Macomber

[American]

I am having a very hard time finding any of my Macomber kin in Scotland. I know the ones that migrated to American and settled in Massachutsas came directly from Devonshire, England. It is generally believed that the Macombers came from the Shaw Clan/Chattan/Macintash but records are skinny, no real concrete evidence and I'm not finding the name Macomber in Scotland ANYWHERE Macomber is not really thought to be an English name.

Are there Macombers in Scotland?

[Polwarth]

Your name seems to be claimed by various clans - do a search via www.ElecticScotland.com or Rampant Scotland Directory

[Duthill]

Originally Posted by American

I am having a very hard time finding any of my Macomber kin in Scotland. I know the ones that migrated to American and settled in Massachutsas came directly from Devonshire, England. It is generally believed that the Macombers came from the Shaw Clan/Chattan/Macintash but records are skinny, no real concrete evidence and I'm not finding the name Macomber in Scotland ANYWHERE Macomber is not really thought to be an English name.

Are there Macombers in Scotland?

You have come close to the information that you seek , but unfortunately you have fallen into the trap of expecting to find the exact name spelling that your family used today.
Here are some variations of your surname .
Comb, Combie, McColm, McComas, McComb, McCombie, McComie, McComish, Macomie, Macomish.
And here is where they come from .
Clan MacThomas

Another Trap that you got caught in was not knowing much about the history and social culture of the Scottish Clans , Families , and Houses .

If you follow the names Comb , Thomas , and Chattan , and do a bit of research on them you may find your answer .
Be aware that Clan Chattan is a Confederation of about 12 individual Clans .

A word of advice .
Keep a lookout for and take note of official Clan websites , ones that are run by that Name .

A word of warning.
Stay well clear of the supposed clan pages of commercial sites .Their information is often incorrect .
If the Site is not run by the Official Clan itself or the Accredited Clan Society , ignore it .

[American]

The information I have about the Macomber family came mainly from the Macomber History by Everett Stackpole.

Read the ebook Macomber genealogy (Volume 1-2) by Everett Schermerhorn Stackpole

and

Search Results: Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest

I'm just beginning to learn about Scottish history, culture, clans, etc. I was having trouble finding any search engines on the other side of the pond to see what is available in the way of info. Sometimes it's challenging getting out of your own country's sites. My uncle was writing to a Macomber cousin (this spelling) in Scotland before he died but refused to share any info and being the recluse he was, the papers he left don't share much either.

I'm thank for this site and look foreward to learning alot more about Scotland and my ancestrial ties. I'm also part Cherokee but that is another headache!

[Duthill]

Originally Posted by American

I'm just beginning to learn about Scottish history, culture, clans, etc. I was having trouble finding any search engines on the other side of the pond to see what is available in the way of info. Sometimes it's challenging getting out of your own country's sites. My uncle was writing to a Macomber cousin (this spelling) in Scotland before he died but refused to share any info and being the recluse he was, the papers he left don't share much either.

I'm thank for this site and look foreward to learning alot more about Scotland and my ancestrial ties. I'm also part Cherokee but that is another headache!

If you are Cherrokee , you may also be of the Clan Grant , from the branch known as Siol Lewis , but thats' another research journey.
The information that is within the two links you have posts have everything that you need key word into a search engine .
"Touch not the cat hot a glove " is one that leaps off the page.

And this clip

"Others insist that the name is of Scotch origin and that some
migration carried the name into Devonshire. I am informed that
Harry Alfred Long's Personal and Family Names, published by
John Menzie & Co., Edinburgh, 1883, derives the names McComb,
McCombe, McCoombe, McComber, and McCumber from the
Gaelic "Omish" (Thomas) and that other forms of the same name
are McOmish, McTavish and McTanse. A Memoir of the
Families of McCombie and Thoms, originally Mcintosh and
McThomas, by William IMcCombie Smith, Edinburgh, 1890.
says that McThomie, McHomie, McOmie, McOmish, ]\IcOmy,
McComie, McCombie and Thoms, McThomas and Mcintosh, all
are names used to designate members of the same clan. Anti-
quarians seem to agree that the Mcintosh clan are a branch of the
clan Chattan and that the McCombie family are a branch of the
clan Mcintosh, taking its rise in the latter half of the fourteenth
century. It is claimed that the founder of the clan Mcintosh was
Shaw McDuflf, second son of the fifth Earl of Fife, who dis-
tinguished himself in quelling a rebellion among the Moray tribes
against Malcolm IV., about the years 1161-63. "

has more than enough to serve as a research base.
My advice would be to first change your search engine.
Google does me ok , it gets me around the world.


If you know that this statement
" I know the ones that migrated to American and settled in Massachutsas came directly from Devonshire, England. " is correct in every way regarding your ancestor , then great , you have a starting point in Britain .
If you have no idea where Your non American Macomber ancestor was born , then put that aside untill you know if that is your line or not.
Following someone's family tree is a pointless journey , and extremely time wasting .

Good luck with the search

[wullie m]

McComb I think is a Galloway name, I went to school with one. A lot of Scots names, taken to Ulster at the Plantation, came back in the 19th cent' somewhat altered. wullie.

[hiorta]

Thomas and Mac Thomas would sound like Tawse and MacTawse in gaidhlig.
I've seen Tawse as a surname, but it is not numerous, though it might be more complication than clarification in your search