Francis COOMBS

Abt 1635 - 1682  (47 years)

• Name	Francis COOMBS
  Birth	Abt 1635	Plymouth, Plymouth Colony
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	60
  Reference Number	6010678
  Reference Number	6191443
  WWW	https://www.WikiTree.com/wiki/Coombs-366
  Death	31 Dec 1682	Middleborough, Plymouth Colony
  Person ID	I198	Gummer
  Last Modified	1 Aug 2024

  
  

  Father	John COOMBS, I,   b. 1610, Hempstead, London, England d. 15 Oct 1646, Plymouth, Plymouth Colony (Age 36 years)
  Mother	Sarah PRIEST,   b. Abt 1615, Leiden, Holland, Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden d. Aft 1 Aug 1648, England (Age > 33 years)
  Marriage	1632	Plymouth, Plymouth Colony
  Family ID	F52	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Deborah MORTON,   b. Abt 1652   d. Abt 1678 (Age 26 years)
  Marriage	1673
  Family ID	F243	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Aug 2024

  
  

  Family 2	Mary BARKER,   b. 1647   d. 11 May 1711 (Age 64 years)
  Marriage	1678	Middleborough, Plymouth Colony
  Family ID	F244	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Aug 2024

  
  

• Photos

  Coombs-3172 and Coombs-366 appear to represent the same person because: same wives, same children w/ same husbands

  
  

• Notes

  [[Category: Mayflower Project Priest Family Work List]] {{Mayflower Family Member}} == Biography == Francis Coombs was born about 1635 in Plymouth, the son of [[Coombs-58|John]] and [[Priest-38|Sarah (Priest) Coombs]].Townsend, Mrs. Charles Delmar, Wakefield, Robert C. S., FASG, and Margaret Harris Stover, ''Mayflower Families through Five Generations'', Vol. 8, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Plymouth, MA., 2nd Ed., 2008. p. 20. He was a grandson of Mayflower passenger Degory Priest. He married first Deborah Morton about 1672 probably in Plymouth, the daughter of John and Lettice Morton born Plymouth perhaps 1652. She died there about 1678. Her father's will, dated 29 October 1673 named his daughter Deborah, the wife of Francis Combe.. He married secondly, about 1678, to Mary (Barker) Pratt, the daughter of John and Anna (Williams) Barker. She was born about 1647 and died after the 15 May 1711 division of her husband's estate. Her first husband was Samuel Pratt, and her third husband was David Wood whom she married at Middleboro on 05 March 1684/5. 2 December 1656 Samuel Cuthbert conveyed to Francis Coombe, of Plymouth, land which was "sometimes' in the possession of John combe, "gent.," Francis was granted 50 acres by the town of Plymouth on 24 May 1660. 5 June 1666 the town granted him the right to look for land for accomodation, by right of his father, who was an ancient freeman. Francis Coombe of New Plymouth, yeoman, sold his house and land granted to his father, John Coombe, in Plymouth, to Edward Gray Francis was chosen selectman in Middleboro in 1674, 1675 and 1680. He died in Middleboro on the last day of December 1682. Shortly after his death, 8 Mar 1682/3, the court made provision for the care of Francis' daughters, Deborah and Mercy, by his first wife, plcing them in the care of their mother's relatives. Deborah was placed with her grandmother Lettice Ring and Mercy with her uncle John Morton. John Richmond and Mistris Mary Combe were appointed estate administrators, 9 June 1683. An inventory had been taken on 5 Jan 1682."Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L97D-V3F4 : 15 March 2023), Wills 1633-1686 vol 1-4 > image 563 of 616; State Archives, Boston. 13 May 1697 Mercy and Lidiah Coombs "for ourselves and in behalfe of the rest of our sisters" took possession of their father's mill and farm in Middleboro. The estate of [[Coombs-366|Francis Coombs]] of Middleboro was divided 15 May 1711. It mentions [[Barker-29|Mary Wood]], late widow, relict; [[Jones-79524|Ralph Jones]] and wife [[Coombs-367|Deborah]]; [[Coombs-370|Frances Coombs]]; Samuel Barrows and wife [[Coombs-363|Mercy]]; John Miller and wife [[Coombs-368|Lydia]] and Ebenezer Bennett and wife [[Coombs-369|Ruth]]. In a later division, 2 February 1712, [[Coombs-370|Frances]] is then married to Nathan Howeland.MacGunnigle, Bruce Campbell. ''Mayflower Families Through Five Generations Descendants of the Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth, Mass, December 1620, Volume Four, Third Edition, Family of Edward Fuller.'' Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2006, pp 29 [https://www.americanancestors.org/DB2728/i/48512/90/1415598013 Online database: AmericanAncestors.org] Children of Francis Coombs and first wife Deborah Morton b. at Middleboro:. #[[Coombs-367|Deborah Coombs]], b. mid-May 1673; m. Ralph Jones #[[Coombs-363|Mercy Coombs]], b. 3 Jan 1674/5; m. Samuel BarrowsChildren by second wife Mary (Barker) Pratt) b. at Middleboro: #[[Coombs-368|Lydia Coombs]], b. 8 May 1679; m. John Miller #[[Coombs-369|Ruth Coombs]], b. 12 Mar 1681; m. Ebenezer Bennett #[[Coombs-370|Frances Coombs]], b. 6 Jan 1682; m. 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