|The Coffin Family.]]'' (Published by Nantucket Historical Association, Nantucket, Mass., 1962). Progenitor of Line C of James. [https://archive.org/details/coffinfamilywith00coff/page/92/mode/1up Page 92] [https://archive.org/details/coffinfamilywith00coff/page/183/mode/1up and 183]* Family Living History Worksheet, Coffin Lineage From Richard Coffyn (c1280-??) To Sallie Coffin (1773-1850), [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1APRvBVCsrzN9ABMBJpqbgdsda0xJ6y8V7y70m-aEEYU/edit Pages 6-11.] [[Legutki-1]]* [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/138328231/james-coffin Find A Grave Memorial for James Coffin][https://archive.org/stream/loyalistsofmassa00staruoft#page/234/mode/2up James H. Stark, "The Loyalists of Massachusetts", (W.B. Clarke Co., Boston, Mass., 1910) pgs. 234-235]


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