1. Peter Coffin, of Brixton, county of Devon, mentioned above, married Joan, or Joanna, Thember. He died in England in 1628. In 1642, his widow, with her son Tristram and daughters Mary and Eunice, came to Salisbury, Mass.; thence she went to Haverhill and Newbury, and died in Nantucket or Boston, in May, 1661, aged 77 years. She was said to possess remarkable strength of character. On the occasion of her death, Rev. Mr. Wilson, according to an old record, preached a funeral sermon.