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Dartmouth, a borough, sea-port, and market town, having separate jurisdiction, locally in the southern division, hundred of Coleridge, county of Devon, 30-3/4 miles SW of Exeter, and 204 miles west southwest of London, includes the parishes of St. Petrox, St. Saviour and Townstall, and the seaport, market town and parish of Brixham.


24 Jun - 12 Jul 1670 Barbados Wills. Capt. John HOYLE of Bdos, late of Darkemouth (Dartmouth?) in Devonshire, England. 24 Jun 1670, RB6/8, p. 431. Estate in Bdos & England; wf Phillip HOYLE (sic); dau Catherine HOYLE unmarried; friend Capt. Edward RUNDELL - Xtr. signed (no signature). Dep, 24 Jun 1670, William CHESTER Gent. & John COOMES mariner. Proved 12 Jul 1670 (Extracted by Combs Researcher Vince Griffin from "Barbados Records Wills & Administrations Volume I, 1639-1680" by Sanders, 1980)

St. Savior Parish

3 Sep 1620 St. Savior, Dartmouth, Devon, England. Christened: Ralphe COME, s/o George COMBE (IGI, Ba: C050791, So: 917192, Pr: 0883612, film not yet read)

25 Apr 1640 St. Savior, Dartmouth, Devon, England. Married: Solomon COOMBE and Sarah CLINTON (IGI, Ba: E050791, So: 917193, Pr: 1037021, film not yet read)

Note: Additional 19th century IGI entries not yet extracted


St. Petrox

9 Feb 1614 Saint Petrox, Dartmouth, Devon. Christened: Rosamond COMB, d/o George COMB (IGI, Ba: C050781, So: 917191, Pr: 0933239, film not yet read)


Brixham, a sea-port, market-town and parish, 27-3/4 miles south of Exeter, and near the southern extremity of Torbay, on the west side... part of the port of Dartmouth. No pre-1800 IGI entries found for this parish. Post-1800 not yet extracted.

30 Nov 1638 Tristram COOME, mariner, Brixham, Devon. Administration to Blanche COOME, relict, 30 Nov. 1638, p. 231. (Extracted by Combs Researchers Joe Kendalll and Denise Mortorff from "The Index Library --Index to Administrations in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury and Now Preserved in the Public Record Office", Chancery Lane Vol. VI, 1631-1648. ed. Marc Fitch. London: The British Record Society. 1986, p. 95)


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