husband Susanna Hayes
Born 1735
Died 1770
burial probably Granby Center Cemetery
Father David Holcombe 1695-1767
Mother Mehitable Buttolph 1704-1767
Following taken from the Holcombe Genealogy.
REUBEN HOLCOMBE (David4, Nathaniel3, Nathaniel2, Thomas1) Born either 1725 or 1730 at Simsbury, Hartford Co., CT
Died on 24 May 1797
Married 1751
Susanna Hayes
daughter of Samuel Hayes & Elizabeth Willcockson
Children of Reuben Holcombe and Susanna Hayes:
1. REUBEN
Born on 10 Jan 1751 at Simsbury, Hartford Co., CT
Died on 18 Oct 1824 at Sterling, MA
Age 73
Married 1779
Jane Strong
DO Rev. Joseph Strong & Jane Gelston
Married 4 Jun 1823
Abigail Adams
He witnessed the adoption of Delia Jane Dwight& the
adoption of Deacon Augustine Holcombe.
Graduated in 1774 at Yale, New Haven, CT.
From Biographies of Notable Americans, 1904
He was graduated at Yale, A.B., 1774; A.M., 1778, and studied divinity under the Rev. Dr. Joseph Strong, of Simsbury, Conn., whose daughter Jane he married. He was ordained, June 15, 1779, and was pastor of the First Congregational church in the West Parish of Lancaster (now Sterling) Mass., 1779-1814. With the Rev. Dr. Aaron Bancroft and six others, he founded the "Worcester Association," which compiled the Worcester catechism. He owned the best farm in Worcester county, raised hemp, cultivated the silk-worm, and his wife wove silk from the cocoons. He received from the Massachusetts Society for the Promotion of Agriculture a silver tankard valued at £13 sterling, for an essay on "the Best Method of Raising Wheat" (1790). He opposed war with Great Britain in 1812, and published two sermons on the subject. He educated over a score of young men for the ministry, prepared many for college, and advocated the higher education of women. He adopted Capt. Augustine Holcombe, son of his brother Nahum, and working together they were pioneers in improved methods of agriculture and horticulture in Massachusetts McPherson, page 123.1 gives his birth date as 11 Feb 1752.
2. SUSANNAH
Born 17 Aug 1754 at Simsbury, Hartford Co., CT
She died young
3. SETH
Born 31 Dec 1756 Granby, Hartford Co., CT
Died 28 Jul 1810 Canandaigua, Ontario Co., NY
Age 53
Married 1775
Polly Gillett
DO Frederick Gillett
McPherson indicates he was born in Granby, but the birth was recorded in the Simsbury Records.
There are conflicts with Seth's birth date. The Simsbury vital records lists 31 December 1756; the Annis Holcombe Tracy album lists 3 January 1755; the Woolhouse/Hunn Cemetery in town of Canandaigua, Ontario County, NY, lists 3 January 1755, but says he was born in Granby, MA.
Seth enlisted as a private, June 5, 1775 in Capt M. Henry's Co., Col. D. Brewer's Regt; served as private in Capt. Samuel Hayes' Co., Col. Johathan Pettibone's 18th NY Gegt. of militia, arriving NY Aug 26. discharged there Sept 25, 1776; became early settler and Indian trader Canandiagua, where he is recorded with his family in the 1790 census.
4. PHINEHAS/PHINEAS HOLCOMBE
Born 17 Mar 1759 West Granby, Granby, Hartford Co., CT
Died 7 Feb 1833 West Hill, New Hartford, Litchfield Co., CT
Age 73
Married 26 Apr 1781 at Congregational Church, Turkey Hill
Elizabeth Gibbs Moore
DO Jonah Moore and Mary Ridout
Married 2 Dec 1826 at Town Hill Congregational Church, New Hartford, Litchfield Co., CT
Jerusha Kellog
He left a will on 18 Apr 1829 at New Hartford, Litchfield Co., CT. *McPherson gives a different birth date, 15 April 1759.**Phinehas was placed on the pension roll, 1832, for service as private in Capt. Matthew Smith's company, Connecticut militia, General Waterbury's brigade.** from Seth P. Holcombe**"The New Hartford
Branch of the Holcombe family commenced when Phinehas Holcomb moved from his home, which was adjacent to his father's in West Granby, going to the top of West Hill in New Hartford.**"We can find Phinehas there by virtue of the deed filed on the New Hartford Land Records in Volume 7 at page 86, dated December 22, 1797, which transfers from Simeon Merrill to Phinehas Holcomb the property. . . . . The consideration was $1,833.33.**"It is interesting to note that though this piece is the first land possession in New Hartford by Phinehas, he caused himself to be described then as "of New Hartford." Perhaps he boarded with someone in the town or even was a tenant on the premises before he made the purchase.**"The location of the property is at the
