Charles F. Coffin

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Excerpt from Charles F. Coffin: A Quaker Pioneer, Compiled by Mary Coffin Johnson and Percival Brooks Coffin Preceeded by Earliest Historical Period, of the Coffin Family The Coffins are of Norman French descent. The French estate is at Falaise in the province of old Normandy in the department of Calvados. The English estate is at Portledge, North Devonshire, four miles from the old town of Bideford. The following is taken from the journal of the late Charles F. Coffin of Chicago, Illinois: "By kind invitation of the owner, Monsieur Le Clere and his wife, Madame Le Clere, I visited in the year 1883, accompanied by my wife, the ancient Coffin Chateau - Courtitout - near Falaise. Monsieur Le Clere was the grandson of the last Miss Coffyn, French Normandy, whose father was a banker in Falaise. She married in 1796 Monsieur Le Clere, Senior. From the time of this marriage, the name of Le Clere has succeeded that of Coffyn as possessors of the estate. We traveled by railway from Paris to Argentan, a journey of five hours, and from there to Falaise, fifteen miles by carriage. The highways on the route were fine and the verdant hillsides and landscapes beautiful. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.