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Hon. Peter Coffin[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12]

Male 1630 - 1715  (85 years)


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  • Name Peter Coffin 
    Prefix Hon. 
    Birth 1630  Brixton Parish, Plymouth, Devonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 5, 6, 11, 13, 14] 
    Gender Male 
    Baptism 18 Jul 1630  Brixton Parish, Plymouth, Devonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [14, 15] 
    Migration 1642  From England Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 8, 16, 17, 18] 
    To New England
    aboard unknown vessel 
    • The ship arrived before October 1642.
    • Role: Family2member
    Property 2 Jul 1659  Nantucket, Nieuw Nederland Find all individuals with events at this location  [19, 20, 21, 22] 
    a deed was given by Thomas Mayhew confirming the sale of the island to nine purchasers.
    the purchase of Nantucket

    • Copy of Deed of Nantucket to Nine Purchasers
       (dated July 2, 1659).

      Recorded for Mr Coffin and Mr Macy aforesd ye Day and Year aforesd.
      Be it known unto all Men by these Presents that I, Thomas Mayhew of Martha's Vineyard, Merchant, doe hereby acknowledge that I have sould unto Tristram Coffin, Thomas Macy, Christopher Hussey, Richard Swayne, Thomas Bernard, Peter Coffin, Stephen Greenleafe, John Swayne and William Pike that Right and Interest I have in ye Land of Nantuckett by Patent; ye wch Right I bought of James Fforrett, Gent. and Steward to ye Lord Sterling and of Richard Vines, sometimes of Sacho, Gent., Steward-Genrll unto Sir Georges Knight as by Conveyances under their Hands and Seales doe appeare, ffor them ye aforesaid to Injoy, and their Heyres and Assignes forever wth all the Privileges thereunto belonging, for in consideration of ye Sume of Thirty Pounds of Current Pay unto whomsoever I ye said Thomas Mayhew, mine Heyres or Assignes shall appoint.
      And also two Beaver Hatts one for myself and one for my wife.
      And further this is to declare that I the said Thomas Mayhew have received to myself that Neck upon Nantucket called Masquetuck or that Neck of Land called Nashayte the Neck (but one) northerly of Masquetuck, ye aforesaid Sayle in anywise notwithstanding. And further, I ye said Thomas Mayhew am to beare my Part of the Charge of ye said Purchase above named, and to hold one twentieth Part of all Lands purchased already, or shall be hereafter purchased, upon ye said Island by ye aforesd Purchasrs or Heyres and Assignes forever.
      Briefly: It is thus: That I really sold all my Patent to ye aforesaid nine Men and they are to pay mee or whomsoever I shall appoint them, ye sume of Thirty Pounds in good Marchantable Pay in ye Massachusetts, under wch Governmt they now Inhabit, and 2 Beaver Hatts, and I am to beare a 20th Part of ye Charge of ye Purchase, and to have a 20th Part of all Lands and Priviledges; and to have wch of ye Necks aforsd that I will myselfe, paying for it; only ye Purchasers are to pay what ye Sachem is to have for Masquetuck, although I have ye other Neck.
      And in witness hereof I have hereunto sett my Hand and Scale this second Day of July sixteen hundred and fifty-nine—(1659).
      Per me
      Tho. Mayhew.
      Witness John Smith
      Edwaed Seaele
    • Role: Buyer
    Freeman 1666  Dover, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    Event 16 May 1694  [10] 
    "[w]hereas Abraham Morell late of Salisbury bequeathed to his widow Sarah one-half of his whole estate and unto his children, viz: Isaack, Jacob, Abraham, Moses, Sarah Rowell alias Morell and [blank] Severance alias Morrell the other half, and no division being yet made thay have chosen Col. Daniel Pierce, Deacon Tristram Coffin, Capt. Peter Coffin, Capt. Stephen Greenleafe and Mr. Thomas Currier of Amesbury to make a division according to the will"
    Lt. Tristram Coffin Jr.
    Sarah Clement 
    • Role: Participant
    Occupation Judge  [7]
    Death 21 Mar 1715  Exeter, New Hampshire, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 5, 14, 23, 24] 
    Person ID I7250  Duane's Ancestors
    Last Modified 9 Mar 2020 

