Descendants of THOMAS GARDNER
Generation No. 1
1. THOMAS1 GARDNER was born ABT 1560 in England, and died ABT 1635 in England. He married ELIZABETH WHITE.
Child of THOMAS GARDNER and ELIZABETH WHITE is:
2. i. THOMAS2 GARDNER, b. 1591, Dorsetshire, England; d. October 29, 1674, bur Gardner buring ground, Salem MA.
Generation No. 2
2. THOMAS2 GARDNER (THOMAS1) was born 1591 in Dorsetshire, England, and died October 29, 1674 in bur Gardner buring ground, Salem MA (Source: Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass., this source mentions the death date as given in the Town Records). He married (1) DEMARIS SHATTUCK. He married (2) MARGARET FRIER, daughter of FRANCIS FRIER.
Notes for THOMAS GARDNER:
Govenor
Thomas Gardner 1591-1674 Governor of Cape Ann Colony 1623 Deputy 1637, Daggett & Skiffe & Butler History of Martha's Vineyard Vol.3
Thomas Gardner and John Tilley were the chief rulers of the Cape Ann Colony during the time which preceded the appointment of Roger Conant as Governor.
Source: Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass
Thomas Gardner married twice. We know this from the fact that in his will he mentions his wife as the mother-widow of his sons. The Margaret Gardner, who united with the first Church in 1639, is supposed to have been his wife. Various writers, including Rev. Joseph B. It, have stated that her maiden name was Fryer (or Frier), but the writer has thus far failed to find the authority for this statement.
Rev. Charles Henry Pope, in his "Pioneers of Massachusetts" suggests that the Margaret who united with the Salem Church in 1639, may have been the wife of Edmund Gardner of Ipswich.
While Edmund's wife may have been named Margaret, it seems improbable that she was the one above mentioned as uniting with the Salem church, for the following reasons: Edmund is mentioned in the Ipswich Town Records as early as 1635, and very frequently thereafter. The Ipswich church was organized in 1634 and the wife of a man so prominent in local affairs would, in all probability, have united with the "home church."
His second wife was Damaris Shattuck, a widow, who was admitted to the church in Salem in 1641. She had several children by her first husband, one of whom, Sarah, married Richard Gardner son of Thomas. She, like most of her Shattuck relations, evidently favored the Friends, as she was called into court many times for being "present at a Quaker meeting," and for absence from her own church. In the 9th Mo. 1667, and the 4th Mo. In the year following, "Old Mrs. Gardner was fined 5 shillings for absence from public worship. She had no children by Thomas Gardner. The date of her death is given in the Salem Town Records, as 28, 9, 1674.
Thomas Gardner died the 29th 10th Mo. 1674, and was buried in the Gardiner burying ground, a hillock described as lot III.
The following extract from a deposition made by William Trask in 1677 is of interest in, this connection : "I never heard that Old Mr. Gardiner did hinder any from burring there dead there butt said att severall funeralls to friends & neighbours doe not burrey your dead by fuch a young tree for I doe defire to be burried there my felfe & accordingly to my knowledge he was buried there himselfe."
Thus ended his long and useful life. The writer feels that no eulogy can add to the glory of one who throughout his lifetime was so greatly honored by his fellow pioneers, and filled acceptably so many positions of trust and responsibility. Those were trying times, and Thomas Gardner well earned the high place which he has always held among the Old Planters.
Source: "Early Settlers of Nantucket , Their Associates and Descendants", compiled by Lydia S Hinchman, Pub., Ferris & Leach, 1901
WILLIAM C. FOLGER, in his notes on the Gardner family, makes the following entry: " Farmer, in his Register, says, 'Thomas Gardner came from Scotland;' a Nantucket tradition says he came from Sherborne, in the northern part of the County of Dorset, and that the former name of Nantucket (Sherburne) was given through the influence of his family. There is no question of the fact that they exercised considerable influence over the affairs of the town."
There are few natives of Nantucket who do not claim descent from Thomas Gardner.
From New England History and Genealogical Register, vol. xxv., pp. 48, 49, we learn that "Thomas Gardiner, the first of the Salem stock, came over in 1624 from Dorsetshire, England, near which the name had flourished for more than three centuries, and settled under the auspices of the Dorchester Company and Rev. John White, with thirteen others at Gloucester, Cape Ann, upon the grant of Lord Sheffield to Robert Cushman and Edward Winslow, made in January of that year.
Thomas Gardner, the common ancestor of the Salem-Nantucket Gardners, was born about 1592. He sailed from Weymouth and received an appointment from the Dorchester Company. He came to America in 1624 From Dorchester, England, landing at Stage Point in what is now Gloucester Harbor. Initially settling at Gloucester on Cape Ann, he was an overseer of a plantation. In 1626, the Dorchester Company moved from Cape Ann to the mouth of the Naumkeag River (Salem?). The Massachusetts Bay Colony admitted him as a freeman March 17, 1637. He died in Salem on Oct. 29, 1674. He was a prosperous merchant, a member of the General Court in 1637 an a holder of many town offices. he married twice, first to Margaret, the mother of all his children, and second to a Mrs. Damaris Shattuck. His son married a Shattuck likely the daughter of this woman. His name is listed in the register of the Society of colonial Wars, Connecticut Register. ("Thomas Gardner and Some of his Descendants" by Frank A. Gordon, MD., 1907: Ancestral Records and Portraits, Colonial Dames of America, Chapter 1, page 71).
According to "Passengers and Ships", a Thomas Gardner sailed on the Zouch Phenix with his wife (name not given in 1624. Also sailing on that ship were George Gardner (his son?), Richard Gardner, and Joseph Gardner.
Notes for DEMARIS SHATTUCK:
Source: "Memorials of the Descendants of William Shattuck, the Progentor of the Families in America that have Borne His Name," by Lemuel Shattuck, Pub. Boston: Printed by Dutton and Wentworth, 1855.
Damaris Shattuck, then a widow, was admitted to the church in Salem in 1641. At what time she came from England, whether before or after the death of her first husband, and what his christian name was, are unknown. She afterwards became the 2nd wife of Capt. Thomas Gardner, a distinguished merchant and citizen of Salem. She d. in that town, Nov.28, 2674. Capt Gardner d. Sept. 4, 1677, leaving a will, dated Dec. 7, 1668, in which he men-tions his wife, Damaris, six sons-Thomas, George, John, Samuel, Joseph, and Richard; and daughters, Sarah Balch, Seeth Grafton, and Miriam Hall, all by his first wife, Margarct Frier. Two of his sons m. daughters of their stepmother.
Damaris had by Mr. Shattuck several children, all probably born in England.
Notes for MARGARET FRIER:
Source: "Coffin Family Newsletter," Vol. XIII, No.3, Aug. 1997, Whole No. 51
A Father for Margaret Frier, wife of Thomas Gardner
Subscriber Cece Bibby sent us a photocopy of a page from "Batchelor Family Correspondence", that was a letter from Edgar Batchelor. Dated August 2, 1978. Edgar wrote the following:
"I believe I have found the Margaret Frier who married Thomas Gardner. She was baptized 25 Jan 1589, daughter of Francis Frier, in Ixsworth parish, Suffolk England."
The record was located at the Society of Genealogist in London.
Children of THOMAS GARDNER and MARGARET FRIER are:
3. i. RICHARD3 GARDNER, SR, b. 1621, England; d. January 23, 1687/88, Salem, MA.
ii. THOMAS GARDNER, b. 1618, England (Source: (1) Barney (Eliza Starbuck) Genealogical Record, a 1594-page holograph document in the possession of the Nantucket Historical Assoc., #222 & 223., (2) Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.); d. 1682 (Source: Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass); m. (1) HANNAH (MNU) GARDNER; m. (2) ELIZABETH HORNE.
iii. GEORGE GARDNER, b. 1620, Probably in England; d. August 20, 1679, Kingston, RI; m. (1) ELIZABETH ALLEN; m. (2) RUTH TURNER; m. (3) ELIZABETH STONE; m. (4) LYDIA BALLOU; m. (5) HANNAH SHATTUCK.
Notes for HANNAH SHATTUCK:
Source: "Memorials of the Descendants of William Shattuck, the Progentor of the Families in America that have Borne His Name," by Lemuel Shattuck, Pub. Boston: Printed by Dutton and Wentworth, 1855.
She united with the church in 1649, but was dismissed. They removed to Nantucket, where their son Joseph m. in 1670, and had several children
4. iv. JOHN GARDNER, b. 1624; d. May 6, 1706, Nantucket, MA.
v. SAMUEL GARDNER, b. 1627 (Source: Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass); d. ABT October 1689, Salem, MA (Source: Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass); m. (1) MARY WHITE; m. (2) ELIZABETH PAINE, August 2, 1680 (Source: Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.).
Notes for SAMUEL GARDNER:
Source: Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass
The first reference to him in the Town Records is found under date of "the 25th of the second moneth 1649," at which time "Its ordered that" he, with his borhters George, Thomas and Joseph, shall "survey the measure from the meeting howse to a pcell of medow upon the great rever Westerly from Salem and give an account thereof at our next meeting, for wch they shall haue allowance in pte of the medow for theire paynes if any shalbe found within our bounds where they runne the lyne."
He served the town and colony so frequently, and in so many different capacities. His first service to the town was surveyor. He was overseer and appraiser of estates. He served on the Jury and Grand Jury. He served the county as Coroner. There are reports from him for amounts collected as constable. His name appears first as a selectman of Salem, in the report of a meeting. He was first appointed Deputy.
vi. JOSEPH GARDNER, b. 1629; d. December 19, 1675, Salem, MA (Source: Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass); m. ANN DOWNING.
vii. SARAH GARDNER, b. 1630; d. April 5, 1686, Beverly, MA; m. BENJAMIN BALCH, 1650, Beverly, MA.
viii. MIRIAM GARDNER, b. 1632; d. 1664, Salem, MA; m. JOHN HALL.
ix. SEETH GARDNER, b. October 25, 1636, Salem, MA (Source: Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass); d. April 17, 1707 (Source: Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass); m. (1) JOSHUA CONANT; m. (2) JOHN GRAFTON, October 1, 1659 (Source: Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass).
Notes for JOHN GRAFTON:
From the Family Chronicle, May/June 1998, "The Surname Origin List" pg 47
Grafton (British) "Farm by a grove"
x. RUTH GARDNER, b. 1635, Salem, MA; d. 1707, Salem, MA; m. JOHN GRAFTON.
Generation No. 3
3. RICHARD3 GARDNER, SR (THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born 1621 in England, and died January 23, 1687/88 in Salem, MA (Source: Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass). He married SARAH SHATTUCK 1652 in Salem, Mass, daughter of SAMUEL SHATTUCK and DEMARIS SHATTUCK.
Notes for RICHARD GARDNER, SR:
Richard Gardner 1621-1689 Chier Magistrate of Nantucket 1673-1675
Ref: History of Nantucket by Starbuck p. 37
Source: Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass
The following quotation from W. C. Folger's article in the Nantucket Inquirer, in the issue of June 4, 1862, is so good a summary of the man's life, that I reproduce it entire: "Richard was a man of very good abilities, he was called long-headed by his brother John, from his sense of the profoundness of his Judgment. He held a prominent place among the people of the island, was at one time Chief Magistrate. His residence was about half way between the house of our present worthy Sheriff, (1862) and the Eliphalet Paddack house. It has been taken down many years, and the locality is very much altered in its appearance.
"The Gardners owned formerly much of the land adjacent to and surrounding the Lily pond, extending beyond Gardner's Burial Ground, and around the swamp on the North Shore Hill, also extending through Egypt (so called) to the present Town Hall, embracing some of the best meadows and grass lots on the island. A part of this territory was called Crooked Records, from the lines of the survey not coming together.....Richard Gardner Sen'r, and his brother Capt. John, exercised much influence in the community here while they lived, and they died respected."
Richard Gardner married Sarah Shattuck, daughter of widow Damaris Shattuck who married Thomas Gardner Sen'r as his second wife. Richard and Sarah are supposed to have been married about 1652, at Salem. Like nearly all of her Shattuck relation, she was attached to Society of Friends and suffered much in consequence.
In the County Court Records at Salem, Case 57, Term 5th mo., 1658, we find the following: "The wife of Richard Gardner was convicted of her frequent being absent from the publik ordinances on the Lord's Day, fees of court 30 sh."
W.C. Folger thought that Richard might have had a wife before Sarah, as the following quotation from his notes will show: "If the date of the marriage of Richard Gardner and Sarah Shattuck in 1652 as given by the late Lemuel Shattuck, Esq., be correct; then I am of the opinion that Richard must have had a former wife, as Richard Jr., was born oct. 23d, 1653, and if Joseph was born at a later period he would have been too young to have been married early in 1670. indeed the late B. Franklin Folger and other hight authorities have stated Joseph Gardner to have been the oldest son of Richard Gardner Sen'r." (W.C. Folger, in the Nantucket Inquirer, June 18, 1862)
Richard Gardner died 1st mo., 23d, 1688. the following reference is made in the records concerning the settlement of his estate: "Letters of administration on the estate of Mr. Richard Gardner Senior deceased are granted unto Sarah Gardner, Relict of Sd. Gardner, who bineath herself to perform the trust of an administratrix, and to barre the court harmless according to law." (Died March 18, 1688-9).
Notes for SARAH SHATTUCK:
Source: Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass
Like nearly all of Sarah Shattuck relations, she was attached to the Society of Friends and suffered much in consequence. She was brought before the court several times, either for neglecting to attend the services at the First Church in Salem, or for being present at a "Quaker Meeting." In 1662, she was excommunicated from the First Church in Salem for attending the assemblies of the Friends.
She was evidently a woman with a strong character, and one who was not afraid to act and speak her convictions. We see evidence of this independence even after her removal to Nantucket. "For speaking very opprobriously concerning the imprisonment of peeter foulgier,' she was arrested but pardoned on being intimidated into repentance."
Source: "Memorials of the Descendants of William Shattuck, the Progentor of the Families in America that have Borne His Name," by Lemuel Shattuck, Pub. Boston: Printed by Dutton and Wentworth, 1855.
They were excommunicated from the church in Salem for attending Quaker meetings; and they removed in 1666 to Nantucket, where their two youngest children were born.
Children of RICHARD GARDNER and SARAH SHATTUCK are:
i. DAMARIS4 GARDNER, b. November 21, 1662; d. September 25, 1662.
5. ii. JOSEPH GARDNER, d. 1701, Nantucket, Mass.
6. iii. MIRIAM GARDNER, b. July 14, 1665; d. 1702.
7. iv. SARAH GARDNER, b. ABT 1650; d. December 19, 1729, Nantucket, Mass.
8. v. RICHARD GARDNER, JR, b. August 23, 1653, Salem, MA; d. March 8, 1727/28.
9. vi. DEBORAH GARDNER, b. October 12, 1658; d. 1712, Nantucket, Mass.
10. vii. JAMES GARDNER, b. May 19, 1664, Salem, Mass; d. April 1, 1723, Nantucket, Mass.
11. viii. HOPE GARDNER, b. November 16, 1669, Nantucket MA; d. October 12, 1750, Nantucket MA.
12. ix. NATHANIEL GARDNER, b. November 16, 1669, Nantucket MA; d. 1713, England.
13. x. LOVE GARDNER, b. May 2, 1672.
4. JOHN3 GARDNER (THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born 1624 (Source: Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass), and died May 6, 1706 in Nantucket, MA (Source: Source: "Early Settlers of Nantucket , Their Associates and Descendants", compiled by Lydia S Hinchman, Pub., Ferris & Leach, 1901..). He married PRISCILLA GRAFTON February 20, 1653/54 (Source: Source: "Early Settlers of Nantucket , Their Associates and Descendants", compiled by Lydia S Hinchman, Pub., Ferris & Leach, 1901..), daughter of JOSEPH GRAFTON and MARY GRAFTON.
Notes for JOHN GARDNER:
Source: Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass
John Gardner died in 1706, at the age of eighty-two. He was buried in the old burial ground on "Forefather's Hill," near the present pumping-station. The original gravestone is still in existence, but is kept at present in the old Coffin house (horseshoe house). A substantial granite stone stands in its place at the grave.
Notes for PRISCILLA GRAFTON:
From the Family Chronicle, May/June 1998, "The Surname Origin List" pg 47
Grafton (British) "Farm by a grove"
Children of JOHN GARDNER and PRISCILLA GRAFTON are:
14. i. RUTH4 GARDNER, b. December 4, 1676; d. October 4, 1748.
15. ii. MARY GARDNER, b. May 27, 1670, Salem; d. October 27, 1767, Nantucket, Mass.
16. iii. RACHEL GARDNER.
17. iv. RACHEL GARDNER, b. August 3, 1661.
18. v. JOHN GARDNER, b. December 20, 1653.
vi. JOSEPH GARDNER, b. May 8, 1655 (Source: Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.).
19. vii. PRISCILLA GARDNER, b. September 6, 1656.
viii. BENJAMIN GARDNER, b. December 3, 1658 (Source: Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.); d. June 23, 1662 (Source: Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.).
20. ix. GEORGE GARDNER, d. February 17, 1749/50.
x. BENJAMIN GARDNER, b. May 17, 1664 (Source: Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.).
xi. ANN GARDNER, b. December 30, 1667 (Source: Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.); m. EDWARD COFFIN.
xii. NATHANIEL GARDNER, b. July 24, 1668 (Source: Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.).
xiii. MEHITABLE GARDNER, b. November 24, 1674 (Source: Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.); m. AMBROSE DAWES, JR.
Generation No. 4
5. JOSEPH4 GARDNER (RICHARD3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) died 1701 in Nantucket, Mass (Source: Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.). He married BETHIAH MACY March 30, 1670 in Nantucket, Mass (Source: "Genealogy of the Macy Family from 1635-1868"compiled by Silvanus J. Macy, NY, Albany: Joel Munsell 1868), daughter of THOMAS MACY and SARAH HOPCOT.
Notes for JOSEPH GARDNER:
Source: Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass
Capt. Joseph Gardner, whom we believe to have been the youngest of six sons of Thomas, was first alluded to in the town records, under date of "the 25th of the second moneth 1649," at which time he was ordered with three of his brothers to survey certain lands. (Town Records)
Children of JOSEPH GARDNER and BETHIAH MACY are:
21. i. BETHIAH5 GARDNER, b. August 13, 1676; d. June 20, 1716.
22. ii. SARAH GARDNER, b. October 23, 1672.
iii. DAMARIS GARDNER, b. February 16, 1673/74 (Source: Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.); m. STEPHEN BARNARD.
iv. DEBORAH GARDNER, b. March 30, 1681 (Source: Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.).
23. v. HOPE MACY GARDNER, b. 1683; d. 1758.
vi. MARY GARDNER, b. December 26, 1687; m. MATTHEW JENKINS, August 9, 1706.
vii. ABIEL GARDNER, b. December 1, 1692; m. WILLIAM CLASBY.
6. MIRIAM4 GARDNER (RICHARD3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born July 14, 1665 (Source: "Early Settlers of Nantucket, Their Associates and Descendants," Compiled by Lydia S. Hinchman, Philadelphia, Ferris & Leach, 1901.), and died 1702 (Source: "Early Settlers of Nantucket, Their Associates and Descendants," Compiled by Lydia S. Hinchman, Philadelphia, Ferris & Leach, 1901.). She married JOHN WORTH September 22, 1684 (Source: Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.), son of WILLIAM WORTH and SARAH MACY.
Children of MIRIAM GARDNER and JOHN WORTH are:
i. JOHN5 WORTH, d. Died young (Source: Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.).
ii. JONATHAN WORTH, b. October 31, 1685 (Source: Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.).
iii. NATHANIEL WORTH, b. September 8, 1687.
24. iv. JUDITH WORTH, b. December 22, 1689, Nantucket, Mass; d. November 8, 1767, Nantucket, Mass.
v. RICHARD WORTH, b. May 27, 1692 (Source: Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.).
25. vi. WILLIAM WORTH, b. November 27, 1694; d. October 16, 1780.
26. vii. JOSEPH WORTH, b. 1696; d. July 14, 1790.
viii. MARY WORTH, b. 1696.
7. SARAH4 GARDNER (RICHARD3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born ABT 1650, and died December 19, 1729 in Nantucket, Mass (Source: The Folger Family, Compiled by william Coleman Folger of Nantucket, a Corresponding Member of the N. E. Historic-Genealogical Society.). She married ELEAZER FOLGER 1671 (Source: The Folger Family, Compiled by william Coleman Folger of Nantucket, a Corresponding Member of the N. E. Historic-Genealogical Society.), son of PETER FOLGER and MARY MORRILL.
Notes for SARAH GARDNER:
Source: A Home of the Olden Time, Printed from NEHG Register, Vol. 25, Jan. 1871
Richard with three of his children removed to Nantucket, where more were born unto him. His eldest daughter, Sarah became the wife of Eleazer Folger, brother of Dr. Franklin's (Benjamin Franklin) mother. Some of his descendants intermarried with Coffins, Macys, Starbucks and other well-known names of that sea-girt isle, greatly multiplying and continuing prosperous down to our own time.
Notes for ELEAZER FOLGER:
Source: The Folger Family, Compiled by William Coleman Folger of Nantucket, a Corresponding Member of the N. E. Historic-Genealogical Society.
He came to Nantucket from the vineyard, having half a share of land on the Island of Nantucket granted him, to act in the capacity of a shoemaker.
He is said to have represented the county in the Gen. Court. He died in Boston in 1716, aged 68 yrs; 6 mo, and his widow, Sarah, d. at Nantucket, Dec. 19, 1729.
Source: Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass
Eleazer Folger, bro. of Benjamin Franklin's mother.
Children of SARAH GARDNER and ELEAZER FOLGER are:
27. i. ELEAZER5 FOLGER, JR., b. July 2, 1672; d. February 15, 1753.
28. ii. PETER FOLGER, b. August 28, 1674, Nantucket, Mass; d. 1707, Nantucket, Mass.
iii. DANIEL FOLGER, b. ABT 1675; d. ABT 1676, Died young (Source: Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.).
iv. ELISHA FOLGER, b. ABT 1676; d. ABT 1677, Died young (Source: Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.).
29. v. SARAH FOLGER, b. ABT 1677; d. March 23, 1732/33.
30. vi. NATHAN FOLGER, b. 1678; d. July 2, 1747.
vii. MARY FOLGER, b. February 14, 1683/84 (Source: The Folger Family, Compiled by william Coleman Folger of Nantucket, a Corresponding Member of the N. E. Historic-Genealogical Society.); d. August 7, 1720 (Source: The Folger Family, Compiled by william Coleman Folger of Nantucket, a Corresponding Member of the N. E. Historic-Genealogical Society.); m. JOHN ARTHUR, February 26, 1703/04 (Source: The Folger Family, Compiled by william Coleman Folger of Nantucket, a Corresponding Member of the N. E. Historic-Genealogical Society.).
8. RICHARD4 GARDNER, JR (RICHARD3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born August 23, 1653 in Salem, MA (Source: Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.), and died March 8, 1727/28 (Source: Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.). He married MARY AUSTIN May 17, 1674 in Nantucket, MA, daughter of JOSEPH AUSTIN and SARAH STARBUCK.
Children of RICHARD GARDNER and MARY AUSTIN are:
i. JOSEPH5 GARDNER, b. May 8, 1677, Nantucket, Mass (Source: Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.); d. July 29, 1747 (Source: Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.); m. RUTH COFFIN.
31. ii. SOLOMON GARDNER, b. July 1, 1680, Nantucket, Mass; d. June 17, 1760, Nantucket, Mass.
iii. BENJAMIN GARDNER, b. July 20, 1683, Nantucket, Mass (Source: Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.); d. January 22, 1764, Nantucket, Mass (Source: The Coffin Family, Printed from NEHG Register, Vol. 24, April 1870); m. HANNAH COFFIN.
iv. PATIENCE GARDNER, b. June 29, 1675 (Source: Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.).
