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Stephen Coffin

Stephen Coffin

Male 1652 - 1734  (82 years)


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  • Name Stephen Coffin  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9] 
    Birth 11 May 1652  Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8] 
    Gender Male 
    FSID 9HKM-W69 
    Occupation Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Yeoman 
    Death 14 Nov 1734  Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I813  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 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 
    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 Bunker,   b. 5 May 1652, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Between 29 May and 10 Jul 1724, Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 8 Oct 1668  Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts Bay Colony, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Age at Marriage Stephen was 16 years and 5 months - Mary was 16 years and 5 months. 
    Children 
    +1. Stephen Coffin, II,   b. Abt 1670, Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1725, Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F913  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 27 Nov 2025 

  • Notes 
    • Tristram Coffin's Descendants, pg 309 by Wm. Coffin
      He married Mary Bunker, daughter of George and Jane Bunker about 1668-6 9. He took care of his father and mother as they grew older and succeed ed his father in the management of the estate.

      "Tristram reversed the old English law of leaving to the eldest son his l and, but he gave all land to his youngest son, Stephen. Stephen fathere d 10 children. Their 5th child married Peter Folger and became the gran dmother and grandfather of Benjamin Franklin."

      Sources of information:
      1. Mary Elizabeth Sinnott, Annals of the Sinnott, Rogers, Coffin, Carli es, Reeves, Bodine and Allied Families (Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1 905), pp. 65-84.
      2. Sylvanus J. Macy, “The Coffin Family,” The New England Historical an d Genealogical Register 24 (April 1870): 149-154; citing American Ances tors (<https://www.americanancestors.org/DB202/i/11665/149/0>).
      Tristram Coffin's Descendants, pg 309 by Wm. Coffin
      He married Mary Bunker, daughter of George and Jane Bunker about 1668-6 9 . He took care of his father and mother as they grew older and succeed e d his father in the management of the estate.

      "Tristram reversed the old English law of leaving to the eldest son his l a nd, but he gave all land to his youngest son, Stephen. Stephen fathere d 1 0 children. Their 5th child married Peter Folger and became the gran dm other and grandfather of Benjamin Franklin."

      Sources of information:
      1. Mary Elizabeth Sinnott, Annals of the Sinnott, Rogers, Coffin, Carli e s, Reeves, Bodine and Allied Families (Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1 9 05), pp. 65-84.
      2. Sylvanus J. Macy, “The Coffin Family,” The New England Historical an d G enealogical Register 24 (April 1870): 149-154; citing American Ances to rs (<https://www.americanancestors.org/DB202/i/11665/149/0>).
      Tristram Coffin's Descendants, pg 309 by Wm. Coffin
      He married Mary Bunker, daughter of George and Jane Bunker about 1668-6 9. He took care of his father and mother as they grew older and succeed ed his father in the management of the estate.

      "Tristram reversed the old English law of leaving to the eldest son his l and, but he gave all land to his youngest son, Stephen. Stephen fathere d 10 children. Their 5th child married Peter Folger and became the gran dmother and grandfather of Be njamin Franklin."

      Sources of information:
      1. Mary Elizabeth Sinnott, Annals of the Sinnott, Rogers, Coffin, Carli es, Reeves, Bodine and Allied Families (Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1 905), pp. 65-84.
      2. Sylvanus J. Macy, “The Coffin Family,” The New England Historical an d Genealogical Register 24 (April 1870): 149-154; citing American Ances tors (<https://www.americanancestors.org/DB202/i/11665/149/0>).
      Tristram Coffin's Descendants, pg 309 by Wm. Coffin
      He married Mary Bunker, daughter of George and Jane Bunker about 1668-6 9 . He took care of his father and mother as they grew older and succeed e d his father in the management of the estate.

      "Tristram reversed the old English law of leaving to the eldest son his l a nd, but he gave all land to his youngest son, Stephen. Stephen fathere d 1 0 children. Their 5th child married Peter Folger and became the gran dm other and grandfather o f Benjamin Franklin."

      Sources of information:
      1. Mary Elizabeth Sinnott, Annals of the Sinnott, Rogers, Coffin, Carli e s, Reeves, Bodine and Allied Families (Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1 9 05), pp. 65-84.
      2. Sylvanus J. Macy, “The Coffin Family,” The New England Historical an d G enealogical Register 24 (April 1870): 149-154; citing American Ances to rs (<https://www.americanancestors.org/DB202/i/11665/149/0>).

  • Sources 
    1. [S27] Find a Grave Index, "Find a Grave Index"FamilySearch (https://www./ark:/61903/1:1:Q2DN-CCZY : Tue Apr 01 03:39:16 UTC 2025), Entry for Stephen Coffin.

    2. [S76] Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"FamilySearch (https://www./ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-HBZB : Sat Mar 09 16:27:05 UTC 2024), Entry for Steven Coffin, 11 May 1652.

    3. [S76] Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"FamilySearch (https://www./ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-4NTL : Sat Mar 09 15:18:24 UTC 2024), Entry for Stephen Coffin, 11 May 1652.

    4. [S76] Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"FamilySearch (https://www./ark:/61903/1:1:QG1V-1KPF : Fri Mar 08 07:43:57 UTC 2024), Entry for Stephen Coffin, 11 May 1652.

    5. [S76] Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"FamilySearch (https://www./ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-ZDFX : Sun Mar 10 10:03:52 UTC 2024), Entry for Stephen Coffin, 11 May 1652.

    6. [S76] Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"FamilySearch (https://www./ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-Q62R : Sun Mar 10 23:30:58 UTC 2024), Entry for Stephen Coffin, 11 May 1652.

    7. [S290] Massachusetts, State Vital Records, 1638-1927, "Massachusetts, State Vital Records, 1638-1927"FamilySearch (https://www./ark:/61903/1:1:FCZW-M3T : Thu May 23 00:27:23 UTC 2024), Entry for Stephen Coffin and Mary Bunker, 30 Jan 1751.

    8. [S77] Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", databaseFamilySearch (https:///ark:/61903/1:1:VQDZ-GJJ : 15 January 2020), Stephen Coffin, 1652.

    9. [S77] Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", FamilySearch (https:///ark:/61903/1:1:VQDZ-GJL : 15 January 2020), Stephen Coffin in entry for Stephen Coffin, 1675.


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