Our Family
 Genealogy Pages

James COFFIN

Male 1640 - 1720  (79 years)


Personal Information    |    Notes    |    Sources    |    All    |    PDF

  • Name James COFFIN 
    Born 12 Aug 1640  England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Died 28 Jul 1720  Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I831  Sturgis
    Last Modified 6 Jun 2005 

    Father Tristram COFFIN,   b. 1605, Brixton, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 02 Oct 1681, Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years) 
    Mother Dionis STEVENS 
    Married 1630  Brixton, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Family ID F131  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary SEVERANCE,   b. 05 Aug 1645, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 03 Dec 1663  Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Children 
     1. Mary COFFIN,   b. 18 Apr 1665, Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 14 Oct 2018 
    Family ID F139  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • "AMES, Newbury, s. of the first Tristram b. in Eng. 1 or 12 Aug. 1640, liv. some yrs. at Dover, perhaps bef. m. 3 Dec. 1663, Mary, d. of John Severance of Salisbury, had Mary, bapt. 18 Apr. 1665, rem. to Nantucket, there had Ebenezer, b. 30 Mar. 1678; Joseph, 4 Feb. 1680; Benjamin, 28 Aug. 1683; and Jonathan, 28 Aug. 1692; beside sev. others, prob. earlier, by fam. tradit. in all fourteen ch. and d. 28 July 1720. He was twelve yrs. judge of Pro. progenit. of the late admiral, Sir Isaac, and d. 28 July 1720. " [2]

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

    2. [S94] Savage, Savage, James.