32. v. MIRIAM GARDNER, b. July 14, 1685; d. September 14, 1750.
vi. PETER GARDNER, d. May 28, 1767 (Source: Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.); m. ELIZABETH COFFIN.
vii. LYDIA GARDNER, 1, b. June 16, 1687 (Source: Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.); d. February 8, 1687/88 (Source: Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.).
33. viii. LYDIA GARDNER, 2, d. April 18, 1788.
ix. WILLIAM GARDNER, d. 1739; m. HEPZIBAH GARDNER, February 20, 1718/19.
x. RICHARD GARDNER, d. February 27, 1724/25; m. LEAH FOLGER, May 26, 1724.
9. DEBORAH4 GARDNER (RICHARD3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born October 12, 1658 (Source: Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.), and died 1712 in Nantucket, Mass (Source: "Genealogy of the Macy Family from 1635-1868"compiled by Silvanus J. Macy, NY, Albany: Joel Munsell 1868). She married (1) JOHN MACY in Nantucket, Mass (Source: "Genealogy of the Macy Family from 1635-1868"compiled by Silvanus J. Macy, NY, Albany: Joel Munsell 1868), son of THOMAS MACY and SARAH HOPCOT. She married (2) STEPHEN PEASE.
Notes for JOHN MACY:
source: "Genealogy of the Macy Family from 1635-1868" compiled by Silvanus J. Macy, NY, Albany: Joel Munsell 1868
Was a house carpenter, and there are probably several houses yet in existence on the island, some parts of which were made by him.
Children of DEBORAH GARDNER and JOHN MACY are:
34. i. JOHN5 MACY, b. ABT 1675, Nantucket, Mass; d. November 28, 1751, Nantucket, Mass.
35. ii. SARAH MACY, b. April 3, 1677, Nantucket, Mass; d. March 18, 1747/48, Nantucket, Mass.
36. iii. DEBORAH MACY, b. March 3, 1678/79, Nantucket, Mass; d. August 16, 1742, Nantucket, Mass.
37. iv. BETHIA MACY, b. April 8, 1681, Nantucket, Mass; d. June 6, 1738, Nantucket, Mass.
38. v. JABEZ MACY, b. ABT 1683, Nantucket, Mass; d. August 7, 1776, Nantucket, Mass.
vi. MARY MACY, b. ABT 1685, Nantucket, Mass (Source: "Genealogy of the Macy Family from 1635-1868"compiled by Silvanus J. Macy, NY, Albany: Joel Munsell 1868); d. June 27, 1717, Nantucket, Mass (Source: "Genealogy of the Macy Family from 1635-1868"compiled by Silvanus J. Macy, NY, Albany: Joel Munsell 1868); m. SOLOMON COLEMAN, July 1711, Nantucket, Mass (Source: "Genealogy of the Macy Family from 1635-1868" compiled by Silvanus J. Macy, NY, Albany: Joel Munsell 1868).
39. vii. THOMAS MACY, b. ABT 1687, Nantucket, Mass; d. March 16, 1759, Nantucket, Mass.
40. viii. RICHARD MACY, b. September 22, 1689, Nantucket, Mass; d. December 25, 1779, Nantucket, Mass.
10. JAMES4 GARDNER (RICHARD3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born May 19, 1664 in Salem, Mass (Source: Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.), and died April 1, 1723 in Nantucket, Mass (Source: Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.). He married (1) MARY COFFIN, daughter of JAMES COFFIN and MARY SEVERANCE. He married (2) PATIENCE FOLGER, daughter of PETER FOLGER and MARY MORRILL. He married (3) MARY STARBUCK, daughter of NATHANIEL STARBUCK and MARY COFFIN. He married (4) RACHEL GARDNER, daughter of JOHN GARDNER and PRISCILLA GRAFTON.
Notes for MARY COFFIN:
Mary had children, surname Pinkham; Jonathon, Shubael, Nathaniel, Deborah, Daniel, Barnabus, Peleg, Theophilus and James.
Notes for PATIENCE FOLGER:
Source: The Folger Family, Compiled by william Coleman Folger of Nantucket, a Corresponding Member of the N. E. Historic-Genealogical Society.
The name of Patience Folger's 1st husband has been given by genealogists here both John and Ebenezer; whether either was right is doubtful. I believe they lived in North Carolina, where probably the husband died; and the widow returned to Nantucket, where she married James Gardner, son of Richard, being his 2d or 3d wife. She died 1 mo., 1717-18. The name of Ferdinando Harker appears in a business transaction here under date of Feb. 7, 1681-2. Even the late B Franklin Folger, so well versed as he was in the Nantucket genealogies, could not be certain of the given name of the first husband of Patience. Very likely the Ebenezer whom I have given as a son, may be a grandson of patience. There are many descendants of Jonathan and Hepzibah (Harker) Coffin.
Notes for MARY STARBUCK:
Source: Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass
Mary Starbuck, dau. of Nathaniel and Mary (Coffin) Starbuck. She was the first child of Anglo-Saxon parentage born on Nantucket.
Children of JAMES GARDNER and MARY STARBUCK are:
41. i. SAMUEL5 GARDNER, b. Nantucket, Mass; d. October 28, 1757.
42. ii. ELIZABETH GARDNER, d. July 22, 1763.
Child of JAMES GARDNER and RACHEL GARDNER is:
iii. JAMES5 GARDNER, m. SUSANNAH GARDNER.
11. HOPE4 GARDNER (RICHARD3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born November 16, 1669 in Nantucket MA (Source: Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass..), and died October 12, 1750 in Nantucket MA (Source: The Coffin Family, Printed from NEHG Register, Vol. 24, April 1870). She married JOHN COFFIN ABT 1692 in Nantucket MA, son of JAMES COFFIN and MARY SEVERANCE.
Notes for JOHN COFFIN:
See "The Coffin Family", Edited by Louis Coffin, Published by The Nantucket Historical Association 1962 Line C of James pg 184
Records of David P Coffin publisher of Coffin Family Register show John Coffin born about 1673 died 9/1/1747.
Division of the estate of John Coffin of Sherbourne who died intestate Richard Coffin his oldest child, Elias Coffin, Richard as guardian of son Francis, Judith Gardner,wife of Ebenezer Gardner, Abigail Folger wife of Zacheus Folger after providing for their mother. Dated 11/24/1747.
Children of HOPE GARDNER and JOHN COFFIN are:
43. i. RICHARD5 COFFIN, b. June 12, 1694, Nantucket MA; d. March 4, 1768, Nantucket MA.
ii. PELEG COFFIN, b. September 16, 1696, Nantucket, Mass (Source: Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass..); d. Bef. 1747.
iii. JUDITH COFFIN, b. May 8, 1700, Nantucket MA (Source: Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass..); d. December 24, 1788, Nantucket MA; m. EBENEZER GARDNER.
iv. ELIAS COFFIN, b. June 18, 1702, Nantucket MA (Source: The Coffin Family, Printed from NEHG Register, Vol. 24, April 1870); d. October 1773, Nantucket MA; m. LOVE COFFIN, January 15, 1727/28, Nantucket MA.
44. v. FRANCIS COFFIN, b. September 13, 1706, Nantucket MA; d. Bef. December 4, 1735, NAntucket, MA.
vi. ABIGAIL COFFIN, b. August 31, 1708, Nantucket MA (Source: Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass..); d. 1770 (Source: The Coffin Family, Printed from NEHG Register, Vol. 24, April 1870); m. ZACCHEUS FOLGER, November 20, 1728 (Source: The Folger Family, Compiled by william Coleman Folger of Nantucket, a Corresponding Member of the N. E. Historic-Genealogical Society.).
Notes for ZACCHEUS FOLGER:
source: The Folger Family, Compiled by william Coleman Folger of Nantucket, a Corresponding Member of the N. E. Historic-Genealogical Society.
Had a large family
12. NATHANIEL4 GARDNER (RICHARD3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born November 16, 1669 in Nantucket MA, and died 1713 in England (Source: Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.). He married ABIGAIL COFFIN, daughter of JAMES COFFIN and MARY SEVERANCE.
Notes for ABIGAIL COFFIN:
First person buried in Gardner's burial ground
Children of NATHANIEL GARDNER and ABIGAIL COFFIN are:
i. EBENEZER5 GARDNER, b. August 27, 1688, Nantucket, Mass (Source: The Coffin Family, Printed from NEHG Register, Vol. 24, April 1870); d. April 16, 1763, Nantucket, Mass (Source: The Coffin Family, Printed from NEHG Register, Vol. 24, April 1870); m. (1) JUDITH COFFIN; m. (2) EUNICE COFFIN, September 1, 1709 (Source: Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.).
45. ii. HANNAH GARDNER, b. May 6, 1686; d. March 25, 1773.
iii. PELEG GARDNER, b. May 22, 1691 (Source: Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.); d. January 19, 1717/18; m. HEPZIBAH GARDNER.
iv. JUDITH GARDNER, b. August 28, 1693 (Source: Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.); d. September 17, 1765 (Source: Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.); m. BENJAMIN BARNARD, November 3, 1711 (Source: "The History of Nantucket Co, Island and Town", by Alexander Starbuck, pub. Boston: C.E. Goodspeed & Co. 1924....).
Notes for BENJAMIN BARNARD:
Family Chronicle May/June 1998 "The Surname Origin List" Pg 4
Barnard (British) [N] "strong or brave like a bear."
v. MARGARET GARDNER, b. November 28, 1695 (Source: Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.); d. May 16, 1727 (Source: Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.); m. JONATHAN FOLGER, November 1716 (Source: Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.).
vi. NATHANIEL GARDNER, b. October 14, 1697 (Source: Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.); d. May 1727 (Source: Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.); m. MARY FOLGER, April 1725 (Source: The Folger Family, Compiled by William Coleman Folger of Nantucket, a Corresponding Member of the N. E. Historic-Genealogical Society.).
vii. ANDREW GARDNER, b. October 28, 1699 (Source: Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.); d. March 1782 (Source: Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.); m. MARY GORHAM, 1721 (Source: Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.).
viii. ABEL GARDNER, b. June 6, 1702; d. September 11, 1771; m. PRISCILLA COFFIN, September 18, 1723.
ix. SUSANNAH GARDNER, b. June 4, 1706 (Source: Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass..); d. June 1781 (Source: Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass..); m. JAMES GARDNER.
13. LOVE4 GARDNER (RICHARD3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born May 2, 1672. She married JAMES COFFIN, JR, son of JAMES COFFIN and MARY SEVERANCE.
Notes for JAMES COFFIN, JR:
WILL - The will of James Coffin of Sherborn, yeoman, dated 1 Jul 1740 probated 6 Nov 1741 named wife Ruth; children of son George deceased; son Nathan, George and Benjamin; daughter [unnamed]; children of daughter Sarah Gardner, deceased; granddaughter Judith Coffin.
Children of LOVE GARDNER and JAMES COFFIN are:
i. JAMES5 COFFIN.
ii. BENONI COFFIN, d. Died young.
14. RUTH4 GARDNER (JOHN3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born December 4, 1676, and died October 4, 1748 (Source: Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.). She married JAMES COFFIN, JR March 19, 1691/92, son of JAMES COFFIN and MARY SEVERANCE.
Notes for JAMES COFFIN, JR:
WILL - The will of James Coffin of Sherborn, yeoman, dated 1 Jul 1740 probated 6 Nov 1741 named wife Ruth; children of son George deceased; son Nathan, George and Benjamin; daughter [unnamed]; children of daughter Sarah Gardner, deceased; granddaughter Judith Coffin.
Children of RUTH GARDNER and JAMES COFFIN are:
i. GEORGE5 COFFIN, b. February 22, 1692/93 (Source: Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.); d. August 1727; m. RUTH SWAIN.
ii. SARAH COFFIN, b. January 9, 1694/95 (Source: Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.); d. December 1, 1739, Nantucket, MA (Source: Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.); m. JEREMIAH GARDNER, August 8, 1711 (Source: Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.).
46. iii. NATHAN COFFIN, b. September 13, 1696, Nantucket, Mass; d. December 24, 1768.
iv. ELISHA COFFIN, b. May 10, 1699; d. 1722 (Source: Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.); m. DINAH BUNKER.
v. JOSHUA COFFIN, b. July 16, 1701 (Source: Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.); d. 1722 (Source: Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.); m. PRISCILLA BUNKER, 1721 (Source: Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.).
vi. ELIZABETH COFFIN, b. August 27, 1703; d. 1774; m. JOSIAH COFFIN.
vii. PRISCILLA COFFIN, b. April 3, 1708 (Source: Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.); d. April 27, 1792 (Source: Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.); m. ABEL GARDNER, September 18, 1723.
viii. MARY COFFIN, b. May 19, 1710 (Source: Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.); d. July 19, 1785 (Source: Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.); m. JOHN BUNKER.
ix. JAMES COFFIN, b. April 10, 1713 (Source: Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.); d. April 11, 1784 (Source: Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.); m. PRISCILLA RAWSON.
x. RUTH COFFIN, b. January 17, 1715/16 (Source: Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.); d. September 30, 1801 (Source: Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.); m. CROMWELL COFFIN.
47. xi. BENJAMIN COFFIN, b. November 16, 1718, Nantucket, Mass; d. December 28, 1793, Nantucket, Mass.
15. MARY4 GARDNER (JOHN3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born May 27, 1670 in Salem (Source: (1) The Coffin Family, Printed from NEHG Register, Vol. 24, April 1870, (2) Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.), and died October 27, 1767 in Nantucket, Mass. She married JETHRO COFFIN ABT 1686, son of PETER COFFIN and ABIGAIL STARBUCK.
Notes for MARY GARDNER:
Source: Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass
They lived in the "Horseshoe house."
Children of MARY GARDNER and JETHRO COFFIN are:
48. i. ROBERT5 COFFIN, b. April 21, 1704, Nantucket, Mass; d. August 8, 1757.
ii. MARGARET COFFIN, b. June 10, 1689 (Source: Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.); m. (1) SAMUEL TERRY; m. (2) JOHN WILSON.
iii. PRISCILLA COFFIN, b. December 26, 1691, Nantucket, Mass (Source: (1) The Coffin Family, Printed from NEHG Register, Vol. 24, April 1870, (2) Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.); d. January 23, 1772 (Source: The Coffin Family, Printed from NEHG Register, Vol. 24, April 1870); m. JOHN GARDNER.
49. iv. JOHN COFFIN, b. April 12, 1694, Nantucket, Mass; d. 1768.
v. JOSIAH COFFIN, b. July 28, 1698, Nantucket, Mass (Source: (1) The Coffin Family, Printed from NEHG Register, Vol. 24, April 1870, (2) Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.); d. January 15, 1780 (Source: (1) The Coffin Family, Printed from NEHG Register, Vol. 24, April 1870, (2) Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.); m. ELIZABETH COFFIN.
50. vi. ABIGAIL COFFIN, b. February 12, 1700/01, Nantucket, Mass; d. July 7, 1782.
vii. PETER COFFIN.
viii. EDWARD COFFIN.
16. RACHEL4 GARDNER (JOHN3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1). She married (1) JAMES GARDNER, son of RICHARD GARDNER and SARAH SHATTUCK. She married (2) JOHN BROWNE.
Child of RACHEL GARDNER and JAMES GARDNER is:
i. JAMES5 GARDNER, m. SUSANNAH GARDNER.
17. RACHEL4 GARDNER (JOHN3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born August 3, 1661 (Source: Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.). She married JOHN BROWN August 1, 1686 (Source: Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.).
Children of RACHEL GARDNER and JOHN BROWN are:
i. HANNAH5 BROWN, b. April 6, 1689 (Source: Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.); d. December 13, 1730 (Source: Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.); m. (1) TRISTRAM COFFIN; m. (2) JONATHAN PINKHAM.
Notes for TRISTRAM COFFIN:
Source: Bunker Genealogy, The Charlestown, MA and Nantucket, MA. Branches and some unconnected Groups, by Edward C Morgan, Jr, Vol. 2 1961
This book mentions no death date but says his will probated 27 Mch 1753 and mentioned wife Mary (Duke's County, Mass. Prob. Rec.)
51. ii. RACHEL BROWN, b. December 16, 1687; d. July 24, 1741.
iii. ELIZABETH BROWN, b. June 6, 1690 (Source: Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.).
52. iv. ABIAL BROWN, d. 1722, Portsmouth, RI.
v. JAMES BROWN.
18. JOHN4 GARDNER (JOHN3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born December 20, 1653 (Source: Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.). He married SUSANNAH GREENE, daughter of NATHANIEL GREEN and MARY HONCHINE.
Children of JOHN GARDNER and SUSANNAH GREENE are:
i. JEREMIAH5 GARDNER, d. May 5, 1768 (Source: Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.); m. (1) LOIS GARDNER; m. (2) SARAH COFFIN, August 8, 1711 (Source: Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.).
ii. JOHN GARDNER, d. April 6, 1759 (Source: (1) The Coffin Family, Printed from NEHG Register, Vol. 24, April 1870, (2) Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.); m. PRISCILLA COFFIN.
iii. NATHANIEL GARDNER, m. JEMIMA COFFIN, 1722 (Source: Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.).
iv. PRISCILLA GARDNER, m. JOHN LOVELL.
19. PRISCILLA4 GARDNER (JOHN3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born September 6, 1656 (Source: Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.). She married JOHN ARTHUR.
Children of PRISCILLA GARDNER and JOHN ARTHUR are:
i. JOHN5 ARTHUR, b. ABT 1682; d. 1719; m. MARY FOLGER, February 26, 1703/04 (Source: The Folger Family, Compiled by william Coleman Folger of Nantucket, a Corresponding Member of the N. E. Historic-Genealogical Society.).
ii. ELIZABETH ARTHUR, d. November 29, 1741 (Source: The Folger Family, Compiled by William Coleman Folger of Nantucket, a Corresponding Member of the N. E. Historic-Genealogical Society.); m. ELIAKIM SWAIN, April 18, 1717 (Source: (1) The Folger Family, Compiled by William Coleman Folger of Nantucket, a Corresponding Member of the N. E. Historic-Genealogical Society., (2) Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.).
Notes for ELIZABETH ARTHUR:
source: The Folger Family, Compiled by William Coleman Folger of Nantucket, a Corresponding Member of the N. E. Historic-Genealogical Society.
Died with the throat ail, a distemper then prevailing.
Notes for ELIAKIM SWAIN:
Source: The Folger Family, Compiled by William Coleman Folger of Nantucket, a Corresponding Member of the N. E. Historic-Genealogical Society.
He was an enterprising man, a merchant.
iii. JOSEPH ARTHUR.
iv. MARGARET ARTHUR, m. (1) JONATHAN PINKHAM; m. (2) WILSON RAWSON, May 4, 1712.
v. MARY ARTHUR.
20. GEORGE4 GARDNER (JOHN3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) died February 17, 1749/50 (Source: Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.). He married EUNICE STARBUCK, daughter of NATHANIEL STARBUCK and MARY COFFIN.
Children of GEORGE GARDNER and EUNICE STARBUCK are:
i. HEPZIBAH5 GARDNER, b. September 29, 1696 (Source: Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.); d. February 1741/42; m. (1) PELEG GARDNER; m. (2) WILLIAM GARDNER, February 20, 1718/19.
ii. PRISCILLA GARDNER, b. January 30, 1697/98 (Source: Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.); m. BARNABAS PINKHAM.
iii. THOMAS GARDNER, b. May 21, 1701 (Source: Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.); d. April 14, 1784 (Source: Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.); m. HANNAH SWAIN, November 30, 1724 (Source: (1) The Folger Family, Compiled by William Coleman Folger of Nantucket, a Corresponding Member of the N. E. Historic-Genealogical Society., (2) Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.).
iv. GRAFTON GARDNER, b. April 27, 1707; d. April 13, 1789; m. ABIGAIL COFFIN.
Generation No. 5
21. BETHIAH5 GARDNER (JOSEPH4, RICHARD3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born August 13, 1676 (Source: Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.), and died June 20, 1716 (Source: The Folger Family, Compiled by William Coleman Folger of Nantucket, a Corresponding Member of the N. E. Historic-Genealogical Society.). She married ELEAZER FOLGER, JR. September 27, 1706 (Source: The Folger Family, Compiled by William Coleman Folger of Nantucket, a Corresponding Member of the N. E. Historic-Genealogical Society.), son of ELEAZER FOLGER and SARAH GARDNER.
Notes for ELEAZER FOLGER, JR.:
Source: The Folger Family, Compiled by William Coleman Folger of Nantucket, a Corresponding Member of the N. E. Historic-Genealogical Society.
Eleazer Folger, Jr., was a farmer, school teacher, 47 years register of probate. he died Feb. 25, 1753, in his 81st year. Mary his widow d. Dec. 11, 1765, in her 71st year. Their dwelling house still stands on the western border of the town.
Children of BETHIAH GARDNER and ELEAZER FOLGER are:
i GI;DEON6 FOLGER, b. ABT 1708.
ii. URIAN FOLGER, b. 1711 (Source: The Folger Family, Compiled by William Coleman Folger of Nantucket, a Corresponding Member of the N. E. Historic-Genealogical Society.); d. January 5, 1764 (Source: The Folger Family, Compiled by William Coleman Folger of Nantucket, a Corresponding Member of the N. E. Historic-Genealogical Society.); m. JEDIDAH STEWART.
iii. ELIPHAZ FOLGER, b. 1713 (Source: The Folger Family, Compiled by William Coleman Folger of Nantucket, a Corresponding Member of the N. E. Historic-Genealogical Society.); d. January 1, 1794 (Source: The Folger Family, Compiled by William Coleman Folger of Nantucket, a Corresponding Member of the N. E. Historic-Genealogical Society.); m. PRISCILLA GORHAM, July 1735 (Source: The Folger Family, Compiled by William Coleman Folger of Nantucket, a Corresponding Member of the N. E. Historic-Genealogical Society.).
22. SARAH5 GARDNER (JOSEPH4, RICHARD3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born October 23, 1672 (Source: Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.). She married JOSEPH PADDACK March 5, 1695/96.
Children of SARAH GARDNER and JOSEPH PADDACK are:
i. ALICE6 PADDACK, m. RICHARD MACY.
53. ii. MARGARET PADDACK, b. 1701; d. May 26, 1789.
23. HOPE MACY5 GARDNER (JOSEPH4, RICHARD3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born 1683 (Source: Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.), and died 1758. She married PETER "NOPE" COFFIN March 15, 1707/08, son of JOHN COFFIN and DEBORAH AUSTIN.
Child of HOPE GARDNER and PETER COFFIN is:
i. ROBERT6 COFFIN, m. JEMIMA GARDNER, November 17, 1744.
24. JUDITH5 WORTH (MIRIAM4 GARDNER, RICHARD3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born December 22, 1689 in Nantucket, Mass (Source: "Genealogy of the Macy Family from 1635-1868" compiled by Silvanus J. Macy, NY, Albany: Joel Munsell 1868), and died November 8, 1767 in Nantucket, Mass (Source: "Genealogy of the Macy Family from 1635-1868" compiled by Silvanus J. Macy, NY, Albany: Joel Munsell 1868). She married JOHN MACY April 25, 1707 in Nantucket, Mass (Source: "Genealogy of the Macy Family from 1635-1868" compiled by Silvanus J. Macy, NY, Albany: Joel Munsell 1868), son of JOHN MACY and DEBORAH GARDNER.
Notes for JOHN MACY:
source: "Genealogy of the Macy Family from 1635-1868" compiled by Silvanus J. Macy, NY, Albany: Joel Munsell 1868
Was a house carpenter, and there are probably several houses yet in existence on the island, some parts of which were made by him.
John Macy and his wife were the first of the Macy family who joined the religious society of Friends. the first Friends' meeting established on the island of nantucket was in 1708, and they became members in 1711. Many others of the family joined soon after.
