Portledge, Devon
Seat of the Coffin family for nearly a thousand years, from the Norman Conquest onward.
Plymouth / Brixton, Devon
Tristram Coffin was baptized at the Church of St. Mary in Brixton before emigrating to New England.
Nantucket Island
Purchased in 1659 by a group of families including the Coffins, Folgers, Macys, and Starbucks. The whaling capital of the world.
Plymouth, Massachusetts
Landing site of the Mayflower in 1620. Four direct ancestors were aboard: Francis Cooke, Richard Warren, Degory Priest, and George Soule.
Fall River, Massachusetts
Home of the Long family. Rep. John J. Long represented the district for 24 years. Site of Durfee High School.
Boston, Massachusetts
William Coffin was a prominent Loyalist, and the Bunch of Grapes Tavern served as a meeting point for both sides of the Revolution.
Cape Cod / Yarmouth / Falmouth
Deep colonial roots of the Swift, Winter, and Peckham families. Multiple generations lived across these Cape Cod towns.
Tiverton, Rhode Island
Current home. Historically the territory of Weetamoo and the Pocasset band of the Wampanoag.
Westport, Massachusetts
32 East Shore Road — grandfather Francis Swift Perry’s property on the water.
Newport, Rhode Island
Colonial port city connected to multiple family lines through trade and settlement.
Quebec, Canada
Origin of the Pelletier and Harpin lines. Founding families of New France, arriving in the 1600s.
Westport Harbor — NOAA nautical chart
Entering the harbor at sunset
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