Sgt. Nathan Coffin

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About Sgt. Nathan Coffin

Patriot of the American Revolution DAR Ancestor # 1023843 Service: MASSACHUSETTS Rank(s): SERGEANT Birth: 8-28-1749 KITTERY YORK CO ME DIST MASSACHUSETTS Death: POST 1782 SHAPLEIGH PLANTATION YORK CO ME DIST MASSACHUSETTS Service Source: MA SOLS & SAILS, VOL 3, P 713 Service Description: 1) CAPT TOBIAS FERNALD, COL JAMES SCAMMON, 1775

The physicians of Eliot, Maine By John L. M. Willis

Two sons of Dr. Coffin,—Nathan and Nathaniel,—were patriots of the Revolution, and proved their zeal by actual service. Nathan was Sergeant, Capt. T. Fernald's Co. 30th Foot Reg. United Colonies; enlisted May 3, 1775. He was then twenty-six years old.

Nathaniel was First Lieut. Capt. John Shapleigh's Co. Coast Guards, at Kittery Point, in 1775; and in Capt. Hubbard's Co. Coast Guards, January to November, 1776. —See July Old Eliot, pp. 106, 119.

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Sgt. Nathan Coffin's Timeline

1749
August 28, 1749
1776
November 26, 1776
Shapleigh ME
1779
January 5, 1779
Shapleigh ME
1780
1780
1782
April 19, 1782
Shapleigh ME
1783
April 20, 1783
Shapleigh, York, Maine, United States
1786
August 4, 1786
Shapleigh, York County, ME, United States
1789
April 2, 1789
Shapleigh, York County, Maine, USA