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<br>Date: Fri, 15 May 1998 16:42:37 -0600
<br>From:  C Hammett  x-x-x-x-x-xcarhammett@mindspring.com">&lt;carhammett@mindspring.com&gt;</a>
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<br>Subject: [COMBS-L] London Inns of Court
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<br>Background: In the course of records collections of our Archdale, Combs and
<br>Associated Families, Denise and Joe have been collecting and posting
<br>English records referencing Combs and Associated families who were members
<br>of the London Inns of Court. I thought the following might be helpful
<br>and/or of interest to all:
<br>
<br>According to &quot;A Topographical Dictionary of England, Inns of Court and
<br>Courts of Judicature,&quot; Samuel Lewis, S. Lewis and Company, London, 1831,
<br>Vol. 3, pp. 141-2, the Inns were &quot;originally like colleges in a university,
<br>but confined to the study of the law. Though their origin cannot be exactly
<br>ascertained, they may be presumed to have owed their rise to the
<br>establishment of the courts of justice at Westminster; by Henry III, which,
<br>collecting in their neighhourhood the whole body of common lawyers, or
<br>practitioners, in those courts, they began to form themselves into a
<br>society (supposed at Thaives Inn, Holborn,) in a collegiate manner; hence
<br>their place of residence was denominated an Inn (Hostel), or House of
<br>Court… the king, in 1244, forbade the teaching of law in schools set up in
<br>the city, as had been accustomed, and restricted its study to these inns.
<br>Their increase, as well as division into Inns of Court and Inns of
<br>Chancery, is not recognized till the reign of Edward III, when their
<br>students are called apprentices of the law (from the Fr. Apprendre [to
<br>learn]), and the Inns of Court became appropriated solely to the study of
<br>the common law, as were the latter to such clerks as studied the forming of
<br>writs and other process in chancery. Till late in the seventeenth century,
<br>the students of the various inns were exercised before the principals in
<br>sharn pleadings, called mootings, and many antiquated customs were
<br>retained, as well as occasionally splendid ceremonies exhibited. 
<br>
<br>&quot;At present [1830] the Inns have become mere residences, not for lawyers
<br>only, but any persons who choose to hire chambers in them; and the
<br>law-student, before being called to the bar, is now only obliged to be
<br>entered of one of these places, and dine in the common hall a certain
<br>number of terms; after which, should his admission not be objected to by
<br>the members, an occurrence that rarely happens, he is legally qualified to
<br>plead and conduct causes. The Inns of Court are not incorporated,
<br>consequently the masters, principals, benchers, &c., by whom they are
<br>governed, can make no by-laws, nor possess estates, &c.; yet they have
<br>certain orders which, by consent and prescription, have obtained the force
<br>of laws: the societies are entirely supported by sums paid for admissions
<br>and for chambers; and from the benchers, or seniors, in whom the government
<br>is vested, a treasurer is usually chosen to manage these funds; the other
<br>members may be divided into outer barristers, inner barristers, and students.
<br>
<br>&quot;The principal Inns of Court are four:-The Inner Temple, Middle Temple,
<br>Lincoln's Inn, and Gray's Inn. The Inns of Chancery are seven, viz.,
<br>Clifford's Inn, Lyon's Inn, Clement's Inn, and New Inn, belonging to the
<br>two Temples; Furnival's Inn, belonging to Lincoln's Inn; and Staples Inn,
<br>and Bernard's Inn, belonging to Gray's Inn. Thavies Inn, Scroop's Inn,
<br>Chester Inn, or Strand Inn, as well as Johnson's Inn, and some others in
<br>the city, have long been disused. Of the two Serjeant's Inns, in
<br>Fleet-street and Chancery-lane, the latter only is appropriated as chambers
<br>for the Serjeants at law, who removed thither from Symond's Inn, which is
<br>falling to decay, and merely tenanted as chambers by any one who chooses to
<br>rent them. Serjeant's Inn, Fleet-street, consists now of private residences.
