Looking for my ggrandfather's family. He was born abt. 1816/17 in
Baltimore, Md. His parents are listed as English. Family legend has
his father the captain of a ship that went down after he was born and
after he brought his family to this country. It seems like there would
have been siblings born somewhere in the 'old country', possibly Wales,
Cornwall or Devenshire. We do not have names for the parents. My
ggrandfather was James Tucker Coomes. Family legend has James going to
sea in search of his father. That would have him at least 13/14 years
old which would be about 1830 to 1843 when he married in Grayson Co.,
Virginia. USA. He was at sea about a year. When he returned his mother
and siblings were gone from Baltimore. He never saw them again. Wonder
if they returned to their former home. Any help or clues is more than
welcome.
Patience