In 1075, Simon de HOLCOMBE built Hole House in Devonshire, England. His people 
lived in the area known as HOLE in the COMBE for centuries before they adopted 
HOLCOMBE as their surname. 
The HOLCOMBES, and many other families of Southern England, came to Virginia 
early and made it their own. Marriages between them formed multiple 
connections and reconnections. 

This site explores relationships between - and our connections to - these 
early Virginia and Carolina families: BALL, BLAND, BOLLING, BYRD, CALHOUN, 
CARTER, COLHOUN, CUSTIS, ESKRIDGE, FAIRFAX, FLEMING, GRYMES, ISHAM, 
HARRISON, HOLCOMBE, LEE, LUDWELL, RANDOLPH and WASHINGTON. 
Included are three signers of the Declaration of Independence, several state
governors and US Congressmen, two US Senators, a US President, a US Vice-
President who served under two different presidents, and the only woman to be 
depicted on Confederate currency. 

As the nation grew, some families left the eastern states and migrated south 
and west to the center of the country: ABERNATHY, ARTHUR, ASKEW, BALL, 
BARNES, BARRON, BOONE, BRUMMETT, BUCK, BURGESS, CABINESS, DAVIDSON, 
DONHAM, EDWARDS, FAULKNER, HARVEY, JORDAN, LACEFIELD, McGEHEE, 
MONTGOMERY, PARKER, PELHAM, SAVAGE, SHORT, STEWART AND WEBBER.  

Huguenot ancestors are marked with the Cross of Languedoc.