Marquis Fielding (Guilliame) CALMES
father of Elizabeth Calmes who married Leonard Helm Jr. notes say he was born in France and then went back to be educated and returned to Va
One of the first justices in Frederick County, Va. Nov 11, 1743 Norris History pg. 72from Capon Valley 1698-1940 pg 11 and 13.. One of his duties was to oversea building of a ducking stool for women who gossiped. Over saw the road from the old school house on Shannado to Cunningham Chapple. He was a gentleman. He was Huguenot from French stock. Last name was De La Calmes. He was wealthy and a nobleman, but fled for his religious belief to avoid persecution.
In a book Historical Register and Dictionary of the U.S. Army 1789 to 1903 by Francis B. Heitman. He was a 2n Lieutenant 2nd Virginia 27th Nov 1775 1st Lieuntent Feb 1776, Captain 13th January 1777 was a prisoner on parole in Feb 1779 when and where taken not stated resigned 8th of March 1779. Lieutenant Colonel Virginia Militia 1779-1781 dated 27th Feb 1834.
LIved at Mannassa Gap, mt above Front Royal, because it use to be called Calmes Gap. He arrived and was one of the first circuit judges in Winchester in the early 1750's and bought one of the first lots there, lot 16 from Col. James Wood. He bought from Lord Fairfax 500 acres at Calmes Neck. He prospered and became a judge.
buried in the Old Chapel Cemetery near Berryville, Va.Genanet: "Miss Winifred Waller of distingushed parentage, possessed of noble qualities of mind and rare virtue."
In deed book 3, Calmes in 1798 and two Combs divided the 5,6000 acres in Indian Field Territory. Caolmes took 1,000 acres on the Upper Howard Creek and 400 acres on Lulbegrud. This was the real beginning of the Oil Springs Resort. book on Calmes FHL 2 Marquis Calmes owned the land. ONe an uncle who daughter married Thomas Eastin
He was in the war at Valley Forge.
Frederick County, 15 May 1751 Marquis Calmes, Maj. of Horse from book Virginias Colonial sholders by Lloyd Dewitt Bockstruck, 1988, Gen. pub. co. Baltimore
Had a plantation called Peace and Plenty by the Shenandoah River
Elizabeth Calmes goes back 640 years to the Province of Languedoc, France. The family was seated near the historic town of Carcassone for centuries, and was raised to the nobility about 1552. The Calmes were French Huguenots, and records show many of them imprisoned, condemned to death, and even chained to the galleys because they would not abandon their faith. In the late 1500's and early 1600's many of htem fled to Switzerland and England, and many more after 1785. Marquis Calmes fled to London in 1687, and thereafter the title was kept as a given name in every generation. His son, named Marquis Calmes, immigrated to Virginia in 1699 or 1700, settling in Stafford County. There, in 1705, his son, also named Marquis Calmles, was born. He married Winifred Harden (his mother had been a Widow Waller), and moved to Shenandoah Valley, in Frederick County, Va., where their daughter, Elizabeth Calmes, was born and married Leonard Helm Jr. it says Clark County for birth place in Ancestrial file
He married Winnifred Waller 1725 at Stafford, Virginia . Winnifred Waller was born at Westmoreland, Stafford, Virginia 1709 daughter of John William Waller and Dorothy King .
They were the parents of 6
children:
Marquis Calmes, Captain
born 1726.
William Waller Calmes
born 1728.
Isabella Calmes
born 1730.
Elizabeth Calmes
born 1 Jan 1732.
Annie M. Clark Calmes
born 1734.
Betty de Calmes
born Abt 1735.
Marquis Fielding (Guilliame) Calmes died 10 May 1755 at Calmes Neck, Frederick, Virginia .
Winnifred Waller died 6 Oct 1751 at Berryville, Clarke, Virginia .