<br>
<br>1. The Temple is so called from its original inhabitants, the Knights
<br>Templars, who, on quitting their old house in Southampton-buildings,
<br>Holborn, in the reign of Henry II., built a house in Fleet-street, thence
<br>called the New Temple, which occupied all the ground from White Friars to
<br>Essex-street. On their suppression by Edward II., the Temple, after two or
<br>three intermediate grants from the Crown, was, by Edward III., given to the
<br>monastery of St. John of Jerusalem, the prior and convent of which
<br>afterwards demised it to the lawyers, supposed to have emigrated here from
<br>Thavies Inn, at a yearly rent of £10, a sum for which they still enjoy from
<br>the Crown the whole of this splendid property. The Temple is at present
<br>divided between the two societies-the Inner and Middle Templers, each
<br>consisting of benchers, barristers, and students, the government being
<br>vested in the benchers. In term-time the members dine in the hall of the
<br>society, which is called keeping commons; to dine a fortnight in each term,
<br>is deemed keeping the term, and twelve of those terms qualify a student,
<br>after being called to the bar, to plead and manage causes in the courts:
<br>each society has also a treasurer, sub-treasurer, steward, chief butler,
<br>three under-butlers, upper and under cook, and various other officers and
<br>servants. The Temple Church is the chief architectural attraction belonging
<br>to these societies, though each has also a fine large hall, and an
<br>extensive library, as well as beautiful gardens: the garden of the Inner
<br>Temple affords a remarkably fine summer promenade. The houses are generally
<br>large plain brick edifices, divided into sets of chambers, most of which
<br>are spacious apartments.
<br>
<br>2. Lincoln's Inn occupies, with its gardens and squares, a very extensive
<br>plot of ground on the western side of Chancery-lane. It has a fine ancient
<br>brick gateway opening from Chancery-lane, built by Sir Thomas LOVEL in the
<br>reign of Henry VII.; a hall erected by the same person, wherein the Lord
<br>Chancellor holds his sittings; and a chapel built by Inigo JONES, in the
<br>English style of architecture. The buildings occupy four large squares,
<br>exclusively of the avenues to them, &c.; and the garden affords a most
<br>agreeable promenade.
<br>
<br>3. Gray's Inn is chiefly remarkable for its large and beautiful garden. The
<br>buildings consist principally of two quadrangles, separated by a hall and
<br>chapel, and two handsome ranges of building recently erected, called
<br>Verulam and Raymond buildings: the chambers and regulations of both these
<br>last inns are similar to those of the Temple. Most of the other inns
<br>consist of double courts, surrounded by large brick buildings divided into
<br>chambers: all of them have halls, and several have good libraries and
<br>gardens. The finest, in point of architecture, is Furnival's Inn, situated
<br>in Holborn, which has been lately rebuilt in an excellent style, and forms
<br>a large and beautiful pile of buildings. 
<br>
<br>4. The Temple, Inner and Middle, are organizations with origins in the 12th
<br>century, and still in existence today. It is believed that from the
<br>beginning, two societies existed in the Temple with one, the &quot;Inner Inn&quot;
<br>occupying the hall next to the cloisters, and the other, the &quot;middle inn,&quot;
<br>using the unconsecrated buildings between the inner portion and the Outer
<br>Temple. Although the Temples produced barristers and solicitors, the
<br>majority of students were country gentlemen [whose attendance was not for
<br>the purpose of becoming learning the law, but more a form of continuing
<br>education].&quot; 
<br>
<br>According to &quot;The Inner Temple, A Brief Historical Description,* by J. H.
