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Joanna Kember

Joanna Kember

Female 1584 - 1661  (77 years)


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  • Name Joanna Kember 
    Birth Apr 1584  Brixton, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    FSID LZKX-ZJB  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31] 
    Immigration 1642  Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial May 1661  Nantucket, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 30 May 1661  Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [32] 
    Person ID I12722  footsteps
    Last Modified 1 Jul 2025 

    Father Robert Kember,   b. Abt 1555, Devonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Dec 1612, Devonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Anna Coffin,   b. Abt 1560, Devonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 23 Mar 1625, Devonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 65 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage Abt 1578  Devonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F6995  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Peter Coffin,   b. Jan 1580, Devonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Mar 1628, Devonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 48 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1608  Brixton, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. 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)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F6914  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 1 Jul 2025 

  • Notes 


    • Undocumented research notes moved here from life history
      [1642] JOANNA KEMBER was born about 1584, of Butler’s in Brixton, Devon, England, to Robert Kember (1556-1612) and Anne Moullinge (1560-1626.) She married Peter Coffyn about 1604 of Brixton, Plymouth, Devonshire, England. She immigrated in 1642 from England to Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, with her son Tristram and family, and two daughters Eunice and Mary.

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      "www.wikitree.com.". "Joan Kember
      Gender: Female
      Birth: Apr 1584 - Plymouth, Devon, England
      Marriage: 1608 - Brixton, Devon, England
      Death: May 30 1661 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
      Father: Robert Kember
      Mother: Anna UNKNOWN
      Husband: Peter Coffin
      Child: Christian Coffin."

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      [Text] Joan Kember
      Gender: Female
      Birth: Apr 1584 - Plymouth, Devon, England
      Marriage: 1608 - Brixton, Devon, England
      Death: May 30 1661 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
      Father: Robert Kember
      Mother: Anna UNKNOWN
      Husband: Peter Coffin
      Child: Christian Coffin
      [/PFT]

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      "www.wikitree.com.". "Joan Kember
      Gender: Female
      Birth: Circa 1584 - Of, Brixton, Devonshire, England
      Marriage: 1608 - , Brixton, Devon, England
      Death: May 30 1661 - Boston, Suffolk, Ma
      Father: Robert Kember
      Mother: Mrs. Anna Kember
      Husband: Peter Coffin
      Children: Tristram CoffinPeter CoffinUNKNOWN CoffinEunice CoffinDeborah CoffinJoane CoffinJohn CoffinRuth CoffinMary Coffin
      Siblings: Jane KemberMiss KemberJohn Kember."

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      [Text] Joan Kember
      Gender: Female
      Birth: Circa 1584 - Of, Brixton, Devonshire, England
      Marriage: 1608 - , Brixton, Devon, England
      Death: May 30 1661 - Boston, Suffolk, Ma
      Father: Robert Kember
      Mother: Mrs. Anna Kember
      Husband: Peter Coffin
      Children: Tristram CoffinPeter CoffinUNKNOWN CoffinEunice CoffinDeborah CoffinJoane CoffinJohn CoffinRuth CoffinMary Coffin
      Siblings: Jane KemberMiss KemberJohn Kember
      [/PFT]

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      "www.wikitree.com.". "Joanna Kember
      Gender: Female
      Birth: 1584 - Brixton, Devon, , England
      Death: May 30 1661 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
      Husband: Peter Coffin
      Children: Christian CoffinTristram Coffin."

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      [Text] Joanna Kember
      Gender: Female
      Birth: 1584 - Brixton, Devon, , England
      Death: May 30 1661 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
      Husband: Peter Coffin
      Children: Christian CoffinTristram Coffin
      [/PFT]

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      Coffin, Stephen (l15872) and Holt, Sarah (l15873)
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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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      Coffin, Nicholas (l11290)

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      Peter Coffin (1580-1628) married Joane Kember in 1608 and had children according to research before 1944

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      Robert Kember (1556-1612) married Anna and had children according to research before 1955

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      Baptism Tristram Coffin

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