Thomas Aston Coffin and Harriett Butler McPherson
Husband Thomas Aston Coffin 1
Born: 3 Jan 1795
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Father: Ebenezer Coffin (1765-1817) 1
Mother: Mary Mathewes (1774-1813) 1
Marriage: 1829
Wife Harriett Butler McPherson 1
Born: Abt 1798
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Father: James Elliott McPherson Colonel (Abt 1770- ) 1
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General Notes (Husband)
!BIRTH:The History of Beaufort County, Volume I 1514-1861 , The History of Beaufort County, Volume I 1514-1861, by Ge orge C. Rogers, Lawrence S. Rowland, & Alexander Moore, 282
Thomas Aston Coffin
Husband Thomas Aston Coffin 1
Born: 1754
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Father: William Coffin (1723-1803) 1
Mother: Mary Austin Aston (Abt 1728-Abt 1800) 1
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Tristan Coffin and Dionis Stevens
Husband Tristan Coffin 1
Born: 1605 - Brixton, England
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Died: 2 Oct 1681 - Nantuckett, Massachusetts
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Father: Peter Coffin (1630-1715) 1
Mother: Abigail Starbuck (Abt 1633- ) 1
Marriage: Abt 1629 - Brixton, England
Wife Dionis Stevens 1
Born: Abt 1610 - Brixton, England
Christened: 4 Mar 1610 - Brixton Parish, Devon, England
Died: 16 Oct 1676 - Nantuckett, Massachusetts
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Father: Robert Stevens (Abt 1563-1627)
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Children
1 M Peter Coffin 1
Born: 1630 - England
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Died: 21 Mar 1715 - Exeter, NH
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Spouse: Abigail Starbuck (Abt 1633- ) 1
Marr: Bef 1656
2 M Tristram Coffin 1
Born: 1632 - Brixton, Devonshire, England
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Died: 4 Feb 1704 - Newbury, MA
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Spouse: Judith Greenleaf (1625-1705)
Marr: 2 Mar 1652 - Newbury, MA
3 F Elizabeth Coffin 1
Born: 1634
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Died: 29 Nov 1678
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Spouse: Stephen Greenleaf ( - )
4 M John Coffin 1
Born: Abt 1640 - England
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Died: 1642 - Haverhill, MA
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Spouse: Deborah Austin ( -1718)
Marr: 1668
5 M James Coffin 1
Born: 12 Aug 1640 - Newbury, Masssachusetts
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Died: 28 Jul 1720 - Nantuckett, Massachusetts
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Spouse: Mary Severance (1645-Abt 1710) 1
Marr: 3 Dec 1663 - Nantuckett, Massachusetts
6 F Deborah Coffin 1
Born: 1642
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Died: 8 Dec 1642 - Haverhill, MA
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7 F Mary Coffin 1
Born: 20 Feb 1645 - Haverhill, MA
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Died: 13 Nov 1717 - Nantucket Co., MA
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Spouse: Nathaniel Starbuck (1635-1719)
Spouse: Nathaniel Starbuck Sr. (1638-1719)
Marr: 1662 - Nantucket, MA
8 M Stephen Coffin
Born: 10 May 1652 - Newbury, MA
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Died: 14 Sep 1734 - Nantucket Co., MA
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Spouse: Mary Bunker ( - )
Marr: 8 Oct 1668 - Nantucket, MA
General Notes (Husband)
Tristram came with his widowed mother, Joanna, about 1643, to Newbury, Massachusetts. He afterwards resided at Salisbury, Massachusetts and, in 1660, settled at Nantucket (Directory of the Ancestral Heads of New England Families). He was commissioned as Chief Magistrate of Nantucket by Governor Lovelace and by Governor Andres. Source: www.rootsweb.com/~hft/dad/coffin/index.html
"Recorded for Mr. Coffin and Mr. Macy aforesaid Be it known unto all men by those presents that I Thomas Mayhew of Martha's Vineyard Merchant. do hereby acknowledge that I have sold unto Tristan Coffin Thomas Macy Christopher Hussy Richard Swayne Thomas Bernard Peter Coffin Stephen Greenleafe John Swayne and William Pike that right and interest I have in ye Land of Nantuckett by Patent; ye wch Right I bought of James Forret Gent. and steward to ye Lord Sterling and of Richard Vines sometimes of Sacho Gent. Steward and Gen’ell unto Sir Georges Knight as by conveyances under their Hands and Seales doe appeare ffor them ye aforesaid to Injoy and their Heyers out Assignes XXX for in consideration of Ye sume of Thirty Pounds of Current Pay unto "whomsoever I ye saw Thomas Mayhew mine Heyers or Assignes shall appoint. And also two Beaver Hatts one for myself and one for my wife &c. Reserving one twentieth part of the Island on to himself"
As titles to Royal Grants were not complete until the Indian Sachems rights were obtained, the new proprietors proceeded to secure them and on May 10,1660, Wanackmanack and Nicka Noose head Sachems of Nantucket Isle, conveyed to Mayhew and his nine associates their rights. There were subsequently other deeds.
It had been agreed upon by the original purchasers that each one should be allowed to choose an associate and Feb. 2, 1659(?) at a meeting hold at Salisbury, Mass. where most of them lived. The following names were added to the proprietary: Nathaniel and Edward Starbuck, Tristman Jr.and James Coffin, John Smith, Thomas Look, Robert Barnard, Robert Pike and Thomas Coleman. Afterwards two half shares were granted to John Bishop and Richard Gardner. One half share each to Peter Folger his son Eleazrir. Thomas Macy, Joseph Coleman, Joseph Gardner, Samuel Stetor, John Gardner, Nathaniel Holland, William Worth and Nathaniel Weir. In all thirty owners.
Source: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mcronin111/hisnantu.htm
Tristram Coffin Tristram was the eldest son of Peter Coffin and his wife Joan Kember, and was born at Brixton, a parish near Plymouth in Devon; he was baptised on 11 March 1610. He became a churchwarden of the parish church (where his customary pew in the front of the chancel was marked on a plan made in 1638) and also a parish constable - holder of one of the offices created under the Elizabethan reforms of parochial administration. In 1630 or thereabouts he married Dionis, daughter of Robert Stevens of the same parish. Tristram may have inherited some property from his father, as he was the executor both of Peter and of his uncle John, whose will was proved in 1628. Records of Devon Quarter Sessions show that he had a legal dispute with a Thomas Maynard, also of Brixton, which in midsummer 1641 was referred for arbitration to Robert Savery and Henry Pollexfen. The subject of the dispute and the outcome of the arbitration are not known. But they may have had a bearing on Tristram's decision in 1642, shortly after the outbreak of the Civil War in England, to embark for America - taking with him his wife and 5 small children, his mother and two unmarried sisters. None of them ever returned. It is thought that they sailed in one of four ships owned by Robert Clement (the Hector, Griffin, Job Clement and Margaret Clement).
Tristram is said to have gone first to Salisbury, in what is now Massachusetts, but to have moved soon afterwards to the new settlement of Pentucket (later renamed Haverhill). Later still he moved to Newbury, and then back to Salisbury (1654-5), from where he set out first to Martha's Vineyard and then to Nantucket, intending (it is said) to report on the disposition of the Indians and the possibility of emigrating thither. His report was satisfactory on all counts.
On his return to Salisbury in 1659, a company was organised for the purchase of Nantucket, and the first settlers arrived later that year - Thomas Macy and his family, Edward Starbuck, Isaac Coleman and James Coffin (Tristram's fourth child, and only 19 years of age at the time).Tristram himself seems to have moved to the island in 1660, and to have been given some priority in choosing his house lot at a meeting in July 1661, when it was agreed among the first purchasers that each should be free to choose a lot of 60 rods square. According to Louis Coffin, author of The Coffin Family, his first home was near the Capaum pond, where he lived until his death.
Of the other members of Tristram's family, his mother Joan died in Boston in May 1661, and never went to Nantucket. His eldest son Peter was among the original purchasers, and like his father was allotted land near Capaum; but if he lived there, it seems to have been only for a short time. Two of Tristram's other children, Tristram Jr. and Elizabeth, were (like Peter) married by this time; but although among the original purchasers, Tristram Jr. and Elizabeth and her husband (Stephen Greenleaf), are not thought to have ever lived on Nantucket. However, James Coffin, the third son, was allotted land bounded on the west by the common, and on the south by the lot of Nathaniel Starbuck. Tristram Sr. and his three eldest sons also bought the neighbouring island of Tuckernuck in their own right.
According to the early accounts, Tristram Coffin Sr. was the leading man on the island, and notably so in his dealings with the American Indians who were its aboriginal inhabitants.He is said to have treated them considerately in all ways, and to have employed numbers of them in farming the land he acquired. However, some white settlers foolishly sold rum to the Indians, who soon became drunk and troublesome as a result. As the first chief magistrate of the island, appointed in 1671, Tristram (with his opposite number from Martha's Vineyard, Thomas Mayhew) had to promulgate a law prohibiting the sale to Indians of intoxicating drink - perhaps the first liquor law on record.
