COFFIN Newsletter and Sources by Sandy Clunies and Ann Yeoman Thu Jan 03 1991 ------------------------------- The COFFIN Family Newsletter is a quarterly 16-page publication featuring articles, queries, and exchanges among descendants of Tristram COFFIN & Dionis STEVENS. The Nov 1990 issue was Vol. VI, No. 4. $15 year USA. David Coffin, 8907 Mowhawk Lane, Bethesda MD 20817-3519. ------------------------------- Date: Thu Jan 03 1991 20:46:00 From: Ann Yeoman To: Rudy Buse Subj: Harriet & Frances COFFIN ------------------------------- RB> I also have two collateral lines which I haven't yet worked back RB> to the immigrant. ...Frances COFFIN, d/o William ... & Harriot RB> COFFIN (m Jesse SUMNER) dau of Nathaniel. RE: Harriet COFFIN From "The Coffin Family", ed. Louis Coffin, copyright, 1962 by the Nantucket Historical Association, (Library of Congress # 62-18214), page 154: Nathaniel COFFIN, s/o of Nathaniel & Patience, m. Eleanor FOSTER, s/o Isaac of Charlestown 1769. Nathaniel b. 4-20-1744, d. 10-18-1826. Eleanor d. 1822. Ch: Harriet, b. 8-24-1770 Mary F., m. Ebenezer MAYO 7-4-1792, b. 4-21-1772, d. 1793 Susanna m. William CODMAN 10-29-1791, b. 6-4-1773, d. 1854 *****Harriet m. Jesse SUMNER 11-16-1799, b. 5-14-1775***** William, b. 2-4-1777, d. 1788 Eleanor m. John DERBY 12-12-1801, b. 7-22-1779, d. 1859 Thomas m. Anna, b. 11-16-1780, d. 1832 Francis, b. 11-16-1780, d. 1843 Martha m. Richard C. DERBY 9-23-1800, b. 4-11-1783, d. 1832 Nathaniel, b. 5-11-1785, d. 1787 Isaac F. m. Anna PRINCE, b. 3-28-1787 pg 145 Nathaniel who m. Eleanor FOSTER of Charleston, s/o Dr. Nathaniel & Patience HALE COFFIN. Dr. Nathaniel, s/o John & Judith GREENLEAF COFFIN, b. 9-7-1716, d. 1-12-1766. Dr. Nathaniel & Patience m. 3-1-1739. pg 139 John Coffin, s/o Nathaniel & Sarah BROCHILBANK DOLE COFFIN, b. 1-1-1694, d. 9-30-1762, m. Judith GREENLEAF, d/o Edmund & Abigail on 4-22-1713. pg 137 Nathaniel COFFIN, s/o Tristram & Judith GREENLEAF SOMERBY COFFIN. (Judith Greenleaf was the widow of Henry S. SOMERBY, & daughter of Edmund GREENLEAF.) Nathaniel, b. 3-22-1669, d. 2-20-1749 (b & d in Newbury). Nathaniel m. Sarah DOLE, widow of Henry DOLE & d/o Samuel BROCHILBANK on 3-29-1693. Sarah d. 4-20-1750. pg 136 Tristram Coffin, s/o Tristram & Dionis, b. 1632, d. 2-4-1703. m. Judith SOMERBY widow of Henry S. & d/o Edmund Greenleaf on 3-2-1853 (sic this MUST be 1653). [The book goes on to state, "He and his descendants lived mostly at Newbury Mass. where he was married. They left 177 descendants but none came to Nantucket."] Your Harriet is now "worked back to the immigrant". If you can provide a little more info on your Frances COFFIN, the d/o William (such as who she was married to) I might be able to find something about her. The index shows: COFFIN: Frances Ann m. John H. Davis Frances Boyd m. Charles Stevens Frances Maria m. William Hanscome Frances Rumball Frances Stone m. William Henry Richardson Frances m. Ferdinand Matthews If you don't have access to the book quoted above, I'll be happy to copy off the pages and send them to you for a SASE. Ann Yeoman 1615 17th St. West Des Moines, IA 50265-1606 Date: Thu May 02 1991 11:42:41 From: Roy Leggitt To: Norma Callahan Subj: COFFIN/TAIT (TATE) Attr: genealogy ------------------------------- Norma, You are about to hit a GOLD MINE!! If your COFFIN line is from Guilford County, NC, there is a 99% probability they are Quakers. If this is the case, there is a wealth of information in the Quaker genealogy books. Check for COFFINs in New Hampshire and Nantucket Island from the early 1600s up to about 1711. That is where they were before they migrated all the way down to Guilford County, NC. In the mid 1800s, many of them