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(III) TRISTRAM COFFIN, son of Peter and Joan (Thember) Coffin, was born at Brixton, near Plymouth, county of Devonshire, England, in 1605, and died at Nantucket, Massachusetts, August 3, 1681. He belonged to the landed gentry class of English society and was heir to his father's estate at Brixton, but in 1642 sailed for America. His motive is unknown, but it is a matter of history that in the same year, Plymouth, which was five miles from Brixton, fell into the hands of the Parliament Party at war with the King and his supporters. It is probable that he had supported the royal side of that struggle and after the fall of Plymouth thought best to leave the country. The first record of him in America is that of a deed which he witnessed in 1642 by which the Indians sold what is now Haver- hill, Massachusetts, to a group of settlers. He resided there for a short time and removed to Newbury. The town records of Newbury show that in 1644 he was allowed to keep an ordinary and ferry. A similar record also occurs, dated Decem- ber 26, 1647. In 1654, he removed to Salisbury, and while there signed his name to some documents as commissioner. At that time a plan was formed among the
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(Morrison and Sharples : "History of the Kimball Family.")
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citizens of Salisbury to purchase the Island of Nantucket from Thomas Mayhew. The deed is dated July 2, 1659, and was given by Mayhew to nine purchasers, the price being thirty pounds and two beaver hats. The purchasers were Tristram Coffin, Richard Swain, Peter Coffin, Stephen Greenleaf, William Pike, Thomas Macy, Thomas Barnard, Christopher Hussey and John Swain. Early that year Tristram Coffin and Peter Folger made a voyage to explore the region, stopping at both Mar- tha's Vineyard and Nantucket, and their report had resulted in the purchase. Late in the season the first settlers arrived. July 15, 1661, the owners or purchasers met and house-lots containing sixty rods square apportioned to each share. The first book of Nantucket records shows the relative location :
Tristram Coffin Sen. had his house lot layed out at Cappammet by the aforesaid lot layers, at Cappammet Harbour head, sixty rods square, or thereabouts; the east side line part of it bounded by the Highway; the south side bounded by a rock southward of the pond; the north by the harbour head; the west side bounded by the lot of Tristram Coffin, Jr., more or less, as it is layd out.
Tristram Coffin was a leading spirit among the islanders at the beginning of the settlement. Both he and his son, Peter, were rich proprietors and to a large extent controlled the enterprises of the island. He sought to have his associates purchase the Island of Tuckernuck, but failing to do so he and three eldest sons purchased it. He built and maintained a mill for grinding corn and engaged in farming operations, employing large numbers of Indians. June 29, 1671, he was appointed chief magistrate of the Island and at the same time Thomas Mayhew received a commission to hold the same office in Martha's Vineyard. With two assistants they constituted a General Court. For a time the two islands were under the jurisdiction of the Colony of New York. His commission is, therefore, found in third Deed Book at Albany :
Francis Loveland, Esq., etc. Whereas upon address made unto mee by Mr. Tristram Cof- fin and Mr. Thomas Macy on ye behalfe of themselves and ye rest of ye inhabitants of Nan- tucket Island concerning ye Mannor and method of Government to bee used amongst them- selves, and having by ye advice of my councell pitcht upon a way for them; that is to say. That they be governed by a person to be nominated by myselfe; ye other to be chosen and confirmed by ye inhabitants as in ye instructions sent unto them is more particularly sett forth. And having conceived a good opinion of ye fitness and capacity of Mr. Tristram Coffin to be ye present Chiefe Magistrate to manage affayres with ye Ayd and good advice of ye assistants in ye Islands of Nantuckett and Tuckanuckett, I have thought fit to nominate constitute and appoint Mr. Tristram Coffin to be chiefe Magistrate of ye said islands of Nantuckett and Tuckanuckett. In ye management of which said employment hee is to use his best skill and endeavor to preserve his Maties peace, and to keep ye Inhabitants in good order. And all per- sons are hereby required to give ye said Mr. Tristram Coffin such respect and obedience as belongs to a Person invested by commission from authority of his Royall Highness in ye place and employment of a Chiefe Magistrate in ye Islands aforesaid. And he is duly to observe the Orders and Instructions which are already given forth for ye well governing of ye Place, or such others as from time to time shall hereafter bee given by mee; and for what- soever ye said Tristram Coffin shall lawfully Act or Doe in Prosecution of ye Promises, This my Commission which is to bee in ye year of our Lord 1672 when a new Magistrate is to enter unto the employment shall be his sufficient Warrant and Discharge.
