Brief Life History of Jesse
When Jesse Coffin was born on 22 August 1815, in Ohio, United States, his father, David Coffin, was 32 and his mother, Mary Kenworthy, was 40. He married Elizabeth Whinery in 1840, in Columbiana, Ohio, United States. He lived in Richmond, Wayne Township, Wayne, Indiana, United States in 1870 and Whitten, Hardin, Iowa, United States in 1885. He died on 10 September 1894, in Union, Hardin, Iowa, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Bangor, Marshall, Iowa, United States.
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Sources (14)
- Jesse Coffin in entry for Elva C Miller, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
- Jesse Coffin, "United States Census, 1870"
- Jessie Coffin in entry for Alpheus L Coffin, "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951"
Spouse and Children
1815–1894 Male
1818–1896 Female
Children (5)
1845–1931 Male
1846–1930 Male
1848–1933 Female
1852–1904 Male
1855–1926 Female
Parents and Siblings
1783–1845 Male
1776–1845 Female
Siblings (4)
1811–1854 Female
1812– Female
1815–1894 Male
1822–1863 Male
World Events (8)
1816
Age 1
1819 · Panic! of 1819
Age 4
1836 · Remember the Alamo
Age 21
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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