The "COFFIN" Family Genealogy
Ancestors of Edward McGregor COFFIN
(First member of the Coffin family to reside in Sunny Bank)
CHART # 1
| Note: The book "The Coffin Family" shows records of six generations of ancestors of Abraham, the first Coffin to settle in the Gaspe area. Edward McGregor COFFIN was the great grandson of Abraham. To conserve space the nine charts which result, are being omitted in favor of the following list, which shows the direct "Coffin" ancestors of Edward. |
| Nicholas, lived in
"Butlers" (now Butlass), Parish of Brixton,
County of Devon, England B ? M date uncertain; wife: Johan B ? D 1613 D 1613 |
| Peter, eldest son of
Nicholas B ? M ?; wife: Joan Thember (possibly Johan or Joanna) B ? D May 30, 1661 D circa 1627 |
| Tristram, 1st son of
Peter, born at Brixton, Devonshire County, England B 1605; in 1642 he settled in Massachusetts; 1660 he moved to Nantucket. M circa 1630; Dionis Stevens, daughter of Robert Stevens of Brixton B circa 1610, C circa Oct. 16, 1676 or Nov. 6, 1684 D Oct. 2, 1681, age: 76 |
| James, 4th child of
Tristram B Aug. 12, 1640 M Dec. 3, 1663; Mary Severance, daughter of John and Abigail B Aug. 5, 1645, D ? D July 28, 1720, age: 79 |
| Nathanial, 3rd child of
James B 1671 M Nov. 29, 1672; Damaris Gayer, daughter of William and Dorcas B Oct. 24, 1673, D Sept. 6, 1764 D Aug. 29, 1720, age: 49 |
| Benjamin, 6th child of
Nathanial B June 3, 1705 M (1) Feb.3, 1726; Judida Hussey, daughter of Bachelder and Abigail B July 27, 1708, D Aug. 6, 1759 (2) April 29, 1672; Deborah Macy, daughter of Thomas and Deborah B June 17, 1726, D Nov. 23, 1803 D Nov. 3, 1780, age: 75 |
| Abraham, 12th child of
Benjamin, settled in L'Anse aux Cousins, Gaspe B Sept. 5, 1750 M 1779; Hannah Ascah, daughter of Richard and Christiana Mellick, Peninsula B April 8, 1763 D June 14, 1880 (?) D 1816, age: 66 |
| Abraham, 5th child of
Abraham from L'Anse aux Cousins, settled in Wakeham B Oct. 13, 1789 M Nov. 8, 1812; Annabella Boyle, Wakeham, daughter of James and Mary Curtis B 1794, D 1880, age: 86 D April. 13, 1867, age: 77 |
| Abraham, 4th child of
Abraham from Wakeham, settled in York B April 7, 1821 M 1846; Sarah Hannah Coffin of Peninsula, daughter of Philip and Margaret McRae B Oct. 1, 1818, D 1872, age: 53 D 1874, age: 55 |
| Edward
McGregor, 4th child of Abraham from York, settled in
Sunny Bank B 1851 M 1885; Caroline Jane Grant [Grant chart #2] B 1862, D 1930, age: 68 D 1924, age: 71 |