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Mary Coombs was the first born child of Anthony Coombs and Dorcas Wooden. She was baptized 3 Sep 1689 in the First Parish Unitarian Church in Beverly, MA. According to Rochest Vital Records, Vol. 1, page 253, she married 20 May 1708 in Rochester, MA, Thomas Raymond of Beverly, MA. Thomas was the son on John Raymond and grandson of John Raymond. Mary Coombs was Thomas Raymond's cousin as Dorcas Wooden's sister, Martha, married John Raymond, father of Thomas Raymond.
On 5 Feb 1688 Mr. Martin, minister, married Anthony to Dorcas Wooden in Wells, ME. At that time, Dorcas was almost 17 years old, having been born 10 Feb 1671. The date of this marriage is also given as 5 Sep 1688.
Rev. Richard Martin graduated from Harvard College in 1686 and was engaged to preach in Wells 21 June 1689 “tho then several years resident.”
Dorcas was the daughter of John and Mary (Johnson) Wooden. She was born in Rowley, MA on 10 Feb 1671. Dorcas’ parents frequently moved and seldom owned land. John Wooden was described as a brick-maker and husbandman. He was resident in: Hampton, MA in 1643; Haverhill, MA in 1646 where he had granted 150 acres by the government of MA; Hampton in 1654; Salisbury, MA in 1656; Portsmouth, NH working for John Cutts in 1660; Newbury in 1667; Rowley, MA in 1671; Beverly, MA in 1679; and Wells, ME in 1688. Dorcas’ siblings settled in Essex County, MA. Dorcas’ father, John Wooden, presumably died prior to 25 Jun 1722.
Shortly after their marriage, the King William’s War [1689-1697] broke out and Anthony sent his young bride to live with her family in Essex County, MA. Meanwhile, Anthony spent much of his time in Wells; his section of the town was often in the hands of the Indians.
Based on the birth records, Anthony made a number of trips to Massachusetts to be with his growing family.
The first time that we hear of Anthony Coombs is in 1684, when he was brought to Wells, ME by Lewis Allen as an apprentice blacksmith according to the Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, Noyes, Libby & Davis, page 161. To date, a copy of the apprenticeship contract has not been located. Nor is there any indication of where they were before coming to Wells.
Anthony's parentage is not known. However, there is a lot of circumstancial evindance to suggest that Anthony's father was Allister Coombs. Because four of Anthony Coombs’ children and two grandchildren moved back to the New Meadows River area of Maine in the 1730s and settled on the exact same land that had been claimed by Allister COOMBS in 1665, it is almost certain that Anthony Coombs was a son of Allister Coombs.
I hope that this helps.
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