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Chilmark, a parish in the hundred of Dunworth, county of Wilts, 2-1/4 miles northeast of Tisbury, 4 miles E of Hindon, "... containing, with the tything of Ridge... The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Salisbury... in the patronage of the Earl of Pembroke. This was the birth-place of John de CHILMARKE, a celebrated mathematician and philosophical writer in the thirteenth century. (Lewis)
03 Nov 1850 Chilmark Parish Church, Wiltshire, England. William COOMBS married Maria MACEY. (Combs Researcher Andrew Coombs, Coombs Family Page of Wilts and Hampshire, including St. Catherine's House Index)

AD Notes: William son of Joseph COOMBES who married Anna SHORE 30 Oct 1820 at Swallowcliffe, Wilts. In 1822, Joseph was a member of the Tisbury Independent Church, although later suspended. The 1851 Chilmark, Wilts census lists Joseph COOMBES, aged 60 years, born Tisbury, Wilts. (Coombes researcher Alan Duncan)

AC Notes: William had 3 sons Charles and Henry and William. Charles COOMBS married Charlotte Elizabeth MULLINS in Liss, Hampshire England. William COOMBS, the son of William and Maria COOMBS, married Eliza BRIDWELL in 1874 and had a son Charles Bridwell COOMBS in 1875 and was born in the Green, East Knoyle. Joseph COOMBS died in 1877 in Tisbury, Wilts. Joseph COOMBS at the age of 87, Louisa BURROUGH his daughter was the informat and the same applies for Ann who died in Tisbury, aged 82 in 1880- Informat was also Louisa Burrough. (Coombs Researcher Andrew Coombs) Ed Note: Dates still needed.

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