Biographical and genealogical history of the state of Delaware, Vol. I, Part 28

Author: Runk, J.M. & Co
Publication date: 1899
Publisher: Chambersburg, Pa.
Number of Pages: 1482

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The descendants of Nicholas Barker (3), third son of Daniel and Elizabeth ( Nicholas) Barker, and his wife Hannah Allen, accord- ing to data furnished by Anderson M. Bar- ker, of Kemp's Mills, N. C., are as follows: Nicholas Barker, married Hannah, daughter of John and Phebe Allen, who was born July 10, 1741, died December 10, 1834; they settled in Randolph county, N. C., and had six children: I. Amy (4) (Mrs. Charles Cox), born January 18, 1764, died May 19, 1839; II. Elizabeth (4), born May 17, 1766, died of cancer while on the way to Indiana; III. Abner (4), born August 11, 1768, date of death unknown, married Lydia -, and removed to Indiana, they had children, i. Na- than (5), ii. Nicholas (5); IV. John (+), born April 7, 1771, died April 3, 1849, mar- ried first Mary Osborne, and secondly, Ruth Mendenhall, had children by both marriages, as follows: i. Simeon (5), born October 19, 1793; ii. Nicholas (5), born October 30, 1795; iii. Matthew (5), born November 11, 1797; iv. Mary (5), born November 19, 1799; v. Edith (5), born March 3, 1801; vi. Rachel (5), born December 8, 1802; vii. Amy (5), born August 7, 1804; viii. Enoch (5), born December 29, 1806; ix. John (5), born March 11, 1809; x. Elizabeth (5), born February 9, 1811; xi. David (5), born Au-

gust 16, 1814; all these children of John Bar- ker went to reside in Indiana; V. Isaac (+), born December 4, 1773, married first Hannah Davis, secondly, Mary --; he removed to Indiana; VI. Enoch (4), born September 6, 1776, died. September 14, 1848, was mar- ried about 1800, in Cane Creek meeting- house, Chatham county, N. C., to Elizabeth, daughter of John and Mary Davis, who was born December 26, 1782, died November 30, 1834. Their children were, i. Sarah (5), ii. Daniel (5), iii. Nicholas (5), iv. John (5), v. Isaac (5), vi. Seth (5), vii. an infant, born February 22, 1814, viii. Mary (5), ix. Hannah (5), x. Elisha (5), xi. Thomas (5).

Nathan Barker (5), elder son of Abner and Lydia Barker, was born April 23, 1792, married Ruth born December 5, 1797, and removed to Indiana; they had children, as follows: I. Hannah (6), born February 28, 1816; II. Lydia (6), born March 2, 1818; III. Mary (6), born October 10, 1819; IV. Charles (6), born December 17, 1821; V. Achsah (6), born February 14, 1824; VI. Abner (6), born July 20, 1826.

Nicholas Barker (5), younger son of Ab- ner and Lydia Barker, married Sarah Purvoe, and had children: I. Abner (6), living in 1896; II. Rebecca (6), living in 1896; III. Sarah (6), living in 1896; IV. Lydia (6), living in 1896; V. Hannah (6), deceased; VI. Thomas (6), died in Indiana; VII. Ran- dolph (6), died in Indiana.

The descendants of Enoch (4) and Eliza- beth (Davis) Barker were as follows:

I. Sarah (5), born November 29, 1801, died October 16, 1846, married January 1, 1824, to Thomas Cox;

II. Daniel (5), born October 7, 1803, died January 1, 1892; married February 17, 1825, to Lydia Cox, had children, i. Rebecca (6), born January 15, 1826, died November 16, 1827, ii. Enoch (6), born September 20, 1827, married Phebe Lee, iii. Asenath (6), born June '5, 1829, married to Gideon Cox, September 13, 1858, iv. Bridget (6), born August 27, 1830, married first Sammuel An- derson, secondly, E. Lee, v. Mahlon (6), born September 19, 1833, died July 12, 1863, mar- ried September 7, 1859, to Phebe Menden- hall, had two children, Solomon E. (7), of Wilmington, Del., and Anderson M. (7), of Kemp's Mills, N. C .: vi. Sarah (6), born No- vember 5, 1835, died January 5, 1892, vii.

