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James Coffin

Male 1639 - 1720  (80 years)


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  • Name James Coffin  [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] 
    Birth 12 Aug 1639  Brixton, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 17, 26, 27] 
    Baptism 11 Sep 1639  Brixton, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [26, 27] 
    Gender Male 
    Christening 11 Sep 1639  Brixton, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [26, 27] 
    FSID 9VWJ-WHJ 
    Burial 1720  Edgartown, Dukes, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [23] 
    Death 28 Jul 1720  Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [23] 
    Person ID I810  footsteps
    Last Modified 27 Nov 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 natural 
    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 natural 
    Marriage 1630  Torbay, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Age at Marriage Tristram was ~ 25 years - Dionis was ~ 20 years. 
    Married Abt 1630  England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F911  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Severance,   b. 5 Jun 1645, Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Jul 1720, Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years) 
    Marriage 3 Dec 1663  Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Age at Marriage James was 24 years and 4 months - Mary was 18 years and 6 months. 
    Married 3 Dec 1663  Salisbury, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Deborah Coffin,   b. 15 Jul 1676, Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Oct 1767, Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 91 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +2. Abigail Coffin,   b. 1666, Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: unknown]  [Mother: unknown]
    Family ID F902  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 27 Nov 2025 

  • Notes 
    • The Honorable James Coffin was elected by the town of Nantucket to be t he first representative to the Great and General Court under the royal c harter granted by William and Mary in 1691. He held this honor twenty y ears and during those years also served the town as selectman and in ot her offices. For many years he was Judge of Probate and the first recor ds of that office begin with his administration. He had fourteen childr en and from them came many who held high offices, among them being Nath aniel Coffin, the King's Cashier of Customs in Boston at the time of th e Tea Party; Admiral Sir Isaac Coffin and his brother General John Coff in; Benjamin Coffin, the honored schoolmaster on Nantucket for forty-si x years (1731-1777); the distinguished abolitionist, Lucretia Coffin Mo tt.

      (Research):from yearSOUR: SOUR @S46@
      PAGE "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," da tabase with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/ 61903/3:1:3QS7-997M-R9Q4-6?cc=2061550&wc=Q4D7-HZ3%3A353350101%2C3533501 02%2C353353001 : 20 May 2014), Dukes > Edgartown > Town records 1657-18 27 > image 15 of 528; citing Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealt h, Boston.
      _LINK https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-997M-R9Q4-6
      NOTE https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-997M-R9Q4-6
      SOUR: SOUR @S50@
      PAGE "Family Group Records Collection, Archives Section, 1942-1969," im ages, 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 1 154; The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, compiler, Family H istory Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.
      NOTE @N291@
      _LINK https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9QT-BFH
      NOTE https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9QT-BFH
      The Honorable James Coffin was elected by the town of Nantucket to be t h e first representative to the Great and General Court under the royal c h arter granted by William and Mary in 1691. He held this honor twenty y e ars and during those years also served the town as selectman and in ot h er offices. For many years he was Judge of Probate and the first recor d s of that office begin with his administration. He had fourteen childr e n and from them came many who held high offices, among them being Nath a niel Coffin, the King's Cashier of Customs in Boston at the time of th e T ea Party; Admiral Sir Isaac Coffin and his brother General John Coff in ; Benjamin Coffin, the honored schoolmaster on Nantucket for forty-si x y ears (1731-1777); the distinguished abolitionist, Lucretia Coffin Mo tt .

      (Research):from yearSOUR: SOUR @S46@
      PAGE "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," da t abase with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/ 61903/3 :1:3QS7-997M-R9Q4-6?cc=2061550&wc=Q4D7-HZ3%3A353350101%2C3533501 02%2C3 53353001 : 20 May 2014), Dukes > Edgartown > Town records 1657-18 27 > i mage 15 of 528; citing Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealt h, Bo ston.
      _LINK https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-997M-R9Q4-6
      NOTE https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-997M-R9Q4-6
      SOUR: SOUR @S50@
      PAGE "Family Group Records Collection, Archives Section, 1942-1969," im a ges, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7 -L9QT-B FH?cc=2060211&wc=WWNV-NBN%3A352085901%2C353125801 : 20 May 2014) , C > C offin, Alexander (1790) - Coffman, John S. (1848) > image 868 of 1 154; T he Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, compiler, Family H isto ry Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.
      NOTE @N291@
      _LINK https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9QT-BFH
      NOTE https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9QT-BFH
    • (Research):The Honorable James Coffin was elected by the town of Nantucket to be t he first representative to the Great and General Court under the royal c harter granted by William and Mary in 1691. He held this honor twenty y ears and during those years al so served the town as selectman and in ot her offices. For many years he was Judge of Probate and the first recor ds of that office begin with his administration. He had fourteen childr en and from them came many who held high offices, among the m being Nath aniel Coffin, the King's Cashier of Customs in Boston at the time of th e Tea Party; Admiral Sir Isaac Coffin and his brother General John Coff in; Benjamin Coffin, the honored schoolmaster on Nantucket for forty-si x years (1731-1777 ); the distinguished abolitionist, Lucretia Coffin Mo tt.

      from yearSOUR: SOUR @S46@
      PAGE "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," da tabase with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/ 61903/3:1:3QS7-997M-R9Q4-6?cc=2061550&wc=Q4D7-HZ3%3A353350101%2C3533501 02%2C353353001 : 20 May 2014), Dukes & gt Edgartown > Town records 1657-18 27 > image 15 of 528; citing Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealt h, Boston.
      _LINK https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-997M-R9Q4-6
      NOTE https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-997M-R9Q4-6
      SOUR: SOUR @S50@
      PAGE "Family Group Records Collection, Archives Section, 1942-1969," im ages, 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) - Cof fman, John S. (1848) > image 868 of 1 154; The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, compiler, Family H istory Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.
      NOTE @N291@
      _LINK https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9QT-BFH
      NOTE https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9QT-BFH
      The Honorable James Coffin was elected by the town of Nantucket to be t h e first representative to the Great and General Court under the royal c h arter granted by William and Mary in 1691. He held this honor twenty y e ars and during those year s also served the town as selectman and in ot h er offices. For many years he was Judge of Probate and the first recor d s of that office begin with his administration. He had fourteen childr e n and from them came many who held high offices, amon g them being Nath a niel Coffin, the King's Cashier of Customs in Boston at the time of th e T ea Party; Admiral Sir Isaac Coffin and his brother General John Coff in ; Benjamin Coffin, the honored schoolmaster on Nantucket for forty-si x y ears ( 1731-1777); the distinguished abolitionist, Lucretia Coffin Mo tt .

      from yearSOUR: SOUR @S46@
      PAGE "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," da t abase with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/ 61903/3 :1:3QS7-997M-R9Q4-6?cc=2061550&wc=Q4D7-HZ3%3A353350101%2C3533501 02%2C3 53353001 : 20 May 2014), Duke s > Edgartown > Town records 1657-18 27 > i mage 15 of 528; citing Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealt h, Bo ston.
      _LINK https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-997M-R9Q4-6
      NOTE https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-997M-R9Q4-6
      SOUR: SOUR @S50@
      PAGE "Family Group Records Collection, Archives Section, 1942-1969," im a ges, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7 -L9QT-B FH?cc=2060211&wc=WWNV-NBN%3A352085901%2C353125801 : 20 May 2014) , C > C offin, Alexander (1790 ) - Coffman, John S. (1848) > image 868 of 1 154; T he Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, compiler, Family H isto ry Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.
      NOTE @N291@
      _LINK https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9QT-BFH
      NOTE https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9QT-BFH

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