<br>Baker, Q. C., LL.D., F.B.A, an Honorary Master of the Bench, the Middle
<br>Temple was dominated by west countrymen, whereas the Inner Temple drew more
<br>from the north, the midlands and London. Baker adds that &quot;the sixteenth
<br>century was an age of expansion for the common law and its practitioners,
<br>and all the inns were substantially enlarged and beautified during the
<br>Tudor period… Some of the development may be traced through the Inn's
<br>records, since the minutes of parliament (the governing body of benchers)
<br>exist from 1505; but most building projects were carried out with private
<br>money, the investors retaining a freehold interest in the chambers. Very
<br>few of these Tudor buildings survived into the nineteenth century, though
<br>the name Hare Court still commemorates a rebuilding scheme financed by
<br>Nicholas HARE in 1567. In HARE'S time there were 100 sets of chambers in
<br>the Inn, making it the second largest (after Gray's Inn); in 1574 it is
<br>recorded that only 15 benchers and 23 barristers lived in, well outnumbered
<br>by the 151 resident students. Celebrated alumni from this period included
<br>Sir Thomas AUDLEY (d. 1544), the Inn's first lord chancellor, two
<br>subsequent holders of the great seal (Sir Thomas Bromley and Sir
<br>Christopher HATTON), and, above all, Sir Edward COKE (d. 1634). COKE is
<br>still remembered for his Reports and Institutes, which included a
<br>Commentary on LITTLETON; but perhaps the greatest achievement of his stormy
<br>judicial career was the foundation of English administrative law… The
<br>expansion of membership continued throughout that period: over 1,700
<br>students were admitted to the Inn between 1600 and 1640. In 1642, however,
<br>the news of Edgehill** sent bench and bar rushing home. The Inns were all
<br>but closed for four years, and the legal university suffered a mortal
<br>collapse. Readings were discontinued, and their revival after the
<br>interregnum was short-lived. The first Restoration reading [was] by Sir
<br>Heneage FINCH in 1661… King Charles II attended the reader's feast in
<br>person, and the Duke of York (later King James II) became the first royal
<br>bencher. But readers in general found it was easier to pay the fine for
<br>default than to prepare lectures and pay for feasts, while the Inn
<br>doubtless concluded that monetary compensation was more useful than
<br>specific performance… Distinguished alumni included John HAMPDEN (d. 1643),
<br>opponent of ship-money, John SELDEN (d. 1654), legal historian and defender
<br>of English liberties, Henry ROLLE (d. 1656) and Sir John VAUGHAN (d. 1674),
<br>two very learned chief justices, Lord NOTTINGHAM (d. 1682), the 'father of
<br>modern equity', and the notorious 'Judge JEFFREYS' (later Lord Chancellor
<br>JEFFREYS, d. 1689) of the Bloody Assizes…&quot;
<br>
<br>* As posted by Denise yesterday, Baker's History is available at: 
<br>http://www.innertemplelibrary.org.uk/inner-temple-history.htm
<br>
<br>**The reference is to the Battle of Edgehill which took place on 23 Oct
<br>1642 at Edgehill, Warwickshire between Parliamentarians and Royalists
<br>(Civil War)
<br>
<br>SIDE NOTE: The Civil War resulted in numerous removals from England to the
<br>Colonies. In my spare time &lt;g&gt;, I've been working on an historical
<br>&quot;time-line&quot; in regard to wars, colonisations (patents), religious statutes
<br>(and enforcement thereof), etc. that might effect the movements of both
<br>English and French (particularly Huguenot) Combs (all sp.) and Associated
<br>Families as well as movements between Colonies.
<br>
<br>Other examples would include: the exiled Royalists to the Colonies, exiled
<br>Puritans to Holland (and from Holland back to England and/or the Colonies),
<br>Puritans and Quakers from Virginia Colony to Maryland, Catholics to
<br>Maryland, Quakers to Pennsylvania, etc. Knowing when our ancestors moved
<br>from one location to another can help us learn why, and conversely, knowing
<br>their politics, religion, social stature in one location at one time can
<br>offer clues as to their origins.
<br>
<br>Hope this helps...
<br>
<br>Sincerely,
<br>
<br>Carole Hammett,
<br>Combs RootsWeb
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<br>Date: Fri, 15 May 1998 16:43:54 -0600
<br>From:  C Hammett  x-x-x-x-x-xcarhammett@mindspring.com">&lt;carhammett@mindspring.com&gt;</a>
<br>To: COMBS-L@rootsweb.com
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<br>Subject: [COMBS-L] St. Mary Aldermanbury, London, EN
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<br>Hi, Denise. When you posted the records from St. Mary The Virgin,
<br>Aldermanbury, London, your source was: 
<br>
<br>&quot;The Registers of St. Mary the Virgin Aldermanbury London&quot; ed. W. Bruce
<br>Bannerman, F.S.A. Part 1. London. 1931
<br>
<br>The entries, as you posted them, included the following (selected examples):
<br>
<br>p.61 &quot;Burials 1594&quot;
<br>Feb 2 Margaret COMBE
<br>
<br>p.69 &quot;Baptisms&quot; 1599
<br>Feb. 11 Jhon s. of Mr. Jhon COMBE, merchant
<br>
<br>CH: It is not clear whether these dates were Old Style or New Style (which
<br>is going to be important in re several later records), and I wonder if
<br>either the introduction to the source or the format of record entries so
<br>indicates. 
