THE COFFIN FAMILY COLLECTION
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Archives and Special Collections
Marist College


Contact Information:

Archives and Special Collections
Cannavino Library
Marist College
3399 North Road
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
Phone: 845-575-5217
Fax: 845-575-3150
Email: john.ansley@marist.edu

Processed by:

Ashley Polašθk

Date Completed:

December 13th, 2006

Digitized by:

Paul Contarino

Encoded by:

Sreekar Gangavarapu

Descriptive Summary

Title:

The Coffin Family Collection

Creator:

Enid Mastrianni

Extent:

About 150 items (0.3 linear feet)

Date Span:

September 11th, 1810 – January 2nd, 1859

Repository:

Marist College Archives and Special Collections

Abstract:

The Coffin Family Collection contains bills, promissory notes, receipts, account ledgers, bonds, deeds and other documents relating to the business and personal transactions of Robert Coffin of Dutchess County, NY.

Administrative Information

Access:

No restrictions.

Usage Restrictions:

The items in folders one through ten have no restrictions. All items in folder Eleven: Research Materials and Secondary Sources, have copyrights retained by the original authors or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law

Provenance:

The Coffin Family Collection was donated to the Marist College Archives and Special Collections by Enid Mastrianni of Glens Falls, NY, who purchased the documents privately.

Online Catalog Terms

Robert Coffin
Tristram Coffin
Tabor Bently
Coffin Family
Quaker
Society of Friends
Nantucket
Dutchess County

Biographical Note:

The Coffin family can trace their line back to Sir Richard Coffin of Devonshire. He was born circa 1280. The first Coffin to come to America was Tristram Coffin, born January 4th, 1628. He was a direct male descendant and was fourteen generations removed from Richard Coffin. Tristram traveled from Devonshire, England to what was then New York (now part of Massachusetts) in 1642. Tristram was among a group of 9 men who bought the island of Nantucket from the Native Americans in 1659 for 30 pounds and 2 beaver hats.

Abishai Coffin, a fourth generation descendent from Tristram, moved from the family seat in Nantucket and settled in the Hudson Valley as the American Revolution loomed. One of Abishai's sons was Robert Coffin who represented Dutchess County in the New York State Assembly in 1832 and who is the focus of this collection. Robert was born in 1778. He served his county in the capacity of Justice of the Peace and was reportedly a very able and amiable man. He married Magdalene Bently, daughter of Colonel Tabor Bently and left ten children when he died in 1842 at the age of 64.

The Coffin family is currently spread across the whole of the United States. They figure in politics as well as many other notable facets of American life. Prominent Coffins include Levi Coffin, who was known as the “president” of the Underground Railroad, Lucretia Coffin Mott, a moral reform activist, suffragette and teacher of Daniel Anthony, father of Susan B. Anthony and Professor James Henry Coffin, who made contributions in the fields of astronomy, meteorology and geometry. Dramatist “Tennessee” Williams was the grandson of Isabel Coffin, writer O. Henry has ties to the family and prolific character actor and namesake of the Coffin progenitor, Tristram “Tris” Coffin appeared in countless roles in early television shows from Superman and The Lone Ranger to I Love Lucy and The Beverly Hillbillies. The Coffins, noted Quakers, were avid abolitionists and equal rights activists. The numerous descendents of Tristram Coffin were very successful. In the year 1828 alone, 26 of them graduated from New England universities, 15 of those from Harvard. Though many Coffins still live in Nantucket, a large branch of the family is settled in North Carolina and, thanks to Levi Coffin, another branch exists in Indiana. Many of the Coffin line also reside on the West Coast.

Collection Overview

The Coffin Family Collection contains bills, promissory notes, receipts, account ledgers, bonds, deeds and other documents relating to the business and personal transactions of Robert Coffin of Dutchess County, NY. Certain documents reflect the judgments made by Coffin as Justice of the Peace. The collection also contains many important documents relating to the death of Colonel Tabor Bently, father-in-law to his executor Robert Coffin.

