Brief Life History of Mary Ann
When Mary Ann Coffin was born on 2 February 1826, in Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Henry Coffin, was 42 and her mother, Tabatha Bootman, was 37. She married Samuel March Gerrish on 27 August 1844, in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States in 1860 and North Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, United States in 1865.
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- Mary A Calnin, "United States Census, 1860"
- Mary Ann Coffin, "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1841-1915"
- Mary Ann Coffin, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
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1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
1830 · The Oregon Trail
Many people started their 2,170-mile West trek to settle the land found by Louis and Clark. They used large-wheeled wagons to pack most of their belongings and were guided by trails that were made by the previous trappers and traders who walked the area. Over time the trail needed annual improvements to make the trip faster and safer. Most of Interstate 80 and 84 cover most of the ground that was the original trail.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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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