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serena

JOHN COOMBS was born about 1752, probably in southwest England. He emigrated to Newfoundland in the early 1770s, probably working as a fisherman in Harbour Grace. He had a wife named Eleanor who died in 1776. Subsequently, he married Alice MARTIN, who died in 1780 along with their five-month-old daughter. In 1781, John set up his own fishing operation (plantation) in Upper Island Cove and married again, this time to SARAH VOKEY. John died in 1825 in Upper Island Cove.

He had one child with Eleanor.

i. John Coombs, b. 1776. (Other people – and I previously – have placed this son in other marriages, but the dates don’t make good sense. I am assuming that Eleanor died in childbirth while her baby John lived.) John married Jane CRANE of Upper Island Cove in 1803. His children were:

a. William Coombs. Married Clara Mercer.

b. John Coombs. Married Mary Ann Young; had a daughter Elizabeth.

c. Eleanor (or Ellen) Coombs

d. Nathaniel Coombs. Married Ann Lundrigan.

e. Patience Coombs. Married Israel Janes and had 4 sons.

Children of his marriage to Alice Martin:

i. James Coombs, b. 1778

ii. Dinah Coombs, born and died 1780.

Sarah Vokey was probably from Jersey in the Channel Islands. She had probably emigrated to Newfoundland with her brother Philip. Children of John’s marriage to Sarah Vokey, all born in Upper Island Cove:

[2] i. Richard Coombs – see below

ii. George Coombs, b. 1789. I don’t know anything else about him. Possibly he didn’t survive into adulthood.

iii. Charity Coombs married William DROVER of Upper Island Cove. Her children were:

a. Aaron Drover (1805-1893) married Mary Ann Jones and had 5 children.

b. Thomas Drover (1811-1886) married Providence Jones and had 3 children.

c. William Drover (b. 1813) married Patience Barnes and had 4 children.

d. Charity Drover (b. 1814)

e. Jane Drover (1816-1897) married John Jones and had one son.

f. Richard Drover (b. 1817)

g. James Drover (1820-1898) married a woman named Elizabeth. They had at least ten children.

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2. RICHARD COOMBS (John1) married MARY MINCHIONS of Bishop’s Cove, Newfoundland in 1811.

Richard inherited half of his father’s property. His children were all born in Upper Island Cove:

i. Diana Coombs, b. 1813. Married John GOULDING of Harbour Grace, Newfoundland.

ii. Sarah Coombs, b. 1814.

iii. Anne Coombs, b. 1819

iv. Elizabeth Coombs (1822-1896). Married Henry MERCER, Jr. (d. 1895). Her children were:

a. Elizabeth Mercer

b. Henry Mercer III

c. Elias Mercer (1847-1935). Married Jane Greeley and had 9 children.

d. William Mercer

e. Elijah Mercer (1849-1929). Married a woman named Mary and had many chil

They supposedly had 3 children

Joanna & William both baptised Dec 1779 Harbor Grace Anglican

John baptised Apr 1783 Harbor Grace Anglican

Joanna married a Robert Brown I have that line to current date

William married Charity Coombs, I have a lot of this line

John married Ann Lynch I have a lot of this line.

My problem being my William and Mary seem to be old for childbearing, but not impossible.

Am I missing a generation

Would really appreciate confirmation or direction on this

Cheers

Gerry

I am interested in the John Drove and Ann Lynch line

These would be my 7X

Grandparents i Think.

Thanks