On the marriage of his daughter Mary to Nathaniel Starbuck in 1664, Tristram endowed the couple with one-half of his land. Much of the rest he seems to have left to go to his youngest sons, John (the second of that name - the first, born in England, having died at Haverhill) and Stephen, after the decease of himself and his wife. He also gave 10 acres of land each on Tuckernuck to such of his grandchildren as would cultivate it. He left no will, but died on 3 October 1681. His wife Dionis may have survived him - according to one account she died on 16 Oct 1676, according to another on 6 November 1684. James, John and Stephen Coffin adminstered his estate jointly, and were discharged from their duty by 9 February 1682.
Source: www.ecoffin.freeserve.co.uk/tristram.htm
"I Tristram Coffin of Nantucket, do for divers good considerations, as Also in regard of my Fatherly affections, do give unto my daughter, Mary Starbuck, the one half of my accomodations of my purchase, on Nantucket Island... 14th 4th mo. 1664." [Nantucket Deeds Vol.1, p.197]
"I Tristram Coffin, of Nantucket, Senore, do give...unto my son, Stephen Coffin, the one-half of my land at Cappan, Alies Northam, within the township of Sherborn, situated upon Nantucket Island... all...except... my new dwelling house upon the hill, and my old dwelling house under the hill, by the Erbe garden; now, for and in consideration of the aforesaid premisses, my son, Stephen Coffin, shall always from time to time do the best he can in managing my other half of my lands and accomodation during mine and my wife's life, and that he be helpfull to me and his mother in our old age and sickness, what he can:... the fifteenth of the elventh mone, one thousand six hundred and seventy-six." [Nantucket Deeds, old book, p. 63]
"Tristram Coffin, Senior, in the town of Sherborn, on the Island of Nantucket... in regard to my naturall afections unto my son, John Coffin, now of Sherborn, as also for divers other good and Lawful consideration... I... do freely give unto my son, John Coffin... my new Dwelling house, with all other houses Adjoining unto it, and also the whole half share of land and accomodation... to have and to hold forever, imediatly after the Decease of me... and my now wife Dionis Coffin" 3 Dec. 1678.[Nantucket Deeds Vol.2, p.19]
"I Tristram Coffin of Sherborn... in Regard of my Natural afection unto my Grand Children... give unto every one of them Ten Acres of land to plant or sow English grain on... upon the Island of Tuckernuck... and if they... shall sow their land with english hay seed they shall have liberty to keep four shep upon every acre during their Lifetime... 3d 10th 1678."[Nantucket Deeds- Vol.2, p.17]
"The 8th day of August, 1682, an Inventory being presented to the Court of the estate of Mr. Tristram Coffin, Senior, who departed this life the third day of October, on thousand six hundred eighty one, the Court taking into consideration the present state of the estate, together with the best Information of his mind before his decease: doe order the use of the estate for Ms Dionis Coffin, his widdow, during her life after al Just debts are paid." [Nantucket Records]
Source: http://ucs.orst.edu/~gildenj/coffin/tristram2.html
Tristram married before coming to America and lived, successively at Haverhill, Newbury, Salisbury and finally on Nantucket Island, where he died. On the fifteenth of November, 1642, Passaquo and Saggahew, with the consent of Passaconaway who was leader of the Merrimacs, sold for L3 10s. to the inhabitants of Pentucket,' now Haverhill, a track of land fourteen miles long and six miles wide, with ye isleand and the river that ye isleand stands in' etc. Among the witnesses to this deed was Tristram Coffyn, who had this year, arrived in New England and had moved from Salisbury to Haverhill. Tristram is said to have been the first man to use a plow in Haverhill. He was a royalist, and was one of the few, if not the only early settler to come to New England as a consequence of the success of Oliver Cromwell. In about 1644, Tristram and his family moved to Newbury, where he became a prominent inn keeper and ferryman. In Newbury in 1644 Tristram was granted permission to keep an "ordinary" (saloon), sell wine and keep a ferry on the Newbury side of the Merrimack between Newbury and Carr's island. George Carr ran the ferry from Carr's island to Salisbury. This arrangement was confirmed in the town records on December 26,1647: Tristram Coffin (senior) is allowed to keep an ordinary and retayle wine, paying according to order, and also granted liberty to keep a ferry at Newbury side. In September 1653, Tristram Coffyn's wife Dionis Coffin was presented for selling beer', at his ordinary in Newbury, 'for three pence a quart.' (higher than the set price for beer). Having proved upon the testimony of Samuel Moores, that she put six bushels of malt into a hogshead she was discharged.' Dionis was found to be "doctoring" the beer sold at the ordinary. Contrary to current practice Dionis was making her beer stronger and charging a correspondingly higher price. The law at the time called for beer to be good wholesome beer of four bushels of malt to the hogshead.' Goodwife Coffin is said to have remarked: I'll have better beer than my neighbors and be paid for it. A fig for the law.' In 1654 or 1655, Tristram returned to Salisbury where he signed his name as "Tristram Coffyn Commissioner of Salisbury." In 1659, Tristram and some of his sons were among a company of Salisbury men who purchased nineteen twentieths of the island of Nantucket from Thomas Mayhew. In 1660 Tristram Sr. with wife, mother and some of his children moved to the island where this branch of the Coffin family continued. Tristram Jr. remained in Newbury with his wife and family. See Tristram Coffin Jr. for continuation of Coffins in Newbury Submitted by: Bob Bamford - bob@essexbooks.com © 1997 Heritage Associates
Tristram Coffin (later of Nantucket) was born in Brixton, near Plymouth, Devonshire, in 1605. Although he did not necessarily descend from Portledge, he held estates at Brixton, about 40 miles away. In 1639/40 he was a church warden in Brixton, and in 1641 he was a constable. Tristram was of the landed gentry; he owned property in Dorset and Devon. He married Dionis Stevens, the daughter of Robert Stevens, Esq., of Brixton, in 1630, at age 25. The name Dionis is a diminutive of Dionysia.
Leaving England
During this era Puritanism was growing quickly in England, but Tristram Coffin was not a Puritan. In 1638 the Scots took up arms against King Charles I, and at the same time (around 1642), a conflict developed between Charles and the Parliament. Charles was supported by the nobility, landed gentry, and Catholics, while Parliament was supported by the merchant and middle classes.
It is unclear why Tristram Coffyn left his estates at the age of 37 to move to Massachusetts. Part of the reason may be that he was landed gentry and a Royalist, and Plymouth had fallen under the control of Parliament. Around 1642 "each county, town, and hamlet, was divided into factions seeking the ruin of each other. The two great armies plundered wherever they came, and their example was faithfully copied by smaller bodies of armed men." Tristram's brother died in this war, and he may have been trying to escape the strife. When he emigrated to the Americas with his family, his estates were given to Charles II's illegitimate son during the Restoration. It is said that he emigrated on a ship owned by Robert Clement.
Tristram and his family (Dionis, his 58-year-old mother, his five children, and two unmarried sisters) settled in Haverhill (formerly Pawtucket) in 1642. It is said that Tristram constructed his own plough and was the first to plough land in this area. This settlement began in 1640 and a deed from the Passaconnaway Indians was obtained in 1642. Tristram was a witness to the deed, the signing of which was attended by the sachems Passaquo and Saggahew. The land was purchased for three pounds and ten shillings:
Know all men by these presents, that wee Passaquo and Saggahew wth the consent of Passaconaway; have sold unto ye inhabitants of Pentuckett all ye lands wee have in Pentuckett... And wee ye said Passaquo and Saggahew wth ye consent of Passaconnaway, have sold unto ye said inhabitants all ye right that wee or any of us have in ye said ground and Ileand and Rivver: And wee warrant it against all or any other Indeans whatsoever into ye said Inhabitants of Penuckett, and to their heires and assignes forever Dated ye fifteenth day of november Ann Dom 1642.
Witnes our hands and seales to this bargayne of sale ye day and year above written (in ye presents of us) we ye said Passaquo & Saggahew have received in hand, for & in consideration of ye same three pounds & ten shillings: John Ward, Robert Clements, Tristram Coffyn, Hugh Sherratt, William White, Thomas Davis. [Norfolk Co. Deeds- book 2, p.209]
Dionis the Brewmistress
In 1644 Tristram obtained a license to "keep an ordinary, sell wine, and keep a ferry" in Newbury, where the family had moved. In 1647 he got another license to do the same. The pub, "Coffin's Ordinary," was run by his wife Dionis; at the time brewing beer was a common occupation for women. In 1653 Dionis was charged with violating a law, passed in 1645, which said that beer could not be sold for more than two pence a quart. Her case was presented and dismissed when she showed that she was putting more malt in her beer than was usual, and that the beer should be sold for a proportionately larger fee. Her pub became known as "the place where the best beer was sold."
This recipe for "William Harrison's Wife's Ale" (1577) may be similar to the brews created by Dionis. For more information about Tristram and Dionis's early life in Massachusetts, see http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/9210/COFFIN.htm.
