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Salem County was established in 1694 from the Province of West Jersey, and in 1748 Cumberland was est. from Salem.
7/6/1751 Bucks County, Pennsylvania Benjamin COMBE having for some time been removed with his family to within the compass of Haddonfield Monthly Meeting [Salem Co, NJ], has not requested a certificate.
(Extracted from BUCKS COUNTY CHURCH RECORDS OF THE 17TH AND 18TH CENTURIES, V. 2; Anna Miller Watring, et al; Family Line Publications; Westminster MD; 1994 by Combs Researcher Thom Mont)
20 Oct 1777 "Class Rolls of Capt. Cornelius Nieukirk's Company, Salem County Foot Militia, October 20, 1777." Listed under heading Class 5 it says "John Combs, Sergeant".
Source unknown. Could possibly be the John COOMBS in the 1793 tax list.
Posted to the Combs &c. Mail List by Peggy Large.
30 Jul 1781 Salem MM [Salem Co, NJ] COOMBS, Ruth (late MEAD) dismissed for marrying contrary to discipline.
(Extracted by Combs Researcher Kate C. DiBlassio from "Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy" by Wm. Wade Hinshaw, Volume 11)
Notes: According to this same source, Margaret MEADE, wife of Samuel, and their children, Richard, Ruth and Margaret, were received on certificate on 25 May 1767, from the Fairfax VA MM in Loudoun Co, VA dated 26 Oct 1765. It is not yet known whom Ruth MEADE Combs married. See also early Bucks Co, PA Combs-Mead-Elliott marriage..
Not extant
Mannington Twp
David COMBS
Pittsgrove Twp
COOMBS, Joshua
COOMBS, John
COOMBS, Samuel
(Combs Researcher Birdie McNutt from Census CD)
[not extracted yet? not extant?]
8 Mar 1808 Pittsgrove, Salem Co, NJ. Married: Rachel COOMBS (b 31 Jul 1786, Pittsgrove, Salem Co, NJ; d 30 Jul 1868, Union City, Darke Co, OH); & Azael NICHOLS (b 12 Dec 1784, Pittsgrove, Salem Co, NJ; d 9 Mar 1816, Pittsgrove, Salem Co, NJ); m (2) 28 Dec 1816, Pittsgrove, Salem Co, NJ, John MURPHY (b 24 Apr 1770, Woodbury, Gloucester Co, NJ; d August 14, 1850, Daretown, Salem Co, NJ).
(Combs Researcher John T. Nichols - sources still needed)
[not extracted yet? not extant?]
18 Feb 1819 Salem Co, NJ. Married: Rebecca COOMS & Daniel HARKER
(Combs Researcher Doug Baker from FHC files, original source still sought)
DB Notes: Transcribed from diary of ?????, d/o Lydia Louise Coombs HARKER who m James Rogers BRYAN, b 1828: "I learned from (my cousin) that my mother Lydia Louise Coombs HARKER was the daughter of Daniel HARKER and Rebecca COOMBS (and) that her mother died when she was only two yeas old and the she went to live with her brother* Aaron HARKER in Vincentown [Burlington Co], NJ and that she remained there till she was married in 1851. My mother had 3 own brothers, John, Aaron, and Joseph and 3 sisters, Mary, Demaris, and Rebecca. Demaris who married Charles POTTER and who lived with the COOMBS "down Jersey" until she married… " (See also James COMBS & Daniel HARKER of 1835 Dearborn Co, IN).
* I think she means her uncle, Aaron HARKER, but am not sure.
[not extracted yet? not extant?]
Pilesgrove Twp
Page 346
John R. COOMBS
Pitts Grove Twp
Page 291
James COOMBS
David COOMBS
Page 292
William A. COOMBS
John COOMBS
George COOMBS
Pitts Grove Twp
Page 192
William COOMBS
William T. COOMBS
John R. COOMBS
John COOMBS
James COOMBS
19 Aug 1886. Salem Co, NJ Death Certificate
James COOMBS, deceased
age 81 years 7 months 1 day
white, Farmer
birthplace--Pittsgrove, Salem Co. NJ
last residence--near Shirley, Upper Pittsgrove
Salem Co., NJ
Life long resident of this state
Place of Death--near Shirley
Father's name--George COOMBS
country of birth--America
Mother's name--Elizabeth CARUTHERS Coombs
Country of birth--America
Death date--August 19, 1886
Cause of death --" A General braking up of a
long life"
Length of sickness--sudden
No burial place listed
(Combs Researcher Kathy Karn)
Coombs, A. Carleton, b. 1906, d. 1981, H/o Althea C. Coombs
Coombs, Albert H., b. 1872, d. 1964, H/o Elverta N. Coombs,
Coombs, Althea C., b. 1915, d. 1987, W/o Carleton A. Coombs
Coombs, Elverta N., b. 1876, d. 1914, W/o Albert H. Coombs,
Cooms, Dorothy B., b. 1917, d. 1995, W/o Joseph R. Cooms,
Cooms, Elizabeth M., b. 1880, d. 1948, W/o J. Howard Cooms,
Cooms, Elizabeth, b. 1845, d. 1940, aged 95y, W/o Henry Cooms,
Cooms, Furman M., b. 1881, d. 1961, H/o Verna A. Cooms,
Cooms, Hannah A., b. 1838, d. 1932, W/o Henry J. Cooms,
Cooms, Henrietta, b. 1877, d. 1877,
Cooms, Henry J., b. 1835, d. 1914, H/o Hannah A. Cooms,
Cooms, Henry, b. 1842, d. 1915, H/o Elizabeth Cooms,
Cooms, J. Howard, b. 1879, d. 1963, H/o Elizabeth M. Cooms,
Cooms, Joseph R., b. 1915, H/o Dorothy B. Cooms,
Cooms, Vandelver ?, d. 10-15-1826, C/o Henry J. & Hannah A. Cooms,
Cooms, Verna A., b. 1886, d. 1935, W/o Furman M. Cooms,
Contributed by Keith S. Allen to the USGenWeb Archives
(formerly Olivet then Centerton), now Pittsgrove, Salem County, NJ 08318
Coombs, Elizabeth, d. 9-4-1808, aged 82y 6m, W/o Thomas Coombs,
Coombs, Joseph, d. 7-30-1875, aged 78y ?m 3d, H/o Ruth Coombs,
Coombs, Phebe, M., b. 10-12-1831, d. 2-4-1855,(neè Garrison), W/o John Coombs & D/o Samuel & Ann Maria Garrison,
Coombs, Ruth, unreadable, W/o Joseph Coombs,
Coombs, Sarah, b. 8-25-1791, d. 8-4-1879,W/o Rev. Uriah Ackley Coombs,
Coombs, Uriah Rev., Ackley, d. 8-7-1851, aged 71y 2m 2d, H/o Sarah Coombs,
Contributed by Keith Allen to the USGenWeb Archives
Ackley, Coombs, b. 1825, d. 1922, H/o Jane Ackley,
Ackley, Jane, d. 10-31-1893, aged 65y 8m 5d, W/o Coombs Ackley,
Question: Is there a relationship to Rev. Uriah Ackley Coombs buried in Olivet Cemetery (above)
Contributed by Keith S. Allen to the USGenWeb Archives
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