These pages will be tracing the descendants of Edward Coffin, who came to Herkimer County, New York shortly before 1790, then settled in Deerfield, Oneida County, NY between 1800 and 1810. Many of his descendants stayed in the Oneida/Herkimer county area, while others eventually drifted off to Saint Lawrence County, the states of Illinois and Iowa, and elsewhere.

A Glimpse in Passing, published in 1991 by Steffen Publishing, Holland Patent, New York, gives a history of Newport, New York during the period 1791-1991. It gives the following account of Edward Coffin:

EDWARD COFFIN (1741-1824) was born near Poughkeepsie and came to Newport before 1798. He married Sibyl--and located in town on the farm now occupied by Everard Fenner. He cleared the land and built a house on the hill near the place where the upper barn now is. He afterward removed to Deerfield, where he died. To Edward and Sibyl were born a large family: Isaac, who once owned the John Sherman place; Joseph, who lived on the road between the stone school house and Brayton's Corners, Edward and Jacob, who lived in Deerfield; John, who kept a "tavern" in Deerfield; Abram and Benjamin, also Deerfield residents; Anna, who married Cady Howe, father of Manson Howe of Poland; Mrs. Orrissa Eddy, who died recently at 90, was a daughter of John Coffin; Mrs. Lucina Spencer is a daughter of Benjamin Coffin; Joseph Coffin, Jr., was assessor in 1859 and his brother Edward was Justice of the Peace many years. Edward's son, Isaac, is a physician residing at North lion, NY and is now coroner of Herkimer County.

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