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MacLeod/McLeod
MacLeod
DNA
Project
McLeod
Reunion
Tombstone
Project
South
Carolina
Grave
Index
Secondary
Research
When
not
researching
my
McLeods
and
working
on
the
FTDNA
projects,
these
lines
are
researched.
Wilke
of
Germany/N.Y.
Jessup
of
England
Checker/Tskeris
of
Greece/N.Y.
Abnett
of
England
Hudson
of
South
Carolina
Ives
of
South
Carolina
Sideline
Research
These
lines
have
married
into
my
family
(primary
and
secondary
lines
of
research
seen
above)
and
are
included
here
to
aid
other
researchers.
I
am
not
currently
researching
these
names;
however,
the
pages
are
updated
as
information
becomes
available.
Arrants
of
South
Carolina
Barnes
of
South
Carolina
Blyther
of
South
Caroliina
Boykin
of
South
Carolina
Cook
Family
of
South
Carolina
Coombs
of
Maine
Checker/Tskeris
Greece
Davis
of
South
Carolina
Dennis
of
South
Carolina
Freeman
of
South
Carolina
Holland
of
South
Carolina
Huggins
of
South
Carolina
Hurst
of
South
Carolina
Jones
of
South
Carolina
Josey/Jossey
of
South
Carolina
Keretas
of
Greece
Medhurst
of
England
Meyers
of
South
Carolina
Moseley
of
South
Carolina
Rodgers
of
South
Carolina
Ross
of
South
Carolina
Yates/Yeates
of
South
Carolina
Sumter
South
Carolina
Genealogy
Kershaw
South
Carolina
Genealogy
County
Kent
England
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with
Ghosts..........
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website
for
the
descendants
of
Angus
and
Nancy
McCutchen
MacLeod~~
~~~~~~
Coombs
Family
Page
All
research
on
this
page
was
done
by
the
late
Edward
C.
Wilke
and
wife
Rene
Checker
Wilke
unless
otherwise
noted.
This
web
page
has
been
updated
in
May/June
of
2011.
The
original
intent
of
this
site
is
the
same
as
it
has
always
been;
to
provide
a
FREE
tool
for
researchers
to
help
each
other
by
the
sharing
of
information
-
please
support
this
intent
by
helping
to
keep
it
as
accurate
as
possible.
The
information
on
this
page
represents
the
combined
efforts
of
several
researchers.
I
have
verified
the
information
by
Wills,
Equity,
Deeds,
Census
and
Cemetery
Records
where
possible.
Where
no
source
is
given,
the
information
is
unproven/unverified.
Additions
and
corrections
are
welcome
(rude
emails
are
not).
When
writing,
please
include
the
Page
Title
and
Web
Address.
Proper
credit
is
always
awarded
to
the
provider
of
information.
Happy
Researching!
Keep
the
circle
of
sharing
intact,
include
the
following
if
you
take
information
for
your
own
records:
!Source:
Lori
McLeod
Wilke;
"Walking
with
ghosts",
Research
2000
-
2011
Generation
One
Brown
Coombs
born
January
22,
1803
Bowdoin,
Sagadahoc,
Me,
USA
death
May
01,
1879
West
Bowdoin,
Me
Burial
Woodlawn
Cemetary,
West
Bowdoin,
Me.
-
married
November
28,
1827
Bowdoin,
Me
Harriet
Stanwood
born
March
10,
1810
death
December
28,
1893
Bowdoin,
Sagadahoc,
Me,
USA
Vital
Records-
Volume
II-Deaths
pg.
47.
Written
on
Tombstone:
"Brown
Coombs
died
May
1,
1879
at
76"
"Harriet
S.
His
wife
died
Dec.
28,
1896
at
83"
/
Age
83
years
and
9
months
Cause
of
death;
Bronchitis.
Attending
doctor;
Charles
N.
Foster,
M.D.
(Bible
Mrs.
