ELEVENTH GENERATION

1556. Tristram Coffin Sr. ^(21303)^(21304)^(21305)^(21306)^(21307)^(21308) was born in 1609 in Brixton Parish, Plymouth, co. Devon, England.⁽¹⁶⁷⁾^(21309)^(21310)^(21311)^(21312)^(21313) Savage says about 1605 or 1609, "...Clark and Worth..." says 1610. He was baptized on 11 Mar 1610 in Brixton Parish, Plymouth, co. Devon, England.^(21314)^(21315) He was a farmer before 1642 in Brixton Parish, Plymouth, co. Devon, England.^(21316) He emigrated in 1642.^(21317) He moved from Salisbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts before 15 Nov 1642 to Haverhill, Essex Co., Massachusetts.^(21318) He was a farmer before 1644 in Newbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts.^(21319) He was a tavern keeper/ferryman in 1644 in Newbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts.^(21320) He moved from Haverhill, Essex Co., Massachusetts about 1648 to Newbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts.^(21321) He moved from Newbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts about 1654 to Salisbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts.^(21322) He moved from Salisbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts in 1666 to Nantucket, Nantucket Co., Massachusetts.^(21323) He died on 2 Oct 1681 in Nantucket, Nantucket Co., Massachusetts.⁽¹⁶⁷⁾^(21324)^(21325)^(21326)^(21327) He was also known as Tristram Coffyn.^(21328)

On the fifteenth of November, 1642, Passaquo and Saggahew, with the consent of Passaconaway who was leader of the Merrimacs, sold for L3 10s. 'to the inhabitants of Pentucket,' now Haverhill, a track of land fourteen miles long and six miles wide, 'with ye isleand and the river that ye isleand stands in' etc. Among the witnesses to this deed was Tristram Coffyn, who had this year, arrived in New England and had moved from Salisbury to Haverhill.
Tristram is said to have been the first man to use a plow in Haverhill. He was a royalist, and was one of the few, if not the only early settler to come to New England as a consequence of the success of Oliver Cromwell. In about 1644, Tristram and his family moved to Newbury, where he became a prominent inn keeper and ferryman. In Newbury in 1644 Tristram was granted permission to keep an "ordinary" (saloon), sell wine and keep a ferry on the Newbury side of the Merrimack between Newbury and Carr's island. George Carr ran the ferry from Carr's island to Salisbury. This arrangement was confirmed in the town records on December 26,1647: 'Tristram Coffin (senior) is allowed to keep an ordinary and retayle wine, paying according to order, and also granted liberty to keep a ferry at Newbury side. In September 1653, 'Tristram Coffyn's wife Dionis Coffin was presented for selling beer', at his ordinary in Newbury, 'for three pence a quart.' (higher than the set price for beer). Having proved 'upon the testimony of Samuel Moores, that she put six bushels of malt into a hogshead she was discharged.' Dionis was found to be "doctoring" the beer sold at the ordinary. Contrary to current practice Dionis was making her beer stronger and charging a correspondingly higher price. The law at the time called for beer to be 'good wholesome beer of four bushels of malt to the hogshead.' Goodwife Coffin is said to have remarked: 'I'll have better beer than my neighbors and be paid for it. A fig for the law.'
In 1654 or 1655, Tristram returned to Salisbury where he signed his name as "Tristram Coffyn Commissioner of Salisbury."
In 1659, Tristram and some of his sons were among a company of Salisbury men who purchased nineteen twentieths of the island of Nantucket from Thomas Mayhew.
In 1660 Tristram Sr. with wife, mother and some of his children moved to the island where this branch of the Coffin family continued. Tristram Jr. remained in Newbury with his wife and family. He was married to Dionis STEVENS before 1631 based on birth of son Tristram.

Submitted by: Bob Bamford - bob@essexbooks.com © 1997 Heritage Associates

He was married to Dionis Stevens before 1631.⁽¹⁶⁷⁾^(21329)^(21330)^(21331)^(21332)^(21333)^(21334)^(21335)

1557. Dionis Stevens^(21336)^(21337)^(21338) was born in 1609 in Brixton Parish, Plymouth, co. Devon, England.⁽¹⁶⁷⁾^(21339)^(21340) Other sources say 1613. She died in 1684.^(21339) Children were:

i. Hon. Peter Coffin^(21341)^(21342)^(21343)^(21344)^(21345)^(21346) was born about 1630.^(21347)^(21348)^(21349)^(21350)^(21351)^(21352) Savage says about 1631. He was baptized on 18 Jul 1630.^(21353)^(21354) He was born in 1631.^(21355)^(21356) He died on 21 Mar 1715 in Exeter, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire.^(21357)^(21358)^(21359)^(21360)^(21361)
778 ii. Lt. Tristram Coffin Jr..
iii. Elizabeth Coffin^(21362)^(21363)^(21364)^(21365)^(21366) was born about 1631 in Brixton Parish, Plymouth, co. Devon, England.⁽¹⁶⁷⁾^(21367) She died on 19 Nov 1678 in Newbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts.⁽¹⁶⁷⁾^(21368)^(21369)^(21370)^(21371)^(21372)
iv. James Coffin^(21373)^(21374)^(21375)^(21376) was born on 12 Aug 1640 in Brixton Parish, Plymouth, co. Devon, England.^(21377)^(21378)^(21379)^(21380) He died on 28 Jul 1720 in Nantucket, Nantucket Co., Massachusetts.^(21381)^(21382)^(21383)
v. John Coffin^(21384)^(21385) was born about 1641 in England.^(21386) He died on 30 Oct 1642 in Haverhill, Essex Co., Massachusetts.^(21387)^(21388)^(21389)^(21390)
vi. Deborah Coffin^(21391)^(21392)^(21393)^(21394) was born on 15 Nov 1642 in Haverhill, Essex Co., Massachusetts.^(21395)^(21396)^(21397)^(21398)^(21399) She died on 8 Dec 1642 in Haverhill, Essex Co., Massachusetts.^(21400)^(21401)^(21402)^(21403)
vii. Mary Coffin^(21404)^(21405)^(21406) was born on 20 Feb 1645 in Haverhill, Essex Co., Massachusetts.^(21407)^(21408)^(21409)^(21410)^(21411) She died on 13 Sep 1717 in Nantucket, Nantucket Co., Massachusetts.^(21412)^(21413)^(21414)^(21415)
viii. Lt. John Coffin^(21416)^(21417)^(21418) was born on 30 Oct 1647 in Haverhill, Essex Co., Massachusetts.^(21419)^(21420)^(21421)^(21422)^(21423) He died on 5 Sep 1711 in Edgartown, Dukes Co., Massachusetts.^(21424)^(21425)^(21426)
ix. Stephen Coffin^(21427)^(21428)^(21429) was born on 11 May 1652 in Newbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts.^(21430)^(21431)^(21432)^(21433) He died on 18 May 1734 in Nantucket, Nantucket Co., Massachusetts.^(21434)^(21435)^(21436)