A fire destroyed the existing buildin a few years ago

All traces away from Caneland are obliterated. Just the material tomb, thus uncommon in the structure and you can better into the design, really stands to mark the location, and you can within this mausoleum, as he had wanted new remains regarding Gen. CALMES along with his partner repose.

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It is from the kindness and you can kindness of William Bailey, historian and you can genealogist, the newest Gen. Marquis Calmes Part D. has been able to have this works away from fix over. The guy donated one hundred duplicates from their Reputation of Woodford County into production of a money to be used contained in this performs. —-On the D. Mag, August, 1941. (The fresh new spouse from Gen. Calmes is Age “Betsy” Combs, a brother from my high-great grandfather) Age. S. (Extracted because of the Combs Researcher Anne B. Musser)

J. When you look at the 1729,* Thomas Combs, regarding Freehold [Monmouth Co], Letter

Notes: Marquis CALMES died 1834, Woodford Co. Pali women who want america, 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; m. 1789 Rebecca, dau. off Courtroom Jonathan Combs, out of Middlesex County, Nj. His widow two years immediately following their decease meters. brand new Rev. Mr. KENNER, a good Baptist preacher from Virginia, and you can d. from inside the 1846.”

“The new ancestor away from Jonathan Combs, they say, came from Scotland, regarding old ship Caledonia, and this lead the original emigrants in the house of stern Presbyterianism; they trying to a home in the great outdoors country from the intolerance from Papal and you may Episcopal fuel and you may persecution.”

“Inside the 1679, Francis Combs, good cooper, was offered places within the Newtown, Long Isle [NY], to help you cause him to settle there and ply their trading to own the convenience of the fresh new settlement. The guy d. during the 1700, and his a few sons, Francis and you will Thomas, settled in Hopewell, N. J., to possess [pounds] 50, shown countries within the Hempstead [Enough time Island, NY] so you can John Combs regarding Madnans shoulder out of said area, as per Hempstead suggestions.

“There’s an excellent John Combs out of East Hampton, Letter. Y., as early as 1675, good Daniel Combs in Hempstead [Queens Co New york] inside the 1708, an effective Richard Combs when you look at the Hempstead into the 1709, and you will a Richard Combs in Jamaica (note: this will be element of N. Y. contained in this framework, I believe) [Queens Co Nyc]inside 1718.

“In 1777, John Combs try a person in the revolutionary committee out-of safety of the latest Jersey, and also at the same months a good Solomon Combs is actually a resident regarding Monmouth County.

“So you’re able to retrieve their fortunes, George I. [BERGEN], his son David, as well as 2 ilies leftover Nj-new jersey inside June 1818, to have Kentucky, where his brother Margaret along with her partner John VOORHEES, and two sisters of their partner, Rebecca Combs, making use of their husbands, Peter CONOVER and you may Peter COX, following existed; it which have emigrated inside 1790, to repay on Purple Brick, near the present Wheeling [Kansas Co, WV], then the ultima thule. Around it tarried below a year. Peter COong the first just who produced its boats and you will rafts wade down the Kansas Lake.

“At that time George I. emigrated, it existed into the Woodford Condition, Kentucky, inside a dozen miles away from Lexington [Fayette Co., KY]. In this a-year these family members intermarried. Old Significant CONOVER is a massive landholder and reputed to get steeped, but in the fresh bothersome minutes up coming inside Kentucky, and also by old Virginia residential property says, the outcome are their castle dropped, in which he determined for the 1824, to market their homestead, as well as their, and you can George We.is the reason members of the family made a decision to make home for the Indiana. The existing major, their young man Jonathan Combs CONOVER, who had married Martha, a child regarding George I., and you can Jonathan Combs BERGEN (young buck of George We.), who had hitched Mary Ann, a beneficial daughter of your own big, and you can George I., constituted new exploring team.”