Jerry, No record anywhere of a Thomas Barton Combs. I think this is a mistranscription and the appraiser was actually Thomas Hatton Combs. Plus, Thomas Hatton Combs did have some involvement with the Chesleys. 9/22/1772: Admin. accts. of Thomas Hatton Combs, SMC. Payments to: Exec. of Robert Chesley, Walter Dulany, Esq., Owen Allen, John Allen Thomas, Chas. Goldsborough, Esq. Exec.: Mary Combs. (Admin. accts. of the Prerogative Court of Maryland, Libers, 67-74, 1771-1777 by V. L. Skinner, Jr.). NOTE: This record is not on CD #206. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jerry L. Clark" <jerry876@comcast.net> To: <mdstmary@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 11:32 AM Subject: [MDSTMARY] Thomas Barton Combs Linda Reno, Who is Thomas Barton Combs and who does he belong to? I don't have him in my database. Thomas Chesley 74.292 SM £12.18,9 Apr 17 1761 Aug 5 1761 Appraisers: Geselis Quith, Thomas Barton Combs. Creditors: Andrew Buchanan, Alexander Lothian. Next of kin: John Chesley. Administrator: Robert Chesley. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MDSTMARY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message