went on to IN. While I don't have any COFFIN blood in me, I must have seen many hundred of them in my tracing of the HUSSEY Quaker line from Surry, England, to Hampton, NH, to Nantucket, MA, to Guilford, NC, to Hendricks, IN. Since I made my HUSSEY/Quaker connection about four months ago, I have increased the size of my database by well over 50% (from just over 2000 to nearly 3500). There is a series of books by Wade Hinshaw published in the 20s and 30s entitled The Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy. Volume I, North Carolina, has just been republished (see back page of Genealogical Helper) and I understand the one for PA/NJ is also out again. ($77.50 each) In the various libraries around San Diego, I have seen those two plus ones for IN, NY, and OH. The Quakers had a system of recording weekly, monthly, and yearly activity at their meeting houses. They also recorded who was accepted and from where they were accepted, who was granted a certificate to leave and to where, births, marriages, and deaths. Wade Hinshaw transcribed many of these records and published his tomes (the NC and PA/NJ are about 1,200 pages each). I'll be out of town for about ten days. If you haven't found anything in a couple weeks, message me and I can help you get started with what I have (the NC volume). Also, check the current copy of Genealogical Helper. I am sure I saw a COFFIN family association listed there in the annual listing of associations. -=[ Roy in San Diego ]=- -=[ Prodigy DWHW06A - GEnie R.LEGGITT1 ]=- ========================================================= The Coffin Family as they relate to the Pearson, Harris and Bamford families of Essex County Mass. Please send any information to the address at the end of this file. 1. NICHOLAS COFFIN b. cir 1553, Brixton, Devonshire, England, m. MRS NICHOLAS COFFIN, b. Brixton, Devonshire, England. NICHOLAS died 1613, Brixton, Devonshire, England. children 2. i PETER COFFIN b. cir 1585. Second Generation 2. PETER COFFIN b. cir 1585, Brixton, Devonshire, England, m. JOAN THEMBER, b. cir 1585, Brixton, Devonshire, England, d. MAY 30 1661, Boston, Mass.. PETER died cir 1627, Brixton, Devonshire, England. children 3. i TRISTRAM COFFIN b. cir 1605. Third Generation 3. TRISTRAM COFFIN b. cir 1605, Brixton, Devonshire, England, m. DIONIS STEVENS, b. Brixton, Devonshire, England. TRISTRAM died OCT 02 1681, Nantucket, Mass.. children 4. i TRISTRAM COFFIN b. cir 1632. Fourth Generation 4. TRISTRAM COFFIN b. cir 1632, Brixton, Devonshire, England, m. MAR 02 1653, in Newbury, Mass., JUDITH GREENLEAF, b. SEP 12 1635, Salisbury, Mass., (daughter of EDMUND GREENLEAF and SARAH DOLE) d. DEC 15 1705, Newbury, Mass., bur. Newbury, Mass.. TRISTRAM died FEB 04 1704, Newbury, Mass., bur. Newbury, Mass.. children i JUDITH COFFIN b. DEC 04 1653, Newbury, Mass.. ii DEBORAH COFFIN b. NOV 10 1655, Newbury, Mass.. iii MARY COFFIN b. NOV 12 1657, Newbury, Mass.. iv JAMES COFFIN b. APR 22 1659, Newbury, Mass.. v JOHN COFFIN b. SEP 08 1660, Newbury, Mass.. vi LYDIA COFFIN b. APR 22 1662, Newbury, Mass.. vii ENOCH COFFIN b. JAN 21 1664, Newbury, Mass.. 5. viii STEPHEN COFFIN b. AUG 18 1665. ix PETER COFFIN b. JUL 27 1667, Newbury, Mass.. x NATHANIEL COFFIN b. MAR 26 1669, Newbury, Mass.. Fifth Generation 5. STEPHEN COFFIN b. AUG 18 1665, Newbury, Mass., m. OCT 08 1685, in Newbury, Mass., SARAH ATKINSON, b. cir 1665, Newbury, Mass., d. JAN 20 1725, Newbury, Mass., bur. Newbury, Mass.. STEPHEN died AUG 31 1725, Newbury, Mass., bur. Newbury, Mass.. children i SARAH COFFIN b. MAY 16 1686, Haverhill, Mass.. ii TRISTRAM COFFIN b. JAN 14 1688, Haverhill, Mass., d. MAR 09 1688, Haverhill, Mass.. iii TRISTRAM COFFIN b. MAR 06 