List of Series:

  1. Coffin Family Documents

Series Descriptions

1. Coffin Family Documents
The documents in this collection consist of bills, promissory notes, receipts, account ledgers, bonds, deeds and other documents relating to the business and personal transactions of Robert Coffin of Dutchess County, NY.

Size: 33 linear feet.

Arrangement: Roughly chronological.

Container: Box 1

Folders: 1-11

List of Folders:

  1. Folder One – Robert Coffin’s Labor Receipts (Items 1-68)
  2. Folder Two - Tappan Families; John Brown (Items 69-71)
  3. Folder Three - Legal Judgments made by Justice of the Peace Robert Coffin (Items 72-76)
  4. Folder Four - Newspaper Receipts (Items 77-85)
  5. Folder Five - Bills and Receipts from the Vail Family (Items 86-88)
  6. Folder Six - Bills for the Schooling of Robert Coffin’s Children (Items 89-95)
  7. Folder Seven - Weaving Receipts, Carding and Dying (Items 96-117)
  8. Folder Eight - Official Deeds: Wills, Guardianship and Indenture (Items 118-121)
  9. Folder Nine - Tabor Bently Inventory and Estate (Items 122-145)
  10. Folder Ten - Miscellany (Items 146-153)
  11. Folder Eleven - Research Materials and Secondary Sources (Items 154-162)

FOLDER LEVEL INVENTORY

Folder One – Robert Coffin’s Labor Receipts

Item 1

Receipt of funds from Robert Coffin by William Rozull – February 6th, 1824
Item 1 Front||Item 1 Back
Item 2

Receipt of funds from Robert Coffin by Murinus Pierce for lumber – September 25th, 1830
Item 2 Front||Item 2 Back
Item 3

Receipt of funds from Robert Coffin by W.D. Sherman for Freights Issued by John Titus – September 20th, 1811
Item 3 Front||Item 3 Back
Item 4

Receipt of funds from Robert Coffin by Garrison McCoy – January 26th, 1820
Item 4 Front||Item 4 Back
Item 5

Receipt of funds from Robert Coffin by Samuel Thorn – January 4th, 1819
Item 5 Front||Item 5 Back
Item 6

Receipt of funds from Robert Coffin by Matthew Collins – February 17th, 1819
Item 6 Front||Item 6 Back
Item 7

Ledger of financial transactions between Robert Coffin and Henry D. Davis for shoe and boot repair. – January 2nd, 1839 – December 10th, 1839
Item 7 Front||Item 7 Back
Item 8

Stock account of Robert Coffin – 1843
Item 8 PDF
Item 9

Promise of funds (payment complete) from Robert Coffin to Gabriel L. Vanderburgh – April 28th, 1829
Item 9 Front||Item 9 Back
Item 10

Receipt of funds from Robert Coffin by George Wright – October 11th, 1822
Item 10 Front||Item 10 Back
Item 11

Receipt of funds from Robert Coffin by Isaac Bayce – February 28th, 1831
Item 11 Front||Item 11 Back
Item 12

Receipt of funds from Robert Coffin by Smith Narrick for plaster – May 2nd, 1821
Item 12 Front||Item 12 Back
Item 13

Receipt of funds from Robert Coffin by Sahuzher Germond – October 23rd, 1823
Item 13 Front||Item 13 Back
Item 14

Receipt of funds from Robert Coffin by Joseph Wright – May 28th, 1833
Item 14 Front||Item 14 Back
Item 15

Receipt of funds from Robert Coffin by Murinus Pierce for lumber – June 22nd, 1833
Item 15 Front||Item 15 Back
Item 16

Ledger and Receipt of funds from Robert Coffin by Henry D. Davis for shoe and boot repair – September 16th – November 20th, 1830
Item 16 Front||Item 16 Back
Item 17

Ledger and receipt of funds from Robert Coffin by Isaac Woolley for lumber – July 7th – August 28th, 1829
Item 17 Front||Item 17 Back
Item 18

Receipt of funds from Robert Coffin by C.P. Barnum – December 19th, 1829
Item 18 Front||Item 18 Back
Item 19

