Peter COFFIN

Abt 1630 - 1715  (84 years)

• Name	Peter COFFIN
  Birth	Abt 16 Jul 1630	Brixton, Devon, England
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	102866
  Reference Number	115633
  Reference Number	60
  WWW	https://www.WikiTree.com/wiki/Coffin-201
  Death	21 Mar 1715	Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire
  Person ID	I299	Gummer
  Last Modified	1 Aug 2024

  
  

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

  
  

  Family	Abigail STARBUCK,   b. Abt 1641, Dover, Norfolk, Massachusetts d. Aft 1680, Nantucket, Massachusetts (Age > 40 years)
  Marriage	1657
  Children	1. Parnel COFFIN   d. Bef 1674   2. Eliphalet COFFIN,   b. 1651, Nantucket, Massachusetts d. 1656 (Age 5 years)   3. Abigail COFFIN,   b. 20 Oct 1657, Nantucket, New York Colony d. 25 May 1736, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony (Age 78 years)   4. Peter COFFIN, Jr.,   b. 20 Aug 1660, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire d. Nov 1699, Nantucket, Massachusetts (Age 39 years) + 5. Jethro COFFIN,   b. 16 Sep 1663, Dover, Norfolk, Massachusetts d. 1726, Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts (Age 62 years)   6. Tristram COFFIN,   b. 18 Jan 1665, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, British Colonial America d. 23 Jan 1717, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, British Colonial America (Age 52 years)   7. Capt. Robert COFFIN,   b. Abt 1667, Dover, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 19 May 1710, New Hampshire (Age 43 years)   8. Edward COFFIN,   b. 20 Feb 1669, Dover, Norfolk, Massachusetts d. 1 Apr 1745, Massachusetts (Age 76 years)   9. Judith COFFIN,   b. 4 Feb 1672, Dover, Norfolk, Massachusetts d. 2 Dec 1760, Dover, Norfolk, Massachusetts (Age 88 years)   10. Parnell COFFIN,   b. 1674, Dover, Norfolk, Massachusetts d. 1685, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire (Age 11 years)   11. Elizabeth COFFIN,   b. 27 Mar 1680, Nantucket, Massachusetts d. 10 Jul 1720, Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire (Age 40 years)
  Family ID	F111	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Aug 2024

  
  

• Photos		The Coffin Family Page 92
  		The Coffin Family Page 121.
  		Peter and Tristram Jr. are born less than 6 months apart. It seems that Peter's birth year was 1630, not 1631 so that should be changed if correct.

  
  

• Notes

  {{Nantucket Founders and Descendants}} [[Category:Descendants of Tristram Coffin-221]][[Category: Congregational Church Burial Ground, Exeter, New Hampshire]] [[Category:Dover, New Hampshire]] [[Category:King William's War]] [[Category:Raid on Dover (June 1689)]] == Biography =={{Nantucket Founders and Descendants Sticker|descendant|Tristram Coffin Sr}}Peter owned land, forests and lumber mills. Although he was one of the purchasers of Nantucket, he lived there for only a short time. His residence there began about the time of King Philip's War. He is reputed to have been the wealthiest of the first purchasers. Peter, by original grant and by purchase from John Bishop, finally owned the tract of land bounded by Thomas Macy's lot on the east and Tristram Coffin's on the west and extending to the sea. In 1664, by a vote of the inhabitants, he was licensed to carry on trading with the islanders, and all others but "Nick Davis", who lived near the Atheneum, were prohibited. He was chosen a magistrate at Nantucket and occupied an important position in the Town affairs. He was an opponent of the John Gardner faction in the "Insurrection." With father and two oldest brothers, he purchased Tuckernuck Island, adjacent to Nantucket. Peter left Nantucket for New Hampshire, where he lived most of his life, becoming a representative to the General Justice of the Supreme Court of that state. Peter settled first in Exeter and then in Dover, NH, where he owned a large garrison house. It was burned down during the June Chochecho Indian Massacre. He and his family were spared but forced to help the Indians enter, pillage and destroy the garrison house of his son, Tristram. Most of his life was spent in Dover and Exeter, New Hampshire. In Dover, he was made a Freeman in 1666; in 1675 he was commissioned a Lieutenant in service in King Philip's War; he was a representative in the General Court in 1672-3 and 1679. Peter returned to Nantucket in 1676/7 where he became Asst. magistrate, when Thomas Macy refused to give up the office after his commission had expired. He moved to Exeter in 1690. From 1692 to 1714 he was at different times Associate Justice and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New Hampshire and a member of the Governor's Council. Peter was a noted man in his day, "a gentleman very serviceable in church and state," as the writer of his obituary said. He was councillor, judge, etc.; had a garrison house at Dover which was captured 1689, when Peter lost considerable hard money, which grieved him sorely. == Sources == *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/53 pages 52-3] *[https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=82638818 Find A Grave Memorial of Peter Coffin] *''Genealogical Items Relating to the Early Settlers of Dover, NH'', NEHGS, January 1854, p. 129 * ''Nantucket, A History'', by R.A. Douglas-Lithgow, publ. 1914 by G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York and Lond * Coffin, Louis, ed. ''[[Space:The Coffin Family.|The Coffin Family.]]'' (Published by Nantucket Historical Association, Nantucket, Mass., 1962). Progenitor of Line A of Peter [https://archive.org/details/coffinfamilywith00coff/page/92/mode/1up Page 92] [https://archive.org/details/coffinfamilywith00coff/page/121/mode/1up and 121] * Nantucket Historical Association Barney Genealogical Record [https://genealogy.nha.org/getperson.php?personID=I11291&tree=barney Person I11291]