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Gilbert Coffin 1759–1843 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1 AUG 1759

Birth Location: Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts

Death Date: 19 NOV 1843

Death Location: Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts

Father: Micajah Coffin

Mother: Abigail Coleman

Spouse(s): Phebe Barnard

Children(s): Paul Coffin, William Coffin, Walter Coffin, Thomas Coffin, Obed Coffin, Mary Coffin, Vestal COFFIN

Gilbert Coffin was born in 1759 in Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts, the child of Micajah Coffin And Abigail Coleman. Gilbert Coffin married Phebe Barnard, and had children including Mary B Coffin, Obed Coffin, Paul Coffin, Thomas Coffin, Vestal Coffin, Walter Coffin, William Barnard Coffin. Gilbert Coffin passed away in 1843 in Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts.

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Biography

  • Gilbert Coffin was born in 1759 in Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts, the child of Micajah Coffin And Abigail Coleman.
  • Gilbert Coffin married Phebe Barnard, and had children including Mary B Coffin, Obed Coffin, Paul Coffin, Thomas Coffin, Vestal Coffin, Walter Coffin, William Barnard Coffin.
  • Gilbert Coffin passed away in 1843 in Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts.

Immediate Family

Parents

Micajah Coffin
1734–1827
Birth Location: Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States
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Abigail Coleman
1735–1807
Birth Location: Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States
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Spouses(s)

Phebe Barnard
1763–1839
Birth Location: Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts, USA
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Children(s)

Paul Coffin
1784–1863
Birth Location: Nantucket, Nantucket, MA
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William Coffin
1781–1867
Birth Location: Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts, USA
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Walter Coffin
1787–1814
Birth Location: Nantucket, Nantucket, MA, USA
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Thomas Coffin
1789–1868
Birth Location: Nantucket, Nantucket, MA, USA
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Obed Coffin
1793–1854
Birth Location: Nantucket, Nantucket, MA, USA
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Mary Coffin
1799–1873
Birth Location: Nantucket, Nantucket, MA, USA
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Vestal COFFIN
1792–1826
Birth Location: Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts, USA
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Gilbert Coffin's Ancestors

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Gilbert Coffin
1759–1843
Birth Place: Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts
Parents
Micajah Coffin
1734–1827
Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States
Abigail Coleman
1735–1807
Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States
Grandparents
Benjamin Coffin
1705–1780
Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts, USA
Jedidah Hussey
1708–1759
Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States
Great-Grandparents
Nathaniel Coffin
1671–1721
Damaris Gayer
1673–1764
Abigail Halle
1680–1751
2nd-Great-Grandparents
JAMES COFFIN
1640–1720
Mary Severence
1645–1720
William Gayer
1647–1710
Dorcas Starbuck
1639–1696

Gilbert Coffin's Descendants

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Gilbert Coffin (1 AUG 1759–19 NOV 1843) m. Phebe Barnard (28 Dec 1763–11 Jan 1839)
  1. 1. Paul Coffin 1784–1863 m. Priscilla Gardner 1786–1873
    1. 1. Edward (Bunker) Coffin 1807–1854 m. Mary Greene 1810–1854 m. Mary Greene 1809–1874
      1. 1. Charles (Henry) Coffin 1844– m. Eliza (Mary) Green 1849–1936
        1. 1. Charles (Earnest) COFFIN 1877–1955 m. Edith (May) Waterman 1879–1931
        2. 2. Ethel (M) Coffin 1879–
      2. 2. James (Edward Coffin 4c) 4x 1855–1948 m. Mary (Ellen) Greene 1856–1917
        1. 1. Hattie (May) Coffin 1879–1880
        2. 2. Lillian (Maude) Coffin 1881–1941
      3. 3. James (E) Coffin 1854–
    2. 2. Mary Coffin 1815–1899
    3. 3. Ann Coffin 1818–1866
    4. 4. Elizabeth Coffin 1827–1901
    5. 5. Lydia Coffin 1812–1898
    6. 6. William Coffin 1814–1886
    7. 7. Phebe Coffin 1821–1877
    8. 8. Sarah (Rathbon) Coffin 1823–1851
  2. 2. William (Barnard) Coffin 1781–1867
  3. 3. Walter Coffin 1787–1814
  4. 4. Thomas Coffin 1789–1868 m. Margaret Paddack 1793–1848
    1. 1. Phebe (Ann) Coffin 1817–1856
    2. 2. Eliza (Fearing) Coffin 1830–1890
    3. 3. Gilbert Coffin 1821–1873
    4. 4. Sarah (E.) Coffin 1828–1865
    5. 5. Margaret (P.) Coffin 1833–
    6. 6. Mary (Ann) Coffin 1815–1893
    7. 7. George (F.) Coffin 1814–1844
    8. 8. Margaret (P.) Coffin 1818–1830
    9. 9. Thomas (F.) Coffin 1826–1847
  5. 5. Obed Coffin 1793–1854 m. Ann (Whitfield) Swift 1799–1820
    1. 1. Benjamin (Swift) Coffin 1820–1910
    2. 2. Oliver (C) Coffin 1858–
  6. 6. Mary (B.) Coffin 1799–1873
  7. 7. Vestal COFFIN 1792–1826

Gilbert Coffin's Timeline

2 Records

1759
1 AUG 1759
Birth of Gilbert Coffin in Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts
Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts
1843
19 NOV 1843
Age 84
Death of Gilbert Coffin in Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts
Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1 AUG 1759
    Event Place: Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 19 NOV 1843
    Event Place: Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts
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