Jeremiah
C
"Chunky Jerry"
Combs
Born about in Shenandoah, Commonwealth of Virginia
Ancestors 
Husband of
Matilda (Combs) Harbaugh
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Husband of
Nancy Synthia (Sumner) Combs
— married
about 1805 in Clay County, Kentucky, United States
Husband of
Sally (Grigsby) Wooten
— married
about 1842 in Kentucky, United States
Descendants 
Father of
Moses Adam Combs, Nancy Ann (Combs) Davidson, Andrew Anderson Combs, John S. Combs, Mary Elizabeth (Combs) Walker, Eliza Elizabeth (Combs) Cornett, Sytha (Combs) Godsey, Jeremiah H Combs, Harrison H Combs, Lurania Combs, Rittie (Combs) Wooten and Wade Combs
Died
at about age 71
in Troublesome Creek, Breathitt, Kentucky, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 30 Sep 2015
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Biography
This profile is part of the Combs Name Study.
Jeremiah C Combs was born about 1782 in Shenandoah, Commonwealth of Virginia, son of Nicholas Danger Combs (1763–~1859) and Nancy Euphemia Grigsby (~1754–~1850).
Jeremiah married Matilda Combs (born about 1813 in Perry, Kentucky; daughter of George Washington Combs and Lydia (Herald) Combs). Their son was Jeremiah H Combs (1835–1936).
Jeremiah (22) married Nancy Synthia Sumner (17) (born in 1787 in Surry County, North Carolina, United States; daughter of Samuel Sumner) in 1805 in Clay County, Kentucky. Their children were:
- Moses Adam Combs (~1806–~1853)
- Nancy Ann Combs (1808–1894)
- Andrew Anderson Combs (1809–1898)
- John S. Combs (1819–>1905)
- Mary Elizabeth Combs (1820–1893)
- Eliza Elizabeth Combs (~1825–1918)
- Sytha Combs (1826–1885)
Jeremiah (59) married Sally Grigsby (18) (born about 1823 in Perry County, Kentucky; daughter of John Darb Grigsby Sr and Martha (Campbell) Grigsby) in 1842 in Kentucky. Their children were:
- Harrison H Combs (1843–1945)
- Lurania Combs (1846–1892)
- Rittie Combs (1848–>1880)
- Wade Combs (1852–1925)
Jeremiah died on January 10, 1853 in Troublesome Creek, Breathitt, Kentucky, United States, aged about 70.[1]
Sources
- ↑ Memorial: Find a Grave (has image)
Find A Grave: Memorial #106425070 (accessed 30 November 2023)
Memorial page for Jeremiah "Chunky Jerry" Combs (1782-10 Jan 1853); Maintained by DOC (contributor 47670572).
See also:
- Morris, Leon. Morris Fork Kentucky: Family Stories and Genealogies from Breathitt County and Eastern Kentucky. Elkhart, Indiana, 1995.
- https://books.google.com/books/about/Morris_Fork_Kentucky.html?id=eda1GwAACAAJ
- http://www.kykinfolk.com/breathitt/reading/morris_fork/mf_corrections.html
- "United States Census, 1810", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH2S-RWP : Fri Oct 06 18:39:43 UTC 2023), Entry for Jeromiah Combs, 1810.
- "United States Census, 1820", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHLH-HGW : Thu Oct 05 20:41:11 UTC 2023), Entry for Jerimiah Combs, 1820.
- "United States Census, 1840", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHTP-9MS : Fri Oct 06 20:58:10 UTC 2023), Entry for Jeremiah C Combs, 1840.
- "United States Census, 1850", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M65V-WS9 : Tue Oct 03 22:14:31 UTC 2023), Entry for Jeremiah C Combs and Sally Combs, 1850.
- Transcript of Andrew Combs, son of Jeremiah "Chunky Jerry" Combs and Synthia Sumner, 26 Apr 1898 interview in the J. J. Dickey Diary. Source: (http://www.combs-families.org/combs/marriage/dd.htm : accessed 14 Mar 2021). Original source: J. J. Dickey Diary, Reel #3, pp. 2267-2273.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jeremiah by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jeremiah by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- Rick Combs
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 700 markers, haplogroup I-FT82308, FTDNA kit #266106 - Ron Combs :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 67 markers, haplogroup m-223, FTDNA kit #487721
-
~3.12%
Beverly (Short) Sparkman :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A270727 [compare], Ancestry member beverly7777777
-
~2.34%
~1.56%
Charlotta (Angel) Jackson :
AncestryDNA
-
~1.56%
~6.25%
Charlotte (Wilson) McIntosh :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder
-
~1.56%
Mirya Glover :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A173161 [compare], Ancestry member Miryag1
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #B48173
-
~1.56%
Sharon Barger :
23andMe
-
~1.56%
Tammy (Combs) Land :
23andMe, GEDmatch M828584 [compare]
-
~1.56%
Christine (Combs) Elkins :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A934103 [compare], Ancestry member cherre54
-
~1.56%
Robert Sparkman :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch WF9821003 [compare], Ancestry member sparkmanrl
-
~1.56%
DD Shepherd :
AncestryDNA
-
~1.56%
April Stacy :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch PP5085775 [compare]
-
~1.56%
Cynthia (Creech) Everage :
MyHeritage DNA
-
~0.78%
Stuart Garrett :
23andMe
-
~0.78%
Laura (Grigsby) McRae :
23andMe, GEDmatch CF9495674 [compare]
-
~0.78%
~3.12%
Scott Kessler :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA
-
~0.78%
C Bausman :
23andMe
+
Autosomal DNA Test, GEDmatch XX7802477 [compare]
-
~0.78%
Winona Lunsford :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Kljae
-
~0.78%
Kevin Raleigh :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A900085 [compare], Ancestry member kevinraleigh1
-
~0.78%
James Young :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member 6jrysr
-
~0.78%
Richard Osborn :
AncestryDNA
-
~0.78%
Terry Podjaski Batson :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch JN9674400 [compare]
-
~0.78%
Rick Combs :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch Z849248 [compare], yourDNAportal RICcde66398, FTDNA kit #266106
-
~0.78%
William Lunsford :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T297248 [compare], FTDNA kit #420159
-
~0.78%
John Graves :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T309365 [compare], FTDNA kit #1378
-
~0.39%
Audrey (Hoppes) Martin :
23andMe, GEDmatch M928537 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA
-
~0.39%
~0.78%
Gina Williams :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #979265
-
~0.39%
Dallas Anderson :
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch H554196 [compare]
-
~0.39%
Melodie (Combs) Patton :
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch PR9140805 [compare], yourDNAportal MEL7f002dab
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All of this leads me to conclude that Jeremiah Combs' father, John Nicholas Combs, must've been created out of confusion by merging his father and grandfather into the same individual. Furthermore, the lack of sources on his page makes this even more of a possibility.
edited by Nic Land