Thomas Holcomb I

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Thomas Holcomb I

Birth
England
Death
7 Sep 1657 (aged 47–48)
Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
Burial
Granby, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA GPS-Latitude: 41.9556889, Longitude: -72.79135
Plot
Section 5, #47
Memorial ID
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Suggested by some, Son of Gilbert and Anne (Courtenay) HOLCOMB.

Married to Elizabeth FERGUSON on May 14, 1634 in Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.

Children:
- Elizabeth HOLCOMB.
m. Josias Ellsworth
- Mary HOLCOMB.
m. George Griswold
- Abigail HOLCOMB. (b. 1638)
-m. Samuel Bissell
- Joshua HOLCOMB. (1640-1690)
- Sarah HOLCOMB. (1642-1654)
- Benajah HOLCOMB. (1644-1736)
m. Sarah ENO
- Deborah HOLCOMB. (1646-1649)
- Nathaniel HOLCOMB. (b. 1648)
m(1) Mary BLISS
m(2) Sarah OWEN
- Deborah HOLCOMB. (b. 1650)
– m. Daniel Birge
- Jonathan HOLCOMB. (1654-1656)

It has been represented that Thomas moved from England to Boston, MA. He was a Puritan. He came to America on the "Mary and John" arriving at Boston May 30, 1630. He was one of 60 "Puritans and dissenters" who moved in 1635-36 to the junction of the Farmington and Connecticut Rivers and founded the town of Windsor.

The Holcomb Genealogy compiled by James Hallowell Holcombe Jr. 2006

MARY AND JOHN - Thomas has been said to have come on the 1630 voyage of the Mary and John, but there is no proof of it, all passenger lists for that voyage being hypothetical.

Robert Charles Anderson in NEHGR, April 1993, addressed the many different lists of passengers on the Mary and John. He went about objectively establishing specific criteria for determining the likelihood that a specific individual was on the ship. By the criteria he established, which seem reasonable, Mr. Anderson concluded that Thomas Holcombe is not likely to have come on the Mary and John in 1630.

In '1649 he moved 4 miles NW to Poquonock. He represented Windsor and Hartford on the General Court, and served for both in framing the Constitution of the Colony of Connecticut.

Many of his descendants lived in and around the town of Simsbury in Hartford County, later known as Granby.

The genealogical data on the north side of the stone contain a number of errors. Thomas Holcomb had no son named Thomas, and, though C.G. Flanders must have seen a stone for the son, with the date of death, given as 1736, he shows no first name. Thomas Holcomb did have a son who died in 1736, Benajah, who died 25 Jan. 1736/7, and it was probably he who was buried at Poquonock in 1736 Old Style, as he is known not to have accompanied his relatives from Windsor to Simsbury, out of which Granby was later taken. Benajah, however, married Sarah Eno, not Elizabeth Pettebone, and though there were Holcomb-Pettebone marriages, no Elizabeth Pettebone married any Holcomb in the period.

What has happened is that Benajah's death year has been appropriated for a son who was rather Joshua, Born Windsor, 7 April 1649, died Simsbury, 1 Dec. 1690 who married 4 June 1663 Ruth Sherwood, died 10 Sept. 1699, daughter of Thomas Sherwood of Fairfield. Joshua and his wife belong on that stone in the place of a non-existing Thomas. Joshua, however, had a son Capt. Thomas who was born in Windsor, 30 March 1666, died at Simsbury 5 March 1730/1, and his first wife was Elizabeth Terry; second wife, Rebecca Pettebone. The two views of Capt. Thomas have been condensed into one, Elizabeth from the first wife and Pettebone from the second, but the line to these later Holcombs really runs through Elizabeth Terry and the name Pettebone does not belong on the stone. In the next generation Daniel was the 2nd son of Capt. Thomas and Elizabeth (Terry) Holcomb, and was born 30 Sept. 1692, date of death not hitherto known to me. The stone is right in naming his wife Esther Buel, for she was Hester Buel, born Simsbury, 24 Nov. 1705, baptized there by Dudley Woodbridge, 10 March 1705/6, youngest daughter of Peter Buel (William) by his third wife Mary
Gillett, and the marriage took place on 1 Jan. 1735/6. Daniel was, indeed, the only son, but as he was born 31 March 1744, his age at death, if he died, 12 Oct. 1836, was 92 and not 85. Likewise, Daniel was aged 65, not 54, if he died as the stone says on 5 June 1836, for he was born 18 Jan. 1771, baptized 14 Aug. 1774.

This article has been written, not only to call attention to these errors, but to serve as an excellent example of the wisdom of not accepting sepulchral information at its face value.

Children of Thomas ane Elizabeth HOLCOMB:

1. ELIZABETH was born in 1634 at probably Dorchester, MA. She married Sgt. Josiah Ellsworth, son of John Ellsworth and Lucia Bower, on 16 Nov 1654 at Windsor, Hartford Co., CT.

2. MARY was born in 1635 at Dorchester (now Windsor), Hartford Co., CT. She married George Griswold, son of Edward Griswold and Margaret (--?--), on 3 Oct 1655 at Windsor, Hartford Co., CT.

3. ABIGAIL was baptized on 6 Jan 1638 at Windsor, Hartford Co., CT. She married Samuel Bissell, son of Capt. John Bissell and Mary Drake, on 11 Jun 1658 at Windsor, Hartford Co., CT.

4. JOSHUA was born on 7 Apr 1640 at Windsor, Hartford Co., CT. He married Ruth Sherwood, daughter of Thomas Sherwood of
Fairfield and Mary (--?--), on 4 Jun 1663 at Windsor, Hartford Co., CT.

5. SARAH was baptized on 14 Aug 1642 at Windsor, Hartford Co., CT.She died in 1654

6. BENAJAH was born on 23 Jun 1644 at Windsor, Hartford Co., CT. He married Sarah Eno, daughter of James Eno and Anna Bidwell, on 11 Apr 1667 at Windsor, Hartford Co., CT.

7. DEBORAH was born on 15 Oct 1646 She died in 1649

8. NATHANIEL was born on 4 Nov 1648 at Poquonock, Windsor, Hartford Co., CT. He married Mary Bliss, daughter of Nathaniel Bliss and Catharine Chapin, on 27 Feb 1670 at Springfield, Hampden Co., MA. He married Sarah Owen on 17 Jan 1722 at Simsbury,
Hartford Co., CT.

