The Noah Coombs House circa 1837
is located at 18 Milford St.
Milford Street came into being in the 1830s.
2/20/1824
Norfolk County Deed: 74:197
18 Milford was part of 15 acres sold by David & James Mann (sons,
executors for Ralph Mann) to Paris Mann (uncle) 15 acres on Hartford & Dedham Turnpike. This 15 acres extended from
Main to Highland.
3/1835 Norfolk County Deed: 107:15
Paris Mann to Noah Coombs 15 acres on Hartford and Dedham Turnpike.
Noah Coombs was born in Bellingham in 1804, and in1835 bought land near
the center of West Medway. In 1838 he married Catherine Adams of Medway, and built his house (#16) on the new road to
Milford that had cut through the center of his land. Noah was a farmer, and they had 3 children Harriet Elizabeth (1840),
Sarah C (1843), and Noah (1845) who lived only for one year. They sold their Medway house in 1850 and moved to Bellingham.
Noah Coombs died of pericarditis in Medway at 75 years of age.
An 1837 deed for #16 (116:324) describes its western neighbor #18 as "Coombs house lot" "at the new road to Milford".
4/24/1838
Norfolk County Deed: 120:80
Noah Coombs to Seth Holbrook, 3.75 acres "with buildings thereon"
(1 acre north of Milford Street).
12/02/1841 Norfolk County Deed: 134:266
Seth Holbrook to Noah Coombs of Medway, butcher
$615, 1 acre -”the
above described with the buildings thereon the same said Coombs now occupies” (the other 2.75 acres are on the south
side of Milford Street) Holbrook sold 1 acre back to Coombs. This acre
was on the north side of the new Milford Street. The other 2.75 acres continued on the south side of Milford Street.
3/27/1850
Norfolk County Deed: 193:49
Coombs sold the eastern half acre to David Partridge. The lot description
included 1/2 acre with dwelling house with ell attached, and 1/2 well rights. The well was located in the middle of the acre.
3/27/1850 Norfolk County Deed: 193:49
The western half acre was sold on that same day to William Knight, physician,
with the other half well rights and no building.
3/27/1850 Norfolk County Deed: 193:48
Noah
Coombs to Elisha Cutler, back of 10, 16 &18 Milford Streets. 4 acres with barn, slaughter house, and half well rights “in
common with Partridge” and right of use of the passageway between said land and the land of David Partridge
6/26/1852 211:174
William Knight of Weymouth to David Partridge of Medway
$170. 12
rods long by 10 rods wide, with well rights and maintenanace of passageway with Slocumbs lot to the west, and Partridges other
lot to the east.
On the 1858 map, the land is located west of Adams Livery Stable,at the
bend in the road, east of Owen Gormley, and across from W. Creasy. On all maps, it is shown east of Gormley and
across from Creasy.
Back of 10, 16 & 18 Milford Street
3/27/1850 Norfolk County Deed: 193:48
Noah
Coombs to Elisha Cutler 4 acres with barn, slaughter house, and well rights
4/12/1856 Norfolk County Deed: 251:172
David
Partridge to Allen Partridge 2 acres, with John Adams lot to the east, and Slocumbs lot to the west 13 rods deep by 15 rods wide $650.
6/21/1861 Norfolk County Deed: 299:136
Allen
Partridge, laborer To John Adams, Jr, stablekeeper 2 acres $1000.
3/30/1869 Norfolk County Deed: 377:175
John
Adams, Jr to Charles Williams
Norfolk County map of 1876: C. Williams
