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Margaret Coffin 1501–1592 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1501

Birth Location: Portledge Manor, Alwington, Bideford, shire, Devon, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 10 May 1592

Death Location: Bradwell, Suffolk, England

Father: John Coffin

Mother: Elizabeth Hingston

Spouse(s): Gilbert None

Children(s): Gertrude Gilbert, Anne Gilbert, Mary Gilbert, Mary Gilbert, Dorothy Gilbert-Thompson, Margaret Carye, Richard Gilbert, Sir Gilbert, Guilliuame Gilbert, Richard Gilbert, James Gilbert, Thomas Gilbert, John Gilbert, Thomas Gilbert, Gertrude Skutt, Giles Somerset, Radigan Gilbert, Josiah Gilbert

In 1501, Margaret Coffin entered the world in Portledge Manor, Alwington, Bideford, shire, Devon, England, United Kingdom, born to John Coffin And Elizabeth Phillippa Hingston. Margaret Coffin married Gilbert, and had children including Anne Kniveton Gilbert, Dorothy Kniveton Gilbert Thompson, Gertrude Kniveton Gilbert, Gertrude Kniveton Gilbert Skutt, Giles William Kniveton Gilbert Gibarte Of Somerset, Guilliuame William Kniveton Gilbert, James Kniveton Gilbert, John Kniveton Gilbert, Josiah Kniveton Gilbert, Margaret Kniveton Gilbert Carye, Mary Ann Kniveton Gilbert, Radigan Kniveton Gilbert, Richard Kniveton Gilbert, Richard W Kniveton Gilbert, Sir Francis Kniveton Gilbert, Thomas Kniveton Gilbert. Margaret Coffin passed away in 1592 in Bradwell, Suffolk, England.

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  • In 1501, Margaret Coffin entered the world in Portledge Manor, Alwington, Bideford, shire, Devon, England, United Kingdom, born to John Coffin And Elizabeth Phillippa Hingston.
  • Margaret Coffin married Gilbert, and had children including Anne Kniveton Gilbert, Dorothy Kniveton Gilbert Thompson, Gertrude Kniveton Gilbert, Gertrude Kniveton Gilbert Skutt, Giles William Kniveton Gilbert Gibarte Of Somerset, Guilliuame William Kniveton Gilbert, James Kniveton Gilbert, John Kniveton Gilbert, Josiah Kniveton Gilbert, Margaret Kniveton Gilbert Carye, Mary Ann Kniveton Gilbert, Radigan Kniveton Gilbert, Richard Kniveton Gilbert, Richard W Kniveton Gilbert, Sir Francis Kniveton Gilbert, Thomas Kniveton Gilbert.
  • Margaret Coffin passed away in 1592 in Bradwell, Suffolk, England.

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Margaret Coffin's Ancestors

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Margaret Coffin
1501–1592
Birth Place: Portledge Manor, Alwington, Bideford, shire, Devon, England, United Kingdom
Parents
John Coffin
1475–1566
Portledge Manor at Alwington, Bideford, Devon, England, United Kingdom
Elizabeth (Phillippa) Hingston
1475–1567
Portledge Manor at Alwington, Bideford, Devon, England, United Kingdom
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Margaret Coffin's Descendants

