I'm descended from Tamer Comer (1743-1835), daughter of Robert and Rebecca (Houghton) Comer, who married David Kenworthy (1745-1835), probably about 1767. Both the Comers and the Kenworthys originated in Pennsylvania, but were in Randolph County, N.C., when David and Tamer's first child, Jesse Kenworthy (1768-1858) was born there. (Jesse is my ancestor.) My guess is that your William Comer is probably a descendant of one of Tamer's brothers: Joseph (1735/6-1779) who married Elizabeth Hussey and died at Holly Springs, Wake Co., N.C.; John (1738-1815), who married Elizabeth Cox and died in Randolph County, N.C.; Robert (b. 1740/1), who married Mary Unknown; Thomas David (b. 1745); Amos (1750-1823), who married Amy Allen and died in Randolph County, N.C.; or Jesse (1757-1820), who married Ann Chamnes and died in Eagles Mills, Vinton Co., Ohio. Good luck Mark -------------- Original message from "redtailchickenhawk" <banker@ccrtc.com>: -------------- > Dear All: > > I am descended from William Comer I and Nancy Barbee Comer from Randolph County, > North Carolina. They moved to Indiana and are buried here in Clay County, > Indiana, about 1/2 mile from my farm. They were my ggg grandparents. They were > early pioneers in this area with their son, William II marrying a Potawatomi > Indian women which were my gg grandparents. They belonged to the Quaker church > in North Carolina before their removal. I have found out little about their > affiliation with the Quakers after their arrival here in Indiana. William II and > his wife, Margaret, also are buried close to my farm but not in the same > cemetery. The Comers along with Ormans (Aumons), Coles and a few other families > came here by ox cart from North Carolina probably in the l840s. I just found > William I and Nancy Barbee Comer's grave site just a few weeks ago although it > was just a short distance from my farm. I knew it was in the area but could not > find it as almost everything is gone due to weathe! > ring except Nancy Barbee Comer's headstone. It was almost in pristine shape with > all letters being easily read. I am interested in finding out all that I can > about the Comer or Barbee families. I believe that there is quite a bit of > Indian blood from the women that the Comer men married over the years besides > William II's marriage to Margaret. I would be happy to correspond with any one > that would be interested or connected with this family. There are no more > Comers living in this area as they have all married into other families or have > moved or are deceased. Thank you for your time.............R > Reagan........aka.........redtailchickenhawk............. > > > ==== QUAKER-ROOTS Mailing List ==== > Quaker-Roots Archives - Search List Messages From 1996 On > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl >