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Descendants of Nicholas Coffin

 

 

Generation No. 1

 

1.  NICHOLAS1 COFFIN died 1613.  He married JOAN -. 

 

More About NICHOLAS COFFIN:

Residence: Butlers, Brixton, Devon

       

Children of NICHOLAS COFFIN and JOAN - are:

2.                i.    PETER2 COFFIN, d. 1628.

                  ii.    TRISTRAM COFFIN.

                 iii.    NICHOLAS COFFIN.

                 iv.    JOHN COFFIN.

                  v.    ANNE COFFIN.

 

 

Generation No. 2

 

2.  PETER2 COFFIN (NICHOLAS1) died 1628.  He married JOAN THEMBER.  She died 1661.

 

More About PETER COFFIN:

Residence: Brixton, Devon

       

Children of PETER COFFIN and JOAN THEMBER are:

                   i.    JOHN3 COFFIN.

                  ii.    JOAN COFFIN.

                 iii.    DEBORAH COFFIN.

                 iv.    EUNICE COFFIN.

                  v.    MARY COFFIN.

3.              vi.    TRISTRAM COFFIN, b. 1609, England; d. 2 October 1681.

 

 

Generation No. 3

 

3.  TRISTRAM3 COFFIN (PETER2, NICHOLAS1) was born 1609 in England, and died 2 October 1681.  He married DIONIS STEVENS, daughter of ROBERT STEVENS. 

 

Notes for TRISTRAM COFFIN:

Settled in USA and in 1659 purchased nearly the whole of the Island of Nantucket.

       

Children of TRISTRAM COFFIN and DIONIS STEVENS are:

                   i.    PETER4 COFFIN, b. c. 1630.

                  ii.    TRISTRAM COFFIN, b. 1632.

4.              iii.    JAMES COFFIN, b. 12 August 1640, England; d. 28 July 1720.

                 iv.    JOHN COFFIN, b. c. 1641; d. 1642.

                  v.    DEBORAH COFFIN, b. 1642; d. 1642.

                 vi.    MARY COFFIN, b. 1645; d. 1717.

                vii.    JOHN COFFIN, b. 1647; d. 1711.

               viii.    STEPHEN COFFIN, b. 1652; d. 1734.

                  ix.    ELIZABETH COFFIN, b. c. 1655; d. 1678.

 

 

Generation No. 4

 

4.  JAMES4 COFFIN (TRISTRAM3, PETER2, NICHOLAS1) was born 12 August 1640 in England, and died 28 July 1720.  He married MARY SEVERANCE, daughter of JOHN SEVERANCE. 

 

Notes for JAMES COFFIN:

Judge of the Common Pleas, and of Probate.

James & Mary Coffin had 14 children.

       

Children of JAMES COFFIN and MARY SEVERANCE are:

                   i.    JAMES5 COFFIN.

                  ii.    JOHN COFFIN.

                 iii.    EBENEZER COFFIN.

                 iv.    JOSEPH COFFIN.

                  v.    BENJAMIN COFFIN.

5.              vi.    NATHANIEL COFFIN, b. 1671, Nantucket, USA; d. 29 October 1721.

 

 

Generation No. 5

 

5.  NATHANIEL5 COFFIN (JAMES4, TRISTRAM3, PETER2, NICHOLAS1) was born 1671 in Nantucket, USA, and died 29 October 1721.  He married DAMARIS GAYER, daughter of WILLIAM GAYER.  She died 1764.

       

Children of NATHANIEL COFFIN and DAMARIS GAYER are:

                   i.    CHARLES6 COFFIN.

                  ii.    BENJAMIN COFFIN.

                 iii.    GAYER COFFIN.

                 iv.    NATHANIEL COFFIN.

                  v.    DORCAS COFFIN.

                 vi.    CHRISTIAN COFFIN.

                vii.    LYDIA COFFIN.

               viii.    CATHERINE COFFIN.

6.               ix.    WILLIAM COFFIN, b. 1 December 1699; d. July 1775.

 

 

Generation No. 6

 

6.  WILLIAM6 COFFIN (NATHANIEL5, JAMES4, TRISTRAM3, PETER2, NICHOLAS1) was born 1 December 1699, and died July 1775.  He married ANNE HOLMES 3 September 1722, daughter of FRANCIS HOLMES and REBECCA WHARFE. 

 

More About WILLIAM COFFIN:

Occupation: Merchant, Senior Warden of Trinity.

Residence: Boston, New England, USA

 

More About WILLIAM COFFIN and ANNE HOLMES:

Marriage: 3 September 1722

       

Children of WILLIAM COFFIN and ANNE HOLMES are:

7.                i.    WILLIAM7 COFFIN, b. 1723.

                  ii.    NATHANIEL COFFIN.

8.              iii.    JOHN COFFIN.

                 iv.    EBENEZER COFFIN.

                  v.    ELIZABETH COFFIN.

 

 

Generation No. 7

 

7.  WILLIAM7 COFFIN (WILLIAM6, NATHANIEL5, JAMES4, TRISTRAM3, PETER2, NICHOLAS1) was born 1723.

       

Child of WILLIAM COFFIN is:

                   i.    EBENEZER8 COFFIN, b. 1763; m. MARY MATTHEWS, 1793.

 

More About EBENEZER COFFIN and MARY MATTHEWS:

Marriage: 1793

 

8.  JOHN7 COFFIN (WILLIAM6, NATHANIEL5, JAMES4, TRISTRAM3, PETER2, NICHOLAS1)  He married ISABELLA CHILD. 

 

Notes for JOHN COFFIN:

John & Isabella had 16 children.