Given under my Hand and Seale at Fforte James, in New York this 29th day of June, in ye 22 yeare of his Maties Reigne; Annog. Dn'i. 1671.
FRANCES LOVELACE.
Among the problems which Tristram Coffin faced as magistrate was that of Indian relations. From the time of his tour of inquiry just prior to the settlement of the Island, he enjoyed their respect and confidence. Improved wigwams were built on his land to house those working for him. The sale of liquor to them
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became a serious matter and Coffin, Mayhew and their assistants enacted a law pro- hibiting such sales to them. There is record of several fines imposed on white settlers for selling them rum. The court on several occasions had to take posses- sion of all the liquor on the island and dispose of it in small quanities to the Eng- lish settlers. Another problem was a feud between Thomas Macy on the one side and John Gardner, Peter Folger and others; and another was the growth of a feeling favoring the jurisdiction of Massachusetts rather than New York. Tris- tram Coffin was granted a second commission as magistrate to meet their various problems. He and his sons at one time owned about one-fourth of the Island of Nantucket as well as the whole of Tuckernuck. He made no will, but disposed of land by deed to his children. To each of his grandchildren who would plant it, ten acres on Tuckernuck were given. In one of the deeds, dated 1676, by which he conveyed land to his youngest son, Stephen, an exception was made of his "new house on the hill." Tracing the title we find that it was conveyed to his son, John, from him to his son, Peter, and from Peter to his son, Robert.
Tristram Coffin married, in England, Dionis Stevens, daughter of Robert Stevens, of Brixton. Children :
I. Peter, born at Brixton in 1631, died at Exeter, New Hampshire, March 21, 1715; an original purchaser of Nantucket; lieutenant in King Philip's War; representa- tive in 1672; removed to Exeter in 1690; Chief Justice of Supreme Court of New Hampshire and member of the Governor's Council; married Abigail Starbuck, daughter of Edward and Catharine Starbuck.
2. Tristram, Jr., born in England in 1632, died in Newbury, Massachusetts, February 4, 1704; deacon at Newbury for twenty years, merchant taylor; married, March 2, 1652, Judith (Greenleaf) Somerby, daughter of Edmund and Sarah Greenleaf.
3. Elizabeth, born in England about 1634, died at Newbury, November 19, 1678; married, November 13, 1651, Captain Stephen Greenleaf,
4. James, of whom further.
5. John, born in England, died at Haverhill, Massachusetts, October 30, 1642.
6. Deborah, born in Haverhill, Massachusetts, November 16, 1642, died there December 8, 1642.
7. Mary, of whom further.
8. John, of whom further.
9. Stephen, born at Newbury, Massachusetts, May 10, 1652, died at Nantucket, November 14, 1734; married, about 1668, Mary Bunker.
(A. Coffin: "Life of Tristram Coffin," pp. 18-43, 52-59. L. S. Hinchman: "Early Set- tlers of Nantucket," pp. 5-6.)
(IVa) JAMES COFFIN, son of Tristram and Dionis (Stevens) Coffin, was born in Brixton, England, August 12, 1640, and died in Nantucket, July 28, 1720. He was Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in 1696, 1699, 1702, 1715, and Judge of Probate Court from 1706 to 1715. He married, December 3, 1663, Mary Sever- ance. (Severance II.) They had :
1. Dinah, of whom further.
(Family records.)
(V) DINAH COFFIN, daughter of James and Mary (Severance) Coffin, was born in Nantucket, Massachusetts, and died there August 1, 1750. She married Nathaniel Starbuck. (Starbuck III.)
(IVb) MARY COFFIN, daughter of Tristram and Dionis ( Stevens) Coffin, was born at Haverhill, Massachusetts, February 20, 1645, and died at Nantucket,
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November 13, 1717. In 1701 she became interested in the Society of Friends and became a preacher of their doctrines. She married Nathaniel Starbuck. (Star- buck II.)
(Family records).
(IVc) JOHN COFFIN, son of Tristram and Dionis (Stevens) Coffin, was born at Haverhill, Massachusetts, October 30, 1647, and died at Edgartown, Massachu- setts, September 5, 17II. He was commissioned a lieutenant at Nantucket, June 5, 1684. He married Deborah Austin. They had :
I. Samuel, of whom further.
(Ibid.)
