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British, Scottish & Welsh Gentry

MATERNAL LINE~8th great-grandfather
Tristram CoffinJames CoffinCapt. Nathaniel CoffinBenjamin CoffinThomas CoffinAnna Folger Coffin...Coffin/Nantucket line...Rachael Winter SwiftCharles Franklin PerryFrancis Swift PerryCarol PerryJohn, 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.

NameBornPIDRelationship
Sir Richard Coffin~1066~25th great-grandfather, Hastings
Sir Henry Maynard1547PS5C-88J~11th great-grandfather, secretary to Lord Burghley, advisor to Elizabeth I
Sir William Hawkins1530LZN9-9F7~12th great-grandfather, Plymouth privateer
Capt. William Hawkins1495LY7K-GW3~13th great-grandfather, pioneer of English trade to Brazil
Sir William Pitt~1578LKNZ-961~11th great-grandfather, Bristol
Sir Angus Brown1563G32W-3ZT~12th great-grandfather, Scotland
John Brown of Fordell1530LDJD-YBS~13th great-grandfather, Scottish Laird
Lady Katherine Melville1526L4T9-XTP~13th great-grandmother, Scotland
Lord Thomas Cathcart~1648LZGJ-ZJR~9th great-grandfather, Scotland
Sir Edward Stradling IV6 Aug 14739J7D-LN1~14th great-grandfather, Welsh nobility
Wm. de La Roche1483KPHP-L4P~13th great-grandfather, Speaker of the House & Lord Mayor of London
Sir George Perient1540KCBC-92T~12th great-grandfather
Sir Francis Bowyer I1525LRNV-Q28~12th great-grandfather