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his house and lands, the story of his "fleeing from persecution" is spoiled and history gives the true reason for the migration, the search for a milder climate and better opportunity for cultivating the soil. Early in 1654 Tristram Coffin took Peter Folyer, the grandfather of Benjamin Franklin, at that time living in Mar- tha's Vineyard, as an interpreter of the Indian language, and proceeded to Nantucket to as- certain the "temper and disposition of the In- dians and the capabilities of the island, that he might report to the citizens of Salisbury what inducements were offered for emigration." The land was secured the same year, and James Coffin accompanied Thomas Macy and family, Edward Starbuck and Isaac Coleman to the island later the same year, where they took up their residence. The Coffin family that settled at Nantucket included Tristram, Sr., James, Mary, John and Stephen, and each the head of a family. Tristram Coffin was thirty-seven years old when he arrived in America, and fifty-five years old at the time of his removal to Nantucket, and during the first year of his residence he was the richest proprietor. The property of his son Peter is said to have soon after exceeded in value that of the original proprietor, the family together owning about one-fourth of the island of Nantucket and the whole of Tuckernock. He was appointed the second chief magistrate of the town of Nan- tucket, succeeding his friend, Thomas Macy. and at the same time Thomas Mayhew was appointed the first chief magistrate of Martha's Vineyard, their commissions signed by Gov- ernor Lovelace, of New York, bearing date June 29, 1671, and the two chief magistrates, together with two assistants from each island, constitute a general court, with appellate juris- diction over both islands. The appointment was made by Governor Francis Lovelace, of New York, and his second commission, Sep- tember 16, 1677, was signed by Edward An- dros, governor-general of the Province of New York. He died at his home on Nantucket Island, New York, October 2, 1681, leaving his widow, Dionis, seven children, sixty grand- children and a number of great-grandchildren, and in 1728 there had been born to him one thousand five hundred and eighty-two descend- ants, of whom one thousand one hundred and twenty-eight were living. The children of Tristram and Dionis (Stevens) Coffin were nine in number, the first five having been born in England, as follows: Peter, Tristram, Jr., Elizabeth, James, John, Deborah, Mary, John, Stephen.
(V) Tristram (2), second son and child of Tristram (1) and Dionis (Stevens) Coffin, was born in England in 1632, and came to America with his parents at ten years of age. He died February 4, 1704, aged about seventy- two. He was the ancestor of all the Coffins originating from Newbury. He married, March 2, 1653, in Newbury, Judith Greenleaf, daughter of Edmund Greenleaf, the emigrant, and widow of Henry Somerby, of Newbury. She died December 15, 1705. Children : Judith, born December 4, 1653; Deborah, November 1, 1655; Mary, December 12, 1657; James, April 2, 1659; John, September 8, 1660; Lydia, April 22, 1662 ; Enoch, January 21, 1664; Ste- phen, mentioned below; Peter, July 27, 1667; and Nathaniel, March 26, 1669.
(VI) Stephen, fourth son of Tristram (2) and Judith (Greenleaf) Coffin, was born Au- gust 18, 1665, in Newbury, and died in that town, August 31, 1725. He resided in Haver- hill from 1686 to 1697, and then returned to Newbury. He married there October 8, 1685, Sarah, daughter of John and Sarah (Mirock) Atkinson, of Newbury, born November 27, 1665, died January 20, 1725. Children : Sarah, born May 16, 1686; Tristram, died young ; Tristram, March 6, 1689 ; Lydia, July 21, 1691 ; Judith, February 23, 1693 ; John, January 20, 1695; Abigail, September 25, 1696; Stephen, 1698; Daniel, September 19, 1700; Abner. April 29, 1702; Mary, September 26, 1704; Joseph, mentioned below ; Benjamin, June 14, 1710.
