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Richard Coffin 1569 – 1617 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1569

Birth Location: Alwington, Devon, England

Death Date: 25 JUL 1617

Death Location: Alwington, Devon, England

Father: John Coffin

Mother: Mary Cary

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Loveys

Children(s): Wilmot Coffin, Richard Coffin, John Coffin, Ibbof Coffin, Wilmont Coffin, Edmond Coffin, James Coffin, Julian Coffin, Katherine Coffin, William Coffin, Edward Coffin, Leonard Coffin, Elizabeth Coffin, Henry (COFFIN)

Richard Coffin was born in 1569 in Alwington, Devon, England, the child of John Coffin and Mary Cary. Richard Coffin married Elizabeth Loveys, and had children including Wilmot Coffin, Richard Coffin, John Coffin, Ibbof Coffin, Wilmont Coffin, Edmond Coffin, James Coffin, Julian Coffin, Katherine Coffin, William Coffin, Edward Coffin, Leonard Coffin, Elizabeth Susannah Coffin, Henry Coffin (COFFIN). Richard Coffin passed away in 1617 in Alwington, Devon, England.

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Biography

  • Richard Coffin was born in 1569 in Alwington, Devon, England, the child of John Coffin and Mary Cary.
  • Richard Coffin married Elizabeth Loveys, and had children including Wilmot Coffin, Richard Coffin, John Coffin, Ibbof Coffin, Wilmont Coffin, Edmond Coffin, James Coffin, Julian Coffin, Katherine Coffin, William Coffin, Edward Coffin, Leonard Coffin, Elizabeth Susannah Coffin, Henry Coffin (COFFIN).
  • Richard Coffin passed away in 1617 in Alwington, Devon, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Coffin
1536 – 1608
Birth Location: Portledge, Devon, England
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Mary Cary
1543 – 1638
Birth Location: Cockington, Devonshire, England
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Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Loveys
1571 – 1651
Birth Location: Ugber, Cornwall, England
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Children(s)

Wilmot Coffin
1595 – 1623
Birth Location: Iddesleigh, Devonshire, England
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Richard Coffin
1592 –
Birth Location: Portledge, Devonshire, England, United Kingdom
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John Coffin
1593 – 1628
Birth Location: Of Portledge, Near Bideford, Devon, Eng
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Ibbof Coffin
1594 – 1660
Birth Location: <, Awlington, Devon, England>
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Wilmont Coffin
1595 – 1623
Birth Location: No Tamerton, Cornwall, Eng
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Edmond Coffin
1596 –
Birth Location: Cornwall, England, United Kingdom
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James Coffin
1601 – 1633
Birth Location: Alwington, Devonshire, England, United Kingdom
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Julian Coffin
1602 – 1696
Birth Location: Of Alwington, Devon, Eng
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Katherine Coffin
1604 – 1605
Birth Location: Portledge, Devonshire, England, United Kingdom
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William Coffin
1607 – 1626
Birth Location: Cornwall, England, United Kingdom
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Edward Coffin
1608 – 1591
Birth Location: Cornwall, England, United Kingdom
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Leonard Coffin
1610 – 1620
Birth Location: Alwington, Devon, England
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Elizabeth Coffin
1610 – 1660
Birth Location: Bridgeham, Norfolk, England
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Henry (COFFIN)
1615 – 1648
Birth Location: Alwington, Devonshire, England, United Kingdom
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Richard Coffin's Ancestors

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Richard Coffin
1569 – 1617
Birth Place: Alwington, Devon, England
Parents
John Coffin
1536 – 1608
Portledge, Devon, England
Mary Cary
1543 – 1638
Cockington, Devonshire, England
Grandparents
Richard Coffin
1505 – 1555
Of, Devon, England
Wilmot Chudleigh
1488 – 1569
Merifield, Cornwall, England
Robert Cary
1510 – 1586
Clovelly, Devon, England
Margaret (Milliton ( Milton) )
1519 – 1560
Clovelly, Devon, England
Great-Grandparents
Richard Chudleigh
1500 – 1558
Mary Chudleigh
1492 – 1522
Robert Carey
1457 – 1540
Margaret (Folkeroy
1484 – 1547
John Milliton
1489 – 1549
Alice Milliton
1493 –
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Chudleigh
1472 – 1515
Joan Chudleigh
1481 –
Nicholas Wadham
1470 – 1542
Joan Wadham
1476 – 1493
William Carey
1437 – 1471
Elizabeth (Paulet)
1440 – 1458
William Folkeroy
1451 – 1484
Jane Asheldon
1452 –
John Milliton
1455 – 1510
Elizabeth Milliton
1450 – 1506
Thomas Denys
1472 – 1498
Jane (Denys)
1480 – 1510

