Coffin Family Connections

This family is not directly related to us. I include this partial descent list due to the frequent intermarriage with our family. I have left out most of the children, including only those who married into our lines.

Tristram Coffin was born about 1605 in Devonshire, England, and died 2 Oct 1681 in Nantucket (Nantucket) Massachusetts. He married about 1630 in England,

Diones Stevens. Diones (also seen as Dionas Stevens and Dionis Stevens) was born about 1610 in Devonshire, England. They moved to Massachusetts by 1645.

Tristram and Diones had nine children (Peter, Tristram, Elizabeth, James, John, Deborah, Mary, John, Stephen), of whom we list four:

B. Tristram Coffin was born in 1632 in Devonshire, England, and died 4 Feb 1703/04 in Newbury (Essex) Massachusetts. He married about 1653 in Newbury, Judith Greenleaf, daughter of Edmund Greenleaf (~1590-1671) and Sarah Dole (~1600-1663). Judith was born about 1625 (baptized 2 Sep 1625) in England, and died 15 Dec 1705 in Newbury. Her brother Stephen marries Tristram's sister Elizabeth, below.
Judith also had several children from a previous marriage to Henry Somerby, including:

Sarah Somerby was born 10 Feb 1645 in Newbury (Essex) Massachusetts, and died 19 Jun 1672. She married 8 Dec 1663, John Hale, son of Thomas Hale and Thomasine Dowsett.

Tristram and Judith had ten children (Judith, Deborah, Mary, James, John, Lydia, Enoch, Stephen, Peter, Nathaniel), of whom we list five:

B2. Deborah Coffin was born 10 Nov 1655 in Newbury (Essex) Massachusetts. She married 31 Oct 1677 in Newbury, Joseph Knight, son of John Knight and Bathsheba Ingersoll. Joseph was born 21 Jun 1652 in Newbury (Essex) Massachusetts, and died 29 Jan 1723 in Newbury.
Their line is continued under Joseph.

B4. James Coffin was born 22 Apr 1659 in Newbury (Essex) Massachusetts, and died 4 Mar 1734/35 in Newbury. He married 16 Nov 1685 in Newbury, Florence Hooke, daughter of Horace. Florence was born about Dec 1663, and died 6 Jun 1712 in Newbury.
James and Florence had eleven children (Judith, Florence, Elizabeth, Sarah, Mary, Lydia, Tristram, Daniel, Eleanor, Joanna, James), of whom we list three:

B44. Sarah Coffin was born 20 Aug 1689 in Newbury (Essex) Massachusetts. She married 13 May 1712, James Noyes [5690.8.1], son of Timothy Noyes and Mary Knight.

B46. Lydia Coffin was born in 1692 in Newbury (Essex) Massachusetts, and died 7 Feb 1719/20 in Newbury. She married 28 Mar 1717 in Newbury, Samuel Todd [2840.5.3], son of John Todd and Elizabeth Brocklebank.

B47. Tristram Coffin was born 19 Oct 1694 in Newbury (Essex) Massachusetts, and died 19 May 1775. He married 17 Nov 1715, Martha Cheney [1422.2], daughter of John Cheney and Mary Chute.

B6. Lydia Coffin was born 22 Apr 1662 probably in Newbury (Essex) Massachusetts. She married Moses Little, son of George Little and Alice Poor. Moses was born 11 Mar 1653 and died 8 Mar 1691.
Lydia and Moses had six children (John, Tristram, Sarah, Mary, Elizabeth, Moses), of whom we list two:

B62. Tristram Little was born 9 Dec 1681 in Newbury (Essex) Massachusetts, and died 11 Nov 1765 in Newbury. He married 30 Oct 1707 in Newbury, Sarah Dole [2840.7.2], daughter of Henry Dole and Sarah Brocklebank.

B66. Moses Little was born 26 Feb 1690/91, and died 19 Oct 1780. He married 12 Feb 1716/15, Sarah Jaques [5638.1.9.4], daughter of Stephen Jaques and Deborah Plummer.

