Tristram Coffin (settler), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetTristram Coffin (settler)
American investor
Date of Birth: 11-Mar-1605
Place of Birth: Brixton, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 02-Oct-1681
Zodiac Sign: Pisces 
About Tristram Coffin (settler)
- Tristram Coffin (or Coffyn) (c.
- 1609 – 2 October 1681) was an immigrant to Massachusetts from England. In 1659 he led a group of investors that bought Nantucket from Thomas Mayhew for thirty pounds and two beaver hats. He became a prominent citizen of the settlement.
- A great number of his descendants became prominent in North American society, and many were involved in the later history of Nantucket during and after its heyday as a whaling center. Almost all notable Americans with roots in Nantucket are descended from Tristram Coffin, although Benjamin Franklin was an exception.
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