Running bill (May 18th – Nov 24th) and receipt of funds from Robert Coffin by F. Warner for fresh meat - January 2nd, 1859
Item 19 Front||Item 19 Back
Item 20

Bill and receipt of funds from Robert Coffin by Henry D. Davis for shoe and boot repair – 1831
Item 20 Front||Item 20 Back
Item 21

Receipt of funds from Robert Coffin by C. Morgan for furniture
Item 21 Front||Item 21 Back
Item 22

Receipt of funds from Robert Coffin by Stephen Allen – May 1, 1813
Item 22 Front||Item 22 Back
Item 23

Receipt of funds from Robert Coffin by Samuel Thorn for services rendered – January 13th, 1820
Item 23 Front||Item 23 Back
Item 24

Receipt of funds from Robert Coffin by Jacob Benthicysins – October 7th, 1823
Item 24 Front||Item 24 Back
Item 25

Receipt of funds from Robert Coffin by Theodore Van Wyck and Cornelius Van Wyck – November 8th, 1833
Item 25 Front||Item 25 Back
Item 26

Bill and receipt of funds from Robert Coffin by Lymon Hustid for shoe and boot making – January 20th, 1835
Item 26 Front||Item 26 Back
Item 27

Receipt of funds from Robert Coffin by William Tillou and Henry Tillou – December 9th, 1822
Item 27 Front||Item 27 Back
Item 28

Receipt of funds from Robert Coffin by Gabriel L. Vanderburgh, executor for George Toffey (deceased) – April 1829
Item 28 Front||Item 28 Back
Item 29

Promise of payment (fulfilled) by Robert Coffin to John Hoag, administrator of the estate of Peter Hoag (deceased) – May 7th, 1829
Item 29 Front||Item 29 Back
Item 30

Promise of payment (fulfilled) by Robert Coffin to Leonard L. Seaman – June 8th, 1821
Item 30 Front||Item 30 Back
Item 31

Receipt of funds from Robert Coffin by William Haywood for labor services rendered – April 3rd, 1824
Item 31 Front||Item 31 Back
Item 32

Receipt of funds from Robert Coffin by Samuel Seaman – December 13th 1822
Item 32 Front||Item 32 Back
Item 33

Bill and receipt of payment from Robert Coffin by William Odell for clothing – December 1831
Item 33 Front||Item 33 Back
Item 34

Bill and receipt of funds from Robert Coffin by Ira Odell Jr. – July 20th, 1824
Item 34 Front||Item 34 Back
Item 35

Receipt of funds from Robert Coffin by James Odell for Elizabeth Titus – January 11th, 1819
Item 35 Front||Item 35 Back
Item 36

Receipt of funds from Robert Coffin by C. Morgan – June 21st, 1823
Item 36 Front||Item 36 Back
Item 37

Receipt of funds from Robert Coffin by Abraham Gager – March 20th, 1825
Item 37 Front||Item 37 Back
Item 38

Document authorizing Robert Coffin to sell the worldly possessions of Henry Odell to extract payment due to him of $27.00 – March 31st, 1842
Item 38 Front||Item 38 Back
Item 39

Bill and receipt of funds from Robert Coffin by Ashael Hall - April 19th, 1829
Item 39 Front||Item 39 Back
Item 40

Running bill for Obediah Griffin, Jacob Odell, John Odell, Alonzo Griffin, Charlotte Doughty, Henry Gril, T. Farrenside and Mary Davis (each separate)
Item 40 Front||Item 40 Back
Item 41

Receipt of funds by Isaac Germand – July 15th 1818
Item 41 Front||Item 41 Back
Item 42

Bill and receipt of funds from Robert Coffin by Stephen Hammond - August 16th, 1820
Item 42 Front||Item 42 Back
Item 43

Ledger of credits and debits between Robert Coffin and P. Schermihorn
Item 43 Front||Item 43 Back
Item 44

Bill and receipt of funds from Robert Coffin by Henry Odell – January 29th –February 25th, 1833
Item 44 Front||Item 44 Back
Item 45

Receipt of funds from Robert Coffin by Alexander Marshall and Martin Haight – July 27th, 1821
Item 45 Front||Item 45 Back
Item 46

