Goals

• Determine the “genetic profile” for this branch of COMBS.
• Establish the “lineage genetic profile” of the ancestry for this line.
• Establish the relationship between Peter Coombs (1781-1810) and Anthony Coombs (b. 1642), who according to William Carey Coombs fathered the New Meadows, Maine branch of the Coombs family.
• Note: Generations 3-7 are all found in The Descendants of Anthony Coombs, by William Carey Coombs published in 1913. The work contains some errors. For instance, Generation #4's middle name was Wesley, not Dexter, as proof of which I would cite his high school diploma and several documents/farm product packages containing his true name or initials in my possession. Also, the date of death for Generation #5 was 1888, not 1868, for which I cite the gravestone of John Dexter Coombs in Woodlawn Cemetery, West Bowdoin, ME and the temporary gravemarker for such in my possession. Like many others, I am skeptical of much of the information in the William Carey Coombs work, not only because of the many errors that I and the previous owner of my copy found in it, but because the story of Anthony being a Frenchman posing as a Scotsman doesn't sound very believable.

Learnings

TBD

• Lineage Contact: David C. Ryder