Capt. Benjamin Coffin

Capt. Benjamin Coffin

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A Patriot of the American Revolution for MASSACHUSETTS. DAR Ancestor #: A023821

• COFFIN, BENJAMIN Ancestor #: A023821
• Service: MASSACHUSETTS Rank: PATRIOTIC SERVICE
• Birth: 4-3-1705 NANTUCKET MASSACHUSETTS
• Death: 11-3-1780 NANTUCKET NANTUCKET CO MASSACHUSETTS
• Service Source: STARBUCK, HIST OF NANTUCKET, P 259
• Service Description: 1) LOANED MONEY TO AID THE COLONIES
• Spouse:
• 1)JEDIDAH HUSSEY
• 2)DEBORAH MACY

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2. Benjamin Coffin (Thomas). Benjamin married Deborah.
They had the following children:
3 M i. Nathan Coffin.
4 M ii. Paul Coffin. He went with the Quakers, in the 1890's, to Guilford, NC.
+ 5 M iii. Thomas Coffin [Whaler;Trader] died 1815.

From North Carolina & Kentucky Gilliams & Nantucket Gibbs:

Rootsweb

Benjamin Coffin[1]

• M, b. 3 April 1705 (Ben M. Angel notes: likely this read "4mo", which would indicate June rather than April in the pre-1752 calendar), d. 3 November 1780

Benjamin Coffin: Part of this family moved to New Garden, N.C., in 1773.[2]

He was born on 3 April 1705 (3 June, see above).[3] He was the son of Nathaniel Coffin and Damaris Gayer.

Benjamin Coffin married Jedida Hussey, daughter of Batchelder Hussey and Abigail Hall, before 1727.[4]

Benjamin Coffin married Deborah Macy, daughter of Thomas Macy and Deborah Coffin, in 1762.[2]

Benjamin Coffin died on 3 November 1780 at age 75.[3]

Children of Benjamin Coffin and Jedida Hussey

• 1. Isaiah Coffin d. 8 May 1749
• 2. Reuben Coffin b. 1727, d. 27 Sep 1804
• 3. Nathaniel Coffin+ b. 27 Jan 1729, d. 27 Sep 1804
• 4. William Coffin+ b. 13 Dec 1730 or 1731, d. 20 Sep 1816
• 5. Benjamin Coffin+ b. 26 Sep 1732, d. 2 Dec 1789
• 6. Micajah Coffin+ b. 29 Oct 1734, d. 25 Apr 1827
• 7. Abigail Coffin+ b. 24 Oct 1736, d. 31 Aug 1758
• 8. Joseph Coffin b. 25 Dec 1738, d. 14 Jan 1739
• 9. Anna Coffin+ b. 28 Jun 1740, d. c 1836
• 10. Seth Coffin+ b. 31 May 1742, d. 02-1816
• 11. Paul Coffin+ b. 21 Nov 1744, d. 12 May 1828
• 12. Elihu Coffin b. 4 Oct 1746, d. 30 Jun 1825
• 13. Abraham Coffin b. 5 Sep 1750
• 14. Abner Coffin+ b. 28 Mar 1753, d. 15 Feb 1802

Children of Benjamin Coffin and Deborah Macy

• 1. ? Coffin b. 1763, d. 28 Aug 1763
• 2. Isaac Coffin+ b. 1 Sep 1764, d. 24 Jan 1842
• 3. Thomas Coffin+ b. 5 Sep 1766, d. 26 Jan 1815
• 4. Deborah Coffin b. 25 Aug 1768, d. 18 Jan 1808

Citations

• 1. [S466] Eliza Starbuck. Barney, Eliza Starbuck Barney Genealogical Record Books, NHA Ms. Coll. 186., Vol. I, p. 67. Vol. IV, p. 209..
• 2. [S466] Eliza Starbuck. Barney, Eliza Starbuck Barney Genealogical Record Books, NHA Ms. Coll. 186., Vol. II, p. 13..
• 3. [S466] Eliza Starbuck. Barney, Eliza Starbuck Barney Genealogical Record Books, NHA Ms. Coll. 186., Vol. II, p. 5..
• 4. [S466] Eliza Starbuck. Barney, Eliza Starbuck Barney Genealogical Record Books, NHA Ms. Coll. 186., Vol. II, p. 13. Vol. IV, p. 209..

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Benjamin Coffin was born 3 Apr 1705 in Nantucket, Massachusetts to Nathaniel Coffin and Damaris (Gayer) Coffin He is the brother of Dorcas Coffin, Christian (Coffin) Edwards, Lydia (Coffin) Chase, William Coffin, Charles Coffin, Gayer Coffin, Nathaniel Coffin and Catherine Coffin

He married Jedidah (Hussey) Coffin on 5 Feb 1726 (to 5 Aug 1759) in Nantucket, MA.

He married Deborah (Macy) Starbuck on 29 Apr 1762 (to Nov 1780) in Nantucket, Colony of Massachusetts Bay. He is the father of Reuben Coffin, Nathaniel Coffin, William Coffin, Benjamin Coffin, Micajah Coffin, Abigail Coffin, Joseph Coffin, Anna Coffin, Seth Coffin, Paul Coffin, Elihu Coffin, Isaiah Coffin, Abraham Coffin, Abner Coffin, Thomas Coffin, Isaac Coffin, Thomas Coffin and Deborah Coffin. Benjamin died on 3 Nov 1780 in Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States of America. Profile manager: Robert Teague Profile last modified 26 May 2018 | Created 27 Mar 2011

Biography

Married 29 Apr 1762 Deborah Macy

The will of Benjamin Coffin of Sherborn, schoolmaster, 24 Jun1774, probated 4 Dec 1780; names grandson Mathew Macy; wife Deborah; youngest daughter Deborah; sons Reuben, Nathaniel. and Benjamin; daughter Anna Clasby; three youngest children, boys, to be put to trade.[citation needed]

Sources

See also:

David P. Coffin, Publisher of The Coffin Family Newsletter, Bethesda, Maryland

Capt. Benjamin Coffin

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