Deborah HOLCOMB

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Samuel married Martha PHELPS on 13 Oct 1709 in Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut. Martha (daughter of Timothy PHELPS and Mary GRISWOLD) was born on 12 Nov 1688 in Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut; died in 1718-1719 in Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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CONFLICT: AFN:3GLN-V5 lists death as 25 Jan 1736. DEATH: age 91 BIOGRAPHY: From Internet jholcomb: "misappropriated for his mythical brother Thomas as on the newly-cut Holcombe tombstone in Granby Cemetery. His unusual first-name occurs some 16 times in the Old Testament but was not sufficiently familiar to the compilers of the Phelps Genealogy who, at least several times called him Benjamin. Benajah appears not to have moved to Simsbury with his two brothers....". This family stayed in Windsor.

Benajah married Sarah ENO on 11 Apr 1667 in Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut. Sarah (daughter of Jacques "James" ENO (ENNO) and Hannah (Anna) BIDWELL) was born on 16 Jun 1649 in Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut; died in Apr 1732 in Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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BIOGRAPHY: Made a freeman, 2 May 1664.

Timothy married Mary GRISWOLD on 19 Mar 1661 in Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut. Mary (daughter of Edward GRISWOLD and Margaret BLENCOW (HICKS)) was born on 13 Oct 1644 in Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut; died on 27 Nov 1715 in Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut; was buried in Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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CONFLICT: B 28 jan 1649/1650, Withersfield,CT. D. 8 Aug 1670, Killingworth,Middlesex,CT. Birth: WFT gives date as 5 oct 1644.

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• Immigration: 1633, Dorchester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America; Migration 1633-Arrived a Dorchester, Massachusetts-Anderson's Great Migration.
• Residence: 1634, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America; Freeman 14 May 1634
• Religion: 14 May 1634, First Parish Church of Dorchester, Massachusettes Bay Colony, Massachusetts; Membership
• Land Paquannick: 25 Dec 1640

