Vestal
Coffin
Born in Nantucket, Nantucket, Ma
Ancestors 
Son of William Coffin
and Elizabeth (Vestal) Coffin
Brother of
William Coffin [half], Elihu Coffin [half], Esther (Coffin) Gardner [half], Jabez Coffin, Achsah (Coffin) Hubbard, Nathan Coffin and Job Coffin
Husband of
Aletha (Fluke) Coffin
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Elizabeth Walker (Coffin) Henley, Alfred Vestal Coffin, Addison Coffin and Emory Dunreath Coffin
Died
at age 32
in Guilford County, NC
Profile last modified
| Created 5 Jul 2011
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Biography
Vestal was a Friend (Quaker)
Vestal Coffin was a part of the Abolitionist Movement.
Vestal and his cousin Levi Coffin Jr organized a school for slaves. In 1820 Vestal and Levi Coffin sent fugitive slaves overland with Quaker emigrants from North Carolina to Indiana, establishing the first long distance route of the Underground Railroad. -
Grave
New Garden Friends Cemetery, Greensboro, Guilford County, NC[1]
Sources
- Documenting the American South
- Timeline of the Underground Railroad
- WikiTree profile Coffin-1044 created through the import of heinakuu2011-6.ged on Jul 5, 2011 by Johanna Amnelin. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Johanna and others.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Vestal by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
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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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~0.39%
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T Stanton
T Stanton
His son Addison in his autobiography (pub 1897) gives the death of his father as being 1826.
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by T Stanton
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