Enoch Coffin

14. ENOCH COFFIN, (John,4 Tristram,3 Peter,2 Nicholas1), b. 1678; res. E., blacksmith. He m. BEULAH EDDY abt. 1701, dau. of John and Hepzibah (Daggett) Eddy who was b. abt. 1680. He was a great land owner and speculator in real estate on mortgage and the records show 170 transactions in his name as grantor or grantee. He was Judge of the Court of Common Pleas 1715; Representative to the General Court 1721, 1733, 1735, besides holding important town offices. He d. 1761.

from historical records of Tisbury

Family

75 Beulah Eddy (John, Samuel , William), b. abt. 1680 at Edgartown and died there after 1736. She m. abt. 1701, Enoch Coffin, was b. abt. 1678, at Nantucket and d. in 1761, at Edgartown. He was the son of John and Deborah (Austin) Coffin. Another authority gives Sarah Austin of Marthas Vineyard as wife of Lieutenant John Coffin and mother of Enoch. Enoch was Chief Judge of Duke’s County. All of his children lived to old age; six of them were over 80; two over 90; and the rest over 70 at the time of their deaths.

They had ten children:

1. Love Coffin (duplicated as Louie Coffin MVCM-C9G​) 1702–1789 • LV9B-59M​
2. Hepzibah Coffin 1704–1794 • LV74-LJ7​
3. Elizabeth Coffin 1707–1779 • LV9B-53G​
4. Abigail Coffin 1708–1796 • LV9B-5QR​
5. John Coffin 1710–1791 • LC79-TT3​
6. Enoch Coffin 1713–1802 • LV9B-5WN​
7. Deborah Coffin 1715–1795 • LV9B-54F​
8. Capt Benjamin Coffin 1718–1793 • L8M1-F8Y​
9. Daniel Coffin 1721–1789 • LV9B-5HG​
10. Beulah Coffin 1726–1812 • L2NC-9ZW

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References

1. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Coffin-141 cites
2. "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQDZ-N2W : 15 January 2020), Enoch Coffin, 1678.
3. https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LZDT-5MF
4. Coffin, Allen, 1881. The Coffin Family: the life of Tristram Coffyn, of Nantucket, Mass., founder of the family line in America. Hussey & Robinson, publishers, Nantucket, Mass., page 58 < Archive.Org >
5. http://www.bakerancestry.org/public/pedigree/4022.htm