(VII) Joseph, seventh son of Stephen and Sarah (Atkinson) Coffin, was born December 26, 1706, in Newbury, and resided in that town, where he died November 23, 1758. He mar .. ried (first) in 1729, Elizabeth Collins, of Salis- bury, who died in October, 1749. He married (second) February 13, 1750, Olive Fowler, who married (second ) March 1, 1763, Joseph Rowell. Children, born in Newbury: Joseph. March 25, 1730; Elizabeth, November 20, 1731; Tristram, September 5, 1733; John, September 5, 1735; Sarah, January 26, 1737; Abel, September 30, 1741; Mary, September 16, 1743; Eunice, August 23, 1744; Michael, May 10, 1746; Enoch, September 13, 1748; Samuel, January 19, 1751; Olive, June 28. 1752: Henry, April 9, 1754; Lemuel, mention- ed below ; John, August 12, 1757.
(VIII) Lemuel, eighth son of Joseplı Coffin and fourth child of his second wife, Olive Fowler, was born November 20, 1755, in New- bury, and died there June 29, 1837. He was a soldier of the Revolution, serving in several
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enlistments. He was a private in Captain Moses Newell's company of minute-men, which marched at the Lexington alarm, April 19, 1775, and served four days. He was sub- sequently in Captain Benjamin Parker's com- pany, Colonel Moses Little's (17th) regiment, enlisting May 9, 1775, and serving twelve weeks. The muster roll is dated August I, 1775, on which his age is given as twenty-one years ; and he received an order for a bounty coat or its equivalent in money, dated Prospect Hill, November 14, 1775. His name appears in the return of men made by Major Ralph Cross, sworn to February 16, 1778, in Essex county, among those enlisted for the continental army and the second Essex regiment. He was credited to the town of Newburyport and en- listed for a term of three years. He served on the life guard of General Washington, and appears on the pay account of Lieutenant- Colonel William Washington (third) regiment of Light Dragoons, serving from January I, 1777, to December 13, 1779. He married Cath- erine Cressal, who died January 24, 1844, hav- ing survived her husband six and a half years. Children, born in Newburyport: Eliza, Au- gust 18, 1781 ; John, July 9, 1783 ; Olive, July 14, 1785; Joseph, March 25, 1788; Rachel, August 9, 1790; Abel, mentioned below ; Cath- erine, January 19, 1795; Sarah, July 29, 1797 ; Michael, March 17, 1800; Sarah, November 16, 1802.
(IX) Captain Abel, third son of Lemuel and Catherine (Cressal) Coffin, was born October 21, 1792, in Newburyport; died St. Helena, August 28, 1837. He was a sea captain. He married, March 25, 1816, Susan Ames Hale; she died September 30, 1837. Their children were : Abel Hale, see forward, and Susan Hale, born December 25, 1822; became the wife of Ephraim A. Hyde, of Freeport, Maine.
(X) Abel Hale, son of Captain Abel and Susan Ames (Hale) Coffin, was born August 20, 1820, in Newburyport, died June 21, 1883. He settled in Boston, where he went to sea until age of twenty-eight as supercargo; then for many years wharfinger for Grand Junc- tion Dock & Warehouse Company, which after- wards became property of present Boston & Albany docks. The last ten years of his life he was fuel agent for Eastern railroad before consolidation with B. & M. He was an Epis- copalian ; ten years senior warden for Christ Church, Boston, always a very staunch church member. He married, May, 1846, Julia Ann Holland, born at Newburyport, December 19, 1826, died at Medford, August 25, 1858. He
married (second) November 8, 1859, Mary Ann Mckay. Children by first wife: Annie Morrill, died in childhood. John Lambert, see forward, Susan Hyde, died in childhood. Henry, died in childhood. Children of second wife: Abel Augustus, born June 26, 1861 ; superintendent of the Webster Tannery; re- sides in Malden, Massachusetts. Thomas Mair Mckay, born January 8, 1864, died October, 1869.