B8. Stephen Coffin was born 18 Aug 1664 in Newbury (Essex) Massachusetts, and died 31 Aug 1725 in Newbury. He married 8 Oct 1685 in Newbury, Sarah Atkinson. Sarah was born 27 Nov 1665 in Newbury (Essex) Massachusetts, and died 25 Jan 1724 in Newbury.
Stephen and Sarah had twelve children (Sarah, Tristram, Lydia, Judith, John, Abigail, Stephen, Daniel, Abner, Mary, Joseph, Benjamin), of whom we list three:

B84. Judith Coffin was born 23 Feb 1692/93 in Newbury (Essex) Massachusetts, and died 17 Dec 1769 in Newbury. She married 7 Jun 1714, her cousin Nathaniel Greenleaf [C71], son of Tristram Greenleaf and Margaret Piper, below. Nathaniel was born 25 Jan 1690/91 in Newbury, and died 19 Dec 1775 in Newbury. Judith and Nathaniel are double second cousins, both descending from Edmund Greenleaf and Sarah Dole, and also from Tristram Coffin and Diones Stevens.
Judith and Nathaniel had six children (Sarah, Joshua, Judith, Abner, Elizabeth, Nathaniel), of whom we list one:

B845. Elizabeth Greenleaf was born 22 Nov 1723 in Newbury (Essex) Massachusetts. She married 7 Jan 1747/48, Ebenezer Noyes [5690.8.6.3], son of Timothy Noyes and Lydia Plummer.

B85. John Coffin was born 20 Jan 1695/96 in Newbury (Essex) Massachusetts, and died 16 Jan 1754 in Salisbury (Essex) Massachusetts. He married on 28 Apr 1726, Hannah Cheney [5688.4.3.4], daughter of Daniel Cheney and Hannah Dustin.

B88. Daniel Coffin was born 19 Sep 1700 in Newbury (Essex) Massachusetts. He married Lydia Moulton, daughter of Daniel Moulton and Mary ___.
Daniel and Lydia had eight children (Sarah, Peter, Lydia, Stephen, Simeon, Mary, Daniel, Isaac), of whom we list one:

B886. Mary Coffin was born 28 Jan 1734. She married about 1766, John Knight [2836.3.6.2], son of Grindall Knight and Mary Harris.

Ba. Nathaniel Coffin was born 22 Mar 1669, and died 20 Feb 1749. He married 29 Mar 1693, Sarah Brocklebank [2840.7], daughter of Samuel Brocklebank and Hannah ___.

C. Elizabeth Coffin was born about 1635 in England, and died 19 Nov 1678 in Newbury (Essex) Massachusetts. She married 13 Nov 1651 in Newbury, Stephen Greenleaf, son of Edmund Greenleaf (~1590-1671) and Sarah Dole (~1600-1663). Stephen was born in 1628 (baptized 10 Aug 1628) in Suffolk, England, and died on 31 Oct 1690 in Cape Breton (Nova Scotia) Canada.
Elizabeth and Stephen had ten children (Stephen, Sarah, Daniel, Elizabeth, John, Samuel, Tristram, Edmund, Judith, Mary), of whom we list four:

C2. Sarah Greenleaf was born 29 Oct 1655 in Newbury (Essex) Massachusetts, and died Sep 1718 in Newbury. She married 7 Jun 1677 in Newbury, Richard Dole, son of Richard Dole and Hannah Rolfe. Richard was born 6 Sep 1650 in Newbury (Essex) Massachusetts, and died 1 Aug 1723 in Newbury.
We continue their line under Richard.

C4. Elizabeth Greenleaf was born 5 Apr 1660 in Newbury (Essex) Massachusetts. She married Thomas Noyes [11380.5.6], son of James Noyes and Sarah Brown.

C7. Tristram Greenleaf was born 11 Feb 1667/68 in Newbury (Essex) Massachusetts. He married 12 Nov 1689, Margaret Piper, daughter of Nathaniel Piper and Sarah Edwards. Margaret was born 16 Jun 1668.
Tristram and Margaret had eleven children (Nathaniel, Elizabeth, Stephen, Edmund, Sarah, Judith, Mary, Prudence, Tristram, Enoch, Samuel), of whom we list:

C71. Nathaniel Greenleaf was born 25 Jan 1690/91 in Newbury (Essex) Massachusetts, and died 19 Dec 1775 in Newbury. He married 7 Jun 1714, his cousin Judith Coffin [B84], daughter of Stephen Coffin and Sarah Atkinson, above. Judith was born 23 Feb 1692/93 in Newbury (Essex) Massachusetts, and died 17 Dec 1769 in Newbury. Judith and Nathaniel are double second cousins, both descending from Edmund Greenleaf and Sarah Dole, and also from Tristram Coffin and Diones Stevens.
Children are listed under Judith.

