Four Centuries,
Documented
Four Mayflower passengers of 1620, the families who purchased Nantucket for thirty pounds and two beaver hats, the maternal grandfather of Benjamin Franklin, and four generations of John Long, with the Coffin line traced into medieval Devon. Documented, sourced, and preserved.
A private family archive.
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE ANCESTRY
The Coffin Line: Tristram Coffin of Nantucket
Tristram Coffin (c. 1605-1681) of Brixton, Devon, who led the 1659 purchase of Nantucket Island
Benjamin Franklin
The archive documents the family’s 1st cousin, 10 times removed, through Peter Folger
Four Mayflower Passengers
Francis Cooke, Richard Warren, Degory Priest, George Soule, direct ancestors, PID-verified
Nantucket Founders
Descended from nearly every family that purchased the island in 1659
Rep. John J. Long
Massachusetts State Representative, 1956-1980. Primary source documentation preserved
Lucretia Coffin Mott
Abolitionist, women’s rights pioneer, co-organizer of the Seneca Falls Convention
THE FAMILY
The Long family
The family of John, Perry and Patrick Long, of the Westport area, is an American family of colonial New England descent, with verified lineage to the founding families of Nantucket Island (1659) and four Mayflower passengers (1620), with the Coffin line documented in medieval Devon. The archive documents the family’s connections to Benjamin Franklin (1st cousin, 10 times removed), 17 U.S. Presidents, Lucretia Coffin Mott, and other notable figures through primary-source-verified chains of descent. Records preserved in the family collection include original Kennedy correspondence and primary source documentation spanning four centuries.