Matches in DBpedia 2015-04 for { ?s ?p "Tristram Coffin (or Coffyn) (11 March 1605 – 2 October 1681) was an immigrant to Massachusetts from England.In 1659 he led a group of investors that bought Nantucket from Thomas Mayhew for thirty pounds and two beaver hats.He became a prominent citizen of the settlement. A great number of his descendants became prominent in North American society, and many were involved in the later history of Nantucket during and after its heyday as a whaling center.Almost all notable Americans with roots in Nantucket are descended from Tristram Coffin, although Benjamin Franklin was an exception."@en }
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- Tristram_Coffin_(Nantucket) abstract "Tristram Coffin (or Coffyn) (11 March 1605 – 2 October 1681) was an immigrant to Massachusetts from England.In 1659 he led a group of investors that bought Nantucket from Thomas Mayhew for thirty pounds and two beaver hats.He became a prominent citizen of the settlement. A great number of his descendants became prominent in North American society, and many were involved in the later history of Nantucket during and after its heyday as a whaling center.Almost all notable Americans with roots in Nantucket are descended from Tristram Coffin, although Benjamin Franklin was an exception.".