Notable Cousin · via the maternal line

Levi Coffin II

1798–1877 · Quaker abolitionist called the “President of the Underground Railroad” — he and his wife Catharine are credited with helping some three thousand freedom-seekers escape slavery through their Indiana and Ohio homes.

Relationship

Levi Coffin II is the 4th cousin, 7 times removed of John, Perry, and Patrick Long.

Through Tristram Coffin (1609–1681), founder of Nantucket. Levi Coffin descends from the Nantucket/Carolina Coffin line; the family descends through Tristram’s son John Coffin and the Gardner → Macy → Folger → Perry line.

SIDE: MATERNAL · Coffin

Most Recent Common Ancestor

Tristram Coffin (1609–1681)founder of Nantucket; the shared ancestor. This is the single shared ancestor that connects Levi Coffin II to John, Perry, and Patrick. FamilySearch PID: L8BH-G24.

Descent Tree

Both lines descending from the most recent common ancestor, Tristram Coffin. The family’s line is the maternal Plantagenet descent documented in full on the Plantagenet Descent page; Research-in-Progress markers flag generations not yet enumerated. Click any PID to open the FamilySearch record.

Via the maternal line — Coffin
MRCA
Tristram Coffin
1609–1681
founder of Nantucket; the shared ancestor
The family’s line
John Coffin
1647
Tristram’s younger son; the direct line
Hannah Coffin
1686–1768
Robert Gardner
1708–1797
Eunice Gardner
1744–1809
Margaret ‘Peggy’ Macy
1782
Frederick William Folger
1805–1878
Harriet Ann Folger
1828
Charles Franklin Perry Sr.
1860
Charles Franklin Perry Jr.
1890
Francis Swift Perry
1923–2011
maternal grandfather
Carol A. Perry
1952
maternal bridge
GB2W-HXSLIVING
John, Perry & Patrick Long
living
the three brothers
LIVING
Levi Coffin II’s line
Tristram-line Coffin generations
1600s–1700s
five generations from Tristram, from the Phase-6 FamilySearch walk recomputed under the locked 12-step depth; per-generation PIDs not enumerated here — none invented
RESEARCH
Levi Coffin II
1798–1877
abolitionist; “President of the Underground Railroad”

On the Relationship

Promoted from a homepage-prose mention to a dedicated proof page. Distance recomputed at 4th cousin 7× under the locked 12-step depth; shared anchor and the family’s own line verified, Tristram-side intermediates not re-enumerated.

Sourcing confirmed

VERIFIED on the shared ancestor Tristram Coffin (L8BH-G24) and the family’s own John-Coffin line to the Perrys. Levi Coffin’s own record is L8PD-B2J. His intermediate Coffin generations come from the Phase-6 walk recomputed at 4th cousin 7× under the FS-verified 12-step depth; per-generation PIDs are not re-enumerated here and none are invented.

Sources

  1. Levi Coffin — Wikipedia
  2. FamilySearch: Levi Coffin II (L8PD-B2J)
  3. Phase-6 famous-relatives FamilySearch walk (raw JSON, recomputed under locked depth)
  4. Internal: Tristram Coffin spotlight