Brief Life History of Joseph
When Joseph Coffin was born on 25 March 1788, in Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Samuel Coffin, was 32 and his mother, Catharine Cressol, was 27. He married Mary Farley on 18 December 1814, in Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He died on 28 October 1816, in his hometown, at the age of 28, and was buried in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Joseph Coffin, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Joseph Coffin, "Find A Grave Index"
- Joseph Coffin, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
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1789
George Washington elected first president of United States.
1791 · Whiskey Rebellion Occurs
The Whiskey Rebellion was a protest against taxes on whiskey by farmers and distillers. People were tarred and feathered. They attacked Bower Hill and headed towards Pittsburgh. The militia was sent in to try and stop it. It finally ended with a repeal of the tax.
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
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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