All of the contours out-of Caneland was obliterated. Only the rock tomb, so strange into the framework and you may exceptional for the construction, really stands to mark the region, and inside mausoleum, when he had wanted new stays away bride Surat from Gen. CALMES and his partner repose.
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It’s from kindness and you can generosity out of William Bailey, historian and genealogist, the fresh Gen. Marquis Calmes Chapter D. has been able to have this functions of fix done. He donated a hundred copies off his Reputation of Woodford Condition toward production of a funds for use within really works. —-From the D. Mag, August, 1941. (The fresh partner from Gen. Calmes are Age “Betsy” Combs, a sis out of my personal higher-great-grandfather) E. S. (Extracted from the Combs Specialist Anne B. Musser)
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Notes: Marquis CALMES died 1834, Woodford Co., KY was not the husband of Elizabeth Combs (daughter of John & Seth BULLITT Combs, Sr. of Stafford Co VA). Marquis CALMES, husband of Elizabeth Combs, died testate ca 1794 in Frederick Co VA. Nevertheless, presumably he was “somehow kin” to him. Extracted by Researcher Barbara Combs from Teunis Bergen’s 1876 book, The Bergen Family, pp. 422-423 (surname capitalization added):
“George We. BERGEN, b June 16th, 1764, bap. Oct. 4, 1767, by the Rev. Mr. VAN HARLINGEN; d. Feb, 1825; meters. 1789 Rebecca, dau. out of Courtroom Jonathan Combs, out of Middlesex State, Nj-new jersey. Their widow 2 yrs once their decease m. the newest Rev. Mr. KENNER, an excellent Baptist preacher of Virginia, and you will d. from inside the 1846.”
“The fresh ancestor out-of Jonathan Combs, they state, came from Scotland, throughout the old boat Caledonia, and therefore introduced the first emigrants regarding the land of stern Presbyterianism; they trying to a home in the great outdoors nation off the attitude from Papal and you may Episcopal fuel and persecution.”
“For the 1679, Francis Combs, a beneficial cooper, is actually provided lands when you look at the Newtown, A lot of time Island [NY], to help you lead to your to settle around and you can ply his change to possess the convenience of brand new settlement. He d. in the 1700, and his awesome several sons, Francis and you may Thomas, paid from inside the Hopewell, Letter. J., getting [pounds] fifty, expressed lands from inside the Hempstead [Enough time Island, NY] so you can John Combs off Madnans shoulder out-of said area, according to Hempstead suggestions.
“There is certainly good John Combs of East Hampton, Letter. Y., since 1675, a Daniel Combs for the Hempstead [Queens Co New york] into the 1708, a Richard Combs inside the Hempstead during the 1709, and you may a Richard Combs in Jamaica (note: this is part of N. Y. within this context, In my opinion) [Queens Co Ny]within the 1718.
“In 1777, John Combs was a member of the brand new committee out of shelter of brand new Jersey, as well as a similar months a great Solomon Combs is a citizen from Monmouth County.
“To help you access the luck, George I. [BERGEN], his child David, and two ilies left Nj when you look at the Summer 1818, to possess Kentucky, where their sibling Margaret along with her spouse John VOORHEES, and two siblings off their partner, Rebecca Combs, with their husbands, Peter CONOVER and you will Peter COX, upcoming existed; it with emigrated inside the 1790, to settle on Yellow Brick, around the present Wheeling [Kansas Co, WV], then the ultima thule. Around they tarried lower than per year. Peter COong the initial just who made the boats and you may rafts wade on the Ohio Lake.
“At that time George We. emigrated, it resided inside Woodford County, Kentucky, in this 12 kilometers away from Lexington [Fayette Co., KY]. Contained in this a-year such family intermarried. Old Major CONOVER try a big landholder and you will respected is rich, in the new difficult minutes after that into the Kentucky, by old Virginia property claims, the result was his castle dropped, and he computed when you look at the 1824, to sell his homestead, as well as their, and you may George We.’s family decided to make their household from inside the Indiana. The old big, his child Jonathan Combs CONOVER, who had married Martha, an excellent child out of George I., and you can Jonathan Combs BERGEN (child away from George We.), who’d married Mary Ann, good daughter of your big, and you will George We., constituted the investigating cluster.”