(XI) John Lambert, eldest son of Abel Hale and Julia Ann (Holland) Coffin, was born February 20, 1852, in Boston, Massachu- setts. He was educated principally in Bos- ton and Wakefield public schools, then attended Wakefield high school, later Tufts College, class of 1871, receiving degree of A. B. and in 1876 that of A. M .; and subsequently Boston University Medical School, graduating in 1876 with degree of M. D. Engaged in general practice in West Medford until 1896, and then engaged in special practice at Boston on diseases of the skin. Dr. Coffin is a member of the American Institute of Homoeopathy, Massachusetts Homoeopathic Medical Society, Boston Homoeopathic Medical Society, Boston Surgical and Gynæcological Society, honorary member of Maine Homeopathic Medical Soci- ety, professor of dermatology at Boston Uni- versity School of Medicine, chairman of board of trustees of Westboro State Hospital, and while living in Medford was a member of the school committee and board of health. He is a Mason, being affiliated with Mt. Hermon Lodge, attaining the office of junior warden. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa of Tufts. He married, November 8, 1880, Annie Wee- man, daughter of Seth and Louisa (Weeman) Jones, of Malden. Children: Louise Wendte and Julia May (twins), born 1883. Bartlett, October 5, 1888, died September, 1889. Hol- land, March 25, 1890.
(For preceding generations see Tristram Coffin 1).
(VI) Nathaniel, youngest child
COFFIN of Tristram (2) and Judith (Greenleaf) Coffin, was born March 26, 1669, in Newbury, and died there February 20, 1749. He resided in the house erected by his father, which was still standing within a few years, and served as deacon of the church; town clerk, representative to the general court, and was a member of the gov- ernor's council in 1730. He married, March 29, 1693, Sarah, widow of Henry Dole, of Newbury, and daughter of Samuel and Han- nah Brocklebank, of Rowley. She was born
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July 7, 1668; was married (first) November 3, 1686, to Henry Dole, and died April 20, 1750, in Newbury. Children: John, born January 1, 1694; Enoch, February 7, 1696; Apphia, June 9, 1698; Samuel Brocklebank, August 24, 1700; Joseph, mentioned below , Jane, August 5, 1705 ; Edmund, March 9, 1708; Moses, June 2, 17II.
(VII) Colonel Joseph, fourth son of Na- thaniel and Sarah ( Brocklebank) ( Dole ) Coffin, was born December 30, 1702, in Newbury, where he died September 12, 1773. He was an active citizen of the town, and held the rank of colonel in the militia. He married, July 15, 1725, Margaret, daughter of Benja- min and Susanna ( Merrill) Morse, of New- bury, born there April 14, 1702, died February 9, 1775. Children: Sarah, born August 25. 1726; Enoch, August 9, 1728; Mary, Decem- ber 8, 1729; Joshua, January 9, 1732; David, mentioned below ; Susanna, February 6, 1735; Paul, January 16, 1737; Charles, August 17, 1741.
(VIII) Captain David, third son of Colonel Joseph and Margaret (Morse) Coffin, was born February 27, 1733, in Newbury, and be- came a mariner and commander of a vessel, and was lost at sea in December, 1764. He married. August 23, 1759, Mary Pike, and they were the parents of Nathaniel, born Oc- tober 30, 1761, and David, mentioned below.
(IX) David (2), youngest son of David (I) and Mary (Pike) Coffin, was born Sep- tember 6, 1763, in Newbury, and died at Castine, Maine, November 11, 1838. He was a member of a company organized in February 1806, to build a road from Newbury to Plum Island, including a bridge over Plum river. This was constructed in the following summer, and was partially destroyed in 1839. Mr. Coffin was a major of militia, and was a heavy sufferer with others through the embargo laid upon commerce in 1814. He was a member of the association of "Sea Fencibles," organ- ized for the defense of the coast in 1814. He
was one of the claimants against the United States government in 1820 for damages on account of the loss of the brig "George," valued at $15,511.00, of which he was half owner, and of the schooner "Betsy & Lucy," valued at $7,800, of which he was sole owner. He was a merchant at Newburyport in 1790, and advertised a stock of Virginia coal, which was a name then given to anthracite coal just coming into use. In 1794 he was one of the proprietors of a woolen mill at Byfield. He
married, February 9, 1786, Elizabeth Stone, who died at Newburyport, February 6, 181I. She was a daughter of John Stone, a member of the committee of safety of the town of New- bury in 1774. Children: Nathaniel, May 12, 1787 ; David, September 30, 1788; Mary, Sep- tember 13, 1790; Richard Pike, died young ; Richard Pike, February 21, 1794; George, Jan- uary 21, 1797; Isaac Stone, mentioned below ; Ebenezer Stone, September 30, 1801; Eliza, July 14, 1803; Sarah Miller, March 31, 1805; John Stone, August 14, 1807; Frances Boyd, December 25, 1810.