Moving to Nantucket
The Coffin family moved to Salisbury in 1654, and Tristram "organized a company for the purchase and settlement of Nantucket." In 1659 Tristram went to Martha's Vineyard with Peter Folger (Ben Franklin's grandfather) along as an Indian interpreter. Together they went to Nantucket, "his object being to ascertain the temper and disposition of the Indians" and check out the island itself. Allen Coffin writes that "Tristram's intercourse with the Indians was frank and kind, and they extended to him a warm welcome." He got along well with them from then on, "a fact which was largely owing to the infusion of his liberal, high-minded and christian character into the practical concerns of life among the Indians." There were about 3000 Indians on Nantucket when he arrived, and they are described as being "kind and hospitable."
After leaving Nantucket, the island was purchased from Thomas Mayhew for the sum of 30 pounds and two beaver hats. There were 19 purchasers, including representatives from the Coffin, Macy and Starbuck families. Their 1659 agreement stated that "No man whatsoever shall purchase any land of any of the Indians upon the said iland for his own private or particular use; but whatsoever purchas shall be made, shall be for the general account of the Twenty owners or purchasers..."
In 1659 Tristram and Thomas Macy also purchased an island from the Sachem of Nantucket:
"This witnesseth that I, Wanochmamack, chife sachem of Nantucket, hath sold unto Mr. Tristram Coffin and Thomas Macy, their heirs and assigns, that whole nack of land called by the Indians, Pacummohquah, being at the east end of Nantucket, for and in consideration of five pounds to be paid to me in English goods or otherwise to my content by the said Tristram Coffin aforesaid at convenient time as shall be demanded. Witness my hand or mark this 22 of June, 1662." [Albany Deeds- Vol.III, p.57] Settlement on Nantucket The first white settlers on Nantucket were Thomas Macy and his family; Edward Starbuck; Isaac Coleman; and James Coffin, Tristram's son. Tristram's other children were Peter, Tristram Jr., John, Mary (who married Nathaniel Starbuck) and Elizabeth, who married Stephen Greenleaf on November 13 1651. Tristram built a home near Capaum Pond, and lived there until his death.
In 1600 there were approximately 2500 natives on Nantucket, all belonging to the Pokanoket nation. At the time of white settlement, in 1660, they lived in four villages, the two largest headed by Wanachmamak and Nickanoose, and the others headed by Attapehat and Spotso. They belonged to the Algonquian language group and subsisted on maize, beans, squash, hunting, fishing, and gathering. Politically, they were allied with the Wampanoag or Pokanoket of Rhode Island and Massachusetts, under the leadership of Massasoit.
Most sources describe the goodwill between the native Nantucket Indians and the settlers. In fact, it was the Indians who introduced the settlers to the whale fishery that sustained them for several generations. When a small right whale came into the harbor in 1672 they showed the settlers how to catch it with a harpoon. In Nantucket: The Far-Away Island (Dodd, Mead & Co. 1937), William Stevens writes,
Unfortunately, not much is known about these Indians. Nobody knows whether they were few or many. It is a credit to both races, however, that they got along together as good neighbors. When King Philip visited the island to incite the Indians to join his revolt against the whites, they refused. And the whites managed to save an Indian that Philip was determined to slay, one "John Gibbs," who later was sent to Harvard to be educated. The Nantucket Indians were quick to convert to Christianity. Many were employed by white settlers, including Tristram. Gradually, they succumbed to disease and alcohol:
The Indians became troublesome only after they had learned to drink rum. The early court records are mainly devoted to trials, convictions and sentences of Indians to be whipped for getting drunk and for petty larcenies, and of fines imposed upon white men and women for selling rum to Indians. ... . The letter of Thomas Macy to Governor Lovelace, 9 May 1676 shows the fear of the Indians if strong drink was allowed to be sold to them and he asked the Governor to prohibit any ship coming into the harbor from selling strong drink to Indians: "Sir, concerning the Peace we hitherto enjoy, I cannot imagine it could have bin if strong Liquor had bin among the Indians, as formerly: for my owne yt I have been to ye utmost an opposed of the Trade these 38 yeares, and I verily believe (respecting the Indians) tis the only Ground of the miserable psent Ruine to both Nations; for tis that hath kept them from Civility, they have been the drunken Trade kept all the while like wild Beares and Wolves in the Wildernesse." [The Coffin Family p.49; from http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/9210/COFFIN.htm.] Epidemics in 1616-19 devastated the native population of Nantucket. The last Nantucket Indian, Abram Quary, died in 1854.
In the late 1600s the community was divided by a feud between Tristram Coffin and John Gardner, concerning the governance of the island. The feud eventually ended and Gardner's daughter Mary married Tristram's grandson, Jethro Coffin. Their house, the oldest house on Nantucket, is now a tourist attraction.
Tristram's mother Joanna died in Boston in May 1661 at age 77. Tristram himself died on October 2 1681, aged 76. His will is linked here.
Source: http://www.onid.orst.edu/~gildenj/coffin/history.html
General Notes for Child Peter Coffin
As a young boy came to New England about 1642. Source: www.rootsweb.com/~hft/dad/coffin/index.html
General Notes for Child Tristram Coffin
When Tristram's father left Newbury, Tristram Jr. stayed behind. He was very active in town and church affairs holding a number of positions in town government. In about 1654 Tristram erected the Coffin home on what is now High Street in Newbury. This house, one of the oldest still standing in North America, is now owned by the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities. And may be visited by the public. The Rev. Thomas Parker first settled Newbury in 1635 with a group of about one hundred of his followers. The church in Newbury was led by Rev. Parker for many years and in the 1660's great controversy arose as to its administration and religious practices. Two factions developed in the town and Tristram, throughout was a supporter of Rev. Parker, signing petitions and giving testimony throughout the period. On May 14, 1654, Tristram signed petition in defense of Robert Pike who was accused of "intemperate zeal and seditious speech". On March 7, 1663, he was appointed a fence viewer. On May 29, 1668 Tristram was admitted as freeman. In March of 1674, Tristram, among others was appointed to lay out six acres to be used as pasture for the future ministry. This, apparently led to him being appointed lot layer on September 21, 1677. In the years, 1669, 1670, 1680, and 1681 he served as a selectman of the town. Additionally, on September 29, 1681 he was appointed by General Court as one of three commissioners of small claims. On March 1, 1682 Tristram was appointed "standing way warden to see that evry inhabitant do their part on the hye wayes" By the year 1683, Tristram was one of the largest sheep owners in Newbury with a herd of 55. In 1686 he was a member of the committee that partitioned the balance of the undivided common lands in Newbury. On November 21, 1693, having previously been made a Deacon of the church, Tristram, with the other two deacons were chosen as standing overseers of the poor in Newbury and he was made Treasurer for the Poor. In 1695, Newbury, having grown substantially was divided into two parishes, Tristram and two others were selected to make the geographical division. This was the beginning of the parish divisions which would result in the break off of Newburyport seventy years later. Remaining active in church and town affairs until the end, on October 18, 1700 Tristram was appointed to a committee to procure a new bell for the First Parish Meeting House. When Tristram died in 1704 a memorial inscribed as follows was erected in the First Church burial ground in Newbury:
To the memory of Tristram Coffin, Esq., who having served the first church of Newbury in the office of Deacon 20 years died Feb, 1703-4 aged 72 years. 'On earth he pur-chas-ed a good degree, Great boldness in the faith and liberty, And now possesses immortality.'
Submitted by: Bob Bamford - bob@essexbooks.com © 1997 Heritage Associates
Tristram Coffin Jr. emigrated with his family at the age of ten and was apprenticed to Henry Somerby, tailor. When Henry died, Tristram took over the business and married the widow, Judith Somerby. The three young Somerby children lived in the house on High St with the eight surviving Coffin children. This house in which he and nine generations of his descendants lived was built at least by 1654. Thomas Coffin Amory says it was built in 1649 by Henry Somerby. Others claim it was built about 1653 by Tristam. Tristram became a freeman of the Colony of MA in Newbury in 1668. He was a large landowner and civic leader. He was lieutenant of the Second Company of Newbury in 1683, Representative of the General Court in 1695-1700, and was Deacon of the Church for 20 years. At the time of his death in 1704, it is said that Tristram and Judith had 177 descendants. Tristram and wife Judith, as well as other members of their family, are buried in the church burying ground across the street from the house.
Source: http://doris_muise.tripod.com/coffinhouse.htm
An interesting and historic house (No. 16, High Street) on the West side of the main road from Boston at Newbury is thought to have once been owned by Tristram Coffin, Jr., and has since been lived in by eight generations of his descendants. It is now in the care of the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities.