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Elizabeth (6), born January 24, 1838, mar- ried W. Lloyd, viii. Elzena (6) (Mrs. W. Shields), born March 31, 1840, ix. Caleb (6), born March 7, 1842, married Laura Quate, x. Sophia (6) (Mrs. Frank Marley), born April 4, 1844, xi. Daniel (6), born March 12, 1846, married Louisa Mills, xii. Nevens (6), born March 12, 1849, married Mary Martin;

III. Nicholas (5), born September 11, 1805, died May 16, 1846, married November 8, 1827, to Catharine Cox, has children, i. Jonathan (6), born October 24, 1828, died April 16, 1850, ii. Elizabeth (6), born Sep- tember 1, 1830, died October 18, 1852, iii. Mary (6) (Mrs. Thomas T. Hinshaw), born December 19, 1832, iv. Simeon (6), born September 14, 1835, married Ruth Hinshaw; v. Ezra (6), born February 10, 1838, married in Indiana, vi. Cyrus (G), born September 8, 1840, married in Indiana, vii. Nathan (6), born March 7, 1843, married M. Hinshaw, viii. Amy (6) (Mrs. J. HI. Craven), born Oc- tober 5, 1846;

IV. John (5), born February 12, 1807, died December 28, 1890, married March 20, 1832, to Anna Cox, had children, i. Phebe (6), born January 18, 1833, ii. Elizabeth (6), born February 22, 1835, iii. Mary (6), born May 30, 1837, iv. Isaac (6), born Sep- tember 15, 1839, v. Rebecca (6), born Feb- ruary 27, 1842, vi. Esther (6), born April 24, 1845, vii. Sarah (6), born December 1, 1847;

V. Isaac (5), born January 19, 1810, died in 1820;

VI. Seth (5), born August 13, 1812, died in 1894, married Margaret Cox; their child- ren are, j. Catharine (6) (Mrs. L. Ward), born November 11, 1834, ii. Elizabeth (6), born September 23, 1836, first wife of J. Hin- shaw, iii. Hannah (6), born December 13, 1838, iv. Huldah (6), born December 1, 1840, second wife of J. Hinshaw, v. Rachel (6), born March 25, 1842, vi. Mary (6), born October 25, 1844, vii. Seth (6), born Feb- ruary 18, 1847, viii. Benjamin (6), born January 9, 1851:

VII. An infant (5), born February 22, 1814;

VIII. Mary (5) (Mrs. David Farlow), born September 20, 1815;

IX. Hannah (5) (Mrs. Mahlon Hackett), born March 5, 1818;

X. Elisha (5), born April 15, 1822, mar- ried Hannah J. Allen, removed to Indiana, has children, i. Amelia (6), born September 24, 1855, ii. Martha (6), born May 25, 1858, iii. John Gurney (6), born December 18, 1860;

XI. Thomas (5), born July 16, 1827, mar- ried J. Little.

WILLIAM ALEXANDER COMEGYS, Middletown, New Castle county, Del., son of the late Samuel and Anne Rebecca (Ring- gold) Comegys, was born in Kent county, Md., May 24, 1845. Following are the records of his paternal and maternal ancestry:

The Comegys Family .- Cornelius Co- megys, the pioneer immigrant of the family, became a resident of Kent county, Md., about the year 1670, and with his family was na- turalized in 1672, by an act of assembly (Chapter 29), entitled: "The humble peti- tion of Hansen Cornelius Comegys, the elder, Millimenty Comegys, his wife, Cornelius Co- megys, the younger, Elizabeth Comegys, William Comegys and Hannah Comegys, their children." They settled on the Chester River, and the original homestead remained in the family until the early part of the pres- ent century; it was the heritage of Cornelius Comegys, 2, from whom the "Quaker Neck" branch of the family has its descent.

