Individual Details
Captain Ebenezer Coffin
(6 May 1763 - 9 May 1817)
A cotton factor with James Reid Pringle in the firm of Coffin & Pringle. ( From The Leverett Letters)
Ebenezer Coffin marries Mary Mathewes daughter of Ben Mathewes Jr and Sarah Sams. They have 8 children from 1795- 1813 when Mary dies. Ebenezer then marries her 1st cousin Eliza daughter of George A and Mary Saltus Mathews and produces George Mathews Coffin 10 Jan 1816 Ebenezer dies 9 May 1817 buried beside 1st wife
Events
| Birth | 6 May 1763 | Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, British America |  |  | |
| Marriage | 22 May 1793 | South Carolina, British America - Mary Mathewes | | | |
| Census | 1800 | Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, United States | | | |
| Marriage | Aft 1813 | Elizabeth "Eliza" Mathews | | ||
| Death | 9 May 1817 | Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, United States | | ||
| Burial | Circular Congregational Church Burying Ground, Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, United States |
Families
| Spouse | Elizabeth "Eliza" Mathews (1789 - ) |
| Child | George Mathewes Coffin (1816 - 1862) |
| Spouse | Mary Mathewes (1771 - 1813) |
| Child | Thomas Aston Coffin (1795 - 1863) |
| Child | William Mathews Coffin (1797 - ) |
| Child | Mary Sarah Coffin (1798 - ) |
| Child | Francis Augustus Coffin (1800 - 1825) |
| Child | William Parker Coffin (1802 - ) |
| Child | William Mathewes Coffin (1802 - ) |
| Child | Anna Smith Coffin (1804 - ) |
| Child | Elizabeth Perroneau Coffin (1806 - ) |
| Child | Harriet Mathews Coffin (1811 - ) |
| Child | Dr. Amory Coffin (1813 - 1884) |
| Father | William Coffin ( - ) |
| Mother | Mary Aston ( - ) |
Notes
Birth
also May 6, 1765 (Find A Grave)Marriage
first wifeCD3_012, COFFIN, EBENEZER , MATHEWS , MARY , May 22, 1793 ,SC Mar 1693-1842 , SC
Census
Ebenezer Coffin 20010 1020002 boys under 10
1 man 26-45
1 girl under 10
2 women 16-26
Endnotes
1. Jean Ann Lemon, "Descendants of Anthony Mathewes," complied records from
2. "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch, (https://familysearch.org: accessed 1 June 2020), Ebenezer Coffin, 1763..
3. Frances Meissner, "Mathewes and Coffin family," e-mail message from
4. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1800 > SOUTH CAROLINA > CHARLESTON > NO TWP LISTED Series: M32 Roll: 48 Page: 104.
5. George Mathewes will (1815), WPA transcription Charleston Co., Vol. 32, pp 947-949, South Carolina Archives. (copied and emailed by Frances Meissner 3/2006).
6. Jean Ann Lemon, "Descendants of Anthony Mathewes," complied records from