(Va) SAMUEL COFFIN, son of John and Deborah (Austin) Coffin, was born October 23, 1683, and died February 22, 1764. He married, in 1705, Miriam Gardner. (Gardner IV.) They had :
I. Deborah, of whom further.
(Ibid.)
(VI) DEBORAH COFFIN, daughter of Samuel and Miriam (Gardner) Coffin, was born April 11, 1708, and died June 9, 1789. She married Tristram Starbuck. (Starbuck IV.) (Ibid.)
(The Gardner Line.)
When surnames first came into vogue, the name of one's occupation was fre- quently adopted. The English surname, Gardiner, and its variations, Gardner, Gardener, and Gairdner, come from the occupational name, "the Gardener." As early as the Hundred Rolls of 1273, we find these names listed: Geoffrey le Gardiner, County Hants, and William de Gardiner, County Lancaster, during the reigns of Henry III and Edward I.
(Bardsley : "Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames.")
(I) THOMAS GARDNER, of Salem, Massachusetts, was born (according to Per- ley's "History of Salem") about 1592, and died December (10 mo.) 29, 1674. He lived in that part of Salem which is now Peabody. He was a freeman, holding in Salem an office similar to that of selectman prior to March 3, 1635-36. These town representatives were called "the thirteen men," March 28, 1636, and Thomas Gardner was then one of the number. A warrant was issued by the town Febru- ary 20, 1636-37, to lay out certain lands, and another at about the same time, included one hundred acres to be laid out to Thomas Gardner. March 20, 1636- 37, the surveyors of fences between "the meeting house, all westward of the Towne", were Thomas Olney and Thomas Gardner. June 19, 1637, Thomas Gardner was one of the twelve men "chosen for manadging the affairs of the Towne" for six months.
At a town meeting, held in Salem, December 25, 1637, certain lands were ordered laid out to the families, and a list was made up showing the number of persons in each family. "Tho: Gardner" is shown as having a family of seven persons, and further down the list is "Tho. Gardner," with only one person in his family. Undoubtedly the family of seven is that of Thomas, Senior, and the other is Thomas, Junior, not yet married.
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Thomas Gardner was one of the trial jury of the September, 1636, session of Salem Court, and was foreman of the jury of the session of June, 1637.
At the town meeting, December 4, 1643, Thomas Gardner was one of the "seven men" chosen and ordered to meet monthly to conduct the town's affairs.
Thomas Gardner married (first), "probably," Margaret Fryer. He married (second) Widow Damaris Shattuck, who died November 28, 1674. Children :
I. Lieutenant Thomas, born probably before 1617, died in 1682; married (first), Hannah ; (second), Elizabeth Horne. He was a shoemaker. On May 17, 1637, Thomas Gardner was one of those, of Salem, who had signified their desire to become free- men. July 18, 1637, it was ordered that "Thomas Gardner, jr., shall have five acres of land for a great lot." November 8, 1637, Thomas Gardner was granted "five acres of land in addition to the five already granted, and to his brother George Gardner ten acres." He was not a son of his father's second wife, as the father in his will spoke of the said wife as the "mother in law" (stepmother) of his son, Thomas.
2. Lieutenant George, born probably before 1617, died August 20, 1679; married (first) Ruth, widow of George Turner; (second) Mrs. Elizabeth (Allen) Stone, widow of Rev. Samuel Stone. He removed, in 1673, to Hartford, Connecticut.
3. Richard, of whom further.
4. John, born probably in England, about 1622, died 5 mo. 6, or in May, 1706, "aged 82"; married, February 20, 1654, Priscilla Grafton.
5. Samuel, born in 1627, died in October, 1689; married (first), Mary White; (second), August 2, 1680, widow Elizabeth Paine. He was a mariner.
6. Joseph, was killed December 19, 1675, in the Narragansett fight with the Indians; mar- ried Ann Downing, who married (second) Governor Simon Bradstreet. Joseph Gardner was captain of the foot company.
("New England Historical and Genealogical Register," Vol. XXV, p. 48. Charles Henry Pope : "The Pioneers of Massachusetts," pp. 181-82. Lydia S. Hinchman: "Early Settlers of Nantucket," pp. 79, 81. Sidney Perley: "The History of Salem, Massachusetts," Vol. I, pp. 68, 69, 198, 240, 317, 318, 352, 424, 438, 450, 463, 464.)
