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Zephaniah HOLCOMBE

Zephaniah HOLCOMBE[1]

Male 1750 - 1822  (71 years)


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  • Name Zephaniah HOLCOMBE  [2, 3, 4] 
    Birth 19 Aug 1750  Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Gender Male 
    AFN VL4W-1F 
    Ancestral File No. 1 1v7p-7Q6 Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Ancestral File No. 1 
    Ancestral File No. 2 C53r-Th Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Ancestral File No. 2 
    MilitaryService New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    MilitaryService 
    Residence 1790  Hillsdale, Columbia, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    MilitaryService 1812  [5] 
    MilitaryService 
    Occupation   [5] 
    Sheriff and Member of Ohio State Legislature 
    Reference Number H1231 
    _FSFTID LDY8-1Q1 
    _FSLINK https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LDY8-1Q1 
    _UID AE133464E4A3440BAFDB40A5F934A8097CAC 
    Death 16 Mar 1822  Spencertown, Columbia, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Burial Evergreen Cemetery, Norwich, Chenango, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Person ID I19503  Carney Wehofer July 2025
    Last Modified 14 Dec 2022 

    Father Return Ira HOLCOMB,   b. 31 May 1713, Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1790, Spencertown, Columbia, New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years) 
    Mother Jerusha ADAMS,   b. 13 Mar 1718, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Nov 1755, Harwinton, Litchfield, Connecticut, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 37 years) 
    Marriage 10 Jan 1733  Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    • NOTE MARRIED
    Family ID F10247  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Tryphenia NILES,   b. 19 Aug 1750, Chenango County (Chenango), New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Apr 1777, Spencertown, Columbia, New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 26 years) 
    Marriage 10 Oct 1771  Spencertown, Columbia, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7] 
    • 1 REFN 11257
    Children 
     1. Stephen HOLCOMBE,   b. 6 Mar 1773, Spencertown, Columbia, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1857, Village Twp., Van Buren, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)
     2. John Vinton HOLCOMBE,   b. 14 Jan 1775, Spencertown, Columbia, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Sep 1853, Portland [Leando] Vanburen, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
     3. Samuel Robert HOLCOMBE,   b. 28 Feb 1777, Spencertown, Columbia, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Jun 1867, Vinton, Gallia, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years)
     4. Barbara HOLCOMBE,   b. Abt 1778, Spencertown, Columbia, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F9358  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2016 

    Family 2 Mehitable WETMORE,   b. 7 Dec 1759, Spencertown, Columbia, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Sep 1836, Otsego, New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years) 
    Marriage 2 Jun 1779  Columbia, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 7] 
    • 1 REFN 11392
    Children 
     1. Enoch HOLCOMBE,   b. 20 Feb 1780, Spencertown, Columbia, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Jan 1889, Huntington Twp., Gallia, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 108 years)
     2. Elijah HOLCOMBE,   b. 1 Oct 1781, Spencertown, Columbia, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Apr 1853 (Age 71 years)
     3. Taphanes HOLCOMBE,   b. 24 Feb 1783, Spencertown, Columbia, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Sep 1787, Spencertown, Columbia, New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 4 years)
     4. Mary "Polly" HOLCOMBE,   b. 12 Apr 1786, Spencertown, Columbia, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Sep 1845, Gallia, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years)
     5. Abner J. HOLCOMBE,   b. 15 Jun 1788, Spencertown, Columbia, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 May 1793, Spencertown, Columbia, New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 4 years)
     6. Sylvester HOLCOMBE,   b. 23 Feb 1790, Spencertown, Columbia, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Feb 1812, Spencertown, Columbia, New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 21 years)
     7. Reuben Wetmore HOLCOMBE,   b. 11 May 1793, Spencertown, Columbia, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Jan 1853, Huntington Twp., Gallia, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years)
     8. Abner Johnson HOLCOMBE,   b. 21 May 1795, Spencertown, Columbia, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Mar 1844, Huntington Twp., Gallia, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 48 years)
     9. Alexander T. HOLCOMBE,   b. 19 Mar 1797, Spencertown, Columbia, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     10. Robert Burgess HOLCOMBE,   b. 23 Aug 1799, Spencertown, Columbia, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Jan 1863, Norwich, Chenango, New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)
     11. Mehitable HOLCOMBE,   b. 23 Feb 1802, Spencertown, Columbia, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Mar 1841 (Age 39 years)
    Family ID F9357  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2016 

  • Notes 
    • an American Revolutionary Soldier
      PVT. ENS
      Zephaniah Holcomb, the son of Return Holcomb and Jerusha Adams.

      Zephaniah Holcomb died in Otsego County, New York. He married (1) in Columbia County, New York in 1772 Tryphena Niles, and they had four children, all born in Spencertown. She died in Columbia County, New York April 1777. He married (2) on 10 June 1779 Mehitable Wetmore, born 7 Nov 1759, died 2 September 1836, and they had eleven children.

      Zephaniah Holcomb served seven years in the American Revolution, having become Assistant Paymaster in the command of General George Washington after having entered the army as a private in Captain Abner Hawley's Company, 8th Regiment, Albany County, New York militia. He is recorded in the 1790 U.S. Census of Hillsdale, Columbia County, as head of a family of two males over 16, five males under 16, and two females. Zephaniah Holcomb is enumerated in the town of Butternuts in 1800 and is found in a neighborhood several miles south of Barnabas Kinney, along the lower end of the Butternut Creek. He is referred to as "Capt. Holcomb" on the Tax Assessment records, 1800, 1801, 1802, 1803, and General Store records 1802. He also appears in another General Store record for 1815, 1816, 1817 along with his son Abner.

      Zephaniah removed from Butternuts, Otsego, Co, NY to Norwich County, NY, some time after 1817, where he is enumerated on the 1820 US Census in Norwich, Chenango Co, NY.

      After Zephaniah's death, in March 1822,nearly all of his children had moved to other parts of New York and/or Gallia County, Ohio.

      He may be buried somewhere in Norwich, most likely on the family farm. A relative wrote and said he was here.

      https://www.ewingfamilyassociation.org/books/JamesEwingOfPocahontas/jasbook_Vol2/Jas1721v2Ch02.htm

  • Sources 
    1. [S896] Paul Ebert.

    2. [S304] uftree.com/UFT/WebPages/, jholcomb/GHOLCOMB/d0/i0002117.htm (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S134] http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/, REG&db=charae&id=I03499 (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S305] The Holcombes, Nation Builders; by McPherson; 1947, Page 34-1 A-4-2-10-5 (Reliability: 3).

    5. [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 14 Dec 2022), entry for Zephaniah HOLCOMBE, person ID LDY8-1Q1. (Reliability: 3).

    6. [S306] Internalional Genealogical Index; FamilySearch LDS, North America (Reliability: 3).

    7. [S305] The Holcombes, Nation Builders; by McPherson; 1947, Page 35-1; A-4-2-10-5 (Reliability: 3).



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