Luelle
C.
Williams,
Vital
Records,
Bowdoin,
Volume
III
-
Marriages,
pg.42.)
Harriet
Also
known
as
Harriet
Stanwood
Minott
born
in
Brunswick,
Me.
Adopted
daughter
of
Stephen
Minott
of
Bowdoin
Me.
Sinnett,
pg.203.
Occupation:
Farmer
in
Bowdoin,
Me.
;
lived
a
few
years
in
Brunswick,
Me.
COMPLETE
LIST
OF
SOURCES:
- Record
of
death
of
Horace
Coombs,
- LDS
Library
IGI.
- Woodlawn
Cemetary
inscriptions
copied
by
Shirley
and
Carl
Welsh,1991,
Ed
&
Rene
Wilke,
1992.
- Copies
of
microfilm
of
Vital
Records
of
Bowdoin
Maine
to
the
year
1892,
- Volume
I-Births,
Volume
II-Births
and
Deaths,
Volume
III-
Marriages.
- "The
Story
of
Anthony
Coombs
&
his
Descendants"
by
William
Carey
Coombs,
Amelia,
Ohio,
1913,
pgs.
166,
170.
- "Ancestor
Anthony
Coombs
and
Descendants"
compiled
by
Rev.
Charles
N.
Sinnett,
pg.
203
- U.S.Census
1850,
Augusta,
Me.
at
46
yrs
Children
of
Brown
and
Harriet
1.
Dennis
Brown
Coombs
born
Mar
3
1850
in
West
Bowdoin,
Me
died
March
4,
1897
in
West
Bowdoin,
Me
BURIAL:
Woodlawn
Cemetary,
West
Bowdoin,
Me.
Inscription
on
tombstone
"Dennis
B.
Coombs
died
Mar
3
1850
at
11
days"
SOURCE:
Microfilm
Vital
Records
of
Bowdoin
Me
to
the
Year
1892.
Births
and
Deaths,
Volume
II.
Woodlawn
Cemetary,
West
Bowdoin
Me.
Inscriptions
copied
by
Ed
and
Rene
Wilke,
1992.
2.
David
Minott
Coombs
born
August
28,
1828
Bowdoin,
Sagadahoc,
Me,
USA
died
November
8,
1870
Bath,
Me
BURIAL:
Woodlawn
Cemetary,
West
Bowdoin,
Me.
Inscription
on
tombstone
"David
M.
Coombs
died
at
Bath
1870
-
42"
married
December
27,
1853
in
Bowdoin,
Me,
USA
to
Anne
Marsters
(Daughter
of
William
Marsters
and
Octavia
Winter
Weeks)
born
August
4,
1832
in
Thomaston,
Me,
USA
died
April
17,
1902
SOURCE:
Copies
of
microfilm
Vital
Records
of
Bowdoin
Me.,
Volumes
I,
II,
III./
Woodlawn
Cemetary
inscriptions
copied
by
Carl
and
Shirley
Welsh,
1991,
Ed
and
Rene
Wilke,
1992./
"The
Story
of
Anthony
Coombs
&
Descendants",
by
Wm.
Carey
Coombs,
Amelia,
Ohio,
1913,
pgs.
170,
177./
"Ancestor
Anthony
Coombs
and
Descendants"
compiled
by
Rev.
Charles
N.
Sinnett/
U.S.
Census
1850
at
22
yrs/
Bible
Mrs.
Luella
C.
Williams/
occupation:
ship
carpenter.
3.
Francis
Minott
Coombs
born
April
30,
1831
Bowdoin,
Sagadahoc,
Me,
USA
died
February
14,
1885
BURIAL:
Woodlawn
Cemetary.
Written
on
tombstone
"Francis
M.
Coombs
died
Feb.14
1885
at
53"
Source:
Bible
Mrs.
Luella
C.
Williams,/
Vital
Records
Volume
I
Births,
pg.
