Complex sentence: Tristram Coffin (or Coffyn) (11 March 1605-2 October 1681) was an immigrant to Massachusetts from England who led a group of investors that, in 1659, bought Nantucket from Thomas Mayhew for thirty pounds and two beaver hats.
Split into simpler sentences: 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.