Greetings Friends: Awhile back, my LDS stepmother did me the favor of discovering that Mary Coffin Starbuck is a paternal ancestor of mine on my father's mother's side. I was thrilled and delighted to find Quaker ancestry since I came to Meeting as an adult and was unaware of any lineage or living relatives in Mtg. outside our immediate family. I have read a bit about her and her father Tristan "Coffyn", and checked out the stories on various websites. I read a delightful fictionalized book I have somewhere about her life. It would be great to hear from others who have done research, perhaps visited Nantucket and seen the places these early Quakers lived, worked, preached and whaled etc.... My stepmother gave me a notebook which is about 6 inches thick and I need an interpreter to help me read!! She took the line back into England into possibly the 1400's. However, it was Mary who became the convinced Friend and so the line is not Quaker before her as far as I know. Happy New Year and happy sleuthing, Shannon

Shannon, I am also a descendant of Mary Coffin Starbuck, as well as of her brother Jethro. My Nantucket ancestry can be seen at <http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=treadw ay&id=I3603&style=TEXT>. -- Dan Treadway P O Box 72 Gilbert IA 50105 treadway@netins.net http://showcase.netins.net/web/treadway/ -----Original Message----- From: Shannon [mailto:pnuts@gorge.net] Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2005 12:46 AM To: QUAKER-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [Q-R] Mary Coffin Starbuck Greetings Friends: Awhile back, my LDS stepmother did me the favor of discovering that Mary Coffin Starbuck is a paternal ancestor of mine on my father's mother's side. I was thrilled and delighted to find Quaker ancestry since I came to Meeting as an adult and was unaware of any lineage or living relatives in Mtg. outside our immediate family. I have read a bit about her and her father Tristan "Coffyn", and checked out the stories on various websites. I read a delightful fictionalized book I have somewhere about her life. It would be great to hear from others who have done research, perhaps visited Nantucket and seen the places these early Quakers lived, worked, preached and whaled etc.... My stepmother gave me a notebook which is about 6 inches thick and I need an interpreter to help me read!! She took the line back into England into possibly the 1400's. However, it was Mary who became the convinced Friend and so the line is not Quaker before her as far as I know. Happy New Year and happy sleuthing, Shannon ==== QUAKER-ROOTS Mailing List ==== HOW TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS LIST: Send an email to: QUAKER-ROOTS-L-REQUEST@RootsWeb.com The ONLY word in your message should be UNSUBSCRIBE.