Joseph Coombs (1752 - 1817)

Born 20 Mar 1752 in Brunswick, Cumberland, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Gamble) Coombs — married 6 Jun 1776 in St. Georges, Maine

Descendants

Died 22 Nov 1817 at age 65 in Thomaston, Knox, Maine, United States

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Biography

Joseph Coombs was born at Brunswick, ME, on 10 (Old Style) or 20 Mar 1752;^[1] died at South Thomaston, ME, on 22 Nov 1817; married 6 Jun 1776 to Elizabeth GAMBLE at St. Georges (now Warren), ME, by Rev. John Urquhert.^[2] Elizabeth was born at St. George on 11 Jun 1755, daughter of Archibald Gamble and Isabell Galloway, and she died 29 Dec 1845 at Thomaston, ME, age 90 years, 6 months and 7 days.^[3][4] Joseph and Elizabeth had nine children.

Military Service

Sergeant Joseph Coombs served with 1st Regiment, Lincoln County Militia, Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.

Joseph Coombs is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A025627.

Joseph Coombs is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: P-138389
Rank: Sergeant

– Revolutionary War – On 25 Jan 1854 Asa Coombs testified that Joseph “served at the Bagaduce (now Castine, ME, in 1779) expedition & in other service, that he acted as Sergeant” in Capt. Phillip Ulmer’s co., Col. Samuel McCobb’s regt.; Joseph was commissioned Ensign and Lieutenant. Based on this service Joseph was awarded a Revolutionary War Pension. Asa further stated that Elizabeth Gamble and Joseph Coombs were married on the 6th day of Jun 1776. After Joseph’s death on 22 November 1817, his widow, Elizabeth, continued to receive pension support. When Elizabeth died on 28 December 1845, her three surviving children petitioned to receive the pension payments. These children were Asa Coombs, Betsey Simmons and Nancy Fuller.^[5]

Sergeant, in Capt. Philip M. Ulmer’s co., Col. Samuel McCobb’s regt.; service from 8 Jul 1779, to 24 Sep 1779, 2 mos. 16 days, on Penobscot expedition.^[6]

Sources

• WikiTree profile Coombs-257 created through the import of murray_10_12_2012.ged on Oct 12, 2012 by Robert Murray. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Robert and others.

• Whitney John Coombs. Anthony Coombs and Dorcas Woodin of Rochester, Massachusetts -- Their Origins and Descendants. Otter Bay Books: Baltimore, MD, 2019.

• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LH6H-DNH

• "Maine, Nathan Hale Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1980," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJ5-QZRN : 16 March 2018), Joseph Coombs, 1817; citing South Thomaston, Knox, Maine, United States, Weskeag Vil Cemetery, Maine State Library, Augusta; FHL microfilm 1,315,180.

• "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9BJ-J9BC-K?cc=1803978 : 28 November 2018), > image 1 of 1; multiple sources, Maine.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59952543/joseph-coombs: accessed 01 October 2022), memorial page for LT Joseph Coombs (10 Mar 1752–22 Nov 1817), Find a Grave Memorial ID 59952543, citing Village Cemetery, South Thomaston, Knox County, Maine, USA; Maintained by jonathan grimm (contributor 46869455) .

Footnotes

1. ↑ Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900, database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4WD-S5V : 14 January 2020), Joseph Coombs, 1752.
2. ↑ Thomaston, ME, Vital Records, page 3.
3. ↑ Journals of Hezekiah Prince, Jr., page 427.
4. ↑ Anthony Coombs and Dorcas Woodin of Rochester, Massachusetts -- Their Origins and Descendants, pages 171-173.
5. ↑ Rev. War Pensions and BLW, Pension R2286.
6. ↑ Mass. Soldiers and Sailors of The Rev., Vol. 3, page 971.