William Comegys, younger son of Corne- lius and Millimenty Comegys, went to Crumpton, Md., then known as Mc Allister's Ferry. He had one son, William Comegys, 2, who married Ann Cosden, November 28, 1734. Their children were: I. John, born February 4, 1736; II. Alethea, born June 9, 1737, married Joseph Ireland; III. and IV. twins, Alpheus and Alphonso, born Decem- ber 15, 1738; V. Edward, born January 13. 1741; VI. Nathaniel, born February 23, 1745; VII. Ann, born June 28, 1747; VIII. Jesse, born October 30, 1749; IX. Edward William, born April 2, 1752; X and XI. twins, Jonathan and Elizabeth, born February 7, 1757; XII. Cornelius, 3, born July 4, 1758. William Comegys died March 20, 1764.

John Comegys, eldest son of William and Ann (Cosden) Comegys, was married October 15, 1757, to Sarah Spencer, and had children:

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1780, to Mary Gleanes, and had chil- dren, i. John, ii. Sarah, iii. Margaret, iv. Samuel. Samuel Comegys was married again, February 14, 1791, to Mary Freeman, and had children, i. Freeman, ii. Mary, iii. Nathaniel, iv. Samuel, v. Edward F., born April 3, 1797, married Miss Early, of Ala- bama, had children, John, George and Kate, and by a second marriage had two sons, Will- iam and Edward, was still a resident of Ala- bama, September 16, 1875, vi. William, vii. Millimenta ( Mrs. Thomas J. Mann), had three children, Mary Ann, Joseph and Samuel, viii. Washington, married Miss Palmer, had children, Samuel William, George W. and John E .; was married again to Leonora Newman, and had three children, Washington, Mary and Henry; his eldest son, Samuel William Comegys, married G. A. C. Massey, June 26, 1848, and had two children, Annie M. and Charles E .;

II. John;

III. Ann, born September 4, 1763;

IV. Isaac, born June 9, 1765;

V. Jervis, born August 8, 1768;

VI. William;

VII. Sarah;

VIII. Nathaniel, born December 16 1771, married Hannah Myers, and had children;

i. John Myers, married Mrs. Anna W. (Comegys) Ringgold, November 26, 1824, a daughter of Nathaniel and Francina (Wor- rell) Comegys, and widow of James Ring- gold; the children of this marriage were: 1. Nathaniel W., married January 15, 1859, to Helen, daughter of George Wilson and Mar- garet (Ringgold) Spencer, had two children, George Spencer and' John M., 2. Hannah, married November 27, 1849, to John F. New- man, had five children, John F., Emma, Ella, Bessie and Robert Lee, 3. Anna, married December 15, 1853, to Stuart R. Emory, has five children, Kate, Anna, Stuart R., John M. C. and William N. John Myers Comegys died in his seventy-seventh year, February 18, 1876;

ii. Samuel, married November 26, 1832, to Anne Rebecca, daughter of James and Sarah (Williamson) Ringgold, had children: 1. Sarah Williamson (Mrs. William Emory), who had five children, William Comegys, Mary, Anna, Alice and Samuel Comegys; 2. Mary Rebecca (Mrs. John W. Ireland), has

six children, Emma, William, Herman, Louisa, May and Hallie; 3. Anna Elizabeth, deceased; 4. John Myers, now residing in the West; 5. Samuel, married Ella, daughter of John F. and Anna (Comegys) Newman; 6. William Alexander; 7. Milliminta; S. Hannah Myers (Mrs. William R. Rose), of Talbot county, Md., has three children, Wil- liam, Anna Rose and Sophie; 9. Richard Williamson, who married Susan Foster, of Queen Anne county, Md., and has five chil- dren; 10. Edward Thomas, who married Eliza- beth, daughter of James W. Hurtt, of Kent county, Md., and has one daughter; II. Na- thaniel, who married Catherine Rose, of Tal- bot county, Md., and has five children, So- phia, Rose, Walter, Charles, Nannie and Clarence;

Alphonso Comegys, fourth child of Wil- liam and Ann (Cosden) Comegys, married and had children:

I. John, who married Ann, daughter of Jonathan and Mary (Griffith) Comegys, and had children, i. Alphonso, married Sarah E. Morgan, and had one son, John E., ii. Fran- cis, iii. Ann Maria;

Il. Francis.

