The Migration Map
From Devon to Nantucket, from Sandwich to Falmouth, from Fall River to New Bedford, how thirteen families moved across the same coastline for four centuries.
Sandwich, Falmouth, Waquoit, New Bedford, Fall River, Nantucket, every location in this archive sits within thirty miles of every other. Six families, four centuries, one stretch of coastline. They didn’t just live near each other. They married each other, served together, worshipped together, and built together. The archive isn’t a collection of separate lines. It’s one community across time.
Key Locations
Key locations in the family story, from the manor houses of Devon to the shores of Nantucket to the hills of Quebec.
Portledge, Devon
Seat of the Coffin family of Devon, documented from the medieval period; held by the family until 1998.
Plymouth / Brixton, Devon
Tristram Coffin was baptized at the Church of St. Mary in Brixton before emigrating to New England.
Nantucket Island
Purchased in 1659 by a group of families including the Coffins, Folgers, Macys, and Starbucks. The whaling capital of the world.
Plymouth, Massachusetts
Landing site of the Mayflower in 1620. Four direct ancestors were aboard: Francis Cooke, Richard Warren, Degory Priest, and George Soule.
Fall River, Massachusetts
Home of the Long family. Rep. John J. Long represented the district for 24 years. Site of Durfee High School.
Boston, Massachusetts
William Coffin was a prominent Loyalist, and the Bunch of Grapes Tavern served as a meeting point for both sides of the Revolution.
Cape Cod / Yarmouth / Falmouth
Deep colonial roots of the Swift, Winter, and Peckham families. Multiple generations lived across these Cape Cod towns.
Westport, Massachusetts
Home of Rep. John J. Long by 1975; he represented Westport in the State House, 1975–1980, and is buried there.
Newport, Rhode Island
Colonial port city connected to multiple family lines through trade and settlement.
Quebec, Canada
Origin of the Pelletier and Harpin lines. Founding families of New France, arriving in the 1600s.
Entering the harbor at sunset
This map represents key locations only. The full family story spans thousands of places across England, Ireland, Wales, Scotland, France, Canada, and the eastern United States.