Francis Coombs

Descendant of Degory Priest, "Mayflower" Passenger & Sarah (born Allerton)

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Francis Coombs 1635–31 December 1682

Birth • 3 Sources 1635 Plymouth, Plymouth, British Colonial America

Age 48 Death • 4 Sources 31 December 1682 Plymouth, Plymouth, British Colonial America

Francis Coombs, "Find A Grave Index"

SPOUSES AND CHILDREN

Francis Coombs 1635-1682

Marriage: 1672 Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

Deborah Morton 1652-1678

Children (2)

Deborah Coombs 1673-1711

Mersy Coombs 1674-1718

PARENTS AND SIBLINGS

John Coombs 1597-1646

Marriage: 1631 Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States

Sarah Priest 1614-1648

Children (6)

John Coombs II 1632-1668

Francis Coombs 1635-1682

Abraham Coombs 1637-1685

Mary Combs 1641-

Anthony Coombs 1642-1728

Jane Coombs 1642-1748

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Francis Coombs

Born about 1635 in Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Son of John Coombs I and Sarah (Priest) Coombs

Brother of John Coombs Jr

Husband of Deborah (Morton) Coombs — married [date unknown] [location unknown]

Husband of Mary (Barker) Wood — married about 1678 (to 1682) in Middleboro, Plymouth Co., MA

Father of Richard Coombs, Deborah Coombs, Mercy (Coombs) Barrow, Lydia (Coombs) Miller, Ruth (Coombs) Bennett and Frances Coombs

Died 31 Dec 1682 in Middleboro Co, New York

Profile last modified 10 Jun 2018 | Created 6 Jul 2013

Biography

Francis Coomb's parents were John Coombs and Sarah Priest . He was a grandson of Mayflower passenger Degory Priest.

Sources

Source: Townsend, Mrs. Charles Delmar, Wakefield, Robert C. S., FASG, Stover, Margaret Harris, Mayflower Families through Five Generations Volume 8, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Plymouth, MA., Second Edition, 2008 Degory Priest Genealogical Publishing Co.; Baltimore, MD, USA; Volume Title: New England Marriages Prior to 1700 Source Information

Title "U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700" Author Ancestry.com Publisher Ancestry.com Operations Inc Publisher Date 2012 Publisher Location Provo, UT, USA

Repository Information

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Acknowledgments

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FRANCIS COOMBS

• b. say 1635;
• m. (1) by 1673 Deborah Morton (eldest known child b. Middleborough "about the middle of May" 1673 [MiddleVR]; 29 October 1673 will of John Morton names "daughter Deborah the wife of Francis Combe" [MD 24:135; MF 8:13]);
• m. (2) by about 1678 Mary (Barker) Pratt, daughter of John Barker and widow of Samuel Pratt [Gen Adv 4:31].

Biography

Francis Coombs born about 1635 in Plymouth was the son of John Coombs of Plymouth (the immigrant) and Sarah Priest (daughter of Mayflower passenger Dregory Priest). He was in Middleboro as early as 1670 and was one of the men who took the inventory of the estate of Henry Wood, On July 1, 1674 he exchanged four acres of land on the south of the Indian Path which goeth from Namasket to Munhutehet Brook at the southerly end of land which he sold to Benjamin Church with Samuel Wood for the 16th lot on the west side of Namasket River near the wading place which was formerly Henry Wood's land deceased.

After the close of the war he probably did not return for a year or two but in 1678 when he was in Plymouth he bought of Edward Gray for thirty six pounds the 18th 19th and 20th lots on the west side of the Nemasket River between the stone weir and the wading place. He also owned the 185th and 186th lots in the South Purchase and the 169th lot in the Sixteen Shilling Purchase. His inventory which was taken January 5, 1682 by Isaac Howland and Samuel Wood shows that he owned considerable real estate in town.

He was a man of influence in Middleboro and was a freeman in 1670. He was a selectman of the town in 1674 1675 and 1680. In 1676 and 1677 he and Isaac Howland were appointed commissioners to distribute charities from Ireland to such as were impoverished during King Philip's War. He was married twice his first wife was Deborah Morton his second wife was Mary (Barker) Pratt, daughter of John Barker and widow of Samuel Pratt of Duxbury who upon the decease of Francis Coombs married David Wood of Middleboro in 1685. She was living in 1711. He died in Middleboro December 31, 1682 leaving a wife and several children.

The license to Francis Coombs to keep an ordinary or an inn was granted in 1678 and after his death was renewed to his wife Mrs Mary Coombs July 1, 1684. It was probably the same tavern which was kept seventy five years ago or more by Captain Abner Barrows and it is said that part of that house was perhaps a portion of the identical building of the Coombs tavern.

June 5 1666 "liberty is granted by the General Court unto Francis Coombs as by right of his father who was an ancient freeman to look out for land for his accommodation and to make report thereof to the court that so a competency thereof may be allowed unto him answerable unto other ancient freemen."

His children were

1. Deborah born 1673
2. Mercy born 1674
3. Lydia born 1679
4. Ruth born 1681
5. Francis born 1682

The first two with Deborah Morton and the second two with Mary Barker.

Sources

1. Townsend, Wakefield and Stoner, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations Descendants of the Pilgrims Who Landed in Plymouth Massachusetts December 1620 Volume 8 Degory Priest 2nd ed. (GSMD 2008) 6-7, 19-20, 54+
2. MD 24:135 Will of John Morton
3. Gen Adv 4:31
4. Great Migration begins 478
5. History of the Town of Middleboro, Massachusetts, by Thomas Weston Google Books, pages 38-40.

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