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Barbara’s family

Elizabeth Coffin

13 NOV 1634 – 19 NOV 1678 · 10th great-grandmother

Elizabeth Coffin (13 November 1634–19 November 1678) was the daughter of Tristram Coffin and Dionis Stevens. She married Ensign Stephen Greenleaf in Newbury, Massachusetts, and was the mother of at least three listed children. She is identified as Barbara’s 10th great-grandmother.

At a glance

Name: Elizabeth Coffin
Birth: 13 November 1634, according to the supplied life-date heading; the family-tree notes give November 1634.
Birthplace: Brixton, Plymouth, Devonshire, England.
Father: Tristram Coffin, born 11 March 1609 and died 20 October 1681.
Mother: Dionis Stevens, born 1616 and died 1682.
Marriage: Ensign Stephen Greenleaf on 13 November 1651 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts.
Husband: Ensign Stephen Greenleaf, son of Edmund Greenleaf and Sarah Moore; born 8 August 1628 and died 1 December 1690.
Child: John Greenleaf, born 21 June 1662 and died 24 May 1734.
Child: Tristram Greenleaf, born 11 February 1667 and died 13 September 1741.
Child: Mary Greenleaf, born 6 December 1671 and died 26 October 1756.
Death: 19 November 1678 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts.
Relationship: Barbara’s 10th great-grandmother.
Family branch: Barbara’s family.
Descent path: Elizabeth Coffin; Sarah Greenleaf; Joseph Dole; Mary Dole; Hannah Woodbridge; Joseph Dole Plummer; Ebenezer Huse Plummer; Celestia D. Plummer; Phebe Celeste Tuthill; Nora Leslie Fox; Floyd Nelson Sherrell; Doris Helen Sherrell.

Family connection

Doris Helen Sherrell (mother)
Floyd Nelson Sherrell (father)
Nora Leslie Fox (mother)
Phebe Celeste Tuthill (mother)
Celestia D. Plummer (mother)
Ebenezer Huse Plummer (father)
Joseph Dole Plummer (father)
Hannah Woodbridge (mother)
Mary Dole (mother)
Joseph Dole (father)
Sarah Greenleaf (mother)
Elizabeth Coffin (mother)

Elizabeth Coffin was born in November 1634 in Brixton, Plymouth, Devonshire, England, the daughter of Tristram Coffin and Dionis Stevens. The supplied life-date heading gives her birth date as 13 November 1634.

On 13 November 1651, Elizabeth married Ensign Stephen Greenleaf in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. He was the son of Edmund Greenleaf and Sarah Moore.

Elizabeth and Stephen had children listed as John Greenleaf, born 21 June 1662; Tristram Greenleaf, born 11 February 1667; and Mary Greenleaf, born 6 December 1671.

Elizabeth Coffin died on 19 November 1678 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. Through her daughter Sarah Greenleaf and subsequent generations, she is identified as Barbara’s 10th great-grandmother.

Historical context

The supplied material places Elizabeth Coffin’s life across England and colonial Massachusetts: she was born in Devonshire, married in Newbury, Massachusetts, and died there in 1678.

Sources & research

[S11597] Ancestry.com, Submitted by Remy_Mente.

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