Benajah HOLCOMB 1
- Born: 23 Jun 1644, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
- Married: 11 Apr 1667, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
- Died: 25 Jun 1736, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
- Buried: 25 Jun 1736
 Other names for Benajah were Benejah and Banajah.
Ancestral File Number: 3GLN-V5.
General Notes:
BOOKS
Desendants of Phineas Holcomb, Seth P Holcombe, 1988, North Granby CT
pvii: "Thomas and Elizabeth Holcombe had ten children...
Banajah b 23 Jun 1644..."
The Mary and John The Story of the Founding of Dorchester Massachusetts 1630, Maude Pinney Kuhns, Charles E Tuttle Co, Rutland VT, 1943, (CT Historical Society):
p42: "Thomas Holcomb was born about 1601, and is believed to have been the son of Gilbert and Ann Holcomb. He married Elizabeth Ferguson probably after arriving in America, though it has been claimed that they married in England before embarking on the 'Mary and John'...
"Children...
6. Benajah 1644-1736 m 1667 Sarah Eno 1649-1732..."
Digest of Early Connecticut Probate Records, Charles W Manwaring, Vol I, p129-130, 1Oct 1657, Thomas Holcomb's Will: "Children: Benajah age 13 years. To Benajah L33-s07-d00."
The Holcomb(e) Genealogy History and Directory, Jesse Seaver, Philadelphia PA, American Historical-Genealogical Society, 1925, vii 286p 27.5cm, CS71.H725 1925 and 1925a p8: "Part IV Thomas Holcomb and his Descendants
"Thomas Holcomb was born in Pembrokeshire, Wales, or Devonshire, England, in 1601 and is believed to be a son of Ann and Gilbert Holcombe (See page 4)...
"His wife was Elizabeth Ferguson, whom some authorities state he married before leaving England. Others say he married at Dorchester. She was born in England and was a fellow passenger on `The Mary and John'...
"The property of Thomas Holcomb was inventoried October 1 1657, and amounted to L244-9s-8. To Elizabeth, the widow was given L42-18s; to Joshua, age 17, L42-18s, to Benejah, age 13, L33-17s; to Nathaniel, age 9, L28-12s; to Abigail, age 19, L28-12s; to Deborah, 6 yrs 7 mos, L28-12s... "...The following are the children of Thomas Holcomb and their descendants:
"...6 Benajah: 16 Apr 1668; d. 25 Feb or Jun 1736; mar Sarah Eno 11 Apr 1667 (d Apr 1732); he was made Freeman in Windsor, 1669..."
ANCESTRY.COM 30 Jul 2000
Colonial Families of the United States of America: Volume 3
ISSUE
VI. Samuel, b. 28th Feb. 1677-78; d. 12th Oct. 1742; m. 28th June, 1703-4, Anna HOLCOMB, b. 19th Mar. 1675, dau. of Sergeant Benajah and Sarah (ENO) HOLCOMB, and granddau. of Thomas HOLCOMB, of Dorchester, 1634.
ANCESTRAL FILE
Ancestral File 3GLN-V5 Benejah, Ver 4.10 Benajah HOLCOMBE Died 25 ?Jan 1736 Windsor, Bur 25 Jun 1736.
Marriage Information:
Benajah married Sarah ENO, daughter of James ENO, on 11 Apr 1667 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA. (Sarah ENO was born in 1649 and died in Apr 1732.)
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