Born about in Hempstead, Queens, New York, United States
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Samuel Combs
— married
6 Jun 1800 in Rockville Center, New York
Descendants 
Mother of
Abraham Marion Coombs and Caroline (Combs) Abrams
Died about
at about age 80
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 22 Aug 2014
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Biography
Margaret was born perhaps around 1780.
Research Notes
The name of the wife of Samuel Combs was given by William A. Eardeley. He collected vast amounts of source material on various Long Island families. One of these was compiled into a loosely organized collection running over 200 pages just on the Combs family. The first pages of that collection include a genealogical summary of the first generations of the family, mostly without indicating any source material that was used to construct the tree. The tree contains Samuel's father Noah Combs and a listing of his children. That listing states son was born 1779 and married Margaret Landon, but provided no further information.[1]
Sources
- ↑ "Combes, Combs, Comes, Coomes genealogy", unpublished manuscript at Queens Borough Public LIbrary, microfilm available at Family History Centers and affiliate libraries.
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Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test HVR1 and HVR2, haplogroup K1c1, FTDNA kit #934438
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Categories: Estimated Birth Date
(Apparently we are related 14 Generations back on other lines...so That might be some of the littler ones)
edited by Merriam Langdon
Diane - are you a descendant? I would love to have email correspondence regarding the COOMBS/COMBS family, as it was ONCE regarded a link to the Mayflower passenger list for passenger Degory Priest. His daughter Sarah married a JOHN COOMBS in London, and then they moved here to America.
SO... the Mayflower Society USED TO accept Samuel Coombs/Combs as a descendant. He is my 3x great grandfather.
HOWEVER, at some point, they discovered a broken link, and even IF Samuel is RELATED to John Coombs/Combs, it is not a direct link, SO... the Mayflower Society published silver books on each passenger, and I bought the one regarding Degory Priest. It says right smack dab in the middle that there is no correlation with Degory between him and Samuel. Now I have cousins mad at ME for finding that out, and I would like to touch base with someone who is researching and discuss it.
Would you be willing? Please say yes! And we can go on from there. Is there a Coombs/Combs society still going? Being one of the first families in Colonial America, I would love to find out. I did find one that even says they were doing a DNA study, but I have written them to no avail. The last time someone was active was several years back. This looks like a really good society, and I am wondering if there is a better website that has been updated to contact them (and see that both surname spellings ARE accepted, it's just that with Samuel, I have only seen the COOMBS spelling with regard to HIM. But this is the link to the society, which notes BOTH SPELLINGS): http://www.combs-families.org/combs/
My own objection really is from the fact the name is misspelled for Samuel, and in doing research I know how hard it is to get past a misspelling. Is there some way to correct that first name? It can reek havoc, and that isn't a good thing. It doesn't matter if someone in the Coombs line changed the spelling for themselves, it's just that it WAS "COOMBS" for "SAMUEL".
Please note here regarding the historic account of THE SHIP BROOKLYN, where the SON of Samuel Coombs was a passenger. His name was Abraham, and he was PASSENGER #41. https://www.maritimeheritage.org/passengers/br073146.htm
Abraham is my 2x great grandfather.
My other source is: THE HISTORY DIARY AND GENEALOGY OF WILLIAM HENRY BRANCH SR by Olive Branch Millburn. This is now found in the Salt Lake City Family History Library, and used to be found online. However, it has now been taken OFF line. It was published in the fall of 1952, and presented to the Salt Lake City library in 1953.
I have a pdf version, which I tried to link here, but it only brought you back to my own email link. However, if you do get the book, and as you go through it, you will see the MAYFLOWER connection with "direct lineages" on PAGE 95. (now has been debunked). Diane, I would love to compare what you have to the "uncited" notes here regarding the COOMBS/COMBS line, so please let's email
(this link is to the various forms of obtaining the book from Worldcat: https://www.worldcat.org/title/history-diary-and-genealogy-of-william-henry-branch-sr/oclc/13755635/editions?referer=di&editionsView=true)
You will see the family genealogy that was done by Olive's research up to that time, and you will see ME as "Belle Antonette Pace" on page 88. (earlier you will see my great grandmother's picture, the daughter of Abraham Coombs, and grand daughter of Samuel. Her name was ELLA COOMBS)
And as you can also see, Olive Branch Millburn's work lists HEMPSTEAD as the place of origin on PAGE 96 under the MAYFLOWER DESCENDANT heading.
Thank you, and I welcome email correspondence!
Bella (I changed the spelling of my first name here, but it is legal as BELLE on other documents. And, yes, I DO have trouble! - lol! )
I am sorry that this is about MARGARET LANGDON, and the person in question is her husband SAMUEL. But we should get all our ducks in a row! And, yes, MARGARET is the same person.
edited by [Living Pace]
You're right that it would be a good idea for you to put your sources in supporting your position. As it stands, neither one of you has added any sources for either of the couple. Leaving them in limbo, as unmerged matches, is not okay. I've proposed each of the two merges again. You and Diane have 30 days to agree on what the final profiles should look like before they will default to allow anyone else to complete the merges. That should give the two of you time to work it out. Please let me know if I can do anything to help. Kay