Children of JUDITH WORTH and JOHN MACY are:
i. MIRIAM6 MACY, b. February 16, 1707/08 (Source: "Genealogy of the Macy Family from 1635-1868" compiled by Silvanus J. Macy, NY, Albany: Joel Munsell 1868).
ii. SILVANUS MACY, b. August 16, 1709 (Source: "Genealogy of the Macy Family from 1635-1868" compiled by Silvanus J. Macy, NY, Albany: Joel Munsell 1868).
iii. SETH MACY, b. August 22, 1710 (Source: "Genealogy of the Macy Family from 1635-1868" compiled by Silvanus J. Macy, NY, Albany: Joel Munsell 1868).
iv. ELIAB MACY, b. December 20, 1712 (Source: "Genealogy of the Macy Family from 1635-1868" compiled by Silvanus J. Macy, NY, Albany: Joel Munsell 1868).
v. DAVID MACY, b. September 12, 1714 (Source: "Genealogy of the Macy Family from 1635-1868" compiled by Silvanus J. Macy, NY, Albany: Joel Munsell 1868).
vi. ANNA MACY, b. December 17, 1716 (Source: "Genealogy of the Macy Family from 1635-1868" compiled by Silvanus J. Macy, NY, Albany: Joel Munsell 1868).
vii. BETHIAH MACY, b. January 16, 1718/19 (Source: "Genealogy of the Macy Family from 1635-1868" compiled by Silvanus J. Macy, NY, Albany: Joel Munsell 1868).
viii. JOHN MACY, b. December 11, 1721 (Source: "Genealogy of the Macy Family from 1635-1868" compiled by Silvanus J. Macy, NY, Albany: Joel Munsell 1868).
ix. JUDITH MACY, b. March 20, 1722/23 (Source: "Genealogy of the Macy Family from 1635-1868" compiled by Silvanus J. Macy, NY, Albany: Joel Munsell 1868).
54. x. JONATHAN MACY, b. April 8, 1725; d. June 17, 1798.
xi. WILLIAM MACY, b. January 23, 1726/27 (Source: "Genealogy of the Macy Family from 1635-1868" compiled by Silvanus J. Macy, NY, Albany: Joel Munsell 1868).
xii. SARAH MACY, b. June 26, 1729 (Source: "Genealogy of the Macy Family from 1635-1868" compiled by Silvanus J. Macy, NY, Albany: Joel Munsell 1868).
xiii. ABIGAIL MACY, b. May 26, 1731 (Source: "Genealogy of the Macy Family from 1635-1868" compiled by Silvanus J. Macy, NY, Albany: Joel Munsell 1868).
25. WILLIAM5 WORTH (MIRIAM4 GARDNER, RICHARD3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born November 27, 1694 (Source: Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.), and died October 16, 1780. He married MARY BUTLER October 24, 1718, daughter of THOMAS BUTLER and JEMIMA DAGGETT.
Children of WILLIAM WORTH and MARY BUTLER are:
55. i. DAMARIS6 WORTH, b. August 2, 1722; d. October 1, 1780.
ii. MATTHEW WORTH, m. SOPHIA FOLGER.
26. JOSEPH5 WORTH (MIRIAM4 GARDNER, RICHARD3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born 1696, and died July 14, 1790 (Source: "Early Settlers of Nantucket, Their Associates and Descendants," Compiled by Lydia S. Hinchman, Philadelphia, Ferris & Leach, 1901.). He married LYDIA GORHAM September 8, 1720 (Source: "Early Settlers of Nantucket, Their Associates and Descendants," Compiled by Lydia S. Hinchman, Philadelphia, Ferris & Leach, 1901.), daughter of SHUBAEL GORHAM and PUELLA HUSSEY.
Child of JOSEPH WORTH and LYDIA GORHAM is:
56. i. ANNA6 WORTH, b. May 23, 1721; d. October 31, 1795.
27. ELEAZER5 FOLGER, JR. (SARAH4 GARDNER, RICHARD3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born July 2, 1672 (Source: The Folger Family, Compiled by william Coleman Folger of Nantucket, a Corresponding Member of the N. E. Historic-Genealogical Society.), and died February 15, 1753 (Source: The Folger Family, Compiled by William Coleman Folger of Nantucket, a Corresponding Member of the N. E. Historic-Genealogical Society.). He married (1) BETHIAH GARDNER September 27, 1706 (Source: The Folger Family, Compiled by William Coleman Folger of Nantucket, a Corresponding Member of the N. E. Historic-Genealogical Society.), daughter of JOSEPH GARDNER and BETHIAH MACY. He married (2) MARY MARSHALL September 1717, daughter of JOSEPH MARSHALL.
Notes for ELEAZER FOLGER, JR.:
Source: The Folger Family, Compiled by William Coleman Folger of Nantucket, a Corresponding Member of the N. E. Historic-Genealogical Society.
Eleazer Folger, Jr., was a farmer, school teacher, 47 years register of probate. he died Feb. 25, 1753, in his 81st year. Mary his widow d. Dec. 11, 1765, in her 71st year. Their dwelling house still stands on the western border of the town.
Children of ELEAZER FOLGER and BETHIAH GARDNER are:
i. GIDEON6 FOLGER, b. ABT 1708.
ii. URIAN FOLGER, b. 1711 (Source: The Folger Family, Compiled by William Coleman Folger of Nantucket, a Corresponding Member of the N. E. Historic-Genealogical Society.); d. January 5, 1764 (Source: The Folger Family, Compiled by William Coleman Folger of Nantucket, a Corresponding Member of the N. E. Historic-Genealogical Society.); m. JEDIDAH STEWART.
iii. ELIPHAZ FOLGER, b. 1713 (Source: The Folger Family, Compiled by William Coleman Folger of Nantucket, a Corresponding Member of the N. E. Historic-Genealogical Society.); d. January 1, 1794 (Source: The Folger Family, Compiled by William Coleman Folger of Nantucket, a Corresponding Member of the N. E. Historic-Genealogical Society.); m. PRISCILLA GORHAM, July 1735 (Source: The Folger Family, Compiled by William Coleman Folger of Nantucket, a Corresponding Member of the N. E. Historic-Genealogical Society.).
Children of ELEAZER FOLGER and MARY MARSHALL are:
iv. CHARLES6 FOLGER, b. 1718 (Source: The Folger Family, Compiled by William Coleman Folger of Nantucket, a Corresponding Member of the N. E. Historic-Genealogical Society.); d. February 28, 1784 (Source: The Folger Family, Compiled by William Coleman Folger of Nantucket, a Corresponding Member of the N. E. Historic-Genealogical Society.).
v. DEBORAH FOLGER, b. 1720 (Source: The Folger Family, Compiled by William Coleman Folger of Nantucket, a Corresponding Member of the N. E. Historic-Genealogical Society.); d. December 10, 1758 (Source: The Folger Family, Compiled by William Coleman Folger of Nantucket, a Corresponding Member of the N. E. Historic-Genealogical Society.); m. BENJAMIN FROST.
vi. BETHIAH FOLGER, b. 1732 (Source: The Folger Family, Compiled by William Coleman Folger of Nantucket, a Corresponding Member of the N. E. Historic-Genealogical Society.); d. October 15, 1810 (Source: The Folger Family, Compiled by William Coleman Folger of Nantucket, a Corresponding Member of the N. E. Historic-Genealogical Society.); m. JAMES PINKHAM, September 1755 (Source: The Folger Family, Compiled by William Coleman Folger of Nantucket, a Corresponding Member of the N. E. Historic-Genealogical Society.).
vii. RUTH FOLGER, b. 1723 (Source: The Folger Family, Compiled by William Coleman Folger of Nantucket, a Corresponding Member of the N. E. Historic-Genealogical Society.); d. Young.
viii. FREDERICK FOLGER, b. 1725 (Source: The Folger Family, Compiled by William Coleman Folger of Nantucket, a Corresponding Member of the N. E. Historic-Genealogical Society.); d. July 27, 1790; m. MARY TROTT.
Notes for FREDERICK FOLGER:
Source: The Folger Family, Compiled by William Coleman Folger of Nantucket, a Corresponding Member of the N. E. Historic-Genealogical Society.
He was a schoolmaster register of probate, clerk of the courts, and justice of the peace. He was a good Latin scholar, and well versed in mathematics. He had 11 children of whom Frederick, b. Nov. 5, 1755, was a shipmaster, resided at Beltimore, MD., and m. Isabella Emmet of that place. During the revolution the son commanded a privateer and took many prizes, which was very disagreeable to his mother who was a Quakeress. After the revolution he was appointed American consul at aux Cayes, where he died.
ix. STEPHEN FOLGER, b. 1727 (Source: The Folger Family, Compiled by William Coleman Folger of Nantucket, a Corresponding Member of the N. E. Historic-Genealogical Society.); d. 1782, On board the prison ship at New York (Source: The Folger Family, Compiled by William Coleman Folger of Nantucket, a Corresponding Member of the N. E. Historic-Genealogical Society.); m. JANE COOK.
x. MARGARET FOLGER, b. December 2, 1729 (Source: The Folger Family, Compiled by William Coleman Folger of Nantucket, a Corresponding Member of the N. E. Historic-Genealogical Society.); d. February 2, 1822 (Source: The Folger Family, Compiled by William Coleman Folger of Nantucket, a Corresponding Member of the N. E. Historic-Genealogical Society.); m. JONATHAN SWAIN.
xi. SOPHIA FOLGER, b. August 21, 1731 (Source: The Folger Family, Compiled by William Coleman Folger of Nantucket, a Corresponding Member of the N. E. Historic-Genealogical Society.); d. January 31, 1789 (Source: The Folger Family, Compiled by William Coleman Folger of Nantucket, a Corresponding Member of the N. E. Historic-Genealogical Society.); m. MATTHEW WORTH.
xii. PELEG FOLGER, b. October 13, 1733 (Source: The Folger Family, Compiled by William Coleman Folger of Nantucket, a Corresponding Member of the N. E. Historic-Genealogical Society.); d. May 26, 1789.
Notes for PELEG FOLGER:
Source: The Folger Family, Compiled by William Coleman Folger of Nantucket, a Corresponding Member of the N. E. Historic-Genealogical Society.
He is said to have been a good classical scholar, was something of a poet, a seaman in hes early days, afterwards a farmer. he was chosen an elder among the Friends, and was a worthy man. Died single.
xiii. MARY FOLGER, b. January 1735/36 (Source: The Folger Family, Compiled by William Coleman Folger of Nantucket, a Corresponding Member of the N. E. Historic-Genealogical Society.); d. January 17, 1815 (Source: The Folger Family, Compiled by William Coleman Folger of Nantucket, a Corresponding Member of the N. E. Historic-Genealogical Society.); m. WILLIAM BLACK, December 1760 (Source: The Folger Family, Compiled by William Coleman Folger of Nantucket, a Corresponding Member of the N. E. Historic-Genealogical Society.).
28. PETER5 FOLGER (SARAH4 GARDNER, RICHARD3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born August 28, 1674 in Nantucket, Mass (Source: The Folger Family, Compiled by william Coleman Folger of Nantucket, a Corresponding Member of the N. E. Historic-Genealogical Society.), and died 1707 in Nantucket, Mass (Source: The Folger Family, Compiled by William Coleman Folger of Nantucket, a Corresponding Member of the N. E. Historic-Genealogical Society.). He married JUDITH COFFIN, daughter of STEPHEN COFFIN and MARY BUNKER.
Notes for PETER FOLGER:
Source: The Folger Family, Compiled by William Coleman Folger of Nantucket, a Corresponding Member of the N. E. Historic-Genealogical Society.
Peter Folger was register of probate, and died in 1707.
Children of PETER FOLGER and JUDITH COFFIN are:
i. KEZIA6 FOLGER, b. December 23, 1699 (Source: The Folger Family, Compiled by William Coleman Folger of Nantucket, a Corresponding Member of the N. E. Historic-Genealogical Society.); d. August 2, 1749 (Source: The Folger Family, Compiled by William Coleman Folger of Nantucket, a Corresponding Member of the N. E. Historic-Genealogical Society.); m. (1) JETHRO GARDNER; m. (2) PAUL STARBUCK.
ii. DANIEL FOLGER, b. November 13, 1701; d. 1744; m. ABIGAIL FOLGER, June 1721.
Notes for DANIEL FOLGER:
Source: The Folger Family, Compiled by William Coleman Folger of Nantucket, a Corresponding Member of the N. E. Historic-Genealogical Society.
He was lost in a vessel with his son Peter and one or two other persons, on Horse Shoe shoal, between Nantucket and the Vineyard, in a gale, in 1744; his age about 43 years.
iii. ANNA FOLGER, b. March 25, 1703 (Source: The Folger Family, Compiled by William Coleman Folger of Nantucket, a Corresponding Member of the N. E. Historic-Genealogical Society.); m. WILLIAM STARBUCK, December 9, 1720 (Source: "Our Family's Starbuck Ancestry" by George Edward Mcconnell & David Ross Mcconnell 1604/1963.).
iv. MARY FOLGER, b. June 10, 1705 (Source: The Folger Family, Compiled by William Coleman Folger of Nantucket, a Corresponding Member of the N. E. Historic-Genealogical Society.); d. December 3, 1763 (Source: The Folger Family, Compiled by William Coleman Folger of Nantucket, a Corresponding Member of the N. E. Historic-Genealogical Society.); m. (1) NATHANIEL GARDNER, April 1725 (Source: The Folger Family, Compiled by William Coleman Folger of Nantucket, a Corresponding Member of the N. E. Historic-Genealogical Society.); m. (2) NATHANIEL COLEMAN, July 1729 (Source: The Folger Family, Compiled by William Coleman Folger of Nantucket, a Corresponding Member of the N. E. Historic-Genealogical Society.).
29. SARAH5 FOLGER (SARAH4 GARDNER, RICHARD3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born ABT 1677, and died March 23, 1732/33 (Source: The Folger Family, Compiled by William Coleman Folger of Nantucket, a Corresponding Member of the N. E. Historic-Genealogical Society.). She married ANTHONY ODER May 6, 1702 (Source: The Folger Family, Compiled by william Coleman Folger of Nantucket, a Corresponding Member of the N. E. Historic-Genealogical Society.), son of NICHOLAS ODER.
Notes for ANTHONY ODER:
source: The Folger Family, Compiled by William Coleman Folger of Nantucket, a Corresponding Member of the N. E. Historic-Genealogical Society.
He was by trade a tailor.
Children of SARAH FOLGER and ANTHONY ODER are:
i. LOIS6 ODER, b. ABT 1701; d. May 11, 1755 (Source: The Folger Family, Compiled by William Coleman Folger of Nantucket, a Corresponding Member of the N. E. Historic-Genealogical Society.); m. CALEB STRATTON, October 1728 (Source: The Folger Family, Compiled by William Coleman Folger of Nantucket, a Corresponding Member of the N. E. Historic-Genealogical Society.).
ii. ELIZABETH ODER, b. September 16, 1703 (Source: The Folger Family, Compiled by William Coleman Folger of Nantucket, a Corresponding Member of the N. E. Historic-Genealogical Society.); d. April 22, 1784 (Source: The Folger Family, Compiled by William Coleman Folger of Nantucket, a Corresponding Member of the N. E. Historic-Genealogical Society.); m. JONATHAN MOOERS.
iii. HULDAH ODER, b. April 6, 1706 (Source: The Folger Family, Compiled by William Coleman Folger of Nantucket, a Corresponding Member of the N. E. Historic-Genealogical Society.); d. September 1740 (Source: The Folger Family, Compiled by William Coleman Folger of Nantucket, a Corresponding Member of the N. E. Historic-Genealogical Society.); m. SAMUEL RUSSELL, September 18, 1723 (Source: The Folger Family, Compiled by William Coleman Folger of Nantucket, a Corresponding Member of the N. E. Historic-Genealogical Society.).
iv. SARAH ODER, b. ABT 1709; d. January 1, 1740/41 (Source: The Folger Family, Compiled by William Coleman Folger of Nantucket, a Corresponding Member of the N. E. Historic-Genealogical Society.).
v. PHILIP ODER, b. April 1, 1713 (Source: The Folger Family, Compiled by William Coleman Folger of Nantucket, a Corresponding Member of the N. E. Historic-Genealogical Society.).
vi. PELATIAH ODER, b. ABT 1715.
30. NATHAN5 FOLGER (SARAH4 GARDNER, RICHARD3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born 1678 (Source: The Folger Family, Compiled by william Coleman Folger of Nantucket, a Corresponding Member of the N. E. Historic-Genealogical Society.), and died July 2, 1747 (Source: Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.). He married SARAH CHURCH December 29, 1699 (Source: The Folger Family, Compiled by william Coleman Folger of Nantucket, a Corresponding Member of the N. E. Historic-Genealogical Society.), daughter of JOHN CHURCH and ABIGAIL SEVERANCE.
Notes for SARAH CHURCH:
Family Chronicle May/June 1998 "The Surname Origin List" Pg 47
Church (British) "Dweller near a church."
Children of NATHAN FOLGER and SARAH CHURCH are:
57. i. ABISHA6 FOLGER, b. September 27, 1700; d. January 22, 1788.
ii. LEAH FOLGER, b. December 14, 1701; m. (1) SETH PADDOCK; m. (2) RICHARD GARDNER, May 26, 1724.
iii. ESTHER FOLGER, b. 1704.
iv. PETER FOLGER, b. 1708; d. 1762; m. CHRISTIAN SWAIN.
v. BARZILLA FOLGER, b. 1710; m. PHEBE COLEMAN.
58. vi. JUDITH FOLGER, b. 1712; d. 1764.
31. SOLOMON5 GARDNER (RICHARD4, RICHARD3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born July 1, 1680 in Nantucket, Mass (Source: Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass), and died June 17, 1760 in Nantucket, Mass (Source: The Coffin Family, Printed from NEHG Register, Vol. 24, April 1870). He married ANNA COFFIN in Nantucket, MA, daughter of STEPHEN COFFIN and MARY BUNKER.
Notes for ANNA COFFIN:
Joined the Society of Friends in 1720.
Children of SOLOMON GARDNER and ANNA COFFIN are:
59. i. REUBEN6 GARDNER, b. ABT 1705; d. November 18, 1784, Sherborn, Nantucket, MA.
60. ii. PAUL GARDNER, b. 1730; d. March 17, 1813.
iii. ELIZABETH GARDNER, b. 1705 (Source: "Swains of Nantucket, Tales and Trails" by Robert H Swain.); d. December 22, 1795 (Source: "Swains of Nantucket, Tales and Trails" by Robert H Swain.); m. RICHARD SWAIN, October 13, 1722 (Source: "Swains of Nantucket, Tales and Trails" by Robert H Swain.).
Notes for ELIZABETH GARDNER:
Joined the Society of Friends 1725.
61. iv. STEPHEN GARDNER, b. Nantucket, MA.
32. MIRIAM5 GARDNER (RICHARD4, RICHARD3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born July 14, 1685 (Source: Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.), and died September 14, 1750 (Source: Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.). She married SAMUEL COFFIN, son of JOHN COFFIN and DEBORAH AUSTIN.
Children of MIRIAM GARDNER and SAMUEL COFFIN are:
62. i. WILLIAM6 COFFIN, b. Nantucket, Mass; d. New Garden Gilford Co. North Carolina.
ii. PARNELL COFFIN, m. ROBERT COFFIN.
33. LYDIA5 GARDNER, 2 (RICHARD4, RICHARD3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) died April 18, 1788. She married JOHN COFFIN, son of JETHRO COFFIN and MARY GARDNER.
Child of LYDIA GARDNER and JOHN COFFIN is:
63. i. JOHN6 COFFIN, b. August 14, 1727, Nantucket, MA.
34. JOHN5 MACY (DEBORAH4 GARDNER, RICHARD3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born ABT 1675 in Nantucket, Mass (Source: "Genealogy of the Macy Family from 1635-1868"compiled by Silvanus J. Macy, NY, Albany: Joel Munsell 1868), and died November 28, 1751 in Nantucket, Mass (Source: "Genealogy of the Macy Family from 1635-1868" compiled by Silvanus J. Macy, NY, Albany: Joel Munsell 1868). He married JUDITH WORTH April 25, 1707 in Nantucket, Mass (Source: "Genealogy of the Macy Family from 1635-1868" compiled by Silvanus J. Macy, NY, Albany: Joel Munsell 1868), daughter of JOHN WORTH and MIRIAM GARDNER.
Notes for JOHN MACY:
source: "Genealogy of the Macy Family from 1635-1868" compiled by Silvanus J. Macy, NY, Albany: Joel Munsell 1868
Was a house carpenter, and there are probably several houses yet in existence on the island, some parts of which were made by him.
John Macy and his wife were the first of the Macy family who joined the religious society of Friends. the first Friends' meeting established on the island of nantucket was in 1708, and they became members in 1711. Many others of the family joined soon after.
Children of JOHN MACY and JUDITH WORTH are:
i. MIRIAM6 MACY, b. February 16, 1707/08 (Source: "Genealogy of the Macy Family from 1635-1868" compiled by Silvanus J. Macy, NY, Albany: Joel Munsell 1868).
ii. SILVANUS MACY, b. August 16, 1709 (Source: "Genealogy of the Macy Family from 1635-1868" compiled by Silvanus J. Macy, NY, Albany: Joel Munsell 1868).
iii. SETH MACY, b. August 22, 1710 (Source: "Genealogy of the Macy Family from 1635-1868" compiled by Silvanus J. Macy, NY, Albany: Joel Munsell 1868).
iv. ELIAB MACY, b. December 20, 1712 (Source: "Genealogy of the Macy Family from 1635-1868" compiled by Silvanus J. Macy, NY, Albany: Joel Munsell 1868).
v. DAVID MACY, b. September 12, 1714 (Source: "Genealogy of the Macy Family from 1635-1868" compiled by Silvanus J. Macy, NY, Albany: Joel Munsell 1868).
vi. ANNA MACY, b. December 17, 1716 (Source: "Genealogy of the Macy Family from 1635-1868" compiled by Silvanus J. Macy, NY, Albany: Joel Munsell 1868).
vii. BETHIAH MACY, b. January 16, 1718/19 (Source: "Genealogy of the Macy Family from 1635-1868" compiled by Silvanus J. Macy, NY, Albany: Joel Munsell 1868).
viii. JOHN MACY, b. December 11, 1721 (Source: "Genealogy of the Macy Family from 1635-1868" compiled by Silvanus J. Macy, NY, Albany: Joel Munsell 1868).
ix. JUDITH MACY, b. March 20, 1722/23 (Source: "Genealogy of the Macy Family from 1635-1868" compiled by Silvanus J. Macy, NY, Albany: Joel Munsell 1868).
54. x. JONATHAN MACY, b. April 8, 1725; d. June 17, 1798.
xi. WILLIAM MACY, b. January 23, 1726/27 (Source: "Genealogy of the Macy Family from 1635-1868" compiled by Silvanus J. Macy, NY, Albany: Joel Munsell 1868).
xii. SARAH MACY, b. June 26, 1729 (Source: "Genealogy of the Macy Family from 1635-1868" compiled by Silvanus J. Macy, NY, Albany: Joel Munsell 1868).
xiii. ABIGAIL MACY, b. May 26, 1731 (Source: "Genealogy of the Macy Family from 1635-1868" compiled by Silvanus J. Macy, NY, Albany: Joel Munsell 1868).
35. SARAH5 MACY (DEBORAH4 GARDNER, RICHARD3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born April 3, 1677 in Nantucket, Mass (Source: "Genealogy of the Macy Family from 1635-1868"compiled by Silvanus J. Macy, NY, Albany: Joel Munsell 1868), and died March 18, 1747/48 in Nantucket, Mass (Source: "Genealogy of the Macy Family from 1635-1868"compiled by Silvanus J. Macy, NY, Albany: Joel Munsell 1868). She married JOHN BARNARD, son of NATHANIEL BARNARD and MARY BARNARD.