Receipt of funds from Robert Coffin by Doctor F. Vanderburgh – May 26th, 1821
Item 46 Front||Item 46 Back
Item 47

Receipt of funds from Robert Coffin by Joseph Gildesleu – January 16th, 1830
Item 47 Front||Item 47 Back
Item 48

Receipt of funds from John Titus, John Haight and Robert Coffin as a result of the partition and sale of real estate left by Archer Macomber (deceased) by Refcom Macomber – July 11th, 1833
Item 48 Front||Item 48 Back
Item 49

Promise of payment (fulfilled) by Robert Coffin to Silas Gammond – May 1st, 1826
Item 49 Front||Item 49 Back
Item 50

Promise of payment (fulfilled) by Robert Coffin to Sarah Upton – July 5th, 1821
Item 50 Front||Item 50 Back
Item 51

Bill and receipt of funds from Robert Coffin by Culois Rider – January 26th, 1833
Item 51

Item 52

Promise of payment (fulfilled) by Robert Coffin to Israel Shadbolt – September 8th, 1832
Item 52 Front||Item 52 Back
Item 53

Promise of payment (fulfilled) by Robert Coffin to Ruben Howes, John Haight & Henry Marriott on or before May 1, 1824 (paid April 3rd, 1823)
Item 53 Front||Item 53 Back
Item 54

Receipt of funds from Robert Coffin by J. B. Benton – November 18th, 1828
Item 54 Front||Item 54 Back
Item 55

Bill and receipt of funds from Robert Coffin by J.B. Benton – August 1, 1827
Item 55 Front||Item 55 Back
Item 56

Bill to Robert Coffin from Hezekiah Fhienstea – January 26th, 1824
Item 56 Front||Item 56 Back
Item 57

Receipt of funds from Robert Coffin by William Rogers – July 6th, 1815
Item 57 Front||Item 57 Back
Item 58

Bill and receipt of funds from Robert Coffin by Joshua Gager – May 28th, 1818
Item 58 Front||Item 58 Back
Item 59

Promise of payment (fulfilled) by Robert Coffin to J.T. Derthick – May 5th, 1828
Item 59 Front||Item 59 Back
Item 60

Receipt of funds from Robert Coffin by Joil Benton – December 3rd, 1827
Item 60 Front||Item 60 Back
Item 61

Receipt of funds from Robert Coffin by William Girmond – June 2nd, 1828
Item 61 Front||Item 61 Back
Item 62

Promise of payment (fulfilled) by Robert Coffin to Isaac Girmond – January 12th, 1824
Item 62 Front||Item 62 Back
Item 63

Bill and receipt of funds from Robert Coffin to Emanuel Carinau – May 10th, 1828
Item 63 Front||Item 63 Back
Item 64

Bill and receipt of funds from Robert Coffin to Jefse D. Sarls – November 2nd, 1832
Item 64 Front||Item 64 Back
Item 65

Receipt of funds from Robert Coffin by Thos Hammond – January 30th, 1823
Item 65 Front||Item 65 Back
Item 66

Bill and receipt of funds from Robert Coffin by Boriah Swift for damages – July 21st, 1826
Item 66 Front||Item 66 Back
Item 67

Receipt of funds from Tabor Bently by Robert Coffin for damages awarded through the supreme court of New York – January 10th, 1824
Item 67 Front||Item 67 Back
Item 68

Receipt of funds (in advance) from Robert Coffin by B. B. Benedict for advertising – September 11th, 1810
Item 68 Front||Item 68 Back

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Folder Two - Tappan Families; John Brown

Item 69

Promise of payment by Robert Coffin to Margaret Amurman for value received – April 3rd, 1839
Item 69 Front||Item 69 Back
Item 70

Bill from John Charles Brown to Robert Coffin
Item 70 Front||Item 70 Back
Item 71

Bill and receipt of funds from Robert Coffin by George Tappan – April 18th, 1830
Item 71 Front||Item 71 Back

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Folder Three - Legal Judgments made by Justice of the Peace Robert Coffin

