Generation 1

ANTHONY COOMBS of Rochester

Parents:

Anthony Coombs married Dorcas Wooden on 5 Sep 1688 in Wells, York, Maine. [Ref does not give the town][Ref does not give the date]

Children of Anthony Coombs and Dorcas Wooden:

1. Mary Coombs was baptised on 3 Nov 1689 in Beverly. [Ref] She married Thomas Rayment on 20 May 1708 in Rochester. [Ref]
2. John Coombs was born on 18 Mar 1699 in Rochester. [Ref] He married Lydia Wooding on 9 Jan 1723/4 in Rochester. [Ref]
3. Hannah Coombs was born on 30 Nov 1700 in Rochester. [Ref]
4. Rosella Coombs was born on 23 Nov 1702 in Rochester. She died on 8 Mar 1737/8. She married Nathaniel Whitcomb.
5. Ithamer Coombs was born on 20 Nov 1704 in Rochester. [Ref] He married Hannah Andrews on 4 Nov 1731 in Rochester. [Ref]
6. Joshua Coombs was born on 28 Jul 1706 in Rochester. [Ref]
7. Frances Coombs was born on 20 Jul 1708 in Rochester. [Ref]
8. Jane Coombs was born on 29 Mar 1710 in Rochester. [Ref]

Generation 2

ROSELLA COOMBS (1702 - 1738)

Parents: Anthony Coombs and Dorcas Wooden

Rosella Coombs was born on 23 Nov 1702 in Rochester. [Ref: "Roseanna"] She died on 8 Mar 1737/8 [Ref] in Rochester. [Ref, w. Nathaniel] She married Nathaniel Whitcomb on 21 Jan 1722/3 [Ref] in Rochester. [Ref]

References

Church Records

No author, The Register of Baptisms of the First Church in Beverly 1667-1710, with annotations by Augustus A. Galloupe, Boston, 1903.

Encyclopedias

Libby, Charles Thornton, Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, Portland, ME, Southward Press, 1928.

Family Genealogies

Gates, Horatio, The Aikens Monograph, privately printed, no date.

Vital Records

Herrick, N. J., "Marriages in the County of York, ME, 1686-1699," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 28, 1874, 117-119.

Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850. Online Database: NewEnglandAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2007.