John Coffin, b: 1663 - Nantucket, Massachusetts

^{1773 Boston Tea Party tax rebellion}
^{1775 - 1783 Revolutionary War}
^{1776 Declaration of Independence}
^{1789 George Washington first president}
^{1803 Louisiana Territory Purchased}

^{1700 American colonies prosper}
^{1720 Texas becomes Spanish possession}
^{1735 Freedom of press established}
^{1740 Colony population = 1.5 million}
^{1754 - 1763 Anglo-French War}

^{1607 Jamestown 1st permanent settlement}
^{1620 Pilgrims to America on Mayflower}
^{1638 Printing press reaches America}
^{1664 English capture/rename New York}
^{1681 La Salle explores Louisiana}


			^{Tristram Coffin}^{b.1605 Plymouth, England d.1681}

		^{James Coffin}^{b.1640 d.1720}

	^John Coffin^{b.1663 Nantucke, Massachusetts d.}

		^{Mary Severance}^{b. d.}

^{Richard Coffin}^{b.1694 Nantucke, Massachusetts d.1768 Nantucke, Massachusetts}

		^{Richard Abel Gardner}^b.1632 d.

	^{Hope Gardner}^{b.1669 Nantucke, Massachusetts d.1750}

		^{Sarah Shattuck}^{b.1632 d.1674}