<br>
<br>Using the Old Style Calendar, in effect at the time, the year 1599, for
<br>example, would begin on Mar 25 and end on Mar 24, with March being the
<br>first month of the year. In this source, did they begin with the month of
<br>Mar when listing the 1599 baptisms or with the month of January? (Even w/o
<br>intro, that should tell us which was the actual Old Style year of birth).
<br>
<br>PS If you addressed this in earlier posting, and I missed it, apologies in
<br>advance. ()&gt;:
<br>
<br>Sincerely,
<br>
<br>Carole Hammett,
<br>Combs RootsWeb
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<br>Date: Fri, 15 May 1998 19:58:08 -0500
<br>From:  William Combs  x-x-x-x-x-xbcombs@tctc.com">&lt;bcombs@tctc.com&gt;</a>
<br>To: COMBS-L@rootsweb.com
<br>Message-ID: &lt;01BD803D.A5ABC4E0.bcombs@tctc.com&gt;
<br>Subject: RE: [COMBS-L] Jane Brown/John Combs,Jr
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<br>Virginia,
<br>	I have John COmbs married to Jane Brown with everythingelse the same. He 
<br>was born in NJ Nov 20, 1798 and died in Butler county Ohio. Their sons were 
<br>William B. COmbs b 1822, died 1878 in Mulberry, IN. William is buried in 
<br>the Dayton, IN cemetery. A nice granite marker on the hill. JAMES B. Combs 
<br> and NATHAN Combs. This is my direct line with John being my 
<br>ggggrandfather. Source  History of Clinton County IN
<br>
<br>Found a Jane Brown b Oct 1794 ,m. 30 Dec 1819 in Butler Co, Ohio to James
<br>Combs , Jr. , no death date or other info  given.  Can someone fill me in 
<br>on
<br>this James Combs Jr.?
<br>
<br>Jane, dtr of James Brown b 26 Sept 1760 in Antrim Ireland and who died 30
<br>April 1838 Clinton ,Indiana and unidentified wife, along with several 
<br>siblings
<br>was found in a Family Group Sheet of Family Tree Maker. Submitter was from 
<br>New
<br>Mexico. work done Oct 17, 1989.
<br>
<br>Thanks for any help you can give me re: this Combs.
<br>
<br>Virginia Winn Parker
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<br>Date: Fri, 15 May 1998 22:00:23 -0400
<br>From:  &quot;Fred and Kris&quot;  x-x-x-x-x-xfredkris@email.msn.com">&lt;fredkris@email.msn.com&gt;</a>
<br>To: COMBS-L@rootsweb.com
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<br>Subject: [COMBS-L] combs tolson
<br>
<br>Where can i find the info on the marriage of Seth Combs to George H. TOlson?
