Birth: 1800 Bramshott, Hampshire, UK
Father: James Combs (Combes) 1774-1847
Mother: Mary Caute c1776-1869
Christening: 10 August 1800 Bramshott, Hampshire, UK
Marriage: October-December 1845 Petersfield , Hampshire, UK
Wife: Sarah Shepherd 1806-1864
Death: 15 January 1865 Bridge Farm, Linchmere, Sussex, UK
Burial: 21 January 1865 Linchmere, Sussex, UK
Elizabeth Combes [Baker] 1846-1926
Sarah Combes 1848-a1851
Christening of James Combs in the IGI on 10 August 1800 in Bramshot, Hampshire, parents James and Mary Combs.
His two sisters were christened in Bramshott in 1803 and 1805.
Marriage of James Combes and Sarah Shepherd in FreeBMD in October-December 1845 in Petersfield (7 231).
His two daughters were born in Linchmere in 1846 and 1848.
In the 1851 census as James Combes aged 50, born in Bramshott, Hampshire, a farmer of 60 acres employing 2 men and a boy, and living with his wife (Sarah), two daughters (Elizabeth and Sarah), and four servants (James Stacey aged 22 and born in Bepton, George Young aged 10 (sic - in the index, 20 on the original) and born in Farnhurst, Abeneligo Luff aged 14 and born in Linchmere, and Harriett Frogley aged 19 and born in Linchmere, all single) at Bridge Farm, Linchmere, Sussex.
In the 1861 census as James Combes aged 60, born in Linchmere, Sussex, married but not with his wife, a farmer of 60 acres employing 2 men and a boy, and living with his daughter (Elizabeth), a servant (Daniel Bramel aged 27, single and born in Bramshott, Hampshire and a carter) and a visitor (Mary Frogley aged 52, born in Linchmere, married, and a washer woman) at Bridge Farm, Linchmere, Sussex. His wife was visiting Charles and Ann Inwood at 302 Euston Road, Regents Park, St Pancras, Middlesex (Ann was born in Petersfield, and a Daniel Inwood was married at the same time as James).
His wife died in Linchmere in December 1864.
Death of James Coombes in FreeBMD in January-March 1865 in Midhurst (2b 275).
Entry in Ancestry England, Select Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991 for James Combes buried on 21 January 1865 aged 64 in Sussex.
Entry in the IGI for the burial of James Combes on 21 January 1865 aged 64 in Linchmere, Sussex.
Entry in Ancestry England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966 for James Combes died on 15 January 1865 in Sussex, probate 11 March 1865 in Chichester. "Combes James Effects under £4,000. 11 March The Will and a Codicil of James Combes late of Bridge Farm in the Parish of Linchmere in the County of Sussex Farmer deceased who died 15 January 1865 at Bridge Farm aforesaid was proved at Chichester by the oaths of Thomas Johnson of Midhurst in the County aforesaid Gentleman and John Harrison of Liss in the County of Southampton Gentleman the Executors.
James Combes was the father of Elizabeth Combes, wife of Albert Baker, my second cousin three times removed.
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