Jane Coombs

Origin of John Coombs, I, of Plymouth

Robert S. Wakefield has marshalled the arguments in favor of the hypothesis that this immigrant is the John Combs baptized 13 March 1596/7 at Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, son of Francis and Jane (Pope) Combs, see: The American Genealogist Vol 71 pages 247-50 (1996). This identification however, is still considered tentative by the Great Migration Project. His origins are still considered unproven. The evidence includes a baptism record, the naming of a children with the name Francis in two generations and evidence that this John in England had left the area by the time John in New England had arrived. It is far from a solid case but is possible. If so he is the John, son of Francis Coombs, baptized on March 13, 1596/7, at Hemel Hempstead, Hampshire, but this identification remains tentative.