( X) Isaac Stone, sixth son of David (2) and Elizabeth (Stone) Coffin, was born De- cember 26, 1798, in Newburyport, died Janu- ary 24, 1855, at New Orleans, Louisiana. He was early accustomed to live at sea, was em- ployed as supercargo, and later was commander of a vessel. He went to New Orleans as a cotton factor, and was engaged in buying up cotton for the New England mills. He mar- ried, October 15, 1820, at Castine, Maine, Susan Haskell Stevens, daughter of Jonathan Lawrence and Elinor ( Haskell) Stevens. Chil- dren: I. Susan, married James Woodman ; children: Susan, James, Frances Rena and William Coffin Woodman. 2. Sarah, resided in Newburyport, unmarried, died 1892. 3. Isaac, married Sarah Gates Fales, of Thomas- ton, Maine, no issue; he died at Amesbury, Massachusetts, October 1, 1880. 4. Frances, married W. H. Richardson ; resided in Jamaica Plain, Boston. 5. Mary, unmarried, resides in Newburyport. 6. William S., married, No- veniber 13, 1866, Mary Lunt Page ; children : William Page, Henry Fitch, Susan Maria, David Page ; the mother of these children died January 13, 1879, and he married (second), March 30, 1882, Mrs. Jennie Emery Greenleaf, widow of Rufus L. Greenleaf, no issue. 7. Ed- ward F., mentioned below. 8. Lucy S., married Frank C. Davis. 9. Martha S., married Ed- ward Moulton ; child, Alice Coffin Moulton.
(XI) Edward F., son of Isaac Stone and Susan ( Stevens) Coffin, was born June 15, 1839, in Newburyport, and was educated in the public schools of his native town, including the high school. For five years after leaving school, he was employed as a clerk by Sum- ner, Swasey & Currier, wholesale grocers, of Newburyport, and for over five years was bookkeeper at a horn comb factory in the same town. In January, 1865, he purchased from Charles H. Coffin, one-half interest in the comb business, having as partners, John Carr and
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William Forbes. The latter died in 1876, and Mr. Coffin purchased his interest from the heirs, and in 1883 acquired the interest of the other partner, thus becoming the sole owner, and so continued until 1901. The business occupied a brick building at the foot of Fair street, Newburyport, three stories in height, and employed from one hundred and twenty- five to one hundred and fifty hands, and the product was shipped all over the United States and to foreign lands. In 1879 Mr. Coffin built factories on dock at foot of Federal street, Newburyport, for the production of lignoid, a substitute for celluloid, to be employed in the production of his wares. These structures covered an acre of ground, employed one hun- dred hands, and was operated by the Lignoid Manufacturing Company. This business was brought by Mr. Coffin from Paterson, New Jersey, and much extended after it came into his control. In 1887 the business was incor- porated under the style of the Solid Fiber Company, and in 1888 they leased the plant to the Lithoid Manufacturing Company, which changed to the Fiberloid Company, incorpo- rated under the Maine laws in 1894. In the winter of 1904-05, the last named concern re- moved to Indian Orchard, Massachusetts. Mr. Coffin was the founder of these various con- cerns, and his shrewdness, energy and industry were among the most important assets. Under his care the business thrived and received such impetus that it continued successfully after his retirement in 1899. He has ever taken a warm interest in the welfare of the community, and has contributed his share in the support of progressive movements. In religion he is a Unitarian, and in politics a Republican, though independent of party managers. He married, October 21, 1868. Emily Osgood, daughter of Captain Nathaniel S. Osgood, of Newbury- port. They were the parents of two children : I. Winthrop Osgood, born March, 1871 ; edu- cated in the public and high schools, and sub- sequently employed in the office of his father. Later he was employed by the Towle Silver Company, at Newburyport, and is now asso- ciated with his father in the development of real estate interests. 2. Edward May, born May 21, 1882; educated in the schools of his native town, and subsequently pursued a course in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, from which he was graduated as a chemical engineer in 1904. He was subsequently em- ployed at Buffalo by the Lackawanna Steel Company, and is now inspector with the New England Bureau of United Inspectors.