Nathaniel Comegys, sixth child of William and Ann (Cosden) Comegys, married Hannah Wallace, and had children :

I. William, who married Elizabeth, daugh- ter of Colonel John Ward, of Cecil county, Md .; Colonel Ward was a Revolutionary sol- dier, and his great-grandchildren, resident in Kent county, Md., have in their possession the epaulettes which he wore at the battle of Long Island. The only child of William and Elizabeth (Ward) Comegys was John Ward, who on August 6, 1826, married his cousin, Ann Maria, daughter of John and Ann (Co- megys) Comegys, and had children, i. Georgia, married February 25, 1845, to Ed- ward W. Comegys, has children, Mary Vir- ginia, Columbia, Summerfield, Edward Glan- ville and John Ward, ii. Virginia E., iii. William, iv. Indiana M., v. John Ward;

II. Hannah, born in 1771, married Ben- jamin Comegys, and had one son, Bartis Co- megys, who on October 13, 1818, married Evelina M., daughter of Vachel Dorsey, of Baltimore, Md., and had children, i. Eliza- beth D. (Mrs. Robert W. Cliffe), ii. Benja- min, married Mary, daughter of William E. Bartlette, ili. John P., married Georgina

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Mitchell, and has five children, Bartis, Eve- lina M., Harry D., P. and Caroline, iv. Es- sex D., v. Philip T., vi. Catherine C., vii, Sallie M., viii. Mary C .;

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Nathaniel Comegys, by a second marriage, with Francina Worrell, had one daughter:

I. Ann Worrell Comegys, married James Ringgold, and had two children, i. Mary, ii. Francina; after the death of Mr. Ringgold she married John Myers Comegys, and had children, i. Nathaniel W., ii. Hannah, iii. Anna.

Jesse Comegys, eighth child of William and Ann (Cosden) Comegys, married Mary . Everett, and had children:

I. Cornelius;

II. Maria;

III. Sarah, who married John Wallace, and had children, i. Frank, ii. Sophia, iii. Cornelius, iv. Araminta, v. Comegys, vi. Benjamin, vii. John, viii. Arthur.

Jonathan Comegys, tenth child of William and Ann (Cosden) Comegys, married Mary Griffith, and had children:

I. Ann, born June 21, 1775, married Au- gust 29, 1797, to John Comegys, had children, i. Alphonso, ii. Francis, iii. Ann Maria;

II. Edward;

III. Elizabeth, married first, Jacob Ab- bott, and had one son, Jacob Abbott, 2; af- terwards she married Samuel Brown, of New Jersey, and had one son, Thomas Comegys Brown;

IV. Mary;

V. Ariana;

VI. Jonathan, who was married, January 12, 1815, to Harriet Stradley, and had chil- dren, i. Mary, ii. Edward William, who mar- ried Georgia, daughter of John Ward and Ann Maria Comegys, and had five children, Mary Virginia, Columbia, Summerfield, Ed- ward Glanville and John Ward, iii. Sarah A., married first to B. F. Harris, of Pittsburg, Pa., and had two children, Cornelia and Franklin, afterwards became Mrs. McLean, and had one daughter, Emma, iv. Eliza, v. Ariana, married Stewart, of Penn- sylvania, and had six children, Frank, Har- riet, Ianthus, Edward, Mansfield and Ida.

