Deborah House

Deborah COOMBS was the seventh born child of Henry Coombs and possibly Elizabeth Bowles' nine children. She was born say 1658, probably at Marblehead, Massachusetts Bay; she died 19 Sep 1728; and she married (1st) at Marblehead, Massachusetts Bay on 15 Aug 1682 to Joseph GANNETT. [11]

Joseph Gannett was born circa 1648 and died 14 Aug 1693.

Deborah was married (2nd) at Scituate, MA, on 17 Jun 1703 to Joseph HOUSE of Scituate, MA. He was born at Situate on 10 Apr 1667, the son of Samuel House, and he died 20 Sep 1732.

Child of Joseph GANNETT and Deborah Coombs:

Matthew GANNETT, born Scituate, MA, on 12 Oct 1688
Children of Joseph HOUSE and Deborah (Coombs) Gannett, born at Scituate, MA:

Benjamin HOUSE, born 1 Jul 1704
Joseph HOUSE, born 16 Apr 1706

Deborah Combs, Coombs, daughter of Henry Coombs, was a widow (sic) Sharp when she married Joseph Gannett 1660-1693,

Deborah was Mother of Benoni Sharp born Jun 1682 Scituate, she married next Joseph Gannett, son of Immigrant Matthew Gannett 1618-1695, Deborah married third Joseph House, aka Howes 1677-1732. Birth record of Benoni, name transcription error Cheap, record is obvious as Sharp.

Benoni Sharp moves to Fayette City, Pennsylvania, dies there 1750. His family recorded in a family tree, with conflated records.

Settlement of History of Scituate, by Samuel Deane 1881. Birth Record Benoni Sharp, son of Deborah Sharp, dau. of Henry Coombs Maine Biographies Vol 1 and II by Harriet B. Coe Vol I 477 images, image 374 of 477. ancestry.com, card catalog, sub. required.

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Note: All of the sources for Hannah Deborah Coombs are secondary or tertiary. Use any information here with caution.

Hannah Deborah Coombs was born about 1660 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts.

She married a man with the surname Sharp in 1861 and had a son--Benoni by him.
Next, she married Joseph Gannett on 15 Aug 1682 in Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts, and had several children by him.
Finally, she married Joseph House on 17 Jun 1703 in Scituate, Plymouth Massachusetts.[1] She died 19 Sep 1728 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts.[2][3][4][5]

Birth

Deborah Coombs, Henry Coombs and Elizabeth Warren, was born before 1669, the date of her father's death.[6] Different records give her birth date and place in different ways:

1660 in Massachusetts[7]
About 1660 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts[7][2][4]
1664[7]

Marriages

Deborah Combs married Joseph Gannett, Aug. 15, 1682, in Marblehead.[8]
Deborah Gannett m. Joseph House, June 17, 1703.* in Scituate, Massachusetts.[9]
Death

19 Sep 1728 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts[4][3][2][5]

Research Notes

Name Variations

Different records give her name in different ways:
Deborah Combs[3][4]
Deborah Coombs[4][10][7]
Deborah Gannitt[1]
Hannah Deborah Coombs[3]
Deborah House[5]

See note below: probably not a marriage but an illegitimate son.

Sv identifies the wife of Joseph Gannett as widow Sharp.

Jun 1682 • Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

The Scituate VRs however, have a birth record for Benoni Sharp, "s. Deborah (w. Joseph Gannett)", born two months before Deborah's marriage to Joseph. probably an illegitimate child, acknowledged by the father, so given the father's name.

Foster, F. Apthorp. Vital Records of Scituate, Massachusetts to the Year 1850. (Boston, Mass: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1909), Vol. 1, p. 317. SHARP, Benoni, s. Deborah (w. Joseph Gannett), June ---, 1682

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References

1. Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: Jan 7 2017, 20:11:53 UTC
2. Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: Sep 18 2018, 2:17:21 UTC
3. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Coombs-534 Cites
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   7. Godfrey Memorial Library, comp. American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 1999; Repository: Godfrey Memorial Library. American Genealogical-Biographical Index. Middletown, CT, USA: Godfrey Memorial Library. Reference: Gen. Column of the " Boston Transcript". 1906-1941.( The greatest single source of material for gen. Data for the N.E. area and for the period 1600-1800. Completely indexed in the Index.): 23 Dec 1901, 5261; 11 Dec 1901, 5264; 16 Aug 1905, 8078; 16 Feb 1920, 7899
   8. Vital records of Marblehead, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849. Vol II Marriages and Deaths.p. 96
   9. Vital Records of Scituate. p. 128
   10. Yates Publishing U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004; Original data was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was derived from an array of materials including pedigree charts, family history articles, querie.
   11. Marblehead, MA, Vital Records, Vol. 2, page 96.
   12. "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/V5Z1-191), Joseph Gannett and Deborah Combs, 15 Aug 1682; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 974.45 M1 V2E V. 2.
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   14. "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FHPT-VJ7), Deborah House, 19 Sep 1728; citing Death, Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 423,512.
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