Joshua was born 06 Apr 1792, the son of Prince Coffin and Experience Ells, who moved from Nantucket, Massachusetts to Kings County, Nova Scotia circa 1776[1][2]
On March 6, 1815, he married Elizabeth Lounsbury, daughter of Michael Lounsbury[2], and their children included[3]:
↑ 2.02.12.2The history of Kings County, Nova Scotia, heart of the Acadian land by Eaton, Arthur Wentworth Hamilton, 1849-1937; Publication date 1910; Publisher Salem, Mass., The Salem press company; Digitizing sponsor The Library of Congress; Contributor The Library of Congress; Call number 10097872; Pages 930; Possible copyright status The Library of Congress is unaware of any copyright. See page 608-9 for the family of Prince and Experience Ells
↑ 3.03.13.23.33.43.53.6Familysearch shows various family trees showing this information. Similar information is published in Ancestry.com and other secondary sources
↑ "Massachusetts, Index to Boston Passenger Lists, 1848-1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV51-MF5X : 25 October 2016), Nathan Coffin, 1851; citing Immigration, ship Nonpariel, NARA microfilm publication M265 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1969), roll #M265.
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