Henry Coombs

• Preferred Name: Henry Coombs^{[1] [2]}
  
• Alternate Name: Henry Coombs Or Combs
  
• Gender: M
  
• FSID: MHCP-8RK
  
• Death: SEP 1669 in Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America at LATI: N2.5042 LONG: E70.8667 with note: GEDCOM data, standard
  
• Birth: ABT 1615
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  From: http://www.combs-families.org/combs/ms/coombs/18.htm
  
  Henry Coombs, a fisherman, was a proprietor at Salem, MA in 1635, mortgaged land there in 1648. Removed to Marblehead, MA, as early as 22 Dec 1648, when he with others had lots of land laid–out in the swamp. On 11 Apr 1653, he sold a cow lease to John Legg, and in 1656 he had temporary charge of the ferry, near which he appears to have lived. In 1667 he was complained against for having uttered alleged slanderous reports concerning the minister at Marblehead, the Rev. Mr. Walton, saying that he “preached nothing but lies, and that he could prove him to be a knave.”550
  
  In 1668, Henry was one of 140 persons to have signed a petition against Imports asking the government to have “a custome imposed on all goods and merchandizes…imported into this jurisdiccon (Marblehead)….”
  
  The administration of his estate (Essex Probate) was granted to his widow, Elizabeth _____ for herself and her children on 2 Oct 1669.551 Inventory of Henry’s estate was taken 16 Sep 1669, by Henry Bartholomew, Moses Maverick, and Hilliard Veren and was valued at £85. 05. 06.552 Elizabeth deeded land in 1670 to her daughter Susanna and her husband, Francis Grant.553
  
  Henry’s wife, Elizabeth, apparently died in 1709 as administration was granted on her estate 13 June 1709, to her son–in–law, Francis Grant, and his wife Susannah, the latter was the youngest daughter of the decedent.
  
  Henry1 and Elizabeth Coombs are recorded by Little as having had eight children(***). Based on the history of John2 of Sheepscot, it seems logical to add a ninth child. However, based on the estimated span of implied births, it is too extensive to be ascribed to just the single Elizabeth. Therefore, it was likely that Henry1 had more than one wife or that we are looking at more than a single generation:
  
  ***Michael COOMBS – age 28 in 1662; listed as an early settler of Essex and Old Norfolk; married Joan or Joanna ________. On 30 Nov 1677, Stephen Haskett was appointed by the Quarterly Court at Salem, administrator of the estate of John Langdon, deceased, intestate. Michael Comes and Peter Joy, aged about 40 years, deposed on 22 Oct 1677 that they heard John Langdon say that he gave to Elizabeth Haskett, daughter of Mr. Stephen Haskett, £10, and whatever was left to be divided among Hackett’s children.
  Children of Michael3 and Joanna:
  Michael3 COOMBS – b. 22 Mar 1668–69554
  Joshua3 COOMBS – b. 23 Feb 1670–71555
  
  ****Humphrey COOMBS – born about 1635; in Salem 1668 and petitioned the General Court; married 29 Jul 1659, to Bathsheba Rayment (Raymond), daughter of Richard Rayment of Seabrook, CT.
  They had daughter, Hannah3 COOMBS, born 26 May 1660.556
  Elizabeth2 COOMBS – married Thomas Trevey.
  
  ****Susannah COOMBS – married 22 Oct 1668 to Francis Grant, of Marblehead; and had nine children:
  Mary3 GRANT – born 16 July 1669; died young.
  Susannah3 GRANT – born 19 Aug 1671; died before 1718; married 4 Jul 1692, to Thomas White.
  Francis3 GRANT – born 25 Nov 1673;
  Sarah3 GRANT – born 24 Aug 1675; married _______ Merritt.
  Jane3 GRANT – born 29 Aug 1679; married ________ Knight.
  John3 GRANT – born 30 Aug 1682
  David3 GRANT – born 14 Nov 1684; died before 1718.
  Henry3 GRANT – born 30 July 1687.
  Mary3 GRANT – born 12 April 1694; married _____ Pitman.
  
  ****Mary COOMBS – married John Ingersoll on 17 May 1670; had at least one child:557
  Samuel3 Ingersol of Marblehead, MA; trustee for Henry Coombs’ wife, Sarah, and estate in York, ME. [See: Henry COOMBS – of North Yarmouth, ME – 1676]
  ****Henry2 COOMBS – was living in 1690, when he was in Salem, MA; and settled the estate of his brother John [of Sheepscot, ME]
  
  It is almost certain that this is “Henry2 COOMBS – of North Yarmouth, ME – 1676” who was probably driven out of North Yarmouth, ME at the start of King William’s War to temporarily return to Salem.
  ****John2 COOMBS – “of Sheepscot;” the brother of Henry2 Coombs who “settled the estate of his brother John.” in 1690 at Salem.558
  “The early settlement at Sheepscot [ME] grew and flourished for several decades, but the Indian War of 1675, King Philip’s War, brought complete devastation to the village. Many of the settlers were killed, and those who were fortunate to escape abandoned their small village. Some who escaped returned after the end of King Philip’s War and rebuilt the village, but it was again completely destroyed during the Second Indian War [King William’s War] which began in 1688.”559
  
  In 1686, just before the outbreak of King William’s War, John Coombs petitioned Peter Andros for a grant of land at Sheepscot, “having been in these parts a considerable time.”560
  
  According to the records of Rev. Samuel Parris of Salem Village, MA, a John Coomes, age 25, died 22 Oct 1689.561
  
  This is probably the brother of Henry2 Coombs of Salem & Marblehead, MA, who settled the estate of his brother, John Coombs, in Salem in 1690. Based on the following information, it is assumed that John2 Coombs may have had a son, John3 Coombs, who:
  
  On 16 Oct 1721, John Coombes witnessed a deed from Samuel Ingersol, Sr., of Gloucester, MA, to Mary Sargent, for land in Falmouth, York County, ME.562 Presumably, this is the same Samuel Ingersol who was the chief beneficiary of Henry Coombs of York, ME and who was referred to as Henry’s “cousin,” or more correctly Henry’s “nephew,” son of Henry’s sister Mary. Based on this information, it is assumed that John Coombs of Sheepscot was probably the brother of Mary2 Coombs and Henry2 [Henry1] of Salem, MA; Henry2 “settled the estate of his brother John,” according to Maine Genealogies, by Little, pages 1128 and 1129.
  
  Richard2 COOMBS – died Jan.1693–4; married Margaret _______ and had one child:
  Bridget3 COOMBS – born 25 Feb 1689; married, 10 Jan 1710 to John Lapthorn.
  Deborah2 COOMBS – married 1st Joseph Gannett (died 1693) and 2nd Joseph House of Scituate, MA, subsequent to 1700, and was still living in 1722.

1. Hannah Deborah Coombs, b. ABT 1664 in Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony     d. 19 SEP 1728 in Scituate Center, Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony

1. Title: Henry Coombs in entry for Elizabeth, "England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991"
   Author: "England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J8S9-RJZ : 17 April 2023), Henry Coombs in entry for Elizabeth, 1699.
   Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J8S9-RJZ;
   
2. Title: Henry Coombs in entry for Elizabeth Coombs, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
   Author: "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JQLD-J2P : 10 April 2021), Henry Coombs in entry for Elizabeth Coombs, 1870.
   Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JQLD-J2P;
   Note: This extracted record was used to create this person in Family Tree.