    Father Tristram Coffin, Sr.,   b. 1609/10, Brixton Parish, Plymouth, Devonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Oct 1681, Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years) 
    Mother Dionis Stevens,   b. 1609/10, Brixton Parish, Plymouth, Devonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Sep 1684, Nantucket, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years) 
    Marriage Bef 1630  Brixton Parish, Plymouth, Devonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4, 5, 8, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30] 
    Family ID F2959  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Abigail Starbuck  [11, 17, 31] 
    Marriage Bef 1657  [17, 23, 32, 33] 
    Children 
     1. Tristram Coffin,   b. 18 Jan 1665/6
    Family ID F5449  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Apr 2020 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1630 - Brixton Parish, Plymouth, Devonshire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBaptism - 18 Jul 1630 - Brixton Parish, Plymouth, Devonshire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMigration - To New England,aboard unknown vessel  - 1642 - England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProperty - a deed was given by Thomas Mayhew confirming the sale of the island to nine purchasers.,the purchase of Nantucket - 2 Jul 1659 - Nantucket, Nieuw Nederland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsFreeman - 1666 - Dover, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 21 Mar 1715 - Exeter, New Hampshire, British America Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Sources 
    1.  1.  [S18] Salisbury and Amesbury, 103, 00466.

    2.  2.  [S103] The Pioneers of Maine and New Hampshire, 41, 00539.

    3.  3.  [S939] First Settlers of New England, Vol. 1, 419, 00190.

    4.  4.  [S166] Coffin Story, 1, 00107.

    5.  5.  [S259] NEHGS Register, 24:150, 00390.

    6.  6.  [S988] Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, 153, 00218.

    7.  7.  [S259] NEHGS Register, 33:98, 00390.

    8.  8.  [S987] New England Ancestors Magazine, 9:21, 00862.

    9.  9.  [S987] New England Ancestors Magazine, 9:23, 00862.

    10.  10.  [S576] TGMSP, Abraham Morrill, 00516.

    11.  11.  [S1448] Early Settlers of Nantucket, 27, 01171.

    12.  12.  [S1253] NYGBR, 17:5, 01097.

    13.  13.  [S23] Genealogical History of the Clark and Worth Family, 133, 00219.

    14.  14.  [S441] Coffin Family, 121, 00106.

    15.  15.  [S23] Genealogical History of the Clark and Worth Family, 132, 00219.

    16.  16.  [S1448] Early Settlers of Nantucket, 24, 01171.

    17.  17.  [S1253] NYGBR, 17:6, 01097.

    18.  18.  [S1154] Early New England Families, Tristram Coffin (m. 1627):1, 01004.

    19.  19.  [S1448] Early Settlers of Nantucket, 4, 01171.

    20.  20.  [S1108] TEG, 8:32, 00961.

    21.  21.  [S576] TGMSP, Christopher Hussey, 00516.

    22.  22.  [S1449] Nantucket Lands and Landowners, 7, 01172.

    23.  23.  [S988] Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, 154, 00218.

    24.  24.  [S1448] Early Settlers of Nantucket, 28, 01171.

    25.  25.  [S15] Enoch & Mary G. Noyes Inquiry response, 00179.

    26.  26.  [S23] Genealogical History of the Clark and Worth Family, 131, 00219.

    27.  27.  [S259] NEHGS Register, 2:340, 00390.

    28.  28.  [S521] Genealogy of the Greenleaf Family, 193, 00231.

    29.  29.  [S646] Colonial Families of Martha's Vineyard, 96, 00646.

    30.  30.  [S1154] Early New England Families, Tristram Coffin (m. 1627):2, 01004.

    31.  31.  [S1448] Early Settlers of Nantucket, 20, 01171.

    32.  32.  [S590] Descendants of Thomas Farr, 252, 00155.

    33.  33.  [S988] Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, 657, 00218.