(II) RICHARD GARDNER, son of Thomas Gardner, died March 23, 1688. He removed in 1668 to Nantucket, Massachusetts, where he was chief magistrate. He married Sarah Shattuck, born about 1632. They had :
I. Richard, of whom further.
(Ibid.)
(III) RICHARD GARDNER, son of Richard and Sarah (Shattuck) Gardner, married Mary Austin. They had :
I. Miriam, of whom further.
(Family records.)
(IV) MIRIAM GARDNER, daughter of Richard and Mary (Austin) Gardner, married Samuel Coffin. (Coffin V-a.)
(Ibid.)
(The Severance Line).
Search of surname meanings as given by the various authorities fails to dis- close the meaning of the name Severance. Whether it be synonymous with Sev- ern, is not definitely proven, although it would seem likely, for in its early formsy the name had the same beginnings and the change came about merely in the record- ing of the name as pronounced when the art of writing became more universal. Severn is derived from the Celtic and was originally given through some dweller near the River Severn, which in the Anglo-Saxon signified "boundary line."
(Harrison : "Surnames of the United Kingdom.")
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(I) JOHN SEVERANCE (early spelling Severans) died April 9, 1682, and was buried with his family in the old burying ground at East Salisbury. No stone marks the spot. His will was dated April 7, 1682, and proved May 9, 1682. He was of Boston in 1637, was made freeman in 1637 and enrolled in the Ancient and Honorable Artillery, which was organized the first Monday in June, 1638. John Severance was granted a lot in Salisbury, Massachusetts, where his name appears for the first time "3 month, 1639." Some of his activities are indicated by the following records :
22, 6th mo. 1642, John Severans with six others was appointed Prudential man (later called selectman or supervisor ), to manage the affairs of ye plantation and continued in said office for two years.
May 27, 1645. He was appointed surveyor, with power to demand helpe towards ye mak- ing and repairing of ways.
Dec. 21, 1647. He sold to Thomas Bradbury his new and old house and house lot on both sides of ye street on N.W. side of the road running into the great swamp, ye middle of it.
About the same date, Mr. Severance opened the "Ordinary" for the accommo- dation of the General Court and became known as a "victualler and vinter." In 1664, a meeting was held, John Severance being moderator. The frequency with which he was given office of one kind or another shows that he must have been a man of integrity and ability. Unfortunately his church record cannot be traced, as the records of the Congregational Church at Salisbury (organized 1639) up to 1687, five years after his death, are lost. His interest in church matters, however, is indicated by the order which he issued in 1643 as "Prudential man," "that the military officers in every Towne shall appoint what arms are to be brought to the meeting houses on the Lord's day and to take orders at farms and houses remote that amunition bee safely disposed of so that the enemy may not possess himself of them."
John Severance married (first), in Ipswich, England, in 1635, Abigail Kimball. (Kimball II.) He married (second), October 27, 1663, Mrs. Susanna Ambrose, of Boston. Children, all of first marriage:
1. Samuel, born September 19, 1637, died young.
2. Ebenezer, born March 7, 1639, died September, 1667, unmarried.
3. Abigail, born January 7, 1641, died same day.
4. Abigail, born May 25, 1643; married, November 29, 1664, John Church.
5. Mary, of whom further,
6. John, born November 27, 1647; married, August 15, 1672, Mary.
7. Joseph, born February 15, 1650.
8. Elizabeth, born April 8, 1652, died in 1656.
9. Benjamin, born January 13, 1654.
10. Ephraim, born April 8, 1656.
II. Elizabeth (twin) born, June 17, 1658; married, in 1686, Samuel Eastman.
12. Adam (twin), born June 17, 1658, died June 23, 1658.
(Rev. John F. Severance : "The Severans Genealogical History," pp. xiii, xiv, xvi, xvii, xviii; p. I.)
(II) MARY SEVERANCE, daughter of John and Abigail ( Kimball) Severance, was born 5th, 8 mo. 1645." She married Honorable James Coffin. (Coffin IVa.)
("Vital Records of Nantucket, Massachusetts," Vol. II, p. 464; Vol. IV, p. 360. Allen Coffin: "The Coffin Family-The Life of Tristram Coffyn, of Nantucket, Massachusetts," P. 55.)
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(The Kimball Line).