9. DEBORAH was born on 15 Feb 1649/50 at Windsor, Hartford Co., CT. She married Daniel Birge, son of Richard Birge and
Elizabeth Gaylord, on 5 Nov 1668 at Windsor, Hartford Co., CT.

10. JONATHAN was born on 23 Mar 1651/52 at Windsor, Hartford Co., CT. He died on 13 Sep 1656 at Windsor, Hartford Co.,
CT, at age 4

Genealogical Vandalism As documented in the Holcomb Genealogy

Thomas Holcombe's Tombstone
by George McCracken
from The American Genealogist Vol. 44, p. 58, January 1968

The story of the vandalism was reported to me some years ago by the late Mrs. Carrie Marshall Kendrick who lived in a fine mid-victorian house near the intersection of Marshall Phelps Road with Poquonock Avenue in Windsor, Conn. The house had been formerly known as 1297 Poquonock Avenue but more recently has been given a number of Marshall Phelps Road. On the other side of the road but the same side of the avenue, so Mrs. Kendrick informed me, was formerly a small cemetery in which was originally buried Thomas Holcombe in October 1657.

Members of the Holcomb family "later" removed to what is now Granby and took with them Thomas Holcomb's tombstone, if not what was left of his remains also, and inserted the 1657 stone into an obelisk-type monument in the Granby Street Cemetery in Granby where it was read by C. G. Flanders in 1934 when he reported all the stones of that graveyard: "Thomas Holcomb, born in England, died Oct. 1657." Mrs Kendrick further stated, with considerable distress, that some years before she spoke members of the family had demolished the obelisk-type monument and replaced it with a modern granite monument, and the original slab was then thrown into a dump.

SOURCES
Note he read the modern granite monument as documented in the photo.
Hale reported by C G. Flanders 1934 Oct 15 p.7 recorded as follows:
Holcomb, Thomas, born in England, died 1657 Oct
Holcomb, son of Thomas , died on the year of 1736
Holcomb, Elizabeth Pettebone, wife of Thomas, died 1740
Holcomb, Daniel, son of Thomas and Elizabeth P., died 1760
Holcomb, Esther Buel, wife of Daniel died 1765
Holcomb, Daniel, only son of Daniel * Esther, died Oct 12, 1836, age 85 yrs.
Holcomb, Sarah, wife of Daniel, died 1835 Sep 5, age 85
Holcomb, Daniel, only son of Daniel & Sarah, died 1836 June 5, age 54
Holcomb Hepsabeth, Griswold, wife of Daniel, died 1814 July 11, age 38 yrs
Holcomb Gaylord G., their 2nd son was Drowned, Jul 4, 1844, age 50s/o:
Gilbert Holcombe (1565 - 1633)
Ann Courtnay Holcombe (1573 - 1642)
h/o Elizabeth Ferguson
Married 14 May 1634 - Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
f/o:
Elizabeth Holcomb (1634-1712)
Mary Holcomb (1635-1708)
Abigail Holcomb (1638-1688)
Joshua Holcomb (1640-1690)
Sarah Holcomb (1642-1654)
Benjiah Holcomb (1644-1735)
Deborah Holcomb (1646-1649)
Nathanial Holcomb - (1648-1740)
Johnathan Holcomb (1654-1656)

Thomas and his wife, Elizabeth Ferguson, were passengers on the Puritan Ship "Mary and John" Their parents remained in England. All of their children were born in the New World.

The Mary and John was the lead ship of the famous Winthrop Fleet, beginning in 1630. Thousands of immigrants arrived on this fleet and the Mary and John was the first to leave England and the first to arrive in the New World. She anchored on the island of Hull in the bay off of Dorchester (Boston). Some 14 of our ancestors arrived on this vessel. The family names include Phelps, Gaylord, Rockwell, Eggleston, Gillet, Holcomb, Capen and Ford. These folks were amongst the founders of Windsor, Connecticut in 1635 when they left the safety of the coast for the savage lands along the Connecticut River. The Pequot Indians were at war with everyone including other Indians. When the colonists bravely sent a small armed group against the overwhelming number of Pequots and won. It was a vicious war and there was much bloodshed, but the colonists helped the peaceful Indians to destroy the warlike Pequots and the colonists were rewarded with land given to them by the Indians who they helped. The Pequots had taken this land from the other Indians to begin with. The Pequots were actually from far up north but were driven out by the much stronger Huron tribe.
The Mary and John made many voyages to America. We had family on it's 1633 voyage as well. That was the Lunt and Marsh families. The Mary and John had also made an earlier voyage to Maine in 1609 to establish a colony, but it failed to survive.

Thomas Holcombe I married Elizabeth Ferguson, his widow, about 1632, in Wales, She was also a passenger on the ship, Mary and John, March 20 to May 30 1630.. There are records at Windsor, CT of Thomas and Elizabeth having 8 children
d - 1679

Thomas Holcombe – Puritan migration to North America – year 1630
Thomas Holcombe was in the company of 140 Puritans and Dissenters who assembled at Plymouth County, Devon, England, with Bishops John Maverick and John Wareham in March 1630. Do not confuse this migration with that of the "Plymouth Rock" Pilgrims which occurred in 1620. Upon a day of fasting and prayer these bishops were chosen as officers and the Mary and John, a 400 tom ship, was charted by Captain Squeb for their voyage to the Charles (now the port of Boston, Massachusetts) in North America. After a 70 day voyage, the ship arrived 30 May 1630 at Nantasket, Mass. Which was then the deepest penetration of a sea going ship in that harbor. Ten of the men procured a boat and went scouting for the best abode to take up for their new world home. They spied out a location at Mattapan on Charles River (now in Suffolk County, Mass.) where pasture for their famished cattle, held on the ship, could be had.
Tradition has fixed the first place where the company set ashore was the south side of Dorchester Neck (South Boston) in the old harbor. Here they named their settlement Dorchester for the English Town and it still retains that name as part of Greater Boston.
Thomas Holcombe was settled at Dorchester, Mass. In a house that at he owned in 1633. He sold the house by deed 12 August 1635 to Richard Jones signing “Thomas Holcombe” and included 4 tracts amounting to 21 acres. One tract lay on both sides of the Neponset River. In a lottery there, 1 Dec. 1634, Thomas drew land and was made a a freeman 14 Mar11634. The form ovoath as a Freeman is preserved. He had a grant of land about 14 ½ rods wide near Lemuel Welch in 1635 which he deeded to Josiah Hull about1635 or the time of his move to Windsor “Poqonock” Hartford County, Conn.
From book – The Holcombe's – Nation Builders