Cornelius Comegys, 3, twelfth and young- est child of William and Ann (Cosden) Co- megys, was a gallant soldier, and in his event- ful career displayed alike in war and in peace

many admirable traits. He left Charlestown, Md., July 1, 1776, as a sergeant in the "Fly- ing Camp." On its way to Fort Washington the regiment stopped in Philadelphia; there he passed the memorable Fourth of July, 1776, the natal day of our country, which happened to be the young officer's own cigh- teenth birthday, and shared the joyful and sublime emotions of that auspicious moment. After the fall of Fort Washington, he was en- trusted with the care of the invalid soldiers, to conduct them safe to Hackensack, N. J. Upon the expiration of his term of enlistment, he again entered the army, and served as en- sign under General Washington at White- marsh, after the battle of Germantown. He went to Philadelphia directly after the evacu- ation of that city by the British troops in Sep- tember, 1778; and when the government was organized, under the Articles of Confedera- tion, Cornelius Comegys was appointed to a clerkship in the Treasury Department, and to him was assigned the duty of preparing and countersigning the Continental currency.

In 1782 Cornelius Comegys, 3, retired from public life, and entered the counting- room of Willing & Morris, in which Robert Morris, the renowned financier, was a partner. Mr. Comegys soon became a favorite with the firm, and in 1784, assisted by the credit of the acting partners, he began business as an importer of dry goods. The same diligence, courage and faithfulness which had made him a brave and valued soldier, now won the es- teem and confidence of all who had business dealings with him, either as subordinate or as principal.

On July 4, 1840, the day on which he com- plefed his eighty-second year, he wrote the history of his honorable and eventful life for the use of his children.

Cornelius Comegys, 3, was first married to Miss Paul, of Philadelphia, who died without issue. His second wife was Catherine Baker; their children were: I. Hannah (Mrs. Ma- son), had one daughter, Kate ( Mrs. Smith); II. Julia A. (Mrs. Sargent); III. Josephine, first wife, and IV. Ella, second wife of Gilmore; V. Jacob, married Miss Lee, of Boston, Mass; VI. Mortimer, died young.

The Ringgold Family .- In 1650 Thomas Ringgold came to Kent county, Md., with his two sons, John and James; he was then in his fortieth year. About the year 1657, or

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before that date, Thomas Ringgold was mar- ried a second time, to Mrs. Christian Hill, widow of Thomas Hill, Sr., whose entire landed estate Mr. Ringgold secured by a deed executed November 5, 1657, to Thomas Hill, Jr. To his sons, James and John Ringgold, he conveyed, December 2, 1661, "the one- half of his land called Huntingfield, which is in estimation twelve hundred acres, lying on the east side of the Chesapeake Bay."

Major James Ringgold, of Huntingfield, "lord of the manor on Eastern Neck," son of Thomas Ringgold, was twice married. By his first wife he had one son, Thomas Ring- gold, 2. His second wife was Mary, daughter of Captain Robert Vaughn; their children were: I. William; II. John; III. James; IV. Charles. Major James Ringgold died in 1686.

Thomas Ringgold, 2, eldest son of Major James Ringgold, was first married to Sarah -, who died, leaving an only son, Thomas Ringgold, 3. He was again married, September 17, 1699, to Mary, daughter of Marmaduke and Rebecca Tylden; she died September 9, 1708, leaving children: I. Sarah, baptized September 29, 1700; II. Elias, born September 6, 1702; III. James; IV. Joseph. Thomas Ringgold, 2, was buried October 10, 1711; he left his third wife, Frances, and two small children: I. Josias; II. Mary Ann; the latter was baptized after her father's death, April 16, 1712.

William Ringgold, first son of Major James and Mary (Vaughn) Ringgold, mar- ried Martha - -, and had children: I. Susanna, wife of Benjamin Wiekes, son of Sammel and Frances (Wilmer) Wickes, and a direct descendant of Major Joseph Wickes, who, in 1651, 'settled in Kent county, Md., where he occupied many responsible posi- tions; II. John; III. James; IV. Thomas, 4; V. Rebecca. William Ringgold survived his wife, and died in 1754.

