Annals of the Sinnott, Rogers, Coffin, Corlies, Reeves, Bodine and allied families . well as the spacious, heavily wain-scoted dining-room, is lined with portraitsof Coffins of other centuries, men andwomen in antiquated dress, but with thefine faces, blue eyes, and characteristicfeatures of the race of to-day. The ancientarrangement of the interior of the househas been modified to meet modern require-ments, but the stately carved doors andceilings still display the emblazonments andquarterings of the family arms. On theceiling of the dining-room the Coffin armsis quartered with those of the P
Annals of the Sinnott, Rogers, Coffin, Corlies, Reeves, Bodine and allied families . well as the spacious, heavily wain-scoted dining-room, is lined with portraitsof Coffins of other centuries, men andwomen in antiquated dress, but with thefine faces, blue eyes, and characteristicfeatures of the race of to-day. The ancientarrangement of the interior of the househas been modified to meet modern require-ments, but the stately carved doors andceilings still display the emblazonments andquarterings of the family arms. On theceiling of the dining-room the Coffin armsis quartered with those of the Pine family,another of the Worthies of Devon, withwhom the Coffins have intermarried.* Portledge was once famous for itsextensive library, which contained a priceless accumulation of documents,dating from the fourteenth century. About 1800 many of the manuscripts andbooks were dispersed. The present owner of Portledge is Major Pine Coffin,of the English army. His youngest brother, Tristram Pine Coffin, Esqi,bears his Christian name in honor of his remote kinsman, Tristram Coffin,. Coffin Arms, 1216-1272 the founder of the American family. of Admiral Sir Isaac Coffin, Baronet: His English and American Ancestors, by Thomas C. ^», pp. 141, Boston, 1886; The Coffin Family: Its Armorial Bearings and Origin of the Name, byJohn Coffin Jones Brown, 8^, pp. 8, Boston, 1881 ; Early Wills illustrating the Ancestry of HarrietCoffin, with Genealogical and Biographical Notes, by her Grandson, William S. Appleton, 8°, , Boston, 1896 ; Gatherings toward a Genealogy of the Coffin Family. Five Generations of Descend-ants of Tristram Coffin, of Newbury and Nantucket, in the Line of his Son Tristram Coffin, of New-bury, by William S. Appleton, 8^°, pp. 53, Boston, 1896; Early settlers of Nantucket: Their Asso-ciates and Descendants, compiled by Lydia S. Hinchman, 8™, pp. 347, Philadelphia, 1901. * The description of the interior of Portledge is largely taken from Mrs. Johnsons acco
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