James Coffin

Bef 1639 - 1720  (> 81 years)

• Name	James Coffin  [1]
  Birth	Bef 11 Sep 1639  [2, 3, 4]
  Baptism	11 Sep 1639	Brixton, Devon, England   [2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Alternate death	28 Jul 1720	Nantucket, Massachusetts   [2, 3, 4]
  Alternate death	1 Aug 1720	Nantucket, Massachusetts   [3]
  Death	28 Sep 1720	Nantucket, Massachusetts   [3]
  Siblings	3 siblings
  + 1. Lt. Tristram Coffin ,   b. 1632, Brixton, Devon, England d. 4 Feb 1704, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts  (Age 72 years) ▻ Judith Greenleaf ,  m. 2 Mar 1653 + 2. James Coffin ,   b. Bef 11 Sep 1639   d. 28 Sep 1720, Nantucket, Massachusetts  (Age > 81 years) ▻ Mary Severance ,  m. 3 Dec 1663 + 3. Mary Coffin ,   b. 20 Feb 1645, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts d. 13 Nov 1717, Nantucket, Massachusetts  (Age 72 years) ▻ Nathaniel Starbuck ,  m. Bef 30 Mar 1663 + 4. John Coffin ,   b. 30 Aug 1647, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts d. 5 Sep 1711, Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts  (Age 64 years) ▻ Deborah Austin ,  m. 1668
  Person ID	I26310	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of LDN
  Last Modified	30 Jan 2024

  
  

  Father	Tristram Coffin, Governor of Nantucket,   b. Bef 11 Mar 1610   d. 3 Oct 1681, Nantucket, New York (Age > 71 years)
  Mother	Dionis Stevens,   b. Bef 4 Mar 1610, Brixton, Devon, England d. Aft 29 Nov 1681, Nantucket, New York (Age > 71 years)
  Marriage	Between 16 Dec 1627 and 18 Jul 1630	Brixton, Devon, England   [5]
  Family ID	F6298	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Severance,   b. 5 Aug 1645, Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts d. Between 28 Aug 1692 and 12 Aug 1720 (Age 47 years)
  Marriage	3 Dec 1663	Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts   [4, 6, 7, 8]
  Children	+ 1. Elizabeth Coffin,   b. 9 Sep 1675, Nantucket, New York
  Family ID	F15744	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Jan 2024

  
  

• Notes

  The vital records of Nantucket say he was born 12 Oct 1640, but this is clearly in error. He was a judge of the probate court in Nantucket.

  
  

• Sources

  [S3449] New Englanders in Nova Scotia, manuscript and collection of articles and research material, including articles written by Fred E. Crowell in the 1920s and 30s for the Yarmouth Herald, and also Crowell's research notes. R. Stanton Avery Special Collections, New England Historic Genealogical Society. Searchable at americanancestors.org. [S630] Ancestry of Charles Stinson Pillsbury and John Sargent Pillsbury by Mary Lovering Holman. Concord, New Hampshire: The Rumford Press, 1938. [S756] Early New England Families Study Project: Accounts of New England Families from 1641 to 1700 by Alicia Crane Williams. Online database, New England Historic Genealogical Society. [S5882] Ancestral Lines from Maine to North Carolina by Carl Boyer III. Santa Clarita, California, 2015. [S756] Early New England Families Study Project: Accounts of New England Families from 1641 to 1700 by Alicia Crane Williams. Online database, New England Historic Genealogical Society., says "Probably at Brixton". [S526] The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury, Massachusetts, With Some Related Families of Adjoining Towns and of York County, Maine, by David W. Hoyt. Providence, Rhode Island, 1897-1916., date only. [S630] Ancestry of Charles Stinson Pillsbury and John Sargent Pillsbury by Mary Lovering Holman. Concord, New Hampshire: The Rumford Press, 1938., date only. [S756] Early New England Families Study Project: Accounts of New England Families from 1641 to 1700 by Alicia Crane Williams. Online database, New England Historic Genealogical Society., says "'3: 10 m: 1663' or '3d, 12 mo. 1663' or '3 Dec. 1663' or '1t Nov. 1663 pr Cap Pike'".