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BIOGRAPHY: Although Thomas Holcomb and most of his descendants usually spell the name "Holcomb", it bears an "e" on Dorchester and Boston records. BIOGRAPHY: History:The sources on Thomas Holcombe differ considerably on Thomas' ancestry. Thomas was born in England, most probably in one of the southwestern counties, Pembrokeshire, Wiles, or Devonshire. We do not know the date of his birth but his wife seems to have been born about 1617 and their first child born about 1634: McCracken believes this would place his birth somewhere about 1610; Seaver says 1601. Seaver and other early researchers think that Thomas was born to Gilbert and Ann Courtney Holcomb. George McCracken Writing in the "American Genealogist" Vol 26:109, found that Gilbert Holcomb's oral will stated d.s.p. which meant died without issue and that Gilbert left his estate to his brother-in-law, Richard Bonithon. McCracken's research is based on J.L. Vivian's "The visitations of the County Devon", on pages 474 and 533. Jesse Seaver thought that English records indicated that Thomas Holcomb was born in Pembrokeshire, Wales or Devonshire, England to Ann and Gilbert Holcomb. BIOGRAPHY: Thomas is thought to have come on the 1630 voyage of the "Mary and John", (Our Heritage Vol.III) but there is no proof of it. In March, 1630, he was in a company which assembled at Plymouth, Devonshire, where a large ship of 400 tons, chartered by Captain Squeb, for the voyage to America. It is thought that ship was the "Mary and John". On whatever ship they crossed, Thomas was in Massachusetts Bay by 4 May 1634 on which dat he became a freeman, and he is recorded as a resident of Dorchester. Refer to Internet printout for additional information. dl In the Spring of 1636, Reverend John Warham left Dorchester and came to Windsor,Connecticut, bringing his flock, including Thomas Holcomb, with him. Before leaving Dorchester Thomas sold his estate to Richad Jones (12 Aug 1635). Later, 1639, he moved to Poquonock, Hartford, CT., four miles west of Windsor, where he engaged in Farming. He was a Representative from Windsor and Hartford in the Convention that framed the now famous Constitution of the Connecticut C olony. Thomas died at Windsor. His grave is located in an old cemetary near the old homestead at Poquonock. His grave was marded by a brown stone about 2X4 feet in size. The stone, having crumbled with age, was removed. It was replaced with a new marker that was inscribed with family information, much of which is wrong. There is a story of the tombstone reported by a Mrs. Carrie Marshall Kendrick who lived on Poquonock Ave in Windsor that there was formerly a small cemetery by her house in which Thomas Holcombe was buried in Oct 1657. Members of the Holcomb family "later"removed to what is now Granby and took with them Thomas Holcomb's tombstone, if not his remains also and inserted the 1657 stone into an obelisk-type monument in the Granby Street Cemetery in Granby. Mrs. Kendrick further stated, that after C.G. Flanders reported on all the stones of that graveyard in 1934, that family members had demolished the obelisk-type monument and replaced it with a modern granite monument, and the original slab was then thrown into a dump. The inscription on the new stone is as follows: THOMAS HOLCOMB, BORN IN ENGLAND, DIED OCT. 1657 THOMAS, HIS SON, DIED 1736 ELIZABETH PETTEBONE, HIS WIFE DIED 1740 DANIEL, THEIR SON DIED 1760 ESTHER BUEL, HIS WIFE DIED 1765 DANIEL, THEIR ONLY SON, DIED OCT. 12 1836 AE 85 SARAH, HIS WIFE, DIED SEPT. 5, 1835 AE 54 HEPZIBAH GRISWOLD, HIS WIFE, DIED JULY 11, 1814 AE 33 GAYLORD G., THEIR 2ND SONE, DROWNED, JULY 4 1844 AE 50 On the reverse side under Masonic emblem: ALFRED E. HOLCOMB, AUG. 5, 1867 - SEPT.13, 1956 MABLE METCALF, HIS WIFE, NOV. 26, 1881 - MAY 7, 1956 EDMUND HOLCOMB, DIED DEC. 20, 1874 AE 74 ELIZA M., HIS WIFE, DIED SEPT. 12, 1862 AE 55 EMILY H., HIS WIFE, DIED JULY 21, 1914 AE 82 DANIEL E., ONLY CHILD OF EDMUND AND ELIZA, DIED CAROLINE H. CASE, DIED OCT. 3 1911 AE 47 The data on the north side of the stone contain a number of errors. Thomas Holcomb had no sone 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 did have a son who died in 1736, Benajah. Benajah, however, married Sarah Eno, not Elizabeth Pettebone, and though there were Holcomb-Pettebone marriages, no Elizabeth Pettebone married any Holcomb in the period. Some researchers feel that son Joshua belongs on the stone in place of non-excistant Thomas. BIOGRAPHY: His property was inventoried 1 Oct, 1657, the inventory came to 294/9/8 Pounds. The surviving children are listed with ages as Joshua (17), Benajah (13), Nathaniel (9), Abigail (19), Deborah (5-7), but this overlooks the two eldest daughters Elizabeth and Mary who were already married. See Printout for more information. dl BIOGRAPHY: 10 children of whom 3 died in childhood. There is a record which suggests there may have been an older son named John. Son Nathaniel had a son Nathaniel recorded at Springfield on 11 June 1673, but the same Vital Records attribute the birth of a daughter Sarah on 6 Oct 1673 to a John Holcum. Nothing more is known of this John, either at Springfield or Windsor. It could have been an error by the town clerk at Springfield and the surname Holcum is wrong. Some researchers think John may have gone to Virginia. BIOGRAPHY: James Eno, with his three children, came to live at the Holcomb house, after the death of his first wife, and his marriage to Elizabeth. CONFLICT: http://claim.goldrush.com/~humbert lists Adm.Essex Holcombe and John Holcombe along with children of Thomas as generation 16. Who are they? dl CONFLICT: Beckler lists birth place as England.