Item 72

Receipt of funds from Henry D. Davis by Job Sifson as ordered by Justice of the Peace, Robert Coffin – May 5th, 1830
Item 72 Front||Item 72 Back
Item 73

Ledger of Credits and Debits involving Joshua Dulong and Robert Coffin. Balanced paid in full - June 13th, 1828
Item 73 Front||Item 73 Back
Item 74

Letter of judgment in the case of Simon B Benton, Isaac Thorn and Israel Gibson VS P.B. Thayer. Robert Coffin, Justice of the Peace, ruled in favor of Benton, Thorn and Gibson (two pages)
Item 74 Front Up||Item 74 Front Bottem||Item 74 Back
Item 75

Receipt of funds by Joseph Doty from Daniel T. Butts as ordered by Justice of the Peace, Robert Coffin - May 14th, 1822
Item 75 Front||Item 75 Back
Item 76

Original Cemetery Deed to lot 6 West Point: plot 6 in the village of Glen’s Falls made out to Emma Doty and sealed to by the president of Glen’s Falls, Samuel D. Kendrick and witnessed by Edwin R. Stafford, Notary Public
Item 76 Front||Item 76 Back

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Folder Four - Newspaper Receipts

Item 77

Receipt of funds from Robert Coffin by P. Potter for Poughkeepsie Journal papers from no. 1444 to 1511
Item 77 Front||Item 77 Back
Item 78

Receipt of funds from Robert Coffin by Ambrose Peck for Poughkeepsie Telegraph papers from no. 1 to 50 – April 14th, 1825
Item 78 Front||Item 78 Back
Item 79

Receipt of funds from Robert Coffin by Killey Low for Poughkeepsie Telegraph papers no. 312 to 364 – April 17th, 1833
Item 79

Item 80

Receipt of funds from Robert Coffin by Ambrose Peck for newspapers - January 1st. 1830
Item 80 Front||Item 80 Back
Item 81

Receipt of funds from Robert Coffin by Killey Low for Poughkeepsie Telegraph papers no. 197 to 312 – May 28th, 1831
Item 81 Front||Item 81 Back
Item 82

Receipt of funds from Robert Coffin by Ambrose Peck for Poughkeepsie newspapers – January 8th, 1827
Item 82 Front||Item 82 Back
Item 83

Receipt of funds from Robert Coffin by Ambrose Peck for Poughkeepsie newspapers – January 1st, 1827
Item 83 Front||Item 83 Back
Item 84

Receipt of funds from Robert Coffin by Eliphalet Wood for newspapers – January 29th, 1819
Item 84 Front||Item 84 Back
Item 85

Receipt of funds from Robert Coffin by E. Lyons for Observer newspapers up to no. 176 – September 20th, 1818
Item 85 Front||Item 85 Back

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Folder Five - Bills and Receipts from the Vail Family

Item 86

Promise of payment (fulfilled) by Robert Coffin to Hiram Vail – February 9th, 1821
Item 86 Front||Item 86 Back
Item 87

Bill from Israel Vail to Robert Coffin for services performed in court
Item 87 Front||Item 87 Back
Item 88

Bill and receipt of funds from Robert Coffin by Hiram Vail for five days work – March 18th, 1827
Item 88 Front||Item 88 Back

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Folder Six - Bills for the Schooling of Robert Coffin’s Children

Item 89

Bill and receipt of funds from Robert Coffin by Nathan Burton Jr. for Charles Coffin for the school winter 1826-7 – March 24th, 1827
Item 89 Front||Item 89 Back
Item 90

Bill and receipt of funds from Robert Coffin by J.P. Brall for Miss Coffin for tuition, school expenses, textbooks and entrance – April 21st, 1818
Item 90 Front||Item 90 Back
Item 91

Bill and receipt of funds from Robert Coffin by Stephen Welletts for 44 days of schooling, fire wood and repairs and textbooks – May 1st, 1824
Item 91 Front||Item 91 Back
Item 92

Receipt of funds from Robert Coffin by Enoch Haight for school bills – May 3rd, 1822
Item 92 Front||Item 92 Back
Item 93