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Footnote: Holcomb Gravestone - Side 1
The Holcomb Gravestone has two sides. Side 1 has ten names on it and Side 2 has eight.
There are errors in the inscriptions and who they represent is open to interpretation Also, you have to read the clues in the inscriptions to help you figure out who the names are supposed to represent. My interpretation follows – Gerald “Jerry” Deckard

SIDE 1
Side 1 contains the following information:
1) THOMAS HOLCOMB BORN IN ENGLAND –DIED OCT 1657
This should be: THOMAS HOLCOMB I BORN IN ENGLAND – DIED OCT 1657
I have added suffixes to the following people to hopefully avoid confusion.
Thomas Holcomb I – 1605-1657
Thomas Holcomb II - 1666-1731
Thomas Holcomb III – 1690-1736
Daniel Holcomb I – 1692-1760
Daniel Holcomb II – 1751-1836
Daniel Holcomb III – 1771-1836

2) THOMAS HIS SON DIED 1736

Thomas did not have a son named Thomas. He had a great grandson, Thomas Holcomb III ,who died in 1736 But I believe it is Thomas Holcomb II who is being referred to here. His first wife was Elizabeth Terry,
Should be: THOMAS HOLCOMB II, HIS GRANDSON DIED 1731

3) ELIZABETH PETTEBONE, HIS WIFE, DIED 1740
Should be: ELIZABETH TERRY, FIRST WIFE OF THOMAS HOLCOMB II AND MOTHER OF THOMAS HOLCOMB III. DIED 1699
Thomas II had two wives. His first wife was Elizabeth Terry. His second wife was Rebecca Pettibone. Rebecca died in 1731. I can not find an Elizabeth Pettibone.
See Elizabeth Terry's memorial - FG # 64543297

4) DANIEL, THEIR SON DIED 1760
Should be: DANIEL HOLCOMB I, SON OF THOMAS HOLCOMB II AND ELIZABETH TERRY, DIED1760

5) ESTHER BUEL, HIS WIFE, DIED 1765
Should be: ESTHER BUEL, WIFE OF DANIEL HOLCOMB I, DIED 1765

6) DANIEL, THEIR ONLY SON, DIED OCT12 1836, AGE 85
Should say DANIEL HOLCOMB II, SON OF DANIEL HOLCOMB I AND ESTHER BUEL. DIED OCT12 1836, AGE 85

7) SARAH, HIS WIFE, DIED SEPT 5 1835,AGE 85
Should say: SARAH HOLCOMB, WIFE OF DANIEL HOLCOMB II, DIED SEPT 5 1835, AGE 85

8) DANIEL, THEIR ONLY SON, DIED JUNE.5, 1836, AGE 54
Should say; DANIEL HOLCOMB III, SON OF DANIEL HOLCOMB II AND SARAH HOLCOMB, AGE 65
9) HEPZABETH GRISWOLD, HIS WIFE DIED, JULY 11,1814, AGE 33

9) Should be: HEPZIBAH GRISWOLD, WIFE OF DANEIL HOLCOMB III, DIED JULY 11, 1814, AGE 33

10) GAYLORD G., THEIR 2ND SON, DROWNED JULY 4, 1844, AGE 50
Should be: GAYLOD G. HOLCOMB, SON OF DANIEL HOLCOMB III AND HEPZIBAH GRISWOLD, DROWNED, July 4, 1844, age 49
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Thomas Holcombe – Puritan migration to North America – year 1630
Thomas Holcombe was in the company of 140 Puritans and Dissenters who assembled at Plymouth County, Devon, England, with Bishops John Maverick and John Wareham in March 1630.  Upon a day of fasting and prayer these bishops were chosen as officers and the Mary and John, a 400 ton ship, was charted by Captain Squeb for their voyage to the Charles (now the port of Boston, Massachusetts) in North America.  After a 70 day voyage, the ship arrived 30 May 1630 at Nantasket, Mass. Which was then the deepest penetration of a sea going ship in that harbor. Ten of the men procured a boat and went scouting for the best abode to take up for their new world home. They spied out a location at Mattapan on the Charles River (now in Suffolk County, Mass.) where pasture for their famished cattle, held on the ship, could be had.
Tradition has fixed the first place where the company set ashore was the south side of Dorchester Neck (South Boston) in the old harbor.Here they named their settlement Dorchester for the English Town and it still retains that name as part of Greater Boston.
Thomas Holcombe was settled at Dorchester, Mass.  In a house that at he owned in 1633. He sold the house by deed 12 August 1635 to Richard Jones signing “Thomas Holcombe” and included 4 tracts amounting to 21 acres. One tract lay on both sides of the Neponset River.  In a lottery there, 1 Dec. 1634, Thomas drew land and was made a freeman 14 Mar 1634. The form of oath as a Freeman is preserved.  He had a grant of land about 14 ½ rods wide near Lemuel Welch in 1635 which he deeded to Josiah Hull about 1635 or the time of his move to Windsor “Poqenock” Hartford County, Conn.
From book – The Holcombe's – Nation Builders

Questions I have on the above information. - Gerald "Jerry" Deckard.
1. Does " was charted by Captain Squeb" he just made up the charts or he was the Captain for the voyage or both?
2.
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Submitted by Gerald Deckard
23 Apr 2016Thomas Holcomb, the immigrant ancestor of the Holcomb family of early Windsor, Conn., was undoubtedly born in England, but the identity of his parents and the year of his birth remain unknown. Because his age at death is not stated in any extant record, any estimated year of his birth would be pure conjecture. Thomas d. intestate in Windsor, Conn. on Sept. 7, 1657 and his name is on Windsor's Founders Monument located across Palisado Avenue on Windsor Green.

When Thomas died the only cemetery that existed in Windsor was the town's burying ground inside the "Palisado", the palisade enclosed compound surrounding the original central core of the town. The palisade protection was erected in 1637 to protect the Windsor settlers from possible attack from local Native Americans.

In 1968 in The American Genealogist (hereafter TAG), Holcomb and Eno descendant Prof. George E. McCracken published Genealogical Vandalism - Thomas Holcomb's Tombstone. This concerned the story he learned in the mid-20th century that Thomas Holcomb's gravestone and remains had been relocated in the late-18th century and reinterred in the Granby Street cemetery in Granby, Conn. Extensive research clearly indicates Thomas was never disinterred and removed to Granby and is still interred in an unmarked grave at Windsor's Palisado Cemetery. The tombstone in the Granby Street Cemetery bearing his name, together with a purported ancestral line to those actually buried in that cemetery, is a cenotaph with a missing second generation in the ancestral line. More than half of the names inscribed on the Granby monument, including Thomas himself, are NOT buried in Granby Street Cemetery.

