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John Coffin
b.30 Dec 1647 Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
d.5 Sep 1711 Edgartown, Dukes, Massachusetts, United States
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m. Bef 1630
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m. 1668
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8. JOHN COFFIN, (Tristram,3 Peter,2 Nicholas1), b. at Haverhill, Mass. 30 Oct. 1647, the son of Tristram,3 and Dionis (Stevens) Coffin was the first one of this large and well-known family to take up his residence at the Vineyard. It will not be necessary to rehearse their ancestral history and their origin in Brixton, Devonshire, as numerous publications on the subject by genealogists of the family are available to students. John4 Coffin was a blacksmith and lived in Nantucket with his father until 1682 when he settled in E. and carried on his trade until his death. He m. DEBORAH AUSTIN, dau. of Joseph and Sarah (Starbuck) Austin of Nantucket 1668. He became a considerable owner of real estate in the town and d. 5 Sept. 1711. His widow returned to Nantucket and d. there 1724. (1966 Addenda: John Coffin came to Edgartown from Nantucket. Information about the Coffins and related families may be found in Starbuck: History of Nantucket, and Gardiner: The Coffin Family.) [John Coffin is buried at Tower Hill Cemetery in Edgartown, MA.) References
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