There are various theories about when, and by whom, this house was built. In his History of Newbury, Joshua Coffin (1792 - 1864) claimed that Tristram Coffin Jr. was himself the builder. On the other hand, Thomas Coffin Amory (author of a biography of Adm. Sir Isaac Coffin) stated that Henry Somerby built it in 1649; but Amory is not always a reliable authority. Others have suggested that Edmund Greenleaf, father of Tristram's bride Judith, who was then living in Boston, had the house built for the newly-wed couple about 1653. Whoever was the builder, and whatever the date of construction, there is a tradition that the timber used came from the sawmill that Tristram Jr. owned on the Merrimac river, which is not far away.
Tristram Coffin Jr. had been apprenticed to Henry Somerby, a tailor, and was aged only 20, and apparently still working for Henry, when Henry died on 2 October 1652, leaving his widow Judith with three children (all less than eight years old). On 2 March 1653 - only five months after Henry's death - Tristram married Judith, and the first of their children, another Judith, was born on 4 December the same year.
The oldest part of the house is that to the left of the pictures above (minus the single-story addition). It was only after Tristram and Judith's youngest son, Nathaniel, had married a widow, Sarah Dole, in 1693 and had brought her to live in the house, and perhaps after 1705 (by which time Tristram and Judith were both dead), that the south-east, or left-hand, half of what is now the main front facing the High Street was built.
By 1711, Nathaniel and Sarah had eight children. Their third son, Joseph, married Margaret Morse on 15 July 1725 and brought her to live in the house. This couple had six living children by the time of Nathaniel's death in 1749. About this time the remainder of the east wing - two rooms and an entrance hall - was built. Joseph's eldest son, Joshua, succeeded to a share of the house with his wife Sarah Bartlett, but died in March 1774 only a few months after his father. By the time his second son, Edmund, reached his majority there was a threefold division of the property: between Edmund, his elder brother (another Joseph) and their mother Sarah.
This last Joseph was the father of the historian of Newbury, another Joshua Coffin, who built the small one-story addition to the house in the south-west corner, which he used for his library and in which he wrote his history. Eventually, after more vicissitudes and divisions of the property, it was finally united by the provisions of the will of Edmund Coffin Coleman (son of Edmund's daughter, Elizabeth) when he died in 1915. He left his own share to his sister Mrs Margaret Merriam "hoping that she may with the house thereon and a portion of the land memorialize our revered parents in some worthy manner".
On 20 February 1929 Mrs Merriam conveyed the property to the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities.
Source: http://www.ecoffin.freeserve.co.uk/newbury.htm
General Notes for Child Mary Coffin
The Quaker influence was from or began about 1700. Prior to that period the people were mostly Baptists and Presbyterians, for the first fifty years there was no church organization there and most of the marriages were performed by the Justice of the Peace. The Mayhews had Christianized the Indians. In 1704 the first Friends Society was formed and in 1711 the first meeting House was built. Among the first converts to the society was Mary Coffin Starbuck who as I have elsewhere related was a woman of great character and influence and through her nearly the whole population became identified with the movement. It had a far reaching effect on the lives of the Islanders and more than any other form of religion, Quakerism entered into the daily lives of its adherents. Its keynote was simplicity, plain living, high thinking, unworldliness and humility were its tenets. They believed in the "inner light" and that "thought in the word" they were not of it. They wore plain clothes of subdued and neutral colors although of the best material that they could afford avoided all ornaments or display either an their person or in their homes. But they did not take into consideration the temperament and too little account of the natural desire of people. They were to rigid and severe in their discipline, particularity in regard to marriage. No one was allowed to marry outside of the sect on pain of being cast out.. The result was that many close marriages were made cousin to cousin, uncle to niece. With the inevitable results which were handed down to prosperity.
They had a curious custom of not allowing any headstones to mark the graves and in the old Friends Cemetery on the Island are over seven thousand Quakers buried without a single stone to mark their burial places. Later on it was allowed to put up a six inch stone and still later on one a foot high.
The original meeting House is still in existence forming part of the Congregation Church where it was moved to. A memorial stone marks the site of the original spot on where it stood with the following inscription.
Erected 1891 by a descendant of the first settlers in memory of those who are buried on this hallowed spot where stood the "first Meeting House in 1711. Since removed to the spot where it now stands as the vestry of 1st Congregational Church.
1609 Tristram Coffin 1681
1598 Thomas Macy 1682
1604 Edward Starbuck 1690
1617 Peter Folger 1690
1624 John Gardner 1706
1664 John Swain Jr. 1738
1644 John Coleman 1715
1598 Christopher Hussey 1686
1626 Richard Gardner 1688
1640 William Bunker 1712
Many descendants of these worthy sires have been distinguished for their courage energy and left a record for others to emulate. ************************************************************************** *************************************** "Throughout the seventeenth century, English Nantucketers resisted all attempts to establish a church on the island (Nantucket), partly because a woman by the name of Mary Coffin Starbuck forbade it. It was said that nothing of consequence was done on Nantucket without Mary's approval. Mary Coffin and Nathaniel Starbuck had been the first English couple to be married on the island, in 1662, and had established a lucrative outpost for trading with Wampanoag. Whenever an itinerant minister came to Nantucket looking to establish a congregation, he was firmly rebuffed by Mary Starbuck. Then, in 1702, Mary succumbed to a charismatic Quaker minister named John Richardson. Speaking before a group assembled in the Starbucks' living room, Richardson succeeded in moving Mary to tears. It was Mary Starbuck's conversion to Quakerism that established the unique fusion of spirituality and covetousness that would make possible Nantucket's rise as a whaling port." "Quakers or, more properly, members of the Society of Friends, depended on their own experience of God's presence, the 'Inner Light,' for guidance rather than relying on a Puritan minister's interpretation of scripture. But Nantucket's ever growing number of Quakers were hardly free-thinking individuals. Friends were expected to conform to rules of behavior determined during the yearly meetings, encouraging a sense of community that was as carefully controlled as that of any New England society. If there was a difference, it was the Quaker belief in pacifism and a conscious spurning of worldly ostentation - two principles that were not intended to interfere, in any way, with a person's ability to make money. Instead of building fancy houses or buying fashionable clothes, Nantucket's Quakers reinvested their profits in the whale fishery. As a result, they were able to weather the downturns that laid to waste so many mainland whaling merchants, and Mary Starbuck's children, along with their Macy and Coffin cousins, quickly established a Quaker whaling dynasty." "Nantucketers saw no contradiction between their livelihood and their religion. God Himself had granted them dominion over the fishes of the sea. Peleg Folger, a Nantucket whaleman turned Quaker elder, expressed it in verse:"
"Thou didst, O Lord, create the mighty whale, That wondrous monster of a mighty length; Vast is his head and body, vast his tail, Beyond conception his unmeasured strength.
But, everlasting God, thou dost ordain That we, poor feeble mortals should engage (Ourselves, our wives and children to maintain), This dreadful monster with a martial rage."
Source: "In the Heart of the Sea" by Nathaniel Philbrick; Viking, 2000; p.8,9 ************************************************************************** *************************************** "Reverend" Mary Coffin was born February 20, 1644/45 in Haverhill, Massachusetts just two years after her parents' arrival from Devonshire, England. She moved to Nantucket Island with her father, Tristram Coffin, who led the colonization of the island in 1660-1661. In 1662 she married Nathaniel Starbuck, a prosperous farmer, local official, and partner with her father in purchasing the area from the Indians. The son of Edward and Catherine (Reynolds) Starbuck, Nathaniel was born February 20, 1633/34 in Dover, New Hampshire and died June 6, 1719 on Nantucket.
Mother of ten children, of whom five daughters and three sons lived to maturity, Mary and her eldest son Nathaniel helped make Quakerism the leading religion on the island sometime after her own conversion from Puritanism by the Quakers of Providence, RI in 1701 at the age of 56. She was a minister, as were her children and grandchildren.
"The islanders esteemed [Mary Starbuck] as a judge among them, for little was done without her, as I understood," wrote Englishman John Richardson, describing his 1701 visit. He bestowed on her the epithet "the great woman," and in the same journal entry deprecated her husband as "not a man of mean parts but she so far exceeded him in soundness of judgment, clearness of understanding, and an elegant way of expressing herself ... that it tended to lessen the qualifications of her husband."
Mary was a "most extraordinary woman, participating in the practical duties and responsibilities of public gatherings and town meetings, on which occasions her words were always listened to with marked respect." For several years, Meetings or worships as well as Nantucket's political affairs were held in the "great fore-room" of her home which became known as "Parliament House," situated on what is now known as Island View Farm between the Macy's and the north head of Hummock ponds.
Despite Mary's involvement in the weighty matters of religion, she did not neglect domestic issues, as evidenced by a letter which Lydia Hinchman quotes in Early Settlers of Nantucket. In the aftermath of a fire experienced by her granddaughter, Eliza Gorham, Mary wrote to her:
Nantucket 17th of 1st mo 1714
Dear Child E.G. These few lines may certify thee that thou art often in my remembrance, with thy dear husband and children, with breathigs to the Lord for you, that you may find rest in all your visitations and trials: and also that there is a trunk filled with goods which is intended to be put on Eben Stewards vessel, in which are several small tokens from thy friends which thou may particularly see by the invoices here enclosed, and by some other marks that are upon the things.
