Tristram Coffin, Sr

1609 - 1681  (72 years)  Submit Photo / Document

• Name	Tristram Coffin
  Suffix	Sr
  Born	11 Mar 1609	Brixton, Devon, England
  Gender	Male
  Also Known As	He often signed his name "Coffyn".
  		Tristram Coffin Signature. Facsimile of Tristram Coffin's Signature from; The History of Nantucket: County, Island, and Town Including Genealogies of First Settlers by Alexander Starbuck. Published by C.E. Goodspeed & Co. Boston, Massachusetts 1924. Page 72.
  Library Book: The Coffin Family	18
  Immigration / Naturalization	1642
  Died	2 Dec 1681	Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts
  Siblings	1. Christine Coffin,   b. 1607, Marlborough, Wiltshire, England ,   d. 17 Apr 1688, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts
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  Person ID	I51708	Nagel
  Last Modified	16 Mar 2022

  
  

  Father	Peter Coffin,   b. Jan 1580, Brixton, Devon, England ,   d. 13 Mar 1628, Brixton, Devon, England  (Age ~ 48 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Joane Kember,   b. 1583, Brixton, Devon, England ,   d. 30 May 1661, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts  (Age 78 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F15279	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Dionis Stevens,   b. 4 Mar 1610, Brixton, Devon, England ,   d. 1684, Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts  (Age 73 years)
  Children	+ 1. Peter Coffin, Sr,   b. 1630, Brixton, Devon, England ,   d. 21 Nov 1715, Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire  (Age 85 years)  [Birth] + 2. Tristram Coffin, Jr,   b. 1 Feb 1632, Brixton, Devon, England ,   d. 4 Feb 1703, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts  (Age 71 years)  [Birth] + 3. Elizabeth Coffin,   b. 13 Nov 1634, Brixton, Devon, England ,   d. 19 Nov 1678, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts  (Age 44 years)  [Birth] + 4. James Coffin, Sr,   b. 12 Aug 1639, Brixton, Devon, England ,   d. 28 Jul 1720, Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts  (Age 80 years)  [Birth]   5. John Coffin,   b. 1641, Brixton, Devon, England ,   d. 30 Oct 1642, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts  (Age 1 years)  [Birth]   6. Deborah Coffin,   b. 15 Nov 1642, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts ,   d. 30 Dec 1642, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts  (Age 0 years)  [Birth] + 7. Mary Coffin,   b. 20 Apr 1645, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts ,   d. 13 Sep 1717, Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts  (Age 72 years)  [Birth] + 8. John Coffin, Sr,   b. 13 Oct 1647, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts ,   d. 5 Sep 1711, Martha's Vineyard, Dukes, Massachusetts  (Age 63 years)  [Birth] + 9. Stephen Coffin, Sr,   b. 11 Jul 1652, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts ,   d. 14 Nov 1734, Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts  (Age 82 years)  [Birth]
  Last Modified	3 Jun 2020
  Family ID	F15278	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 11 Mar 1609 - Brixton, Devon, England Died - 2 Dec 1681 - Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Stamps & Coins		Tristram Coffin Medal. Tristram Coffin Medal.
  		Tristram Coffin Medal Reverse. it's hard to pinpoint the origin of this medal. It may have first been made about 1826. it has been copied may times since some of them are obviously cast as opposed to struck. It's unclear as to what exactly was meant by the inscription "First Of The Race".