Bill and receipt of funds from Robert Coffin by Leonard Goodwin for Miss Sarah Coffin for board from May 31st to August 23rd and school expenses
Item 93 Front||Item 93 Back
Item 94

Bill and receipt of funds from Robert Coffin by Sarah Pierce for J. Coffin for school expenses – August 22nd, 1824
Item 94 Front||Item 94 Back
Item 95

Bill and receipt of funds from Robert Coffin by Nathan Burton Jr. for Hezekiah and Sarah Coffin for the school winter 1825-6 – March 14th, 1826
Item 95 Front||Item 95 Back

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Folder Seven - Weaving Receipts, Carding and Dying

Item 96

Bill and receipt of funds from Robert Coffin by Nathan Burton Jr. for Hezekiah and Sarah Coffin for the school winter 1825-6 – March 14th, 1826 Running bill and receipt of payment from Miss Sarah Coffin by Goodwin and Galpin for sewing and writing supplies – June 24th – August 19th, 1826
Item 96 Front||Item 96 Back
Item 97

Bill and receipt of funds from Robert Coffin by S. Wood for sewing – March 25th, 1833
Item 97 Front||Item 97 Back
Item 98

Bill and receipt of funds from Robert Coffin by P. Lawton for carding sundries – May 21st, 1832
Item 98 Front||Item 98 Back
Item 99

Bill and receipt of funds from Robert Coffin by Jeremiah Wintringham for weaving – April 2nd, 1827
Item 99 Front||Item 99 Back
Item100

Bill and receipt of funds from Robert Coffin by George Booth for carding sundries – August 28th, 1830
Item 100 Front||Item 100 Back
Item 101

Bill and receipt of funds from Robert Coffin by C.P. Barnum for wood carding – November 14th, 1828
Item 101 Front||Item 101 Back
Item 102

Bill and receipt of funds from Robert Coffin by Jeremiah Wintringham for cloth – June 3rd, 1828
Item 102 Front||Item 102 Back
Item 103

Bill and receipt of funds from Robert Coffin by A. Merritt – December 26th, 1826
Item 103 Front||Item 103 Back
Item 104

Bill and receipt of funds from Robert Coffin by Jeremiah Wintringham for weaving – April 10th, 1831
Item 104 Front||Item 104 Back
Item 105

Bill and receipt of funds from Robert Coffin by John Wintringham for weaving – May 1st, 1824
Item 105 Front||Item 105 Back
Item 106

Bill and receipt of funds from Miss Sarah Coffin by Charles L. Webb – June 27th, 1821
Item 106 Front||Item 106 Back
Item 107

Bill and receipt of funds from Miss Sarah Coffin by Leonard Goodwin – August 23rd, 1826
Item 107 Front||Item 107 Back
Item108

Bill and receipt of funds from Robert Coffin by Henry Gildersleeve – April 1st, 1826
Item 108 Front||Item 108 Back
Item 109

Bill and receipt of funds from Robert Coffin by Andrew Kingsley for dying – January 23rd, 1823
Item 109 Front||Item 109 Back
Item 110

Bill and receipt of funds from Robert Coffin by John Wintringham for weaving – May 2nd, 1822
Item 110 Front||Item 110 Back
Item 111

Bill and receipt of funds from Robert Coffin by Henry Barton for carding – October 2nd, 1821
Item 111 Front||Item 111 Back
Item 112

Bill and receipt of funds from Robert Coffin by John Wintringham for weaving – March 16th, 1818
Item 112 Front||Item 112 Back
Item 113

Bill and receipt of funds from Robert Coffin by John Wintringham for weaving – March 20th, 1825
Item 113 Front||Item 113 Back
Item 114

Bill and receipt of funds from Robert Coffin by Jeremiah Wintringham for weaving – May 12th, 1834
Item 114 Front||Item 114 Back
Item 115

Bill and receipt of funds from Robert Coffin by Jeremiah Wintringham for weaving – March 16th, 1835
Item 115
Item116

