Our Family History
The Genealogy of the Caauwe and Sommerfeld Families

John Coffeen
1. John Coffeen was born on 28 Jul 1727 in Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America (son of Michael Coffeen and Lyndia Lake); died on 29 Nov 1802 in Cavendish, Windsor, Vermont, United States. Family/Spouse: Susannah Goldsmith. Susannah was born on 30 Apr 1732 in Scotland, United Kingdom; died on 16 Jan 1826. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- Amy "Emma" Coffeen was born in 1761 in Topsfield, Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts; died on 12 Apr 1832 in Cavendish, Windsor Co., Vermont, United States; was buried in Apr 1832 in Coffeen Cemetery, Cavendish, Windsor, Vermont, United States.
2. Michael Coffeen was born in 1701 in Dublin, Ireland (son of John Coffin and Hope Gardner); died on 25 May 1758 in Naumkeag, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts. Michael + Lyndia Lake. Lyndia was born on 4 Nov 1709 in Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America; died on 25 May 1748 in Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Lyndia Lake was born on 4 Nov 1709 in Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America; died on 25 May 1748 in Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America. Children:
- 1. John Coffeen was born on 28 Jul 1727 in Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America; died on 29 Nov 1802 in Cavendish, Windsor, Vermont, United States.
Generation: 3
4. John Coffin was born on 10 Feb 1672 in Nantucket, New York, British Colonial America; died on 1 Jul 1747 in Nantucket, New York, British Colonial America. John + Hope Gardner. Hope (daughter of Richard Gardner, Sr. and Sarah Shattuck) was born on 16 Nov 1669 in Nantucket, Nantucket, MA, USA; died on 12 Oct 1750 in Nantucket, Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts, United States; was buried in 1750 in Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. Hope Gardner was born on 16 Nov 1669 in Nantucket, Nantucket, MA, USA (daughter of Richard Gardner, Sr. and Sarah Shattuck); died on 12 Oct 1750 in Nantucket, Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts, United States; was buried in 1750 in Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America. Children:
- 2. Michael Coffeen was born in 1701 in Dublin, Ireland; died on 25 May 1758 in Naumkeag, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts.
Generation: 4
10. Richard Gardner, Sr. was born in 1621 in Sherborne, Dorset, England (son of Thomas Gardner and Margaret Fryer); died on 23 Mar 1688 in Nantucket, Dukes County, Province of New York (Present Massachusetts); was buried in Founders Burial Ground, Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts, USA. Richard married Sarah Shattuck in 1657 (MARR) in Salem, Essex, MA, USA. Sarah was born on 20 Dec 1632 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts; died in Apr 1724 in Nantucket Island, Nantucket County, Province of Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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Sarah Shattuck was born on 20 Dec 1632 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts; died in Apr 1724 in Nantucket Island, Nantucket County, Province of Massachusetts. Children:
- Sarah Gardner was born about 1650 in Nantucket, Massachusetts; died on 19 Dec 1729 in Nantucket, Massachusetts.
- Joseph Gardner was born on 23 Oct 1651 in Nantucket Island, Massachusetts; died on 19 Aug 1732 in Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States.
- Richard Gardner (born Gardiner), Jr., Cpt., II was born on 23 Aug 1653 in Salem, Essex, MA, USA; died on 8 Mar 1728 in Nantucket, Nantucket, MA, USA; was buried on 8 Mar 1728 in Founders Burial Ground, Nantucket Island, Nantucket Co., MA, USA.
- Benjamin Gardner was born on 26 Dec 1656 in Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts, USA; died in 1698 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
- Deborah Gardner was born on 12 Feb 1658 in Salem, Essex Co., MA Colony, America; died on 2 Apr 1712 in Nantucket, Massachusetts.
- Samuel Gardner was born in 1660 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 19 Oct 1729.
- Geo Gardner was born on 17 Apr 1660 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts; died on 17 Feb 1750 in Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts.
- Ruth Gardner was born on 1 Apr 1661 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America; died on 17 Oct 1695 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America.
- Rachel Gardner Brown was born on 3 Aug 1661 in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA; died in 1741.
- Damaris Gardner was born on 21 Nov 1662 in Nantucket, Nantucket, Ma; died on 25 Sep 1662 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; was buried on 25 Sep 1662.
- James Gardner was born on 19 May 1664 in Nantucket Island, (Present Nantucket County), (Present Massachusetts), Present USA; died on 1 Apr 1723 in Nantucket Island, Nantucket County, Province of Massachusetts, Present USA; was buried in Jun 1723 in Founders Burial Ground, Nantucket Island, Nantucke.
- Miriam Gardner was born on 14 Jul 1665 in Nantucket, Nantucket, MA, USA; died in 1702 in Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States; was buried in 1702 in Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts, United States.
- Nathaniel Gardner was born on 16 Nov 1669 in Nantucket, Nantucket, MA, USA; died in 1713 in Nantucket, Massachusetts.
- 5. Hope Gardner was born on 16 Nov 1669 in Nantucket, Nantucket, MA, USA; died on 12 Oct 1750 in Nantucket, Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts, United States; was buried in 1750 in Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America.
- Love Gardner was born on 2 May 1672 in Nantucket Island, Nantucket Co., MA Colony, America; died on 2 Oct 1741 in Nantucket, Massachusetts.
- Mehitable Gardner was born on 24 Nov 1674 in Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts; died in 1704.
