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Male William Coffin Click to view William Coffin in the family tree

William was born about 1542 in Of Portledge, Near Bideford, Devon, England.  William's father was Richard Coffin and his mother is Wilmot Chudleigh.  His paternal grandparents are John Coffin and Phillippa Hingston; his maternal grandfather was Richard Chudleigh and his maternal grandmother is Maria (Mary) Wadham. He had five brothers and six sisters, named John, James, Edward, Edward, James, Anne, Christian, Elizabeth, Eliz., Johanna and Margaret.  He was the youngest of the twelve children. He had three half-brothers and two half-sisters, named John, William, Richard, Joan and Jane.  He died after 1567.

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