<br>I am descended from one of their sons.  Thanks.  Kris
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<br>Date: Fri, 15 May 1998 22:05:44 -0700
<br>From: Birdie L McNutt x-x-x-x-x-xbirdiemc@juno.com ">&lt;birdiemc@juno.com &gt;</a>
<br>To: COMBS-L@rootsweb.com
<br>Message-ID: &lt;19980515.220546.3590.6.birdiemc@juno.com&gt;
<br>Subject: [COMBS-L] Re: Notes
<br>
<br>Hi Carole,
<br>
<br>I believe I posted the Magruder family information back in Dec 98 from
<br>Colonial Families of the United States of America.  Vol. I and Vol II. I
<br>have in my personal library the complete set of these books. If you need
<br>a look up. or
<br>If anyone wants to check out this set of books it is available at:
<br>
<br>Ancestry Daily News
<br>&quot;A Daily Dose of Genealogy&quot;
<br>www.ancestry.com
<br>
<br>May 15, 1998
<br>
<br>In this issue:
<br>- Database of the Day: Colonial Families of the United States of
<br>America, Vol. 1
<br>- Today's New Maps
<br>- Product of the Day at the Online Store: The Internet Genealogy
<br>Pack
<br>- &quot;Irish Ancestors&quot; Launched by Irish Times on the Web
<br>
<br>Birdie (Totty) McNutt ( ( : )
<br>Birdiemc@juno.com
<br>
<br>&lt;snip&gt;
<br>
<br>&lt;&lt; Also, I  think(?) this is the first I've heard of Barbara COMBS
<br>Magruder
<br> having been a d/o Enoch and Barbary COMBS, Sr. Do you (or does anyone)
<br>have
<br> a source for either Barbara's ancestry or maiden name? &gt;&gt;
<br>
<br>&lt;snip&gt;
<br>
<br>Carole,
<br>
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<br>Date: Sat, 16 May 1998 01:59:35 EDT
<br>From:  JKK358  x-x-x-x-x-xJKK358@aol.com">&lt;JKK358@aol.com&gt;</a>
<br>To: COMBS-L@rootsweb.com
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<br>Subject: [COMBS-L] Re: COMBS-D Digest V98 #518
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<br>In a message dated 5/14/1998 11:51:14 PM Pacific Daylight Time, COMBS-D-
<br>request@rootsweb.com writes:
<br>
<br>&lt;&lt; his is the first I've heard of Barbara COMBS Magruder
<br> having been a d/o Enoch and Barbary COMBS, Sr. Do you (or does anyone) have
<br> a source for either Barbara's ancestry or maiden name? &gt;&gt;
<br>My only reference is that Nell Magruder b.C1887 m. Julian Wilfred Coomes
<br>c.1905 Julian was b. 15 Dec 1885 and there were apparently no children of this
<br>marriage. Ref: Kentucky Death Index 1911-1968 Vol 039, Cert 19477, DeathVol 67
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<br>Date: Sat, 16 May 1998 01:00:57 -0500 (CDT)
<br>From:  &quot;Michael R. Wilson&quot;  x-x-x-x-x-xmwilson@toto.net">&lt;mwilson@toto.net&gt;</a>
<br>To: COMBS-L@rootsweb.com
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<br>Subject: [COMBS-L] Susan N. COMBS of Buchanan County, MO
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<br>Who is Susan N. COMBS of Buchanan County, Missouri?  I will begin with the
<br>obituary printed in the Saint Joseph Gazette.
<br>
<br>Saint Joseph Gazette - DIED
<br>
<br>COMBS - At her residence on fifth street at A.M. yesterday, Mrs. Susan N.
<br>Combs, aged 75 years.  The funeral service will be held at the First
<br>Presbyterian Church, at 1 P.M., today, by Rev. R. S. Campbell, friends and
<br>acquaintances are invited to attend without further notice.  (St Joseph
<br>Gazette, 12 APR 1876, page 1, Vol. 8, #241).
<br>
<br>The first Saint Joseph City Directory that has Mrs. S.N. COMBS living in
<br>Saint Joseph, Missouri is the 1859-1860 Directory, at the corner of 5th and
<br>Jule Streets (1859-1860 St. Joseph City Directory, page 16).
<br>
<br>Susan N. COMBS probate file is located at the Northwest Missouri
<br>Genealogical Society, 412 Felix, Saint Joseph, Missouri; probate file #582.
<br>Administrator of the estate is Miss Ann L. CATLETT.  The only property
<br>listed in the probate was the NE 1/4 of sectionn 13, township 56, range 29,
<br>located in Caldwell County, Missouri.  The remaining assests of the estate
<br>went to Ann L. CATLETT.  From a review of the documents in the probate file,
<br>Susan N. COMBS did not have much of an estate.  However this does not match
<br>the land records in Buchanan County, Missouri.