Children of SARAH MACY and JOHN BARNARD are:
64. i. JEMIMA6 BARNARD, b. November 14, 1699; d. August 25, 1779.
ii. ROBERT BARNARD, b. November 14, 1702.
iii. MATTHEW BARNARD, b. September 7, 1705 (Source: "The History of Nantucket Co, Island and Town", by Alexander Starbuck, pub. Boston: C.E. Goodspeed & Co. 1924....); m. MARY TEBBETS, October 29, 1726 (Source: "The History of Nantucket Co, Island and Town", by Alexander Starbuck, pub. Boston: C.E. Goodspeed & Co. 1924....).
iv. SAMUEL BARNARD, b. July 3, 1707 (Source: "The History of Nantucket Co, Island and Town", by Alexander Starbuck, pub. Boston: C.E. Goodspeed & Co. 1924....).
v. HANNAH BARNARD, b. July 7, 1711 (Source: "The History of Nantucket Co, Island and Town", by Alexander Starbuck, pub. Boston: C.E. Goodspeed & Co. 1924....); d. 1784 (Source: "The History of Nantucket Co, Island and Town", by Alexander Starbuck, pub. Boston: C.E. Goodspeed & Co. 1924....).
36. DEBORAH5 MACY (DEBORAH4 GARDNER, RICHARD3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born March 3, 1678/79 in Nantucket, Mass (Source: "Genealogy of the Macy Family from 1635-1868"compiled by Silvanus J. Macy, NY, Albany: Joel Munsell 1868), and died August 16, 1742 in Nantucket, Mass (Source: "Genealogy of the Macy Family from 1635-1868"compiled by Silvanus J. Macy, NY, Albany: Joel Munsell 1868). She married DANIEL RUSSELL November 6, 1705 in Nantucket, Mass (Source: "Genealogy of the Macy Family from 1635-1868" compiled by Silvanus J. Macy, NY, Albany: Joel Munsell 1868).
Notes for DANIEL RUSSELL:
Source: "Genealogy of the Macy Family from 1635-1868" compiled by Silvanus J. Macy, NY, Albany: Joel Munsell 1868
"A Foreigner"
Child of DEBORAH MACY and DANIEL RUSSELL is:
i. JOHN6 RUSSELL, SR, d. October 16, 1789; m. RUTH STARBUCK, December 3, 1731.
37. BETHIA5 MACY (DEBORAH4 GARDNER, RICHARD3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born April 8, 1681 in Nantucket, Mass (Source: "Genealogy of the Macy Family from 1635-1868"compiled by Silvanus J. Macy, NY, Albany: Joel Munsell 1868), and died June 6, 1738 in Nantucket, Mass (Source: "Genealogy of the Macy Family from 1635-1868"compiled by Silvanus J. Macy, NY, Albany: Joel Munsell 1868). She married (1) JOHN RENOUGH. She married (2) JOSEPH COFFIN ABT 1704 in Nantucket MA, son of JAMES COFFIN and MARY SEVERANCE.
Child of BETHIA MACY and JOSEPH COFFIN is:
65. i. MIRIAM6 COFFIN, b. December 2, 1717, Nantucket, Mass.
38. JABEZ5 MACY (DEBORAH4 GARDNER, RICHARD3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born ABT 1683 in Nantucket, Mass (Source: "Genealogy of the Macy Family from 1635-1868"compiled by Silvanus J. Macy, NY, Albany: Joel Munsell 1868), and died August 7, 1776 in Nantucket, Mass (Source: "Genealogy of the Macy Family from 1635-1868"compiled by Silvanus J. Macy, NY, Albany: Joel Munsell 1868). He married SARAH STARBUCK November 27, 1712 (Source: "Our Family's Starbuck Ancestry" by George Edward Mcconnell & David Ross Mcconnell 1604/1963.), daughter of JETHRO STARBUCK and DORCAS GAYER.
Child of JABEZ MACY and SARAH STARBUCK is:
i. JABEZ6 MACY, JR, m. RACHEL CARTWRIGHT, January 1767 (Source: Barney Genealogical Record, a 1594-page holograph document in the possession of the Nantucket Historical Assoc., considered to be the most accurate of any genealogical records of Nantucket now available.).
39. THOMAS5 MACY (DEBORAH4 GARDNER, RICHARD3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born ABT 1687 in Nantucket, Mass (Source: The Coffin Family, Printed from NEHG Register, Vol. 24, April 1870), and died March 16, 1759 in Nantucket, Mass (Source: The Coffin Family, Printed from NEHG Register, Vol. 24, April 1870). He married DEBORAH COFFIN June 18, 1718, daughter of JOHN COFFIN and DEBORAH AUSTIN.
Children of THOMAS MACY and DEBORAH COFFIN are:
66. i. FRANCIS6 MACY, b. June 2, 1715; d. May 21, 1793.
67. ii. DEBORAH MACY, b. April 17, 1726; d. November 22, 1803.
iii. LOVE MACY, b. February 9, 1712/13 (Source: SOURCE: "Early Settlers of Nantucket, Their Associates and Descendants," Compiled by Lydia S. Hinchman, Philadelphia, Ferris & Leach, 1901); d. November 14, 1767; m. JOSEPH ROTCH, December 21, 1733 (Source: "Early Settlers of Nantucket, Their Associates and Descendants," Compiled by Lydia S. Hinchman, Philadelphia, Ferris & Leach, 1901.).
40. RICHARD5 MACY (DEBORAH4 GARDNER, RICHARD3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born September 22, 1689 in Nantucket, Mass (Source: "Genealogy of the Macy Family from 1635-1868"compiled by Silvanus J. Macy, NY, Albany: Joel Munsell 1868), and died December 25, 1779 in Nantucket, Mass (Source: "Genealogy of the Macy Family from 1635-1868"compiled by Silvanus J. Macy, NY, Albany: Joel Munsell 1868). He married (1) ALICE PADDACK, daughter of JOSEPH PADDACK and SARAH GARDNER. He married (2) DEBORAH PINKHAM September 8, 1711 (Source: Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.), daughter of RICHARD PINKHAM and MARY COFFIN.
Children of RICHARD MACY and DEBORAH PINKHAM are:
68. i. JUDITH6 MACY.
69. ii. ABRAHAM MACY, b. July 9, 1715; d. July 4, 1746.
iii. ZACCHEUS MACY, m. HEPZIBAH GARDNER, October 5, 1734 (Source: "Swains of Nantucket, Tales and Trails" by Robert H Swain.).
41. SAMUEL5 GARDNER (JAMES4, RICHARD3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born in Nantucket, Mass, and died October 28, 1757 (Source: Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.). He married (1) MARY SWETT, daughter of MOSES SWETT and MARY HUSSEY. He married (2) HEPZIBAH COFFIN September 4, 1707 (Source: "Swains of Nantucket, Tales and Trails" by Robert H Swain.), daughter of STEPHEN COFFIN and MARY BUNKER. He married (3) PATIENCE SWAIN December 27, 1710 (Source: "Swains of Nantucket, Tales and Trails" by Robert H Swain.), daughter of JOHN SWAIN and MARY WYER.
Children of SAMUEL GARDNER and PATIENCE SWAIN are:
i. MARY6 GARDNER, b. August 26, 1713; d. November 22, 1797; m. DAVID GARDNER, September 15, 1733.
ii. HEPZIBAH GARDNER, b. January 5, 1717/18 (Source: "Swains of Nantucket, Tales and Trails" by Robert H Swain.); d. June 7, 1775 (Source: "Swains of Nantucket, Tales and Trails" by Robert H Swain.); m. ZACCHEUS MACY, October 5, 1734 (Source: "Swains of Nantucket, Tales and Trails" by Robert H Swain.).
iii. HANNAH GARDNER, b. February 21, 1719/20 (Source: "Swains of Nantucket, Tales and Trails" by Robert H Swain.); d. November 15, 1788 (Source: "Swains of Nantucket, Tales and Trails" by Robert H Swain.); m. PAUL BUNKER, January 3, 1735/36 (Source: "Swains of Nantucket, Tales and Trails" by Robert H Swain.).
iv. JEMIMA GARDNER, b. ABT 1722 (Source: "Swains of Nantucket, Tales and Trails" by Robert H Swain.); d. March 10, 1792 (Source: "Swains of Nantucket, Tales and Trails" by Robert H Swain.); m. ROBERT COFFIN, November 17, 1744.
v. DANIEL GARDNER, b. November 17, 1727 (Source: "Swains of Nantucket, Tales and Trails" by Robert H Swain.); d. 1780 (Source: "Swains of Nantucket, Tales and Trails" by Robert H Swain.); m. PROVIDED ALLEN, January 17, 1746/47 (Source: "Swains of Nantucket, Tales and Trails" by Robert H Swain.).
42. ELIZABETH5 GARDNER (JAMES4, RICHARD3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) died July 22, 1763 (Source: SOURCE: "Early Settlers of Nantucket, Their Associates and Descendants," Compiled by Lydia S. Hinchman, Philadelphia, Ferris & Leach, 1901.). She married STEPHEN GORHAM December 25, 1703 (Source: "Early Settlers of Nantucket, Their Associates and Descendants," Compiled by Lydia S. Hinchman, Philadelphia, Ferris & Leach, 1901.), son of JOHN GORHAM and MARY OTIS.
Children of ELIZABETH GARDNER and STEPHEN GORHAM are:
70. i. SUSANNA6 GORHAM, b. October 8, 1705; d. July 13, 1777.
71. ii. LOIS GORHAM, b. November 5, 1727; d. March 10, 1804.
43. RICHARD5 COFFIN (HOPE4 GARDNER, RICHARD3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born June 12, 1694 in Nantucket MA (Source: Bunker Genealogy, The Charlestown, MA and Nantucket, MA. Branches and some unconnected Groups, by Edward C Morgan, Jr, Vol. 2 1961), and died March 4, 1768 in Nantucket MA (Source: The Coffin Family, Printed from NEHG Register, Vol. 24, April 1870). He married RUTH BUNKER November 20, 1718 in Nantucket MA (Source: Bunker Genealogy, The Charlestown, MA and Nantucket, MA. Branches and some unconnected Groups, by Edward C Morgan, Jr, Vol. 2 1961), daughter of JONATHAN BUNKER and ELIZABETH COFFIN.
Notes for RICHARD COFFIN:
See "The Coffin Family", Edited by Louis Coffin, Published by The Nantucket Historical Association 1962 Line C of James pg 187
The will of Richard Coffin of Sherborn, yoeman, dated 2/27/1768 and probated 4/1/1768 names wife Ruth,son Barnabus, sons Richard, Francis and Sylvanus; daughter Lydia Anthony, son-in-law James Anthony: daughters Judith Macy, Abigail Worth and Ruth Folger children of deceased daughter Phoebe Swain. Executors, the three sons.
Notes for RUTH BUNKER:
married - by George Bunker, Justice of the Peace
Children of RICHARD COFFIN and RUTH BUNKER are:
72. i. JUDITH6 COFFIN, b. September 2, 1719, Nantucket MA; d. May 15, 1799, Nantucket MA.
ii. CHRISTOPHER COFFIN, b. June 30, 1721, Nantucket, MA; d. 1756, at sea.
Notes for CHRISTOPHER COFFIN:
Lost at sea
iii. PHOEBE COFFIN, b. January 20, 1722/23, Nantucket, MA; d. April 9, 1754; m. TRISTRAM SWAIN, Nantucket, MA.
iv. DANIEL COFFIN, b. September 21, 1725, Nantucket, MA; d. September 9, 1745.
Notes for DANIEL COFFIN:
Was a sea captain who was killed by a whale.
v. BARNABAS COFFIN, b. October 11, 1727, Nantucket MA; d. May 28, 1777, Nantucket, MA; m. ABIGAIL FOLGER, March 1, 1749/50, Nantucket, MA.
Notes for BARNABAS COFFIN:
Administration on the estate of Barnabus Coffin, mariner, deceased, was granted 7 Apr 1786 to his widow Abigail. The inventory amounted to 108 lbs, 7d.
vi. ABIGAIL COFFIN, b. August 22, 1729, Nantucket, MA; d. October 25, 1795; m. (1) NATHANIEL WORTH; m. (2) SETH SWAIN, November 8, 1750, Nantucket, MA.
73. vii. RICHARD COFFIN, b. July 31, 1731, Nantucket MA; d. November 16, 1789.
74. viii. RUTH COFFIN, b. April 9, 1733; d. March 11, 1814.
ix. LYDIA COFFIN, b. September 22, 1735, Nantucket, MA; m. JAMES ANTHONY.
x. MARGARET COFFIN, b. August 25, 1738, Nantucket, MA; d. November 6, 1744, Nantucket, MA.
xi. FRANCIS COFFIN, b. March 11, 1743/44, Nantucket, MA; d. May 14, 1768, Nantucket, MA; m. ANNA HUSSEY, February 23, 1764, Dartmouth, MA.
Notes for FRANCIS COFFIN:
John Coffin, Esq. of Sherborn was granted administration on the estate of Francis Coffin, late of Sherborn, cooper, 13 Oct 1738. Richard Coffin was appointed guardian over the two minor sons, aged five years and one year nine months of Francis Coffin. Reubin Gardner, mariner was appointed guardian over the minor daughter of Francis Coffin on 16 Oct 1738.
Descendants of Francis Coffin can claim descent from a Mayflower passenger through his wife Theodate Gorham.
The will of Francis Coffin of Sherborn, mariner, 11th of 4th month called April 1763, probated June 3, 1768, named wife Anna Coffin; children to be brought up with a reasonable competancy of learning until capable of earning their own living; daughter Hepsibeth, wife ann and brother Richard to be executors.
xii. SYLVANUS COFFIN, b. March 21, 1744/45, Nantucket, MA; d. February 17, 1783, Woods Hole, MA; m. ELIZABETH HUSSEY, December 31, 1767, Nantucket, MA.
Notes for SYLVANUS COFFIN:
Was a sea captain who drowned at Wood's Hole MA.
44. FRANCIS5 COFFIN (HOPE4 GARDNER, RICHARD3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born September 13, 1706 in Nantucket MA (Source: The Coffin Family, Printed from NEHG Register, Vol. 24, April 1870), and died Bef. December 4, 1735 in NAntucket, MA. He married THEODATE GORHAM November 2, 1727 in NANtucket, MA, daughter of SHUBAEL GORHAM and PUELLA HUSSEY.
Children of FRANCIS COFFIN and THEODATE GORHAM are:
i. PELIG6 COFFIN, b. November 8, 1728.
ii. WILLIAM COFFIN, b. August 5, 1730.
iii. JUDITH COFFIN, b. August 13, 1732.
45. HANNAH5 GARDNER (NATHANIEL4, RICHARD3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born May 6, 1686 (Source: Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.), and died March 25, 1773 (Source: Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.). She married JABEZ BUNKER November 1736 in "Among Friends" (Source: Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.), son of WILLIAM BUNKER and MARY MACY.
Children of HANNAH GARDNER and JABEZ BUNKER are:
75. i. SAMUEL6 BUNKER, b. September 5, 1711; d. September 3, 1786.
ii. PAUL BUNKER, m. HANNAH GARDNER, January 3, 1735/36 (Source: "Swains of Nantucket, Tales and Trails" by Robert H Swain.).
46. NATHAN5 COFFIN (RUTH4 GARDNER, JOHN3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born September 13, 1696 in Nantucket, Mass (Source: (1) Bunker Genealogy, The Charlestown, MA and Nantucket, MA. Branches and some unconnected Groups, by Edward C Morgan, Jr, Vol. 2 1961, (2) Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.), and died December 24, 1768 (Source: (1) Bunker Genealogy, The Charlestown, MA and Nantucket, MA. Branches and some unconnected Groups, by Edward C Morgan, Jr, Vol. 2 1961, (2) Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.). He married LYDIA BUNKER March 5, 1716/17 in Nantucket, Mass (Source: Bunker Genealogy, The Charlestown, MA and Nantucket, MA. Branches and some unconnected Groups, by Edward C Morgan, Jr, Vol. 2 1961), daughter of JONATHAN BUNKER and ELIZABETH COFFIN.
Child of NATHAN COFFIN and LYDIA BUNKER is:
76. i. SIMEON6 COFFIN, b. July 11, 1730; d. March 26, 1816.
47. BENJAMIN5 COFFIN (RUTH4 GARDNER, JOHN3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born November 16, 1718 in Nantucket, Mass, and died December 28, 1793 in Nantucket, Mass. He married (1) REBECCA COFFIN in Nantucket, Mass, daughter of BARTLETT COFFIN and JUDITH BUNKER. He married (2) HANNAH BUNKER in Nantucket, Mass.
Children of BENJAMIN COFFIN and REBECCA COFFIN are:
77. i. ELISHA6 COFFIN, b. March 21, 1739/40, Nantucket, Mass; d. October 29, 1785, Savage Harbour P E I.
ii. REBECCA COFFIN, b. March 4, 1741/42, Nantucket, Mass; d. 1826.
iii. BENJAMIN COFFIN, b. September 8, 1744, Nantucket, Mass; d. August 3, 1812.
iv. LURANA COFFIN, b. April 12, 1746, Nantucket, Mass; d. December 5, 1821.
v. SUSANNA COFFIN, b. September 6, 1748, Nantucket, Mass; d. December 5, 1827.
vi. SETH COFFIN, b. June 25, 1753; d. January 16, 1830; m. LYDIA MYRICK.
vii. RUTH COFFIN, b. May 15, 1755, Nantucket, Mass.
viii. ELIAKIM COFFIN, b. April 29, 1761, Nantucket, Mass; d. ABT 1784, Lost at sea.
ix. BARTLETT COFFIN, b. June 14, 1756; d. February 7, 1793, Staten Island NY; m. (1) SARAH COFFIN; m. (2) JUDITH COFFIN, September 2, 1790.
Notes for JUDITH COFFIN:
Widow of Bartlett's brother Eliakim
48. ROBERT5 COFFIN (MARY4 GARDNER, JOHN3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born April 21, 1704 in Nantucket, Mass (Source: (1) The Coffin Family, Printed from NEHG Register, Vol. 24, April 1870, (2) Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.), and died August 8, 1757 (Source: Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.). He married (1) PARNELL COFFIN, daughter of SAMUEL COFFIN and MIRIAM GARDNER. He married (2) SUSANNA COFFIN August 30, 1728, daughter of JOHNATHON COFFIN and HEPSABETH HARKER.
Child of ROBERT COFFIN and SUSANNA COFFIN is:
78. i. SUSANNA6 COFFIN, b. September 7, 1731.
49. JOHN5 COFFIN (MARY4 GARDNER, JOHN3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born April 12, 1694 in Nantucket, Mass (Source: The Coffin Family, Printed from NEHG Register, Vol. 24, April 1870), and died 1768 (Source: The Coffin Family, Printed from NEHG Register, Vol. 24, April 1870). He married LYDIA GARDNER, 2, daughter of RICHARD GARDNER and MARY AUSTIN.
Child of JOHN COFFIN and LYDIA GARDNER is:
63. i. JOHN6 COFFIN, b. August 14, 1727, Nantucket, MA.
50. ABIGAIL5 COFFIN (MARY4 GARDNER, JOHN3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born February 12, 1700/01 in Nantucket, Mass (Source: (1) The Coffin Family, Printed from NEHG Register, Vol. 24, April 1870, (2) Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.), and died July 7, 1782 (Source: (1) The Coffin Family, Printed from NEHG Register, Vol. 24, April 1870, (2) Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.). She married (1) NATHANIAL WOODBURY. She married (2) ELIAKIM SWAIN, son of JOHN SWAIN and EXPERIENCE FOLGER.
Notes for ELIAKIM SWAIN:
Source: The Folger Family, Compiled by William Coleman Folger of Nantucket, a Corresponding Member of the N. E. Historic-Genealogical Society.
He was an enterprising man, a merchant.
Child of ABIGAIL COFFIN and ELIAKIM SWAIN is:
i. HANNAH6 SWAIN, b. June 6, 1743 (Source: "Swains of Nantucket, Tales and Trails" by Robert H Swain.); d. May 16, 1819 (Source: "Swains of Nantucket, Tales and Trails" by Robert H Swain.); m. DAVID SWAIN, December 20, 1761 (Source: "Swains of Nantucket, Tales and Trails" by Robert H Swain.).
51. RACHEL5 BROWN (RACHEL4 GARDNER, JOHN3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born December 16, 1687 (Source: Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.), and died July 24, 1741 (Source: Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.). She married JAMES CHASE October 2, 1707 (Source: Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.), son of ISAAC CHASE and MARY TILTON.
Child of RACHEL BROWN and JAMES CHASE is:
i. JEDIDAH6 CHASE, b. ABT 1723; d. 1762; m. ROBERT BARKER, February 16, 1743/44.
Notes for ROBERT BARKER:
Family Chronicle May/June 1998 "The Surname Origin List" Pg 4
Barker (British) [O] "a shepherd, tanner."
52. ABIAL5 BROWN (RACHEL4 GARDNER, JOHN3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) died 1722 in Portsmouth, RI. She married SYLVANUS HUSSEY, SR December 7, 1711 (Source: Source: "Early Settlers of Nantucket , Their Associates and Descendants", compiled by Lydia S Hinchman, Pub., Ferris & Leach, 1901..), son of STEPHEN HUSSEY and MARTHA BUNKER.
Notes for SYLVANUS HUSSEY, SR:
Had 4 children from first wife (Abial Brown), and 8 children from second wife (Hepzibeth Starbuck)
Child of ABIAL BROWN and SYLVANUS HUSSEY is:
i. RACHEL6 HUSSEY, d. November 9, 1796 (Source: Source: "Early Settlers of Nantucket , Their Associates and Descendants", compiled by Lydia S Hinchman, Pub., Ferris & Leach, 1901..); m. BARNABAS COLEMAN, September 8, 1733 (Source: Source: "Early Settlers of Nantucket , Their Associates and Descendants", compiled by Lydia S Hinchman, Pub., Ferris & Leach, 1901..).
Generation No. 6
53. MARGARET6 PADDACK (SARAH5 GARDNER, JOSEPH4, RICHARD3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) (Source: "Swains of Nantucket, Tales and Trails" by Robert H Swain.) was born 1701 (Source: "Swains of Nantucket, Tales and Trails" by Robert H Swain.), and died May 26, 1789 (Source: "Swains of Nantucket, Tales and Trails" by Robert H Swain.). She married CALEB SWAIN December 7, 1726 (Source: "Swains of Nantucket, Tales and Trails" by Robert H Swain.), son of JOSEPH SWAIN and MARY SIBLEY.
Notes for MARGARET PADDACK:
Source: "Swains of Nantucket, Tales and Trails" by Robert H Swain
Margaret Paddack, ancestors were from England. Her grandmother was Bethia Macy, daughter of Thomas Macy who came from Salisbury, Whiltshire, England. Although he was said to have been a baptist preacher, Thomas Macy settled in Nantucket because of his persecution for "entertaining Quakers" by allowing them shelter on one stormy night. This was noted when he and Richard Swain were brought to court at the same time in 1659. The Macy line also appears in the next generation of Swains when Bethia Macy married Nathaniel Swain in 1755.
Notes for CALEB SWAIN:
source: "Swains of Nantucket, Tales and Trails" by Robert H Swain
Lived and died on Nantucket
Child of MARGARET PADDACK and CALEB SWAIN is:
i. NATHANIEL7 SWAIN.
Notes for NATHANIEL SWAIN:
Source: "Swains of Nantucket, Tales and Trails" by Robert H Swain
Nathaniel Swain, son of Caleb and Margaret (Paddack) Swain, seems to have more members of the Society of Friends than some of the other Swains. In the records of Guilford Co., N.C. can be found many dates of births, marriages, deaths and indentures, but the majority of his descendants moved on to Indiana, Illinois, Ohio and other parts of the midwest. One of the these families stopped for a number of years in Jefferson Co., Tenn., before migrating on to the states cited above.
