 The American branch is one of the Boston Brahmin, a group of elite families based in and around Boston.Many American Coffins are or were Quakers.Benjamin Coffin III, landlord in Jonathan Larson's musical "Rent"
Coffin Family, cursed family in the novel "Coffins" by Rodman Philbrick
Frank Coffin, detective in the mystery novel series series by Jon Loomis
Frank Trenholm Coffyn, a real-life aviator trained by the Wright Brothers, he appears as a character in Jack Finney's novel "From Time to Time."