Sources & References

Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, 17 volumes. Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston, 1896–1908.

Free on the Internet Archive. Vol. 15 (S) contains Swift entries; Vol. 7 (G) contains Green entries.

FamilySearch.org— PID-verified records cited throughout the archive. Person Identifier numbers provide permanent, traceable references to the underlying genealogical record.

Family photograph collection— 49 cataloged primary source photographs, 1840s–1940s. Warren-Winter collection. Daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, tintypes, and cabinet cards.

Cataloged Session 43. Viewable on the Photos page.

Peter Coffin’s will, proved March 13, 1628 — names “his son and heir Tristam, who is to be provided for according to his degree and calling.” Brixton, Devon.

The bridge document between the English and American Coffin lines.

Muster rolls:Capt. Francis Green, Col. Joseph Vose’s 1st Massachusetts Regiment, June–September 1781.

Revolutionary War service record. Yorktown campaign.

Muster rolls:Solomon Swift, Capt. Fish’s co., Col. Freeman’s regt., September 1778.

Revolutionary War service record. Cape Cod militia.

Heitman, Francis B. Historical Register of Officers of the Continental Army, 1775–1783. Revised edition, 1914.

Standard reference for Continental Army officer records. Used for Cincinnati eligibility research.

Parkman Genealogy: “Coffin Family Tree England 1066 to Nantucket 1659+”

Secondary source for the medieval Coffin line at Portledge. Referenced alongside FamilySearch and the Barney Genealogical Record.

Weems, M.L. The Life of Benjamin Franklin with Many Choice Anecdotes and Admirable Sayings. Uriah Hunt, Philadelphia, 1835.

By the same author who wrote the first biography of George Washington and invented the cherry tree myth. A copy of this 1835 edition is in the family collection.

Philbrick, Nathaniel. In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex. Viking, 2000.

The Essex disaster and Owen Coffin. Nantucket whaling history.

Forbes, Esther. Johnny Tremain. Houghton Mifflin, 1943.

The Liberty Tree in popular culture. Newbery Medal 1944.

American Revolution Institute / Society of the Cincinnati — Officers Represented list

National organization records and eligible officer databases.

Massachusetts Society of the Cincinnati— Eligible Officers list and membership rules

State society with 4 vacant seats as of 2026. Green surname under active application.

Nantucket Historical Association— whaling history, Coffin logbooks, Whale Oil Gus

National Park Service— Yorktown Battlefield, Col. Joseph Vose biography

American Battlefield Trust— Liberty Tree history

Library of Congress— Heitman’s Register, Weems biography

Barney Genealogical Database— 40,000+ Nantucketers

Nantucket Historical Association research library database.

Internet Archive — MA Soldiers and Sailorsvolumes, Heitman’s Register, Weems biography

Massachusetts Historical Society— Society of the Cincinnati records

New Bedford Whaling Museum

NHA Research Library

library@nha.org

Johnny Tremain(1957 Disney film) — Liberty Tree scene, “The Liberty Tree” song by George Bruns

Walt Disney Productions. Based on the Esther Forbes novel.

U.S. Treasury Department— 2016 announcement: Lucretia Mott on redesigned $10 bill

Lucretia Coffin Mott, born on Nantucket. Coffin and Folger descendant.

PBS American Experience— “The History of Whaling in America” timeline

Akins, Jonas Peter and Tom Nicholas. “Short Lays on Greasy Voyages: Whaling and Venture Capital.”

Nantucket Historical Association.