Person:John Macomber (13)

John Macomber
  • HJohn MacomberEst 1585 - 1650
  • WEdith LockeEst 1586 - 1636
m. 8 Jun 1607
  1. Thomas Macomber1608 - 1622
  2. William Macomber1610 - Bef 1670
  3. Zeporah Macomber1611 - 1617
  4. John Macomber1613 - 1688
  5. Alice Macomber1615 -
  6. Edmond Macomber1617 -
  7. Richard Macomber1619 - 1637
  8. Marie Macomber1621 - 1632
  9. Thomas Macomber1623 - 1627
  10. Edith Macomber1625 - 1632
  11. Robert Macomber1627 - 1628
Facts and Events
Name John Macomber
Gender Male
Birth[1][2][3] Est 1585 Bridport, Dorset, England
Marriage 8 Jun 1607 Bridport, Dorset, Englandto Edith Locke
Burial[3] 6 Jul 1650 Bridport, Dorset, England

Father of John1 Macomber of Taunton {1638}, William1 Macomber of Dorchester and Marshfield, cooper {1639} and Thomas 1 Macomber of Plymouth {1643}. He married Edith Lock on 16 Jan 1634 in Bridport, Dorset, England and was buried there 6 Jul 1650. A total of 12 children were baptized in Bridport. Also recorded in this town was an Alice Macomber who married William Howley 14 Jul 1617. She is thought to be sister to John. Howleys were also found in Plymouth. A Thomas Macomber was also in local records and may have been their father but this is not proven.

References
  1. Jane Fletcher Fiske, The English Origins of the Macomber Family in The Genealogist, in The Genealogist (American Society of Genealogists). (New York, New York: Organization for the Promotion of Scholarship in Genealogy, 1980-)
    2.2 170-171, 1981.
  2. Macumber, Harold Haze. The Macumber family ancestry: a genealogical record of the direct ancestors of Harold Haze Macumber, including partial lineage of the following related families, Audley, Bourne, Bradford, Brough, Brownell, Cooke, Cox, Davis, Devol, Haze, Hopkins, Ladd, Latham, Lloyd, Painter, Potter, Smith, Smiton, Soule, Taber, Warren, Wilbur, as well as (a) lines of descent from 50 Anglo- Norman, British and French family lines of the 11th-12th centuries and (b) 22 lines of descent involving royal and noble houses of ancient and medieval Europe. (Ventura, California: H. H. Macumber, 1981).
  3. 3.0 3.1 McOmber, Niki Harrison, in Biography of William Macomber (1609-1670).

    Citing "England, Dorset, Parish Registers, 1538-1936," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZMW-67W : 24 July 2017), John Makcomber, 06 Jul 1650; Burial, citing Bridport, Bridport, Dorset, England, Record Office, Dorchester; FHL microfilm 2,427,417.