56./
Copies
of
microfilm
Vital
Records
of
Bowdoin
Me
to
the
year
1892,Volumes
I,II,III/
U.S.
Census
1850
at
age
19
yrs./
"The
Story
of
Anthony
Coombs
&
His
Descendants"
by
William
Carey
Coombs,
pg.170.
/"Ancestor
Anthony
Coombs
and
Descendants"
compiled
by
Rev.
Charles
N.
Sinnett/
Inscriptions
on
tombstones
copied
by
Ed
&
Rene
Wilke,
1992.
4.
Zebulon
II
Coombs
born
June
2,
1834
Bowdoin,
Sagadahoc,
Me,
USA
died
April
4,
1907
Bowdoin,
Sagadahoc,
Me,
USA
Sources:
Microfilm-
Vital
Records
of
Bowdoin
Me.
to
the
year
1892,
Volume
1-Births,
pg
64,
Volume
II-
Births
&
Deaths
pg
51.
"Ancestor
Anthony
Coombs
and
Descendants",
compiled
by
Rev.
Charles
N.
Sennett
"The
Story
of
Anthony
Coombs
&
his
Descendants",
pg.170.
Woodlawn
Cemetary,
West
Bowdoin,
Me.
Inscriptions
on
tombstone
copied
by
Ed
&
Rene
Wilke,
1992.
5.
Ann
Coombs
born
June
2,
1836
Bowdoin,
Sagadahoc,
Me,
USA
died
1896
Waterville,
Me,
USA
Sources:
Microfilm-
Vital
Records
of
Bowdoin
Me.
to
the
year
1892,
Volume
1-Births,
pg
64,
Volume
II-
Births
&
Deaths
pg
51.
"Ancestor
Anthony
Coombs
and
Descendants",
compiled
by
Rev.
Charles
N.
Sennett
"The
Story
of
Anthony
Coombs
&
his
Descendants",
pg.170.
Woodlawn
Cemetary,
West
Bowdoin,
Me.
Inscriptions
on
tombstone
copied
by
Ed
&
Rene
Wilke,
1992.
6.
Nancy
Healy
Coombs
born
July
14,
1838
Bowdoin,
Sagadahoc,
Me,
USA
died
1913
Bowdoin,
Sagadahoc,
Me,
USA
Sources:
Microfilm-
Vital
Records
of
Bowdoin
Me.
to
the
year
1892,
Volume
1-Births,
pg
64,
Volume
II-
Births
&
Deaths
pg
51.
"Ancestor
Anthony
Coombs
and
Descendants",
compiled
by
Rev.
Charles
N.
Sennett
"The
Story
of
Anthony
Coombs
&
his
Descendants",
pg.170.
Woodlawn
Cemetary,
West
Bowdoin,
Me.
Inscriptions
on
tombstone
copied
by
Ed
&
Rene
Wilke,
1992.
7.
Harriet
J.
Coombs
born
August
11,
1839
Bowdoin,
Sagadahoc,
Me,
USA
died
August
11,
1839
Bowdoin,
Sagadahoc,
Me,
USA
Sources:
Microfilm-
Vital
Records
of
Bowdoin
Me.
to
the
year
1892,
Volume
1-Births,
pg
64,
Volume
II-
Births
&
Deaths
pg
51.
"Ancestor
Anthony
Coombs
and
Descendants",
compiled
by
Rev.
Charles
N.
Sennett
"The
Story
of
Anthony
Coombs
&
his
Descendants",
pg.170.
Woodlawn
Cemetary,
West
Bowdoin,
Me.
Inscriptions
on
tombstone
copied
by
Ed
&
Rene
Wilke,
1992.
8.
Horace
Brown
Coombs
-
direct
line
Generation
Two
Horace
Brown
Coombs
born
December
19,
1846
West
Bowdoin,
Sagadahoc,
Me,
USA
death
October
20,
1937
Auburn,
Me,
USA
burial
Oct.23,
1937
Plummer
and
Merrill
Co.,
Auburn,
ME.
