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Peter Coffin

Peter Coffin

Male 1580 - 1628  (48 years)


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  • Name Peter Coffin  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] 
    Birth Jan 1580  Devonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Christening Jan 1580  Devonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    FSID LCRH-YMG  [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, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39] 
    Death 13 Mar 1628  Devonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4] 
    Burial Devonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I12723  footsteps
    Last Modified 1 Jul 2025 

    Father Nicholas Coffin,   b. 1 Nov 1561, Devonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Oct 1613, Devonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 51 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 1578  Devonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F19058  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Joanna Kember,   b. Apr 1584, Brixton, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 May 1661, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 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 


    • He owned a tenement "Silverhay" in Butlers and was church warden in Brixton 1614/15.

      Peter Coffin's garrison was quickly overwhelmed by the Indi ans.Because of his friendly relations with the Indians they did not burn his house, merely looted it. He and his family were taken captive and brought to his son Tristam's garrison. Tristam's home was so well fortified that the Indians had not been able to penetrate it. The indian chief Kanca magus forced him to surrender by holding Peter in front of the gates and threatening to kill him.Tristam's house was not burned, just pillaged. Both Coffin families escaped safely while their captors were busily plundering their homes, 23 were killed and 29 captured.
      Peter Coffin later shows up in the record books 15 miles away in Exeter, NH where he became one of the region's wealthiest land and mill owners.

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      Peter Coffin
      Birth: Circa Jan 1580 - Brixton, South Hams District, Devon, England
      Death: Mar 13 1628 - Silferhay, Plymouth, Brixton, Devon, England
      Wife: Joanna Coffin (born Kember)
      Children: Joane Coffin, Christian Coffin, Tristram Coffin, Agnes Coffin, Stephen Coffin, Peter Coffyn, Joanna Coffin, Deborah Coffin, Eunice Coffyn, Mary Coffin, Ruth Coffin, John Coffin, Infant Coffin

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      Coffin, Stephen (l11607) and Atkinson, Sarah (l11617)
      Coffin, Tristram Jr (l11292) and Greenleaf, Judith (l11298)
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      1623
      The Xj th of November was buryed Rueth the daughter of Peter Coffing & Johane his wyfe

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      1623
      The X th of September was Xpndd [Christened] Rueth the Daughter of Peter Coffinge & Johane his wyfe

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      The signe of Peter Coffin P Churchwarden

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      1617/18
      The XXij th of Marche was baptized Eunice the Daughter of Peter Coffing of Batlers & Joane His wyfe

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      1613/14
      The XX th of ffebruary was baptized Peter the sonne of Peter Coffen

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      Tristram the sonne of Peter Coffin was baptized the XI th of March


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