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Margaret Coffin (1501–10 May 1592) m. Gilbert (1497–1561)
  1. 1. Gertrude (Kniveton) Gilbert 1532–1593 m. Anthony (Skutt) - 1520–1589
    1. 1. Lady (Martha Margaret) Skutt 1552–1610 m. Sir (Knight John Sr Cooper I, MP of) Rockbourne 1552–1610
      1. 1. Sir (John Baronet of Rockbourne) Cooper 1597–1631 m. Lady (Elizabeth Anne) Ashley 1602–1628
        1. 1. Lord (Anthonie Ayshley-Cooper Earl van Shaftesbury) (Couper) 1621–1683 m. Elizabeth (Clementina) Oldfield 1625–1679 m. Mary (Margaret) Spencer 1627–1693 m. Frances Cecil 1633–1654
      2. 2. Bridget Cooper –1670
      3. 3. Ferrers Cooper 1570–1600
      4. 4. Jane Cooper 1580–
      5. 5. Margaret Cooper 1574–
      6. 6. Martha Cooper 1576–
      7. 7. Olive Cooper 1590–1652
      8. 8. Richard Cooper 1570–1626
    2. 2. Lady (Martha Margaret) Skutt 1552–1610 m. Sir (Knight John Cooper Sr., I MP of) Rockbourne 1552–1610
      1. 1. John Cooper 1597–1631 m. Lady (Anne Elizabeth) Ashley 1593–1628
        1. 1. Sir (Knight Lord Anthony George Ashley Cooper 1st Earl Van) Shaftesbury 1621–1683 m. The (Honourable Lady Margaret) Coventry 1620–1649 m. Lady (Frances Cecil of) Exeter 1632–1654
        2. 2. Anthony Ashley-Cooper 1621–1683
        3. 3. John (Ashley) Cooper 1625–1677
        4. 4. Philippa Cooper 1623–1701
        5. 5. Thomas Cooper 1628–1658
      2. 2. Bridget Cooper –1670 m. Edmund (Tremayne, of) Collacombe 1587–1667
        1. 1. Arthur Tremayne 1627–1710
        2. 2. John Tremayne 1622–1658
        3. 3. Mary Tremayne 1616–1617
        4. 4. Grace Tremayne 1619–1619
        5. 5. Martha Tremayne 1624–1688
        6. 6. Thomas Tremayne 1617–1642
        7. 7. John Tremayne 1620–1621
      3. 3. Ferrers Cooper 1570–1600
      4. 4. Jane Cooper 1580–
      5. 5. Margaret Cooper 1574–
      6. 6. Martha Cooper 1576–
      7. 7. Olive Cooper 1590–1652
      8. 8. Richard Cooper 1570–1626
  2. 2. Anne (Kniveton) Gilbert 1540–
  3. 3. Mary (Ann Kniveton) Gilbert 1545–1617
  4. 4. Mary (Ann Kniveton) Gilbert 1531–1617
  5. 5. Dorothy (Kniveton) Gilbert-Thompson 1544–1590
  6. 6. Margaret (Kniveton Gilbert) Carye 1551–1653
  7. 7. Richard (W Kniveton) Gilbert 1535–1578 m. Anne Cortnoll 1545–1575
    1. 1. Dorothy (Ormonde Maria Gilbert de) Cymru 1564–1589 m. Sir (Miles John Thelwall Wynne de) Cymru 1565–1632
      1. 1. Lady (Dorothy Marie Colbert de) Cymru 1585–1653 m. John (David Thomas, of Queen's Creek Survivor 1610 Bermuda ship wreck to Jamestown,) Tempest 1585–1655
        1. 1. Dr. (William Daniel) Thomas 1625–1710
        2. 2. Philip Thomas 1620–1702
        3. 3. Howell Thomas 1634–1683
        4. 4. John (Thomas Jr, Pioneer of Jamestown, VA) Colony 1611–1655
        5. 5. John Thomas –1731
        6. 6. John (David Thomas) Jr. 1627–1700 m. Elinor (Eleanor Ellen) Thompson 1633–1680
        7. 7. Marke Thomas 1617–1617
        8. 8. Phillip (Thomas) Sr. 1612–1653
        9. 9. Richard Thomas 1629–1697
        10. 10. Marke Thomas 1617–1655
        11. 11. Richard Thomas 1629–1687
        12. 12. William Thomas 1606–1718
        13. 13. Ann (Sarah) Thomas 1627–1720
    2. 2. William (Kniveton) Gilbert 1573–1683
  8. 8. Sir (Francis Kniveton) Gilbert 1538–1618
  9. 9. Guilliuame (William Kniveton) Gilbert 1542–1595
  10. 10. Richard (Kniveton) Gilbert 1538–1656
  11. 11. James (Kniveton) Gilbert 1537–1537
  12. 12. Thomas (Kniveton) Gilbert 1533–1610
  13. 13. John (Kniveton) Gilbert 1537–1560
  14. 14. Thomas (Kniveton) Gilbert 1524–1581 m. Katherine Chenery 1525–1578
    1. 1. Elizabeth Gilbert 1546–1603
    2. 2. John (Kniveton) Gilbert 1552–1573
  15. 15. Gertrude (Kniveton Gilbert) Skutt 1532–1593
  16. 16. Giles (William Kniveton Gilbert Gibarte of) Somerset 1530–1595
  17. 17. Radigan (Kniveton) Gilbert 1526–1538
  18. 18. Josiah (Kniveton) Gilbert 1528–1588

Margaret Coffin's Timeline

3 Records

1501
1501
Birth of Margaret Coffin in Portledge Manor, Alwington, Bideford, shire, Devon, England, United Kingdom
Portledge Manor, Alwington, Bideford, shire, Devon, England, United Kingdom
1592
May 1592
Age 91
Death of Margaret Coffin in Doveridge, Dales, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom
Doveridge, Dales, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom
1592
10 May 1592
Age 91
Burial of Margaret Coffin in Bradwell, Suffolk, England
Bradwell, Suffolk, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1501
    Event Place: Portledge Manor, Alwington, Bideford, shire, Devon, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: May 1592
    Event Place: Doveridge, Dales, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] England, Select Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 10 May 1592
    Event Place: Bradwell, Suffolk, England
    Record Source: England, Select Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991

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