Charles Ringgold, youngest son of Major James and Mary (Vaughn) Ringgold, was married JJanuary 17, 1705, to Elizabeth Burke; they had children: I. James, born June 30, 1709; II. Charles, 2, born April 27, 1713; III. Vincent, born August 12, 1716.

Thomas Ringgold, 3, eldest son of Thomas, 2, and Sarah Ringgold, was married May 1, 1712, to Rebecca, daughter of Simon and

Rebecca Wilmer, the progenitors of the Wil- mer family in Kent county, Md., where Simon Wilmer was active and influential in church and civil affairs; he was elected a vestryman of St. Paul's parish, January 24, 1693, and in 1698 represented Kent county in the State Legislature. The children of Thomas and Rebecca (Wilner) Ringgold were: I. Thomas, 5, born December 5, 1715; II. Rebecca, baptized June 4, 1727; III. William; IV. Sarah (Mrs. Alexander Will- iamson).

Major William Ringgold, whose estate on the Eastern Neck is now styled "The Her- mitage," third child of Thomas and Rebecca (Wilmer) Ringgold, was one of the Commit- tee of Safety, Observation and Correspond- ence, during the Revolutionary War, and a member of the convention which met at An- napolis, August 14, 1776, and formed the first Constitution of the State of Maryland. He received his military commission from Matthew Tilghman, president of "The Dele- gates of the Freemen of Maryland in Conven- tion." He was first married, January 9, 1750, to Sarah Jones; their children were: I. Dr. Jacob Ringgold; II. (Mrs. Blunt); III. Rebecca (Mrs. John Williamson), whose daughter, Sarah Williamson, married James Ringgold, and had children, as follows: I. James; IT. Alexander; III. William; IV. Richard Williamson, former president of Washington College, Kent county, Md .; V. Thomas; VI. Sarah W .; VII. Anne Re- becca (Mrs. Samuel Comegys), mother of William Alexander Comegys; VIII. Mary; IX. Jacob; X. Washington.

By his second marriage, to his cousin, Mary, daughter of William and Rosa (Black- iston) Wilmer, Major William Ringgold had children: I. William; II. Peregrine; III. Hester ( Mrs. Holland); IV. Henrietta, mar- ried to Captain Thomas Harris; V. (Mrs. Miller); VI. Sarah Rebecca; VII. Eliza; VIII. Fannie.

William Ringgold, M. D., son of Major William and Mary ( Wilmer) Ringgold, was a member of the Legislature of Maryland during the sessions of 1823-24. He married Martha, daughter of Hans and Mary ( Hyn- son) Hansen. Their children were: I. Wil- liam, born in 1794, married Maria Nicholson; II. Peregrine, born in 1796, married Decem- ber 29, 1822, to Mary C., daughter of William

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and Mary (Sears) Coe; III. Harriet Rebecca, born in 1798, married September 7, 1820, to John Stevenson Constable; IV. James Alexander, born in 1800; V. Frederick Gus- tavus, born in 1801; VI. Mary Hansen, born September 10, 1803, married October 9, 1821, to Hon. James Hodges, of Liberty Hall, Kent county, Md., son of James and Mary (Claypole) Hodges. Dr. Ringgold died Feb- ruary 14, 1832.

Elias Ringgold, eldest son of Thomas, 2, and Mary (Tylden) Ringgold, was married April 15, 1725, to Mary Bordley; they had one son, Thomas, a posthumous child, who died very young. Elias Ringgold died in No- vember, 1737. In his will, dated in October, 1737, he mentions his "loving wife, Mary," and provides for his child, then unborn.

Josias Ringgold, son of Thomas, 2, and Frances Ringgold, was married August 11, 1730, to Sarah Smith. Their children were: I. Thomas, born December 14, 1731; II. Thomas, born March 25, 1734; III. Josias, 2, born September 28, 1735; IV. Sarah; V. Mary; VI. Ann; VII. Hannah; VIII. Rebecca. Josias Ringgold died in 1770.