54. JONATHAN6 MACY (JOHN5, DEBORAH4 GARDNER, RICHARD3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born April 8, 1725 (Source: "Genealogy of the Macy Family from 1635-1868" compiled by Silvanus J. Macy, NY, Albany: Joel Munsell 1868), and died June 17, 1798. He married LOIS GORHAM July 1744 (Source: "Early Settlers of Nantucket, Their Associates and Descendants," Compiled by Lydia S. Hinchman, Philadelphia, Ferris & Leach, 1901.), daughter of STEPHEN GORHAM and ELIZABETH GARDNER.
Children of JONATHAN MACY and LOIS GORHAM are:
79. i. ELIZABETH7 MACY, b. April 18, 1745.
80. ii. JONATHAN MACY, b. January 15, 1749/50; d. June 18, 1816.
55. DAMARIS6 WORTH (WILLIAM5, MIRIAM4 GARDNER, RICHARD3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born August 2, 1722, and died October 1, 1780. She married EDWARD STARBUCK November 7, 1742, son of PAUL STARBUCK and ANN TIBBETTS.
Children of DAMARIS WORTH and EDWARD STARBUCK are:
81. i. MARY7 STARBUCK, b. August 18, 1756, Nantucket MA; d. March 30, 1839, Nantucket MA.
ii. PAUL STARBUCK, b. Bef. December 1748; m. MARY COFFIN.
iii. EDWARD STARBUCK, b. November 2, 1759; m. LYDIA MACY.
56. ANNA6 WORTH (JOSEPH5, MIRIAM4 GARDNER, RICHARD3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born May 23, 1721 (Source: "Early Settlers of Nantucket, Their Associates and Descendants," Compiled by Lydia S. Hinchman, Philadelphia, Ferris & Leach, 1901.), and died October 31, 1795 (Source: "Early Settlers of Nantucket, Their Associates and Descendants," Compiled by Lydia S. Hinchman, Philadelphia, Ferris & Leach, 1901.). She married ABRAHAM MACY April 8, 1738 (Source: "Early Settlers of Nantucket, Their Associates and Descendants," Compiled by Lydia S. Hinchman, Philadelphia, Ferris & Leach, 1901.), son of RICHARD MACY and DEBORAH PINKHAM.
Child of ANNA WORTH and ABRAHAM MACY is:
82. i. ABRAHAM7 MACY, b. August 7, 1739; d. June 30, 1820.
57. ABISHA6 FOLGER (NATHAN5, SARAH4 GARDNER, RICHARD3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born September 27, 1700, and died January 22, 1788 (Source: "Early Settlers of Nantucket, Their Associates and Descendants," Compiled by Lydia S. Hinchman, Philadelphia, Ferris & Leach, 1901..). He married (1) DINAH STARBUCK. He married (2) SARAH MAYHEW November 6, 1727, daughter of PAINE MAYHEW and MARY RANKIN.
Child of ABISHA FOLGER and DINAH STARBUCK is:
i. SARAH7 FOLGER, b. ABT 1725; d. 1833; m. (1) HEZEKIAH GARDNER; m. (2) ROBERT BARKER.
Notes for ROBERT BARKER:
Family Chronicle May/June 1998 "The Surname Origin List" Pg 4
Barker (British) [O] "a shepherd, tanner."
Child of ABISHA FOLGER and SARAH MAYHEW is:
83. ii. WILLIAM7 FOLGER.
58. JUDITH6 FOLGER (NATHAN5, SARAH4 GARDNER, RICHARD3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born 1712, and died 1764. She married THOMAS JENKINS.
Children of JUDITH FOLGER and THOMAS JENKINS are:
i. SARAH7 JENKINS, m. (1) BENJAMIN STARBUCK; m. (2) SAMUEL GARDNER.
ii. SETH JENKINS, b. ABT 1733.
iii. THOMAS JENKINS, b. ABT 1735.
59. REUBEN6 GARDNER (SOLOMON5, RICHARD4, RICHARD3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born ABT 1705, and died November 18, 1784 in Sherborn, Nantucket, MA. He married THEODATE GORHAM December 4, 1735 in NAntucket, MA, daughter of SHUBAEL GORHAM and PUELLA HUSSEY.
Children of REUBEN GARDNER and THEODATE GORHAM are:
i. REUBEN7 GARDNER, b. October 9, 1736.
ii. THADDEUS GARDNER, b. June 22, 1739.
iii. SHUBEL GARGNER, b. January 7, 1741/42.
84. iv. NAOMI GARDNER, b. October 29, 1746, Nantucket, Mass; d. November 15, 1827.
60. PAUL6 GARDNER (SOLOMON5, RICHARD4, RICHARD3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born 1730 (Source: SOURCE: "Early Settlers of Nantucket, Their Associates and Descendants," Compiled by Lydia S. Hinchman, Philadelphia, Ferris & Leach, 1901.), and died March 17, 1813 (Source: SOURCE: "Early Settlers of Nantucket, Their Associates and Descendants," Compiled by Lydia S. Hinchman, Philadelphia, Ferris & Leach, 1901.). He married RACHEL STARBUCK February 7, 1754 (Source: SOURCE: "Early Settlers of Nantucket, Their Associates and Descendants," Compiled by Lydia S. Hinchman, Philadelphia, Ferris & Leach, 1901.), daughter of THOMAS STARBUCK and RACHEL ALLEN.
Child of PAUL GARDNER and RACHEL STARBUCK is:
i. ZENAS7 GARDNER, b. February 11, 1769 (Source: SOURCE: "Early Settlers of Nantucket, Their Associates and Descendants," Compiled by Lydia S. Hinchman, Philadelphia, Ferris & Leach, 1901.); d. 1848 (Source: SOURCE: "Early Settlers of Nantucket, Their Associates and Descendants," Compiled by Lydia S. Hinchman, Philadelphia, Ferris & Leach, 1901.); m. SUSANNA HUSSEY, September 30, 1790 (Source: SOURCE: "Early Settlers of Nantucket, Their Associates and Descendants," Compiled by Lydia S. Hinchman, Philadelphia, Ferris & Leach, 1901.).
61. STEPHEN6 GARDNER (SOLOMON5, RICHARD4, RICHARD3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born in Nantucket, MA. He married JEMIMA WORTH.
Child of STEPHEN GARDNER and JEMIMA WORTH is:
85. i. WILLIAM7 GARDNER, b. 1743, Nantucket, MA.
62. WILLIAM6 COFFIN (MIRIAM5 GARDNER, RICHARD4, RICHARD3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born in Nantucket, Mass, and died in New Garden Gilford Co. North Carolina. He married PRISCILLA PADDACK November 8, 1740, daughter of NATHANIEL PADDOCK and ANN BUNKER.
Child of WILLIAM COFFIN and PRISCILLA PADDACK is:
86. i. BARNABAS7 COFFIN, b. 1751.
63. JOHN6 COFFIN (JOHN5, MARY4 GARDNER, JOHN3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born August 14, 1727 in Nantucket, MA (Source: Coffin Family Newsletter, Vol. XII, No. 4, Nov. 1996, Whole No. 48.). He married MARY DAVIS March 16, 1751/52 in Nantucket, MA (Source: Coffin Family Newsletter, Vol. XII, No. 4, Nov. 1996, Whole No. 48.), daughter of JOHN DAVIS and MARGARET COFFIN.
Notes for JOHN COFFIN:
Source: Coffin Family Newsletter, Vol. XII, No. 4, Nov. 1996, Whole No. 48
Christened in Nantucket, MA in the First Congregational Church on 7 Sep 1735.
John Coffin removed from nantucket to Barrington Nova Scotia, being one of the original grantees of the township. He was one of the first settlers in the area. About 1759-60 the British home government invited the colonials to move to Nova Scotia. In 1760 a committee representing 48 families, 35 from nantucket contacted the Council of nova Scotia regarding settling at Cape Sable, Barrington Township, in the province. The committee consisted of Reuben folger, Joseph Worth and Shubael Folger from Nantucket and Amos Knowles of Barnstable on Cape Cod. Of the 48 families who participated, only five had a wife or children, the rest consisted of only one person. In the spring of 1761 came a fleet of ships from nantucket and another fleet from Chatham. Among the nantucket group were John Coffin, Simeon coffin, Peleg Coffin and Elisha coffin with his wife and four children. We do not know whether John Coffin brought his wife Mary and four or five children (his second child Mary died young, probably before 1760.) but the next year son Tristram born 3 Jun 1762 was the first child born to this group of Americans in Nova Scotia.
"During the War several Nantucketers returned home, as noted, but John Coffin was still recorded as of the town of Barrington". One night John coffin and richard Pinkham, who were imprisoned aboard the whaleship "Alliance" captured early in the war, escaped by swimming ashore with their clothes tied in a bundle on their backs. They went down the coast and found safety at Barrington where John's aunt resided.
Children of JOHN COFFIN and MARY DAVIS are:
87. i. JOHN7 COFFIN, JR.
88. ii. PETER COFFIN, b. October 12, 1758, Nantucket, MA; d. 1824, Barrington, Nova Scotia.
64. JEMIMA6 BARNARD (SARAH5 MACY, DEBORAH4 GARDNER, RICHARD3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born November 14, 1699, and died August 25, 1779. She married ELISHA COLEMAN October 6, 1720, son of JOHN COLEMAN and PRISCILLA STARBUCK.
Child of JEMIMA BARNARD and ELISHA COLEMAN is:
89. i. MARY7 COLEMAN, b. July 25, 1733; d. May 10, 1798.
65. MIRIAM6 COFFIN (BETHIA5 MACY, DEBORAH4 GARDNER, RICHARD3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born December 2, 1717 in Nantucket, Mass. She married JOSEPH CHASE December 26, 1737 in Nantucket, Mass, son of ISAAC CHASE and MARY PEASE.
Notes for JOSEPH CHASE:
Source: Seven Generations of the Descendants of Aquila and Thomas Chase, by John Carroll Chase and George Walter Chamberlain, Derry, New Hampshire 1928
He was a mariner and lived in Nantucket.
Children of MIRIAM COFFIN and JOSEPH CHASE are:
90. i. FRANCIS7 CHASE, b. September 10, 1738, Nantucket, Mass; d. September 21, 1802, Nantucket, Mass.
ii. PAUL CHASE, b. August 2, 1741, Nantucket, Mass (Source: Seven Generations of the Descendants of Aquila and Thomas Chase, by John Carroll Chase and George Walter Chamberlain, Derry, New Hampshire 1928); d. December 3, 1756 (Source: Seven Generations of the Descendants of Aquila and Thomas Chase, by John Carroll Chase and George Walter Chamberlain, Derry, New Hampshire 1928).
66. FRANCIS6 MACY (THOMAS5, DEBORAH4 GARDNER, RICHARD3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born June 2, 1715, and died May 21, 1793. He married JUDITH COFFIN May 30, 1738 in Nantucket MA, daughter of RICHARD COFFIN and RUTH BUNKER.
Child of FRANCIS MACY and JUDITH COFFIN is:
91. i. LOVE7 MACY.
67. DEBORAH6 MACY (THOMAS5, DEBORAH4 GARDNER, RICHARD3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born April 17, 1726, and died November 22, 1803. She married BENJAMIN COFFIN April 29, 1762, son of NATHANIEL COFFIN and DAMARIS GAYER.
Child of DEBORAH MACY and BENJAMIN COFFIN is:
i. THOMAS7 COFFIN, b. September 5, 1766 (Source: Source: "Early Settlers of Nantucket , Their Associates and Descendants", compiled by Lydia S Hinchman, Pub., Ferris & Leach, 1901..); m. ANNA FOLGER, January 28, 1790 (Source: Source: "Early Settlers of Nantucket , Their Associates and Descendants", compiled by Lydia S Hinchman, Pub., Ferris & Leach, 1901..).
68. JUDITH6 MACY (RICHARD5, DEBORAH4 GARDNER, RICHARD3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1). She married JONATHAN BUNKER, son of PELEG BUNKER and SUSANNA COFFIN.
Child of JUDITH MACY and JONATHAN BUNKER is:
92. i. SUSANNAH7 BUNKER, b. 1742; d. 1829.
69. ABRAHAM6 MACY (RICHARD5, DEBORAH4 GARDNER, RICHARD3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born July 9, 1715 (Source: "Early Settlers of Nantucket, Their Associates and Descendants," Compiled by Lydia S. Hinchman, Philadelphia, Ferris & Leach, 1901.), and died July 4, 1746 (Source: "Early Settlers of Nantucket, Their Associates and Descendants," Compiled by Lydia S. Hinchman, Philadelphia, Ferris & Leach, 1901.). He married ANNA WORTH April 8, 1738 (Source: "Early Settlers of Nantucket, Their Associates and Descendants," Compiled by Lydia S. Hinchman, Philadelphia, Ferris & Leach, 1901.), daughter of JOSEPH WORTH and LYDIA GORHAM.
Child of ABRAHAM MACY and ANNA WORTH is:
82. i. ABRAHAM7 MACY, b. August 7, 1739; d. June 30, 1820.
70. SUSANNA6 GORHAM (ELIZABETH5 GARDNER, JAMES4, RICHARD3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born October 8, 1705 (Source: "Early Settlers of Nantucket, Their Associates and Descendants," Compiled by Lydia S. Hinchman, Philadelphia, Ferris & Leach, 1901..), and died July 13, 1777 (Source: SOURCE: "Early Settlers of Nantucket, Their Associates and Descendants," Compiled by Lydia S. Hinchman, Philadelphia, Ferris & Leach, 1901.). She married DANIEL PADDACK December 1, 1727 (Source: "Early Settlers of Nantucket, Their Associates and Descendants," Compiled by Lydia S. Hinchman, Philadelphia, Ferris & Leach, 1901..), son of NATHANIEL PADDOCK and ANN BUNKER.
Children of SUSANNA GORHAM and DANIEL PADDACK are:
93. i. DEBORAH7 PADDACK, b. January 30, 1738/39; d. December 12, 1815.
94. ii. LYDIA PADDACK, b. February 18, 1731/32.
71. LOIS6 GORHAM (ELIZABETH5 GARDNER, JAMES4, RICHARD3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born November 5, 1727 (Source: "Early Settlers of Nantucket, Their Associates and Descendants," Compiled by Lydia S. Hinchman, Philadelphia, Ferris & Leach, 1901.), and died March 10, 1804 (Source: "Early Settlers of Nantucket, Their Associates and Descendants," Compiled by Lydia S. Hinchman, Philadelphia, Ferris & Leach, 1901.). She married JONATHAN MACY July 1744 (Source: "Early Settlers of Nantucket, Their Associates and Descendants," Compiled by Lydia S. Hinchman, Philadelphia, Ferris & Leach, 1901.), son of JOHN MACY and JUDITH WORTH.
Children of LOIS GORHAM and JONATHAN MACY are:
79. i. ELIZABETH7 MACY, b. April 18, 1745.
80. ii. JONATHAN MACY, b. January 15, 1749/50; d. June 18, 1816.
72. JUDITH6 COFFIN (RICHARD5, HOPE4 GARDNER, RICHARD3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born September 2, 1719 in Nantucket MA, and died May 15, 1799 in Nantucket MA. She married FRANCIS MACY May 30, 1738 in Nantucket MA, son of THOMAS MACY and DEBORAH COFFIN.
Child of JUDITH COFFIN and FRANCIS MACY is:
91. i. LOVE7 MACY.
73. RICHARD6 COFFIN (RICHARD5, HOPE4 GARDNER, RICHARD3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born July 31, 1731 in Nantucket MA, and died November 16, 1789. He married MARY STARBUCK November 8, 1753 in Nantucket MA, daughter of PAUL STARBUCK and ANN TIBBETTS.
Notes for RICHARD COFFIN:
See "The Coffin Family", Edited by Louis Coffin, Published by The Nantucket Historical Association 1962 Line C of James pg 197
The Nantucket Probate Office has a paper dated 11/20/1782 in which Grafton Gardner Esq Judge of Probate empowers Josiah Barker to administrate the estate of Richard Coffin "late of Sherborn, who has resided for some years past in London and has left an estate on Nantucket to the value of 5 pounds".
Children of RICHARD COFFIN and MARY STARBUCK are:
i. PHOEBE7 COFFIN, b. July 9, 1754, Nantucket, MA; d. March 1, 1807, Nantucket, MA; m. JONATHAN COFFIN, ABT 1774, Nantucket MA.
ii. BARZILLAI COFFIN, b. September 8, 1756, Nantucket MA; d. July 1, 1777, Nantucket MA.
Notes for BARZILLAI COFFIN:
Died single
iii. CHRISTOPHER COFFIN, b. July 24, 1758, Nantucket, MA; d. November 1785; m. ABIGAIL COLEMAN.
iv. SARAH COFFIN, b. November 25, 1761, Nantucket MA; d. June 12, 1788, Nantucket MA; m. BARTLETT COFFIN.
v. LABAN COFFIN, b. November 15, 1764, Nantucket MA; d. 1814; m. (1) PHOEBE BUNKER; m. (2) ABIGAIL TOBEY.
Notes for LABAN COFFIN:
He was a sea captain. At the Western Island.
Notes for ABIGAIL TOBEY:
Of New Bedford
vi. LYDIA COFFIN, b. October 21, 1767, Nantucket MA; d. September 19, 1857; m. DANIEL BARNEY, December 1, 1785, Nantucket MA.
95. vii. CHARLES COFFIN, b. February 17, 1769, Nantucket Island MA; d. January 22, 1852.
74. RUTH6 COFFIN (RICHARD5, HOPE4 GARDNER, RICHARD3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born April 9, 1733, and died March 11, 1814. She married WILLIAM FOLGER December 7, 1749 in Nantucket, MA, son of ABISHA FOLGER and SARAH MAYHEW.
Children of RUTH COFFIN and WILLIAM FOLGER are:
i. ANNA7 FOLGER, b. March 25, 1771 (Source: Source: "Early Settlers of Nantucket , Their Associates and Descendants", compiled by Lydia S Hinchman, Pub., Ferris & Leach, 1901..); m. THOMAS COFFIN, January 28, 1790 (Source: Source: "Early Settlers of Nantucket , Their Associates and Descendants", compiled by Lydia S Hinchman, Pub., Ferris & Leach, 1901..).
96. ii. LYDIA FOLGER, b. April 20, 1759; d. April 28, 1842.
75. SAMUEL6 BUNKER (HANNAH5 GARDNER, NATHANIEL4, RICHARD3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born September 5, 1711 (Source: "Early Settlers of Nantucket, Their Associates and Descendants," Compiled by Lydia S. Hinchman, Philadelphia, Ferris & Leach, 1901.), and died September 3, 1786 (Source: "Early Settlers of Nantucket, Their Associates and Descendants," Compiled by Lydia S. Hinchman, Philadelphia, Ferris & Leach, 1901.). He married PRISCILLA COLEMAN November 7, 1732 (Source: "Early Settlers of Nantucket, Their Associates and Descendants," Compiled by Lydia S. Hinchman, Philadelphia, Ferris & Leach, 1901.), daughter of JOHN COLEMAN and PRISCILLA STARBUCK.
Child of SAMUEL BUNKER and PRISCILLA COLEMAN is:
97. i. PRISCILLA7 BUNKER, b. June 17, 1745; d. July 27, 1819.
76. SIMEON6 COFFIN (NATHAN5, RUTH4 GARDNER, JOHN3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born July 11, 1730, and died March 26, 1816. He married JEDIDAH FOLGER September 21, 1758, daughter of JOHN FOLGER and REBECCA BAKER.
Child of SIMEON COFFIN and JEDIDAH FOLGER is:
98. i. SIMEON7 COFFIN, b. April 8, 1760; d. December 20, 1839.
77. ELISHA6 COFFIN (BENJAMIN5, RUTH4 GARDNER, JOHN3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born March 21, 1739/40 in Nantucket, Mass, and died October 29, 1785 in Savage Harbour P E I. He married EUNICE MYRICK January 22, 1761.
Children of ELISHA COFFIN and EUNICE MYRICK are:
i. MARGARET7 COFFIN, b. Nantucket, Mass; m. JOHN MACEACHERN, ABT 1788.
99. ii. LATHAM COFFIN, b. October 7, 1761, Nantucket, Mass; d. February 5, 1845, Nantucket, Mass.
78. SUSANNA6 COFFIN (ROBERT5, MARY4 GARDNER, JOHN3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born September 7, 1731. She married JAMES WHIPPEY January 4, 1748/49.
Child of SUSANNA COFFIN and JAMES WHIPPEY is:
100. i. SAMUEL7 WHIPPEY.
Generation No. 7
79. ELIZABETH7 MACY (JONATHAN6, JOHN5, DEBORAH4 GARDNER, RICHARD3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born April 18, 1745 (Source: "Early Settlers of Nantucket, Their Associates and Descendants," Compiled by Lydia S. Hinchman, Philadelphia, Ferris & Leach, 1901.). She married ELIHU COLEMAN 1762 (Source: "Early Settlers of Nantucket, Their Associates and Descendants," Compiled by Lydia S. Hinchman, Philadelphia, Ferris & Leach, 1901.), son of JETHRO COLEMAN and LYDIA PADDACK.
Child of ELIZABETH MACY and ELIHU COLEMAN is:
101. i. ELIZABETH8 COLEMAN, d. April 18, 1856.
80. JONATHAN7 MACY (JONATHAN6, JOHN5, DEBORAH4 GARDNER, RICHARD3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born January 15, 1749/50 (Source: "Early Settlers of Nantucket, Their Associates and Descendants," Compiled by Lydia S. Hinchman, Philadelphia, Ferris & Leach, 1901.), and died June 18, 1816 (Source: "Early Settlers of Nantucket, Their Associates and Descendants," Compiled by Lydia S. Hinchman, Philadelphia, Ferris & Leach, 1901.). He married ROSE PINKHAM December 3, 1778 (Source: "Early Settlers of Nantucket, Their Associates and Descendants," Compiled by Lydia S. Hinchman, Philadelphia, Ferris & Leach, 1901.), daughter of REUBEN PINKHAM and ANN STARBUCK.
Child of JONATHAN MACY and ROSE PINKHAM is:
i. JOSIAH8 MACY, b. February 25, 1785 (Source: "Early Settlers of Nantucket, Their Associates and Descendants," Compiled by Lydia S. Hinchman, Philadelphia, Ferris & Leach, 1901..); m. LYDIA HUSSEY, February 6, 1805 (Source: "Early Settlers of Nantucket, Their Associates and Descendants," Compiled by Lydia S. Hinchman, Philadelphia, Ferris & Leach, 1901..).
81. MARY7 STARBUCK (DAMARIS6 WORTH, WILLIAM5, MIRIAM4 GARDNER, RICHARD3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born August 18, 1756 in Nantucket MA (Source: Nantucket, MA VR 2:506.), and died March 30, 1839 in Nantucket MA (Source: (1) Barney Genealogical Record, a 1594-page holograph document in the possession of the Nantucket Historical Assoc., considered to be the most accurate of any genealogical records of Nantucket now available. (1/1997), (2) Nantucket, MA VR 5:107.). She married JOHN CARTWRIGHT November 16, 1776 in Nantucket, MA (Source: (1) "History Nantucket County, Island & Town," Alexander Starbuck, Chas. Tuttle Co. Rutland VT 1969, p. 809, (2) Nantucket, MA VR 3:180, 4:399.), son of HAZADIAH CARTWRIGHT and ABIGAIL BROWN.
