Nathaniel Coffin was born 16 October 1671 in Dover, Strafford County, New Hampshire to James Coffin (1640-1720) and Mary Severance (1645-1720) and died 29 August 1721 Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts of unspecified causes. He married Damaris Gayer (1673-1764) 17 August 1692 in Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts.
Biography
Nathaniel Coffin was a sea captain from Nantucket Island and a great grandfather to General John Coffin and Admiral Sir Isaac Coffin.
Nathaniel Coffin, a son of James Coffin and Mary Severance, was born in 1671 in Nantucket, Massachusetts and died there August 29, 1721.[1] He married Damaris Gayer on August 17, 1692 in Nantucket, Massachusetts.[2][3]
Source: Noyes Family Tree
Children
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Dorcas Coffin (1693-1778) | 22 July 1693 Nantucket County, Massachusetts | 7 June 1778 Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts | John Soley (1687-1735) |
| Christian Coffin (1695-1769) | |||
| Lydia Coffin (1697-1749) | |||
| William Coffin (1699-1775) | 1 December 1699 Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts | 23 June 1775 Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts | Ann Anna Holmes (1699-1775) |
| Charles Coffin (1702-1772) | |||
| Benjamin Coffin (1705-1780) | |||
| Gayer Coffin (1709-1777) | |||
| Nathaniel Coffin (1711-1800) | |||
| Catharina Coffin (1715-1798) | |||
Siblings
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| James Coffin (1664-1741) | |||
| Mary Coffin (1665-1741) | |||
| Abigail Coffin (1666-1709) | |||
| Nathaniel Coffin (1671-1721) | 16 October 1671 Dover, Strafford County, New Hampshire | 29 August 1721 Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts | Damaris Gayer (1673-1764) |
| John Coffin (1672-1747) | |||
| Dinah Coffin (1674-1750) | |||
| Elizabeth Coffin (1675-1769) | |||
| Deborah Coffin (1676-1760) | |||
| Ebenezar Coffin (1678-1730) | |||
| Joseph Coffin (1680-1719) | |||
| Benjamin Coffin (1683-) | |||
| Ruth Coffin (1685-1748) | |||
| Experience Coffin (1689-1705) | |||
| Jonathan Coffin (1692-1773) | |||
References
- Genealogy of the Early Generations of the Coffin Family of New England - 1870 work by Silvanus Jenkins Macy (Author), Nathaniel Wheeler Coffin (Author), William S. Appleton (Author) - This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
- Coffin Family of Boston - Boston Brahmin
- Nathaniel Coffin - disambiguation
- Coffin in Nantucket County, Massachusetts
- Nathaniel Coffin of Nantucket - GENI
- BIRTH: Vital Records of Nantucket Massachusetts to the Year 1850, Volume V - Deaths, (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1928) pg. 174.
- MARRIAGE: Vital Records of Nantucket Massachusetts to the Year 1850, Volume III - Marriages (A-G), (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1927) pg. 298.
- FAMILY: Allen Coffin, The Coffin Family, (Hussey and Robinson, Nantucket, 1881) pgs. 55-56.