Thomas Holcombe^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]}

1605 - 1657  (52 years)

• Name	Thomas Holcombe
  Born	7 Apr 1605	North Tawton, Devon, England
  Gender	Male
  Died	7 Sep 1657	Windsor, Connecticut Colony
  Buried	Oct 1657	Granby Cemetery, Granby, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
  Person ID	I1613	Alford Hathaway
  Last Modified	13 Dec 2023

  
  

  Father	Gilbert Holcomb,   b. 1565, Hole, Branscombe, Devon, England ,   d. Abt 1624, Mylor, Cornwall, England  (Age 59 years)
  Mother	Anne Courtenay,   b. 19 Feb 1567, Ladock, Cornwall, England ,   d. Abt 1642, Votten, Cornwall, England  (Age 74 years)
  Married	Bef 16 Jun 1596
  	Spouse: Anne Holcombe (born Courtenay)
  Family ID	F641	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Fergunson,   b. 1610, Warwick, Cumberland, England ,   d. 7 Oct 1679, Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony  (Age 69 years)
  Married	Bef 1634	Dorchester, Suffolk, MA, USA
  	Spouse: Elizabeth Eno (born unknown)
  Children	1. Elizabeth Holcomb,   b. 16 Nov 1634, Dorchester, Massachusetts Bay Colony ,   d. 18 Sep 1712, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony  (Age 77 years)   2. Mary Holcomb,   b. 3 Oct 1635, Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA ,   d. 4 Apr 1708, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony  (Age 72 years)   3. Abigail Holcombe,   b. 6 Jan 1638, Windsor, Connecticut Colony ,   d. 17 Aug 1688, Windsor, Hartford County, Dominion of New England (Present Connecticut)  (Age 50 years)   4. Joshua Holcomb, Sr.,   b. 7 Apr 1640, Windsor, Connecticut Colony ,   d. 1 Dec 1690, Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony  (Age 50 years)   5. Sarah Holcomb,   b. 11 Aug 1642, Windsor, Connecticut Colony ,   d. 1654, Windsor, Connecticut Colony  (Age 11 years)   6. Benajah Holcomb,   b. 23 Jun 1644, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA ,   d. Abt 25 Apr 1736, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA  (Age 91 years)   7. Deborah Holcombe,   b. 15 Oct 1646,   d. 1649  (Age 2 years)   8. Nathaniel Holcomb, Sr.,   b. 4 Nov 1648, Poquerock, Hartford County, Connecticut ,   d. 5 Mar 1741, Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut  (Age 92 years)   9. Deborah Holcomb,   b. 15 Feb 1650, Windsor, Connecticut Colony ,   d. 25 May 1686, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony  (Age 36 years)   10. Jonathan Holcomb,   b. 23 Mar 1652, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA ,   d. 13 Sep 1656, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA  (Age 4 years)
  Last Modified	12 Dec 2023
  Family ID	F621	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Home of Thomas and Elizabeth Holcomb

  
  

  Documents

  Thomas Holcomb Probate Record

  
  

  Family

  Holcomb Family Chart

  
  

  Biographies

  The story of Thomas and Elizabeth Holcomb Thomas Holcomb was the son of Thomas Holcomb, christened in Shobooke, Devon, England, on April 7, 1605, and was made a Freeman in Dorchester in 1634. Thomas and Elizabeth had ten children, the oldest two of whom were born in Dorchester. We are descended from two of their sons, Benjah and Nathaniel, both of whom were born in Windsor.

  
  

  Timelines

  Thomas and Elizabeth Holcomb Timeline

  
  

  Maps » Slide Show		Dorchester Meadow with lot belonging to Thomas Holcomb highlighted
  		Map of Windsor showing properties of Thomas Holcomb
  		Map showing location of Poquonock

  
  

• Sources

  [S175] The Parents of Thomas Holcomb, George E. McCracken, Ph.D.. F.A.A.R, (The American Genealogist (TAG) Volume 26, page 109, 1950). [S178] Thomas Holcomb’s Earlier Posterity, George E. McCracken, Ph.D.. F.A.A.R., (The American Genealogist (TAG) Volume 57, page 66, 1981). [S177] Dorchester Town Records, City of Boston, Fourth Report. Of the Record Commissioners, (Rockwell and Churchill, City Printers, North 39 Arch Street, 1896). [S179] Holcomb Genealogy Website, James H. Holcombe, (https://holcombegenealogy.com/). [S146] History of Hartford, J. Hammond Trumbull, L.L.D., (, Edward L Osgood, Publisher, Boston,). [S180] History of the Connecticut House of Representatives, The Office of the House Clerk, Connecticut General Assembly, (https://www.cga.ct.gov/hco/his-history.asp.). [S45] Great Migration Begins, Robert Charles Anderson, (NEHGS). [S127] Early Connecticut Probate Records, Charles William Manwaring, (K.S.Pack & Company, Hartford, Connecticut, 1904). [S162] History of Simsbury {Barber), Lucius I. Barber, M.D, (Daughters of the American Revolution, Simsbury, Connecticut, 1931).