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From: "lynde randall" <>
Subject: Re: Coffins
Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2005 19:06:21 -0400
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Thanks Earl for letting me know. Do you have a home page or do does someone
search through http://www.keyway.net/~eht2060/ ?
Good to know and when I really start working on the Coffin line I'll keep
you in mind.

Thanks,
Lynde



----- Original Message -----
From: "Earl Taylor" <>
To: <>
Sent: Monday, June 06, 2005 2:44 PM
Subject: RE: Coffins


> Lynn; I have 25 Coffins in my data, some are my ancestors on Nantucket
> island.
>
> Earl H Taylor
>
> (909) 593 2652
> yahoo IM eht2060
> AOL IM eht2060
> http://www.keyway.net/~eht2060/
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lynde randall [mailto:]
> Sent: Saturday, June 04, 2005 10:40 AM
> To:
> Subject: Re: Coffins
>
> Thank you Barbara for info on James and Mary (Severence) Coffin as it
> helped
> fill in a few voids. When I checked James Coffin I had this information
> that Allison Franks had sent way back in 1999 and I thought I could add
> to
> your information. My line goes from Tristram Coffin to his daughter
> Elizabeth. All collateral information is welcome. >:)
>
> Lynde
> in Maine
>
> Subj: [MAESSEX] The Quakers of Nantucket- origins from Essex Co. MA
> Date: 09/14/1999 6:34:05 AM Eastern Daylight Time
>
> "The Wreck of the Whaleship Essex" by Owen Chase, 1st Mate", a reprint
> by
> Harcourt Brace and Company 1999. 'The riveting life and death saga of
> man
> against the deep that inspired the writing of MOBY DICK' These men on
> this
> whaleship hailed from Nantucket.
>
> In the Vital Records of Nantucket, the entry for death says "lost at
> sea".
> This Owen was son of Hezekiah, Jr. 6 and Nancy (Bunker) Coffin.
>
> Hezekiah, Sr. 5 and Abigail (Coleman) Coffin - he said to have been the
> first to heave tea overboard in Boston Harbor
> Zaccheus 4 and Mary (Pinkham)
> Joseph 3 and Bethia (Macy) Coffin
> James 2 and Mary (Severance) Coffin - she dau of John and Abigail
> (Kimball) Severance of Salisbury, MA.!
> Tristram 1and Dionis (Stevens) Coffin
>
> Alison Franks
> Archivist, Rawson Family Association
>
> ........................................................................
> ....
> ...................................
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Barbara Myall" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Saturday, June 04, 2005 12:53 PM
>
>
> > He (James Coffin) came to Nantucket with the first settlers, then
> > removed to Dover, NH, where he lived in 1668, being a member of the
> > church in 1671, and the same year, 5-31-1668, was made a freeman.
> Soon
> > after this date, he returned to Nantucket and resided there until his
> > death.
> >
> > Hon. James Coffin was born in England in 1639. He married Mary
> > Severance, daughter of John and Abigail Severance of Salisbury,
> > Massachusetts, in 1663. James was the first settler to settle on
> > Nantucket after the purchase. He later became a leading figure in
> > Nantucket politics. He served many terms as Chief Magistrate on the
> > Island. James and Mary had fourteen children with twelve surviving
> into
> > adulthood.
> >
> >
> > While in Salisbury he was courting a young lady by the name of Mary
> > Severance, daughter of John and Abigail Severance. While in Dover,
> N.H.
> > James was living along the Cochecho River near his brother Peter. It
> is
> > likely that James was involved with shipping lumber back to Nantucket
> > for houses during these years. On December 3, 1663, James married Mary
> > Severance in Salisbury and the two moved to Nantucket where their
> first
> > child James Jr. was born. Shortly thereafter James and his family
> moved
> > off the Island to Dover, New Hampshire. It was during this period that
> > I feel James along with his brother Peter became interested in
> > practicing law. On March 10 1666, James, along with five others was
> > named as an arbitrator to settle disputes in the settlement. In the
> > 1670's Peter Coffin owned large tracts of land in what is now downtown
> > Dover. Peter's land was on the south side of the Cochecho River, near
> > the falls. Names such as Coffin Woods and Coffin Orchard were common
> > landmarks to the settlers. Peter also owned a mill on the Lamprey
> River
> > as well as land by the Cochecho Falls. Peter manufactured masts for
> the
> > British navy and was paid by grants of land in Dover. Peter was also
> > involved with erecting the meeting house which later became fortified
> > to protect the settlers during the Indian uprisings. The fort was 100'
> > square with a log wall and gate. It was situated on the mound of earth
> > that is still visible today in an area that was called "the neck". A
> > brief history of Peter taken from the book "Historical Memoranda of
> > Ancient Dover" states that Peter was a Selectman in 1660, the town
> > treasurer by 1661, a member of the jury of trials in 1666 and a
> > lieutenant during King Philip's war. In 1666 Peter was on a committee
> > to fortify Portsmouth N.H..
>
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