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Tristram COFFIN

Male 1605 - 1681  (76 years)


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  • Name Tristram COFFIN 
    Born 1605  Brixton, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Died 02 Oct 1681  Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I818  Sturgis
    Last Modified 6 Jun 2005 

    Father Peter COFFIN,   b. Brixton, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F133  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Dionis STEVENS 
    Married 1630  Brixton, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Children 
     1. James COFFIN,   b. 12 Aug 1640, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Jul 1720, Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
     2. Stephen COFFIN,   b. 11 May 1652, Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Sep 1734, Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years)
    Last Modified 14 Oct 2018 
    Family ID F131  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • From Nantucket VR: "Came to New England in 1642 with five children' (Peter, Tristram, Elizabeth, James, John) [See also Haverill and Newbury Vital Records], 'of Haverill, Mass., Nov. 15 1642; removed to Newbury abt. 1648; thence to Salisbury, in 1664 or 1665; removed to Nantucket in 1660."
    • " TRISTRAM, Nantucket, b. it is said, at Brixton, near Plymouth, Co. Deron, a. 1605, or by ano. rept. 1609, s. of Peter and Joanna, m. Dionis Stevens, had Peter, b. 1631; Tristram, 1632; Elizabeth; James, 12 Aug. 1640; and John; after d. of his f. came, 1612, to N. E. bring. beside the bef. ment. childr. his mo. (wh. d. May 1661, aged 77), two sis. Eunice, wh. m. William Butler, and Mary, wh. m. Alexander Adams of Boston; sat down, first, at Salisbury, soon rem. to Haverhill, where his youngest ch. d. had Mary, b. 20 Feb. 1645; and John, again, 13 Dec. 1647; rem. a. 1618, to Newbury, where Stephen was b. 10 May 1652; again rem. to Salisbury, there was a county magistr. and finally rem. 1660, to Nantucket with his aged mo. w. and four ch. and d. [[vol. 1, p. 420]] 2 or 3 Oct. 1681. His d. Elizabeth m. 13 Nov. 1651, and d. 19 Nov. 1678; and Mary m. at Nantucket Nathaniel Starbuck, had six ch. and d. 1717. " [2]

  • Sources 
    1. [S24] Nantucket Vital Records, (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, MA, 1928).

    2. [S94] Savage, Savage, James.