Thy Aunt Dorcas in a new pair of osanburgs sheets, thy Aunt Dinah in a pair of blankets. Thy Grandfather intends to send thee a bbl. of mutton, but it is not all his own, for cousin James Coffin sent hither 17 pieces. Cousin James said he inteded to send thee two or three bushels of corn.
There is likewise sent from our women's meeting £7 which thy uncle Jethro said he would give an order for, for thee to take to Boston.
Sister James told me she intended to send thee two bushels of corn and some wool and likewise that Justice Worth said he would send thee some corn.
More meat and corn will be sent which will be in larger quantities, which thy uncle Jethro Starbuck will give thee an acct. of or to thy husband.
I should have been glad if he had come over with Steward, but I hope we will see him this summer, if not both of you.
So with my kind love to thee and thy husband, children and to all our frds. committing you to the protection of the Almighty who is the wise disposer of all things and remain thy affectionate grandmother.
Mary Starbuck
Although the first Meeting house on Nantucket was built in 1711, Mary did not live to see the official Nantucket Monthly Meeting be established on May 16, 1780. She died on Nantucket Island September 13, 1717, at the age of seventy-two.
Source: www.rootsweb.com/!nwa/coffin.html
Tristram Coffin and Judith Greenleaf
Husband Tristram Coffin 1
Born: 1632 - Brixton, Devonshire, England
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Died: 4 Feb 1704 - Newbury, MA
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Father: Tristan Coffin (1605-1681) 1
Mother: Dionis Stevens (Abt 1610-1676) 1
Marriage: 2 Mar 1652 - Newbury, MA
Noted events in his life were:
• Occupation, Hatter
Wife Judith Greenleaf
Born: 2 Sep 1625
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Died: 15 Dec 1705
Buried:
Father: Edmund Greenleaf (1573-1671)
Mother: Sara Moore ( - )
Other Spouse: Henry Somerby ( - ) - Abt 1644
General Notes (Husband)
When Tristram's father left Newbury, Tristram Jr. stayed behind. He was very active in town and church affairs holding a number of positions in town government. In about 1654 Tristram erected the Coffin home on what is now High Street in Newbury. This house, one of the oldest still standing in North America, is now owned by the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities. And may be visited by the public. The Rev. Thomas Parker first settled Newbury in 1635 with a group of about one hundred of his followers. The church in Newbury was led by Rev. Parker for many years and in the 1660's great controversy arose as to its administration and religious practices. Two factions developed in the town and Tristram, throughout was a supporter of Rev. Parker, signing petitions and giving testimony throughout the period. On May 14, 1654, Tristram signed petition in defense of Robert Pike who was accused of "intemperate zeal and seditious speech". On March 7, 1663, he was appointed a fence viewer. On May 29, 1668 Tristram was admitted as freeman. In March of 1674, Tristram, among others was appointed to lay out six acres to be used as pasture for the future ministry. This, apparently led to him being appointed lot layer on September 21, 1677. In the years, 1669, 1670, 1680, and 1681 he served as a selectman of the town. Additionally, on September 29, 1681 he was appointed by General Court as one of three commissioners of small claims. On March 1, 1682 Tristram was appointed "standing way warden to see that evry inhabitant do their part on the hye wayes" By the year 1683, Tristram was one of the largest sheep owners in Newbury with a herd of 55. In 1686 he was a member of the committee that partitioned the balance of the undivided common lands in Newbury. On November 21, 1693, having previously been made a Deacon of the church, Tristram, with the other two deacons were chosen as standing overseers of the poor in Newbury and he was made Treasurer for the Poor. In 1695, Newbury, having grown substantially was divided into two parishes, Tristram and two others were selected to make the geographical division. This was the beginning of the parish divisions which would result in the break off of Newburyport seventy years later. Remaining active in church and town affairs until the end, on October 18, 1700 Tristram was appointed to a committee to procure a new bell for the First Parish Meeting House. When Tristram died in 1704 a memorial inscribed as follows was erected in the First Church burial ground in Newbury:
To the memory of Tristram Coffin, Esq., who having served the first church of Newbury in the office of Deacon 20 years died Feb, 1703-4 aged 72 years. 'On earth he pur-chas-ed a good degree, Great boldness in the faith and liberty, And now possesses immortality.'
Submitted by: Bob Bamford - bob@essexbooks.com © 1997 Heritage Associates
Tristram Coffin Jr. emigrated with his family at the age of ten and was apprenticed to Henry Somerby, tailor. When Henry died, Tristram took over the business and married the widow, Judith Somerby. The three young Somerby children lived in the house on High St with the eight surviving Coffin children. This house in which he and nine generations of his descendants lived was built at least by 1654. Thomas Coffin Amory says it was built in 1649 by Henry Somerby. Others claim it was built about 1653 by Tristam. Tristram became a freeman of the Colony of MA in Newbury in 1668. He was a large landowner and civic leader. He was lieutenant of the Second Company of Newbury in 1683, Representative of the General Court in 1695-1700, and was Deacon of the Church for 20 years. At the time of his death in 1704, it is said that Tristram and Judith had 177 descendants. Tristram and wife Judith, as well as other members of their family, are buried in the church burying ground across the street from the house.
Source: http://doris_muise.tripod.com/coffinhouse.htm
An interesting and historic house (No. 16, High Street) on the West side of the main road from Boston at Newbury is thought to have once been owned by Tristram Coffin, Jr., and has since been lived in by eight generations of his descendants. It is now in the care of the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities.
There are various theories about when, and by whom, this house was built. In his History of Newbury, Joshua Coffin (1792 - 1864) claimed that Tristram Coffin Jr. was himself the builder. On the other hand, Thomas Coffin Amory (author of a biography of Adm. Sir Isaac Coffin) stated that Henry Somerby built it in 1649; but Amory is not always a reliable authority. Others have suggested that Edmund Greenleaf, father of Tristram's bride Judith, who was then living in Boston, had the house built for the newly-wed couple about 1653. Whoever was the builder, and whatever the date of construction, there is a tradition that the timber used came from the sawmill that Tristram Jr. owned on the Merrimac river, which is not far away.
Tristram Coffin Jr. had been apprenticed to Henry Somerby, a tailor, and was aged only 20, and apparently still working for Henry, when Henry died on 2 October 1652, leaving his widow Judith with three children (all less than eight years old). On 2 March 1653 - only five months after Henry's death - Tristram married Judith, and the first of their children, another Judith, was born on 4 December the same year.
The oldest part of the house is that to the left of the pictures above (minus the single-story addition). It was only after Tristram and Judith's youngest son, Nathaniel, had married a widow, Sarah Dole, in 1693 and had brought her to live in the house, and perhaps after 1705 (by which time Tristram and Judith were both dead), that the south-east, or left-hand, half of what is now the main front facing the High Street was built.
By 1711, Nathaniel and Sarah had eight children. Their third son, Joseph, married Margaret Morse on 15 July 1725 and brought her to live in the house. This couple had six living children by the time of Nathaniel's death in 1749. About this time the remainder of the east wing - two rooms and an entrance hall - was built. Joseph's eldest son, Joshua, succeeded to a share of the house with his wife Sarah Bartlett, but died in March 1774 only a few months after his father. By the time his second son, Edmund, reached his majority there was a threefold division of the property: between Edmund, his elder brother (another Joseph) and their mother Sarah.
This last Joseph was the father of the historian of Newbury, another Joshua Coffin, who built the small one-story addition to the house in the south-west corner, which he used for his library and in which he wrote his history. Eventually, after more vicissitudes and divisions of the property, it was finally united by the provisions of the will of Edmund Coffin Coleman (son of Edmund's daughter, Elizabeth) when he died in 1915. He left his own share to his sister Mrs Margaret Merriam "hoping that she may with the house thereon and a portion of the land memorialize our revered parents in some worthy manner".
On 20 February 1929 Mrs Merriam conveyed the property to the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities.