Richard Coffin's Descendants

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Richard Coffin (1569 – 25 JUL 1617) m. Elizabeth Loveys (1571 – 3 MAY 1651)
  1. 1. Wilmot Coffin (1595 – 1623) m. Francis ((Fraunces)) Weekes (1570 – 28 MAR 1637)
    1. 1. Thomas Weeks (1612 – 1671)
    2. 2. Francis Weekes (1616 – 22 JUN 1689) m. Elizabeth Luther (1626 – 25 JUN 1687)
      1. 1. Thomas Weekes (1651 – 1716) m. Isabella Harcourt (1630 – 10 Dec 1712)
        1. 1. Thomas Wickes (1620 – 1726)
        2. 2. Martha Wickes (1640 – 1714)
        3. 3. Rebecca Wickes (1657 – 1735)
        4. 4. Mary Wickes (1651 – )
        5. 5. Thomas Wickes (1650 – 1716)
        6. 6. Elizabeth Wickes (22 APR 1652 – 1731) m. John Robinson (1648 – ) m. John Robinson (1648 – ) m. Lt. (John 1651 Ketcham) Ketchum (655 – 1710) m. Lt. (John 1651 Ketcham) Ketchum (1648 – 1716)
        7. 7. John Wicks (1653 – 27 DEC 1741)
        8. 8. Sarah Wickes (1655 – 1699)
        9. 9. Mary (Wickes Waterbury) Seely (1660 – 31 DEC 1738)
        10. 10. Jonathan (Wickes) (Weeks) (1 JUL 1686 – 26 APR 1730)
        11. 11. Richard (Wickes) (Weeks) (1688 – 20 NOV 1717)
        12. 12. Isabella ("Isabel" Weeks () Weekes (1693 – 20 MAR 1719) m. Robert Brush (30 JUN 1685 – 20 JUN 1766)
      2. 2. Elizabeth (Weekes) (Weeks (1641 – ) m. Nicholas (Simpkins) (Simkins) (1641 – 1722)
        1. 1. Ann Simpkins (1650 – 1692) m. Joseph Carpenter (1660 – 1692)
        2. 2. Sarah Simpkins (1661 – )
        3. 3. Daniel Simpkins (1661 – 9 JAN 1699) m. Vincent
        4. 4. Ezekiel Simpkins (1661 – ) m. Sarah
        5. 5. Phebe ((Phoebe) Simkins) (Simpkins) (1661 – )
        6. 6. Mary (Simkins) (Simpkins) (26 JUL 1671 – 1735)
      3. 3. Samuel Weeks (1643 – 10 NOV 1699)
      4. 4. John (Weekes) (Weeks (1643 – 10 NOV 1699)
      5. 5. Joseph Weeks (1645 – 1700)
      6. 6. Anna (Elizabeth) Weeks (1649 – 1692)
      7. 7. James (Jacobus Weekes) (Weeks (24 NOV 1652 – 4 JUL 1713)
      8. 8. Daniel (Weeks) (Weekes (1655 – 23 MAR 1698) m. Mary Alling (1657 – 23 MAR 1698)
        1. 1. Abraham (Weeks) (Weekes (8 SEP 1691 – 1744) m. Rachel (Weeks or) Weekes (1696 – 1749)
        2. 2. Solomon (Weekes) (Weeks) (14 JAN 1695 – 1756) m. Nancy (Margaret) Waters (26 FEB 1712 – 26 AUG 1778) m. Catherine Dodge (ABT 1700 – )
        3. 3. Rose (Weekes () Weeks (30 JAN 1695 – ) m. Samuel Ware m. Benoni Merritt (1702 – 1737)
        4. 4. Francis (Weekes) (Weeks (1698 – )
        5. 5. Ross Weeks (1698 – )
        6. 6. Edmund Weeks (1710 – )
    3. 3. Simon (Weeks () Weekes (20 SEP 1618 – 22 JUN 1689)
    4. 4. Mary ((Marye) Weeks () Weekes (20 SEP 1619 – )
    5. 5. Abraham Weeks (1620 – 1689)
    6. 6. John (Weeks () Weekes (26 DEC 1620 – 1623)
    7. 7. Richard (Weeks () Weekes (1625 – FEB 1670)
    8. 8. William Weekes (1627 – )
    9. 9. Ferdinand (Weeks () Weekes (1629 – )
    10. 10. William Weekes (1647 – 11 MAY 1683)
    11. 11. Thomas Weeks (1651 – 1716)
  2. 2. Richard Coffin (ABT 1592 – )
  3. 3. John Coffin (1593 – 23 JAN 1628) m. Elizabeth Hurding (1620 – )
    1. 1. Jane Coffin (30 SEP 1618 – 10 JUL 1646)
    2. 2. Gertrude Coffin (12 AUG 1622 – )
    3. 3. (Sherriff) (Richard) Coffin (23 NOV 1622 – 1700)
    4. 4. ELIZABETH Coffyn (1623 – )
  4. 4. Ibbof Coffin (1594 – 14 AUG 1660)
  5. 5. Wilmont Coffin (30 AUG 1595 – 1623)
  6. 6. Edmond Coffin (ABT 1596 – )
  7. 7. James Coffin (ABT 1601 – 3 SEP 1633)
  8. 8. Julian Coffin (1602 – 1696)
  9. 9. Katherine Coffin (1604 – 1605)
  10. 10. William Coffin (17 MAY 1607 – 1 JUL 1626)
  11. 11. Edward Coffin (ABT 1608 – WFT Est 1591-1680)
  12. 12. Leonard Coffin (1610 – 1620)
  13. 13. Elizabeth (Susannah) Coffin (20 FEB 1610 – 17 JUL 1660) m. Thomas Thaxter (1 FEB 1595 – 4 FEB 1654)
    1. 1. Samuel Thaxter (19 MAY 1641 – 27 MAY 1725)
  14. 14. Henry (Coffin) (COFFIN) (1615 – NOV 1648)

Richard Coffin's Timeline

4 Records

1569
1569
Birth of Richard Coffin in Alwington, Devon, England
Alwington, Devon, England
1575
12 FEB 1575
Age 6
Richard Coffin was baptized in Alwington, Devon, England
Alwington, Devon, England
1617
25 JUL 1617
Age 48
Death of Richard Coffin in Alwington, Devon, England
Alwington, Devon, England
1617
30 JUL 1617
Age 48
Burial of Richard Coffin
None

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1569
    Event Place: Alwington, Devon, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 12 FEB 1575
    Event Place: Alwington, Devon, England
    Record Source: Age:
    5-6

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 25 JUL 1617
    Event Place: Alwington, Devon, England
    Record Source: Age:
    47-48

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 30 JUL 1617
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