<br>
<br>The following are land transactions of Susan N. COMBS:
<br>
<br>GRANTEE		GRANTOR		INSTRUMENT	BOOK   PAGE YEAR
<br>Combs, Susan N.	James O'Donoghue	        Deed		    H	     245    1851
<br>Combs, Susan N.	Geo. Brubaker & wife         Deed                       J
<br>424   1853
<br>Combs, Susan N.        B.O. Driscoll & wife           Deed
<br>N            17    1857
<br>Combs, Susan N.        Volney H. Blivens & wf      Deed
<br>R           429    1858
<br>William J. Taylor        Susan N. Combs & et al       Deed
<br>J            569    1853
<br>Preston T. Moss	S. Neville Combs & et al     Deed 		    O            249    1857
<br>Mason F. Moss           S. Neville Combs & et al     Deed
<br>O            249    1859
<br>Ann L. Catlett             Susan N. Combs                 Deed
<br>V            116    1859 
<br>Jacob Sprinkle            Susan N. Combs                  Deed    		   35
<br>105     1864
<br>Thomas E. Tootle       Susan N. Combs & et al      Deed
<br>46            446    1867
<br>Wm Fairleigh & et al   Susan N. Combs & et al      Deed
<br>46            445    1867  
<br>F. J. Spickard              Susan N. Combs                 Deed
<br>58              79    1870
<br>
<br>Not one of these transactions are associated with any COMBS or associated
<br>COMBS lineages known to exist in the Northwest Missouri area and counties.
<br>Land transactions appear to purchase property in the beginning, but then
<br>began selling property.  The other people associated with Susan N. COMBS
<br>land transactions was Ann L. CATLETT.  It appears that Susan N. COMBS had
<br>enough money around 1851 to purchase large tracts of land in Buchanan
<br>County, Missouri.  It also appears that her full name is Susan Neville
<br>COMBS.  On the 21 January 1854 land transaction with Ann L. CATLETT as her
<br>partner, and William P. Taylor as the grantee, Susan N. COMBS name is
<br>recorded as Susan Neville COMBS (Buchanan County, Missouri Deed Book J, page
<br>569).
<br>
<br>Susan Neville COMBS was buried in Andrew County. Missouri in the TODD
<br>Cemetery, which is also known as the CATLETT Farm (section 21 in Jefferson
<br>Township, Andrew County, Missouri).  Her grave marker has the following
<br>inscription on it:
<br>SUSAN N. COMBS
<br>DAUGHTER OF H. & M. CATLETT
<br>BORN 16 APRIL 1800
<br>DIED 11 APRIL 1876
<br>AGE 75 YR, 11 MONTHS, 26 DAYS
<br>(Andrew County Cemetery Inscriptions, VI, page 57, copy right 1985;
<br>publication located in the Savannah Public Library, Savannah, Andrew County,
<br>Missouri).
<br>
<br>The evidence now suggests that we have Susan Neville (CATLETT) COMBS.  The
<br>association with Ann L. CATLETT and Susan N. COMBS but a logical assumption
<br>is that she is her sister, but there is no proof of this assumption. 
<br>
<br>Listed in the COMBS &c. Families of Lafayette County, Missouri, Barbara
<br>Stacy MATHEWS transcribed an entry as follows:
<br>...(Will of) Ennis COMBS.  Will dated 25 July 1848 - prob. 10 July 1849.
<br>Heirs: wife Susan N. COMBS...(COMBS & Families of Lafayette County,
<br>Missouri; http://www.dragonfire.net/-combs/records/mo-laf.htm, page 1 of 3).
<br>
<br>Also listed is the following:
<br>...1850 US Census, Lafayette Co. MO
<br>page 13
<br>House #188
<br>WILSON, John 61 VA...
<br>COMBS, Sarah 45 VA
<br>CATLETT(,) Henry 14 KY...(COMBS & Families of Lafayette County, Missouri;
<br>http://www.dragonfire.net/-combs/records/mo-laf.htm, page 2 of 3).
