My Calmes files of about 8,000 names has only one person with the surname of Sowers:
James Sowers, DOB unk, DOD unknown m. 26 Nov 1830 in Frederick County, VA, Elizabeth
Catlett, DOB 1799 @ "Rose Hill," Frederick County. DOD unknown.
She was the daughter of Henry Catlett, DOB 8 Feb 1758 in Frederick County, DOD 16 Dec 1826
at "Rose Hill," Frederick County, m. 8 Dec 1782 at "Rose Hill,"
Frederick County, Miriam Calmes, DOB 12 Dec 1758 in Frederick County, DOD 26 Feb 1825 at
"Rose Hill." They had nine children, two sons, seven daughters. Elizabeth was
number eight in the family.
Miriam Calmes, was the first daughter, third child of William Waller Calmes, DOB 18 Jan
1726/27 at "Peace and Plenty," Frederick County, DOD 19 Sep 1773, same location,
m. 17 May 1754, Lucy Neville, DOB 18 Jan 1730/31, Prince William County, VA, DOD 29 May
1789 at "Helmley," Frederick (now Clarke) County. They had a total eight
children, two daughters, six sons, three of whom had distinguished records during the
Revolutionary War.
William Waller Calmes was the son of Marquis Calmes, II, Major, DOB abt 1705 in Stafford
County, VA, DOD 10 May 1755 at or near the "Vineyard," in Frederick (now Clarke
County), m. 1725 Winifred Waller, DOD 1709 in Westmoreland County, VA, DOD 6 Oct 1751, at
or near the "Vineyard, Frederick County. William Waller Calmes remains are thougth
to have washed away in the Shenandoah River. Winifred's remains were originally buried
near the river with her husband. Her remains were subsequently removed to the Old Chapel
in now Clarke County. Her grave is said to be oldest in the small church cemtery on US
340 , near the towns of Millwood and Boyce and just a few miles south of Berryville. See
Brown, Myers and Chappel: Biographical and Genealogical Record of Persons Buried at Old
Chapel, Voulme II, Annals of Clarke County, VA, available in many libraries.
Major Marquis Calmes, II, is the only known issue of Marquis de la Calmes, DOB abt 1672 in
France, DOD abt 1741in Stafford County, the Huguenot emigrant, and his wife, Isabella
Eliche, for we have no proved info about DOB, DOD or date of marriage.
If you will send me a stamped ($0.60) self addressed envelope, I will be glad to send you
FTM's Family Record Sheets for all of the above families showing all of their issue.
H.J. Dalton, Jr.
6411 Laurel Valley Road
Dallas, TX 75248-3904
President, Genealogical Society of Versailles (The Calmes Family Association)
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Wondering if researchers doing research on the Calmes family, has a marriage between a
woman named Mary to a man named Jacob SOWERS who lived in early Frederick Co. VA.
Mary would have been born about 1724 died after her husband in Frederick Co. VA 1781.
I need the names of the other children of the emigrate Marquis Calmes born c1675 Frances
(information from computer bank). Did he have other children other than
Marquis Calmes b. 1705 Stafford Co. VA, m. 1725 VA, d. 10 May 1755 Frederick Co. VA.
married to Winnifred Waller. They could have been old enough to have had my Mary. Need the
names of their children.
Thank you for your time.
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