Thomas married Elizabeth FERGUSON on 14 May 1634 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts. Elizabeth (daughter of Thomas FERGUSON and Elizabeth) was born in 1617 in Of Warwick, Warwickshire, England; died on 7 Oct 1679 in Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut; was buried on 8 Oct 1679 in Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Elizabeth (Enno) ENO
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CONFLICT: Beckler lists Elizabeth as Widow of Mr. Ferguson. If true Ferguson probably is not her maiden name. dl

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• Name: James
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• Event 2: 21 Aug 1625
• Event 1: 1646
• Event 4: 1664

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His name appears in the Historical Record at the British Museum as having left for North America in 1648. He married the widow of Richard Bidwell shortly after arriving in Windsor. Several years later, he was granted land called Massacoe in what is now Simsbury (the next town over from Windsor). In 1660 he was granted an island of 21 acres in the Simsbury River, and an additional fifty acres on the mainland. In April 1666, he and John Moses, acting as agents for the town of Windsor, negotiated with Nassahegan, the sachem of the Poquonnoc, to buy 28,000 acres. For this service, the town granted him additional lands, known as Tilton's Marsh.
Moved to the Holcomb house with three eldest children after his marriage to Elizabeth.
His tombstone reads "who came from England and settled in Windsor 1646."[]
Name appears as "James Eanno" on the Oct 7 1669 list of freeman in Windsor. (NEHGR Vol. 5)
JAMES, Windsor 1646, m. 18 Aug. 1648, Ann Bedwell, had Sarah, b. 15 bapt. 17 June 1649; James, 30 Oct. bapt. 2 Nov. 1651; and John, 2 Dec. 1654. His w. d. 1657, he had sec. w. 5 Aug. 1658, wid. of Thomas Holcomb, wh. d. 7 Oct. 1679; and he m. 29 Apr. 1680, Esther, wid. of James Eggleston. He d. 11 June 1682. Sarah m. 1667, Benajah Holcomb. Some of his descend. chang. the name to Enos. Col. Roger Enos, of the army 1776, was one.

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2) Title: World Family Tree Vol. 1, Ed. 1
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Publication: Release date: November 29, 1995
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Page: Tree #0259
3) Title: phelps.FTW
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4) Br?derbund WFT Vol. 1, Ed. 1, Tree #0259, Date of Import: Aug 23, 1996
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Fullerton, CA 92835-2619, (714) 871-3926
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Page: THE ENO AND ENOS FAMILY IN AMERICA; BY DOUGLAS C. RICHARDSON;
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THE ENO FAMILY, NEW YORK BRANCH; BY HENRY LANE ENO; 1920; 9) 99
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Huguenot, French Protestant

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a French Protestant church in London

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baptized in Threadneedle St. Church

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settled in Windsor, CT

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petitioned court for church privileges & baptism for his children

Jacques married Hannah (Anna) BIDWELL on 18 Aug 1648 in Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut. Hannah (daughter of Richard BIDWELL) was born on 22 Oct 1634 in Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut; died on 7 Oct 1657 in Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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BIOGRAPHY: She was the second wife of James Eno and was perhaps the daughter, more probably the widow of Richard Bidwell. This Anna was the mother of all the Eno Children.dl (jholcomb)