C8. Edmund Greenleaf was born 10 May 1670 in Newbury (Essex) Massachusetts, and died about 1740 in Newbury. He married 2 Jul 1691, Abigail Somerby, daughter of Abiel Somerby.
Edmund and Abigail had nine children (Judith, Abigail, Mary, Rebecca, Edmund, Henry, Rebecca, Richard, Roxby), of whom we list two:

C81. Judith Greenleaf was born 15 Dec 1692 probably in Newbury (Essex) Massachusetts, and died 10 Feb 1772. She married in 1713, her cousin John Coffin [2840.7.3], son of Nathaniel Coffin [Ba] and Sarah Brocklebank. Judith and John are double second cousins, both descending from Edmund Greenleaf and Sarah Dole, and also from Tristram Coffin and Diones Stevens.

C85. Edmund Greenleaf was born 27 Nov 1702 in Newbury (Essex) Massachusetts. He married 4 May 1725, Mary Hale, daughter of Joseph Hale and Mary Moody.

D. James Coffin was born 22 Aug 1639 in England, and died 28 Jul 1720 in Nantucket (Nantucket) Massachusetts. He married in 1663 in Salisbury (Essex) Massachusetts, Mary Severance, daughter of John Severance and Abigail Kimball. Mary was born 5 Aug 1645 in Salisbury (Essex) Massachusetts.
James and Mary had fourteen children (James, Mary, Abigail, Nathaniel, John, Dinah, Elizabeth, Deborah, Ebenezer, Joseph, Benjamin, Ruth, Experience, Jonathan), of whom we list two:

D1. James Coffin was born 9 May 1664, and died 2 Oct 1741 in Nantucket (Nantucket) Massachusetts. He married 19 Mar 1691/92, Ruth Gardner, daughter of John Gardner and Priscilla Grafton. Ruth was born 26 Aug 1676 in Nantucket (Nantucket) Massachusetts, and died in 1748. James had previously married her cousin Love Gardner.
James and Ruth probably had several children, we only know of one:

D11. Priscilla Coffin was born 3 Apr 1708 in Nantucket (Nantucket) Massachusetts, and died 27 Apr 1792 in Nantucket. She married 18 Nov 1723, her first cousin Abel Gardner [D38], son of Nathaniel Gardner and Abigail Coffin.
Priscilla and Abel had twelve children (Abigail, James, Phebe, Joshua, Elizabeth, Sarah, Eunice, Abel, Nathan, Priscilla, Shubael, Ephraim), of whom we list:

D115. Elizabeth Gardner was born 7 Jul 1735 and died 29 Oct 1821 in Nantucket (Nantucket) Massachusetts. She married 13 Dec 1753 in Nantucket, Ichabod Aldrich [BEAHM 1856.10], son of David Aldrich and Hannah Capron.

D3. Abigail Coffin was born about 1665 and died 15 Mar 1708/09. She married Nathaniel Gardner. Nathaniel was born 16 Nov 1665 in Nantucket (Nantucket) Massachusetts, and died in 1713.
Abigail and Nathaniel had nine children (Hannah, Ebenezer, Peleg, Judith, Margaret, Nathaniel, Andrew, Abel, Susanna), of whom we list one:

D38. Abel Gardner was born 6 Aug 1702 in Nantucket (Nantucket) Massachusetts, and died 11 Sep 1771 in Nantucket. He married 18 Nov 1723, his first cousin Priscilla Coffin [D11], daughter of James Coffin and Ruth Gardner.
Their children are listed under Priscilla.

E. John Coffin was born in 1647 and died 5 Jul 1711 in Edgartown (Dukes) Massachusetts. He married in 1668, Deborah Austin, daughter of Joseph Austin and Sarah Starbuck. Deborah was born about 1650, and died in 1724 in Nantucket (Nantucket) Massachusetts.
John and Deborah had eleven children (Lydia, Peter, John, Love, Enoch, Samuel, Benjamin, Hannah, Deborah, Tristram, Elizabeth), of whom we list two:

E2. Peter Coffin was born in 1671 and died 27 Aug 1749. He married Hope Gardner, daughter of Joseph Gardner and Bethiah Macy. Hope was born in 1683 and died 21 Mar 1750.
Peter and Hope had eight children (Hannah, Abner, Margaret, Robert, Tristram, Jerushai, Joseph, Peter), of whom we list one:

E22. Abner Coffin was born about 1710 and died 15 Feb 1782. He married about 1781, Phebe Butler [BEAHM 7866.2.3.2], daughter of John Butler and Elizabeth Daggett.

E5. Enoch Coffin was born in 1678 and died in 1761. He married Beulah Eddy [BEAHM 15732.4.7], daughter of John Eddy and Hepzibah Daggett.

Compiled by Bill Stupak. Last update: Sep 2010