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Dionis Stevens

Dionis Stevens

Female 1610 - 1684  (74 years)


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  • Name Dionis Stevens  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15] 
    Birth 1610  Brixton, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Christening 4 Mar 1610  Devonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Baptism Brixton, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 15] 
    FSID MCCT-B3T  [1, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32] 
    Death 16 Sep 1684  Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I12471  footsteps
    Last Modified 1 Jul 2025 

    Father Robert Stevens,   b. Abt 1563, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 4 Feb 1627, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location (Age < 64 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage Abt 1601  England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F18945  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Father Robert Stevens,   b. 12 Aug 1575, Brixton, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Brixton, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Dionis Maynard,   b. 1578, Brixton, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1647, Brixton, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F25137  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Tristram Coffin,   b. 1605, Brixton, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Oct 1681, Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years) 
    Marriage 1630  Torbay, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Tristram Coffin,   b. Abt 1631, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Feb 1704, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +2. Stephen Coffin,   b. 11 May 1652, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Nov 1734, Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)  [Father: unknown]  [Mother: unknown]
    +3. John Tristram Coffin,   b. 30 Oct 1647, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Sep 1711, Martha's Vineyard, West Tisbury, Dukes, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)  [Father: unknown]  [Mother: unknown]
    +4. James Coffin,   b. 12 Aug 1639, Brixton, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Jul 1720, Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F6790  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 1 Jul 2025 

  • Notes 

    • In 1653 Dionis Coffin was brought to court for selling beer 'for three pence a quart,' which was higher than the accepted rate. When it was proved that she put six bushels of malt into a hogshead of beer instead of the required four, she was let off. Her traditionally remembered comment was, "I'll have better beer than my neighbors and be paid for it. A fig for the law."

  • Sources 
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      This extracted record was used to create this person in Family Tree.

    3. [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQDC-FB8 : 15 January 2020), Dionis Stevens in entry for Deborah Coffin, 1642.
      This extracted record was used to create this person in Family Tree.

    4. [S288] FamilySearch.org, Find a Grave Index, "Find a Grave Index", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVK9-K4VN : Wed Apr 02 07:06:23 UTC 2025), Entry for Dionis Stevens Coffin.
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    7. [S315] FamilySearch.org, Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQDZ-VM1 : 15 January 2020), Dionis Stevens in entry for John Coffin, 1647.
      https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQDZ-VM1

    8. [S315] FamilySearch.org, Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQDC-6N1 : 15 January 2020), Dionis Stevens in entry for Mary Coffin, 1645.
      https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQDC-6N1

    9. [S315] FamilySearch.org, Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQDC-FB8 : 15 January 2020), Dionis Stevens in entry for Deborah Coffin, 1642.
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    10. [S315] FamilySearch.org, Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQDC-6N1 : 15 January 2020), Dionis Stevens in entry for Mary Coffin, 1645.
      https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQDC-6N1

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      1639 September 11 th James the sonne of Tristram Coffyn & Dionise his wife

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      The XViij th of Julie was xPned [christened] Peter the sonne of Tristram Coffyn & Dionesse his wyfe

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      The XViij th of Julie was xPned [christened] Peter the sonne of Tristram Coffyn & Dionesse his wyfe

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      Deanes the daughter of Robt Steven was baptized the iiij th of March

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      Coffin, Stephen (l11607) and Atkinson, Sarah (l11617)
      Coffin, Tristram Jr (l11292) and Greenleaf, Judith (l11298)
      Coffin, Tristram (l1716) and Stevens, Dionis (l1717)
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