Notes for MARY STARBUCK:
Dates on family page are beleived to be more accurate
B. August 18, 1756: source History Nantucket Co. etc.
D. March 30, 1839: source Nantucket Vital Records 5:107
Notes for JOHN CARTWRIGHT:
Merchant & Shipmaster, general debility
Children of MARY STARBUCK and JOHN CARTWRIGHT are:
i. HEPSIBETH8 CARTWRIGHT, b. September 8, 1777, Nantucket, MA (Source: Barney Genealogical Record, a 1594-page holograph document in the possession of the Nantucket Historical Assoc., considered to be the most accurate of any genealogical records of Nantucket now available. (1/1997)); d. March 1831 (Source: Barney Genealogical Record, a 1594-page holograph document in the possession of the Nantucket Historical Assoc., considered to be the most accurate of any genealogical records of Nantucket now available. (1/1997)); m. MATTHEW JONES, October 26, 1801.
ii. JOHN CARTWRIGHT, b. June 12, 1779; d. November 1802, at sea in Barbadoes (Source: Barney Genealogical Record, a 1594-page holograph document in the possession of the Nantucket Historical Assoc., considered to be the most accurate of any genealogical records of Nantucket now available. (1/1997)).
iii. LYDIA CARTWRIGHT, b. September 25, 1783, Nantucket, MA (Source: Barney Genealogical Record, a 1594-page holograph document in the possession of the Nantucket Historical Assoc., considered to be the most accurate of any genealogical records of Nantucket now available. (1/1997)); d. February 7, 1827, Nantucket, MA; m. FREDERICK HUSSEY, April 1, 1803.
Notes for FREDERICK HUSSEY:
Frederick married sisters, Lydia and Sally
iv. SALLY CARTWRIGHT, b. March 23, 1786, Nantucket, MA (Source: Barney Genealogical Record, a 1594-page holograph document in the possession of the Nantucket Historical Assoc., considered to be the most accurate of any genealogical records of Nantucket now available. (1/1997)); d. January 5, 1874, Nantucket, MA; m. (1) SAMUEL GELSTON; m. (2) FREDERICK HUSSEY; m. (3) MATTHEW CLARK, September 6, 1807.
Notes for SALLY CARTWRIGHT:
Sally is the second wife of Frederick Hussey. He first married her sister Lydia.
Notes for FREDERICK HUSSEY:
Frederick married sisters, Lydia and Sally
v. ELIZA CARTWRIGHT, b. February 7, 1788, Nantucket, MA (Source: Barney Genealogical Record, a 1594-page holograph document in the possession of the Nantucket Historical Assoc., considered to be the most accurate of any genealogical records of Nantucket now available. (1/1997)); d. January 14, 1864, Nantucket, MA; m. THADDEUS COFFIN, JR, December 18, 1816.
102. vi. CHARLES W CARTWRIGHT, b. January 2, 1790, Nantucket MA; d. August 15, 1873, Nantucket, MA.
vii. GEORGE B CARTWRIGHT, b. December 11, 1791, Nantucket, MA (Source: Barney Genealogical Record, a 1594-page holograph document in the possession of the Nantucket Historical Assoc., considered to be the most accurate of any genealogical records of Nantucket now available. (1/1997)); d. June 5, 1862, Nantucket, MA (Source: Barney Genealogical Record, a 1594-page holograph document in the possession of the Nantucket Historical Assoc., considered to be the most accurate of any genealogical records of Nantucket now available. (1/1997)); m. ELIZABETH HUSSEY, August 19, 1815.
viii. EDWARD S CARTWRIGHT, b. October 7, 1794; d. November 1813, lost at sea (Source: Barney Genealogical Record, a 1594-page holograph document in the possession of the Nantucket Historical Assoc., considered to be the most accurate of any genealogical records of Nantucket now available. (1/1997)).
ix. ANN (NANCY) CARTWRIGHT, b. August 25, 1796, Nantucket, MA (Source: Barney Genealogical Record, a 1594-page holograph document in the possession of the Nantucket Historical Assoc., considered to be the most accurate of any genealogical records of Nantucket now available. (1/1997)); d. November 28, 1865, Boston, MA.
103. x. MARY CARTWRIGHT, b. November 6, 1797, Nantucket, MA; d. November 20, 1877, Nantucket, MA.
xi. EUNICE CARTWRIGHT, b. November 30, 1799, Nantucket, MA (Source: Barney Genealogical Record, a 1594-page holograph document in the possession of the Nantucket Historical Assoc., considered to be the most accurate of any genealogical records of Nantucket now available. (1/1997)); d. August 21, 1822, Nantucket, MA; m. PETER FOLGER EWER, November 2, 1820.
Notes for EUNICE CARTWRIGHT:
First wife of Peter F Ewer
Notes for PETER FOLGER EWER:
Peter married sisters, Eunice and Mary Cartwright
82. ABRAHAM7 MACY (ABRAHAM6, RICHARD5, DEBORAH4 GARDNER, RICHARD3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born August 7, 1739 (Source: "Early Settlers of Nantucket, Their Associates and Descendants," Compiled by Lydia S. Hinchman, Philadelphia, Ferris & Leach, 1901.), and died June 30, 1820 (Source: "Early Settlers of Nantucket, Their Associates and Descendants," Compiled by Lydia S. Hinchman, Philadelphia, Ferris & Leach, 1901.). He married PRISCILLA BUNKER December 3, 1761 (Source: "Early Settlers of Nantucket, Their Associates and Descendants," Compiled by Lydia S. Hinchman, Philadelphia, Ferris & Leach, 1901.), daughter of SAMUEL BUNKER and PRISCILLA COLEMAN.
Child of ABRAHAM MACY and PRISCILLA BUNKER is:
104. i. ABRAHAM8 MACY, b. December 25, 1779; d. August 29, 1844.
83. WILLIAM7 FOLGER (ABISHA6, NATHAN5, SARAH4 GARDNER, RICHARD3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1). He married RUTH COFFIN December 7, 1749 in Nantucket, MA, daughter of RICHARD COFFIN and RUTH BUNKER.
Children of WILLIAM FOLGER and RUTH COFFIN are:
i. ANNA8 FOLGER, b. March 25, 1771 (Source: Source: "Early Settlers of Nantucket , Their Associates and Descendants", compiled by Lydia S Hinchman, Pub., Ferris & Leach, 1901..); m. THOMAS COFFIN, January 28, 1790 (Source: Source: "Early Settlers of Nantucket , Their Associates and Descendants", compiled by Lydia S Hinchman, Pub., Ferris & Leach, 1901..).
ii. LYDIA FOLGER, b. April 20, 1759 (Source: "Early Settlers of Nantucket, Their Associates and Descendants," Compiled by Lydia S. Hinchman, Philadelphia, Ferris & Leach, 1901..); d. April 28, 1842 (Source: "Early Settlers of Nantucket, Their Associates and Descendants," Compiled by Lydia S. Hinchman, Philadelphia, Ferris & Leach, 1901..); m. ZACCHEUS HUSSEY.
84. NAOMI7 GARDNER (REUBEN6, SOLOMON5, RICHARD4, RICHARD3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born October 29, 1746 in Nantucket, Mass (Source: Seven Generations of the Descendants of Aquila and Thomas Chase, by John Carroll Chase and George Walter Chamberlain, Derry, New Hampshire 1928), and died November 15, 1827 (Source: Seven Generations of the Descendants of Aquila and Thomas Chase, by John Carroll Chase and George Walter Chamberlain, Derry, New Hampshire 1928). She married FRANCIS CHASE January 5, 1764, son of JOSEPH CHASE and MIRIAM COFFIN.
Children of NAOMI GARDNER and FRANCIS CHASE are:
105. i. MIRIAM8 CHASE, b. September 15, 1771, Nantucket MA; d. August 4, 1839, Nantucket MA.
ii. LYDIA CHASE, b. November 4, 1764 (Source: Seven Generations of the Descendants of Aquila and Thomas Chase, by John Carroll Chase and George Walter Chamberlain, Derry, New Hampshire 1928); m. GEORGE GORHAM HUSSEY, January 29, 1784 (Source: Seven Generations of the Descendants of Aquila and Thomas Chase, by John Carroll Chase and George Walter Chamberlain, Derry, New Hampshire 1928).
iii. ELIZABETH CHASE, b. May 22, 1766 (Source: Seven Generations of the Descendants of Aquila and Thomas Chase, by John Carroll Chase and George Walter Chamberlain, Derry, New Hampshire 1928); m. ASA GARDNER, March 9, 1784 (Source: Seven Generations of the Descendants of Aquila and Thomas Chase, by John Carroll Chase and George Walter Chamberlain, Derry, New Hampshire 1928).
iv. NAOMI CHASE, b. March 23, 1769 (Source: Seven Generations of the Descendants of Aquila and Thomas Chase, by John Carroll Chase and George Walter Chamberlain, Derry, New Hampshire 1928); m. SETH HUSSEY, January 1, 1795 (Source: Seven Generations of the Descendants of Aquila and Thomas Chase, by John Carroll Chase and George Walter Chamberlain, Derry, New Hampshire 1928).
85. WILLIAM7 GARDNER (STEPHEN6, SOLOMON5, RICHARD4, RICHARD3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born 1743 in Nantucket, MA. He married SUSANNA GARDNER.
Child of WILLIAM GARDNER and SUSANNA GARDNER is:
106. i. JAMES8 GARDNER, SR, b. May 4, 1776, Deep River, Guiford County, NC; d. March 11, 1825, Wayne Co., Ind.
86. BARNABAS7 COFFIN (WILLIAM6, MIRIAM5 GARDNER, RICHARD4, RICHARD3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born 1751. He married PHEBE MARSHALL.
Child of BARNABAS COFFIN and PHEBE MARSHALL is:
i. JOSEPH8 COFFIN, b. 1774; d. 1859; m. HANNAH BALLINGER.
87. JOHN7 COFFIN, JR (JOHN6, JOHN5, MARY4 GARDNER, JOHN3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1). He married ELIZABETH BOOTMAN.
Children of JOHN COFFIN and ELIZABETH BOOTMAN are:
i. JOSHIAH8 COFFIN.
ii. TRISTRAM COFFIN.
88. PETER7 COFFIN (JOHN6, JOHN5, MARY4 GARDNER, JOHN3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born October 12, 1758 in Nantucket, MA (Source: Coffin Family Newsletter, Vol. XIII, No. 4, Nov. 1997, Whole No. 52.), and died 1824 in Barrington, Nova Scotia (Source: Coffin Family Newsletter, Vol. XIII, No. 4, Nov. 1997, Whole No. 52.). He married ESTHER DOANE, daughter of THOMAS DOANE and LETITIA ELDRIDGE.
Notes for PETER COFFIN:
Coffin Family Newsletter, Vol. XIII, No. 4, Nov. 1997, Whole No. 52
Peter seemed to leave few public records. We do know that he carried on his father's business of building and operation fishing and other ships.
Peter and his wife Esther had nine children, all of whom grew to adulthood and married.
Child of PETER COFFIN and ESTHER DOANE is:
107. i. THOMAS8 COFFIN, b. June 17, 1787, Barrington, Shelburne Co., Nova Scotia.
89. MARY7 COLEMAN (JEMIMA6 BARNARD, SARAH5 MACY, DEBORAH4 GARDNER, RICHARD3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born July 25, 1733, and died May 10, 1798. She married SHUBAEL PINKHAM, son of SHUBAL PINKHAM and ABIGAIL BUNKER.
Child of MARY COLEMAN and SHUBAEL PINKHAM is:
108. i. MERAB8 PINKHAM, b. August 22, 1764; d. August 31, 1833.
90. FRANCIS7 CHASE (MIRIAM6 COFFIN, BETHIA5 MACY, DEBORAH4 GARDNER, RICHARD3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born September 10, 1738 in Nantucket, Mass (Source: Seven Generations of the Descendants of Aquila and Thomas Chase, by John Carroll Chase and George Walter Chamberlain, Derry, New Hampshire 1928), and died September 21, 1802 in Nantucket, Mass. He married NAOMI GARDNER January 5, 1764, daughter of REUBEN GARDNER and THEODATE GORHAM.
Children of FRANCIS CHASE and NAOMI GARDNER are:
105. i. MIRIAM8 CHASE, b. September 15, 1771, Nantucket MA; d. August 4, 1839, Nantucket MA.
ii. LYDIA CHASE, b. November 4, 1764 (Source: Seven Generations of the Descendants of Aquila and Thomas Chase, by John Carroll Chase and George Walter Chamberlain, Derry, New Hampshire 1928); m. GEORGE GORHAM HUSSEY, January 29, 1784 (Source: Seven Generations of the Descendants of Aquila and Thomas Chase, by John Carroll Chase and George Walter Chamberlain, Derry, New Hampshire 1928).
iii. ELIZABETH CHASE, b. May 22, 1766 (Source: Seven Generations of the Descendants of Aquila and Thomas Chase, by John Carroll Chase and George Walter Chamberlain, Derry, New Hampshire 1928); m. ASA GARDNER, March 9, 1784 (Source: Seven Generations of the Descendants of Aquila and Thomas Chase, by John Carroll Chase and George Walter Chamberlain, Derry, New Hampshire 1928).
iv. NAOMI CHASE, b. March 23, 1769 (Source: Seven Generations of the Descendants of Aquila and Thomas Chase, by John Carroll Chase and George Walter Chamberlain, Derry, New Hampshire 1928); m. SETH HUSSEY, January 1, 1795 (Source: Seven Generations of the Descendants of Aquila and Thomas Chase, by John Carroll Chase and George Walter Chamberlain, Derry, New Hampshire 1928).
91. LOVE7 MACY (FRANCIS6, THOMAS5, DEBORAH4 GARDNER, RICHARD3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1). She married JAMES CARTWRIGHT February 8, 1759 in Sherborn in Nantucket, son of HAZADIAH CARTWRIGHT and ABIGAIL BROWN.
Notes for JAMES CARTWRIGHT:
Barney Genealogical Record, a 1594-page holograph document in the possession of the Nantucket Historical Assoc., considered to be the most accurate of any genealogical records of Nantucket now available.
Proof of his marriages
Children of LOVE MACY and JAMES CARTWRIGHT are:
109. i. JOSEPH8 CARTWRIGHT, b. November 11, 1768; d. March 9, 1831.
ii. LOVE CARTWRIGHT, b. January 14, 1771; m. HENRY BARNARD, July 4, 1793.
iii. LYDIA CARTWRIGHT, b. January 10, 1762; d. February 11, 1833 (Source: Source: "Early Settlers of Nantucket , Their Associates and Descendants", compiled by Lydia S Hinchman, Pub., Ferris & Leach, 1901.); m. PELEG MITCHELL, December 30, 1779 (Source: Source: "Early Settlers of Nantucket , Their Associates and Descendants", compiled by Lydia S Hinchman, Pub., Ferris & Leach, 1901.).
110. iv. PHEBE CARTWRIGHT, b. November 17, 1763.
92. SUSANNAH7 BUNKER (JUDITH6 MACY, RICHARD5, DEBORAH4 GARDNER, RICHARD3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born 1742, and died 1829. She married PAUL COFFIN, son of ZEPHARIAH COFFIN and ABIGAIL COLEMAN.
Notes for PAUL COFFIN:
Moved family from Nantucket to Nine Partners, NY 1776
Children of SUSANNAH BUNKER and PAUL COFFIN are:
i. DEBORAH8 COFFIN.
ii. URIAL COFFIN.
iii. ELIPHALET COFFIN.
iv. LATHAM COFFIN.
v. LYDIA COFFIN.
vi. JUDITH COFFIN.
vii. ABIGAIL COFFIN.
viii. SUSANNAH COFFIN.
ix. PAUL COFFIN.
x. PELEG COFFIN.
93. DEBORAH7 PADDACK (SUSANNA6 GORHAM, ELIZABETH5 GARDNER, JAMES4, RICHARD3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born January 30, 1738/39 (Source: SOURCE: "Early Settlers of Nantucket, Their Associates and Descendants," Compiled by Lydia S. Hinchman, Philadelphia, Ferris & Leach, 1901.), and died December 12, 1815 (Source: SOURCE: "Early Settlers of Nantucket, Their Associates and Descendants," Compiled by Lydia S. Hinchman, Philadelphia, Ferris & Leach, 1901.). She married GEORGE HUSSEY February 3, 1757 (Source: SOURCE: "Early Settlers of Nantucket, Their Associates and Descendants," Compiled by Lydia S. Hinchman, Philadelphia, Ferris & Leach, 1901.), son of SYLVANUS HUSSEY and HEPZIBAH STARBUCK.
Child of DEBORAH PADDACK and GEORGE HUSSEY is:
i. SUSANNA8 HUSSEY, b. April 24, 1771 (Source: SOURCE: "Early Settlers of Nantucket, Their Associates and Descendants," Compiled by Lydia S. Hinchman, Philadelphia, Ferris & Leach, 1901.); d. February 7, 1842 (Source: SOURCE: "Early Settlers of Nantucket, Their Associates and Descendants," Compiled by Lydia S. Hinchman, Philadelphia, Ferris & Leach, 1901.); m. ZENAS GARDNER, September 30, 1790 (Source: SOURCE: "Early Settlers of Nantucket, Their Associates and Descendants," Compiled by Lydia S. Hinchman, Philadelphia, Ferris & Leach, 1901.).
94. LYDIA7 PADDACK (SUSANNA6 GORHAM, ELIZABETH5 GARDNER, JAMES4, RICHARD3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born February 18, 1731/32 (Source: "Early Settlers of Nantucket, Their Associates and Descendants," Compiled by Lydia S. Hinchman, Philadelphia, Ferris & Leach, 1901..). She married SHUBAEL BUNKER December 7, 1750 (Source: "Early Settlers of Nantucket, Their Associates and Descendants," Compiled by Lydia S. Hinchman, Philadelphia, Ferris & Leach, 1901..), son of ZACHARIAH BUNKER and DESIRE GORHAM.
Child of LYDIA PADDACK and SHUBAEL BUNKER is:
111. i. NATHAN8 BUNKER, b. November 8, 1768.
95. CHARLES7 COFFIN (RICHARD6, RICHARD5, HOPE4 GARDNER, RICHARD3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born February 17, 1769 in Nantucket Island MA, and died January 22, 1852. He married MIRIAM CHASE November 29, 1792 in Nantucket MA, daughter of FRANCIS CHASE and NAOMI GARDNER.
Notes for CHARLES COFFIN:
See "The Coffin Family", Edited by Louis Coffin, Published by The Nantucket Historical Association 1962 Line C of James pg 213
Children of CHARLES COFFIN and MIRIAM CHASE are:
i. CHARLES GORHAM8 COFFIN, b. September 7, 1793; d. December 26, 1871, New York; m. THEODOSA VAN ORDEN, Nova Scotia.
ii. GEORGE S COFFIN, b. November 10, 1795, Nantucket MA; d. January 22, 1796, Nantucket MA.
iii. SALLY G COFFIN, b. December 18, 1796, Nantucket, MA; m. (1) OLIVER CHADWICK, September 7, 1815, Nantucket, MA; m. (2) BENJAMIN SWAIN, March 7, 1866.
Notes for OLIVER CHADWICK:
Of Sandwich
has other marriage(s)
iv. GEORGE STARBUCK COFFIN, b. April 21, 1801, Nantucket MA; d. June 24, 1842, at sea; m. MARY FISHER, February 2, 1826, Edgartwon, Dukes, MA.
Notes for GEORGE STARBUCK COFFIN:
George died of fever while at sea.
Henry A. Coffin petitioned for letters fo administration on the estate of George S. Coffin of Edgartown, his widow Mary Coffin, joining. The bond was signed by Henry A. Coffin, Allen Coffin and Samuel Osborn; witnesses B. C. Marchant and Jared Coffin.
112. v. FRANCIS CHASE COFFIN, b. June 30, 1803, Nantucket MA; d. November 8, 1855, Africa.
vi. LYDIA COFFIN, b. November 7, 1805, Nantucket MA; m. BENJAMIN FULLER, March 23, 1832, New Bedford, MA.
Notes for BENJAMIN FULLER:
Of Westport
vii. SUSANNNA COFFIN, b. March 1, 1808, Nantucket, MA; d. November 11, 1879; m. HENRY SWAIN, November 11, 1838, Nantucket MA.
96. LYDIA7 FOLGER (WILLIAM6, ABISHA5, NATHAN4, SARAH3 GARDNER, RICHARD2, THOMAS1) was born April 20, 1759 (Source: "Early Settlers of Nantucket, Their Associates and Descendants," Compiled by Lydia S. Hinchman, Philadelphia, Ferris & Leach, 1901..), and died April 28, 1842 (Source: "Early Settlers of Nantucket, Their Associates and Descendants," Compiled by Lydia S. Hinchman, Philadelphia, Ferris & Leach, 1901..). She married ZACCHEUS HUSSEY, son of BATCHELDER HUSSEY and ANN COFFIN.
Child of LYDIA FOLGER and ZACCHEUS HUSSEY is:
i. LYDIA8 HUSSEY, b. November 6, 1786 (Source: "Early Settlers of Nantucket, Their Associates and Descendants," Compiled by Lydia S. Hinchman, Philadelphia, Ferris & Leach, 1901..); d. September 25, 1861 (Source: "Early Settlers of Nantucket, Their Associates and Descendants," Compiled by Lydia S. Hinchman, Philadelphia, Ferris & Leach, 1901..); m. JOSIAH MACY, February 6, 1805 (Source: "Early Settlers of Nantucket, Their Associates and Descendants," Compiled by Lydia S. Hinchman, Philadelphia, Ferris & Leach, 1901..).
97. PRISCILLA7 BUNKER (SAMUEL6, HANNAH5 GARDNER, NATHANIEL4, RICHARD3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born June 17, 1745 (Source: "Early Settlers of Nantucket, Their Associates and Descendants," Compiled by Lydia S. Hinchman, Philadelphia, Ferris & Leach, 1901.), and died July 27, 1819 (Source: "Early Settlers of Nantucket, Their Associates and Descendants," Compiled by Lydia S. Hinchman, Philadelphia, Ferris & Leach, 1901.). She married ABRAHAM MACY December 3, 1761 (Source: "Early Settlers of Nantucket, Their Associates and Descendants," Compiled by Lydia S. Hinchman, Philadelphia, Ferris & Leach, 1901.), son of ABRAHAM MACY and ANNA WORTH.
Child of PRISCILLA BUNKER and ABRAHAM MACY is:
104. i. ABRAHAM8 MACY, b. December 25, 1779; d. August 29, 1844.
98. SIMEON7 COFFIN (SIMEON6, NATHAN5, RUTH4 GARDNER, JOHN3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born April 8, 1760, and died December 20, 1839. He married MARY (POLLY) WHIPPEY November 20, 1784, daughter of SAMUEL WHIPPEY and PARMAL FITCH.
Child of SIMEON COFFIN and MARY WHIPPEY is:
113. i. SARAH (SALLY)8 COFFIN, b. August 4, 1791; d. October 15, 1867.
99. LATHAM7 COFFIN (ELISHA6, BENJAMIN5, RUTH4 GARDNER, JOHN3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born October 7, 1761 in Nantucket, Mass, and died February 5, 1845 in Nantucket, Mass. He married ELIZABETH COLEMAN March 1, 1787 in Nantucket MA.
Child of LATHAM COFFIN and ELIZABETH COLEMAN is:
114. i. JOB C8 COFFIN, b. January 5, 1789; d. April 14, 1875.
100. SAMUEL7 WHIPPEY (SUSANNA6 COFFIN, ROBERT5, MARY4 GARDNER, JOHN3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1). He married PARMAL FITCH June 13, 1763, daughter of BERIAH FITCH and DEBORAH GORHAM.
Child of SAMUEL WHIPPEY and PARMAL FITCH is:
115. i. MARY (POLLY)8 WHIPPEY, b. October 14, 1763; d. June 24, 1818.
Generation No. 8
101. ELIZABETH8 COLEMAN (ELIZABETH7 MACY, JONATHAN6, JOHN5, DEBORAH4 GARDNER, RICHARD3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) died April 18, 1856 (Source: "Early Settlers of Nantucket, Their Associates and Descendants," Compiled by Lydia S. Hinchman, Philadelphia, Ferris & Leach, 1901.). She married ABRAHAM MACY, son of ABRAHAM MACY and PRISCILLA BUNKER.