Receipt of funds from Robert Coffin by Matthew Collins for weaving – February 4th, 1819
Item 116 Front||Item 116 Back
Item 117

Receipt of funds from Robert Coffin by P. Howland and R.Y. Vary for painting and repair of a sleigh and wagon – January 28th, 1825
Item 117 Front||Item 117 Back

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Folder Eight - Official Deeds: Wills, Guardianship and Indenture

Item 118

Official deed of the Dutchess County Office Surrogate declaring the Infant Maria Stisker, aged sixteen in the guardianship of Robert Coffin until her twenty first birthday when she may collect the Estates granted to her by her father, James Stisker upon his death. Sealed and signed by James Hooker, Surrogate – February 5th, 1825
Item 118 Front||Item 118 Back
Item 119

Last will and testament of Phebe Sarles witnessed by Robert Coffin and Peter Palmer of the town of Washington in the County of Dutchess, New York State – May 4th, 1842
Item 119 Front||Item 119 Back
Item 120

Official bond binding Tabor Bently, his heirs, executors or administrators to Robert Coffin and Wheeler Gilbert for $1334.94 and list of items and money given to Coffin and Gilbert in fulfillment of the bond. Issued January 1st, 1821, fulfilled April 12th, 1827
Item 120 Front||Item 120 Back
Item 121

Indenture binding Tabor Bently, his heirs, executors or administrators to Henry Able for $35.00 and receipt of items and money in fulfillment of the bond. Issued May 21st, 1825, fulfilled April 11th, 1826
Item 121 Front||Item 121 Back||Item 121 Back

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Folder Nine - Tabor Bently Inventory and Estate

Item 122

Inventory of the property belonging to Tabor Bently upon his death, as appraised by Daniel Stuart and Lewis Baker. Items in the inventory willed to Tabor Bently’s Wife Eliza Bently. All approved by the executors of the will of Tabor Bently: Robert Coffin and Abnor Olsen – April 3rd, 1826
Item 122 PDF
Item 123

Ledger of credits owed by the estate of Tabor Bently (deceased) to Robert Coffin – April 11th, 1826
Item 123 Front||Item 123 Back
Item 124

Receipt of funds from Robert Coffin, executor, by James Hooker for the return of the inventory of the Estate of Tabor Bently
Item 124 Front||Item 124 Back
Item 125

Receipt of funds from Robert Coffin, executor, by Eliza Bently for money paid for grave-digging
Item 125 Front||Item 125 Back
Item 126

Receipt of funds from Robert Coffin, executor, by James Hooker for the probate and recording of the will of Tabor Bently – April 5th, 1826
Item 126 Front||Item 126 Back
Item 127

Statement of time of death of Tabor Bently – 1600h March 19th, 1826 and inquiry by Robert Coffin, executor, of the entitlement of a minor grandchild to the estate – April 1st, 1826
Item 127 Front||Item 127 Back
Item 128

Handwritten tag or band titled “Tabor Bently’s Papers 1821”
Item 128
Item 129

Receipt of funds from Robert Coffin, executor, by Persis Sweet for demands against the estate of Tabor Bently (deceased) – March 17th, 1827
Item 129 Front||Item 129 Back
Item 130

Receipt of funds from Robert Coffin, executor, by Solomon Dennis – March 16th, 1827
Item 130 Front||Item 130 Back
Item 131

Receipt of funds from Robert Coffin, executor, by Albro Simpson for demands against the estate of Tabor Bently (deceased) – March 16th, 1827
Item 131 Front||Item 131 Back
Item 132

Receipt of funds from Robert Coffin, executor, by Daniel Emigh for wares and merchandise sold to Tabor Bently during his lifetime – March 17th, 1827
Item 132 Front||Item 132 Back
Item 133

Receipt of funds from Robert Coffin, executor, by Lewis Baker for bearing a chain around the farm of Tabor Bently – December 16th, 1826
Item 133 Front||Item 133 Back
Item 134

Receipt of funds from Robert Coffin, executor, by S. Small – April 13th, 1827
Item 134 Front||Item 134 Back
Item 135

