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Hazen and Bradley Family Trees - Tristram Coffin Sr., Nantucket Founder

Tristram Coffin, Sr. - Founder of Nantucket

Family Connections - 8th Great-grandfather of Edward Elihu Hazen and 9th Great-grandfather of Ruth Ann Hazen

Founders Burial Ground, Nantucket


Tristram Coffin, Sr. was the oldest child of Peter Coffin and Joanna Kember. He was born on March 11, 1609 in Brixton, South Hams District, Devon, England. He was a member of the landed gentry - he owned property in Devon and Dorset and was a Parish Constable. 

In 1630, Tristram married Dionis Stevens. They had nine children - the first five were born in England.
The other four were born in Massachusetts. 

        Peter              b. 1630        d. 1715
        Tristram Jr.    b. 1632        d. 1703
        Elizabeth       b.  1634       d. 1678
        James             b. 1639        d. 1720
        John               b. 1641        d. 1642
        Deborah         b. 1642 in Haverhill, MA        d. 1642
        Mary              b. 1645 in Haverhill, MA        d. 1717
        John               b. 1647 in Haverhill, MA        d. 1711

In 1642, Tristram immigrated to Boston with his wife, his surviving children, his two sisters, and his mother. When a new settlement was begun at Pentucket, now Haverhill, he moved his family there. His name appears on a deed dated November 15, 1642 for the land sold to him by the local Native Americans. 

In 1648, the family moved to Newbury, where he operated a ferry across the Merrimack River. His wife operated a tavern. In 1654 or 1655 he sold the tavern and the ferry and moved his family to Salisbury. 

Tristram was the leader of a group of investors who purchased Nantucket Island from Thomas Mayhew on July 2, 1659. Thomas Mayhew had previously received the grant of the island from the Earl of Stirling. 

Tristram and his family settled near the western end of the island of what is now called Trott's Hills. Soon after, he purchased the 1000-acre Tuckernuck Island at the western end of Nantucket. 

Nantucket Island 

 Tristram served as Chief Magistrate in 1671 and again in 1677 and as Governor of Nantucket from 1674 to 1680.

Tristram Coffin died on October 2, 1681. He was buried on his property, but the grave was unmarked and the exact location unknown. In 1881, a monument to the Founders, including Coffin, was built at Nantucket Founder's Cemetery, also known as Founders Burial Ground. 

Nantucket Founders Memorial


Tristram Coffin, Sr. > Tristram Coffin, Jr. > Mary Coffin > Daniel Little > Samuel Little > Mary Little > Lydia Webster > Martha Vose > John Vose Hazen > Edward Elihu Hazen > Edward Elihu Hazen, Jr. 

Tristram Coffin, Sr. > Tristram Coffin. Jr. > Judith Coffin > Judith Sanborn > Edward Gove > Hannah Gove > Jeremiah Fogg > Charles Heman Fogg > Simon Stickney Fogg > William Darwin Fogg > Bessie Lakin Fogg > Ruth Ann Bradley

If you have a set of charts, Tristram is located on the H-H tree (Hazen) and the B-I tree (Bradley)

As always, if you want a set of charts, let me know and I'll send them to you!



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