John Combs, (Tentative)

Male 1665 - 1717  (52 years)


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  • Name John Combs 
    Suffix (Tentative) 
    Born 1662-1665  Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Possessions 11 Dec 1691  Richmond County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    William Underwood sells his third of 600 acres; John Combs is owner of another third. 
    William Underwood sells his third of 600 acres.
    William Underwood sells his third of 600 acres.
    Possessions 3 Jan 1692/3  Richmond County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    John sells and unspecified number of acres to Thomas Kendall, "in consideration of a horse and a sow and pigs to him in hand Paid by the said Tho Kendall." 
    John Combs sells some land for a horse, sow and pigs to Thomas Kendall.
    John Combs sells some land for a horse, sow and pigs to Thomas Kendall.
    Will 11 Dec 1716  Richmond County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Writing of Will 
    • In the Name of God Amen December the 11th: 1716. IMPRIMIS I, John Combs of the Parish of Hanover in the County of Richmond in Virginia being very sick and weak of Body butt of good and perfect sceince (sense) and Memory - thanks bee to God Doe make this my last Will and Testament in maner and form following that is to say First I Bequath my Soule and Spiritt into the hands of the Almighty God my Heavenly Father by whome of his Mercy and onely Grace I intrust to bee saved and Redeemed into through the Death of my Savour and Redeemer Jesus Christ in whose pretious Blood I sett the Whole and onely Hope of my Salvation My writched Body in hope of a Joyfull Resurrection I comitt to the Earth to bee Buried with such Charges as itt shall pleas my Exekutors hereafter mentioned. Item-I Doe give and Bequeath unto my youngest son Mason Combes two hundred acres of Land Lying upon the Branches of Pumans End in the County of Essex- being part of a Devident of Land formerly belonging to Warwick Cammack to him and his Heirs for Evermore Which aforesaid Land is allready Laid of - I Doe give and Bequeath unto my daughter Elizabeth Kendall one Cowe. - My Will and Desire is that my Loving Wife Hannah Combes and my Six Children hereinafter named have all and singular my personall Estate Equally Devided amongst them as followeth that is my Son Archdell my Daughter Judith and Mary and Sarah and Aymee and Mason. Butt if in case my Son Archdell should bee soe unkind as by force to Caus his Mother my said Wife to Leave as Disposessed the house and Habitation I now Live in that then and in such Case my said Wife to take as her proper Goods all his part of my personall Estate before given to the sd. Archdell Excpting one Shilling of Good and Lawfull money of Ingland and to bee possessed of the same for Evermore, and that my said Wife doe take into her Care and Costodie my daughter Aymee and my Son Mason as also their parts of my personall Estate as aforesaid after the same is devided and the sd. Children and their Estate to remaine with her untill they shall Arive to the Age of Eighteen years or the Day of Marriage and that then they the sd. Ayme and Mason bee possessed of the same to them and their Heirs for Evermore. - I Doe likewise Nominate and Apoint my loving Wife Hannah Combes and John Anderson joynt Exekutors of this my last Will and Testament. And in Confirmation hearof I have hearunto sett my Hand and fixt my Seale the Day Month and Year aforesaid -Desiring that my said Estate [not] bee brought to an apraisement itt being noe waise in Debt.-

      Signed Sealed and Published John FC Combes SEAL
      - in the presents of us
      Isaac Arnold
      Charles C Willis
      Mary M James
    Will 7 Feb 1717  Richmond County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Probate of Will 
    Died 11 Dec 1716 - 7 Feb 1717  Richmond County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Person ID I3919  Schimka Family Tree
    Last Modified 11 May 2013 

    Father Archdale Combs, (Tentative) 
    Mother Elizabeth, (Tentative) 
    Family ID F1335  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Hannah 
    Married
    • It has been postulated that John Combs may have been married first to a woman named Ann and that the first child shown here below John Combs and Hannah, Elizabeth Combs, may have been from this possible earlier marriage or, that Hannah and Ann were one and the same. [7]
    Children 
     1. Elizabeth Combs
     2. Archdale Combs
     3. Judith Combs
     4. Mary Combs
     5. Sarah Combs
     6. Amy Combs
    +7. Mason Combs, Sr.,   b. Abt 1714,   d. Bef 8 Aug 1785, Surry County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 71 years)
    Last Modified 11 May 2013 
    Family ID F1334  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 1662-1665 - Virginia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsPossessions - William Underwood sells his third of 600 acres; John Combs is owner of another third. - 11 Dec 1691 - Richmond County, Virginia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsPossessions - John sells and unspecified number of acres to Thomas Kendall, "in consideration of a horse and a sow and pigs to him in hand Paid by the said Tho Kendall." - 3 Jan 1692/3 - Richmond County, Virginia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsWill - Writing of Will - 11 Dec 1716 - Richmond County, Virginia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsWill - Probate of Will - 7 Feb 1717 - Richmond County, Virginia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 11 Dec 1716 - 7 Feb 1717 - Richmond County, Virginia Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S1140] Combs: A Study in Comparative Philology and Genealogy, Josiah H. Combs, (Norris K. Combs, Pensacola, Florida), 27.
      1662, Westmoreland or King George County, Virginia from this source.

    2. [S1212] Virginia Colonial Abstracts Volume 16, Fleet, Beverley, (Beverley Fleet, Richmond, Virginia 1942), pp. 1-2.

    3. [S1212] Virginia Colonial Abstracts Volume 16, Fleet, Beverley, (Beverley Fleet, Richmond, Virginia 1942), p. 31.

    4. [S1140] Combs: A Study in Comparative Philology and Genealogy, Josiah H. Combs, (Norris K. Combs, Pensacola, Florida).
      State of Virginia
      County of Richmond
      Will Book No. 3, p.300

    5. [S1140] Combs: A Study in Comparative Philology and Genealogy, Josiah H. Combs, (Norris K. Combs, Pensacola, Florida), 28-29.
      State of Virginia
      County of Richmond
      Will Book No. 3, p.300

    6. [S1140] Combs: A Study in Comparative Philology and Genealogy, Josiah H. Combs, (Norris K. Combs, Pensacola, Florida), 28-29.

    7. [S995] Unsubstantiated Internet Source, Varies.