Receipt of funds from Robert Coffin, executor, by Daniel Sweet for services as an appraiser – April 3rd, 1826
Item 135 Front||Item 135 Back
Item 136

Settlement of the bill for Tabor Bently’s judgment bond, given to Robert Coffin, executor – January 1st, 1821
Item 136 Front||Item 136 Back
Item 137

Text of the bond, settled in a separate document, of Tabor Bently to Wheeler Gilbert and Robert Coffin, executor – January 1st, 1821
Item 137 Front||Item 137 Back
Item 138

Receipt of funds from Robert Coffin, executor, by Nicholas Emigh for demands against the estate of Tabor Bently (deceased) – March 14th, 1827
Item 138 Front||Item 138 Back
Item 139

Receipt of funds from Robert Coffin, executor, by Allen Butler for running Tabor Bently’s (deceased) farm – October 11th, 1827
Item 139 Front||Item 139 Back
Item 140

Bill and receipt of funds from Robert Coffin, executor, by E. M. Stirft for suits in the name of the estate of Tabor Bently (deceased)
Item 140 Front||Item 140 Back
Item 141

Estimate of the affairs of the estate of Tabor Bently (deceased) made by Robert Coffin, executor – September 22nd, 1839
Item 141 Front||Item 141 Back
Item 142

Bill and receipt of funds from Robert Coffin, executor, by Lewis Baker for demands against the estate of Tabor Bently (deceased) – March 16th, 1827
Item 142 Front||Item 142 Back
Item 143

Receipt of funds from Robert Coffin, executor, by Lewis Baker for demands against the estate of Tabor Bently (deceased) – April 3rd, 1826
Item 143 Front||Item 143 Back
Item 144

Receipt of funds from Robert Coffin, executor, by Dennis Meriani for goods, wares and merchandise in the name of the estate of Tabor Bently (deceased) – March 17th, 1827
Item 144 Front||Item 144 Back
Item 145

Conditions of the sale by auction of a parcel of land belonging to the estate of Tabor Bently (deceased) to the highest bidder, Beriah Austin, drafted by Robert Coffin, executor – March 2nd, 1839
Item 145 Front||Item 145 Back

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Folder Ten - Miscellany

Item 146

Bill and receipt of funds from Wheeler Gilbert by Robert Coffin
Item 146 Front||Item 146 Back
Item 147

Note of sale and receipt of payment to Roswell Warner – January 7th, 1831
Item 147 Front||Item 147 Back
Item 148

Receipt of funds by Roswell Warner – January 8th, 1831
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Personal note to Robert Coffin from Samuel Thorn – August 11th, 1830
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The ear mark of Robert Coffin is a swallow fork in the left ear and a slit in the far side of the right ear – July 1st, 1813: Cleared by Town Clerk Vimah Woolley
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Item 151

Promise of payment by John Donald to Peter Worden for value received – April 30th, 1828
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Promise of payment (fulfilled) by Robert Coffin to Isaac Thorn paid in two installments – April 29th 1828 and May 3rd, 1828
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Item 153

Receipt of funds from Robert Coffin by Patience Holmes for interest on a bond against Martin Robinson – July 13th, 1833
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Folder Eleven - Research Materials and Secondary Sources

Item 154

Coffin Family Biographical Sketch from History of Dutchess County, New York by James H. Smith
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Item 155

1820 Federal Census for Dutchess County, New York (copy)
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Item 156

Background information on Tabor Bently
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Item 157

Marriage certificate of Enoch Haight and Lucena Bristol from The American History and Genealogy Project (copy)
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Item 158

Poughkeepsie Journal article “Escaped Slaves Find Support and Refuge on Way to Freedom”
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Item 159

Cemetery records: Hicksite Friends’ Burial Ground, Clinton Corners, Dutchess, NY courtesy New York Local History Network
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Cemetery records: Friends’ Ground, Mechanic, Dutchess, NY courtesy New York Local History Network
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Item 161

Quaker Removals from Nine Partners courtesy New York Local History Network
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Item 162

Heads of Families: Oblong and Nine Partners Circularly, Dutchess, NY courtesy New York Local History Network
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