A gravestone has been identified in the McComb family plot, as being his.
"I am grateful for the very thorough research efforts of Stephen Bell and the Ballynure Historical Group in County Antrim." Stephen has determined that John McComb was in Belfast at least in 1800, hence did not die in Detroit ca. 1796. His signatures from 2 documents were compared. He had changed the spelling of his last name to Macomb much earlier.
He immigrated to New York, arriving there in January of 1757. After he moved north to Albany where he set up business, he sent for his his wife and 3 children. They moved to Detroit in 1769.
His sons were in the fur trading business and furnished supplies to the British Army, as he had done. His daughter Anne, married Francis von Pfister ca. 1770.
The following was written by Archie Reid in 2001. He worked with many different people researching Macomb history.
"Like many of his fellow Scots-
Irish John Gordon Macomb decided to seek his fortune in America. From his business in Bridge Street in Belfast he would watch the ships coming into the mouth of the Farset which now flows beneath High Street.
The quayside was where the Albert Clock stands and nearby the name 'Skipper Street' is still a reminder of those days as this was where the captains found lodging when ashore.
He was already a merchant in Belfast and decided to follow the army realizing the potential of being a supplier to the troops.
Taking his wife Jane and his young sons Alexander and William with their sister Anne he left Dunturkey, Ballynure and embarked on a ship from Belfast for the New
World. He settled in Albany where he provided the officers with a range of luxury goods, wines, books, snuff.
(He also sold general merchandise.)
Soon they entrusted him with other duties which included arranging allotments paid to mistresses and
placing in apprenticeships the illegitimate children of officers who had died!
As the Seven Years War with France brought in more
regiments John Macomb prospered and he was appointed a county judge.
In 1775 when the American colonies declared their independence John remained loyal to Britain and raised a body of 500 men to support General Burgoyne at the Battle of Bennington, where his own son in law was killed.
This time he found himself on the losing side after
Burgoyne surrendered at Saratoga and he suffered misfortune. He later described how he was hunted through the woods by a group determined to hang him. In 1783 he wrote to London claiming compensation for
his personal losses.
>
"I am grateful for the very thorough research efforts of Stephen Bell and the Ballynure Historical Group in County Antrim." Stephen has determined that John McComb was in Belfast at least in 1800, hence did not die in Detroit ca. 1796. His signatures from 2 documents were compared. He had changed the spelling of his last name to Macomb much earlier.
He immigrated to New York, arriving there in January of 1757. After he moved north to Albany where he set up business, he sent for his his wife and 3 children. They moved to Detroit in 1769.
His sons were in the fur trading business and furnished supplies to the British Army, as he had done. His daughter Anne, married Francis von Pfister ca. 1770.
The following was written by Archie Reid in 2001. He worked with many different people researching Macomb history.
"Like many of his fellow Scots-
Irish John Gordon Macomb decided to seek his fortune in America. From his business in Bridge Street in Belfast he would watch the ships coming into the mouth of the Farset which now flows beneath High Street.
The quayside was where the Albert Clock stands and nearby the name 'Skipper Street' is still a reminder of those days as this was where the captains found lodging when ashore.
He was already a merchant in Belfast and decided to follow the army realizing the potential of being a supplier to the troops.
Taking his wife Jane and his young sons Alexander and William with their sister Anne he left Dunturkey, Ballynure and embarked on a ship from Belfast for the New
World. He settled in Albany where he provided the officers with a range of luxury goods, wines, books, snuff.
(He also sold general merchandise.)
Soon they entrusted him with other duties which included arranging allotments paid to mistresses and
placing in apprenticeships the illegitimate children of officers who had died!
As the Seven Years War with France brought in more
regiments John Macomb prospered and he was appointed a county judge.
In 1775 when the American colonies declared their independence John remained loyal to Britain and raised a body of 500 men to support General Burgoyne at the Battle of Bennington, where his own son in law was killed.
This time he found himself on the losing side after
Burgoyne surrendered at Saratoga and he suffered misfortune. He later described how he was hunted through the woods by a group determined to hang him. In 1783 he wrote to London claiming compensation for
his personal losses.
>
A gravestone has been identified in the McComb family plot, as being his.