One month after the death of Thomas Holcomb, in the Windsor Town Records is the following entry:

• 1657, October 26. "The Town met and agreed to have the burying place made commodious. David Wilton doth hereby engage himself and his [successors] forever to maintain whatsoever fence belongs to the burying place of Windsor, now joining to his land, and also to make and maintain a commodious gate for passage to it. Also, to clear it of all stubs and boughs that grows upon it, between this and next Spring, and to sow it with English grass that it may be decent and comely, and he, and his heirs, is to have the benefit of the pasture forever." (Windsor Town Records, Bk. i. 34)

Thomas Holcomb did not, as frequently claimed, arrive in New England in 1630 as a passenger of the ship "Mary and John." He did arrive by 1633 and first resided in Dorchester where he was admitted a freeman of the Massachusetts Bay on May 14, 1634. The latter date is also frequently cited as the date of his marriage to wife Elizabeth, but no marriage record exists in any extant New England record. On Dec. 1, 1634 Thomas was granted an eight-acre great lot in Dorchester and on Aug. 12, 1635 sold land in Dorchester to Thomas Jones. Windsor in the Connecticut Colony was first settled in 1633 and named Dorchester. In 1637 the name was changed to Windsor, but in what year Thomas relocated to Windsor is unclear. His third child, daughter Abigail, the first of the Holcomb children to appear of record in Windsor, was baptized in Windsor on Jan. 6, 1638/39. The Windsor land inventory of Dec. 25, 1640 states Thomas sold his former grants in Windsor and in turn "by virtue of purchase at Paquinnick" (sic, Poquonock) was granted a homelot of 25 acres plus additional adjoining upland.

When and where Thomas married his only wife Elizabeth is unknown. John Winthrop, Jr. attended her at Windsor in 1669, as the wife of her second husband James Eno, and called her 52 years old. In 1964 eminent New England genealogist Donald Lines Jacobus noted "her maiden name has been stated as Ferguson, without proof or probability."

In 1981 in serial form in TAG, Prof. George E. McCracken published Thomas Holcombe's Earlier Posterity, an account short of being a definitive work of the immigrant and the first few generations of descent from him.

Thomas Holcomb's estate record, abstracted by Manwaring from the Hartford Probate District records, Vol. I, Page 130-131, citing probate vol. II, pages 105-6, follows:

• Thomas Holcomb of Windsor. Invt. £294-09-08 taken Oct. 1, 1657 by Benjamin Newbery and Daniel Clark. Children: Joshua age 17 years, Benajah 13, Nathaniel 9, Abigail 19, and Deborah 6-7/12 years of age. Signed, Matthew Grant. Adms. granted to the Widow Elizabeth Holcomb with order of distribution to:
The Widow, £42-18-00
To Joshua, £42-18-00
To Benajah, £33-07-00
To Nathaniel, £28-12-00
To Abigail, £28-12-00
To Deborah, £28-12-00

• George and Edward Griswold entered a claim to part of the estate, but remitted the Claim.
• James Enno and Elizabeth Holcomb, widow, were married Aug. 5, 1658. (Windsor Rec.)
• On this 15th day of December, 1660, I doe acknowledge to have received of my Father Enno of my wife's portion the whole sum. Samuel Bissell.
• On this 17th day of December, 1660, I doe acknowledge to have received of my Father Enno ye full sum of my portion. Witness my Hand: Joshua Holcomb.
• Court Record, Page 109--Dec. 3, 1657: Invt. exhibited.

On Aug. 5, 1658 of record at Windsor the widow Elizabeth m., as his apparent third wife and his second wife in New England, James Eno. Elizabeth d. of record in Windsor on Aug. 5, 1658. There were no children of Elizabeth's second marriage.

The children of Thomas Holcomb and wife Elizabeth are (surname Holcomb):

• i. Elizabeth, b. circa 1634 in Dorchester, Mass., d. Sept. 18, 1712 in Windsor, Conn.; m. Nov. 16, 1654 of record in Windsor, Sgt. Josiah Ellsworth, who d. Aug. 20, 1689 in Windsor. Nine children of the family.

• ii. Mary, b. circa 1636 in Dorchester, Mass., d. Apr. 4, 1708 in Windsor, Conn.; m. Oct. 3, 1655 of record in Windsor, George Griswold, who d. Sept. 3, 1704 in Windsor. Ten children of the family.

• iii. Abigail, bapt. Jan. 6, 1638/39 in Windsor, Conn., d. Aug. 17, 1688 in Windsor; m. June 11, 1658 of record in Windsor as his first wife, Samuel Bissell, who d. Dec. 3, 1700 in Windsor. Nine children of the marriage.

• iv. Joshua, b. Apr. 7 (bapt. Sept. 27), 1640 in Windsor, Conn., d. Dec. 1, 1690 in Simsbury, Conn.; m. June 4, 1663 of record in Windsor, Ruth Sherwood, who d. Sept. 10, 1699 in Simsbury. Ten children of the family.

• v. Sarah, bapt. Aug. 14, 1642 in Windsor, Conn., d. young in 1654.

• vi. Sgt. Benajah, b. June 23, 1644 in Windsor, Conn., d. Jan. 25, 1736/7 in Windsor; m. Apr. 11, 1667 of record in Windsor, his step-sister Sarah Eno, who d. in Apr. 1732 in Windsor. Nine children of the family.

• vii. Deborah, b. Oct. 15, 1646 in Windsor, Conn., d. young in 1648.

• viii. Nathaniel, b. Nov. 4, 1648 in Windsor, Conn., d. Mar. 5, 1740/1 in Simsbury, Conn.; m. (1) Feb. 27, 1670/1 of record in Springfield, Mass., Mary Bliss, by whom he had eleven children; m. (2) Jan 17, 1722/3 of record in Simsbury, Sarah Owen, widow of Josiah Owen, by whom he had no children. She d. Sept. 11, 1742 in Simsbury.

• ix. Deborah, b. Feb. 15, 1650/1 in Windsor, Conn., d. May 26, 1686 in Windsor; m. Nov. 5, 1668 of record in Windsor as his first wife, Daniel Birge, by whom she had six children; he d. Jan. 26, 1697/8 in Windsor.

