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From: "jean Partlow" <>
Subject: [COMBS-L] Rufus Coombs, Bellingham, MA 1799
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 08:31:57 -0700


>Thanks to Joe Barrus we may have found a connection between the McCombs,
>Combs and the Coombs.
>My best to you all,
>Jean Partlow
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Joseph Barrus
>Sent: Saturday, October 19, 2002 12:32 PM
>To:
>Subject: Re: Rufus Coombs, Bellingham, MA 1799
>
>Jean,
>
>This is interesting. I pulled out a copy of a rare manuscript I have called
>Coombs Family of Bellingham Massachusets by Rev. Charles N. Sinnet. This is
>a transcript from a handwritten document and I've found many mistakes in
>spellings of names and places, so if something looks like it could have been
>something else, it just might very well have been. :) In it I find the
>following:
>
>John Combs, b 1724, d 1791 in Vermont married Mary Bridge (or Mary Ritchie)
>in Bellingham, MA on Apr. 8, 1756. They had several children in Bellingham,
>amongst them Rufus, Timothy and Jesse - my ancestor.
>
>The following is written about Timothy:
>
>Timothy Coombs; "may have been born in Vt"
>Mr. Herbert P. N(H)ixon has old letters written by mim from Eizabeth, NY
>(Could that have been NJ?) on Oct 8, 1807. He then signed his name McCombs.
> He is said to have settled in a Scotch Irish Neighborhood, and there
>changed his name. His brother, Jesse was much disgusted at this, and said
>he was "Aping Scotch Irish ways."
>
>Rufus Coombs, was born in Bellingham I believe, but I don't have a date, it
>was probably between 1760 and 1780, probably toward the latter end. I have
>the following:
>
>Rufus Coombs: wrote from Saharon (probably Sharon), Leesville, NY March,
>1828.
>intention to marry Betsy Ide Jan 4, 18054. Another gives Eliza as his
>wife's name. (after a little research, I see that there is only an
>intention to marry Betsy while it looks like he actually married Eliza.
>I've seen many intentions that didn't follow through where the intended
>spouse died before or shortly after marriage, so Eliza could be who had his
>children)
>
>Children:
>Turner Coombs (possibly a mispelling? could be Truman?)
>Elizabeth Coombs
>Elvira who died from consumption, march 7, 1828
>Rufus Coombs
>Lydia Coombs
>George Coombs
>Harriet Coombs
>Hannah Coombs
>Another
>
>(I don't have any dates for these children, but I think you will see that
>some of the names are familiar?)
>
>You may very well have a good lead here. I'm not sure that the NJ info
>you've been seeing would necessarily be correct. It is possible that NJ
>info you've found applied to the maternal line and was mistakenly applied to
>the Coombs line. Census takers made mistakes and assumptions all the time.
>
>If you'd like a copy of this manuscript, please send me your address.
>
>Also, I looked on ancestry.com
>(http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1934273&id=I0193) and
>found under your family tree that someone thinks that Rufus was the son of
>George Nathan and another thinks the son of a John. Have you discounted
>these?
>
>Joe
>
>
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>
>
> >From: "Jean Partlow" <>
> >To: <>
> >Subject: Rufus Coombs, Bellingham, MA 1799
> >Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2002 09:33:13 -0700
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> >Hi Joe
> >I saw your listing on rootsweb.com for Rufus Coombs. I think we may have a
> >connection. According to family oral tradition, my Rufus McCombs came from
> >MA to Ontario Canada, about 1810. The reason I so blatantly make this jump
> >is that he married Eliza Stoddard in 1805/1806, intentions published in
> >Templeton and Hubbardston, MA. And Stoddard is a family name.
> >What do you think?
> >Warmest regards,
> >Jean Partlow
>
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