Elizabeth Coffin

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.

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.