William
Coffin
Born [location unknown]
Ancestors 
Son of Francis Coffin
and Theodate (Gorham) Gardner
Brother of
Peleg Coffin, Judith (Coffin) Hussey, Reuben Gardner II [half], Thaddeus Gardner [half], Shubael Gardner [half] and Naomi Gardner [half]
Husband of
Jedidah (Folger) Coffin
— married
Jan 1754 (to 1756) [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
William Coffin Jr
Died
at about age 25
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 3 Aug 2015
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Biography
William was born in 1730. He is the son of Francis Coffin and Theodate Gorham. [1]
Sources
- ↑ Vital Records of Nantucket, Massachusetts to the year 1850, v. 1, p. 339, https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89077229409;view=1up;seq=343.
- Barney Genealogical Record, Nantucket Historical Association Research Library. Personal page - 409.
- "Vital records of Nantucket, Massachusetts to the year 1850," Boston, Mass. : The New England Historic Genealogical Society at the charge of the Eddy Town-Record Fund, 1925-1928., 5 volumes. Hathitrust.org.
- Coffin, Louis. The Coffin Family. (Nantucket Hist. Assoc., Nantucket, Mass., 1962) Page 198.
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Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 111 markers, haplogroup R-BY34208, FTDNA kit #266234 - Chip Coffin :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 700 markers, haplogroup R-BY60137, Ancestry member Chip_Coffin, FTDNA kit #954106
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