Lucretia Flagg (Coffin) May (1793 - 1865)

Born 3 Jan 1793 in Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Samuel Joseph May — married 28 Apr 1825 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died 8 May 1865 at age 72 in Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York, United States [uncertain]

Biography

Lucretia (Coffin) May descends from Tristram Coffin Sr, a Nantucket founder.

Birth

Lucretia Flagg Coffin was born on 3 Jan 1793 in Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. She was the daughter of Peter Coffin and Anne Martin.^[1]

Marriage

Lucretia Flagg Coffin married Samuel Joseph May.

Death

Lucretia Flagg Coffin May passed away in 1865

Burial

Lucretia Flagg Coffin May was buried with her husband in the Oakwood Cemetery, Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York, United States.^[1]

PETER COFFIN, b. at _ 28 February, 1768; m. at Portsmouth, N.H. in January, 1796, Ann, daughter of Thomas Martin; d. at South Scituate 6 September, 1840; she d. at Boston 30 October, 1819. Children:

1. Sarah F., b. —-——; d. at New Orleans in 1824.
2. Lucretia Flagg, b. --m. at Boston 1 June, 1825, Rey. Samuel Joseph May; d. at Syracuse, N. Y., in May, 1865; he d. 1 July, 1871.
3. Charles Joy, b. at Boston in.1811.
4. Marianne Pierce, -b. -——-—; m. at Bristol, R. I., in 1838, Capt. Edward Carrington Bowers, U. S. N., who d. at Watertown, Conn., 1 November, 1893.
5. Horace Holley, b. at Boston in 1817; d. in March, 1820.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 29 June 2021), memorial page for Lucretia Flagg Coffin May (3 Jan 1793–8 May 1865), Find A Grave: Memorial #69302825, citing Oakwood Cemetery, Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York, USA ; Maintained by Diane LM (contributor 47306054) .
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 40

• May, Rev. Samuel Joseph - record of marriage to Lucretia Flagg Coffin on 28 Apr 1825, in Boston, Suffolk Co., MA; fm City of Boston Record of Publishments within the City of Boston commencing on the first day of September AD. 1823, p183 - digital image viewed on Ancestry.com.

• 1860 U.S. Census - 4th Ward, Syracuse, Onondaga Co., NY; p1088; FHL# 803830 - digital image viewed on Ancestry.com.

• Coffin, Louis, ed., The Coffin Family, Published by Nantucket Historical Association, 1962, Printed: Cincinnati, OH: General Printing Co., page 130.

Acknowledgment

• Moyer, Robert H - Poe-family GEDCOM file, ca. 1998.