"I am grateful for the very thorough research efforts of Stephen Bell and the Ballynure Historical Group in County Antrim." Stephen has determined that John McComb was in Belfast at least in 1800, hence did not die in Detroit ca. 1796. His signatures from 2 documents were compared. He had changed the spelling of his last name to Macomb much earlier.
He immigrated to New York, arriving there in January of 1757. After he moved north to Albany where he set up business, he sent for his his wife and 3 children. They moved to Detroit in 1769.
His sons were in the fur trading business and furnished supplies to the British Army, as he had done. His daughter Anne, married Francis von Pfister ca. 1770.
The following was written by Archie Reid in 2001. He worked with many different people researching Macomb history.
"Like many of his fellow Scots-
Irish John Gordon Macomb decided to seek his fortune in America. From his business in Bridge Street in Belfast he would watch the ships coming into the mouth of the Farset which now flows beneath High Street.
The quayside was where the Albert Clock stands and nearby the name 'Skipper Street' is still a reminder of those days as this was where the captains found lodging when ashore.
He was already a merchant in Belfast and decided to follow the army realizing the potential of being a supplier to the troops.
Taking his wife Jane and his young sons Alexander and William with their sister Anne he left Dunturkey, Ballynure and embarked on a ship from Belfast for the New
World. He settled in Albany where he provided the officers with a range of luxury goods, wines, books, snuff.
(He also sold general merchandise.)
Soon they entrusted him with other duties which included arranging allotments paid to mistresses and
placing in apprenticeships the illegitimate children of officers who had died!
As the Seven Years War with France brought in more
regiments John Macomb prospered and he was appointed a county judge.
In 1775 when the American colonies declared their independence John remained loyal to Britain and raised a body of 500 men to support General Burgoyne at the Battle of Bennington, where his own son in law was killed.
This time he found himself on the losing side after
Burgoyne surrendered at Saratoga and he suffered misfortune. He later described how he was hunted through the woods by a group determined to hang him. In 1783 he wrote to London claiming compensation for
his personal losses.
>
"I am grateful for the very thorough research efforts of Stephen Bell and the Ballynure Historical Group in County Antrim." Stephen has determined that John McComb was in Belfast at least in 1800, hence did not die in Detroit ca. 1796. His signatures from 2 documents were compared. He had changed the spelling of his last name to Macomb much earlier.
He immigrated to New York, arriving there in January of 1757. After he moved north to Albany where he set up business, he sent for his his wife and 3 children. They moved to Detroit in 1769.
His sons were in the fur trading business and furnished supplies to the British Army, as he had done. His daughter Anne, married Francis von Pfister ca. 1770.
The following was written by Archie Reid in 2001. He worked with many different people researching Macomb history.
"Like many of his fellow Scots-
Irish John Gordon Macomb decided to seek his fortune in America. From his business in Bridge Street in Belfast he would watch the ships coming into the mouth of the Farset which now flows beneath High Street.
The quayside was where the Albert Clock stands and nearby the name 'Skipper Street' is still a reminder of those days as this was where the captains found lodging when ashore.
He was already a merchant in Belfast and decided to follow the army realizing the potential of being a supplier to the troops.
Taking his wife Jane and his young sons Alexander and William with their sister Anne he left Dunturkey, Ballynure and embarked on a ship from Belfast for the New
World. He settled in Albany where he provided the officers with a range of luxury goods, wines, books, snuff.
(He also sold general merchandise.)
Soon they entrusted him with other duties which included arranging allotments paid to mistresses and
placing in apprenticeships the illegitimate children of officers who had died!
As the Seven Years War with France brought in more
regiments John Macomb prospered and he was appointed a county judge.
In 1775 when the American colonies declared their independence John remained loyal to Britain and raised a body of 500 men to support General Burgoyne at the Battle of Bennington, where his own son in law was killed.
This time he found himself on the losing side after
Burgoyne surrendered at Saratoga and he suffered misfortune. He later described how he was hunted through the woods by a group determined to hang him. In 1783 he wrote to London claiming compensation for
his personal losses.
>
Inscription
Here lyeth the body of William McComb of (B)ellyh(o)ne who departed this life xxth of Jan 1726 aged (30) years. Here lyeth ye body of Mary McComb alias Wallace who dyed 29th Decr 172(6) aged 26 years. Also to the memory of their son John McComb who died in Belfast Feb xxx
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