The picturesque historic island of Nantucket lies some 30 miles off the coast of Boston, Massachusetts. Originally the home of the Wampanoag people, the island was purchased by a consortium of English settlers in 1659.Their names were Tristram Coffin, Thomas Macy, Christopher Hussey, Richard Swain, Thomas Barnard, Peter Coffin, Stephen Greenleaf, John Swain, …