Source: http://www.ecoffin.freeserve.co.uk/newbury.htm
General Notes (Wife)
Judith Greenleaf Somerby was born in Ipswich, County Suffolk, England 2 September 1626.(445) Judith died 15 December 1705 in Newbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts, at age 79.(446) Her body was interred First Parish Burying Ground in Newbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts.(447) Her inscription reads, "To the memory of Mrs. Judith, late uirtuos (sic) wife of Deac. Tristram Coffin, Esqr, who having lived to see 177 of her children and children's children to the 3d generation died Dec. 15, 1705, aged 80. 'Graue, sober, faithful, fruitfull vine was she, A rare example of true piety. Widow'd awhile she wayted wisht for rest, With her dear husband in her Savior's brest.' She married twice. She married Henry Somerby before 1644/5 in Newbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts.(448) Henry was born in England. (See Henry Somerby for the continuation of this line.) She married Tristram Coffin 2 March 1652/3 in Newbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts.(449) Tristram was born in 1632 in Plymouth, England.(450) He was the son of Tristram Coffin and Dionis Stevens. Source: http://users.erols.com/rdutton/d0/d0/i0000914.htm
Uriah Coffin and Hannah Smith
Husband Uriah Coffin
Born: - Of Nantucket
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Marriage: 5 Sep 1810
Wife Hannah Smith
Born: 1 May 1768 - Barrington, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Died: 17 May 1847
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Other Spouse: Daniel Vincent (1760-1806) - 8 Oct 1785
William Coffin
Husband William Coffin 1
Born: 1756
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Father: William Coffin (1723-1803) 1
Mother: Mary Austin Aston (Abt 1728-Abt 1800) 1
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William Coffin
Husband William Coffin 1
Born: 5 Nov 1802
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Father: Ebenezer Coffin (1765-1817) 1
Mother: Mary Mathewes (1774-1813) 1
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William Coffin and Louisa M. Ioor
Husband William Coffin 1
Born: Abt 1806
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Died: Abt 1829
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Marriage: Bef 1829
Wife Louisa M. Ioor 1
Born: 1810
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Died: Sep 1830 - Greenville, South Carolina
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Father: John Ioor (1787- ) 1
Mother: Emily Richardson (Abt 1790- ) 1
Other Spouse: Peter Manigault (1805-1864) 1 - Feb 1830
William Coffin and Anna Holmes
Husband William Coffin 1
Born: 1 Dec 1699
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Died: 1774
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Father: Nathaniel Coffin (1671-1720) 1
Mother: Damaris Gayer (1673-1764) 1
Marriage: 3 Sep 1722 - Boston, Massachusetts
Wife Anna Holmes 1
Born: Abt 1700 - Boston, Massachusetts
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Died: Abt 1765
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Children
1 M William Coffin 1
Born: 11 Apr 1723
Christened:
Died: 2 Dec 1803
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Spouse: Mary Austin Aston (Abt 1728-Abt 1800) 1
Marr: 1753
2 M Nathaniel Coffin 1
Born: 24 Aug 1725
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3 M John Coffin 1
Born: 2 Jun 1727
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Died: Bef 1729
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4 M John Coffin 1
Born: 19 Aug 1729
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5 F Ann Coffin 1
Born: 15 Dec 1730
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6 F Rebecca Coffin 1
Born: 1 Mar 1732
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7 M Ebenezer Coffin 1
Born: 27 Aug 1733
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Died: Bef 1736
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8 M Ebenezer Coffin 1
Born: 1736
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9 M Isaac Coffin 1
Born: 3 Jul 1738
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10 F Rebecca Coffin 1
Born: 22 Nov 1739
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11 F Elizabeth Coffin 1
Born: 30 Sep 1741
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Spouse: Thomas Coffin Amory (Abt 1740- ) 1
Marr: 1765
William Coffin and Margaret Giffard
Husband William Coffin 1
Born: Between 1387 and 1407
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Died: Between 1432 and 1493
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Marriage: Between 1432 and 1466
Wife Margaret Giffard 1
Born: Abt 1404 - Of Halsbury, Devonshire, England
Christened:
Died: Between 1432 and 1498
Buried:
Father: Thomas Giffard (Abt 1367-Between 1407) 1
Mother: Wilmot Knight (Abt 1371-Between 1407) 1
General Notes (Husband)
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General Notes (Wife)
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William Edwards Coffin
Husband William Edwards Coffin 1
Born: 8 Oct 1860
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Father: Amory Coffin Dr. (1813-1884) 1
Mother: Jessie Mary Edmondston (1821-1886) 1
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Clarrisa Coffindaffer
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Wife Clarrisa Coffindaffer 2 3
Born: 1874 - WV 2 3
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Father: James T. Coffindaffer (1850- ) 2 3 4
Mother: Mary Rozel L. Dotson (1852- ) 2 3
James Coffindaffer
Husband James Coffindaffer 2 3
Born: 1879 - WV 2 3
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Father: James T. Coffindaffer (1850- ) 2 3 4
Mother: Mary Rozel L. Dotson (1852- ) 2 3
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James T. Coffindaffer and Mary Rozel L. Dotson
Husband James T. Coffindaffer 2 3 4
Born: 1850 - Harrison Co., WV 2 3
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Marriage: 17 Oct 1872 - Doddridge Co., WV 2 3
Wife Mary Rozel L. Dotson 2 3
AKA: Rosie
Born: 9 Jan 1852 - Doddridge Co., WV 2 3
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Father: William Buskirk Dotson Jr (1815-1906) 2 3 4
Mother: Louisa Anne Ankrom (1820-1900) 2 3
Children
1 F Clarrisa Coffindaffer 2 3
Born: 1874 - WV 2 3
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2 M Joseph Coffindaffer 2 3
Born: 1875 - WV 2 3
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3 M William Coffindaffer 2 3
Born: 1877 - WV 2 3
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4 M James Coffindaffer 2 3
Born: 1879 - WV 2 3
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1850 Census:
Census Place:Freemans Creek, Lewis, West Virginia Source:FHL Film 1255406 National Archives Film T9-1406 Page 118B RelationSexMarrRaceAgeBirthplace James COFFINDAFFERSelfMMW30WV Occ:FarmingFa: WVMo: WV Rose L. COFFINDAFFERWifeFMW25WV Occ:HousekeepingFa: WVMo: WV Clarrisa COFFINDAFFERDauFSW6WV Fa: WVMo: WV Joseph COFFINDAFFERSonMSW5WV Fa: WVMo: WV Wm COFFINDAFFERSonMSW3WV Fa: WVMo: WV James COFFINDAFFERSonMSW1WV Fa: WVMo: WV
Joseph Coffindaffer
Husband Joseph Coffindaffer 2 3
Born: 1875 - WV 2 3
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Father: James T. Coffindaffer (1850- ) 2 3 4
Mother: Mary Rozel L. Dotson (1852- ) 2 3
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Matthew Lake Nutter and Myrtle Coffindaffer
Husband Matthew Lake Nutter 2 3
Born: 29 Dec 1868 2 3
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Died: 1935 2 3
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Father: Matthew H. Nutter (1823-1873) 2 3
Mother: Julia Ann McDonald (1832- ) 2 3
Marriage: 28 Aug 1892 2 3
Wife Myrtle Coffindaffer 2 3
Born: 1871 - WV 2 3
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1880 Census:
Census Place:Union, Harrison, West Virginia Source:FHL Film 1255404 National Archives Film T9-1404 Page 308D RelationSexMarrRaceAgeBirthplace Jno. J. COFFINDAFFERSelfMMW44WV Occ:FarmerFa: VAMo: WV Nancy A. COFFINDAFFERWifeFMW45WV Occ:Keeping HouseFa: WVMo: WV Columbia V. COFFINDAFFERDauFSW22WV Occ:At HomeFa: WVMo: WV Joseph W. COFFINDAFFERSonMSW21WV Occ:Works On FarmFa: WVMo: WV Clemenza COFFINDAFFERDauFSW17WV Occ:At HomeFa: WVMo: WV Nancy M. COFFINDAFFERDauFSW15WV Occ:At HomeFa: WVMo: WV William E. COFFINDAFFERSonMSW13WV Occ:Works On FarmFa: WVMo: WV John E. COFFINDAFFERSonMSW11WV Occ:Works On FarmFa: WVMo: WV Myrtle COFFINDAFFERDauFSW9WV Fa: WVMo: WV James I. COFFINDAFFERSonMSW5WV Fa: WVMo: WV
William Coffindaffer
Husband William Coffindaffer 2 3
Born: 1877 - WV 2 3
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Father: James T. Coffindaffer (1850- ) 2 3 4
Mother: Mary Rozel L. Dotson (1852- ) 2 3
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John Franklin Robinson and Louise Cofflin
Husband John Franklin Robinson 5 6
AKA: Jack
Born: 27 Nov 1911 - , Pickens, SC
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Died: 2 Mar 1965 - Greenville, Greenville, SC
Buried: - Woodlawn Memorial Park, Greenville, SC
Father: Samuel Looper Robinson (1881-1949) 5 6
Mother: Clovie Virginia Roper (1888-1958) 5 6
Marriage:
Wife Louise Cofflin (details suppressed for this person)
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Children
1 F Mary Lou Robinson 5 6
Born:
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Died: - , Long Island, NY
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Spouse: George B McPhillips (living)
2 F Marie Ann Robinson 5 6
Born: 11 Sep 1942 - Camp Shelby, MS
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Died: 1964 - Pacific Grove, Monterey, CA
