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John Tristram Coffin

John Tristram Coffin

Male 1647 - 1711  (63 years)


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  • Name John Tristram Coffin  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13] 
    Birth 30 Oct 1647  Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 9, 10, 12, 14] 
    Gender Male 
    FSID KNZ2-13G  [10, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34] 
    Occupation Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Blacksmith 
    Occupation Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Blacksmith 
    Burial Sep 1711  Edgartown, Dukes, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 12] 
    Death 5 Sep 1711  Martha's Vineyard, West Tisbury, Dukes, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 10, 12, 14] 
    Person ID I45619  footsteps
    Last Modified 1 Jul 2025 

    Father 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) 
    Relationship unknown 
    Mother Dionis Stevens,   b. 1610, Brixton, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Sep 1684, Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years) 
    Relationship unknown 
    Marriage 1630  Torbay, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F6790  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Deborah Austin,   b. Abt 1650, Edgartown, Dukes, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Peter Coffin,   b. 5 Aug 1671, Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Oct 1749, Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: unknown]
    Family ID F25132  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 1 Jul 2025 

  • Notes 


    • Lieut. John Coffin was born in Massachusetts, on October 30, 1647, exactly five years to the day of the death of his brother John. John married Deborah Austin daughter of Joseph and Sarah Austin. Shortly after his father's death, about 1682-3, he moved to Martha's Vineyard, where he became employed as a blacksmith. He continued as a blacksmith at Nantucket until 1682, then moved his family to Edgartown on Martha's Vineyard. He accumulated considerable property there. He became the ancestor of the Martha's Vineyard and Eastern Maine Coffins. He became a considerable owner of real estate in the town. In 1684, John was commissioned a Lieutenant in the Edgartown Militia.

      He lived with his father and worked as a blacksmith at Nantucket until 1682, then moved his family to Edgartown on Martha's Vineyard. He accumulated considerable property there. He became the ancestor of the Martha's Vineyard and Eastern Maine Coffin's. He became a considerable owner of real estate in the town. After his father's death, about 1682-3, John removed from Nantucket to Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard, Dukes county, Massachusetts. In 1684, John was commissioned a Lieutenant in the Edgart own Militia.

    • (Research):from yearSOUR: SOUR @S46@
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      SOUR: SOUR @S50@
      PAGE "Family Group Records Collection, Archives Section, 1942-1969," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9QT-BFH?cc=2060211&wc=WWNV-NBN%3A352085901%2C353125801 : 20 May 2014), C > Coffin, Alexander (1790) - Coffman, John S. (1848) > image 868 of 1154; The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, compiler, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.
      NOTE @N291@
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      Tristram Coffin (1605-1681) married Dionis Stevens and had children according to research before 1944


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