The Coffín Family Crest

Tristram Coffyn was born at Brixton, county Devon, England, in 1605. He emigrated to Boston in 1642, and died in 1681. The coat of arms we publish was kept in the family from the time of the emigration. Another coat of arms was granted to Sir Isaac Coffin, a descendant of Tristram, a noted loyalist and a deserving naval officer. The coat of arms we give has never, to our knowledge, been proved to have been regularly granted, or endorsed by the Heralds' Visitations, but it has been in the family since the emigration. The English Coffins place the crosses of the shield saltirewise instead of crosswise.

Family

Coffín

Motto

Post tenebras, speramus lumen de lumine. After darkness we hope the brightest light.

Blazon

A Pigeon Close, Or, Between Two Roses: Proper.

Source

America Hereldica