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Spouse: Edward E Cone (living)
3 M John Franklin Robinson Jr 5 6
Born:
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Died: - Clemson, Pickens, SC
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General Notes (Husband)
Job: physician
General Notes for Child Mary Lou Robinson
Adopted
Acy Coffman
Husband Acy Coffman 1
Born: 1835
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Father: John Coffman (1803-1870) 1
Mother: Elizabeth Witt (1809-1879) 1
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Thomas W. Nichols and Adeline Lucinda Coffman
Husband Thomas W. Nichols 1
Born: 1 Jul 1826 - TN (1/4 Cherokee)
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Died: 1904 - Hiwasse, Benton County, Arkansas
Buried: 1904 - Centerton, Gamble Cemetery, Benton County, Arkansas
Father: William Nichols (1796-After 1850) 1
Mother: Sarah Elizabeth Woolridge (Abt 1796-Bef 1850) 1
Marriage: 8 Feb 1848 - McMinn County, TN
Wife Adeline Lucinda Coffman 1
Born: 4 Apr 1828 - TN
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Died: 5 Jun 1900 - Hiwasse, Benton County, Arkansas
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Father: John Coffman (1803-1870) 1
Mother: Elizabeth Witt (1809-1879) 1
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1 M James Allison Nichols 1
Born: Feb 1849 - TN
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Died: 15 Mar 1920 - Benton County, Arkansas
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Spouse: Laura A. Williams (1852- ) 1
Marr: 1877 - TN
2 M William Smith Nichols 1
Born: 1 Mar 1852 - McMinn County, TN
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Died: 15 Mar 1920 - Mount Pleasant, Benton County, Arkansas
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Spouse: Julia Ann Wells (1851- ) 1
Spouse: Mary Clarinda Wells (1853-1940) 1
Marr: 18 Jan 1874 - Dickson, Arkansas
3 M John Nichols 1
Born: Abt 1855
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Died: 29 May 1925 - Benton County, Arkansas
Buried: - Hiwasse, Benton County, Arkansas
Spouse: Jane Hamilton ( - ) 1
Marr: 3 Dec 1883
4 M Robert Franklin Nichols 1
Born: 30 Jan 1857 - AR
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Died: 29 May 1925 - Hiwasse, Benton County, Arkansas
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Spouse: Ama Perilla Galyean (1865-1942) 1
Marr: 3 Dec 1883 - Hiwasse, Benton County, Arkansas
5 M Andrew Jackson Nichols 1
Born: Jun 1861
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Spouse: Mary (Mollie) Ragsdale (1862- ) 1
Marr: Abt 1890 - AR
6 M Calvin Monroe Nichols 1
Born: 1862
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Spouse: Harriet Shamlin ( - ) 1
Marr: 1881
7 M George Lafayette Nichols 1
Born: Mar 1864 - MO
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Died: 1929 - Gamble, Arkansas
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Spouse: Alabama Crow (1871- ) 1
Marr: 1887
8 F Sarah Jane Nichols 1
Born: 24 Jan 1866 - Benton County, Arkansas (1/8 Cherokee)
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Died: 28 Sep 1900 - Hiwasse, Benton County, Arkansas
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Spouse: Alexander Mccall Galyean (1863-1940) 1
Marr: 30 Dec 1883 - Hiwasse, Benton County, Arkansas
General Notes (Husband)
Thomas Nichols was born in Tennessee on July of 18 2 6 , t h e son of Mr. andMrs. Walter Nichols . He marri e d Lu cin d a Coffman, also from Tennessee,in 1849.
Thomas was a descendant of the Nichols brothers wh o c a m e t o America whenEngland's King George III ruled t he c ol on ie s with an iron hand. He was ofthe "Green Moun tai n Boy s " sto ck.
Through the years, Nichols men have enlisted in al l t h e s e rvices. Theywere Pioneers in America, made thei r w a y to t h e fertile valleys, and moved westward across th e co untry.
The wagon train that brought the Nichols men from Tenn e s s e e nearNashville in 1854 passed over high rough moun ta i n s wi th greatdifficulty. The teams of mules and hor se s a n d me n strained to pull theload. At times, men wo ul d pu t s hould ers to the wheel while women drovethe tea ms . The y wo uld ta ke turns with their men in driving th e w agonsan d her ding ca ttle they brought with them. The y pa ssed thr ough g aps inth e mountains and camped unde r the s tarry hea vens, s ometime s under darkstorm clouds.
The wagon train of which I write consisted -of seven w a g o n s. Those inthe Nichols train included William Walt e r , t h e father, four sons, and a daughter; Thefather d i e d a fe w y ears afterward. Also in the convoy were th e Oa ke s,Wrigh ts , Buttrans, Misers, Blevins and Shorts.
These families came for land that could be bought c h e a p o r homesteaded;for springs that would furnish ple n t y o f wate r for families andlivestock; timber with whi c h t o bu ild the ir houses, and they found what they soug ht.
Thomas Nichols homesteaded 180 acres east of Old Dic k s o n a nd laterbought more land in Benton County. Afte r b ui ld in g homes of logs from theforest, the land was c lear e d o f tre es and brush and planted to corn andwheat.
An abundance of wild turkeys, squirrels, rabbits, 'p o s s u m and deer madeit easy to get meat. Skins were of c ou rs e , p lentiful.
Lucinda Nichols could make everything needed, so Tho m a s t r aded skins ofthe wild animals for other needs.
Thomas built a log house and prided himself when i t w a s c o mpleted.Chunks of red and white oak were cut i n 1 6 t o 1 8 in ches in length andsplit into clapboards . Ther e we re o nl y a few families living within aradiu s of te n mile s of t hei r first home. The controversy be tween th e state s ove r th e slave question was getting ho tter an d hotter , andman y wer e the hair-raising tales t old of t heir expe riences i n thos e times.
Lucinda would sit with Thomas and their friends, d r a w a s t one pipe fromthe pocket of her full black skir t , an d fil l i t with the home-grown and cured tobacco sh ec arrie d in h er p ocket, and smoke. Thomas might begin t o t ell ab out th e Indi ans that came acrossthe Indian Ter rito ry (Okl ahoma ) line an d rustled their cattle. The y cam e at other times , begging a nd were never refused be caus e Thomas said , "I t is best tob e friends with them".
The nearest grist and flourmill was miles away; grea s e l a m ps and tallowcandles supplied light at night an d wo lve s h ow ling in the nearby woods frequentlydisrupte d sle ep.
Grandma Nichols made most of their clothes. The spi n n i n g wheel and loomwere a necessity . Matches wer e a no ve l t y and the big fireplace heldcoals covered wit h ashes , w hi c h were fanned into a blaze when heat wasne eded, o r coo ki n g was to be done.
On one occasion, bushwhackers drove off all the hogs g r a n d pa wasfattening and made grandm a catch all her gee s e a n d d ucks which theycarried away, but not before hav in g gr an dm a cook a meal for them.
Early one morning, the two boys, William Smith, and Al l i s o n were doingthe chores while their mother prepare d br ea kf as t. They could hear guns firing at theMcKissi ck Sp rin gs , o n Spavinaw, just South of Hiwasse. This s kirmis h wa son e o f twenty four hundred battles fought be tween t he St ates . On e of themost important was fought a t Pea Ri dge.
I could go on and on relating truths about these bat t l e s t hat mygrandfather and grandmother passed through , a n d o f th e days of hardship and starvation.These wer e ind ee d, h ard d epressing times. They lived on corn mus h when the y cou ld ge t their corn to the mill. They parc h e d th ei r corn w henthe y had no meal. In the summer , they cook e d wild gree ns. Sal t was soscarce grandmothe r used to ta k e the dirt fr om the s mokehouse floor torec over the sal t w here the mea t had dripp ed. Sugar could s eldom be boug htan d molasses wa s commonly u sed for sweet ening.
Farming was practically at a standstill as all men w h o w e r e physicallyfit were fighting a n d what crops we r e i n t h e field were oftendestroyed. After Lee's surre nd er e very on e began over again, but weresaddened by th e a ssass inati o n of the great President, Lincoln. The w holen atio n wen t i n mourning .
Grandma had a beautiful black shawl she had brough t f r o m T ennesseeeleven years before, care fully packe d awa y a n d hid den from thebushwhackers. She brought i t out t o th e f ront d oor and draped it over theside in m emory o f th e belo ved Pre sident. She said it was all sh e had wit hwhic h to pa y her re spect.
The Thomas Nichols homestead was the scene of many f a m i l y gatherings formany years after the war, when chil dr e n a n d grandchildren would go therefor picnics, and i t l ef t a n u nforgett able impression on the mind and int he h ear ts o f al l that attended.
Grandpa said the bitterness and anger caused by th e w a r w a s bad, but theReconstruction da y s were bad al so . F or t ho se living in the North orthe South, much wa s c rue l and h ard.
There were many bright spots and deeds of kindness a n d h e r oism too thatwill live on forever, but, he adde d s orro wf ul ly, the catastrophe of the whole uglything w as t hat i t d ivi ded families. Brother fought against bro ther , somef or t he N orth and some for the South.
Grandma devoted her entire married life to the hards h i p s a nd sacrificesrequired to rear her family of seve n s o n s an d one daughter. We, in ourpresent homes can ha v e n o co ncept ion of their trials and tribulations.She h a d th e sam e ambit ions, as mothers of today but the limi ta tion s weres o very g reat .
