Brief Life History of Elizabeth
When Elizabeth Comegys was born in 1697, in Kent, Maryland, British Colonial America, her father, William Comegys, was 34 and her mother, Elizabeth Tyler, was 28. She married Alexander John Briscoe about 1713, in Kent, Maryland, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. She died before 1765, in her hometown.
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- Elizabeth in entry for Wm Briscoe, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Descendants of Cornelius Comegys of North America, compiled by Guy Wallis & Elma Fraser Perry, 2012, pgs. 9-11
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Name Meaning
American Dutch: from a combination of the stems of two Dutch surnames, the occupational name Komen (see Koman ) and the patronymic Gijsen, Gysen (from a short form of the personal name Giesbrecht ). This surname occurs chiefly in MD and OH.
History: Cornelis Comen Ghysen immigrated to the US in 1658.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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