William Combs Sr (1740 - abt. 1805)

Born 28 Nov 1740 in Stafford County, Colony of Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Sytha (Stacy) Combs — married 4 Dec 1757 in Fredericksburg, Colony of Virginia

Descendants

Died about 1805 at about age 64 in Russell, Virginia, United States

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Biography

This profile is part of the Combs Name Study.

William Combs was born on November 28, 1740 in Stafford County, Colony of Virginia, son of Mason Combs (1714–1785) and Sarah Ann Tucker (~1716–1785).

William (17) married Sytha Stacy (11) (born on June 30, 1746 in Stafford, Virginia; daughter of Simon Stacy and Judith (Tolson) Stacy) on December 4, 1757 in Fredericksburg, Colony of Virginia. Their children were:

• William Combs (~1765–1872)
• John Combs (1765–1872)
• Simon Combs (1768–<1833)
• Nancy Winifred Combs (~1770–<1845)
• Winnifred Combs (~1770–~1845)

William died about 1805 in Russell, Virginia, United States, aged 64.^[1]

Research Notes

William Combs in the American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI)

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Text-only collection

Name: William Combs

Birth Date: 1740

Birthplace: Virginia,

Volume: 32

Page Number: 504

Biographical Info: mil.

Reference: Historical reg. Of Virginians in the Rev., soldiers, saliors and marines, 1775-1783. Ed. By John H. Gwathmey. Richmond, Va. 1938. (13, 872p.):171 ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Source Information Godfrey Memorial Library, comp.. American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 1999. Original data: Godfrey Memorial Library. American Genealogical-Biographical Index. Middletown, CT, USA: Godfrey Memorial Library.
2. ↑ Source Information Godfrey Memorial Library, comp.. American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 1999. Original data: Godfrey Memorial Library. American Genealogical-Biographical Index. Middletown, CT, USA: Godfrey Memorial Library.

See also:

• Virginia. Overwharton parish register, 1720 to 1760. Old Stafford County, by Wm F. Boogher (Washington, D.C. The Saxton Printing Co. 1899), page 28
• The Register of Overwharton Parish, Stafford Co, VA, 1723-1758 and Sundry Historical and Genealogical Notes, Compiled and Published by George Harrison Sanford King Fellow, American Society of Genealogist, Fredericksburg, VA, Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC, 1961. Transcript
• see http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~george/countyformations/virginiaformationmaps.html this page] (VA county formation maps)
• North Carolina, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999. Original data: Jackson, Ron V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp.. North Carolina Census, 1790-1890.
• Rowan County, North Carolina Tax Lists 1757-1800, Annotated Transcriptions, Jo White Linn, self-published, Salisbury, NC, 1995, pp. 104-5; CRX 222, Rowan County, North Carolina State Archives; as cited on Mason Combs, Sr.
• from Mason's profile (copied July 15, 2016)
• see this Rootsweb page (NC county formation maps)
• Mason Combs, Combs &c. Families website.
• William Combs, Combs &c. Families website.
• see Leads on Son John below
• 2000 Rootsweb post, Sumner-Combs, by Charles Sumner, Feb. 26, 2000
• see the testimony of the wife of the other William in this pension application transcript.
• See also William and Sarah Ann (Million) Combs, Combs &c. Families website.
• Family search under Simon Stacy