Person:Cornelius Comegys (28)

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Cornelius Parsons Comegys (January 15, 1780 – January 27, 1851) was an American farmer and politician from Dover Hundred, in Kent County, Delaware, near Little Creek. He was a veteran of the War of 1812, a member of the Federalist Party, and then later the Whig Party, who served in the Delaware General Assembly and as Governor of Delaware.

Early life and family

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Comegys was born in Kent County, Maryland, near Chestertown, the son of Cornelius and Hannah Parsons Comegys. His ancestors settled on the Chester River in the 17th century and his father served in Caldwell's Company of John Haslet's Regiment in the American Revolution. Comegys grew up and went to school in Baltimore, Maryland and moved to Little Creek about 1800. There he married Ann Blackiston who died within the year, probably in childbirth. On February 16, 1804, he married secondly, Ruhamah Marim, and they had twelve children, Sally Ann, John Marim, William Henry, Susan Marim, Hannah, Henri Marim, Joseph Parsons, Cornelius George W., Benjamin Bartus, Mary Elizabeth, Maria, and John Marim. They inherited the Marim farm, Cherbourg, now in East Dover Hundred, near Little Creek, and made it their residence. They were members of the Methodist Church.

Origin

The identification of the father of Cornelius Parsons Comegys was made in two ways; 1) A note written 1872 by Elizabeth Emily Thomas Wallis. The subject of the note was the Peregrine Brown family. In the note she mentioned "Anna Maria Comegys b 27 March 1783 (1/2 sister to Gov. C. P. Comegys of Del)..." Anna Maria Comegys is the daughter of Cornelius Comegys C 13522 and his wife Sophia Charlotte Brown. Emily Thomas, the mother of Elizabeth Emily Thomas Wallis had boarded with Cornelius Parsons Comegys at his home called Cherbourg when she attended school in DE. The fathers of both Emily Thomas and Cornelius Parsons Comegys were both merchants and mill owners living within a few miles of each other in eastern Kent County MD.

2) Charles Adamson, 2nd great grandson of Bartus Comegys [C 1352] and Sarah Blackiston, remembered "when but a child, had an elderly aunt by the name of Sallie Ridgely, who lived in Dover". Sallie [Comegys] Ridgely is a great granddaughter of Bartus Comegys [C 1352] and Sarah Blackiston. When Charles Adamson was born Sallie Ridgely would have been about 60 years old and the correct relationship between them would have been 2nd cousins once removed.

1. ↑ Richards, Mary Fallon & John C. Delaware Marriages and Deaths from Newspapers 1729-1853. (Family Line, Westminister, MD)
   page 50.
2. ↑ Family Bible of Cornelius Parson Comegys.
3.   Notes of Ellen Isham Schutt Wallis
   page 110c.
4.   Comegys, William Wirt. Comegys Family in America, The. (Published by the author, Greensboro, MD, 1910)
   page 99.
5. ↑ Although, his obituary gave birth as Kent Co DE.