Place
of
Burial
West
Bowdoin,
Me.
married
December
19,
1874
in
Me,
USA
to
Frances
Ella
Porter
born
September
27,
1857
Dixmont,
Me,
USA
death
May
19,
1941
Auburn,
Andros,
Me,
USA
Burial
by
Roderick
Funeral
Home,
Lewiston
Me.
Place:
Bowdoin,
Me.
May
21,
1941
Age
at
death
90
yrs
10
mo
1
day
CAUSE
OF
DEATH:
Ateriosclosis,
5
years,
Contributing
cause
Chronic
Myocerdils.
Physician
De.
J.E.
Cartland,
Auburn,
Me./Age
83
years,
7
months,
22
days
Cause
of
death:
Chronic
Myocarditis,
2
years.
Physician
G.W.
Twaddle,
Auburn
Me.
 |
 |
Benjamin
Porter
and
Esta
Ann
Edminister
both
born
in
Dixmont,
ME |
Horace
Brown
Coombs
and
Francel
Ella
Porter |
Occupation:
Marine
Engineer
Also
known
as
Horace
Browne
Coombs.
Possibly
adopted.
Mother
Liz
Dille
Also
known
as
Ella
Coombs
Father:
Benjamin
Porter,
birthplace
Dixmont
Me.
Mother
Esta
(Esther)
Ann
Edminister,
birthplace
Dixmont
Me.
COMPLETE
LIST
OF
SOURCES:
1.
Nellie
Coombs
born
November
22,
1880
no
other
information
2.
Olivia
Coombs
born
December
20,
1882
no
other
information
3.
Scott
Davis
Coombs
-
Direct
Line-
see
next
4.
Harriet
Coombs
born
September
15,
1889
no
other
information
5.
Benjamin
Brown
Coombs
born
Nover
06,
1893
in
Greenville
ME
died
July
26
1989
in
Clarmont
N.H.
married
proabably
at
Rumford
Maine
before
March
22
1915
first
to
Florence
Anderson
b
June
10
1896
in
Loggieville
NB
d.
September
21
1984
in
Brooksville,
Florida
(David
M.
Bulger,
M.A.,
LL.B.,
LL.M.,
Assistant
Professor,
Political
Studies
U.P.E.I.)
married
to
Florence
Ella
Cob
Children
of
Benjamin
and
Florence:
1.
Gladys
Coombs
b.
March
22
1915
probably
Rumford,
ME
d.
cr.
1988
married
Arthur
Routhier
at
Rumford.
(David
M.
Bulger,
M.A.,
LL.B.,
LL.M.,
Assistant
Professor,
Political
Studies
U.P.E.I.)
1.
Maurice
(David
M.
Bulger,
M.A.,
LL.B.,
LL.M.,
Assistant
Professor,
Political
Studies
U.P.E.I.)
2.
Maureen
(David
M.
Bulger,
M.A.,
LL.B.,
LL.M.,
Assistant
Professor,
Political
Studies
U.P.E.I.)
Gladys
divorced
Arthur
and
remarried
Norman
Burns
2.
Marguerite
Esther
Coombs
b.
November
13
1918
Purgatory
Mills
Litchfield
MEd.
June
28
1989
married
George
Bulger
on
October
31
1940.
(David
M.
Bulger,
M.A.,
LL.B.,
LL.M.,
Assistant
Professor,
Political
Studies
U.P.E.I.)
5
living
children
"....there
is
a
book
on
the
Coombs
family
in
the
Maine
State
Library
at
Augusta,
which
traces
the
generations
down
from
Anthony
Coombs
and
Dorcas
Wooden
to
the
generation
in
which
Horace
would
been
located.
One
of
the
interesting
things
about
the
Bowdoin
branch
is
that
they
are
descended
from
Joshua
Coombs
and
Elizabeth
Pratt.
