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CPT Peter Coffin

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CPT Peter Coffin

Birth
Greater London, England
Death
21 Mar 1715 (aged 84)
Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA
Burial
Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA GPS-Latitude: 42.9806453, Longitude: -70.9470859
Memorial ID
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Hon.; Member of Royal Council; ae. 85 yrs.

Find A Grave contributor P Fazzini adds:
Born July 18, 1630 Brixton England, DOB from LDs
LDS also reports he married Abigail Starbuck
Hon.; Member of Royal Council; ae. 85 yrs.

Find A Grave contributor P Fazzini adds:
Born July 18, 1630 Brixton England, DOB from LDs
LDS also reports he married Abigail Starbuck

Inscription

Here lyes buried ye Body of ye Hon'r
Peter Coffin, Esq'r First Member
of His Majestie's Council in the
Province of New Hampshire, who
Departed this life March ye 21st 1715
in ye 85th year of his age.
Here lyes entombed in this arche'd Cell
His countrie's patron, A father in Israel
A zealous lover of the houʃe of God;
Submiʃsive and quiet under the sod.
His temper was Sweat, affible & free
Obliging to both low and high Degree;
Honor and verrite in the duʃt do lye,
The Soul is gone to Immortality;
He lov'd Judgment when on the Judgment Seat
And now is gone his great Judge to meet.



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  • Created by: Linda Mac
  • Added: Dec 29, 2011
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/82638818/peter-coffin: accessed ), memorial page for CPT Peter Coffin (18 Jul 1630–21 Mar 1715), Find a Grave Memorial ID 82638818, citing Congregational Church Burial Ground, Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA; Maintained by Linda Mac (contributor 47062703).