Descendants of RICHARD COFFIN
Generation No. 1
1. RICHARD1 COFFIN was born 1280 in Alwington, Devons, Eng.
Child of RICHARD COFFIN is:
2. i. JOHN2 COFFIN, b. ABT 1301, Alwington, Devons, Eng.
Generation No. 2
2. JOHN2 COFFIN (RICHARD1) was born ABT 1301 in Alwington, Devons, Eng.
Child of JOHN COFFIN is:
3. i. DAVID3 COFFIN, b. ABT 1332, Alwington, Devons, Eng; d. Aft 1370.
Generation No. 3
3. DAVID3 COFFIN (JOHN2, RICHARD1) was born ABT 1332 in Alwington, Devons, Eng, and died Aft 1370. He married THOMASINE (MNU) COFFIN ABT 1361.
Child of DAVID COFFIN and THOMASINE COFFIN is:
4. i. DAVID4 COFFIN, b. ABT 1361, Alwington, Devons, Eng; d. Aft 1371.
Generation No. 4
4. DAVID4 COFFIN (DAVID3, JOHN2, RICHARD1) was born ABT 1361 in Alwington, Devons, Eng, and died Aft 1371.
Child of DAVID COFFIN is:
5. i. JOHN5 COFFIN, b. ABT 1392, Alwington, Devons, Eng.
Generation No. 5
5. JOHN5 COFFIN (DAVID4, DAVID3, JOHN2, RICHARD1) was born ABT 1392 in Alwington, Devons, Eng. He married THOMASIN HARTHEY 1406 in Alwington, Devons, Eng.
Child of JOHN COFFIN and THOMASIN HARTHEY is:
6. i. WILLIAM6 COFFIN, b. ABT 1420, Alwington, Devons, Eng; d. September 11, 1486.
Generation No. 6
6. WILLIAM6 COFFIN (JOHN5, DAVID4, DAVID3, JOHN2, RICHARD1) was born ABT 1420 in Alwington, Devons, Eng, and died September 11, 1486. He married MARGARET C GIFFARD ABT 1453 in Alwington, Devons, Eng.
Child of WILLIAM COFFIN and MARGARET GIFFARD is:
7. i. RICHARD7 COFFIN, b. 1425, Portledge, Devons, Eng; d. 1456.
Generation No. 7
7. RICHARD7 COFFIN (WILLIAM6, JOHN5, DAVID4, DAVID3, JOHN2, RICHARD1) was born 1425 in Portledge, Devons, Eng, and died 1456. He married ALICE GAMBON 1462 in Merston, Shrops, Eng, daughter of JOHN GAMBON.
Child of RICHARD COFFIN and ALICE GAMBON is:
8. i. JOHN8 COFFIN, b. ABT 1450, Portledge, Devons, Eng; d. December 15, 1566, Devons, Eng.
Generation No. 8
8. JOHN8 COFFIN (RICHARD7, WILLIAM6, JOHN5, DAVID4, DAVID3, JOHN2, RICHARD1) was born ABT 1450 in Portledge, Devons, Eng, and died December 15, 1566 in Devons, Eng. He married PHILLIPPA ELIZABETH HINGSTON 1496, daughter of PHILIP HINGSTON.
Child of JOHN COFFIN and PHILLIPPA HINGSTON is:
9. i. RICHARD9 COFFIN, b. 1475-1496, Portledge, Devons, Eng; d. December 24, 1555.
Generation No. 9
9. RICHARD9 COFFIN (JOHN8, RICHARD7, WILLIAM6, JOHN5, DAVID4, DAVID3, JOHN2, RICHARD1) was born 1475-1496 in Portledge, Devons, Eng, and died December 24, 1555. He married WILMOT ANN CHUDLEIGH 1510 in Merifield, Cornwall, D, Eng., daughter of RICHARD CHUDLEIGH and MARIA WADHAM.
Notes
Sheriff of Devon
Child of RICHARD COFFIN and WILMOT CHUDLEIGH is:
10. i. JAMES10 COFFIN, b. 1505-1514, Portledge, Devons, Eng.
Generation No. 10
10. JAMES10 COFFIN (RICHARD9, JOHN8, RICHARD7, WILLIAM6, JOHN5, DAVID4, DAVID3, JOHN2, RICHARD1) was born 1505-1514 in Portledge, Devons, Eng. He married MARY COLE 1534.
Child of JAMES COFFIN and MARY COLE is:
11. i. PETER11 COFFIN, b. ABT 1535, Portledge, Devons, Eng.; d. 1560.
Generation No. 11
11. PETER11 COFFIN (JAMES10, RICHARD9, JOHN8, RICHARD7, WILLIAM6, JOHN5, DAVID4, DAVID3, JOHN2, RICHARD1) was born ABT 1535 in Portledge, Devons, Eng., and died 1560. He married MARY BOSCAWEN 1560 in Brixton, Devonshire, Eng, daughter of HUGH BOSCAWEN and PHILLIPPA CARMINOW.
Children of PETER COFFIN and MARY BOSCAWEN are:
12. i. NICHOLAS12 COFFIN, b. 1558-1561, Probably Brixton Parish Devonshire England; d. October 8, 1613, Brixton Parish, Devonshire England.
ii. TRISTRAM COFFIN.
iii. PHILLIP COFFIN.
iv. LIONEL COFFIN.
v. THOMAS COFFIN.
