British, Scottish & Welsh Gentry
MATERNAL LINE~8th great-grandfather
Tristram Coffin→James Coffin→Capt. Nathaniel Coffin→Benjamin Coffin→Thomas Coffin→Anna Folger Coffin→...Coffin/Nantucket line...→Rachael Winter Swift→Charles Franklin Perry→Francis Swift Perry→Carol Perry→John, Perry & Patrick Long
Tristram Coffin is your ~8th great-grandfather. He purchased Nantucket Island in 1659.
Through the Coffin, Hawkins, and other colonial lines, your ancestry connects to British, Scottish, and Welsh gentry dating back to the medieval period. These are direct ancestors confirmed through FamilySearch records.
| Name | Born | PID | Relationship |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sir Richard Coffin | ~1066 | — | ~25th great-grandfather, Hastings |
| Sir Henry Maynard | 1547 | PS5C-88J | ~11th great-grandfather, secretary to Lord Burghley, advisor to Elizabeth I |
| Sir William Hawkins | 1530 | LZN9-9F7 | ~12th great-grandfather, Plymouth privateer |
| Capt. William Hawkins | 1495 | LY7K-GW3 | ~13th great-grandfather, pioneer of English trade to Brazil |
| Sir William Pitt | ~1578 | LKNZ-961 | ~11th great-grandfather, Bristol |
| Sir Angus Brown | 1563 | G32W-3ZT | ~12th great-grandfather, Scotland |
| John Brown of Fordell | 1530 | LDJD-YBS | ~13th great-grandfather, Scottish Laird |
| Lady Katherine Melville | 1526 | L4T9-XTP | ~13th great-grandmother, Scotland |
| Lord Thomas Cathcart | ~1648 | LZGJ-ZJR | ~9th great-grandfather, Scotland |
| Sir Edward Stradling IV | 6 Aug 1473 | 9J7D-LN1 | ~14th great-grandfather, Welsh nobility |
| Wm. de La Roche | 1483 | KPHP-L4P | ~13th great-grandfather, Speaker of the House & Lord Mayor of London |
| Sir George Perient | 1540 | KCBC-92T | ~12th great-grandfather |
| Sir Francis Bowyer I | 1525 | LRNV-Q28 | ~12th great-grandfather |