The Delahorne/Curtis Family History

Coombs · ◉ direct ancestor

♀Eleanor Coombs

Dates not yet known.

Eleanor Coombs was a woman of Topsham, Maine, who married Robert McManus of Brunswick on 29 April 1794. She was the third great-grandmother of Nancy Jane Blanchard (1929–2006), through her daughter Eleanor C. McManus (1808–1891). The Topsham town records give her name three ways: the marriage entry calls her Elinor Combs, a second entry calls her “Miss Elener Combes of T.”, meaning of Topsham, and the record of the couple’s intention to marry names her Miss Netty Coombs. No record of her parents has been found; the printed vital records of Topsham, which hold her marriage, do not name them, and neither her birth nor her death has been dated from a record. A Merryman family genealogy printed in 1905 names her and Robert McManus as the parents of two daughters born at Brunswick, Hannah (1806–1899) and Eleanor C. (1808–1891), and records that the two sisters married two Merryman brothers: Hannah married Captain Enos Merryman, and Eleanor married his brother John. In 1850 Robert McManus, aged 85 and a farmer, was living at Brunswick in the household of John and Eleanor Merryman.

Family time line

◉ Eleanor Coombs
◉ Robert McManus 1764–1858
Married 29 Apr 1794, Topsham, Sagadahoc, Maine, United States, Topsham, Maine
○ Hannah McManus 1806–1899
◉ Eleanor C. McManus 1809–1891

Recorded events

EventWhenWhereEvidence ?on record - the record itself, its image, or a transcript or printed copy of it has been read
from a compiled source - an index, a printed genealogy or a memorial page says so
not yet documented - in the family record, no source attached yet
Living at
'Miss Elener Combes of T.' at her marriage
 29 Apr 1794 Topsham, Sagadahoc, Maine, United States on record

Sources

  • Vital Records of Topsham, Maine, to the year 1892 (Concord, N.H., 1929-1930), marriages (archive.org vitalrecordsofto00unse) — Living at, about this person, family with Robert McManus, Marriage (Robert McManus)
  • Sinnett 1905 + 1850 census Brunswick dwelling 448 - Robert McManus (85) in the Merryman household — about this person

Borders as they stood about 1800, from the historical-basemaps project, the Newberry Library's Atlas of Historical County Boundaries (states and territories, 1783 on) and Natural Earth; the colonies and provinces are drawn along today's lines.

Line of descent

Descendants

  1. Hannah McManus 1806–1899
    1. Robert Lincoln Merryman 1829–1903
      1. George M. Merryman 1861–
      2. Robert L. Merryman 1864–
      3. Elmira Merryman 1876–
      4. Nellie Alexander Merryman
    2. Harriet Knights Merryman 1832–1873
      1. Thomas P. Merryman 1851–
        1. Fred Knights Merryman 1881–
        2. Hattie Belle Merryman 1883–
        3. Fannie Bishop Merryman 1885–
    3. Walter Merryman 1833–1881
    4. George Merryman 1836–1858
    5. Enos Merryman 1840–
    6. Fannie Quincy Merryman 1843–
      1. Mary F. Bishop 1877–
      2. Infant Bishop 1878–1878 ✧
      3. Edward Brown Bishop 1881–
      4. Fannie Merryman Bishop 1887–
    7. John H. Merryman 1846–
  2. Eleanor C. McManus 1809–1891
    1. Hannah Ellen Merryman 1829–1844 ✧
    2. Frances Erwin Merryman 1831–
      1. Nancy Ellen Woodside 1855–
      2. Augusta Curtis Woodside 1860–
        1. Charles H. Graham 1878–
        2. William Graham 1887–
        3. Nancy S. Graham 1892–
      3. Francis Henry Woodside 1867–
        1. Ralph E. Woodside 1888–
    3. Nathaniel Merryman 1833–1870
    4. Augusta Merryman 1834–1874
    5. Richard Merryman 1836–1914
      1. Evalyn Olive Merryman 1870–
        1. Olive Stetson Hunt 1896–
        2. Harriet Ordway Hunt 1899–
        3. Paul Merryman Hunt 1905–
      2. Walter Roberts Merryman 1872–
        1. Rebecca Eastman Merryman 1904–
        2. John Bradbury Merryman 1907–1995
    6. William Simpson Merryman 1840–1909
      1. Anna Walker Merryman 1869–1942
        1. William Wesley Blanchard 1895–1973 ⚔
        2. Kenneth Blanchard 1897–1975 ⚭
        3. Frances Eldora Blanchard 1900–1988
        4. Theodore Blanchard 1902–1979 ⚔
      2. Maude Dennett Merryman 1874–1961
        1. Frances Dennett Page abt 1896–1993
        2. William Merryman Page abt 1898–1981
    7. Lydia W. Merryman abt 1844–1899 ⚭
      1. Margaret Tapley 1874–
      2. Edward Kent Tapley 1876–1896
      3. Linda Kent Tapley 1878–
      4. John D. Tapley 1885–
    8. Robert M. Merryman abt 1846–1908 ⚭
      1. John W. Merryman 1880–
      2. Nettie Frances Merryman 1896–
    9. Hannah E. Merryman abt 1848–1867
    10. Linda Merryman abt 1854–