In those days, there was no locking of doors again s t a t r a mp or thief,but a wide-open welco me to whoeve r c ame . Of te n grandmother found herlarder empty becaus e o f he r gener ou s hospitality to passing strangers.Sh e wen t mile s acros s co untry when a cry of distress came , ridi nghorse back whe n pos sible, walking if not, and wi th gent le hand s soothedt he pat ient, helped with the hou sework , and if t he messenge r of de athcame, she prepare d the bo dy for th e grave .
The latchstring hung out at grandpa's home and at al l o t h e r cabins. Whengrandma had nay leisure time it wa s emp lo y e d in making attractive quilts,Lindsey blankets , hang in g b as kets and fine embroideries.
The hardships of grandmother's days were beyond the co m p r e hension ofpresent day women. Stories of sufferin g du ri n g c hildbirth because therewere very few doctors , ar e pat he tic.
God bless these pioneer women for providing the larg e f a m i lies whichwere needed to conquer t he wilderness , an d s ol di ers to aid in preservingour nation. I say a gain , "Go d b les s them", for a great mental andphysica l influ ence w as g ive n to us by parents such as they wer e, and t hiscoun tr y o w e s a debt to them. They were no t conten t to liv e alw ay s ashomesteaders, but endeavore d in all w ays to cr eate a n a tmosphere ofpermanence an d hospitalit y in the ho mes alt houg h they lived in awild erness.
An old deed in my possession shows that grandfather b o u g h t 80 acres ofland from John Droke on September 22 , 18 7 3 . A ttest Jo D. Dickson, M. C.Stagner. It reads , "Whe re a s in p ursuance of the Act of Congress approved Sept. 2 8 , 18 50, ent itled "An act granting bounty land t o certa i n offic ersand s oldiers who have engaged in mili tary ser vi ce of th e Unite d States -". John Droke wa s a private i n C aptain Jo nes' com pany, 5th regiment,Vir ginia Militia , Wa r of 181 2 . My gran dfather bought thi s land for$500 . Ja mes Bucha nan, Presiden t of the U.S . , to George Dro ke, de eded iti n March 1859.
An old atlas in my possession made in 1903 shows tha t T h o m as Nichols andhis son A. J. Nichols owned this la nd . Af t e r the Frisco railroad wasbuilt, the town of Dic kso n wa s r en amed, "Hiwasse" in memory o f theirpionee r home s i n Tenn ess ee by that Cherokee name.
When Thomas and Lucinda had reared their families, t h e y m o ved from theirhome east of Hiwasse to this land a n d t her e i s a two-story house standingon a part of it w he re g rand moth er an one of her sons died. There "Uncle Tho mas a nd Au nt Lu cy", as they were lovingly called b y thei r frie nds,li ved, a nd on the morning of June 5, 19 00, whe n the s un shon e sof t on theclean bare floor of h er bedro om, gran dma brea thed h er last. For hoursbefor e her deat h grandp a sat by he r besid e with her hand i n his.
Her daughter, Mrs. Sarah Galyean, their sons James A . , W i l liam S., JohnFrank, Monroe, and Jack Lafayette, a n d wiv e s g athered about in her room.She opened her eye s a nd sai d , "Th e Lord is my life and my salvation, ofwh om s hal l I b e afrai d?" The words of the Psalmist of ol d wer e li ke ana rmour ar ound her heart. Thomas Nichols , her h usban d, pass ed away i n1905.
Written by: Myrtle Nichols Noecker, granddaughter - H i w a s se, ArkansasPublished in Benton County Pioneer, Vol u m e 1 , N o. 3 - Feb. 1956
General Notes (Wife)
On some sources her surname is spelled COFMAN.
Amelia Coffman
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Wife Amelia Coffman 1
Born: 1827
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Father: John Coffman (1803-1870) 1
Mother: Elizabeth Witt (1809-1879) 1
John Franklin Fraser and Birdie Coffman
Husband John Franklin Fraser 6
Born: 3 May 1883 - Hall Co., GA
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Father: Thomas Hutchins Fraser (1856-1930) 6
Mother: Nancy Ann Goodwin (1855-1913) 6
Marriage: 19 Aug 1906
Wife Birdie Coffman 6
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Cain Coffman and Elizabeth Coffman
Husband Cain Coffman 2 3
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Wife Elizabeth Coffman 2 3
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1 M Eugene Rice Coffman 2 3
Born: 1886 - Shenandoah, VA 2 3
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Spouse: Elizabeth Pearl Baker (Abt 1888- ) 2 3 7
Marr: 9 Apr 1908 - Shenandoah, VA 2 3
Steven George Emberton and Clara Kathern Coffman
Husband Steven George Emberton 8
Born: 30 Jan 1951 - Tucson, Pima County, Arizona 9
Christened: - Tucson, Pima Co, AZ 8
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Father: Herbert George Emberton (1925-1953) 8 10
Mother: Clara Mae McCoy ( - ) 8
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• Adoption, 6 Jan 1994 - Tucson, Pima Co, AZ
• Adoption, 6 Jan 1994 - Bulding Contractor
Wife Clara Kathern Coffman (details suppressed for this person)
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1 F Susan Renee Emberton (details suppressed for this person)
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2 F Deborah Emberton (details suppressed for this person)
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3 M Steve Samuel Emberton (details suppressed for this person)
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4 M Josiah Joel Emberton (details suppressed for this person)
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5 F Elizabeth Ruth Emberton (details suppressed for this person)
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David E. Coffman
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Mother: Linda Ruth Donovan
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George David Hicks and Edna Rena Coffman
Husband George David Hicks 6
Born: 11 Feb 1898 - Jonesboro, AR
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Father: James Ramson Hicks (1862-1938) 6
Mother: Sarah Elizabeth Nutt (1874-1927) 6
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1 F Wilma Hicks (details suppressed for this person)
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Charles Lester Silvius and Effie Florence Coffman
Husband Charles Lester Silvius 2 3
Born: Abt 1892 - Shenandoah Co., VA 2 3
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Father: Thomas Ashby Silvius (1870-1945) 2 3
Mother: Lillie Dale Baker (1868-1943) 2 3 7
Marriage: 20 Oct 1910 - Shenandoah Co., VA 2 3
Wife Effie Florence Coffman 2 3
Born: Abt 1888 - Shenandoah Co., VA 2 3
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Father: Daniel Coffman ( - ) 2 3
Mother: Martha Ellen Burner ( - ) 2 3
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1 M Russell Silvius (details suppressed for this person)
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2 M Robbie Lee Silvius 2 3
Born: 29 May 1910 - Shenandoah Co., VA 2 3
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Died: 12 Apr 1911 - Shenandoah Co., VA 2 3
Buried: - St. Johns Cem. Hudson's Cross Roads, VA 2 3
3 M Raymond Silvius 2 3
Born: 25 Jul 1912 2 3
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Died: Oct 1980 - Ohio 2 3
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Spouse: Minnie Silvius (living)
John J. Webb and Eliza J. Coffman
Husband John J. Webb 2 3
Born: Abt 1856 2 3
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Father: Richard Webb (1832-1913) 2 3
Mother: Phoebe Rebecca Heldreth (1834- ) 2 3
Marriage: 7 Nov 1880 - Harrison Co., WV 2 3
Wife Eliza J. Coffman 2 3
Born: 1848 - VA 2 3
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Father: Felix R. Coffman ( - ) 2 3
Mother: Martha Coffman ( - ) 2 3
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1 M William Blaine Webb (details suppressed for this person)
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Felix R. Coffman and Martha Coffman
Husband Felix R. Coffman 2 3
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1 F Eliza J. Coffman 2 3
Born: 1848 - VA 2 3
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Spouse: John J. Webb (Abt 1856- ) 2 3
Marr: 7 Nov 1880 - Harrison Co., WV 2 3
General Notes (Husband)
[1735328.ged]
[BeamandWilson.FTW]
1880 Census: Census Place:Harrison, West Virginia Source:FHL Film 1255404 National Archives Film T9-1404 Page 362B RelationSexMarrRaceAgeBirthplace Felix R. COFFMANSelfMMW74PA. Occ:FarmerFa: PA.Mo: VA. Martha COFFMANWifeFMW68VA. Occ:Keeping HouseFa: VA.Mo: VA. Jasper N. COFFMANSonMSW44VA. Occ:FarmerFa: PA.Mo: VA. Thomas E. COFFMANSonMSW41VA. Occ:FarmerFa: PA.Mo: VA. Susan M. COFFMANDauFSW34VA. Occ:At HomeFa: PA.Mo: VA. Elisa J. COFFMANDauFSW32VA. Occ:At HomeFa: PA.Mo: VA. Felix J. COFFMANSonMSW29VA. Occ:Farm LaborerFa: PA.Mo: VA.
George Coffman
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1 F Kate Coffman
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Spouse: George Milleson (1836-1921)
Marr: 28 Sep 1858