Child of ELIZABETH COLEMAN and ABRAHAM MACY is:
i. CATHARINE C9 MACY, b. February 4, 1808 (Source: "Early Settlers of Nantucket, Their Associates and Descendants," Compiled by Lydia S. Hinchman, Philadelphia, Ferris & Leach, 1901.); m. TOWNSEND POWELL, October 6, 1833, Ghent, NY (Source: "Early Settlers of Nantucket, Their Associates and Descendants," Compiled by Lydia S. Hinchman, Philadelphia, Ferris & Leach, 1901.).
102. CHARLES W8 CARTWRIGHT (MARY7 STARBUCK, DAMARIS6 WORTH, WILLIAM5, MIRIAM4 GARDNER, RICHARD3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born January 2, 1790 in Nantucket MA (Source: (1) Nantucket Vital Records 1:177, (2) Barney (Eliza Starbuck) Genealogical Record, a 1594-page holograph document in the possession of the Nantucket Historical Assoc., #222 & 223.), and died August 15, 1873 in Nantucket, MA (Source: Barney (Eilza Starbuck) Genealogical Record, a 1594-page holograph document in the possession of the Nantucket Historical Assoc., #222 & 223.). He married SUSAN HAYDEN October 10, 1811 in Nantucket MA (Source: Nantucket Vital Records 3:178, 4:33), daughter of ABISHAI HAYDEN and MERAB PINKHAM.
Notes for SUSAN HAYDEN:
Last name may have been spelled Haden
Children of CHARLES CARTWRIGHT and SUSAN HAYDEN are:
i. JOHN W.9 CARTWRIGHT, b. September 8, 1812, Roxbury, MA (Source: Nantucket Vital Records 1:179 &Barney Genealogical Record, a 1594-page holograph document in the possession of the Nantucket Historical Assoc., considered to be the most accurate of any genealogical records of Nantucket now available. (1/1997)); d. February 19, 1869, Nantucket, MA (Source: copy of Cert. of death Record #8.); m. ELLEN MARIA WELD, April 5, 1832, Nantucket, MA (Source: Nantucket Vital Records 3:180).
Notes for ELLEN MARIA WELD:
Nantucket VR 2:611 has birth date Aug. 21, 1814
Research done by Certified Geneoligist, David T. Robertson, Genealogical Consultant & Family History Researcher, Telephone (617)- 479-3095, E Mail [email protected], P.O. Box 309, Quincy Center, Massachusetts 02269-0309, on August 23, 1998
Ellen Maria Weld was not born in Nantucket. In the book Vital Records of Nantucket she is the only Weld birth listed and following the entry is the source note "p.r.38" meaning private record 38. This record was the genealogical research of William C. Folger which was placed in the possession of the Nantucket Historical Association. The authors of Nantucket VRs noted "This compilation has been used because of the valuable clues it affords, but its statements should be received with caution, as it is not free from errors. It should be understood that in many instances the events recorded did not take place in Nantucket….." In fact I find evidence to doubt that Ellen ever lived on Nantucket. Her husband's family, the Cartwrights, did originate on Nantucket. It is possible that John W. Cartwright, Sn. was born there, though his birth record comes from the same source as his wife's. I found that their son John W. Cartwright Jr. also married a Boston woman, (Nantucket VR 179). Their daughter Ann Eliza married James H. Richardson of Boston, (Nantucket VR 177). Their son John W. married Mary J. Johnson of Boston, (Nantucket VR 179). This suggest to me that they lived in Boston not Nantucket.
ii. CHARLES W CARTWRIGHT, b. September 8, 1814, Nantucket, MA (Source: Barney Genealogical Record, a 1594-page holograph document in the possession of the Nantucket Historical Assoc., considered to be the most accurate of any genealogical records of Nantucket now available. (1/1997)); d. August 10, 1830, Nantucket, MA.
iii. ELIZA H CARTWRIGHT, b. November 29, 1816, Nantucket, MA (Source: Barney Genealogical Record, a 1594-page holograph document in the possession of the Nantucket Historical Assoc., considered to be the most accurate of any genealogical records of Nantucket now available. (1/1997)); d. August 27, 1872, Nantucket, MA.
iv. SUSAN H CARTWRIGHT, b. April 10, 1819 (Source: Barney Genealogical Record, a 1594-page holograph document in the possession of the Nantucket Historical Assoc., considered to be the most accurate of any genealogical records of Nantucket now available. (1/1997)); m. JOHN G NEWELL, January 13, 1843.
v. EDWARD S CARTWRIGHT, b. March 30, 1821, Nantucket, MA (Source: Barney Genealogical Record, a 1594-page holograph document in the possession of the Nantucket Historical Assoc., considered to be the most accurate of any genealogical records of Nantucket now available. (1/1997)); m. (1) LOUISA WILLCOX; m. (2) LAURA WALLACE, November 30, 1842.
Notes for EDWARD S CARTWRIGHT:
Laura Wallace and Louisa Willcox maybe the same person
Notes for LOUISA WILLCOX:
Louisa Willcox and Laura Wallace maybe the same person.
Notes for LAURA WALLACE:
Louisa Willcox and Laura Wallace maybe the same person.
vi. GEORGE B CARTWRIGHT, b. October 30, 1822, Nantucket, MA (Source: Barney Genealogical Record, a 1594-page holograph document in the possession of the Nantucket Historical Assoc., considered to be the most accurate of any genealogical records of Nantucket now available. (1/1997)); m. SARAH (MNU) CARTWRIGHT.
vii. ANNA MARIA CARTWRIGHT, b. February 10, 1824, Nantucket, MA (Source: Barney Genealogical Record, a 1594-page holograph document in the possession of the Nantucket Historical Assoc., considered to be the most accurate of any genealogical records of Nantucket now available. (1/1997)); d. November 1, 1866, Nantucket, MA; m. LEONARD R SHELDON, Bef. 1850.
Notes for ANNA MARIA CARTWRIGHT:
Has twin brother Frederick H Cartwright
Notes for LEONARD R SHELDON:
Doctor
viii. FREDERICK H CARTWRIGHT, b. February 10, 1824, Nantucket, MA (Source: Barney Genealogical Record, a 1594-page holograph document in the possession of the Nantucket Historical Assoc., considered to be the most accurate of any genealogical records of Nantucket now available. (1/1997)); d. February 16, 1858, Nantucket, MA.
Notes for FREDERICK H CARTWRIGHT:
Frederick and Anna Maria are twins
103. MARY8 CARTWRIGHT (MARY7 STARBUCK, DAMARIS6 WORTH, WILLIAM5, MIRIAM4 GARDNER, RICHARD3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born November 6, 1797 in Nantucket, MA (Source: Barney Genealogical Record, a 1594-page holograph document in the possession of the Nantucket Historical Assoc., considered to be the most accurate of any genealogical records of Nantucket now available. (1/1997)), and died November 20, 1877 in Nantucket, MA. She married PETER FOLGER EWER May 19, 1825, son of SYLVANUS EWER and PEGGY FOLGER.
Notes for PETER FOLGER EWER:
Peter married sisters, Eunice and Mary Cartwright
Child of MARY CARTWRIGHT and PETER EWER is:
i. MARGARET F9 EWER, b. January 26, 1833; m. CHARLES EDWARD COFFIN.
104. ABRAHAM8 MACY (ABRAHAM7, ABRAHAM6, RICHARD5, DEBORAH4 GARDNER, RICHARD3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born December 25, 1779 (Source: "Early Settlers of Nantucket, Their Associates and Descendants," Compiled by Lydia S. Hinchman, Philadelphia, Ferris & Leach, 1901.), and died August 29, 1844 (Source: "Early Settlers of Nantucket, Their Associates and Descendants," Compiled by Lydia S. Hinchman, Philadelphia, Ferris & Leach, 1901.). He married ELIZABETH COLEMAN, daughter of ELIHU COLEMAN and ELIZABETH MACY.
Child of ABRAHAM MACY and ELIZABETH COLEMAN is:
i. CATHARINE C9 MACY, b. February 4, 1808 (Source: "Early Settlers of Nantucket, Their Associates and Descendants," Compiled by Lydia S. Hinchman, Philadelphia, Ferris & Leach, 1901.); m. TOWNSEND POWELL, October 6, 1833, Ghent, NY (Source: "Early Settlers of Nantucket, Their Associates and Descendants," Compiled by Lydia S. Hinchman, Philadelphia, Ferris & Leach, 1901.).
105. MIRIAM8 CHASE (FRANCIS7, MIRIAM6 COFFIN, BETHIA5 MACY, DEBORAH4 GARDNER, RICHARD3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born September 15, 1771 in Nantucket MA (Source: Seven Generations of the Descendants of Aquila and Thomas Chase, by John Carroll Chase and George Walter Chamberlain, Derry, New Hampshire 1928), and died August 4, 1839 in Nantucket MA. She married (1) TIMOTHY PARKER September 3, 1789 (Source: Seven Generations of the Descendants of Aquila and Thomas Chase, by John Carroll Chase and George Walter Chamberlain, Derry, New Hampshire 1928). She married (2) CHARLES COFFIN November 29, 1792 in Nantucket MA, son of RICHARD COFFIN and MARY STARBUCK.
Notes for CHARLES COFFIN:
See "The Coffin Family", Edited by Louis Coffin, Published by The Nantucket Historical Association 1962 Line C of James pg 213
Children of MIRIAM CHASE and CHARLES COFFIN are:
i. CHARLES GORHAM9 COFFIN, b. September 7, 1793; d. December 26, 1871, New York; m. THEODOSA VAN ORDEN, Nova Scotia.
ii. GEORGE S COFFIN, b. November 10, 1795, Nantucket MA; d. January 22, 1796, Nantucket MA.
iii. SALLY G COFFIN, b. December 18, 1796, Nantucket, MA; m. (1) OLIVER CHADWICK, September 7, 1815, Nantucket, MA; m. (2) BENJAMIN SWAIN, March 7, 1866.
Notes for OLIVER CHADWICK:
Of Sandwich
has other marriage(s)
iv. GEORGE STARBUCK COFFIN, b. April 21, 1801, Nantucket MA; d. June 24, 1842, at sea; m. MARY FISHER, February 2, 1826, Edgartwon, Dukes, MA.
Notes for GEORGE STARBUCK COFFIN:
George died of fever while at sea.
Henry A. Coffin petitioned for letters fo administration on the estate of George S. Coffin of Edgartown, his widow Mary Coffin, joining. The bond was signed by Henry A. Coffin, Allen Coffin and Samuel Osborn; witnesses B. C. Marchant and Jared Coffin.
v. FRANCIS CHASE COFFIN, b. June 30, 1803, Nantucket MA; d. November 8, 1855, Africa; m. EMELINE WYER, September 9, 1827, Nantucket MA (Source: Nantucket Wyers, compiled by James I Wyer, Jr., Albany, NY, 1911 ).
Notes for FRANCIS CHASE COFFIN:
Mariner
A son and a daughter also died young A sea captain at Africa.
Francis died in South America (Macy MSS), TCF has at Africa.
His wife Emeline (Wyer) Coffin died 12 Jun 1858. On 20 Jul 1858 Timothy W. Calder and Francis E. Coffin were appointed guardians of George William Coffin, a minor son of Francis C. And Eleline Coffin, both deceased.
Marriage date may have been Sept. 9, 1829
Marriage Notes for FRANCIS COFFIN and EMELINE WYER:
Also had a son and a daughter who died young.
vi. LYDIA COFFIN, b. November 7, 1805, Nantucket MA; m. BENJAMIN FULLER, March 23, 1832, New Bedford, MA.
Notes for BENJAMIN FULLER:
Of Westport
vii. SUSANNNA COFFIN, b. March 1, 1808, Nantucket, MA; d. November 11, 1879; m. HENRY SWAIN, November 11, 1838, Nantucket MA.
106. JAMES8 GARDNER, SR (WILLIAM7, STEPHEN6, SOLOMON5, RICHARD4, RICHARD3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born May 4, 1776 in Deep River, Guiford County, NC, and died March 11, 1825 in Wayne Co., Ind. He married ELIZABETH STARBUCK March 4, 1802 in Deep River, Guiford, NC.
Child of JAMES GARDNER and ELIZABETH STARBUCK is:
i. JOHN LUCIAN9 GARDNER I, b. 1805, Deep River, Guiford, NC; d. Indiana; m. MARGARET HARRIS, October 3, 1825.
107. THOMAS8 COFFIN (PETER7, JOHN6, JOHN5, MARY4 GARDNER, JOHN3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born June 17, 1787 in Barrington, Shelburne Co., Nova Scotia (Source: Coffin Family Newsletter, Vol. XIII, No. 4, Nov. 1997, Whole No. 52.). He married MARGARET "PEGGY" HOMER May 12, 1840 (Source: Coffin Family Newsletter, Vol. XIII, No. 4, Nov. 1997, Whole No. 52.), daughter of JOSEPH HOMER and MARY ATWOOD.
Notes for THOMAS COFFIN:
Source: Coffin Family Newsletter, Vol. XIII, No. 4, Nov. 1997, Whole No. 52
Thomas Coffin was active in the many family businesses of farming, shipbuilding, and merchandising. he trained all his sons to be proficient in all these trades. Thomas owned two wharves at Shelburne in addition to other property in and around Barrington.
Had 10 children
Children of THOMAS COFFIN and MARGARET HOMER are:
i. THOMAS H.9 COFFIN, b. February 27, 1816, "Coffincroft", near Barrington in Shelburne Co., Nova Scotia, Canada (Source: Coffin Family Newsletter, Vol. XIII, No. 4, Nov. 1997, Whole No. 52.); d. July 12, 1890 (Source: Coffin Family Newsletter, Vol. XIII, No. 4, Nov. 1997, Whole No. 52.); m. (1) SARAH C DOANE, May 12, 1840, Barrington, Nova Scotia, Wesleyan Methodist Church; m. (2) ADELINE COFFIN, December 31, 1870 (Source: Coffin Family Newsletter, Vol. XIII, No. 4, Nov. 1997, Whole No. 52.).
Notes for THOMAS H. COFFIN:
Coffin Family Newsletter, Vol. XIII, No. 4, Nov. 1997, Whole No. 52
Coffincroft is the homestead of the Coffin Family where Thomas was born.
In 1852 Capt Thomas and his older brother Capt. James, founded the firm of Thomas Coffin and Company at Port Clyde, in Shelburne County. They were later joined by their brother Capt. William Henry coffin. They purchased land and built a shipyard on the west bank of the clyde River near the village of clyde. They also acquired a large tract of forest land farther up the Clyde River for timber for the shipyard as well as for export. they also purchased the mill property of James Southerland and his son to cut their timber into boards and planks. The next year they started building ships.
Thomas' public service and political career started when he was about thirty-two years old. His business was doing well and he was from a well-established family and he felt that it was his duty to perform some public service. his formal education was limited but in 1849, at the age of 32 years, he was appointed commissioner of schools for the western district of Shelburne county. he served several terms here and as school commissioner for the barrington district. Then, without any legal training, he served on the court of probate for four years starting in 1861 and continuing through 1865.
His most important public role came in 1851 when he was elected to the Shelburne County House of Assembly. On 7 Nov 1873 Coffin became a member of Privy Council and was Receiver General of Canada fromt the date until 15 Oct 1878.
Thomas and Sarah had eight children from 1845 through 1865. Five years after the last child was born Sarah died at the age of 50 years. For five years the family lived without a mother. it is probable that daughter Emma Jane who was eighteen years old when her mother died, was the housekeeper, with the aid of her sister Jessie age fifteen.
Thomas married his second cousin, Adeline Coffin on New Year's Eve in 1870. They had seven children, making 15 in all.
ii. WILLIAM HENRY COFFIN.
iii. JAMES DOANE COFFIN, b. ABT 1814 (Source: Coffin Family Newsletter, Vol. XIII, No. 4, Nov. 1997, Whole No. 52.); d. 1885, Port Clyde (Source: Coffin Family Newsletter, Vol. XIII, No. 4, Nov. 1997, Whole No. 52.); m. (1) ABIGAIL SARGENT; m. (2) JANE BENNET; m. (3) MARY DOANE, 1840 (Source: Coffin Family Newsletter, Vol. XIII, No. 4, Nov. 1997, Whole No. 52.).
108. MERAB8 PINKHAM (MARY7 COLEMAN, JEMIMA6 BARNARD, SARAH5 MACY, DEBORAH4 GARDNER, RICHARD3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born August 22, 1764, and died August 31, 1833. She married ABISHAI HAYDEN May 3, 1783, son of PRINCE HAYDEN and REBECCA STUBBS.
Children of MERAB PINKHAM and ABISHAI HAYDEN are:
i. SUSAN9 HAYDEN, b. November 13, 1791, Nantucket MA (Source: Nantucket Vital Records 2:131 Barney Genealogical Record, a 1594-page holograph document in the possession of the Nantucket Historical Assoc., considered to be the most accurate of any genealogical records of Nantucket now available. (1/1997)); d. June 24, 1826, Boston, MA (Source: (1) Barney Genealogical Record, a 1594-page holograph document in the possession of the Nantucket Historical Assoc., considered to be the most accurate of any genealogical records of Nantucket now available. (1/1997), (2) Nantucket, MA VR 5:108.); m. CHARLES W CARTWRIGHT, October 10, 1811, Nantucket MA (Source: Nantucket Vital Records 3:178, 4:33).
Notes for SUSAN HAYDEN:
Last name may have been spelled Haden
ii. ELIZA HAYDEN, b. February 8, 1799; m. LEVI HASKELL.
109. JOSEPH8 CARTWRIGHT (LOVE7 MACY, FRANCIS6, THOMAS5, DEBORAH4 GARDNER, RICHARD3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born November 11, 1768, and died March 9, 1831. He married PRISCILLA BROWN April 5, 1794, daughter of JOSEPH BROWN and MARY ELLIS.
Notes for PRISCILLA BROWN:
Frozen to death
Children of JOSEPH CARTWRIGHT and PRISCILLA BROWN are:
i. JOSEPH9 CARTWRIGHT, b. October 15, 1800; d. October 16, 1827; m. EMELINE BARNARD, February 24, 1825.
ii. GEORGE C CARTWRIGHT, b. May 9, 1807; d. August 26, 1828; m. ELIZA BROWN, October 25, 1827.
iii. JAMES CARTWRIGHT, d. 1827.
110. PHEBE8 CARTWRIGHT (LOVE7 MACY, FRANCIS6, THOMAS5, DEBORAH4 GARDNER, RICHARD3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born November 17, 1763. She married DAVID STARBUCK, son of SILVANUS STARBUCK and MARY HOWES.
Child of PHEBE CARTWRIGHT and DAVID STARBUCK is:
i. EDWARD C9 STARBUCK, b. Bef. December 30, 1798; m. ELIZA HUSSEY.
111. NATHAN8 BUNKER (LYDIA7 PADDACK, SUSANNA6 GORHAM, ELIZABETH5 GARDNER, JAMES4, RICHARD3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born November 8, 1768 (Source: "Early Settlers of Nantucket, Their Associates and Descendants," Compiled by Lydia S. Hinchman, Philadelphia, Ferris & Leach, 1901..). He married HEPZIBETH PINKHAM.
Child of NATHAN BUNKER and HEPZIBETH PINKHAM is:
i. NATHAN9 BUNKER, m. ELIZABETH THORNE CLEMENT, 1812 (Source: "Early Settlers of Nantucket, Their Associates and Descendants," Compiled by Lydia S. Hinchman, Philadelphia, Ferris & Leach, 1901..).
112. FRANCIS CHASE8 COFFIN (CHARLES7, RICHARD6, RICHARD5, HOPE4 GARDNER, RICHARD3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born June 30, 1803 in Nantucket MA, and died November 8, 1855 in Africa. He married EMELINE WYER September 9, 1827 in Nantucket MA (Source: Nantucket Wyers, compiled by James I Wyer, Jr., Albany, NY, 1911 ), daughter of TIMOTHY WYER and SARAH COFFIN.
Notes for FRANCIS CHASE COFFIN:
Mariner
A son and a daughter also died young A sea captain at Africa.
Francis died in South America (Macy MSS), TCF has at Africa.
His wife Emeline (Wyer) Coffin died 12 Jun 1858. On 20 Jul 1858 Timothy W. Calder and Francis E. Coffin were appointed guardians of George William Coffin, a minor son of Francis C. And Eleline Coffin, both deceased.
Marriage date may have been Sept. 9, 1829
Marriage Notes for FRANCIS COFFIN and EMELINE WYER:
Also had a son and a daughter who died young.
Children of FRANCIS COFFIN and EMELINE WYER are:
i. FRANCIS EDWARD9 COFFIN, b. July 16, 1828, Nantucket, MA (Source: Barney Genealogical Record, a 1594-page holograph document in the possession of the Nantucket Historical Assoc., considered to be the most accurate of any genealogical records of Nantucket now available. (1/1997)); d. April 4, 1895, Nantucket, MA; m. EMILY C HAMBLIN, October 1, 1856.
ii. GEORGE WILLIAM COFFIN, b. December 22, 1845, Nantucket Island MA (Source: Nantucket Vital Records 1:276); d. June 15, 1899, Yokohama Japan Buried Oakhill Cem Georgetown (Source: Oak Hill Cem. Records.); m. MARY STARBUCK CARTWRIGHT, December 18, 1866, Nantucket MA (Source: (1) Barney Genealogical Record, a 1594-page holograph document in the possession of the Nantucket Historical Assoc., considered to be the most accurate of any genealogical records of Nantucket now available. (1/1997), (2) Copy of Cert of Marriage.).
Notes for GEORGE WILLIAM COFFIN:
On July 20,1858, Timothy W Calder and Francis E Coffin (his brother) were appointed guardians of a minor son of Francis C Coffin and Emeline Coffin both deceased.
He was appointed as an acting midshipman from MA. He rose steadily and was commissioned a Captain on September 27, 1893. In 1863, he was assigned to the Sloop Ticonderoga. He served in 1864/65 in both attacks on Fort Fisher, being wounded in the ground assault. In 1884 he commanded the Rtr. ALERT of the Greeley Relief Expidition under Schley. He retired in 1897 because of ill health.
The following is from a letter attached to George William Coffin's portrait, Perhaps his Obituary, Portrait currently owned by Langley Hoge Kenzie (1/1/94):
George William Coffin was born at Nantucket, MA Dec. 23, 1845, son of Francis C. and Emiline (Wyer) Coffin. Tristam Coffin, his first paternal American ancestor, was one of the first settlers of Nantucket. The descent from him and his wife Dionis Stevens being through James and Mary (Severance) Coffin: and Charles and Miriam (Parker) Coffin, the grandparents of George W.
Entering the U.S. Naval Academy in 1860 he was graduated and commissioned an ensign in 1863 and assigned to the steam sloop "Ticonderoga" of the North Atlantic blockading squadron in which he served until the end of the Civil War, participating in all actions in which that vessel took part. He was severely wounded in the land assault on Fort Fisher, North Carolina, but continued in command of his men until the Blue Jackets were withdrawn. For conspicuous bravery on this occasion he was especially commended in dispatches, and by a special act of congress was given a medal and the thanks of Congress and was advanced 30 numbers in grade. He was promoted to Master and Lieutenant in 1866, to Lieutenant Commander in 1868, to Commander in 1878, and to Captain in 1893.
After the Civil War he served on the "Shawmut" on the Brazilian Station 1866-67, on the "Franklin", Admiral Farrauut's flagship on the Mediterranean Station 1867-68, and at the U.S. Naval Academy 1868-69. In 1870 he was made Chief of Staff of the North American Fleet. He commanded several ships both on the east and west coasts and in foreign waters.
In 1884 he answered the request of the Navy Department to volunteer for the relief expedition under Admiral Winfield Scott Schley to go to the Arctic in search of Lieutenant Adolphus W. Greely and his party. He was placed in command of the "Alert", lent to the U.S. Government by Queen Victoria, one of the three vessels to make up the expedition. The exigencies of this command required him at one period to spend seventy-two hours in the crow's nest look-out and the leg which had sustained the wound during the Civil War became frost-bitten. This was a source of continued trouble to him and was a partial reason for his eventual retirement.
