Tha an teaghlach Combs air a bhreith ann am Baile Soulbury, Buckinghamshire, Sasainn, an patriarch teaghlaich, thòisich e ag obair ann an Stafford County, British Colonial America timcheall air 1662, agus timcheall air 1778 thòisich ath-ghin-ghin-ghin Archdale John Combs a shlighe a-null gu taobh an iar bho Frederick County, Virginia a-steach do Wilkes County, Carolina a Tuath an uairsin a-steach do Hawkins County, Tennessee mus do rinn e a-steach do Clay County, Kentucky tro Cumberland Gap. Thàinig e còmhla ri a 8 mhac Mason, Willian, Nicholas, John, Henry Harrison, Biram & George.
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