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GRANT WILSON, Dr. SAMUEL S. PURPLE, Dr. henry R. stiles, CHARLES B. MOORE, Esq. EDITORS. January and April, Jtdy and October, Gen. Jas. Grant Wilson. Henry R. Stiles, M.D. INDEX TO SUBJECTS. Address, by Gen. J. Grant Wilson, 78. Admiral Sir Isaac Coffin, Bart., by Hon. Thomas Coffin Amory {with Portrait)^ i. Ancient New York Tombstones, by Gen. Jas. Grant Wilson, 39. Arms and Seals of New York, The : a Defence, by Henry A. Homes, 48. Books. See Notes on Books. Books donated to the Society, 60, 1 12, 237, 282. Brookhaven (L. I.) Epitaphs, by William Kelby, 259, 260. Crosby, Ernest H. The Rutgers Family of New York, 82. Delafield, the Englishman, John, by Rev. Wm. Hall {with Engraving), 245-251. Descendants of Robert and Anne Drummond, by Rev. Wm. Hall, 35. Donations to Library. See Books Donated to the Society. Drummond, Some Descendants of Robert and Anne. See Descendants. D wight Family in Early English History, Traces of, by Benj. W. D wight, D.D., 23. Dwight, Rev. Benj. W. See above. De Witt Family, The, of Ulster County, N. Y., by Thomas G. Evans, 251-259. Drowne, Henry Thayer, by Henry R. Stiles, M.D. {with Portrait), 215. Early Settlers of Ulster County, N. Y., by G. H. Van Wagenen, 261-267. Evans, Thomas G. The De Witt Family of Ulster County, N. Y., 251-259. Fac-Simile of Handwriting of Colonel Beverley Robinson, 276. Four Primes, by Edward I. Stevenson (with Portrait)^ 197. Gardiner's Island, The Lordship and Manor of, by John Lyon Gardiner, 32, Gardiner, John Lyon. See above. Genealogical History, by Dr. Von H. Schramm, 37. Hall, Rev, William. Some Descendants of Robert and Anne Drummond, 35. " " '« John Delafield, the Englishman, 245-251. Hough, Franklin B., Memorial Sketch of, by Henry R. Stiles, M.D. {with Portrait), 93. Kelby, William. Brookhaven (L. I.) Epitaphs, 259. Marsiglia, Gerlando, Biographical Sketch of, 222. Memorial Sketch of Franklin B. Hough, M.D., by Dr. Henry R. Stiles, 93. Notes on Books.—Family Memorials, by Prof. Ed. E. Salisbury, 55 ; Personal Memoirs Century Magazine, of Gen. U. S. Grant, 56 ; Bryant and his Friends, 56 ; 56 ; Colonial New York, Philip Schuyler and his Family, by George W. Schuyler, 57; Charles Darwin, by Grant Allen, 57; Records of the Descendants of Nathaniel Biography, edited by Leslie Stephen, Ely, by Heman Ely ; Dictionary of National 112; Memoir of Rt. Rev. James Henry Otey, D.D., etc., by Robert Greene; Genealogical Memoranda; Snively ; Marlborough, by Saintsbury, 113 ; The Wil- derness Road, by Thos. Speed; The Forum, 114; Centennial History of the iv Index to Stibjects. Barlow, Protestant Episcopal Church in America, 238 ; Life and Letters of Joel 239; Life of Henry W. Longfellow, 239; Prajterita, 239; History of Kings County, N. Y., 240; Storrs Genealogy, 240; Life of Admiral Sir Isaac Coffin, The Memoirs of S. Grant, 242 ; Burns' Complete Works, 242; 242 ; Personal U. Bartow Family in England, Rachel Du Mont, 280; Lee Genealogy, Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American Biography, 281. Pike Notes and Queries. — Blauvelt and Van Antwerp Families, 55 ; Vandalism, 55 ; Folks' Record, Record Index, Family Genealogy, 55 ; East Haddam 55 ; 55 ; Arms, Proceedings of the Society, Mott Hannum Genealogy, 55 ; Marseilles 55 ; Family of New York, The American Historical Association, 109 ; The Duyckincks, A Chinese Vanderbilt, Sears and Smith, Drummond Family, no; Schuyler Fam- ily, Columbus Statue, Family Memorials, An Ancient Journal, Election of Officers, Careless Printers, Continental Soldiers, Longevity, in ; No Ancestors, Conant, Corson, Hoogland, Boardman, 112 ; Elwes Pedigree, Vannuxum, Drum- mond of Prestonpans, Natural Heirship, An Old-Time Real Estate Agent, Southampton, L. L, Balch, Cleveland, Dorr, Unclaimed Fortunes in Holland, Marseilles, May—Lyons— Butler, Raymond, Somerdyke, Seelye, Livingston, 242 ; Culloden, Weeks, Thompson, Cannone, Southold, L. I., Connecticut Light Notes on the Horse, Riley— Egg Harbor, Some Curious Epitaphs, 279 ; Lawrence, Lounsbury Family, Young—Rogers, 280. Obituaries.