Combs &c. Research Footnotes for
"The Combes Genealogy" by Josiah H. Combs
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Chapter V, John Combs, of Richmond and Essex (pp. 27-33)
Footnote 1. Page 27. John COMBS, son of Archdale COMBS, was actually born in Old Rappa Co, VA (that part which later became Richmond, then later yet King George). Seeking a copy (preferably of the original) of the referenced William and Elizabeth (COMBS?) Kendall Bible Record, including it's provenance (which line of KENDALLS did it include?), since the ages appear to be too early to have been the family of William and Elizabeth COMBS Kendall (If they married in 1694, and John's daughter, Elizabeth, was at least 14 at the time, she would have been born ca 1680 at latest. Maj. William UNDERWOOD was not Elizabeth's first husband, but her second (at least). He does not pass out of the records in December, 1660," but after Feb 1662/3, thus John was probably b no earlier than 1662, and possibly a year or two later. Although Boogher's date for William Kendall's marriage may be correct, the questions then become which William KENDALL and/or possibly which marriage?

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Footnote 2. Pages 27-28. William UNDERWOOD, Jr. was not the s/o Col. William UNDERWOOD and his last wife, Elizabeth, but her son by an earlier marriage to a yet-unidentified Underwood (but possibly also a William). The 600 acres on Peumans End run were part of a dowery settlement by their mother, Elizabeth, to her three sons (at the time; she may have had more later): William UNDERWOOD, Jr., John COMBS and William COMBS. The deed was an Essex deed, not Richmond, and the 200 acre conveyance by William UNDERWOOD, Jr. was his share of the 600 acres. John was not on the quit rent roll of Caroline County in 1715, but it's parent county of Essex. Thomas KENDALL was the father of William KENDALL, h/o Elizabeth COMBS.

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Footnote 3. Page 30. It is not known why the transcription shows John's mark as "FC" since the following paragraph makes it clear that his mark was a "crossed-I C" (as is confirmed by copy of original).

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Footnote 4. Pages 30-1. At the time of her father's death, Elizabeth COMBS Kendall was still living in the Richmond area (not Stafford). It is possible (probable?) that John COMBS married only once, to Ann a.k.a. Hannah (commonly synonymous at that time) who may have been neè Ann "Hannah" MASON. Although there may have been older children than Elizabeth COMBS Kendall and Archdale COMBS II, there were no sons older than Archdale COMBS II since he is documented as having been John's eldest son under English laws of primogeniture, and by the wording of the will, he was also the son of Hannah (additional evidence that Hannah and Ann were one and the same?). Nowhere has any record been located as yet to indicate that John had more than the seven children named in his will (Joseph COMBS of Stafford is not a documented son of John, although believed to have been somehow kin to him). Subsequent to the publication of this manuscript, the first King George Co, VA Will Book was returned to Virginia, thus much more information is now available to us in regard to Archdale and his descendants, including Archdale COMBS III of 1759 King George, who was not a son, but a grandson of Archdale II. .

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Footnote 5. Page 33. Hannah was not a sister to Richard TUTT, nor a daughter of any William UNDERWOOD, but his step-aunt-in-law. Richard TUTT had m Mary UNDERWOOD, d/o William UNDERWOOD, Sr. (John COMBS' step-brother), thus Mary UNDERWOOD Tutt was John's step-niece. William UNDERWOOD, Sr. made no gifts of land to John COMBS. Instead, these were assigned dower rights from John COMBS' mother, Elizabeth, step-mother to William UNDERWOOD, Sr.

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