Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan - Person Sheet
Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan - Person Sheet
NameAgnes McCOMB 
Birth1739, Virginia438, p 35 & p 40
Deathaft 15 Mar 1788438, p 28 Age: 49
FlagsLegatee in Will
FatherAndrew McCOMB (-<1788)
MotherJane RAEBURN (<1720->1788)
Individual Notes
• Named in father’s will.438, p 29
Spouses
Birth1735, Virginia438, p 35 & p 40
Deathbef Apr 1799, Fayette County, Kentucky438, p 16,1314, p 33; year & place only Age: 64
Ancestral File #N436-GH438, p 34
FatherJames REYBURN (1708-1799)
MotherElizabeth COLE (~1710->1760)
Individual Notes
• Marriage to Agnes McComb based on:
Page 56. – 15th March, 1788. Andrew McCombe’s will–To wife, Jane; to daughter Agnes Reburn, etc.438, p 28
• p. 429, Will of ADAM REYBURN requested all debts be paid, and that his loving wife, ELIZABETH REYBURN, keep the plantation in her own hands to “raise my and her children” ELPSEY REYBURN, ADAM REYBURN and THOMAS REYBURN as long as she thinks proper to do so, and that she may have liberty to continue her other children, and if at any time she may desire to quit the place, the executors may rent it out to the best advantage for the support of “her and them” until the youngest child is of age – then the place may be sold by the executors, and wife is to have 1/3 of the money raised from the sale as long as she leaves the balance to be equally divided between Ilpsey, Adam and Thomas, and at her death, her part to be divided between the other said children, or as many of them as may be living. Also to wife, the gray horse to be at her disposal, and she may keep the bay filly to breed and her increase to be divided among her first children, Mary, Leinon [?], and Susanna, and mine, Elpsey, Adam and Thomas. Wife may keep the stock of cattle, hogs and sheep all in her own possession as long as she thinks it proper to “live here,” together with the household furniture, farming utensils, and all other appurtenances. The testator desired that his wife give the children sufficient schooling. If the wife quits the place, she may take with her all the moveables to assist her in housekeeping elsewhere. Appoints William Dickey and son JOSEPH REYBURN as executors, July 21, 1798. Thomas Martin and Michael Dickey, witnesses. Probated April Court 1799. Attested copy re-recorded August Court 1807, the original having been destroyed by fire.438, p 16
• (1) 9-9-1778 – Adam Raeburn of Monongalia Co. [present day West Virginia, county formed in 1776 from District of West Augusta, Virginia] to Andrew and William McComb, power of attorney convey to Robert Mathews.
(2) 3-21-1780 – Adam Raeburn (by Andrew McComb) of Westmoreland Co., to William Mathews.438, p 43
• It does appear to me that the James mentioned at the end of the second paragraph is our Adam Reyburn’s father, and the Joseph from Staffordshire, England, is James’s father.438, p 1
• Gives middle name of Lewis.1314, p 33
Page 56. – 15th March, 1788. Andrew McCombe’s will–To wife, Jane; to daughter Agnes Reburn, etc.438, p 28
• p. 429, Will of ADAM REYBURN requested all debts be paid, and that his loving wife, ELIZABETH REYBURN, keep the plantation in her own hands to “raise my and her children” ELPSEY REYBURN, ADAM REYBURN and THOMAS REYBURN as long as she thinks proper to do so, and that she may have liberty to continue her other children, and if at any time she may desire to quit the place, the executors may rent it out to the best advantage for the support of “her and them” until the youngest child is of age – then the place may be sold by the executors, and wife is to have 1/3 of the money raised from the sale as long as she leaves the balance to be equally divided between Ilpsey, Adam and Thomas, and at her death, her part to be divided between the other said children, or as many of them as may be living. Also to wife, the gray horse to be at her disposal, and she may keep the bay filly to breed and her increase to be divided among her first children, Mary, Leinon [?], and Susanna, and mine, Elpsey, Adam and Thomas. Wife may keep the stock of cattle, hogs and sheep all in her own possession as long as she thinks it proper to “live here,” together with the household furniture, farming utensils, and all other appurtenances. The testator desired that his wife give the children sufficient schooling. If the wife quits the place, she may take with her all the moveables to assist her in housekeeping elsewhere. Appoints William Dickey and son JOSEPH REYBURN as executors, July 21, 1798. Thomas Martin and Michael Dickey, witnesses. Probated April Court 1799. Attested copy re-recorded August Court 1807, the original having been destroyed by fire.438, p 16
• (1) 9-9-1778 – Adam Raeburn of Monongalia Co. [present day West Virginia, county formed in 1776 from District of West Augusta, Virginia] to Andrew and William McComb, power of attorney convey to Robert Mathews.
(2) 3-21-1780 – Adam Raeburn (by Andrew McComb) of Westmoreland Co., to William Mathews.438, p 43
• It does appear to me that the James mentioned at the end of the second paragraph is our Adam Reyburn’s father, and the Joseph from Staffordshire, England, is James’s father.438, p 1
• Gives middle name of Lewis.1314, p 33
Marriageabt 1760, Georgetown, Scott, Kentucky23, p G7; marriage only,438, p 28; marriage only,1315, p 2; marriage only,1314, p 33