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Early Origins of the Combe family

The surname Combe was first found in Limousin, where this impressive family held a family seat since ancient times.

Early History of the Combe family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Combe research. Another 146 words (10 lines of text) covering the years 1500, 1586 and 1700 are included under the topic Early Combe History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Combe Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Lacombe, Lacombes, Combe, Combes, Coumbe, Coumbes, La Come, Lacommbe and many more.

Early Notables of the Combe family

Notable amongst the family was

Jean-Baptiste Lacombe

Combe Ranking

In France, the name Combe is the 483^rd most popular surname with an estimated 9,267 people with that name. 1

Combe migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Combe Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Hannah Combe, who settled in Virginia in 1654-1663
John Combe, who settled in Virginia in 1654-1663
Richard Combe, who arrived in Hempstead, NY in 1690 2

Combe Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Samuel Combe, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1710 2

Combe Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Lewis Combe, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1802 2
A Combe, aged 45, who landed in New Orleans, La in 1823 2
Michel Combe, who landed in New York in 1825 2
Mr. William Combe, (b. 1805), aged 37, Cornish miner departing from Penzance aboard the ship "Triton" arriving in the United States on 11 May 1842 3
Mrs. Elizabeth Combe, (b. 1813), aged 29, Cornish settler departing from Penzance aboard the ship "Triton" arriving in the United States on 11 May 1842 3
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Combe migration to Australia +

Emigration to Australia followed the First Fleets of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include:

Combe Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

Mr. Peter Hands Combe, (b. 1829), aged 15, English labourer who was convicted in London, England for 10 years for house breaking, transported aboard the "Barossa" on 9th May 1844, arriving in Tasmania (Van Diemen's Land), he died in 1846 4
Samuel Combe, who arrived in Adelaide, Australia aboard the ship "Success" in 1848 5
Harry Combe, aged 21, who arrived in South Australia in 1855 aboard the ship "David Malcolm" 6
George Henry Combe, aged 17, who arrived in South Australia in 1858 aboard the ship "General Hewett"
Caroline Combe, aged 19, a servant, who arrived in South Australia in 1858 aboard the ship "General Hewett"

Combe migration to West Indies +

The British first settled the British West Indies around 1604. They made many attempts but failed in some to establish settlements on the Islands including Saint Lucia and Grenada. By 1627 they had managed to establish settlements on St. Kitts (St. Christopher) and Barbados, but by 1641 the Spanish had moved in and destroyed some of these including those at Providence Island. The British continued to expand the settlements including setting the First Federation in the British West Indies by 1674; some of the islands include Barbados, Bermuda, Cayman Island, Turks and Caicos, Jamaica and Belize then known as British Honduras. By the 1960's many of the islands became independent after the West Indies Federation which existed from 1958 to 1962 failed due to internal political conflicts. After this a number of Eastern Caribbean islands formed a free association. 7

Combe Settlers in West Indies in the 17th Century

Margery Combe, who settled in Barbados in 1654-1663
William Combe, who settled in Barbados in 1685

Contemporary Notables of the name Combe (post 1700) +

William Combe (1741-1823), English writer and adventurer, author of 'Doctor Syntax,' born at Bristol in 1741 8
Thomas Combe (1797-1872), English director of the Clarendon Press, son of a bookseller in Leicester 8
George Combe (1788-1858), Scottish phrenologist, born in Edinburgh on 21 Oct. 1788, one of the seventeen children of George Comb, a brewer, by his wife, Marion Newton, brother to Andrew Combe 8
Charles Combe (1743-1817), English physician and numismatist, born on 23 Sept. 1743, in Southampton Street, Bloomsbury, where his father, John Combe, carried on business as an apothecary 8
Andrew Combe (1797-1847), Scottish physiologist and phrenologist, the fifteenth child and seventh son of an Edinburgh brewer, born in Edinburgh on 27 Oct. 1797 8
Mr. Stephen Dennis Combe M.B.E., British Director for Corporate Governance and Board Secretary for Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board, was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire on 29th December 2018 for services to Governance in NHS Wales 9
Gordon Desmond Combe, Australian Parliamentary Officer for South Australia
Gordon Combe, Australian Parliamentary Officer
Lieutenant Robert Grierson Combe (d. 1917), Canadian soldier awarded the Victoria Cross for actions during WW I 10

Citations +

http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
Cornwall Online Parish Clerks. (Retrieved 2018, April 30). Emigrants to New York 1820 - 1891 [PDF]. Retrieved from http://www.opc-cornwall.org/Resc/pdfs/emigration_new_york_1820_1891.pdf
Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 24th September 2020). Retrieved from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/barossa
State Records of South Australia. (Retrieved 2010, November 5) SUCCESS 1848. Retrieved from http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/BSA/1848Success.htm
South Australian Register Tuesday 1st May 1855. (Retrieved 2010, November 5) David Malcolm 1855. Retrieved http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/australia/davidmalcolm1855.shtml
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_West_Indies
Wikisource contributors. "Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900." Wikisource . Wikisource , 4 Jun. 2018. Web. 30 June 2020
"Birthday and New Year Honours Lists (1940 to 2019)." Issue 62507, 28 December 2018 | London Gazette, The Gazette, Dec. 2018, www.thegazette.co.uk/honours-lists
The Canadian Virtual War Memorial (CVWM). (Retrieved 2010, September 27) Robert Combe. Retrieved from http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/remembers/sub.cfm?source=collections/virtualmem/Detail&casualty=1566529