1689, Haverhill, Mass., d. JAN 23 1718, Newbury, Mass.. iv LYDIA COFFIN b. JUL 21 1691, Haverhill, Mass.. v JUDITH COFFIN b. FEB 23 1693, Haverhill, Mass.. vi JOHN COFFIN b. JAN 20 1695, Haverhill, Mass.. vii ABIGAIL COFFIN b. SEP 25 1696, Newbury, Mass.. viii STEPHEN COFFIN b. cir 1698, Newbury, Mass.. ix DANIEL COFFIN b. SEP 19 1700, Newbury, Mass.. x ABNER COFFIN b. APR 29 1702, Newbury, Mass.. xi MARY COFFIN b. SEP 26 1704, Newbury, Mass., d. JAN 18 1717, Newbury, Mass.. 6. xii JOSEPH COFFIN b. DEC 26 1706. xiii BENJAMIN COFFIN b. JUN 14 1710, Newbury, Mass.. Sixth Generation 6. JOSEPH COFFIN b. DEC 26 1706, Newbury, Mass., m. (1) MAY 15 1729, in Newbury, Mass., ELIZABETH COLLINS, b. Salisbury, Mass, d. OCT 02 1749, Newbury, Mass., m. (2) FEB 13 1750, in Newbury, Mass., OLIVE FOWLER, b. cir 1707. JOSEPH died NOV 23 1758, Newbury, Mass., bur. Newbury, Mass.. children i JOSEPH COFFIN b. MAR 25 1730, Newbury, Mass.. ii ELIZABETH COFFIN b. NOV 20 1731, Newbury, Mass.. iii TRISTRAM COFFIN b. SEP 05 1733, Newbury, Mass.. iv JOHN COFFIN b. SEP 05 1735, Newbury, Mass., d. SEP 05 1756, Newbury, Mass.. v SARAH COFFIN b. JAN 26 1737, Newbury, Mass., d. FEB 18 1737, Newbury, Mass.. vi ABEL COFFIN b. SEP 30 1741, Newbury, Mass.. vii MARY COFFIN b. SEP 16 1743, Newbury, Mass., d. SEP 26 1743, Newbury, Mass.. viii EUNICE COFFIN b. AUG 23 1744, Newbury, Mass.. ix MICHAEL COFFIN b. MAY 10 1746, Newbury, Mass., d. cir 1765, Newbury, Mass.. x ENOCH COFFIN b. SEP 13 1748, Newbury, Mass.. xi SAMUEL COFFIN b. JAN 19 1751, Newbury, Mass.. xii OLIVE COFFIN b. FEB 28 1752, Newbury, Mass.. xiii HENRY COFFIN b. APR 09 1754, Newbury, Mass.. 7. xiv LEMUEL COFFIN b. NOV 20 1755. xv JOHN COFFIN b. AUG 12 1757, Newbury, Mass.. Seventh Generation 7. LEMUEL COFFIN b. NOV 20 1755, Newbury, Mass., m. APR 02 1780, in Fredrick, Md., CATHERINE CRESSAL, b. Fredrick, Md.. LEMUEL died JUN 29 1837, Newburyport, Mass.. children i ELIZA COFFIN b. AUG 18 1781, Newburyport, Mass.. ii JOHN COFFIN b. JUL 09 1783, Newburyport, Mass.. 8. iii OLIVE COFFIN b. JUL 14 1785. iv JOSEPH COFFIN b. MAR 25 1788, Newburyport, Mass., d. OCT 28 1816, Guadaloupe, Antilles. v RACHEL COFFIN b. AUG 09 1790, Newburyport, Mass.. vi ABEL COFFIN b. OCT 21 1792, Newburyport, Mass.. vii CATHERINE COFFIN b. JAN 19 1795, Newburyport, Mass., d. cir 1875, Newburyport, Mass.. viii SARAH COFFIN b. JUL 29 1797, Newburyport, Mass., d. bef 1802, Newburyport, Mass.. ix MICHAEL COFFIN b. MAR 17 1800, Newburyport, Mass.. x SARAH COFFIN b. NOV 16 1802, Newburyport, Mass.. Eighth Generation 8. OLIVE COFFIN b. JUL 14 1785, Fredrick, Maryland, m. MAR 31 1807, in Newburyport, Mass., JONATHAN PEARSON, b. APR 23 1784, Newburyport, Mass., (son of JONATHAN PEARSON and ABIGAIL WOODWELL) d. MAR 22 1863, Newburyport, Mass., bur. Newburyport, Mass.. OLIVE died JUN 04 1846, Newburyport, Mass., bur. Newburyport, Mass.. children i JOSEPH COFFIN PEARSON b. NOV 24 1807, Newburyport, Mass.. ii CHARLES PEARSON b. NOV 01 1809, Newburyport, Mass.. 9. iii ALBERT PEARSON b. OCT 15 1812. iv MARY PEARSON b. JUN 02 1815, Newburyport, Mass.. v CATERINE PEARSON b. JUL 30 1817, Newburyport, Mass.. vi CORNELIUS PEARSON b. AUG 09 1819, Newburyport, Mass.. vii ELIZA OLIVE PEARSON b. FEB 22 1823, Newburyport, Mass.. viii SARAH RACHEL PEARSON b. NOV 19 1825, Newburyport, Mass.. Provided by: Robert E. Bamford 35 Woodland St. Bristol, Ct. 06010 203-584-8967 旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� � This file is from The Source of Magic, Ridgefield CT � � 203-431-4687, source for genealogy, radio, & Windows � 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� Date: Sat Feb 15 1992 09:30:37 From: Stacie Ebert To: Ken Allard Subj: COFFIN-THEMBER