• x. Jonathan, b. Mar. 23, 1652/3 in Windsor, Conn., d. in infancy Sept. 13, 1656.

Edited 9/25/2018
Suggested by some, Son of Gilbert and Anne (Courtenay) HOLCOMB.

Married to Elizabeth FERGUSON on May 14, 1634 in Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.

Children:
- Elizabeth HOLCOMB.
m. Josias Ellsworth
- Mary HOLCOMB.
m. George Griswold
- Abigail HOLCOMB. (b. 1638)
-m. Samuel Bissell
- Joshua HOLCOMB. (1640-1690)
- Sarah HOLCOMB. (1642-1654)
- Benajah HOLCOMB. (1644-1736)
m. Sarah ENO
- Deborah HOLCOMB. (1646-1649)
- Nathaniel HOLCOMB. (b. 1648)
m(1) Mary BLISS
m(2) Sarah OWEN
- Deborah HOLCOMB. (b. 1650)
– m. Daniel Birge
- Jonathan HOLCOMB. (1654-1656)

It has been represented that Thomas moved from England to Boston, MA. He was a Puritan. He came to America on the "Mary and John" arriving at Boston May 30, 1630. He was one of 60 "Puritans and dissenters" who moved in 1635-36 to the junction of the Farmington and Connecticut Rivers and founded the town of Windsor.

The Holcomb Genealogy compiled by James Hallowell Holcombe Jr. 2006

MARY AND JOHN - Thomas has been said to have come on the 1630 voyage of the Mary and John, but there is no proof of it, all passenger lists for that voyage being hypothetical.

Robert Charles Anderson in NEHGR, April 1993, addressed the many different lists of passengers on the Mary and John. He went about objectively establishing specific criteria for determining the likelihood that a specific individual was on the ship. By the criteria he established, which seem reasonable, Mr. Anderson concluded that Thomas Holcombe is not likely to have come on the Mary and John in 1630.

In '1649 he moved 4 miles NW to Poquonock. He represented Windsor and Hartford on the General Court, and served for both in framing the Constitution of the Colony of Connecticut.

Many of his descendants lived in and around the town of Simsbury in Hartford County, later known as Granby.

The genealogical data on the north side of the stone contain a number of errors. Thomas Holcomb had no son named Thomas, and, though C.G. Flanders must have seen a stone for the son, with the date of death, given as 1736, he shows no first name. Thomas Holcomb did have a son who died in 1736, Benajah, who died 25 Jan. 1736/7, and it was probably he who was buried at Poquonock in 1736 Old Style, as he is known not to have accompanied his relatives from Windsor to Simsbury, out of which Granby was later taken. Benajah, however, married Sarah Eno, not Elizabeth Pettebone, and though there were Holcomb-Pettebone marriages, no Elizabeth Pettebone married any Holcomb in the period.

What has happened is that Benajah's death year has been appropriated for a son who was rather Joshua, Born Windsor, 7 April 1649, died Simsbury, 1 Dec. 1690 who married 4 June 1663 Ruth Sherwood, died 10 Sept. 1699, daughter of Thomas Sherwood of Fairfield. Joshua and his wife belong on that stone in the place of a non-existing Thomas. Joshua, however, had a son Capt. Thomas who was born in Windsor, 30 March 1666, died at Simsbury 5 March 1730/1, and his first wife was Elizabeth Terry; second wife, Rebecca Pettebone. The two views of Capt. Thomas have been condensed into one, Elizabeth from the first wife and Pettebone from the second, but the line to these later Holcombs really runs through Elizabeth Terry and the name Pettebone does not belong on the stone. In the next generation Daniel was the 2nd son of Capt. Thomas and Elizabeth (Terry) Holcomb, and was born 30 Sept. 1692, date of death not hitherto known to me. The stone is right in naming his wife Esther Buel, for she was Hester Buel, born Simsbury, 24 Nov. 1705, baptized there by Dudley Woodbridge, 10 March 1705/6, youngest daughter of Peter Buel (William) by his third wife Mary
Gillett, and the marriage took place on 1 Jan. 1735/6. Daniel was, indeed, the only son, but as he was born 31 March 1744, his age at death, if he died, 12 Oct. 1836, was 92 and not 85. Likewise, Daniel was aged 65, not 54, if he died as the stone says on 5 June 1836, for he was born 18 Jan. 1771, baptized 14 Aug. 1774.

This article has been written, not only to call attention to these errors, but to serve as an excellent example of the wisdom of not accepting sepulchral information at its face value.

Children of Thomas ane Elizabeth HOLCOMB:

1. ELIZABETH was born in 1634 at probably Dorchester, MA. She married Sgt. Josiah Ellsworth, son of John Ellsworth and Lucia Bower, on 16 Nov 1654 at Windsor, Hartford Co., CT.

2. MARY was born in 1635 at Dorchester (now Windsor), Hartford Co., CT. She married George Griswold, son of Edward Griswold and Margaret (--?--), on 3 Oct 1655 at Windsor, Hartford Co., CT.

3. ABIGAIL was baptized on 6 Jan 1638 at Windsor, Hartford Co., CT. She married Samuel Bissell, son of Capt. John Bissell and Mary Drake, on 11 Jun 1658 at Windsor, Hartford Co., CT.

4. JOSHUA was born on 7 Apr 1640 at Windsor, Hartford Co., CT. He married Ruth Sherwood, daughter of Thomas Sherwood of
Fairfield and Mary (--?--), on 4 Jun 1663 at Windsor, Hartford Co., CT.

5. SARAH was baptized on 14 Aug 1642 at Windsor, Hartford Co., CT.She died in 1654

6. BENAJAH was born on 23 Jun 1644 at Windsor, Hartford Co., CT. He married Sarah Eno, daughter of James Eno and Anna Bidwell, on 11 Apr 1667 at Windsor, Hartford Co., CT.

7. DEBORAH was born on 15 Oct 1646 She died in 1649

8. NATHANIEL was born on 4 Nov 1648 at Poquonock, Windsor, Hartford Co., CT. He married Mary Bliss, daughter of Nathaniel Bliss and Catharine Chapin, on 27 Feb 1670 at Springfield, Hampden Co., MA. He married Sarah Owen on 17 Jan 1722 at Simsbury,
Hartford Co., CT.

9. DEBORAH was born on 15 Feb 1649/50 at Windsor, Hartford Co., CT. She married Daniel Birge, son of Richard Birge and
Elizabeth Gaylord, on 5 Nov 1668 at Windsor, Hartford Co., CT.

