Thomas HOLCOMBE
(1595-1657)
Elizabeth FERGUSON
(1610-1679)
Nathaniel BLISS, Sr
(1621-1654)
Catherine CHAPIN
(1626-1711)
Sergeant Nathaniel HOLCOMB, Sr
(1648-1741)
Mary BLISS
(1651-1721)
Benjamin HOLCOMB
(1698-1758)

 

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Spouses/Children:
Hannah CASE

Benjamin HOLCOMB

  • Born: 15 Feb 1697/98, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
  • Married: 12 Oct 1727, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
  • Died: 27 Jan 1758

   Ancestral File Number: 3GLM-MS.

   General Notes:

BOOKS
Descendants of Phineas Holcomb, Seth P Holcombe, 1988, North Granby CT pvii:
"Nataniel2 Holcombe was born 4 Nov 1648 in the Poquonock section of the Town of Windsor. He died 5 Mar 1740/1741 in Simsbury CT. He married 26 Feb 1670 probably in Springfield MA Mary Bliss, the daughter of Nathaniel Bliss of Springfield and Catherine Chapin, the Daughter of Deacon Samuel Chapin, a founder of Springfield MA. Nathaniel Holcombe built the first house in Salmon Brook Society (now Granby) located south of the present address of 238 Salmon Brook Street, Granby. Nathaniel and Mary (Bliss) Holcombe had ten children...
Benjamin b 15 Feb 1697/1698..."

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) p45:
8. Nathaniel b 4 Nov 1648, a farmer at Simsbury, m 27 Feb 1670 Mary b 23
Sep 1651 dau of Nathaniel Bliss
"Children...
Benjamin b 15 Feb 1698 m 12 Oct 1727 Hannah Case."

Digest of Early Connecticut Probate Records, C W Manwaring, Vol III, p286-287. Nathaniel Holcomb: "Simsbury, Taken2 Apr 1741. Will dated 7 Feb 1740-1...I give to my sons, Nathaniel, Jonathan, John and Benjamin, that lott of land of 150 acres that lyeth near the northwest corner of the Town bounds, to be equally divided between them...I give to my son Benjamin the other half of my right in Windsor undivided lands, the house and homestead I now dwell on, being about 3 acres, with the orcharding standing on it; also 14 acres of land at the head of Owen's Brook, as it was layd out, be it more or less; also the remainder of my home dividion lott that I am now possessed of; also 10 acres of land at a place called Slater's Swamp, bounded south in part on Elias Slater's land. Also, I give to Benjamin the 1/2 of my copper's [cooper's] tools and my best gunn...And ordain my son Benjamin to be my sole executor."

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 p41: "Nathaniel (Son of Thomas) Holcomb and His Descendants. (ah)
"201 Nathaniel Holcomb (2- ): b. 4 Nov 1648 in Poquonock Windsor CT; d. 5 Mar (Feb) 1740/1741; rem. to Massacoe, now Simsbury; m. (1) 27 Feb 1670 Mary (dau. of Nathaniel (or Thomas) Bliss...
9 Benjamin: b. 15 Feb 1697 (or 1698); m. 12 Oct 1727, Anna (Hannah) Case
(dau. of Samuel Case, ?d. 12 Oct 1727..."

The Chapin Book of Genealogical Data, With Brief Biographical Sketches of the Descendants of Deacon Samuel Chapin, Gilbert Warren Chapin, Vol I, Chapin Family Association, Hartford Connecticut, 1924
p17: "Mary Bliss...
m. FEb 27, 1670, Springfield, Nathaniel Holcombe...
Children: HOLCOMBE 8 Benjamin b. Feb. 15, 1698. m. Oct 12, 1727, Hannah Case..."

ANCESTRAL FILE
Ancestral File Ver 4.10 3GLM-MS Benjamin HOLCOMBE Mar Simsbury, Died 27 Jan 1758.

   Marriage Information:

Benjamin married Hannah CASE, daughter of Samuel CASE, on 12 Oct 1727 in Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.


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