<br>
<br>Based on the information that has been compiled, I would suggest that Susan
<br>Neville (CATLETT) COMBS is the second wife of Dr. Ennis COMBS of Montgomery
<br>County, Kentucky.  Susan N. COMBS does not appear to have had any children
<br>with Ennis COMBS which would account for the lack of children in her probate
<br>estate.  Susan N. COMBS had to have had enough money to purchase property in
<br>Buchanan County, Missouri in 1851, which she would have received in the
<br>Ennis COMBS estate as established in his will, which was probated 10 JUL
<br>1849.  This also accounts for the lack of information in the obituary about
<br>family members, since Ennis COMBS was died and the children were her
<br>step-children.  It also gives some insight into why Ennis COMBS Jr. was
<br>living with his Uncle Silas and Aunt Sally (COMBS) EVANS....
<br>House #1425
<br>EVANS, Silas 62 KY
<br>Sally 64 VA
<br>COMBS, Ennis 12 KY...(COMBS & Families of Lafayette County, Missouri;
<br>http://www.dragonfire.net/-combs/records/mo-laf.htm, page 2 of 3).
<br>Apparently the family had not completely adjusted to the second marriage of
<br>Ennis COMBS and Susan N. CATLETT.
<br>
<br>Michael R. WilSon
<br>1109 NE 97th Place
<br>Kansas City, Missouri 64155
<br>mwilson@toto.net   
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<br>Date: Sat, 16 May 1998 04:31:10 EDT
<br>From:  Kathy918  x-x-x-x-x-xKathy918@aol.com">&lt;Kathy918@aol.com&gt;</a>
<br>To: COMBS-L@rootsweb.com
<br>Message-ID: &lt;1e831d45.355d4ed0@aol.com&gt;
<br>Subject: Re: [COMBS-L] Jane Brown/John Combs,Jr
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<br>William,  I would be very interested in any info you have on the family
<br>(parents, siblings, uncles, cousins) of your John Combs from NJ.  Also do you
<br>have the name of the area in NJ he was born?  I am trying to trace the family
<br>of Harrison Coombs born in 1816 in NJ, his children were John Wesley, George
<br>Harrison, Charles Ellis, William Wasey, Mary Elizabeth, Issac Gillam, James
<br>Harrison, and Emma Matilda.
<br>I am also working on another Coombs family trying to prove/disprove their
<br>connection to Harrison.  Abner Combs born 1780 NJ father listed as James
<br>Combs.  His children I have proven(there are at least 2 more) are James,
<br>Ezekiel, Lydia, and Sarah Ann.  James' children were Abner and Nathan.  The
<br>Abner born in 1780 was listed as being born in Monmouth Co but I have also
<br>found him in Middlesex, Mercer and Burlington Counties.
<br>Any connections, William?  Thank you.  Kathy
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<br>Date: Sat, 16 May 1998 07:06:44 -0700
<br>From: Birdie L McNutt x-x-x-x-x-xbirdiemc@juno.com ">&lt;birdiemc@juno.com &gt;</a>
<br>To: COMBS-L@rootsweb.com
<br>Message-ID: &lt;19980516.070646.3590.0.birdiemc@juno.com&gt;
<br>Subject: [COMBS-L] Re: Notes Magruder - Coombs
<br>
<br>Oooops, that should be Dec 97 when Magruder family was posted.
<br>Birdie
<br>
<br>On Fri, 15 May 1998 22:05:44 -0700 birdiemc@juno.com (Birdie L McNutt)
<br>writes:
<br>&gt;Hi Carole,
<br>&gt;
<br>&gt;I believe I posted the Magruder family information back in Dec 98 from 
<br>&gt;Colonial Families of the United States of America.  Vol. I and Vol II. 
<br>&gt;I have in my personal library the complete set of these books. If you 
<br>&gt;need a look up. or
<br>&gt;If anyone wants to check out this set of books it is available at:
<br>&gt;
<br>&gt;Ancestry Daily News
<br>&gt;&quot;A Daily Dose of Genealogy&quot;
<br>&gt;www.ancestry.com
<br>&gt;
<br>&gt;May 15, 1998
<br>&gt;
<br>&gt;In this issue:
<br>&gt;- Database of the Day: Colonial Families of the United States of
<br>&gt;America, Vol. 1
<br>&gt;snip&lt;
<br>&gt;
<br>&gt;Birdie (Totty) McNutt ( ( : )
<br>&gt;Birdiemc@juno.com
<br>&gt;
<br>
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