Tristram Coffin (1665 - 1717)

Born 18 Jan 1665 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, British Colonial America

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Died 23 Jan 1717 at age 52 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, British Colonial America

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Biography

Tristram Coffin descends from Tristram Coffin Sr, a Nantucket founder.

Trustum Coffin was born on January 18, 1665 at Dover, New Hampshire to parents Peter Coffin and his wife Abigall.^[1]

• There was a branch of the Coffin family in New Hampshire, descended from TRISTRAM COFFIN of Newbury and Nantucket, through his eldest son

I. PETER of Dover and Exeter, whose son II. TRISTRAM was of Exeter, and had sons:

1. Eliphalet, b. 13 January, 1689.
2. Tristram, b. in 1691^[2]

Another date death of 1695 was found.

• Fact: http://familysearch.org/v1/LifeSketch Information at Dover, NH "Woodman's Museum" about Tristram Coffin and his father's family in Dover during the Cocheco Massacre. The massacre occurred in the shadow of King Phillip's war. However, the locals of Dover were on peaceful terms with the aboriginal natives; about 25% were massacred. The museum kiosk reads "Cap't Peter Coffin's Garrison was looted but not destroyed since the Indians had no grudge against him. He was taken as a captive to his son's garrision." Also, "Tristam Coffin was Peter's son. His garrison withstood the attack, but the Indians threatened to kill Peter if not admitted. Tristam let them in. They looted the garrison and made the Coffin's captives, but they were able to escape." -Museum data recorded 16 Dec, 2017, by Kelly Child

• Fact: http://familysearch.org/v1/LifeSketch Information at Dover, NH "Woodman's Museum" about Tristram Coffin and his father's family in Dover during the Cocheco Massacre. The massacre occurred in the shadow of King Phillip's war. However, the locals of Dover were on peaceful terms with the aboriginal natives; about 25% were massacred. The museum kiosk reads "Cap't Peter Coffin's Garrison was looted but not destroyed since the Indians had no grudge against him. He was taken as a captive to his son's garrision." Also, "Tristam Coffin was Peter's son. His garrison withstood the attack, but the Indians threatened to kill Peter if not admitted. Tristam let them in. They looted the garrison and made the Coffin's captives, but they were able to escape." -Museum data recorded 16 Dec, 2017, by Kelly Child

Sources

1. ↑ Vital Records of Dover, New Hampshire, 1686-1850. Dover Historical Society, 1894. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2016.) p. 108.subscriber$
2. ↑ COFFIN GATHERINGS: Five Generations of Descendants of Tristram Coffin of Newbury and Nantucket, By W. S. Appleton. Boston: Press of David Clapp & Son, 1896, p 39

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 04 August 2020, 19:49), entry for Tristram Coffin(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LXMZ-R9P); contributed by various users.

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 04 August 2020, 19:49), entry for Tristram Coffin(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LXMZ-R9P); contributed by various users.

• Coffin, Allen, 1881. The Coffin Family: the life of Tristram Coffyn, of Nantucket, Mass., founder of the family line in America. Hussey & Robinson, publishers, Nantucket, Mass., page 53

• Coffin, Louis, ed. The Coffin Family. (Published by Nantucket Historical Association, Nantucket, Mass., 1962). Third Generation of Line A of Peter Page 121

• Nantucket Historical Association Barney Genealogical Record Person I11313

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Steven Tibbetts for creating WikiTree profile Coffin-1443 through the import of tibbetts_2013-05-04.ged on May 4, 2013.