       

Children of JOHN COFFIN and ISABELLA CHILD are:

                   i.    JOHN8 COFFIN.

                  ii.    WILLIAM COFFIN.

9.              iii.    FRANCIS HOLMES COFFIN.

 

 

Generation No. 8

 

9.  FRANCIS HOLMES8 COFFIN (JOHN7, WILLIAM6, NATHANIEL5, JAMES4, TRISTRAM3, PETER2, NICHOLAS1)  He married REBECCA HUDDLESTONE. 

 

More About FRANCIS HOLMES COFFIN:

Military service: Royal Navy

       

Children of FRANCIS COFFIN and REBECCA HUDDLESTONE are:

10.              i.    ISABELLA ANNE9 COFFIN, b. 1799, Dover, Kent; d. Aft. 1881.

                  ii.    ISAAC CAMPBELL COFFIN, b. 1801, Dover, Kent.

                 iii.    MARY ANN COFFIN, b. 1801, Dover, Kent.

 

 

Generation No. 9

 

10.  ISABELLA ANNE9 COFFIN (FRANCIS HOLMES8, JOHN7, WILLIAM6, NATHANIEL5, JAMES4, TRISTRAM3, PETER2, NICHOLAS1) was born 1799 in Dover, Kent, and died Aft. 1881.  She married THOMAS LEECH LENNOX GALLOWAY 27 January 1823 in East Stonehouse, near Plymouth, Devon, son of WILLIAM GALLOWAY and - BARDELL.  He was born 20 August 1794 in Dublin, and died 26 December 1842 in Calcutta.

 

Notes for ISABELLA ANNE COFFIN:

1.  At the time of the 1881 UK census Isabella A Galloway was living at 66 Gloucester Cres., Paddington, London, with grandchildren Ella M Galloway and Stewart Galloway.  Also listed on this census return were a governess, cook, nurse and two maids.

 

More About ISABELLA ANNE COFFIN:

Residence: 1881, 66 Gloucester Cres., London, UK.

 

More About THOMAS LEECH LENNOX GALLOWAY:

Military service: 10th Regt. of Foot

 

More About THOMAS GALLOWAY and ISABELLA COFFIN:

Marriage: 27 January 1823, East Stonehouse, near Plymouth, Devon

       

Children of ISABELLA COFFIN and THOMAS GALLOWAY are:

                   i.    ISABELLA MARY ANNE10 GALLOWAY, b. 1824, Rathkeale; d. 1826, Castlebar.

                  ii.    STEWART CAMPBELL COFFIN GALLOWAY, b. 19 June 1825, Fermoy, Co. Cork, Ireland; d. 1850, Wurpambad.

                 iii.    ISABELLA MARY ANNE BERTIE GALLOWAY, b. 1826, Guernsey; d. 1827, Corfu.

                 iv.    MARY ANN BERTIE GALLOWAY, b. 31 January 1829, Corfu.

 

More About MARY ANN BERTIE GALLOWAY:

Baptism: 2 March 1829, Corfu

 

                  v.    WILLIAM FRANCIS GALLOWAY, b. 18 February 1830, Zante (Ionian Islands); d. 1830, Corfu.

                 vi.    FREDERICH ADAM GALLOWAY, b. 1831, Paxo (Ionian Islands); d. 1836.

                vii.    SEEBRIGHT FREER GALLOWAY, b. 1833, Paxo (Ionian Islands); d. 1838, Blackburn, Lancashire.

               viii.    THOMAS EDWARD GALLOWAY, b. 1835, Santa Maura (Ionian Islands); d. 1839, Blackburn, Lancashire.

                  ix.    WILLIAM FRANCIS PARSONS GALLOWAY, b. 1836, Santa Maura (Ionian Islands); d. 1839, Blackburn, Lancashire.

                   x.    JANE ANNA GALLOWAY, b. 24 February 1838, Truro, Cornwall.

 

More About JANE ANNA GALLOWAY:

Baptism: 27 July 1838, Truro, Cornwall

 

11.             xi.    JOHN MAWBY CLOSSY GALLOWAY, b. 19 April 1840; d. 1916, Christchurch, England.

12.            xii.    FRANK GALLOWAY, b. 21 March 1842; d. 1931, Leamington.

 

 

Generation No. 10

 

11.  JOHN MAWBY CLOSSY10 GALLOWAY (ISABELLA ANNE9 COFFIN, FRANCIS HOLMES8, JOHN7, WILLIAM6, NATHANIEL5, JAMES4, TRISTRAM3, PETER2, NICHOLAS1) was born 19 April 1840, and died 1916 in Christchurch, England.  He married EMILY HARRIS 1867, daughter of AYLMER GEORGE WILLIAM HARRIS. 

 

Notes for JOHN MAWBY CLOSSY GALLOWAY:

1. The IGI database has the name transcribed incorrectly as John Mawley Clossy Galloway.

 

More About JOHN MAWBY CLOSSY GALLOWAY:

Baptism: 5 June 1840, Burnley, Lancashire

Military service: Madras Cavalry

Residence: Egmore, East Cliff, Bournemouth

 

More About JOHN GALLOWAY and EMILY HARRIS:

Marriage: 1867

       

Children of JOHN GALLOWAY and EMILY HARRIS are:

13.              i.    FRANK LENNOX11 GALLOWAY, b. 1869, India.

                  ii.    ELLA MARION GALLOWAY, b. 1872, Secunderabad, India.

                 iii.    STEWART GALLOWAY, b. 1873, Southsea, Hampshire; m. KATHLEEN GILLESPIE.

14.            iv.    AYLMER GEORGE GALLOWAY, b. 1877.

 

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