EARLY SETTLERS N A N T U C K E T TH EIR ASSO C IATES AND D ESCEND ANTS COM PI LED BY LYDIA S HINCH M AN PHILA DELPHIA P NCOTT N R NT D BY . COM P P I E J . B LIP I A Y 1 8 96 C PYR GHT 1 8 6 O I , 9 , B Y I H C . LYDIA S . IN HMAN CO TE TS N N . PAGE — DEEDS or PURCHASE AND SETTLEMENT OF TH E I SLAND Dis — — covery Names of Purch asers Te n Propri e tors a dded — Hous es b u ilt Town n amed TH M S CY— a me ca— ec a u O A MA Arriv l in A ri His R ord in S lisb ry , — Mass ach use tts Viol a tion of La ws in Religiou s Ma tters — — Admonition Apology D epartu re for Na ntucke t E W S TARB c — e eme at e New am e D ARD S ttl nt Dov r , H pshir — — Possession s in Dov e r Profession of An a b a ptism Joins — Thomas Macy on his Voyage to Na ntuck e t Name of Starbuck a ssoci a te d with his Former Possessions u ntil 1 71 6 21 — — — TRISTRAM COFFIN Birth M arri a ge Arriva l in Ameri ca — E arly An ce stry Coffi n Home in Norma ndy an d Engl an d — Li fe a nd S ervices at Na ntu c k e t Commission as Chi ef — M a gistra te of Colony Sk e tch of his Children \ — A DMIRAL S IR ISAA0 C OFFIN His E arly Li fe in Boston — — Intere st in Nan tu ck et Se rvi ce s for the King Ma rri age an d Death in Engla nd — — - — CHRISTOPHER H US S EY Marri a ge A rrival in Boston S ettl e me a t am New a m e— u c e ce nt H pton , H pshir P bli S rvi s S TEPHEN H USSEY ST P H G W TH S M A CC T H IS F TH E EN REENLEAF , I O E OUN OF A ER , — — E DMUND GREENLEAF Origi n of the F amily Arriv a l in — Am eri ca of Edmund Gre e nl ea f an d F amily P ubli c S er — — vi ce Extract from W ill STEPHEN GREENLEAF as Pro — — pri etor of Na ntuck et Military Li fe Death PAGE — JOHN GRE ENLEAF W H ITTIER D e tail o f D esce nt from Tris tram Cofli n an d Ste ph e n Gre e nl eaf — — OTHER P R oP RI ETOR s ROBERT PI K E S e ttle me nt at Sa lisb u ry — — — Re la tions with Na ntucke t P ubli c Life THOMAS COLE — M A N as Propri e tor T H O M AS AND ROBERT B ARNARD — — ’ Propri e tors of Na ntu ck e t Thoma s B a rn a rd s Return — ’ — to Engla nd Rob ert B arn a rd s F a mily Ezra Corn e ll — RIC HARD S WAIN Conn ection of his F amily with W eare a m of am Ne w am e— H SW I as F ily , H pton , H pshir JO N A N — Propri e tor His Ho use — — ’ P ETER FO LG ER Origin of Folge r F a mily Pe te r Folge r s — Arriv a l in Ame ri ca Life a nd Mission ary Work a t ’ — ’ M a rth a s Vineyard Cotton M a th er s De s cription of Him — — Se ttl eme nt a t Nan tu cket His F amily B e nj amin Fr a nkli n — a nd his Desce nda nts in Phil a de lphi a Wa lte r Folge r -f — — — M a ri a Mitch e ll Ja cob B a rke r Thomas Pre nce Willi am — — Colli er Willi am Alle n B utl er Ch arle s J ames Folge r TH M S J H R C H I — e eme O A , O N , AND I ARD GARD NER S ttl nt in — — Ame ri ca Li fe a t C a p e Ann an d S al em Remov a l o f — RIC HARD GARDNER to Na ntucke t Ri chard as Ma gistra te J H G as a a e a uc e u e of O N ARDNER M gistr t on N nt k t , J dg ” a e and a a o f Ffoot m a Prob t , C pt in Co p ny — SAMUEL S H ATTU CK Assoc i ation of Na me with Nan tucket — — ’ Persecu tion B a nishme nt from Ameri ca S amuel Sha ttuck s ’ R eturn to Ame rica with the King s M a nda te M A S M H W A ND H M S M YH W R — ma M a TH o T J . AY E O A A E , Tho s y — ’ he w as Propri etor o f N a ntuc ke t His Life a t M arth a s — m e a a o