tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5955103558554432375.post860776274657526105..comments2024-03-16T04:25:42.918-04:00Comments on AnceStory Archives: Mary Coffin Strarbuck, Daughter of the Light Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5955103558554432375.post-27431729198897564802023-05-20T17:58:51.705-04:002023-05-20T17:58:51.705-04:00Nathanial Starbuck and Mary Coffin-Starbuck were m...Nathanial Starbuck and Mary Coffin-Starbuck were my 9th great grandparents. Ron Starbuck - Houston, Texas. Publisher of Saint Julian Press, Inc., a literary press.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5955103558554432375.post-57879260031501483152014-11-08T16:02:36.540-05:002014-11-08T16:02:36.540-05:00Thank you! That is very interesting I will do a bl...Thank you! That is very interesting I will do a blog on the Melville connection. Yes I am descended from the same Newbury Coffin/Greenleaf line as J G W as wellMelissa Berryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08582818361870946143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5955103558554432375.post-11253879308836315072014-11-08T15:28:58.257-05:002014-11-08T15:28:58.257-05:00I think you'll find that John Greenleaf Whitti...I think you'll find that John Greenleaf Whittier was descended from Tristram and Dionis's daughter Elizabeth who married Steven Greenleaf as well. Tristram, Jr. and wife Judith Greenleaf were siblings of the former couple. Their grandchildren Nathaniel Greenleaf and Judith Coffin married and were great-grandparents of Whittier.<br><br>One thing which I never see is the information that Steven Greenleaf and Elizabeth Coffin were ALSO ancestors of Herman Melville. Their 3x great-grandchildren were 4th cousins JG Whittier and Allan Melvill, Herman's father. Considering Melville's inspiration by the story of the whaleship Essex and his relation to the Coffin family and the unfortunate Owen Coffin of that story, I find this a rather amazing omission.<br><br>Good article, though. I'm descended from 3 of Mary Coffin Starbuck and Elizabeth Coffin Greenleaf's brothers, Peter, James, and Steven.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com