Henry Carlton Hulbert, only HULBERT son of Amos Geer and Cyn- thia ( Bassett ) Hulbert, was born in Lee, Massachusetts, December 19, 1831. The ancestral lines, both paternal and maternal, extend back to the earliest settlement of the country, and both directly and collater- ally include many of the most ancient and honorable of the old Puritan families of New England, the characteristics of whom are de- veloped in him to a marked degree.
His paternal ancestor was Lieutenant Thomas Hulbert, who accompanied Lion Gardiner to this country in 1635, to build a fort at Saybrook. When attacked by the Pe- quots, while absent from the fort, he made a most gallant fight, and though severely wounded, fought his way back to the fort inch by inch. Gardner, in his account says: "But in our retreat I kept Thomas Hulbert, Robert Chapman and John Spencer still before us, we defending ourselves with our naked swords or else they had taken us all alive." Thomas Hulbert afterward settled in Wethersfield, Connecticut, where he died in 1673. It is a singular fact that the descendants of Thomas Hulbert and Robert Chapman, above men- tioned, were united by the marriage of Henry Hulbert and Susan R. Cooley (a direct de- scendant of Robert Chapman) in 1854.
The direct line of Henry Carlton Hulbert is through John, second son of Thomas, born March 8, 1642, died August 30, 1690, settled in Middletown, Connecticut ; Ebenezer, third son of John, born January, 1683, died 1766; Ebenezer Jr., born May 6, 1725, died 1777 ; Amos, born in Chatham, Connecticut, 1752, died in Lee, Massachusetts, 1835; and Amos Geer Hulbert, of Lee, Massachusetts, born in Wethersfield, Connecticut, 1799, died in Lee, Massachusetts, August 6, 1884, father of Henry Carlton Hulbert, of New York and Brooklyn, born in Lee, Massachusetts, Decem- ber 12, 1831.
On the maternal side Henry C. Hulbert is closely identified with the Plymouth Colony, among whom were the English families of Bassett and Dymoke. The founder of the Bassett line, William Bassett, came over to the Plymouth Colony in the ship "Fortune," in 1621. He removed to Duxbury, Massachu- setts, later to Bridgewater, Massachusetts, of which he was one of the proprietors, was ad- mitted freeman in 1633, and died in 1667. He maintained a position of prominence and was intimate with the chief dignitaries of the Massachusetts Colony. The intimacy of his
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son, William Bassett (2), with Governors Winslow and Hinckley, was so close that he, dying early, appointed them guardians over his children. From William Bassett, founder of the line, proceeds William Bassett (2), born 1624, died 1670; Colonel William Bas- sett (3), born in Sandwich, Massachusetts, 1656, died September 29, 1721 : William Bas- sett (4), died 1744, at Sandwich, Massachu- setts ; Nathaniel Bassett, born October 15, 1719, died 1814; Anselm Bassett, born at Sandwich, Massachusetts, July 20, 1768, died July 14, 1837, at Lee, Massachusetts ; Cynthia Bassett, born January 28, 1802, died July 9, 1869, married, January 27, 1824, Amos Geer Hulbert, and thus became the mother of Henry Carlton Hulbert.
By the marriage of Nathaniel Bassett, of the fifth generation, in 1845, to Hannah Hall, great- granddaughter of Margaret, daughter of Gov- ernor Josiah Winslow, Henry C. Hulbert is eighth in descent from Governor Edward Winslow, as also from Widow Susannah Ful- ler White, whose marriage with Governor Winslow, May 12, 1621, was the first mar- riage celebrated in Plymouth Colony, and whose child, Perigrine White (by her former husband), was the first white child born in New England. (See Winslow.) Mr. Hul- bert is in the seventh generation from Gov- ernor Josiah Winslow, son of the preceding, who was the first native-born governor of Massachusetts, also the first native-born gen- eral, serving as general-in-chief of the whole military force of the United Colonies during the Pequot war.