Attr: GENEALOGY ------------------------------- Ken, I just discovered the Coffin and Thember lines last weekend in the N.E.H.G.R. It was very exciting! I was able to go back to Nicholas Coffin, will dated Sep 12, 1613 and proved Nov 3, 1613 (What does proved mean anyway?) He is the grandfather to the emmigrant Tristram Coffin b. 1605/1609 d. Oct. 2, 1681 and married Dionis Stevens. I am a descendant of Mary Coffin, Tristram's daughter. I do not know Joanna Thember's parent's names. Are you able to go back further than that on either line? Does it look like I have info. you may need? Where did you find your information? Call back soon! Stacie Ebert Orlando, Florida --- TMail v1.27 * Origin: Cornucopia TBBS - Winter Park, FL - 407/645-4929 (1:363/18) Date: Mon Feb 17 1992 10:18:54 From: Sandy Clunies To: Philip Ward Subj: Coffin - Thember Attr: GENEALOGY ------------------------------- As a long-time COFFIN researcher and descendant, please DO NOT BELIEVE that nonsense about royal lines - there is absolutley nothing proven past Nicholas COFFIN (-1613). So many writers let their imaginations exceed their research! The COFFINs were a strong, significant family in the history of colonial New England - and produced many eminent descendants - surely an ancestry with which to be proudly associated in itself - Are you all aware of the COFFIN Family Newsletter - a quality collection of the most authenticated COFFIN data - edited by David Coffin. $15/year, quarterly publication. Write to: Coffin Family Newsletter 8907 Mohawk Lane Bethesda, MD 20817-3519 The COFFIN family will celebrate 350 years in America 2-4 Oct 1992 at Nantucket, MA. Details in upcoming issues. Nantucket is a fabulous place to visit. Another Great(9) Granddaughter of Tristram & Dionis (STEVENS) COFFIN. ---Sandy --- msged 1.99S ZTC * Origin: GreyEagle_Point/346 <* Derwood, MD *> (1:109/312.346) Date: Mon Feb 17 1992 14:45:43 From: Ken Allard To: Stacie Ebert Subj: Coffin-Thember Attr: GENEALOGY ------------------------------- Dear Cousin So you are desc of Mary Coffin; I am desc of her brother Tristram Jr. Your Mary m Nathaniel Starbuck, is that the correct one? That Mary was mother of first white child born in Nantucket! I recommend NEHGR Vol 24 (Apr 1870) as best Coffin Family material. See also Mirick, "History of Haverhill". There is newer material I am sure. I have several Coffin "cousins" who keep me updated. There is material at the New Hampshire Historical Society, but I do not get there! Do not know parents of Joanna Thember. I do have info on the Boscawens and the Carminowes, several generations earlier who married into Coffin family. I would be glad to exchange information with you. Post an address, or mail to me at 8198 Toyon Ave, Fair Oaks CA 95628 --- Opus-CBCS 1.14 * Origin: Nightline-5 BBS,Sacramento CA,362-0715 (1:203/40.0) Date: Mon Feb 17 1992 19:30:04 From: Dave Lambert To: Ken Allard Subj: COFFIN-THEMBER Attr: GENEALOGY ------------------------------- Ken, I am a Descendant of Peter's Coffin and Joanna Kember. The last name of Peter's Wife was KEMBER not Thember as old references lead those to believe. Peter Coffin was born (ca. 1584) in Brixton, England. He married May 16, 1610 in Brixton to JOANNA KEMBER. Peter died 1626 in Engladn (poss. Brixton). JOANNA KEMBER, was born ca. 1584, in England and died in Boston, Ma on May 1, 1664. She was the daughter of Robert & Anna Kember. I also have the ancestry of Peter Coffin back, to His Grandfather. If you dont have it. I will be glad to share. Also, what other Mass. lines do you have>>?? Dave Lambert 1108 West Street Stoughton, MA 02072-3831 --- TMail v1.25 * Origin: Hacknet - 1-617-942-1298 (1:101/145) Date: