Joan Coffyn

Joan Avent (John Avent Of Plympton And Brixton2, John Avent Of Plympton1) was born 1550 in Butler's Parish, Brixton, Devon, England, and died 5 FEB 1614 in Butler's Parish, Brixton, Devon, England. She was buried 5 FEB 1614 in Brixton, Devon, England. She married Nicholas Coffin Of Butlers ABT 1577 in Devonshire, England, son of Peter Coffin.

“Nicholas Coffyn, of Brixton (one account says Butler's Parish), in Devonshire, in his will, dated September 12, 1613, and proved November 3, 1613, mentions his wife Joan, and sons Peter, Nicholas, Tristram, John, and daughter Anne. He was the grandfather of the emigrant to New England. ...”

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Family

Children of Nicholas Coffin and Joan Advant / Avent were as follows:

• 1. Eleanor; born 1578.
• 2. Nicholas; born 1582; died 1627.
• 3. Tristram; born 1584.
• 4. Peter, born 1584 at Brixton, Devon, England; married Joan Kember.
• 5. John; born 1585; died 1627.
• 6. Ann; married Thomas Wynston; born 1588.
• 7. Joan; born 1590; buried 27 DEC 1610 in Brixton, Devon, England.

Origins

From http://www.aventfamily.org/aveorig.htm “"It has been established through a detailed study of the sources that the Avants/Avents were mainly established from at least 1541 in Plympton, St. Mary, Devon, on which date John Avent was a witness at the Inquisition Post Mortem of Robert Brett. At later dates the Avents are found in Wembury, Brixton, Modbury, and other Devon parishes and in Cornwall. ...”

These origins are unsupported:

From https://docs.google.com/document/d/1APRvBVCsrzN9ABMBJpqbgdsda0xJ6y8...

Nicholas Coffin (1560-1613) m. Joan Advant [6] 1560-1613, Nicholas Coffin – Brixton, Devonshire England The name in early times was written Coffyn was born in 1560 at Chateau Courtiton, Fallaise.

He married Joan Advant (1550)daughter of John Advant (1522-1554) son of John Advent Dudley (1490) and Jane Guildford (1504-1555), her mother Anne Seymour (1529-1588) daughter of Sir Edward Seymour (1506-1552) 1st Duke of Summerset and the Earl of Hereford and Anne Stanhute (1497-1536)in 1580 at Butlers, Brixton, Devon, England.

References

• https://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=john%5Fd%5Fnewpor...
• http://jacksonsweb.org/coffin.htm#id1129