10. JONATHAN was born on 23 Mar 1651/52 at Windsor, Hartford Co., CT. He died on 13 Sep 1656 at Windsor, Hartford Co.,
CT, at age 4

Genealogical Vandalism As documented in the Holcomb Genealogy

Thomas Holcombe's Tombstone
by George McCracken
from The American Genealogist Vol. 44, p. 58, January 1968

The story of the vandalism was reported to me some years ago by the late Mrs. Carrie Marshall Kendrick who lived in a fine mid-victorian house near the intersection of Marshall Phelps Road with Poquonock Avenue in Windsor, Conn. The house had been formerly known as 1297 Poquonock Avenue but more recently has been given a number of Marshall Phelps Road. On the other side of the road but the same side of the avenue, so Mrs. Kendrick informed me, was formerly a small cemetery in which was originally buried Thomas Holcombe in October 1657.

Members of the Holcomb family "later" removed to what is now Granby and took with them Thomas Holcomb's tombstone, if not what was left of his remains also, and inserted the 1657 stone into an obelisk-type monument in the Granby Street Cemetery in Granby where it was read by C. G. Flanders in 1934 when he reported all the stones of that graveyard: "Thomas Holcomb, born in England, died Oct. 1657." Mrs Kendrick further stated, with considerable distress, that some years before she spoke members of the family had demolished the obelisk-type monument and replaced it with a modern granite monument, and the original slab was then thrown into a dump.

SOURCES
Note he read the modern granite monument as documented in the photo.
Hale reported by C G. Flanders 1934 Oct 15 p.7 recorded as follows:
Holcomb, Thomas, born in England, died 1657 Oct
Holcomb, son of Thomas , died on the year of 1736
Holcomb, Elizabeth Pettebone, wife of Thomas, died 1740
Holcomb, Daniel, son of Thomas and Elizabeth P., died 1760
Holcomb, Esther Buel, wife of Daniel died 1765
Holcomb, Daniel, only son of Daniel * Esther, died Oct 12, 1836, age 85 yrs.
Holcomb, Sarah, wife of Daniel, died 1835 Sep 5, age 85
Holcomb, Daniel, only son of Daniel & Sarah, died 1836 June 5, age 54
Holcomb Hepsabeth, Griswold, wife of Daniel, died 1814 July 11, age 38 yrs
Holcomb Gaylord G., their 2nd son was Drowned, Jul 4, 1844, age 50s/o:
Gilbert Holcombe (1565 - 1633)
Ann Courtnay Holcombe (1573 - 1642)
h/o Elizabeth Ferguson
Married 14 May 1634 - Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
f/o:
Elizabeth Holcomb (1634-1712)
Mary Holcomb (1635-1708)
Abigail Holcomb (1638-1688)
Joshua Holcomb (1640-1690)
Sarah Holcomb (1642-1654)
Benjiah Holcomb (1644-1735)
Deborah Holcomb (1646-1649)
Nathanial Holcomb - (1648-1740)
Johnathan Holcomb (1654-1656)

Thomas and his wife, Elizabeth Ferguson, were passengers on the Puritan Ship "Mary and John" Their parents remained in England. All of their children were born in the New World.

The Mary and John was the lead ship of the famous Winthrop Fleet, beginning in 1630. Thousands of immigrants arrived on this fleet and the Mary and John was the first to leave England and the first to arrive in the New World. She anchored on the island of Hull in the bay off of Dorchester (Boston). Some 14 of our ancestors arrived on this vessel. The family names include Phelps, Gaylord, Rockwell, Eggleston, Gillet, Holcomb, Capen and Ford. These folks were amongst the founders of Windsor, Connecticut in 1635 when they left the safety of the coast for the savage lands along the Connecticut River. The Pequot Indians were at war with everyone including other Indians. When the colonists bravely sent a small armed group against the overwhelming number of Pequots and won. It was a vicious war and there was much bloodshed, but the colonists helped the peaceful Indians to destroy the warlike Pequots and the colonists were rewarded with land given to them by the Indians who they helped. The Pequots had taken this land from the other Indians to begin with. The Pequots were actually from far up north but were driven out by the much stronger Huron tribe.
The Mary and John made many voyages to America. We had family on it's 1633 voyage as well. That was the Lunt and Marsh families. The Mary and John had also made an earlier voyage to Maine in 1609 to establish a colony, but it failed to survive.

Thomas Holcombe I married Elizabeth Ferguson, his widow, about 1632, in Wales, She was also a passenger on the ship, Mary and John, March 20 to May 30 1630.. There are records at Windsor, CT of Thomas and Elizabeth having 8 children
d - 1679

Thomas Holcombe – Puritan migration to North America – year 1630
Thomas Holcombe was in the company of 140 Puritans and Dissenters who assembled at Plymouth County, Devon, England, with Bishops John Maverick and John Wareham in March 1630. Do not confuse this migration with that of the "Plymouth Rock" Pilgrims which occurred in 1620. Upon a day of fasting and prayer these bishops were chosen as officers and the Mary and John, a 400 tom ship, was charted by Captain Squeb for their voyage to the Charles (now the port of Boston, Massachusetts) in North America. After a 70 day voyage, the ship arrived 30 May 1630 at Nantasket, Mass. Which was then the deepest penetration of a sea going ship in that harbor. Ten of the men procured a boat and went scouting for the best abode to take up for their new world home. They spied out a location at Mattapan on Charles River (now in Suffolk County, Mass.) where pasture for their famished cattle, held on the ship, could be had.
Tradition has fixed the first place where the company set ashore was the south side of Dorchester Neck (South Boston) in the old harbor. Here they named their settlement Dorchester for the English Town and it still retains that name as part of Greater Boston.
Thomas Holcombe was settled at Dorchester, Mass. In a house that at he owned in 1633. He sold the house by deed 12 August 1635 to Richard Jones signing “Thomas Holcombe” and included 4 tracts amounting to 21 acres. One tract lay on both sides of the Neponset River. In a lottery there, 1 Dec. 1634, Thomas drew land and was made a a freeman 14 Mar11634. The form ovoath as a Freeman is preserved. He had a grant of land about 14 ½ rods wide near Lemuel Welch in 1635 which he deeded to Josiah Hull about1635 or the time of his move to Windsor “Poqonock” Hartford County, Conn.
From book – The Holcombe's – Nation Builders

