Ancestry of
Henry Clay Folger

Founder of Folger Shakespeare Library and Chairman of Standard Oil

George Coffin

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• • 4th Great-grandfather of Henry Clay Folger — 7th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 90 
  • Father:
  • James Coffin Jr. 
  • Mother:
  • Ruth Gardner   
  • Birth Date:
  • 22 Apr 1693 
  • Birth Location:
  • Nantucket, Nantucket Co., Massachusetts 
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  • Death Date:
  • Oct 1727 
  • Death Location:
  • Nantucket, Nantucket Co., Massachusetts 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Ruth Swain
  • Marriage Date:
  • Nov 1717 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Nantucket, Nantucket Co., Massachusetts 
  • Child:

  Abigail Coffin (Ahnentafel No:45 )

• Sources for George Coffin

  • ¹ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Nantucket, Vol. 1, p. 272, Birth record for George Coffin.
  • ² Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Nantucket, Vol. 5, p. 156, Death record for George Coffin.
  • ³ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Nantucket, Vol. 3, p. 267, Marriage record for George Coffin and Ruth Swain.
  • ⁴ New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1862, Vol. 16, p. 272.
  • ⁵ Nantucket Historical Society, The Barney Genealogical Record, (accessed 10/28/2018).