Dionis (Stevens) Coffin (bef. 1610 - aft. 1681)

Born before 4 Mar 1610 in Brixton, Devon, England

Ancestors

Wife of Tristram Coffin Sr. — married 1630 in Braxton, Devon, England

Descendants

Died after 2 Oct 1681 after age 71 in Nantucket, New York Colony

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Biography

This profile is part of the Haverhill, Massachusetts One Place Study.

Dionis Stevens (spelling used by source), daughter of John Robert and Dionis ( ____) Stevens, was baptized 4 March 1609/10, in Brixton, Devon, England. ^[1]

Dionis Stevens married Tristram Coffin (per by the baptism of their son Peter 18 July 1630), probably in Brixton.^[1]

Tristram took his family to New England about 1642. Dionis is frequently named as his wife in deeds of sale giving her consent to those sales. She herself was "presented" at court, in 1653, for selling beer for three pence per quart. The law set the price at fourpence with four bushels of malt to the hogshead. Her beer was six bushels of malt to the hogshead and so was discharged by the court.^[1]

Tristram and his son, Stephen, both of Sherborn in Nantucket, built a barn together. An agreement was made 18 July 1677, that Stephens parents Tristram and Dionis Coffin would have use of the barn until their decease. 3 Dec 1678, they gave to son John their dwelling, after their decease. ^[1]

Tristram died on 2 Oct 1681, and 9 Feb 1682, his widow, Ms Dionis Coffin, was awarded use of his estate during her life. ^[1]

Children:^[1]

1. Peter bpt 18 July 1630 Brixton
2. Elizabeth about 1631 in England
3. Tristram b. 1632 in England
4. James bpt 11 Sep 1639 Brixton
5. John about 1641
6. Deborah b. 16 Nov 1642, d. 8 Dec 1642 in Haverhill, Massachusetts
7. Mary b. 20 Feb 1644/5 Haverhill
8. John b 30 Oct 1647 Haverhill
9. Stephen b. 10 May 1652, Newbury, Massachusetts

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Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5} Holman, Mary Lovering. Ancestry of Charles Stinson Pillsbury and John Sargent Pillsbury Vol. 2. (1938) Number 87. "The John Stevens Line" p. 624; and pp 604-615 ("The First Coffin Line"

See also:

• 80 immigrants : our Merrill-Covell pedigree Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.Original data - Parsons, Gladys Merrill Covell,. 80 immigrants : our Merrill-Covell pedigree. Detroit, Mich.: Privately published, 1969.Original data: Parsons, Gladys Merrill Covell,. 80 imm
• Starbuck, Alexander,. The history of Nantucket, county, island and town : including genealogies of first settlers. Boston: C.E. Goodspeed & Co., 1924. p. 654 p. 697 and other pages.
• Hinchman, Lydia Swain Mitchell.. Early settlers of Nantucket : their associates and descendants. Philadelphia: Ferris & Leach, 1901. see index
• "Vital Records of Nantucket, Massachusetts to the Year 1850," Published by the New England Historic and Genealogical Society, 1925. Vol 3 Page 318 (marriages)
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 11 April 2020), memorial page for Dionis Stevens Coffin (4 Mar 1610–16 Sep 1684), Find A Grave: Memorial #34909547 citing Founders Burial Ground, Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Mary Harrell-Sesniak (contributor 46488639) . Memorial stone erected 2009
• Coffin, Louis, ed. The Coffin Family. (Published by Nantucket Historical Association, Nantucket, Mass., 1962). Page 92
• New England Marriages prior to 1700; page 166 (Coffin)
• Pope, Charles Henry: "Pioneers of Massachusetts"; page 107 (Coffin)
• Ancestry of Charles Stinson Pillsbury and John Sargent Pillsbury Volume Two