Benjamin
Coffin
Born in Nantucket, Massachusetts
Ancestors 
Son of Nathaniel Coffin
and Damaris (Gayer) Coffin
Brother of
Dorcas (Coffin) Soley, Christian (Coffin) Edwards, Lydia (Coffin) Chase, William Coffin, Charles Coffin, Gayer Coffin, Nathaniel Coffin and Catherine (Coffin) Gardner
Husband of
Jedidah (Hussey) Coffin
— married
5 Feb 1726 (to 5 Aug 1759) in Nantucket, MA
Husband of
Deborah (Macy) Starbuck
— married
29 Apr 1762 (to Nov 1780) in Nantucket, Colony of Massachusetts Bay
Descendants 
Father of
Reuben Coffin, Nathaniel Coffin, William Coffin, Benjamin Coffin Jr., Micajah Coffin, Abigail (Coffin) Macy, Joseph Coffin, Anna (Coffin) Clasby, Seth Coffin, Paul Coffin, Elihu Coffin, Isaiah Coffin, Abraham Coffin, Abner Coffin, Thomas Coffin, Isaac Coffin, Thomas Coffin and Deborah Coffin
Died
at age 75
in Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States of America
Profile last modified
| Created 27 Mar 2011
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Biography
Benjamin Coffin descends from Tristram Coffin Sr, a Nantucket founder.
Benjamin Coffin performed Patriotic Service in Massachusetts in the American Revolution.
Benjamin was born in colonial Nantucket in 1705.[1]
Married 29 Apr 1762 Deborah Macy
- The will of Benjamin Coffin of Sherborn, schoolmaster, 24 Jun1774, probated 4 Dec 1780; names grandson Mathew Macy; wife Deborah; youngest daughter Deborah; sons Reuben, Nathaniel. and Benjamin; daughter Anna Clasby; three youngest children, boys, to be put to trade.[citation needed]
Sources
- ↑ Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, Compiled Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1700-1850 (Lehi, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2018), Ancestry.com, New England Historic Genealogical Society; Boston, Massachusetts; Vital Records of Nantucket, Massachusetts to the Year 1850.
See also:
- David P. Coffin, Publisher of The Coffin Family Newsletter, Bethesda, Maryland
- Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (https://www.dar.org : accessed 4 Apr 2024), "Record of Benjamin Coffin", Ancestor # A023821.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Benjamin 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:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Benjamin 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
- Marc Chardon :
Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test Full Sequence, haplogroup T2c1-T146C!
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~0.78%
Ellen Osborne :
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
Nancy McGee :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A841831 [compare], Ancestry member McGee_Nancy62
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~0.39%
Bill McGee :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member wcmcgee1
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~0.39%
Tristram Collins :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A583309 [compare], Ancestry member Tristram32
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~0.39%
Rhoads Hollowell :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member RhoadsHollowell
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~0.39%
Isabella (Angel) Macy-Angell :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch BB5255675 [compare], yourDNAportal ISAcce57689, Ancestry member i_macy_angell
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MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch BB5255675 [compare], yourDNAportal ISAcce57689
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