Elizabeth
was
the
great
granddaughter
of
Joshua
Pratt
who
landed
at
Plymoth
Plantation
in
the
third
ship,
"the
Anne"
in
1623.
(David
M.
Bulger,
M.A.,
LL.B.,
LL.M.,
Assistant
Professor,
Political
Studies
U.P.E.I.)
6.
Helena
May
Coombs
born
May
01
1895
married
November
28
1915
in
Rumford
Me
USA
to
Richard
H.
Estes
7.
Francis
Minot
S.
Coombs
born
December
20
1897

Henlena,
Harriet
and
Nellie
Generation
Three
Scott
Davis
Coombs
born
2
Aug
1885
Alton,
Me,
USA
death
16
Aug
1969
Clearwater,
Pinellas,
FL,
USAburial
Age
84
years
at
death.
Time
1:20
p.m.
Sylvan
Abbey
Memorial
Park,
Clearwater,
Fl.
married
March
19,
1905
Keyport,
NJ,
USA
Loela
Lowell
E.
Wilson
daughter
of
John
A.
Wilson
b.
1859
Keansburg,
NJ,
USA
d.
March
24,
1925
Middletown,
Monmouth,
NJ,
USA
BURIAL:
Fairview
Cemetary,
Red
Bank
NJ
Lot
68
and
Mary
Jane
Smith
Wilson
b.
1856
d.
October
20,
1903
Keyport,
NJ,
USA
BURIAL:
Keyport,
NJ
age
47
years,
Buried
with
her
father
born
27
Jul
1883
Keansburg,
NJ,
USA
died
August
08,
1969
Clearwater,
Pinellas,
FL,
USA
BURIAL:
Sylvan
Abbey
Memorial
Park,
Clearwater,
Fl.
Age
84
years
at
death.
Time
1:20
p.m
Cause
of
death:
Acute
indigestion,
Age
66
years,
H.W.
Hartman,
Keyport,
NJ
Source:
Death
Certificate,
telephone
conversation
with
Louise
Hyson,
Middletown,
NJ
/
Death
certificate
of
Lowell
Wilson
Coombs
.
Telephone
-
Computerized
records
at
Fairview
Cemetary
read
over
the
phone,
Nan's
notes.
SOURCE:
Death
certificate
Loela
Wilson,
Nan's
notes
age
83
yrs.
Time
9:35
p.m.
Cause
of
death-
breast
cancer
that
spread
over
a
period
of
three
years.
Scott
Davis
Coombs
|
Coombs
Family
|
|
|
Above:Scott
Davis
Coombs
Occupation:
National
Guard
of
the
State
of
Maine,
Apr
1908
-
Jan
7,1909
U.S.
Army
January
12,1904
-
January
11,
1907,
Hospital
Corps.
December
30,
1909
-
December
29,
1912,
113th
Company,
Coast
Artillery
Corps,
Fort
Hancock,
N.J.
Chief
of
Police
1921
-
1939,
Bergenfield,
N.J
|
Above:
Mildred
Coombs
Wilke
Sayword
as
a
child
|
Right:
John
A.
Wilson
1859
-
1925
Councilman
Keansburg,
New
Jersey
Married
to
Mary
Jane
Smith
Children:
Lowell
Elizabeth
Wilson
Coombs;
Maude
Wilson
COLE,
Abe
Wilson
-
Burial
Fariview
Cem.
Red
Bank
NJ
Lot
68
|
|
COMPLETE
LIST
OF
SOURCES:
-
Birth
Certificate
-
Scott
- Death
Certificate
-
Scott/Loela
- State
of
Maine
Adjutant-General
-
Scott
- Honorable
Discharge
U.S.
Army
-
Scott
- LDS
Social
Security
file
-
Scott
- newspaper
clippings
-
Scott/Loela
Children
of
Scott
and
Loela
1.