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Footnote: Holcomb Gravestone - Side 1
The Holcomb Gravestone has two sides. Side 1 has ten names on it and Side 2 has eight.
There are errors in the inscriptions and who they represent is open to interpretation Also, you have to read the clues in the inscriptions to help you figure out who the names are supposed to represent. My interpretation follows – Gerald “Jerry” Deckard

SIDE 1
Side 1 contains the following information:
1) THOMAS HOLCOMB BORN IN ENGLAND –DIED OCT 1657
This should be: THOMAS HOLCOMB I BORN IN ENGLAND – DIED OCT 1657
I have added suffixes to the following people to hopefully avoid confusion.
Thomas Holcomb I – 1605-1657
Thomas Holcomb II - 1666-1731
Thomas Holcomb III – 1690-1736
Daniel Holcomb I – 1692-1760
Daniel Holcomb II – 1751-1836
Daniel Holcomb III – 1771-1836

2) THOMAS HIS SON DIED 1736

Thomas did not have a son named Thomas. He had a great grandson, Thomas Holcomb III ,who died in 1736 But I believe it is Thomas Holcomb II who is being referred to here. His first wife was Elizabeth Terry,
Should be: THOMAS HOLCOMB II, HIS GRANDSON DIED 1731

3) ELIZABETH PETTEBONE, HIS WIFE, DIED 1740
Should be: ELIZABETH TERRY, FIRST WIFE OF THOMAS HOLCOMB II AND MOTHER OF THOMAS HOLCOMB III. DIED 1699
Thomas II had two wives. His first wife was Elizabeth Terry. His second wife was Rebecca Pettibone. Rebecca died in 1731. I can not find an Elizabeth Pettibone.
See Elizabeth Terry's memorial - FG # 64543297

4) DANIEL, THEIR SON DIED 1760
Should be: DANIEL HOLCOMB I, SON OF THOMAS HOLCOMB II AND ELIZABETH TERRY, DIED1760

5) ESTHER BUEL, HIS WIFE, DIED 1765
Should be: ESTHER BUEL, WIFE OF DANIEL HOLCOMB I, DIED 1765

6) DANIEL, THEIR ONLY SON, DIED OCT12 1836, AGE 85
Should say DANIEL HOLCOMB II, SON OF DANIEL HOLCOMB I AND ESTHER BUEL. DIED OCT12 1836, AGE 85

7) SARAH, HIS WIFE, DIED SEPT 5 1835,AGE 85
Should say: SARAH HOLCOMB, WIFE OF DANIEL HOLCOMB II, DIED SEPT 5 1835, AGE 85

8) DANIEL, THEIR ONLY SON, DIED JUNE.5, 1836, AGE 54
Should say; DANIEL HOLCOMB III, SON OF DANIEL HOLCOMB II AND SARAH HOLCOMB, AGE 65
9) HEPZABETH GRISWOLD, HIS WIFE DIED, JULY 11,1814, AGE 33

9) Should be: HEPZIBAH GRISWOLD, WIFE OF DANEIL HOLCOMB III, DIED JULY 11, 1814, AGE 33

10) GAYLORD G., THEIR 2ND SON, DROWNED JULY 4, 1844, AGE 50
Should be: GAYLOD G. HOLCOMB, SON OF DANIEL HOLCOMB III AND HEPZIBAH GRISWOLD, DROWNED, July 4, 1844, age 49
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Thomas Holcombe – Puritan migration to North America – year 1630
Thomas Holcombe was in the company of 140 Puritans and Dissenters who assembled at Plymouth County, Devon, England, with Bishops John Maverick and John Wareham in March 1630.  Upon a day of fasting and prayer these bishops were chosen as officers and the Mary and John, a 400 ton ship, was charted by Captain Squeb for their voyage to the Charles (now the port of Boston, Massachusetts) in North America.  After a 70 day voyage, the ship arrived 30 May 1630 at Nantasket, Mass. Which was then the deepest penetration of a sea going ship in that harbor. Ten of the men procured a boat and went scouting for the best abode to take up for their new world home. They spied out a location at Mattapan on the Charles River (now in Suffolk County, Mass.) where pasture for their famished cattle, held on the ship, could be had.
Tradition has fixed the first place where the company set ashore was the south side of Dorchester Neck (South Boston) in the old harbor.Here they named their settlement Dorchester for the English Town and it still retains that name as part of Greater Boston.
Thomas Holcombe was settled at Dorchester, Mass.  In a house that at he owned in 1633. He sold the house by deed 12 August 1635 to Richard Jones signing “Thomas Holcombe” and included 4 tracts amounting to 21 acres. One tract lay on both sides of the Neponset River.  In a lottery there, 1 Dec. 1634, Thomas drew land and was made a freeman 14 Mar 1634. The form of oath as a Freeman is preserved.  He had a grant of land about 14 ½ rods wide near Lemuel Welch in 1635 which he deeded to Josiah Hull about 1635 or the time of his move to Windsor “Poqenock” Hartford County, Conn.
From book – The Holcombe's – Nation Builders

Questions I have on the above information. - Gerald "Jerry" Deckard.
1. Does " was charted by Captain Squeb" he just made up the charts or he was the Captain for the voyage or both?
2.
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Submitted by Gerald Deckard
23 Apr 2016Thomas Holcomb, the immigrant ancestor of the Holcomb family of early Windsor, Conn., was undoubtedly born in England, but the identity of his parents and the year of his birth remain unknown. Because his age at death is not stated in any extant record, any estimated year of his birth would be pure conjecture. Thomas d. intestate in Windsor, Conn. on Sept. 7, 1657 and his name is on Windsor's Founders Monument located across Palisado Avenue on Windsor Green.

When Thomas died the only cemetery that existed in Windsor was the town's burying ground inside the "Palisado", the palisade enclosed compound surrounding the original central core of the town. The palisade protection was erected in 1637 to protect the Windsor settlers from possible attack from local Native Americans.

In 1968 in The American Genealogist (hereafter TAG), Holcomb and Eno descendant Prof. George E. McCracken published Genealogical Vandalism - Thomas Holcomb's Tombstone. This concerned the story he learned in the mid-20th century that Thomas Holcomb's gravestone and remains had been relocated in the late-18th century and reinterred in the Granby Street cemetery in Granby, Conn. Extensive research clearly indicates Thomas was never disinterred and removed to Granby and is still interred in an unmarked grave at Windsor's Palisado Cemetery. The tombstone in the Granby Street Cemetery bearing his name, together with a purported ancestral line to those actually buried in that cemetery, is a cenotaph with a missing second generation in the ancestral line. More than half of the names inscribed on the Granby monument, including Thomas himself, are NOT buried in Granby Street Cemetery.

