Coombs (Y-DNA)
Contents
Status summary
Completed as of April 10, 2022:
- Low priority as likely no surviving Y-DNA line.
Biography
First Generation
John Coombs' birth and parentage has not been conclusively proven. However, in 1996 noted Mayflower Researcher Robert Wakefield published in The American Genealogist (vol. 71 [1990], pp. 247-50) "The Probable English Origin of Mr. John Coombs of Plymouth Colony." Wakefield stated he was probably baptized at Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England, 13 Mar 1596/7, son of Francis Coomb and Jane Pope.
John died Plymouth 15 Oct 1646. He married Plymouth about 1632 Sarah Priest and they had at least[1] two children (Plymouth): John (c1633) and Francis (c1635).
Second Generation
John Coombs (II) was born Plymouth about 1633 and died Boston before 29 May 1668 He married Boston 24 Feb 1661/2 the widow Elizabeth ___ Barlow[2] and they had three children (Boston): Elizabeth (1662), John (1664) and Mary (1666).
Francis Coombs was born Plymouth about 1635 and died Middleborough 31 Dec 1682. He married twice, first 1673 Deborah Morton and second Middleborough about 1678 Mary BARKER Pratt.[3] By his first wife, Francis had two children (Middleborough): Deborah (1673) and Mercy (1675). By his second wife Francis had three more children (Middleborough): Lydia (1679), Ruth (1680/1) and Frances (1682/3).
Third Generation
John Coombs (III) was born Boston 20 Jul 1664 and died Northampton 2 Aug 1732. He married Boston abt 1687 Elizabeth Ballantine and they had: John (1688-1697), Thomas (1692-1722 unk. if marr.), Peter (1694-1694), Mary (1695), John (1697) and William (1701 unk. if marr.).
Fourth Generation
John Coombs (IV) was born Boston 3 Oct 1697 and died Hingham 27 Dec 1775. He married Boston 12 Apr 1716 Elizabeth Bennett and they had: Rachel (1714) and Thomas (1716 m Elizabeth Stone Thornburg).
- ↑ Some sources claim they were also parents of John Coombs of Brookhaven, NY and Richard Coombs of Hempstead, NY. There is no evidence linking any of them to John and Sarah of Plymouth.
- ↑ Widow of Thomas Barlow.
- ↑ Mary was the widow of Samuel Pratt and after Francis Coombs death she married third David Wood.
DNA results
As there are no known surviving patrilineal (Y-DNA, direct paternal) descendants of John Coombs, research would need to be conducted in England to identify his family.
External links & References
Townsend, Mrs. Charles Delmar, Robert S. Wakefield & Margaret Harris Stover, 2nd ed. edited by Margaret Harris Stover, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations. Vol 8 (Priest), General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Plymouth, MA second ed. 2008