Ella
M.
Coombs
b.
October
17,
1906
d.
February
10,
1907
Belford,
NJ,
USA
Age
3
months,
28
days
BURIAL:
Fair
View
Cemetery,
Lot
139
SOURCE:
Receipt
from
Cemetary,
Telephone
-
Computerized
information
read
over
the
phone
from
Fairview
Cemetary,
Nan's
notes
2.
Mildred
Olivia
Coombs
-
direct
line
Generation
Four
Mildred
Olivia
Coombs
b.
5
Jan
1908
in
Rumford,
ME,
USA
d.
12
Oct
1989
in
Jacksonville,
Fl
USA
Burial
at
Sylvan
Abbey
Memorial
Park,
Clearwater,
Fl.
Cremation
by
Hardage-Giddens
Jacksonville,
Fl.
married
27
Nov
1928
(div/re-m)
Bergenfield
NJ
USA
Edward
Clarence
Wilke
III
b.
3
Oct
1904
New
York,
NY
USA
BURIAL:
Mar
8,
1974
Geo.
Washington
Mem.
Park,
Paramus,
N.J.
Vander
Plaat
Mem.Home,
Paramus,
N.J.
d.
4
Mar
1974
in
Englewood,
Bergen
NJ,
USA
birth
of
Mildred
reported
in
1908,
Dr.
F.E.
Wheet
Age
81
years
at
death.
Cause
of
death
Congestive
heart
failure.
Time
2.31
p.m./
BIRTH:
Oct
3
1903
(death
certificate).
Oct
3
1904
(Birth
certificate,
School
certificate
&
SS
file).
LDS
Geneology
Library
Social
Security
Search
on
computer
Birth
certificate,
Age
&
Schooling
Certificate,
Marriage
Certificate.
DEATH:
March
4,1974
at
3:30
p.m.,
Englewood
Hospital,
Age
70
yrs.
Cause
of
death:
Respiratory
arrest
due
to
severe
emphysema,
Dean
Penn,
M.D.
Divorced
July
6,
1939.
Final
Decree
of
Divorce,
Chancery
No.
98
Trenton,
New
Jersey
Edward
married
Althea
Unknown
Mildred
married
February
24,
1951
to
Malcolm
J.
Sayward
COMPLETE
LIST
OF
SOURCES:
- Birth
certificate
- Marriage
Certificates
- Final
Divorce
Decree,
- Death
Certificate
Rumford,
Me,
USA
Links
to
other
Coombs
sites
on
the
Web
unable
to
make
connections
at
this
time,
but
these
are
records
of
this
Coombs
family....
Coombs
Families
of
New
England
Prior
to
1700
Descendants
of
Joshua2
and
Elizabeth
(Pratt)
Coombs
The
Family
of
Elbridge
and
Abigail
(Currier)
Coombs
-
".......
Elbridge
C.
Coombs,
son
of
Captain
David
Coombs
and
Sarah
COOMBS,
about
Oct
1852.
Elbridge
was
born
27
Apr
1828
in
Bowdoinham,
Sagadahoc,
Maine.
He
died
21
Mar
1899
in
Pleasantdale,
South
Portland,
Cumberland,
Maine
and
is
buried
in
the
Sedgwick
Rural
Cemetery.
Elbridge
and
Abigail
first
resided
in
Bath
(in
1850)
where
Elbridge
was
employed
as
a
ship's
carpenter.
They
moved
to
Augusta
about
1865
and
to
Sedgwick
in
the
1870's.
"Elbridge
brought
Abbie
back
to
Sedgwick
from
Augusta
in
a
covered
wagon.
They
stayed
the
night
in
Belfast."
(Elizabeth
Carroll
Parker)....."
Possibly
a
nephew
of
Brown
Coombs
Generation
One
above
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~formyfamily/index.htm
!Source:
Lori
McLeod
Wilke
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