John Coombs (abt. 1632 - bef. 1668)

Born about 1632 in Plymouth, Plymouth Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Unknown) Warren — married 24 Feb 1662 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died before 29 May 1668 before about age 36 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Biography

John Coombs (also spelled Combes), was born around 1632 to parents John Coombs and Sarah (Priest) Coombs, daughter of Mayflower passenger, Degory Priest.^{[1][2] [3]}

"John Combes & Elizabeth Barlow relict of Thomas Barlow were married 24th February [1661/2] by Captain Mason of Watertowne."^[1][4] Elizabeth was married 1st to Thomas Barlow and had two children, Elizabeth and Sarah Barlow. She married a third time, after John Coomb's death, to John Warren and had a child Nathaniel Warren. She died in Boston Jan 1671/2.^[1]

John Coombs, a cooper,^[5] died before the date his widow presented the inventory of his estate, 29 May 1668. The house and land and some of the estate had belonged previously to Thomas Barlow and the court ordered the house and land to be left to Sarah Barlow, giving her mother, Elizabeth, permission to use it to raise Sarah.^[1][6]

Children

1. Elizabeth Coombs, b. Nov 1662, Boston; d. at Plympton, Massachusetts after 14 Oct 1723; m. her cousin 12 Jan 1687/8, Eleazer Cushman (1656-after 1723).^[5][1][4]
2. John Coombs, b. 20 July 1664, Boston; d. at Boston between Jan-Feb 1709/10; a taylor; m. about 1687/8 Elizabeth (Ballentine) (Greenland) Yellings, widow.^[5][1][4]
3. Mary Coombs b. 28 Nov 1666; d. 2 July 1728, Plympton; m. 18 Dec 1689, Benjamin Eaton^[5][1][4]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6} Stover, Margaret Harris (re-editor). Mayflower Families Through Five Generations. Volume Eight Second edition. Family of Degory Priest. Originally compiled by Mrs. Charles Delmar Townsend; Robert S. Wakefield, FASG; Margaret Harris Stover. (General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2008) pp 7, 18]]
2. ↑ "A genealogical profile of John Coombs", PlymouthAncestors.org (Link via WaybackMachine, 21 Mar 2016 archive date)
3. ↑ Robert S. Wakefield, FASG, The American Genealogist 71(1996):247-250, The Probable English Orgin of Mr. John1 Coombs of Plymouth Colony, 248.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3} Boston (Mass.). Record Commissioners A report of the Record Commissioners containing Boston births, baptisms, marriages and deaths, 1630-1699 Document 130 (Boston, Mass. : Rockwell and Churchill, 1883) pp 82 marriage, 83 (b. Eliz), 92 (b. John), 100 (b. Mary)
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3} Barclay, Mrs. John E. and Barclay, Rachel E. Barlow, Coombs and Warren of Boston. The American Genealogist 46:129 Children on p. 130 (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .)
6. ↑ Suffolk County Probate Records, Vol. 5:91-2.

See also:

• Roser, Susan E. "Mayflower Births and Deaths." Vol 1,& 2 Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co. Vol 2 p. 200.
• Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692. Vol. I-IV. (Boston, MA, USA: 1860-1862). Vol 1 p 439
• Find a Grave, database. NO PHOTO, NO BURIAL, memorial page for John Henry Coombs Jr. (1632–May 1668), Find A Grave: Memorial #12523189,
• Note: The History of Hingham John Coombs is not this man, and has conflated persons. History of the Town of Hingham, Massachusetts (The Town of Hingham, Massachusetts, 1893) Vol II, p.138

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