British, Scottish & Welsh Gentry
Tristram Coffin is a direct maternal ancestor via the Coffin → Gardner → Macy → Folger → Perry descent. Tristram through his son John, granddaughter Hannah Coffin, and her son Robert Gardner carries the line into the Gardner → Macy → Folger → Perry descent, arriving at Harriet Ann Folger, the Perry generations, and Francis Swift Perry. Chain verified end-to-end via FamilySearch relationship view (data/tristram-chain-verify-s59.md).
Through the Coffin, Hawkins, and other colonial lines, your ancestry connects to British, Scottish, and Welsh gentry dating back to the medieval period. These are direct ancestors confirmed through FamilySearch records.
| Name | Born | PID | Relationship |
|---|---|---|---|
| ●Sir Richard Coffin | ~1066 | — | ~25th great-grandfather via the British Gentry line — Hastings |
| ●Sir William HawkinsW↗ | 1530 | LZN9-9F7 | ~12th great-grandfather via the British Gentry line — Plymouth privateer |
| ●Capt. William Hawkins | 1495 | LY7K-GW3 | ~13th great-grandfather via the British Gentry line — pioneer of English trade to Brazil |
| ●Sir William PittW↗ | ~1578 | LKNZ-961 | ~11th great-grandfather via the British Gentry line — Bristol |
| ●John Brown of Fordell | 1530 | LDJD-YBS | ~13th great-grandfather via the British Gentry line — Scottish Laird |
| ●Lady Katherine Melville | 1526 | L4T9-XTP | ~13th great-grandmother via the British Gentry line — Scotland |
| ●Lord Thomas CathcartW↗ | ~1648 | LZGJ-ZJR | ~9th great-grandfather via the British Gentry line — Scotland |
| ●Sir Edward Stradling IVW↗ | 6 Aug 1473 | 9J7D-LN1 | ~14th great-grandfather via the British Gentry line — Welsh nobility |
| ●Wm. de La Roche | 1483 | KPHP-L4P | ~13th great-grandfather via the British Gentry line — Speaker of the House & Lord Mayor of London |
| ●Sir Francis Bowyer I | 1525 | LRNV-Q28 | ~12th great-grandfather via the British Gentry line |
Research in Progress: Three traditional gentry connections (Maynard, Angus Brown, Perient) are under active research and have been moved to the Basement pending primary-source verification.
Additional Pre-1600 Ancestors
Surfaced from the archive CSV audit (April 2026). Pre-1600 ancestors with two or more sourced records whose lines trace to the Swift and Perry colonial families.
| Name | Born | PID | Relationship |
|---|---|---|---|
| ●William Swift Sr. | 1597 | LYQG-HBN | 10th great-grandfather via the Swift maternal line to John, Perry, and Patrick |
| ●John Jones | 1573 | LD9K-TRX | 10th great-grandfather via the Swift maternal line to John, Perry, and Patrick |
| ●Joan | 1599 | LB2Z-W6D | 10th great-grandmother via the Swift maternal line to John, Perry, and Patrick |
| ●Ralph Wallen | 1595 | LZK2-NBS | 10th great-grandfather via the Swift maternal line to John, Perry, and Patrick |
| ●Thomas Jenkins | 1570 | G8CJ-DHN | 10th great-grandfather via the Swift maternal line to John, Perry, and Patrick |
| ●Duncan Campbell 2nd Baronet Campbell, of AuchinbreckW↗ | 1597 | GZK3-71B | 11th great-grandfather via the Swift maternal line to John, Perry, and Patrick |
| ●Sir Robert Swift Knight, of Rotherham | 1563 | MLQZ-RCD | 11th great-grandfather via the Swift maternal line to John, Perry, and Patrick |
| ●David Boswell 5th Of AuchinleckW↗ | 1582 | GZK3-371 | 11th great-grandfather via the Swift maternal line to John, Perry, and Patrick |
| ●Isobel Wallace | 1582 | P9BW-DDY | 11th great-grandmother via the Swift maternal line to John, Perry, and Patrick |
| ●Katherine Pole Countess of HuntingdonW↗ | 1511 | KNCW-TFM | 12th great-grandmother via the Swift maternal line to John, Perry, and Patrick |
| ●Francis Hastings, 2nd Earl of HuntingdonW↗ | 1514 | LB63-QN6 | 12th great-grandfather via the Swift maternal line to John, Perry, and Patrick |