Abigail Holcombe

Generation: 1

Abigail Holcombe was born on 6 Jan 1638/39 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA (daughter of Thomas Holcombe and Elizabeth Unknown).

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Reference Number: 3775

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Birth:
baptism date

Abigail married Samuel Bissell on 11 Jun 1658 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA. Samuel (son of John Bissell and Unknown Unknown) was born about 1639; died on 17 May 1697. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Generation: 2

Thomas Holcombe was born before 1609; died on 7 Sep 1657 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; was buried in Granby Street Cemetery, Granby, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.

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Reference Number: 6215
Death: Oct 1657
Probate: Oct 1657

Notes:

Notes from "The Great Migrations Begins Vol 1-3 page 966:
Several sources claim that Thomas Holcombe married at Dorchester on 14 May 1634 Elizabeth Ferguson. Such a marriage is not on record, and the date is that on which Holcombe was admitted to freemanship. In 1964 Jacobus noted that "her maiden name has been stated as Ferguson, without proof or probability"(McArthur-Barnes 169)

George McCracken has written an article on the fraudulent claim of ancestry for Thomas Holcombe (TAG 26: 109-110). And also an article on the inaccurate tombstone erected in his memory (TAG 44: 58-60).

Thomas's parentage and birthplace in England is unknown.

George McCracken has also written "Thomas Holcombe's Earlier Posterity" a genealogy of the earlier generations (TAG 57 p.65-76, 16-169, 225-229)

Thomas married Elizabeth Unknown. Elizabeth was born before 1609. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth Unknown was born before 1609.

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Reference Number: 6260

Notes:

It is claimed that Thomas married Elizabeth Ferguson on 14 May 1634 in Dorchester.

Anderson in: the Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to N.E. 1620-1633, Vols. I-III, NEHGS Boston, 1995p. 966, just lists her as Elizabeth ___, born about 1617; she married second, James Eno as his third wife.

TAG: Vol 57: 1981: p. 66: the common statement that his wife Elizabeth's name was Ferguson, is highly improbably and completely undocumented.

The above is also stated in TAG. Vol. 58: 1982 p. 125 and again in TAG: Vol. 60:1984 : p. 185, the last stating Torrey erroneously included her name as Ferguson in New England Marriages.

Birth:
based on spouse's birth date

Children:

Elizabeth Holcombe was born about 1634 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.
Mary Holcomb was born in 1635 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA; died on 4 Apr 1708.
1. Abigail Holcombe was born on 6 Jan 1638/39 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.
Joshua Holcombe was born on 27 Sep 1640 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA.
Sarah Holcombe was born on 14 Aug 1642 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.
Benajah Holcombe was born on 23 Jun 1644 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.
Deborah Holcombe was born on 15 Oct 1646 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; died in 1649.
Nathaniel Holcombe was born on 4 Nov 1648 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.
Deborah Holcombe was born on 15 Feb 1650 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.
Jonathan Holcombe was born on 23 Mar 1652 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.