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CONFLICT: Birth date 28 Feb 1598/99, WFT #0259 CONFLICT: B abt 1592 of Crewkerne ,Somersetshire,England. BIOGRAPHY: WFT #0259 Story widely told in the Phelps family that "We had royal blood in our veins". An ancestor (Phelps) was rightful heir to the crown of England, but there was another more favorite with the people, he to avoid bloodshed fled to this country with a young man by the name of Caverley then about 18 years of age, his nephew and the king's foot page. Having access to the royal treasury he loaded a ship with silver, came to Boston, changed his name, and purchased land largely, as Boston Neck, a part of Charlestown, and other public lands. After some time, learning that a great reward was offered for his capture, he changed his name again, destroyed all his papers, and went to Connecticut (Hebron), to hide himself from his pursuers. Temperance Phelps, daughter of Solomon (Great-Grandson of William II) says that Abigail Caverley showed her a room where some of the silver was deposited in walls. Solomon Phelps owned a good deal of Boston and was a very rich man. When asked why he did not recover the fortune of silver he replied "that it would hurt very many people a great deal more than it would do him good". When Temperance Phelps was partially engaged to another person and her father (Solomon) finding it out asked her to take a ride with him, and disclosed to her some of the facts of his early history in connection with the Caverleys in consequence of which she accepted the hand of Ezra Strong (the son of Abigail Caverley) and the two families were united in one. The truth of this history has not been verified, but adds spice and curiosity from one generation to another. It is not known if William is the person in question but he was the first to come from England. His kingly name Guelph was changed to Phelps, dropping the g and altering u or v to ph. BIOGRAPHY: on first jury empaneled in New England, 9 Nov 1630.

William married Ann (Mary Ann) DOVER on 14 Nov 1626 in Crewkerne, Somersetshire, England. Ann was born in in Porlock, Devonshire, England; died on 27 Nov 1675 in Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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BIOGRAPHY: 1636 moved to Windsor, CT.

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CONFLICT: FamilySearch.org lists marriage to Anne Dover d. abt 1617 of Tewksbury,Gloucestershire,England.

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• Occupation: Killingworth, New London, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America; Attorney, Deputy to the General Court, Magistrate, Captain
• _UID: 635EC55A23B1449BA62762D0CE364ECDB144
• Arrival: Abt 17 Aug 1639, Windsor, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America
• Residence: 1649, Poquonock, Windsor, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America; Granted Land
• Founded Killingworth: 1666, Killingworth, New London, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America
• Freeman: 1669, Killingworth, New London, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America

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Related to Charles Gates Dawes (1865-1951) U.S. Vice President (1925-1929), Ambassador to Great Britain (1929-1931), Nobel Peace Prize recipient 1925, banker, Comptroller of the Currency, attorney, and author.

Lt. Col. Rufus R. DAWES (d. 1899) and Mary Beman GATES (1842-1921)
Beman GATES (1818-1894) and Betsy Sybil SHIPMAN (1816-1895) [see below]
Aaron GATES (1780-1850) and Ruth BEMAN (1784-1858)
Daniel BEMAN and Abigail ACKLEY (1761-1805)
Thomas BEMAN and Lydia ROBERTS (1735-1809)
Samuel BEMAN (1704-1753) and Sarah PINNEY (1707-1783)
Nathaniel PINNEY (1671-1764) and Martha THRALL (1673-p1710)
Nathaniel PINNEY (1640-1676) and Sarah GRISWOLD (1635-1715)
Edward GRISWOLD (1607-1691) and Margaret (d. 1670) <../ancestries/phelps.htm>

Edward married Margaret BLENCOW (HICKS) in 1629 in Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England. Margaret was born in 1609-1611 in Marston, St. Lawrence, Northamptonshire, England; died on 23 Aug 1670 in Clinton, Middlesex, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Genevieve Tylee Kiepura writes in "Griswold Ancestry in England" (The American Genealogist 39:176-180) that "Edward GRISWOLD m. Margaret BLENCOW of Marston St. Lawrence, co. Northampton, dau of John BLENCOW and his wife Mary WALLISON." However, in "Note on the Ancestry of the Griswolds of Connecticut" (The American Genealogist 40:43-44), John G. Hunt conclusively shows that the Edward GRISWOLD who married Margaret BLENCOW is not the immigrant to CT, and Genevieve Tylee Kiepura concurs. The Griswold Family Association identifies the husband of Margaret BLENCOW as Edward GRESWOLD (1594-1633) son of Thomas GRESWOLD and Elizabeth SHUCKBURGH - this Edward being father of the American immigrant Michael GRISWOLD of Wethersfield, CT.

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