Josias Ringgold, 2, third son of Josias and Sarah (Smith) Ringgold, had children: I. Josias, 3, who was born in 1762; II. Hen- rietta, married Colonel Isaac Perkins, who was a son of Ebenezer and Sarah (Barnes) Perkins, and a distinguished officer in the Continental Army; he began his military ser- vice as captain in the Fourth Battalion of the "Flying Camp," of 1776; was styled a "flam- ing patriot;" was a delegate to the Maryland Convention which ratified the Constitution of the United States, April 28, 1788; being . wealthy and influential in Kent county, Md., is said to have raised and fully equipped at his own expense, a company for the service of the colonies in the Revolutionary struggle; III. Sarah.

Josias Ringgold, 3, son of Josias Ringgold, 2, married Mary, daughter of Charles and Sarah (Kennard) Groome, in 1802. Their children were: I. Josias, 4; II. Sarah Ann; III. Charles; IV. Mary Ann, married Feb- ruary 6, 1827, to Dr. Jacob Fisher, son of Rev. Isaac and Bathsheba Fisher, who was born December 2, 1796, served as register of wills of Kent county, Md., died February 18, 1859; their children were, i. Mary Matilda, ii. Alfred Henry, iii. Samuel Groome, iv.

Jacob Frederick, v. Josias Ringgold, vi. Isaac Montgomery, vii. Clorinda Cornelia, viii. Ringgold Williams, ix. Charles Joseph Groome, x. Henry Theodore, xi. Ella Theo- dora; V. Henrietta Groome (Mrs. Joseph Rasin), had children, i. Atlee, ii. Joseph, married Sarah Paca; VI. William Groome.

Josias Ringgold, 4, eldest son of Josias and Mary (Groome) Ringgold, was married in December, 1826, to An Eliza Cruikshank; they had children: I. William Groome; 1I. Ann Elizabeth, married October 31, 1867, to John Kennard Aldridge, has one child, Eliza- beth Bella; III. Sarah Henrietta, married first to Medford Blackiston, and had children, i. Emma Ringgold, ii. Laura, iii. James Thomas; she afterwards married Major Rich- ard Smyth; IV. Mary Groome, married Octo- ber 7, 1857, to James Henry Price, has chil- dren, i. Anna, ii. Josias, iii. Mary Belle, iv. Annie; afterwards married Benjamin Black- iston Wroth, and had children, i. Charles; ii. Kelvin, ifi. Elizabeth, iv. Benjamin Black- iston, v. William Groome; V. Josias, 5, married December 14, 1865, to Catherine Gamble, has children, i. Emily W., ii. Wil- liam Groome, iii. Robert Gamble, iv. Edna; VI. Isabella Sluby, married October 31, 1866, to James A. Cruikshank, M. D., of Louisiana, has children, i. James, ii. Robert; VII. Laura Eugenia, married in November, 1862, to John Kennard Aldridge, has chil- dren, i. William, ii. John Henry; VIII. Cath- erine Browne.

The early years of Williani Alexander Co- megys were spent in his native county, where he enjoyed the advantages of an excellent edu- cation. In 1862, when about seventeen years old, he left Kent county, Md., for Smyrna, Del., where he remained about three years, as salesman in a general store. Returning in 1865 to his home, he was for two years ocen- pied in farming, after which, in 1867, he went to Baltimore, Md., as clerk in the State Grain Inspector's office, having been appointed to that position by Governor Bowie. In 1571 he again returned to his native county, and was engaged until 1873 in mercantile busi- ness, at Kennedyville. From 1873 to 1853 Mr. Comegys was a dealer in grains and ag- ricultural implements at Middletown, New Castle county, Del .; in the latter year he disposed of his business in order to assume the position of teller in the Middletown National

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Biographical and genealogical history of the state of Delaware, Vol. I, Part 28

Author: Runk, J.M. & Co Publication date: 1899 Publisher: Chambersburg, Pa. Number of Pages: 1482

Author: Runk, J.M. & Co
Publication date: 1899
Publisher: Chambersburg, Pa.
Number of Pages: 1482