—Grant, 57; Odell, 57; Pierrepont, 58; Van Buren, 58; King, Leveridge, 115 ; Rodgers, 116; Dey, 242; Robertson, 244. Presbyterian Churches in New York City. See Records. Primes, The Four, by Ed. I. Stevenson, 197. Pruyn Family. The, by John V. L. Pruyn, 208. Pruyn, John V. L. See above. Records of the Society of Friends, Westbury, L. I. (continued), 218. Records of the Reformed Dutch Church in the City of New York—Baptisms, 40, lOl, 224, 268. Records of the First and Second Presbyterian Churches in the City of New York—Births and Baptisms, 50, 232, 277. Reformed Dutch Church in the City of New York. See Records. Rutgers Family of New York, The, by Ernest H. Crosby {with Portrait), 82. Robinson, Colonel Beverley, Fac-simile of Handwriting, 276. Schramm. Dr. Von H., Genealogical History, 37. Society of Friends, Westbury, L. I., Records of (continued), 218. Stevenson, Edward I. Four Primes, 197. Stiles, Henry R. Memorial Sketch of Dr. Franklin B. Hough, " " " 93. Henry Thayer Drowne, 215. Vanderbilt, Cornelius and William H., by Wm. H. Bogart {with Portraits').^ 61. Van Wagenen, Gerrit H. Early Settlers of Ulster County, N. Y., 261. Von H. Schramm. Genealogical History, 37. Ancient York Tombstones, Wilson, Gen. J. Grant. New 39. '* " Address {with Portrait)., 78. /i^ /} <^^7^I^i-w<uo<. ^^^k^ />? ^y c/A^ d/u O'a^i^ //. ^ ^'tr-n, 'Ha^^i^'<^ i ^ft^cy /yj/ THE NEW YORK Vol. XVII. NEW YORK, JANUARY, 1886. No. ADMIRAL SIR ISAAC COFFIN, BART. An Address delivered before the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, October 8, 1885. By Thomas C. Amory. (With Portrait.) The name of Coffin is so widely spread over our continent, so many thousands of men and women of other patronymics take pride in their de- scent from Tristram, its first American patriarch, that what concerns them all, any considerable branch or distinguished individual of the race, seems rather history than biography. Space forbids my repeating here, as I well might wish, all that has been recorded of their history. It would fill volumes and exhaust your patience. What sheds light on Sir Isaac and his immediate progenitors is too ger- mane to my subject to be wholly overlooked. To trace back Tristram to Alwington, follow his fortunes from Plympton in old England to the Mer- rimack in the new, bring his chequered career to its honored close at Nan- tucket ; to pay due homage to his son James, the upright judge ; to his son Nathaniel, the dauntless master mariner, and his wife, Damaris Gayer, the eloquent preacher ; to their son William, the much-loved merchant of Boston, senior warden of Trinity ; to his son, another Nathaniel, graduate of Harvard and Yale, King's treasurer, and father of Sir Isaac— six gene- rations with Tristram of admirable men, with much to praise and little to censure, is our legitimate purpose, so far as our limits prescribed will permit, before proceeding to our more immediate subject. Though unlike in character, and of very different experiences from his ancestors. Sir Isaac was too remarkable a man to pass into oblivion. His long life, commencing in 1759 ^^ Boston, and ending eighty years later in Cheltenham, England, was crowded with events, many of historic impor- tance. By his native vigor,' doughty deeds, and eminent services he rose to distinguished rank in the British navy, became captain of a line-of-battle ship at the age of twenty-two, and was created a baronet at the age of forty- four. This not from large means, family influence, or court favor, but that his character and conduct afloat and ashore entitled him to such prefer- ment. Throngs of heroic officers won glory in the same wars that he did, 2 Admiral Sir Isaac Coffiji, Bart. [Jan., • attracted attention by more conspicuous achievements ; but his fearless daring, zeal, and ability, and what he accomplished, inscribes his memory high up on the roll of honor, if not on the scroll of fame. How far life and character are molded by circumstances, how far by heredity, is a complicated problem, and the horoscope is too largely affected by maternal influences for these to be disregarded. Though bearing all the marks of his paternal stock, Sir Isaac doubtless owed something to the blood mingling in his veins from other sources, and it has been my endeavor to discover these infusions where I could, and, in one instance, should be preserved for the criticism of coming genealogists—a supposed link that may be of use. Nicholas, father of Peter and grandfather of Tristram, has been re- garded as their most remote paternal ancestor ascertained. According to tradition their line was an offshoot of Alwington, but how, continued a puzzle. Many years ago I bought an old edition of Collins, 1758, and while seeking some other information, my eyes fell on the name of Peter Coffin, who about 1560 married Mary, fourth daughter of Hugh Boscawen.