Coffin Family of Boston

Coffin Family of Boston Brahmin lore: Famous New England families:

Notable people
Originally of Newbury and Nantucket:
 * Tristram Coffin (1604–1681): colonist, original owner of Nantucket
 * William Coffin (1699–1775): merchant, co-founder of Trinity Church
 * Sir Isaac Coffin (1759–1839): naval officer
 * Charles E. Coffin (1841–1912): industrialist, U.S. congressman
 * Charles A. Coffin (1844–1926): industrialist, co-founder of General Electric
 * Henry Coffin Nevins (1843–1892): industrialist
 * John Coffin Jones, Sr. (1750–1820): Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
 * John Coffin Jones, Jr. (1796–1861): U.S. Minister to Hawaii
 * Thomas Coffin Amory (1812–1889): lawyer, author
 * Thomas Jonathan Coffin Amory (1828–1864): Civil War general