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Paul COFFIN

Male 1742 - 1829  (~ 86 years)


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  • Name Paul COFFIN 
    Born Nov 1742  Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Died Apr 1829  Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I765  Sturgis
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2004 

    Father Zephaniah COFFIN,   b. 28 Aug 1699, Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Dec 1774, Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Mother Abigail COLEMAN,   b. 15 Aug 1713, Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 04 Aug 1787, Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years) 
    Married 06 Aug 1737  Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Family ID F117  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Susanna BUNKER,   b. 1743, Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. May 1829, Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years) 
    Married 08 Dec 1763  Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Children 
     1. Deborah COFFIN,   b. 08 Oct 1764, Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 02 Sep 1841, Oneida County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
    Last Modified 14 Oct 2018 
    Family ID F93  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Children:
      1. Deborah Coffin b: 1764 in Nantucket, Nantucket, MA
      2. Urial Coffin b: 1766 in Nantucket, Nantucket, MA
      3. Eliphalet Coffin b: 1768 in Nantucket, Nantucket, MA
      4. Latham Coffin b: 1770 in Nantucket, Nantucket, MA
      5. Lydia Coffin b: 1773 in Nantucket, Nantucket, MA
      6. Judith Coffin b: 1775 in Nantucket, Nantucket, MA
      7. Abigail Coffin b: 1777 in Nantucket, Nantucket, MA
      8. Susanna Coffin b: 1782 in Nantucket, Nantucket, MA
      9. Paul Coffin b: 1780 in Nantucket, Nantucket, MA
      10. Peleg Coffin b: 1786 in Nantucket, Nantucket, MA


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      Marsh-Burnap-Coffin Genealogies: Paul was a Quaker and had to leave Nantucket before the Rev. War, due to religious persecution by the British, who destroyed his whaling industry. his ship was chased in Long Island Sound by a privateer. He escaped by sailing up the Hudson R. and settled later in the town of Washington, Dutchess Co

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