Daughter of Tristram (1605-1681) and Dionis Stevens(<1610-<1659)Coffin. She married Nathaniel in 1662. Mary was a most extraordinary woman. She raised a family of ten children and operated the island's first store. She had the respect of everyone who knew her. She was convinced of the folly of infant baptism, and shared her friend Peter Folger's aversion to the rigid doctrines of the Puritan Congregationalists. She became one of the first Islanders to embrace Quakerism in 1704. Her home was called the Parliament House, where many meetings were held. Children of Mary Coffin and Nathaniel Starbuck were Mary b.3-30-1663 d.unk, Elizabeth b.9 Nov,1665 d.1706, Nathaniel b.8 Nov,1668 d.29 Jan,1753, Jethro b.12 Dec,1671 d.12 Aug,1770, Barnabas b.12 Dec,1673 d,21 Nov,1732, Eunice b.10 April,1674 d.12 July,1766, Priscilla b.24 Aug,1676 d.14 Mar,1762, Hepzibah b.2 April,1680 d.7 April,1740, Ann b. abt 1682, Paul b. abt 1685.
Daughter of Tristram (1605-1681) and Dionis Stevens(<1610-<1659)Coffin. She married Nathaniel in 1662. Mary was a most extraordinary woman. She raised a family of ten children and operated the island's first store. She had the respect of everyone who knew her. She was convinced of the folly of infant baptism, and shared her friend Peter Folger's aversion to the rigid doctrines of the Puritan Congregationalists. She became one of the first Islanders to embrace Quakerism in 1704. Her home was called the Parliament House, where many meetings were held. Children of Mary Coffin and Nathaniel Starbuck were Mary b.3-30-1663 d.unk, Elizabeth b.9 Nov,1665 d.1706, Nathaniel b.8 Nov,1668 d.29 Jan,1753, Jethro b.12 Dec,1671 d.12 Aug,1770, Barnabas b.12 Dec,1673 d,21 Nov,1732, Eunice b.10 April,1674 d.12 July,1766, Priscilla b.24 Aug,1676 d.14 Mar,1762, Hepzibah b.2 April,1680 d.7 April,1740, Ann b. abt 1682, Paul b. abt 1685.
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