Brief Life History of Enoch
When Enoch Coffin was born in 1735, in Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Moses Coffin, was 24 and his mother, Anne Dole, was 20. He married Mary Wadleigh on 26 December 1756, in Kensington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He died in 1814, in Epping, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States, at the age of 79.
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- Enoch Coffin, "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947"
- Enoch Coffin in entry for Enoch Coffin, "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900" son Enoch Coffin birth date 10 mFeb 1754 epping New Hampshire
- Enoch Coffin, "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947"
Spouse and Children
1735–1814 Male
1736– Female
Children (7)
1762–1763 Female
1764– Male
1765–1853 Female
1768– Male
1771– Male
+2 More Children
Parents and Siblings
1711–1793 Male
1715–1810 Female
Siblings (6)
1732–1737 Female
1733– Female
1735–1814 Male
1737–1778 Female
1740–1824 Female
+1 More Child
World Events (4)
1776
Age 41
1776
Age 41
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
Age 65
Name Meaning
English (southwestern England, of Norman origin) and French: nickname from Middle English cofin, coffin, Old French cof(f)in (from Late Latin cophinus, Greek kophinos) ‘container, basket; coffer, chest (for keeping treasures, documents, armour, etc.)’. Early bearers of this as a hereditary surname were of knightly rank. Old French cofin was synonymous with coffer, and it may be that Cofin was used to denote a keeper of the (royal) coffer, attested in Anglo-Latin cofferarius. Compare Coffer . The modern English word coffin is a specialized development of this term, not attested until the 16th century.
History: Tristram Coffin came from Brixham, Devon, to Haverhill, MA, before 1647. An important line of his descendants is associated with Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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