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 BURKES COLONIAL GENTRY. 63 Hincage. Sii' Richard CofBn, knight, accompanied William the Conquehob from Normandy to England in the year 1066, and the manor of Alwington, co. Devon, was assigned to him. The authorities who have written respect- ing the CO. of Devon make honourable men- tion of Sir Elias Coffin, knight, of Clist and Ingarby, in the days of King John ; of Sir KicHAED Coffin, of Alwington, temp. Heney II ; of Sir Jeffrey Coffin, of Coombe Coffin, under Heney III, who granted, a.d. 1254, to Richard Coffin and his heirs for ever, free warren in all his demesne and lands of Alwington, in the co. of Devon ; and of other knights, descendants of these, during successive reigns, till the time of Heney VIII, when we find Sir William Coffin sheriff of Devonshire, and being highly preferred at court, master of the horse at the coronation of Anne Boleyn, a gentleman of the privy chamber, and after- wards one of the eighteen assistants of Eing Heney VIII at the tournament of G-uienne, in France, a.d. 1519. This Sir William Coffin was also high steward of the manor and liberties of Stanton, co. Hertford. At his death he humbly bequeathed to his master, Heney VIII, all his hawks, his best horses, and a cart, and, leaving no issue, he conveyed the manor of East Higginton, in the parish of Besryn Arbor, with all his other estates in Devon, to his eldest brother's son, RicHAED Coffin, Esq. of Portledge. Nicholas Coffin, Esq. of Butler's Parish, co. Devon, d. in 1603 ; will proved at Totnes, co. Devon, 3rd November, 1603, in which he mentions his five children, viz., Peteb, of whom presently, Nicholas, Trist- ram, John, and Anne. Petee Coffin, Esq., m. Joanna Thimber, and d. in 1627 or 1628, leaving four daughters and two sons, one of whom, Teisteam Coffin, Esq., the ancestor of the numerous families of that name now in Canada, was b. at Brixton, near Plymouth, CO. Devon, 1605, emigrated to New England in 164.2, and settled at Nantacket, where several of his descendants were raised to the bench. He m. Dionis Stevens, and d. at Nantucket 2nd October, 1681, having had issue, I. Petee (Hon.), of whom hereafter. II. Tristram, 6. 1632, d. 4th February, 1704. III. James, h. 12th August, 1640, d. 28th August, 1720. IV. John, d. 30th October, 1642. V. John, d. 5th September, 1711. VI. Stephen, d. 14th November, 1734. I. EUzabelh, I. 1634, d. 9th November, 1678. II. Deborah, d. 8th December, 1642. III. Mary, d. 13th November, 1717. The eldest son, Hon. Petee Coffin, b. 1631, m. Abigal Starbuck, and d. 21st March, 1715, having had issue, I. Peter, b. 20th August, 1660, m. Eliza- beth Starbuck (who was b. 9th Sep- tember, 1665, and d. in 1731), and d. November, 1699, having had issue, 1. Tristram, b. 26th April, 1685. 2. Nathaniel, b. 26th March, 1687. 3. Samuel, b. 26th February, 1689. 4. Barnabus, b. 12th February, 1690. 1. Abigal, b. 9th July, 1683. 2. Eunice, b. 23rd September, 1693. 3. Jemima, b. 1695. II. Jetheo, of whom presently. III. Tristram, b. 18th January, 1665. IT. Robert, b. 1667. T. Edward, b. 20th February, 1669. I. Abigal, b. 21st October, 1657. II. Judith, b. 1672. III. Parnel. IV. Elizabeth, b. 27th January, 1680. V. Eliphalet. The second son, Jetheo Coffin, Esq., b. 16th September, 1663, m. Mary Gardner (who was b. 27th May, 1670, and d. 28th October, 1767), and d. in 1726, having had issue, I. John, of whom presently. II. Josiah, b. 28th July, 1698, d. 1780. III. Robert, b. 11th April, 1704, d. 1757. IT. Peter. T. Edward. I. Margaret, b. 10th June, 1689. II. PriscLlla, b. 26th December, 1691, d. 1772. III. Abigal, b. 12th February, 1701, d. 1782. The eldest son, John Coffin, Esq., b. 12th April, 1694, m. Lydia Grardner (who d. in 1788), and d. in 1768, having had issue, I. Jethro, d. in 1809. II. Peter, d. in 1799. III. Richard. IT. Hezekiah, d. in 1810. V. John, of whom presently. I. Deborah, d. in 1816. II. Lydia. III. Parnel. The fifth and youngest son, John Coffin, Esq. of Barrington, Nova Scotia, b. at Nantucket, 14th August, 1727, removed to Nova Scotia after the American Revolution, m. Mary Davis (wlio was b. 20th November, 1729), and d. at Barrington, having had issue, I. John, b. 31st December, 1752. II. Petee, of whom presently. III. Tristram, b. 3rd June, 1762. IT. Zebulon, b. 4th April, 1764. T. Seth, b. 18th February, 1768. Ti. Josiah, b. 8th October, 1770.