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Seneca County was established in 1804 from Cayuga.

Surrogate Court Papers

Charles Combs died intestate, at age 47 in Varick, Seneca County, NY on 27 Mar 1838. His wife was Sarah/Sally WATRUS (sometimes WATERS, WATTS) who was born abt. 1800.

Sally is on the 1840 US Census for Varick, Seneca County, NY with 7 children in her household. The estate was finally settled in January, 1851, at which time 5 of the 7 children were still living. They are:

  1. William Combs, b. about 1823, died sometime before 1854, probably in Cleveland, OH. As far as I know, he had 1 daughter, Harriet, (b. about 1853) who was orphaned. Name of wife uknown.
  2. Elizabeth Combs, b. about 1825, married Stephen HATHAWAY.
  3. Harriet Combs, b. 15 Oct 1828, died 29 Jan 1916. Married a man with surname of RAPPELYEA, which is found with many different spellings. They had 2 sons, Richard C. and Cornelius.
  4. Charles C. Combs, b. 23 Oct 1832, died 12 Nov 1913 in Central City, Merrick, NE. He married Fannie HILTON and had 2 daughters and 1 son.
  5. John Combs, b. about 1836, died about 1892 in Nebraska. He had 1 son by first marriage to Mariah VanDYNE, and I believe 4 daughters with 2nd wife Mintie BOWERMAN.

All the Combs children were born in NY, either Romulus or Varick (Varick was formed from the northern part of Romulus in 1830), Seneca County, NY. The surrogate papers confirm the children's names and approximate birth dates. Within the papers, Sarah is referred to as both Sarah and Sally, and one brother, Vincent WATRUS, is identified. There are also names James Watrus and John WATRUS, but no relationship is given.

Submitted by Gary, g-g-g-g-grandson of Charles Combs.

Important: All Records collected for this county may not have been added here as yet. See also the Combs Research List Archives

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