Capt. Elisha COFFIN

1699 - 1722  (22 years)

• Name	Elisha COFFIN
  Prefix	Capt.
  Birth	10 May 1699	Nantucket, Massachusetts Bay
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	146389
  Reference Number	160191
  Reference Number	60
  WWW	https://www.WikiTree.com/wiki/Coffin-266
  Death	27 Apr 1722	Lost at sea.
  Person ID	I556	Gummer
  Last Modified	1 Aug 2024

  
  

  Father	James COFFIN, Jr.,   b. 9 May 1664, Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 2 Aug 1741, Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts Bay Colony (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Ruth GARDNER,   b. 26 Jan 1676, Nantucket, Massachusetts d. 4 Oct 1748, Nantucket, Massachusetts (Age 72 years)
  Marriage	19 May 1692	Nantucket, Massachusetts
  Family ID	F110	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Dinah BUNKER,   b. 25 Jan 1705   d. Abt 14 Jan 1778 (Age 72 years)
  Marriage	3 Apr 1721	Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts Bay Colony
  Family ID	F442	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Aug 2024

  
  

• Notes

  [[Category:Descendants of James Coffin-157]] ==Biography== Elisha was born 10 Aug 1699 at Nantucket Elisha was a sea captain and a whaler. He was the first Nantucket whaleman to be lost at sea. He married Dinah Bunker daughter of Peleg and Susannah (Coffin) Bunker ==Sources== *"Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQDZ-KR4 : 4 December 2014), Elisha Coffin, 10 Aug 1699; citing NANTUCKET,NANTUCKET,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0823703 IT 1-2.*[http://www.islandregister.com/rcoffin/rcoffini.html My Fathers Shoes Our Coffin Story by Ross Coffin Page 22]