Brief Life History of Elizabeth
When Elizabeth Comer was born on 6 June 1766, in Orange, North Carolina, British Colonial America, her father, Joseph Comer, was 30 and her mother, Elizabeth "Bettie" Garretson Hussey, was 28. She married Joseph Smith on 27 September 1804, in Cane Creek MM, Union, South Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She died on 30 March 1854, in Liberty Township, Henry, Indiana, United States, at the age of 87.
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- Elizabeth Smith in household of Stephen Smith, "United States Census, 1850"
- 1761-1776 birth dates/places of Joseph and Elizabeth Hussey Comer/Comber's children in Cane Creek MM, Alamance, North Carolina.
- U.S. Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 for Cane Creek Alamance, North Caroline
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1767 · Tryon Palace
Built on August 26, 1767, the Tryon Palace became the capitol building for North Carolina. The building was named after William Tryon a British officer and colonial official.
1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1789
George Washington elected first president of United States.
Name Meaning
English: occupational name from Middle English combere, an agent derivative of Old English camb ‘comb’, referring perhaps to a maker or seller of combs, or to someone who used them to prepare wool or flax for spinning. This was an alternative process to carding, and caused the wool fibers to lie more or less parallel to one another, so that the cloth produced had a hard, smooth finish without a nap.
Probably an Americanized form of German or Dutch Kommer or Kammer .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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