« Reply #35 on: Thursday 05 November 20 21:20 GMT (UK) »
Coombs, I mean that similar stories occur in many families, and, sadly for those hoping for illustrious connections, often they are simply conjecture, and "besting up" a tale. Sorry it's taken me a few hours to get back to you on this. Very few are clearly documented, and able to trace such lineage. Certainly one slightly linked to mine proved to peter out in "same name / different family" muddle, where someone had cherry picked what sounded best, and then averred it was accurate - and sadly it was not.
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Well I am sure most of us on here who have found a gateway ancestor have looked into it themselves to make sure, and verified the info though lots of hard, time consuming research checking wills, other documents, the lot. I would hate to be told it could all be conjecture if I managed to verify a direct link to a worthy family, and spent months if not years checking it for myself.
Researching:
LONDON, Coombs, Roberts, Auber, Helsdon, Fradine, Morin, Goodacre
DORSET Coombs, Munday
NORFOLK Helsdon, Riches, Harbord, Budery
KENT Roberts, Goodacre
SUSSEX Walder, Boniface, Dinnage, Standen, Lee, Botten, Wickham, Jupp
SUFFOLK Titshall, Frost, Fairweather, Mayhew, Archer, Eade, Scarfe
DURHAM Stewart, Musgrave, Wilson, Forster
SCOTLAND Stewart in Selkirk
USA Musgrave, Saix
ESSEX Cornwell, Stock, Quilter, Lawrence, Whale, Clift
OXON Edgington, Smith, Inkpen, Snell, Batten, Brain