Mr. Hulbert's line of descent from the fam- ily of Dymoke is derived through his grand- mother, Hannah Dymock, mother of Cynthia Bassett. (See Dymoke.) The ancient cava- lier family of Dymoke, by marriage with the heiress of the house of Marmion, became hereditary champion of the Kings and Queens of England, it being the knightly duty of the head of the family on Coronation Day to chal- lenge to mortal combat any one who dared to deny the right of the Sovereign.
The Dymokes were a strong Catholic fam- ily. Tradition has it that one of the sons married a Puritan girl, and Thomas Dymoke, baptized at Pinchbeck. England, October 6. 1604, one of his descendants, joined the Mass- achusetts Bay colonists prior to 1635 .* He
*Thomas Dymoke, of Pinchbeck, is supposedly the same as Thomas Dymoke, of Grey's Inn. Record entry at Grey's Inn says: "August 3, 1629, Cressy Dymoke. son of Thomas Dymoke, of Grey's Inn.
married Ann, daughter of William Hammond and Elizabeth Penn, sister of Admiral Sir William Penn, ancestor of William Penn, founder of Pennsylvania. He appears in the later records as Elder Thomas Dymoke. He was selectman of Dorchester, Massachusetts, 1635; admitted freeman 1636; removed to Hingham 1638; and in 1639-40 to Barnstable, being one of the original proprietors. He was lieutenant of militia, the highest military com- mission in the colonies at the time. He died in 1658. The line from him descends through Ensign Shubael, baptized September 15, 1644. died at Mansfield, Connecticut, 1735, aged ninety-one; thence through John, born 1666; Theophilus, of Falmouth, Massachusetts, born 1696, died 1760; Theophilus (2), born 1727, died 1765 : Sylvanus, born at Falmouth, Mass- achusetts, 1754, died at Lee, Massachusetts, March 16, 1837; Hannah Dymoke, born Janu- ary 5, 1778, died 1853, married Anselm Bas- sett, born in Sandwich, Massachusetts, July 20, 1768, died in Lee, Massachusetts, 1837 ; ( see Bassett line, V) ; Cynthia Bassett, born in Lee. Massachusetts. 1802, died July 9, 1869; married, January 27, 1824, Amos Geer Hul- bert, born at Wethersfield, Connecticut, Feb- ruary 7, 1799, died at Lee, Massachusetts, 1884: Henry Carlton Hulbert, born at Lee, Massachusetts, December 19, 1831.
General Joseph Dymoke and Captain Lott Dymoke, of the Revolution, and sons of The- ophilus Dymoke, of the fourth generation above, and through Sarah Hinckley, his wife, were the great-great-uncles of Henry C. Hul- bert; through Sarah Hinckley, wife of The- ophilus, Mr. Hulbert is descended from Sam- uel Hinckley, father of Governor Hinckley, of Massachusetts.
Through the marriage of John Hulbert, of the second generation of the Hulbert line, to Honor Treat Deming, Mr. Hulbert is de- scended from Richard Treat, father of Gov- ernor Robert Treat, of Connecticut. John Deming and Richard Treat were two of the patentees named in the Connecticut charter, granted by Charles II., the famous document of "Charter Oak" notoriety. Another collateral ancestor, by marriage of William Bassett (4)
December 7, 1631, Thomas Dymoke, son and heir of Thomas Dymoke, of Grey's Inn." There Is confu- sion in Heraldic Office of London; the descendants of Arthur Dymoke, brother of Sir Edward the Cham- pion, and of Arthur Dymoke, son of Sir Edward, having the same name, it is impossible to desig- nate which was the Thomas that emigrated to America; but both deseend from the Champion fam- Ily.
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of Sandwich, Massachusetts, February 3. 1709. to Abigail Bourne (see Bassett ), granddaughter of Richard Bourne, was Rich- ard Bourne, of Plymouth Colony, who exer- cised an influence over the Massachusetts In- dians similar to that of Sir William Johnson over the Six Nations of New York. Barn- stable Records, p. 107, say that he did more by the moral power which he exerted to de- fend the old colony than Major William Brad- ford did at the head of the army. A score of other ancestors can be traced who were promi- nent colonists and who arrived in America prior to 1640. So far Mr. Hulbert has been unable to trace his descent from any one who emigrated later than 1645.
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