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Ruth HOLCOMBE

Ruth HOLCOMBE

Female 1664 - 1706  (41 years)

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  • Name Ruth HOLCOMBE 
    Born 26 May 1664  Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    FamilySearch ID KHMQ-BLV 
    _UID 5AB6AF8A47A74042B3D4E57F209EDBAEEB2C 
    Died 21 May 1706  Farmington, New Haven, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I17180  Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
    Last Modified 14 Dec 2022 

    Father Joshua HOLCOMBE,   b. 7 Apr 1640, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Dec 1690, Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 50 years) 
    Mother Ruth SHERWOOD,   b. 7 Apr 1643, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Sep 1699, Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years) 
    Married 4 Jun 1663  Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • How this couple became acquainted does not appear, but there was an early migration of some Windsor famlies to Fairfield and it may be that afterwords there was some visiting back and forth.


      NOTE MARRIED
    Family ID F8498  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Richard PORTER,   b. 1658,   d. 1739, Alexandria, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years) 
    Married Abt 1685 
    Children 
     1. Daniel PORTER,   b. 6 Nov 1686, Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1739, Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 52 years)
     2. Joshua PORTER,   b. 1688,   d. 1708  (Age 20 years)
     3. Mary PORTER,   b. 1690,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Ruth PORTER,   b. 1692,   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. Samuel PORTER,   b. 1695,   d. Yes, date unknown
     6. Hezekiah PORTER,   b. 1696,   d. 1702  (Age 6 years)
     7. John PORTER,   b. 1700,   d. Yes, date unknown
     8. Timothy PORTER,   b. 1701,   d. Yes, date unknown
     9. Hezekiah PORTER, Doctor,   b. 1704,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2016 
    Family ID F8514  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • CONFLICT: McCracken: It is asserted that this Ruth, the eldest child of Joshua Holcombe, married at Simsbury, John Porter, born 21 Mar 1658, probably at Waterbury, died 1739/40 at West Haven, son of Dr. Richard Porter. This wedding is not in Simsbury Records.