1Sylvanus J. Macy, Esq., The Coffin Family, NEHGR Vol. 24, p. 150 (Apr. 1870).
"2. TRISTRAM2 (Peter1) was born in England, 1609;* died in Nantucket, Mass., October 2, 1681. He married in England, Dionis, daughter of Robert Stevens, of Brixton, and came to Salisbury, Mass., in 1642, with five children.
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They had:---
3. i. PETER, b. in England, 1631; d. in Exeter, N. H., Mar. 21, 1715.
4. ii. TRISTRAM, Jr., b. in England, 1632; d. in Newbury, Feb. 4, 1704.
iii. ELIZABETH, b. in England; m. in Newbury, Mass., Nov. 13, 1651, Capt. Stephen s. of Edmund and Sarah Greenleaf; d. Nov. 29, 1678. Capt. Stephen was b. in 1630, and d. in 1690. They had several children.
5. iv. JAMES, b. in England, Aug. 12, 1640; lived in Nantucket; d. there July 28, 1720.
v. JOHN, b. in England; d. in Haverhill, Mass., Oct. 30, 1642.
vi. DEBORAH, b. in Haverhill, Mass., Nov. 15, 1642, and d. there Dec. 8, 1642.
vii. MARY,† b. in Haverhill, Mass., Feb. 20, 1645; m. Nathaniel s. of Edward and Catherine (Reynolds) Starbuck. She d. in Nantucket, Sept. 13, 1717; he was b. in 1638, and died in Nantucket, June 6, 1719.
6. viii. JOHN, b. in Haverhill, Mass., Oct. 30, 1647; d. in Edgartown, in 1711.
7. ix. STEPHEN, b. in Newbury, Mass., May 11, 1652; d. in Nantucket, May 18, 1734.".