Kimball, the surname, was first used by persons who resided in or near the parishes of Great and Little Kimble, in County Bucks, near Wendover. The name has been found recorded in very early times, several instances being Richard de Kinebelle, County Bucks, in the Hundred Rolls of 1273; Nicholas Kymbell, County Norfolk, who lived in the time of Henry IV; and John de Kinebelle, of County Oxford, in the Hundred Rolls of 1273.
(Bardsley : "Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames.")
(I) RICHARD KIMBALL, the American progenitor of this line, was born in Rattlesden, County Suffolk, England, and died in Ipswich, Massachusetts, June 22, 1674, or 1675. He embarked with his family at Ipswich, County Suffolk, England, April 10, 1634, on the ship "Elizabeth," of which William Andrews was master. He landed in Boston, Massachusetts, and shortly after went to Watertown, where he received a home lot of six acres near the Cambridge sector. He was named a freeman, May 6, 1635, and a year or two later was listed as a proprietor. As Ipswich needed a competent wheelwright, Mr. Kimball was invited to settle there and follow his trade, and upon accepting he was granted a house-lot and forty acres on February 23, 1637. Records show that he was allowed to "Pasture two cows free" in 1639, and in 1641 he was mentioned as a commoner. In 1645, he was recorded, and again in 1647, for killing two foxes. The town gave Richard Kimball permission to fell oak trees for his trade, in January, 1649, and again in 1660. With his son, Richard, also a wheelwright, he was appraiser of an estate in 1652, selling thirty acres bounding on the land of John Winthrop, and another ten- acre tract. He was placed on a committee to survey fences in 1653. His will, dated March 5, 1674-75, was proved September 28, 1675. He was a well-to-do man, with an estate valued at seven hundred and thirty-seven pounds, three shill- ings, six pence.
Richard Kimball married (first), in England, Ursula Scott, daughter of Henry and Martha Scott, of Rattlesden, England. He married (second), October 23, 1661, Margaret Dow, who died March 1, 1676, widow of Henry Dow, of Hamp- ton, New Hampshire. Children, all of first marriage, and all but last three born in Rattlesden, England :
I. Abigail, of whom further.
2. Henry, died at Wenham in 1676; married (first) Mary Wyatt; (second) Elizabeth (Gilbert) Raynor.
3. Elizabeth, born in 1621.
4. Richard, born in 1623; married (first) Mary; (second) Mary Gott.
5. Mary, born in 1625; married Robert Dutch.
6. Martha, born in 1629; married Joseph Fowler.
7. John, born in 1631; married Mary Bradstreet.
8. Thomas, born in 1633, killed by the Indians in 1676; married Mary Smith.
9. Sarah, born at Watertown, 1635; married Edward Allen.
10. Benjamin, born at Ipswich, in 1637; married Mercy Hazeltine.
11. Caleb, born at Ipswich, in 1639; married Anna Hazeltine.
(Leonard A. Morrison and Stephen P. Sharples: "History of the Kimball Family," Vol. I, pp. 27, 32, 34, 37, 38, 39-42, 44, 46. Ipswich town records.)
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(II) ABIGAIL KIMBALL, daughter of Richard and Ursula (Scott) Kimball, was born in Rattlesden, Suffolk County, England, and died in Salisbury, Massa- chusetts, June 19, 1658. She married John Severance. (Severance I.)
(Ibid.)
(The Jackson Line).
From the baptismal John, and from its popular nickname, Jack, came the sur- name Jackson, a name which has spread far in its usage. It is found in various forms in most of the early records of England, spreading later throughout Great Britain.
(Bardsley: "Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames." Harrison: "Surnames of the United Kingdom.")
(I) ISAAC JACKSON, emigrant ancestor of the family, was born, probably in Ireland, in 1664-65, and died at Londongrove, Chester County, Pennsylvania, in the fall of 1750. His eldest son, Thomas, remained in Ireland; his daughter, Rebecca, came to America quite early; and he and his wife and the rest of the family came to America in 1725. Before they came they obtained a certificate of removal from Carlow Monthly Meeting, which follows :
To Friends in the Province of Pennsylvania or elsewhere:
DEAR FRIENDS: These with our love in the truth, which is one in all nations, do we dearly salute you, hereby letting you know that our friend Isaac Jackson, sometime since acquainted us with his intention of transporting himself and family into your parts. . ... Both he and his wife are members of our men's and women's meetings for about twenty years past, and their conversation and behavior amongst us and others were orderly and of good report . .. . and their two children William and Mary Jackson have behaved orderly and are clear from any here on account of marriage.
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