Mon Feb 17 1992 19:38:55 From: Dave Lambert To: Stacie Ebert Subj: KEMBER NOT THEMBER Attr: GENEALOGY ------------------------------- Stacie, Hello, I see you have some Nantucket families. I am a descendant of Peter Coffin of Brixton, England. His wife was JOANNA KEMBER not Thember. She was born ca. 1584 and was the daughter of Robert and Anna Kember. She was married to Peter Coffin in Brixton, England on May 16, 1610. Also I have information on Peter's father Nicholas and grandfather Peter, all of Brixton, England. Will be glad to share this with you. My last Coffin was Mary Coffin (b. Nov.21,1657 in Newbury, MA and died Nov.28,1725) she married Joseph Little of Newbury. Hope to hear from you.. I think I have a Starbuck line I cannot connect. Dave Lambert 1108 West Street Stoughton, MA 02072-3831 --- TMail v1.25 * Origin: Hacknet - 1-617-942-1298 (1:101/145) Date: Tue Feb 25 1992 13:58:46 From: Ron Grassi To: Dave Lambert Subj: COFFIN Attr: GENEALOGY ------------------------------- Dave, I think you have written some messages about COFFINs, right? If so, I might have some information for you. I have a book called Mahaska County History, and it has information about COFFIN. To name a few; Peter Coffin b. abt 1535 Portledge, Devon, England, married 1560 Mary BOSCAWEN of Pinkeville, Conn, England, b. 1545, died 4 Sep 1622, parents Hugh BOSCAWEN and Phillippe CARMINOW. Children: Nicholas, b abt 1561, Tristram, b. abt 1563, Phillip, Lionel, Thomas. Does this connect in any way to your line? I will be more than happy to photocopy this from the book if you want. There are 3 pages that you would be interested in. Leave me a note here or call Ron Grassi-319-354-4730 after 8 P.M., Central Time. Hope this helps. I think Lucinda Norris and Stacie Ebert might be interested also. ttyl Ron in Iowa City, Ia. --- Maximus 2.00 * Origin: Icarus BBS (1:283/657) Date: Sun Apr 12 1992 15:03:24 From: Glenn York To: Ron Grassi Subj: Re: COFFIN Attr: GENEALOGY ------------------------------- Just saw your message about COFFINs in Indiana in 1840s. Have you looked at the Encyclopedia of Quaker Genealogy? Wade HINSHAW did them for several areas, but he dided before he published the Indiana data he had collected. Willard HESS I belive published the Indiana data in six books. Many of the COFFINS were Quakers and many Quakers moved to Indiana in the early 1800s. This may give you some more clues on your COFFIN line. Glenn York --- Opus-CBCS 1.73a * Origin: Voice of Liberty 2, Lakenheath England (2:254/38.0) Date: Mon May 11 1992 05:11:06 From: Ron Grassi To: Sandy Clunies Subj: Another COFFIN Researche Attr: GENEALOGY ------------------------------- SC>Ron, hope that you have tapped into the COFFIN Family SC>Association newsletter published by David Coffin - a I hadn't heard about it until now. SC>The THEMBER/KEMBER controversy concerns interpretation of a handwritten SC>document in England - some read it one way and some the SC>other. Thanks, Sandy, Just got this information on the COFFIN line last week. Had sent some info. to some of the other COFFIN researchers on this echo and had seen some of the messages before. SC>My line is Tristram, Tristram, Lydia who m. Moses LITTLE. I guess you've seen my wife's line here on the echo. SC>COFFIN Family Newsletter ($15/yr.) SC>c/o David COffin SC>8907 Mohawk Lane SC>Bethesda, MD 20817-3519 Will get in touch with David. ThanX for the information. Happy Searchin'!! Ron and Tish in Iowa City, Ia. SC>---Sandy SC>--- msged 1.99S ZTC SC> * Origin: GreyEagle_Point/346 <* Derwood, MD *> (1:109/312.346) ___ X SLMR 2.1a X Ron & Tish Grassi-713 Fifth Ave. Pl.-Coralville, Ia 52241 --- Maximus 2.00 * Origin: Icarus BBS (1:283/657)