One month after the death of Thomas Holcomb, in the Windsor Town Records is the following entry:

• 1657, October 26. "The Town met and agreed to have the burying place made commodious. David Wilton doth hereby engage himself and his [successors] forever to maintain whatsoever fence belongs to the burying place of Windsor, now joining to his land, and also to make and maintain a commodious gate for passage to it. Also, to clear it of all stubs and boughs that grows upon it, between this and next Spring, and to sow it with English grass that it may be decent and comely, and he, and his heirs, is to have the benefit of the pasture forever." (Windsor Town Records, Bk. i. 34)

Thomas Holcomb did not, as frequently claimed, arrive in New England in 1630 as a passenger of the ship "Mary and John." He did arrive by 1633 and first resided in Dorchester where he was admitted a freeman of the Massachusetts Bay on May 14, 1634. The latter date is also frequently cited as the date of his marriage to wife Elizabeth, but no marriage record exists in any extant New England record. On Dec. 1, 1634 Thomas was granted an eight-acre great lot in Dorchester and on Aug. 12, 1635 sold land in Dorchester to Thomas Jones. Windsor in the Connecticut Colony was first settled in 1633 and named Dorchester. In 1637 the name was changed to Windsor, but in what year Thomas relocated to Windsor is unclear. His third child, daughter Abigail, the first of the Holcomb children to appear of record in Windsor, was baptized in Windsor on Jan. 6, 1638/39. The Windsor land inventory of Dec. 25, 1640 states Thomas sold his former grants in Windsor and in turn "by virtue of purchase at Paquinnick" (sic, Poquonock) was granted a homelot of 25 acres plus additional adjoining upland.

When and where Thomas married his only wife Elizabeth is unknown. John Winthrop, Jr. attended her at Windsor in 1669, as the wife of her second husband James Eno, and called her 52 years old. In 1964 eminent New England genealogist Donald Lines Jacobus noted "her maiden name has been stated as Ferguson, without proof or probability."

In 1981 in serial form in TAG, Prof. George E. McCracken published Thomas Holcombe's Earlier Posterity, an account short of being a definitive work of the immigrant and the first few generations of descent from him.

Thomas Holcomb's estate record, abstracted by Manwaring from the Hartford Probate District records, Vol. I, Page 130-131, citing probate vol. II, pages 105-6, follows:

• Thomas Holcomb of Windsor. Invt. £294-09-08 taken Oct. 1, 1657 by Benjamin Newbery and Daniel Clark. Children: Joshua age 17 years, Benajah 13, Nathaniel 9, Abigail 19, and Deborah 6-7/12 years of age. Signed, Matthew Grant. Adms. granted to the Widow Elizabeth Holcomb with order of distribution to:
The Widow, £42-18-00
To Joshua, £42-18-00
To Benajah, £33-07-00
To Nathaniel, £28-12-00
To Abigail, £28-12-00
To Deborah, £28-12-00

• George and Edward Griswold entered a claim to part of the estate, but remitted the Claim.
• James Enno and Elizabeth Holcomb, widow, were married Aug. 5, 1658. (Windsor Rec.)
• On this 15th day of December, 1660, I doe acknowledge to have received of my Father Enno of my wife's portion the whole sum. Samuel Bissell.
• On this 17th day of December, 1660, I doe acknowledge to have received of my Father Enno ye full sum of my portion. Witness my Hand: Joshua Holcomb.
• Court Record, Page 109--Dec. 3, 1657: Invt. exhibited.

On Aug. 5, 1658 of record at Windsor the widow Elizabeth m., as his apparent third wife and his second wife in New England, James Eno. Elizabeth d. of record in Windsor on Aug. 5, 1658. There were no children of Elizabeth's second marriage.

The children of Thomas Holcomb and wife Elizabeth are (surname Holcomb):

• i. Elizabeth, b. circa 1634 in Dorchester, Mass., d. Sept. 18, 1712 in Windsor, Conn.; m. Nov. 16, 1654 of record in Windsor, Sgt. Josiah Ellsworth, who d. Aug. 20, 1689 in Windsor. Nine children of the family.

• ii. Mary, b. circa 1636 in Dorchester, Mass., d. Apr. 4, 1708 in Windsor, Conn.; m. Oct. 3, 1655 of record in Windsor, George Griswold, who d. Sept. 3, 1704 in Windsor. Ten children of the family.

• iii. Abigail, bapt. Jan. 6, 1638/39 in Windsor, Conn., d. Aug. 17, 1688 in Windsor; m. June 11, 1658 of record in Windsor as his first wife, Samuel Bissell, who d. Dec. 3, 1700 in Windsor. Nine children of the marriage.

• iv. Joshua, b. Apr. 7 (bapt. Sept. 27), 1640 in Windsor, Conn., d. Dec. 1, 1690 in Simsbury, Conn.; m. June 4, 1663 of record in Windsor, Ruth Sherwood, who d. Sept. 10, 1699 in Simsbury. Ten children of the family.

• v. Sarah, bapt. Aug. 14, 1642 in Windsor, Conn., d. young in 1654.

• vi. Sgt. Benajah, b. June 23, 1644 in Windsor, Conn., d. Jan. 25, 1736/7 in Windsor; m. Apr. 11, 1667 of record in Windsor, his step-sister Sarah Eno, who d. in Apr. 1732 in Windsor. Nine children of the family.

• vii. Deborah, b. Oct. 15, 1646 in Windsor, Conn., d. young in 1648.

• viii. Nathaniel, b. Nov. 4, 1648 in Windsor, Conn., d. Mar. 5, 1740/1 in Simsbury, Conn.; m. (1) Feb. 27, 1670/1 of record in Springfield, Mass., Mary Bliss, by whom he had eleven children; m. (2) Jan 17, 1722/3 of record in Simsbury, Sarah Owen, widow of Josiah Owen, by whom he had no children. She d. Sept. 11, 1742 in Simsbury.

• ix. Deborah, b. Feb. 15, 1650/1 in Windsor, Conn., d. May 26, 1686 in Windsor; m. Nov. 5, 1668 of record in Windsor as his first wife, Daniel Birge, by whom she had six children; he d. Jan. 26, 1697/8 in Windsor.

• x. Jonathan, b. Mar. 23, 1652/3 in Windsor, Conn., d. in infancy Sept. 13, 1656.

Edited 9/25/2018

Bio by: M Cooley


Inscription

Unmarked grave