f a a e J r. Vin y rd Mission ry Work Tho s M yh w , , — among Indi a ns Childre n an d D es ce nd a nts o f Thomas a e M yh w , Jr E " TRACTS FROM JOURNALS OF JOHN RICH AR D s oN AND THOMAS ST GIV G s omE A C C T o r TH E RIS F S oN ORY , IN OUN E OF RIEND — ’ — NA NTUCK E T Esta blishme nt of Fri e nds M eeting Pres e nt Condition of the Soci e ty on the Island AN IMPARTIAL JUDGM ENT DETAIL OF DES CENT FROM PROPRIETORS AND SETTLERS Mitch e ll F a mily Ru sse ll F a mily B a rke r Fa mily a am Sw in F ily . F a mily of L u cre ti a Mott F amili e s of Tho mas E a rl e a n d John Milton E arle Swi ft F a mily Rotch F a mily B unk e r Fa mily Wing a n d H a th a wa y Conn ection with Na ntu cke t C o gge sh a ll Conn ec tion with Na ntu ck e t ‘ B ufi u m Conn e ction With Na ntucke t Sta nton Connection with Na ntuck e t A PPENDI " NAN KE EARLY SETTLERS OF TUC T. DEEDS OF PU RCH ASE AND SETTLEMENT OF THE I LAND S . “ B * A n ELKNAP , in his Biography of Biron , says , ' Icelander of the name He riofi and his son Biron made a voyage every year to different countries for the sake of traffic . “ About the beginning of the eleventh century (1001) Wh n their ships were separated by a storm . e Biron arrived in Norway he heard that his father was gone n to Gree land , and he resolved to follow him but n a other storm drove him to the southwest , where he discovered a flat country , free from rocks , but covered ” with thick woods , and an island near the coast . Whe n on his return to Greenland his discoveries became known , Lief, the son of Eric, Earl of Norway , an d "< equipped a vessel , taking Biron for his pilot ” 2 r sailed (1 00 ) in sea ch of the new country . ’ B iarn e s n Belknap says , descriptio of the coast is very accurate and in the island situate to the eastward (between which and the promontory that stretches to the eastward and northward Lief sailed) we recognize Nantucket . The Ancient Northmen found there many B e j orn . 8 shallows . There is little doubt that Nant ucket was visited by Englishmen very early in the seventeenth century “ In G os n old l the biography of , Be knap says , The shoal water and breach which he calls Tucker ’ s Terror corresponds wi th the Shoal and breakers called Pol ’ T lock s Rip . o avoid this danger it being late in the day he stood so far out to sea as to overshoot the eastern entrance of what is now called the Vine yard Sound . The land which he made in the night was a white ' clifi on the eastern coast of Nantucket now called n Sa koty Head . ’ The breach which lay off Gilbert s Point I take to be the Bass Rip and the Pollock Rip with the cross ripplings which extend from the southeast extremity of that island . Over these ripplings there is a depth of water from four to seven fathoms , according to a late map of Nan ” Cofii n . tucket , published by Peleg , Esq , and others It is difficult to imagine any native of Nantucket who would not be interested in facts relating to its history , whether geographical , historical , geological , or genealogical ; but the practical interest for us of 1 65 9 the present day dates from , when it was finally settled by sturdy men , ancestors to so many in this broad land that a brief detail of the public services of those pioneers cannot fail to be of value to their de dan s s ce n t .