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Benajah Holcomb

Benajah Holcomb[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]

Male 1644 - Abt 1736  (91 years)

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  • Name Benajah Holcomb 
    Born 23 Jun 1644  Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died Abt 25 Apr 1736  Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I1566  Alford Hathaway
    Last Modified 13 Dec 2023 

    Father Thomas Holcombe,   b. 7 Apr 1605, North Tawton, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Sep 1657, Windsor, Connecticut Colony Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 52 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Fergunson,   b. 1610, Warwick, Cumberland, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Oct 1679, Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years) 
    Married Bef 1634  Dorchester, Suffolk, MA, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Spouse: Elizabeth Eno (born unknown)
    Family ID F621  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sarah Eno,   b. 15 Jun 1649, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Apr 1732, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Married 11 Apr 1667  Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Benajah Holcomb,   b. 16 Apr 1668, Poquonock, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Oct 1716, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 48 years)
     2. James Holcombe,   b. 13 Oct 1671, Windsor, Ct. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Jul 1744, Granby Ct. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years)
     3. Sarah Holcombe,   b. 1 Feb 1673, Windsor, Connecticut Colony Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Jan 1763, East Granby, Hartford, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years)
     4. Anna Holcomb,   b. 19 Mar 1675,   d. 13 Jun 1756  (Age 81 years)
     5. Abigail Holcomb,   b. 12 May 1681, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Jun 1756  (Age 75 years)
     6. Samuel Holcombe,   b. 29 Jun 1683, Windsor, Ct. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Aug 1722, Poquonock, Hartford, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 39 years)
     7. Joseph Holcombe,   b. 7 Nov 1686, Windsor, Ct. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Apr 1756, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years)
     8. Benjamin Holcombe,   b. 1 Jun 1689, w Find all individuals with events at this location
     9. Deborah Holcomb, (8) Generation,   b. 26 Oct 1690, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Dec 1715, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 25 years)
    Last Modified 13 Dec 2023 
    Family ID F595  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Family
    Holcomb Family Chart
    Holcomb Family Chart
    Benajah and Sarah Holcomb Chart
    Benajah and Sarah Holcomb Chart

    Biographies
    The story of Benajah Holcomb and Sarah Eno
    The story of Benajah Holcomb and Sarah Eno
    Benajah Holcomb was born June 23, 1644, and was the second son and sixth child of Thomas and Elizabeth Holcomb. Sarah Eno was born on June 15, 1649, the daughter of James Eno and Anna Bidwell. Anna died on October 7, 1657. and James married Benajah's mother about a year later. On April 11, 1667, Benajah and Sarah married.

    Timelines
    Benajah Holcomb and Sarah Eno Timeline
    Benajah Holcomb and Sarah Eno Timeline

    Maps
    Map showing location of Poquonock
    Map showing location of Poquonock

  • Sources 
    1. [S149] Matthew Grant Records, Matthew Grant.

    2. [S162] History of Simsbury {Barber), Lucius I. Barber, M.D, (Daughters of the American Revolution, Simsbury, Connecticut, 1931).

    3. [S116] Connecticut Vital Records.

    4. [S128] Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut , J. Hammond Trumbell, (Brown & Parsons, Hartford, 1850).

    5. [S152] Hartford County Court Minutes, Helen Scharvet Ullmann, CG, FSCG, (NEHGS).

    6. [S153] Connecticut: Minutes of the Court of Assistants, 1669-1711, Helen Schatvet Ullmann, CG, FASG, (NEHGS).

    7. [S176] Thomas Holcomb’s Earlier Posterity, George E. McCracken, Ph.D.. F.A.A.R., (The American Genealogist (TAG) Volume 57, page 66, 1981).