Coffin House
- Address: 14 High Rd
- Hours: 1st and 3rd Saturdays, June 1 - October 15 11:00 am 5:00 pm, Tours on the hour. Last tour at 4:00 pm
- Phone: (978) 462-2634
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1678/00/00 | Deacon Tristram Coffin Esqr | Home | Devastated by the loss of three of their sons, Tristram and Judith Coffin leave the house on the lower green near the Parker River and moved to a small house on the upper green, to land that was most likely slated to pass to Daniel Somerby. | |||
| 1702/12/10 | Col Joseph Coffin | Born | Sarah Brocklebank Coffin, wife of Nathaniel Coffin, gives birth to a son, Joseph Coffin, in Newbury, Province of Massachusetts Bay. | |||
| 1704/02/04 | Nathaniel Coffin | Home | Tristram Coffin's will: I doe ordan and appoynt my son Nathaniel Coffin to take spesshall care of my Wife his mother to provid for her in all Respects duering har life all things nessesary for har comfortabell being both In sickness and In helth. | |||
| 1712/00/00 | Nathaniel Coffin | Home | The Coffin family enlarges the family dwelling significantly by adding the front range. | |||
| 1732/01/09 | Major Joshua Coffin | Born | Margaret Morse Coffin, wife of Joseph Coffin, gives birth to a son, Joshua Coffin, in Newbury, Province of Massachusetts Bay. | |||
| 1737/01/16 | Rev Paul Coffin | Born | Margaret Morse Coffin, wife of Joseph Coffin, gives birth to a son, Paul Coffin, in Newbury, Province of Massachusetts Bay. | |||
| 1762/09/03 | Joseph Coffin | Born | Sarah Bartlett Coffin, wife of Joshua Coffin, gives birth to a son, Joseph Coffin, in Newbury, Province of Massachusetts Bay. | |||
| 1785/00/00 | Joseph Coffin | Home | Edmund and Joseph Coffin legally divide the Coffin residence. | |||
| 1792/10/12 | Joshua Coffin | Born | Judith Toppan Coffin, wife of Joseph Coffin, gives birth to a son Joshua, in Newbury, Massachusetts. | |||
| 1825/00/00 | Joshua Coffin | Home | Joshua Coffin and his cousin Lucy Coffin each live in one side of Coffin duplax through most of the 19th century. | |||
| 1915/00/00 | William Sumner Appleton | Visitor | William Appleton visits the Coffin House during the restoration of the Swett-Ilsley house | |||
| 1929/00/00 | Historic New England | Owner | Margaret Colman Merriam, owner of both sides of the Coffin house, donates the dwelling to the SPNEA to be preserved as a family memorial. |
| Particulars for Coffin House: | |
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| Area of Significance | Architecture |
| Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
| Sight Category | Building |
| Historic Use | Single dwelling |
| Activity | |
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| Activity Category | Tour |
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