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Family of Thatcher COOMBS and Almira (Elnora?) PHILBROOK

Thatcher COOMBS b. 1808 Mar 255443 at Islesboro, ME5443. d. bef 1860480.
Almira (Elnora?) PHILBROOK b. 1817~484 at Maine484. d. 1864 Sep 163292.

Married3292.

Thatcher Coombs was a mariner and sea captain. He died prior to 1860, when his wife is listed480 a widow.

Thatcher Coombs appears in the 1840 census400 for Islesboro, ME, with 1 male < 5yrs, 1 males 30-40 yrs, 1 female < 5 yrs, and 1 female 30-40 yrs, in the household.

In 1850, Thatcher, wife Almyra, and children Marquis T, Fostina, Sylvina and Preston Coombs, resided484 in Rockland, ME. He is listed as a mariner, with a personal value of $350.

Farrow3292 has Thatcher Coombs' wife as "Elnora."

In 1860, Almyra Coombs resided480 in Rockland, ME, with children Fostina, Sylvena, Daniel P and Fields F Coombs.

Child 2. Marquis

Groves{\su[er 5443}, p 58, has the second child of Thatcher and Almira Combs as Marquis F. Coombs, born "Septr 27th 1839." On the following page, Groves has 2 lines, both crossed out: "Record of Thatcher Coombes family / Marquis T Coombs Born Septr 27th 1839." In 1850, Marquis T Coombs, age 10, resided484 with his parents.

Child 3. Margaret

Margaret Coombs is included herein as a daughter of Thatcher Coombs solely because Farrow544, p 187, mentions her. As explained below, it is likely Thatcher had no daughter Margaret.

Farrow544, p 187, has (without reference), in the family of Thatcher and Elnora Philbrook Coombs, their second child as Margaret F., b September 27, 1839. Groves5443, p 58, has "Marquis F. Coombs Born Sept 27th 1839," in the record of children of Thatcher and Almira Combs. A "Margaret" is not mentioned.in that record or in Groves' index. Further, the 1840 census400 lists only 1 female under 5 yrs in the Thatcher Coombs household, which may be daughter Almira.

It's possible that Almira died before 1840; Margaret and Marquis were twins; Margaret is the female < 5 yrs in the 1804 census; and Margaret died before the 1850 census. However, as Farrow does not mention Marquis, it seems more likely that Farrow mistranscibed script "Marguis" as "Margaret" from some record, and Thatcher Coombs had no daughter named Margaret.

Child 4. Fostina

Farrow544, p 187, has Fostina born Dec 28, 1840, and died 1841.

Child 6. Sylvina

Groves5443 has Sylvina P Coombs born Jul 10, 1845. Census records more consistently indicate her birth year was in or before 1844.

Sylvina (AKA Sylvena) resided484 with her parents in 1850, and with her mother in 1860480. \tab

Child 7. Preston

In 1850, Prestin(sic) D Coombs, age 5, resided484 in the household of Thatcher and Amira Coombs. In 1860, Daniel P Coombs, age 15, resided480 with his mother, Almyra, and his siblings Fostina, Sylvena and Fields Coombs.

Child 8. Fields

In 1860, Fields resided480 with his mother and siblings. Fields H Coombs married4009 May 3, 1892, in Boston, Nellie Farr (her second marriage), dau of Michael Cronin. That record lists Fields' parents as Thatcher & Almira Philbrook. He was a stone-cutter, a resident of Gloucester, MA.

Children of Thatcher COOMBS and Almira (Elnora?) PHILBROOK:

1. Almira F COOMBS5443, 3292 b. 1837 Nov 65443 at Islesboro, ME5443.
2. Marquis T COOMBS484 b. 1839 Sep 27800 at Maine484.
3. Margaret F COOMBS3292 b. 1839 Sep 273292.
4. Fostina A COOMBS5443 b. 1840 Dec 245443 at Islesboro, ME5443. d. 18413292.
5. Fostina A COOMBS5443 b. 1841 Dec 45443 at Islesboro, ME5443.
6. Sylvina P COOMBS5443 b. 1843 Jul 103292 at Islesboro, ME5443.
7. Preston Daniel COOMBS484 b. 1845~484 at Maine484.
8. Fields H COOMBS480 b. 1853~480 at Maine480.


400. 1840 Fed Census ME, Waldo Co., Islesboro; www.ancestry.com
480. 1860 Fed Census ME, Knox Co., Rockland; www.ancestry.com
484. 1850 Fed Census ME, Lincoln Co., Rockland; www.ancestry.com
544. Islesboro, Maine, History of, John Pendleton Farrow, Master Mariner, Bangor: Thomas W Burr, Printer, 1893.; www.archive.org
800. Veazie Genealogy, Ralph E Hillman, CG, Penobscot Press, Private Printing, Feb 2011.
3292. Islesboro, Maine, History of, Farrow, Coombs Family
4009. Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915, 1840-1915; familysearch.org, www.ancestry.com
5443. Maine, Islesboro, Vital Records of ~, comp./ed. Marlene Alma Hinkley Groves, CG; Picton Press, Rockport, Maine; copyright 2000, Picton Press; ISBN 0-89725-406-6, Lib. Cong. 00-103620