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Coffin, William, child of Samuel and Miriam, born 4 January 1721.^[1] CR4 [h. Priscilla (d. Nathaniel Paddack and Ann), s. Samuel and Miriam (Gardner) PR38], Nantucket, Massachusetts^[2]

He married Priscilla Paddock on 4 October 1740 in Nantucket, Massachusetts ^[3]

William was near the Friends Meeting House on 15 March 1781 during the Battle of Guilford Courthouse and allowed his home to be used to care for wounded soldiers. ^[4].

Sources

↑ Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy; Hinshaw, William Wade (1867-1947); 1936- Ann Arbor, Michigan, Edwards brothers, inc; Vol. I, page 494; New Garden Monthly Meeting Pg 24
↑ http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Nantucket/Nantucket/cBirthsC.shtml
↑ U.S. & International Marriage Records, 1560-1900.
↑ Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Book, NSDAR, Vol.146:1919. He is a Proven Patriot by the Daughters of the American Revolution, A023859.

Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 7 Apr 2024), "Record of William Coffin", Ancestor # A023859.

Source: S82 Title: Autobiography of William Vestal Coffin

Coffin, Louis, The Coffin Family, Published by Nantucket Association, 1962, page 266 https://archive.org/details/coffinfamilywith00coff/page/266/mode/1up
Quaker Records
Barney Genealogical Record. Nantucket Historical Association. Person ID I9613.

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G C : FamilyTreeDNA Y-DNA Test 111 markers, haplogroup R-BY34208, FTDNA kit #266234
Chip Coffin : FamilyTreeDNA Y-DNA Test 700 markers, haplogroup R-BY60137, Ancestry member Chip_Coffin, FTDNA kit #954106

Maternal line mitochondrial DNA test-takers:

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~0.78% Chip Coffin : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch DE7232561, Ancestry member Chip_Coffin + FamilyTreeDNA Family Finder, GEDmatch DE7232561, FTDNA kit #954106
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Comments on William Coffin Sr.: 3

S Stevenson

Coffin-4289 and Coffin-975 appear to represent the same person because: same name and death dates and locations

posted Jan 06, 2021 by S Stevenson

Sandy Culver

Coffin-2653 and Coffin-975 appear to represent the same person because: vital data almost align, spouse's surname needs LNAB spelling source.

posted Feb 06, 2016 by Sandy Culver

Christopher Gorman

Coffin-975 and Coffin-1774 appear to represent the same person because: Enough similarity here to justify a merge, I think.

posted May 19, 2014 by Christopher Gorman

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William Coffin Sr. (1721 - 1803)

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William

Parents

Samuel Coffin

Miriam Gardner

Grandparents

John Coffin

Deborah Austin

Richard Gardner Jr.

Mary Austin

Great-Grandparents

Tristram Coffin Sr.

Dionis Stevens

Joseph Austin

Sarah Starbuck

Richard Gardner Sr.

Sarah Shattuck

Joseph Austin

Sarah Starbuck

2nd-Great-Grandparents

Descendants of William Coffin Sr.

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