Generation No. 12
12. NICHOLAS12 COFFIN (PETER11, JAMES10, RICHARD9, JOHN8, RICHARD7, WILLIAM6, JOHN5, DAVID4, DAVID3, JOHN2, RICHARD1) was born 1558-1561 in Probably Brixton Parish Devonshire England, and died October 8, 1613 in Brixton Parish, Devonshire England. He married JOAN (MNU) COFFIN 1583 in Devons, Eng.
Notes
Of "Butlers" (now But Lass) the Parish of Brixton, County of Devon Made his Will 9/12/1613 whisc was "Proved" at Totnes, Devonshire 3/11/1613. The will mentions four brothers- Tristram,Phillip, Lionel and Thomas-no sisters.
This is an artical from the "Coffin Family Newsletter" dated August 1994.
"A PEDIGREE FOR TRISTRAM"
In the time of King Henry VII, the first Tudor King of England there lived in the manor of Northam, two or three miles from Bideford and just five miles northeast of Portledge, John Coffin. John was the 2nd son of William Coffin of Alwington and his wife Margaret, daughter of Thomas Gifford and was born somewhere around 1440-1460. John Coffin of Northam had a son Richard born about 1480.
Richard Coffin moved to the parish of Plympton St. Mary, in southern Devonshire where in 1523 he paid a subsidy of 4. He probably occupied some of the property owned by the family of Portledge. In an inquisition post mortem 18th February 2 & 3 Philip & Mary (18 Feb. 1555/56) Richard Coffin, grandson of Richard who was brother of John of Northam, held property in Plympton, adjacent to Brixton as well as in Holbeton, five miles from Brixton. We have not discovered how long this property had been among the Coffin estates. John Coffin, son and heir of Richard Coffin of Portledge and nephew of John of Northam married about 1500 Elizabeth, daughter and coheiress of Philip Hingston. She may have brought the property in Plympton and Holbeton. We have no record of the death of Richard unless he is the Richard who had a will recorded in Stokenham, nearly 20 miles from Plympton. Richard had younger brothers John and Walter and a son John Coffin, born about 1525.
John Coffin, son of Richard lived in Brixton but also paid a subsidy in Plympton St. Mary. The administration of the estate of John Coffin was recorded in 1589. John had a son Nicholas born about 1550 in Brixton.
Nicholas Coffin lived at Butlers in the parish of Brixton and had a son Peter who became the father of Tristram Coffin who emigrated to New England in 1642 with his mother, his two sisters and his children.
The above is a pedigree which has not been, and perhaps never can be proved, so please do not enter it into your pedigree! With more data now available it is more realistic than Amory's discredited theory of Peter and Mary (Boscawen) Coffin as parents of Nicholas. The above proposed pedigree needs much more research but advances a theory which we believe comes closer to the presently known facts than any other we have seen or considered. It accounts for most of the known Coffins in the Brixton area a few generations before nicholas. We have no proof of the connection between Brixton and Protledge and there were probably many more Coffins in the Brixton area than we have found. And there are certainly more in the Portledge line. We currently have no information about whether John Coffin of Northam had a son Richard or any other children. We have more confidence, but again no proof, that the father of Nicholas was John and his grandfather Richard. Do be on the look-out for any data that will relate to this and might contribute toward proving or disproving the theory. There are several records for the period which we have so far not had an opportunity to study. hopefully, some worthwhile information is in one of them.
Children of NICHOLAS COFFIN and JOAN COFFIN are:
13. i. PETER13 COFFIN, b. ABT 1588, Brixton Parish Brixton Devonshire England; d. 1627, Probably Brixton Parish, County of Devon.
ii. NICHOLAS COFFIN.
iii. TRISTRAM COFFIN.
iv. JOHN COFFIN.
v. ANE COFFIN.
Generation No. 13
13. PETER13 COFFIN (NICHOLAS12, PETER11, JAMES10, RICHARD9, JOHN8, RICHARD7, WILLIAM6, JOHN5, DAVID4, DAVID3, JOHN2, RICHARD1) was born ABT 1588 in Brixton Parish Brixton Devonshire England, and died 1627 in Probably Brixton Parish, County of Devon. He married JOAN THEMBER 1608 in Brixton, Devonshire, Eng, daughter of ROBERT KEMBER and ANNA KEMBER.
Notes
Of the Parish of Brixton, County of Devon
His will "Proved" 3/13/1627/28 indicates he died in 1627/28.
Marriage Notes
TRISTRAM known to be the oldest Child
Children of PETER COFFIN and JOAN THEMBER are:
i. MARY14 COFFIN, m. ALEXANDER ADAMS.
ii. EUNICE COFFIN, m. WILLIAM BUTLER.
iii. JOHN COFFIN.
iv. DEBORAH COFFIN.
v. TRISTRAM COFFIN ,1, b. 1609, Brixton Parish, Devon Co,, England; d. October 2, 1681, Nantucket MA; m. DIONIS STEVENS, ABT 1630, Brixton Brixton Parish Devonshire England.
vi. JOHAN COFFIN, b. 1610.
vii. CHRISTIAN COFFIN, b. ABT 1605, ,,England or Wales; d. April 17, 1688, Haverhill, Essex, MA; m. THOMAS DAVIS, ABT 1622, Marlborough, Wilts, Eng.