In 1886 he was again on duty in the Mediterranean and upon his return was made chief of the Lighthouse Division which was then under the Navy. Upon the death of his wife he requested a return to sea duty. In 1895 he took the cruiser "Charleston" to the Pacific, making official records of the waters of Manila Bay. These were filed with the Navy Department and given to Admiral Dewey and used by him (together with a personal letter from Captain Coffin who had been a classmate and close friend) in navigation at The Battle of Manila.
Due to ill health Captain Coffin was placed on the retired list in 1897, but on the outbreak of the Spanish-American War he applied, against advice, for active duty and was placed in charge of the 12th Lighthouse District.
Captain Coffin designed and patented a novel safety keel made of wood and steel for use on Navy and other vessels to protect them from damage in the event of running aground. It was first used on the Lighthouse Service Cutter "Columbine".
He was a companion of the California Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, and a member of the Army and Navy Club of Washington, D.C., Bohemian Club of San Francisco, and the Yokohama (Japan) Club, where he resided after his retirement from the Navy, and where his son-in-law, Medical Inspector Frank Anderson, U.S. Navy was in charge of the Naval Hospital.
Captain Coffin was a brave and efficient officer, devoted to the service of his country, able in the performance of duty and highly esteemed by his fellow officers and superiors. He was a man of cheerful good nature and deep felling, and had many warm friends.
He was married at Nantucket, Mass., December 18, 1866, to Mary Starbuck Cartwright, daughter of John Cartwright, of Boston, Mass., and had a daughter, Eleanor Calder Coffin, wife of Dr. Frank Anderson, U.S. Navy, and two grand-daughters, Dorthy Morgan and Eleanor Anderson.
He died at Yokohama, Japan, June 15, 1899. He requested that his ashes be placed beside his wife in Oak Hill Cemetery, Georgetown, D.C. instead of at Arlington National Cemetery, and this was done.
THIS IS AN ARTICAL FROM HARPER'S WEEKLY APRIL 19, 1884
THE GREELY RELIEF EXPEDITION
The third relief party, which proposes to attempt the rescue of Lieutenant A. W. Greely and followers, is now in readiness for departure at the Brooklyn Navy-yard. This is the most powerfully equipped expedition which has as yet been organized for exploration in the arctic regions. Commander W. S. Schley, in charge, has had the wealth of experience, failure, and disaster of the many previous expeditions on which to base a plan of extraordinary preparation. The crushed ships, the unknown, unmarked graves, the frozen dead, and the mourners of all nations are specters which rise to demand that every emergency shall be met. The inceptive theory held that for arctic exploration ships constructed especially for such service were necessary. Hence the purchase of two vessels built at Dundee, Scotland-the Bear, a sealing, and the Thetis, a whaling steamer, in addition to the steamer Alert presented by England. So nearly alike are these vessels that each approximates 210 feet in length over all, 30 feet in breadth, 19 feet in depth, and a tonnage of 490 tons. A slight dissimilarity in appearance is caused by the Bear having her machinery and smoke-stack well forward, and the Thetis hers well aft. When these steamers arrive their previous service was instanced in their oily, fishy odors, greasy wood-work, foul holds, and unpainted and begrimed appearance. A swarm of laborers relieved the dreary evidences of rough usage. The Construction Department of the navy formulated plans to thoroughly overhaul the hulls, strengthen the strong parts, and make strong the weak ones. The Engineer Department undertook an examination of every bolt and part of the machinery and running gear. The Ordnance and Storage departments looked after the magazines and stores.
It will be remembered that the Jeannette was crushed in the ice like a mere egg-shell. To prevent such a possibility the present vessels received extra hold beams braced diagonally with seventeen sets of braces. These braces run from the hold beams diagonally down to the turned bulge on either side of the vessel. The forward holds have been divided by collision or watertight bulk-heads. Forward of these, under the berth-decks, are ponderous beams. By the means of eleven sets of hooks and two of pointers, running from the berth deck beams to the throat-lines and keelsons, the force of the ice received forward is transmitted to the berth-deck beams themselves. The stems and forward dead-woods have an enormous thickness of six and a half feet of timber. The hold and main-deck beams are supported from the top of the keelsons by hold and between-deck stanchions of oak. Thus the force of the ice received on the bottoms is transmitted clear to the decks. Besides this, the bottoms have eight inches of planking, one foot of floor timber, seventeen inches of keelson, and ten inches of keel, making the great total thickness of four feet lacking one inch. The vessels are double-planked with green heart six feet above and six feet below water. These arrangements are regarded as proof presumptive that there is no possibility of crushing by ice. Yet it will seem that the vessels are not strengthened aft, particularly where the magazines and medical stores are placed in the bulk-heads, and where an ice-floe is as liable to operate as elsewhere.
These vessels have an approximate light draught of ten feet, and a low draught of seventeen feet, allowing five feet free board. Their light displacement is 850 tons, low displacement 1560 tons, and a displacement available for cargo of about 700 tons each.
The living arrangements for officers and crews are in innovation on standard methods. The cabins were torn out. State-rooms were reserved only for captains and ice pilots. There is a single room for the officers on either vessel, surrounded by berths. By this means there is and economy of fuel, and better heating for all. For the crews is a house on each vessel's deck, extending forty-one feet back from the forecastle, with room for thirty seamen in each. The houses are water-tight, and protected from the weather by two thicknesses of sheeting, with a thick layer of felt between. The bulk-heads are divided into magazine and medical storage compartments. The former contain in each 2000 pounds of blasting powder, 1000 pounds of gun-cotton, thirty rifles and sporting pieces, a harpoon gun for walrus and other large game, and necessary ammunition.
The experience of arctic expeditions has been that to the ordinary foods of the sailor is largely due to disease of scurvy, discontent, and melancholy. A remarkable feature of the present expedition is its immense stores of foods of every possible variety, delicacy, and nutritive value. From a volume indexing one hundred and seventy-five tons of food a few samples may be mentioned in pounds: 101,920 of bread in tins; 25,480 of barley, oatmeal, Samp, and split pease; 7280 of rice; 3640 each of corn meal and buck-wheat; 911 each of vermicelli and macaroni; 450 each of cornstarch, tapioca, and farina; 228 of arrowroot; 600 of baking powder; 3640 each of sugar cakes and French compressed vegetables; 14,560 of fried potatoes; 36,700 of salt pork; 21,480 of bacon; 1840 each of sauces, pig jowl, hoc, etc.; 29,120 of salt beef; 911 of smoked beef; 3640 of beef tongue smoked; 14,520 each of raw and cooked hams and canned beef; 95,000 of canned stuffs; 7280 of canned mutton; 1820 each of fried oysters, raw oysters, mackerel, and salmon; 911 each of sardines and Liebig's extracts; 545 each of cabbage and sour-krout; 457 of Bologna sausage; 1820 of soup stuff; 3640 of half-pickled onions; 600 of sauces; 112 of garlic; 7280 of tomatoes; 1820 of plum-pudding; 1400 of prepared pumpkin; 3600 of mince-meat; 1800 each of apple-butter, raisins, butter, compressed tea, chocolate, nuts, etc.; 5000 each of cheese and lard; 300 each of mustard and spice; 400 of olive oil; 1300 of dried herbs; 100 of flavoring extracts; 4200 of lime juice; 30,000 of pemmican; 1820 gallons of beans; 911 gallons each of green pease, Lima beans, and corn; and hundreds of other items. It is urged as a further excuse for this extraordinary array of eatables that the Esquimaux use no money, and much of this food will be bartered for information, services, etc.
In the matter of clothing the preparations have been as elaborate as in foods. Indeed, it would seem impossible for one to walk under the burdens imposed. There are five hundred pairs of seal skin boots for sledging parties. These are made of skins of the hair seal, extend to the knee, are lined with wool, and have leather soles. They are also provided with in-soles. The hose is very long and heavy, extending above the knee, of red color. The under-wear is of extra heavy flannel, the wrappers being double and long. There are Jerseys of the heaviest quality. There are hoods of wool with capes, which have but small openings for the face. Accompanying these are wool mittens and wristlets. This is but the beginning of the costume. Next come oogjood-skin jackets to be cut and fitted as needed. There are sou'westers, or oil-skin suits, for damp weather; wool mufflers; heavy-grain leather boots; arctic overshoes reaching to the knee; rubber sandals with bottoms on them like a rubber door mat. In addition is all the regular line of clothing, from a pea-jacket down, that is worn by the sailor. Fifteen hundred rein-deer skin were converted into trousers, jackets, and hoods. There are blanket in-soles of three thicknesses of blanket and one of canvas; foot-nips of felt, made like a stocking , and reaching about to the ankle. All of the clothing is securely packed in bales, covered with enameled cloth, and having the seams covered with white lead.
One trouble heretofore has been with eyes. There are cases of freezing, and of blinding by the reflection of the sun on the ice and snow. To obviate this, goggles of every description are provided, with wire screens and eye shields.
Each vessel is provided with numerous small boats. On the starboard side is a steam ironclad launch, strongly built. There are two iceboats, which may be sailed on ice or in water, or drawn by hand or by dogs as sledges. Each ship has four whale-boats, for escape or other purpose. They are fitted with sails and oars, and have stanchions for the weather side to protect the occupants from the water. There are small sledges to be drawn by hand, and larger ones to be drawn by dogs, with which the expedition will be thoroughly provided. The dogs and Esquimaux interpreters will be shipped at Newfoundland.
The engines were thoroughly overhauled. They have 300 horse-power each, a speed of nine knots, and a capacity for ten tons of coal per day. There are powerful steam-pumps and ejectors to relieve the holds in case of leak. The improved distilling apparatus is fitted in such a way that no circulation of water is required, but cold air will act in its place. By means of these machines a plentiful supply of fresh-water will be secured.
The Brooklyn Navy-yard has sent forth and equipped the expeditions of Grinnell (the first American expedition after Franklin), Kane, the Polaris, the Tigress, and others. None of these had anything like the equipment of the Greely relief expedition number three. It is only to be regretted that Lieutenant Greely was not so well prepared, that he might to-day be quietly resting on the honors won in the arctic regius.
Was a Sea Captain. (Capt. USN) Thanks of Congress for conspicuous bravery. Severely wounded in assault on Ft. Fisher. Commanded ALERT in 1884 Expedition to Rescue Greely in Arctic.
THIS ARTICAL IS FROM THE COFFIN FAMILY NEWSLETTER, DATED NOVEMBER 1994
Address: c/o David P Coffin, 8907 Mohawk La Bethesda MD 20817
"GEORGE WILLIAM COFFIN"
Captain, U.S. Navy
In St. Peter's Chapel on Mare Island Naval Shipyard a Vallejo, California is a Tiffany window dedicated to George W. Coffin, who had a variable and notable career from his graduation from the Naval Academy in 1863 until his retirement due to ill health in 1897, two years prior to his death in 1899 at Yokohama Japan.
In addition to serving his country on land and sea as a naval officer, Captain Coffin designed and patented a novel safety keel made of wood and steel for use on Navy and other vessels to protect them from damage in the event of running aground. This keel was first used on the Lighthouse Service Cutter COLUMBINE.
George William Coffin was appointed from Massachusetts to the U. S. Naval Academy 20 Sep 1860 and was graduated and commissioned an ensign on 1 Oct 1863. He was assigned to the steam sloop TICONDEROGA of the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron in which he served until the end of the Civil War. He participated in both assaults on Fort Fisher North Carolina and was severely wounded by a minieball in the right leg during the land assault on Fort Fisher. He continued in command of his men until the unit was withdrawn from the action. George W. Coffin was highly commended for conspicuous bravery and was advanced 30 numbers in grade by a special act of Congress.
Coffin was promoted to Master and Lieutenant 25 Jul 1866 and assigned to the steamer SHAWMUT of the Brazil Squadron. In 1867 he was assigned to the steam frigate FRANKLIN, Admiral Farragut's flagship on the Mediterranean Station of the European Squadron. Lieutenant George Coffin was promoted to Lieutenant Commander 12 Mar 1868 and assigned to the U. S. Naval Academy.
In 1870 Lt. Commander Coffin was Chief of Staff of the North Atlantic Fleet. He served in this capacity until 1871 when he was assigned to command the gunnery ship CONSTELLATION. In 1873 he was assigned to the Naval Academy where he served through 1874. He commanded the PLYMOUTH on the North Atlantic Station in 1875, the HARTFORD, flagship of the North Atlantic Station in 1875-6, the HASSLER of the Coast Survey 1876-8. George was promoted to Commander in 1878 and he served as Light House Inspector in 1881-4.
"In 1884 he answered the request of the Navy Department to volunteer for the relief expedition under Admiral Winfield Scott Schley to go to the Arctic in search of Lieutenant Adolphus W. Greely and his party. He was placed in command of the ALBERT lent to the United States Government by Queen Victoria, one of the three vessels to make up the expedition. The exigencies of this command required him at one period to spend 72 hours in the crow's nest look-out and the leg which had sustained the wound during the Civil War became frostbitten. This was a source of continued trouble to him and was a partial reason for his eventual retirement."
This was the third relief party sent by the Government to rescue the American Arctic explorer and his party of 25 who had been sent to establish a series of Polar stations in the Arctic regions. They had reached 83 degrees 24 minutes, the farthest north anyone had reached at that time and discovered land north of Greenland. By the time they were rescued by the third relief party of Captain Schley they had crossed Grinnell Land to the Polar Sea, suffering the utmost privations until starvation had reduced their number to seven, Greely being one.
In 1886 and 1887 he was again on duty in the Mediterranean Squadron commanding the steamer QUINNEBAUG. He was again a Light House inspector in 1898-9 and was Secretary of the Light House Board from 1889 to Nov 1892. Commander Coffin was on leave of absence from 1892 until 1894.
After his wife died in 1893 he requested a return to sea duty.
"In 1895 he took the cruiser CHARLESTON to the Pacific making official records of the waters of Manila Bay. These were filed with the Navy Department and given to Admiral Dewey and used by him (together with a personal letter from Captain Coffin who had been a classmate and close friend) in navigation at the Battle of Manila."
Captain Coffin was placed on the retired list in 1897 due to ill health, but on the outbreak of the Spanish American War he applied, against advice, for active duty and was placed in charge of the 12th Light House District.
George William Coffin, son of Francis Chase and Emeline (Wyer) Coffin, was born at Nantucket MA 23 December 1845 and died 15 June 1899 at Yokohama Japan where he had been living near his daughter and her husband, Naval Inspector Frank Anderson who was at the time in charge of the Naval hospital there. At his request his ashes were placed beside his wife in Oak Hill Cemetery at Georgetown, DC rather than in Arlington National Cemetery.
At the age of 10 years George's father died in South America and at 13 his mother died. On 20 Jul 1858 his older brother, Francis E. Coffin and Timothy W. Calder were appointed guardians of George William Coffin, minor child of Francis C. and Emeline Coffin, both deceased.
He married 18 Dec 1866 at Nantucket to Mary Starbuck Cartwright, daughter of John W. and Ellen Maria (Weld) Cartwright of Boston. They had a daughter Eleanor Calder Coffin born 30 Oct 1868 and a son George born 24 Jun 1869. Eleanor married 17 Jun 1886 Frank Anderson. We have no record of his son George after the birth recorded in the Nantucket town records. Eleanora was baptized at the Nantucket Episcopal Church 10 Jul 1870 and George, who would be a year old, was not. So it appears that George was deceased in his first year.
The following information was obtained from THE RECORDS OF LIVING OFFICERS OF THE U.S. NAVY AND MARINE CORPS, Fifth Edition, revised, with Numerous Additions. It was published in Philadelphia: L.R. Hamersly & Co. in 1894, and was sent to me (Mrs. Sue Lemmon) from the Naval History Center, Washington, D.C.
George W. Coffin.--- Born in Massachusetts. Appointed from Massachusetts, September 20, 1860; Naval Academy, 1860-3. Promoted to Ensign, October 1, 1863; steam-sloop "Ticonderoga," North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1864-5; both attacks on Fort Fisher; wounded by a Minie'ball in right leg at land assault on Fort Fisher; steamer "Shawmut," Brazil Squadron, 1866. Commissioned as Lieutenant, July 25, 1866; steam-frigate "Franklin," European Squadron, 1867-8. Commissioned as Lieutenant Commander, March 12, 1868; Naval Academy, 1868-9; Chief-of-Staff, S.S. of North Atlantic Fleet, 1870-1; "Constellation" (gunnery-ship), 1871-2; Naval Academy, 1873-4; "Plymouth," North Atlantic Station, 1875; "Hartford." Flag-ship, North Atlantic Station, 1875-6; Coast Survey (commanding "Hassler"), 1876-8. Promoted to Commander, November, 1878; Light-House Inspector, 1881-4; ordnance duty, Navy Yard, New York, 1884-6; commanding steamer "Alert," Greely Relief Expedition, 1884; commanding steamer "Quinnebaug," Mediterranean Squadron, 1886-7; Light-house Inspector, 1888-9; Secretary Light-House Board, 1889, to November 1892; leave of absence, November. 1892, to
Source: "The National Cyclopedia" Vol. XXIX, by James T. White & Co 1941
COFFIN, George William, naval officer, was born at Nantucket, Mass., Dec. 23, 1845, son of Francis C. and Emeline (Wyer) Coffin. Tristram Coffin (q.v.), his first paternal American ancestor, was one of the first settlers of Nantucket Island, the descent from him and his wife Dionis Stevens being through James and Mary (Severance) Coffin; John and Hope (Gardner) Coffin; Richard and Ruth (Bunker) Coffin; Richard and Mary (Starbuck) Coffin, and Charles and Miriam (Parker) Coffin, the grandparents of George W. Coffin. Entering the U.S. naval academy in 1860, he was graduated and commissioned an ensign in 1863 and assigned to the steam sloop "Ticonderoga" of the North Atlantic blockading squadron, in which he served until the end of the Civil war, participating in all actions in which that vessel took part. He was severely wounded in the land assault on Ft. Fischer, N. C., but continued in command of his men until the blue jackets were withdrawn. For conspicuous bravery on this occasion he was especially commended in dispatches and by a special act of congress was given the thanks of congress and advanced thirty numbers in grade. He was promoted to master and lieutenant in 1866, to lieutenant commander in 1868, to commander in 1878 and to captain in 1893. After the Civil war he served in the "Shawmut" on the Brazilian station, 1867-68, and at the U.S. naval academy 1868-69. In 1870-71 he was chief of staff of the North Atlantic fleet. He commanded several ships of the navy in home and foreign waters and in 1884 was in command of the "Alert", a vessel lent to the U.S. government by Queen Victoria of England, which he took to the Arctic as one of the ships of the Greely relief expedition under Com. Winfield Scott Schley (q.v.). Because of ill health he was placed on the retired list in 1897 but on the outbreak of the Spanish-American war he applied for active duty and was placed in charge of the 12th lighthouse district. Coffin designed and patented a novel safety keel make of wood and steel for the use on navy and other vessels to protect them from damage in the event of grounding. It was first used on the lighthouse service cutter "Columbine". He was a companion of the California commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States and a member of the Army and Navy Club of Washington, D.C., Bohemian Club of San Francisco and the Yokohama (Japan) Club, where he resided after his retirement from the navy. He was a brave and efficient officer, devoted to the service of his country, able in the performance of duty and highly esteemed by his superiors and fellow officers. He was married at Nantucket, Mass., Dec. 18, 1866, to Mary Starbuck, daughter of John Cartwright, of Boston, Mass., and they had a daughter, Eleanor Calder Coffin, wife of Dr. Frank Anderson, U.S. navy. He died in Yokohama, Japan, June 15, 1899.date. Promoted Captain, 1893.
Notes for MARY STARBUCK CARTWRIGHT:
Supposedly had only one child.
Vital Records has b 10/1/1849
Cemetary records has 9/30/1847
Marriage Notes for GEORGE COFFIN and MARY CARTWRIGHT:
Apparently only one child
113. SARAH (SALLY)8 COFFIN (SIMEON7, SIMEON6, NATHAN5, RUTH4 GARDNER, JOHN3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born August 4, 1791, and died October 15, 1867. She married TIMOTHY WYER May 19, 1807 (Source: Nantucket Wyers, compiled by James I Wyer, Jr., Albany, NY, 1911), son of JOHN WYER and HEPSABETH SWAIN.
Children of SARAH COFFIN and TIMOTHY WYER are:
i. EMELINE9 WYER, b. March 26, 1808, Nantucket MA; d. June 12, 1858, Nantucket MA (Source: Nantucket Wyers, compiled by James I Wyer, Jr., Albany, NY, 1911 ); m. FRANCIS CHASE COFFIN, September 9, 1827, Nantucket MA (Source: Nantucket Wyers, compiled by James I Wyer, Jr., Albany, NY, 1911 ).
Notes for FRANCIS CHASE COFFIN:
Mariner
A son and a daughter also died young A sea captain at Africa.
Francis died in South America (Macy MSS), TCF has at Africa.
His wife Emeline (Wyer) Coffin died 12 Jun 1858. On 20 Jul 1858 Timothy W. Calder and Francis E. Coffin were appointed guardians of George William Coffin, a minor son of Francis C. And Eleline Coffin, both deceased.
Marriage date may have been Sept. 9, 1829
Marriage Notes for EMELINE WYER and FRANCIS COFFIN:
Also had a son and a daughter who died young.
ii. LYDIA WYER, b. August 9, 1809 (Source: Nantucket Wyers, compiled by James I Wyer, Jr., Albany, NY, 1911 ); d. August 28, 1831 (Source: Nantucket Wyers, compiled by James I Wyer, Jr., Albany, NY, 1911 ); m. WILLIAM SUMMERHAYS, March 4, 1830 (Source: Nantucket Wyers, compiled by James I Wyer, Jr., Albany, NY, 1911 ).
iii. SAMUEL COFFIN WYER, b. October 1810 (Source: Nantucket Wyers, compiled by James I Wyer, Jr., Albany, NY, 1911 ); d. March 31, 1871 (Source: Nantucket Wyers, compiled by James I Wyer, Jr., Albany, NY, 1911 ); m. CHARLOTTE C COFFIN, August 27, 1844 (Source: Nantucket Wyers, compiled by James I Wyer, Jr., Albany, NY, 1911 ).
Notes for SAMUEL COFFIN WYER:
Source: Nantucket Wyers, compiled by James I Wyer, Jr., Albany, NY, 1911
A mariner and a distinct character, very short, vert stout; captain on whaling voyages of "Alexander Coffin" September 8, 1840 - June 23, 1844; "Enterprise" December 28, 1845 - January 2, 1850; "Young Hero" November 4, 1850 - June 27, 1855; owner "Sea Ranger" 1856.
114. JOB C8 COFFIN (LATHAM7, ELISHA6, BENJAMIN5, RUTH4 GARDNER, JOHN3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born January 5, 1789, and died April 14, 1875. He married PHEBE GREW.
Child of JOB COFFIN and PHEBE GREW is:
i. ELIZA9 COFFIN, b. 1810; d. 1845; m. TIMOTHY ELLIS.
115. MARY (POLLY)8 WHIPPEY (SAMUEL7, SUSANNA6 COFFIN, ROBERT5, MARY4 GARDNER, JOHN3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born October 14, 1763, and died June 24, 1818. She married SIMEON COFFIN November 20, 1784, son of SIMEON COFFIN and JEDIDAH FOLGER.
Child of MARY WHIPPEY and SIMEON COFFIN is:
i. SARAH (SALLY)9 COFFIN, b. August 4, 1791; d. October 15, 1867; m. TIMOTHY WYER, May 19, 1807 (Source: Nantucket Wyers, compiled by James I Wyer, Jr., Albany, NY, 1911).