top of West Hill, where "Overledge" now stands. Let it be noted here that the name "Overledge" was first used by Mr. and Mrs. John M. Holcombe after they acquired the premises from Cousin Worthington Eugene Holcomb. Then in 1913 John M. Holcombe built "Overledge" upon the foundation of the dwelling purchased by Phinehas n 1797.**"No matter from what direction, to get to Phinehas's house, a steep hill presents itself. In those days with transportation only by horse or oxen, one wonders why he chose a home at the top of the hill. I asked Cousin Howell D. Holcomb, 'Why located at the top of the hill instead of farming in the rich river valley of the Farmington River which contained less stones with which to contend?' He replied that the late spring and early
fall frosts will only touch the valleys; moreover the stones hold the heat making the soil warm for promoting growth of the crops so necessary for both humans and animals. Mark C. Williams of West Granby, who lives near the original Holcomb property,confirms this thought, as his own orchard blossoms have been frost-bitten when most other places have escaped.**"Let us look at Phinehas in 1797, when he acquired these beautiful New Hartford premises. He was 38 years old; he had been married for 16 years; he and his wife shared parenthood of six children; three more would arrive. He had been living in West Granby where his father, Reuben, had given him 35 acres; in addition, on his own he had acquired 20 acres from Lemuel Kilborn.**"To locate today
the exact premises (now in West Granby) on which Phinehas and his father, Reuben, lived presents more of a problem than just reading the boundaries in Volume 13, page 257 of the Simsbury Land Records."**Seth had some title studies done for him by Mark C. Williams who wrote in "Reuben Holcomb's Lands, March 9, 1987:**"This lot, although altered in shape somewhat over
grandson Tudor Holcomb gave the farm to the University of Connecticut a few years ago. In fact, many of the old stone fences that marked the old lots laid out perpendicular to the town's western border (at WNW angle) are still in place and aided in this research."*Seth included the complete text of Phinehas' will, noting that the will and signature were in the same handwriting the will Phinehas mentions "son Harmon", "son Phinehas", and "son Schuyler", noting that Phinehas and Schuyler were then deceased
5. INCREASE
Born 31 Jan 1761 at Simsbury, Hartford Co., CT
Died on 4 Dec 1836 at Granby, Hartford Co., CT
Age 75
Buried at West Granby Cemetery, Granby, Hartford Co., CT
Married 2 Jun 1789
Mary Reed
DO Martin Reed & Mary Moore
Increase served as a private in the American Revolution for which a US pension for him is recorded in Hartford Co., CT.
Carol Laun has him born 10 Jan 1761, but acknowledges using Seaver instead of SVR.
6. NAHUM/ Nathan
Born 7 May 1763 Granby, Hartford Co., CT
Died 12 Apr 1851
Age 87
Buried at West Granby Cemetery, Granby, Hartford Co., CT
Married 26 Nov 1789
Rebecca Moore
DO Shadrack Moore & Miriam Stevens
Married
Orroce Shaw
DO John Shaw
Simsbury records indicate the birth date of 'Naaman' as May 5, 1763.
At the foot of the hill on which Reuben had build his house, the house where Increae now lived, Nahum, who had recently married Rebecca Moore, built the Holcomb Farm homestead that still stands at the intersection of Simsbury Road and Day Street South.
Nahum served as a private in the Connecticut Continental Line in the American Revolution, being shown in records of Hartford Co., Conn. in 1832 as Revolutionary pensioner and in 1833 as "private, 70 years old, receiving $36.66 per year".
Granby Vital Records list his death as 11 Mar 1851
7. ROSWELL
Born 26 Oct 1766 at Simsbury, Hartford Co., CT
Died 1830
8. SYLVANUS
Born 9 Jul 1768 at Simsbury, Hartford Co., CT
Died Canandaigua, Ontario Co., NY.
9. ORATOR H
Born 5 Aug 1770 Simsbury, Hartford Co., CT
Died 14 Jan 1843 Sycamore, DeKalb Co., IL
Age 72
Buried Elmwood Cemetery, Sycamore, DeKalb Co., IL
Married
Hannah Terry
They removed from Danbury, CT., to Erie and then to Canandaigua, Ontario Co., NY; they then moved again to Attica, Wyoming Co., NY, where he bought a tract of land included in the immense acreage sold by Robert Morris to the Amsterdam Co., known as the "Holland Purchase"; came West, to Sycamore, Ill., with his family about 1839.
Orator died in 1843 and is interred in Elmwood Cemetery as his second burial place. Hannah Terry Holcombe returned to New York State.
William Frey mentions additional sources:
Obituary: Oldest in Sycamore-Death of Sylvanus Holcombe, aged ninety-three years, 1896 The True Republican Sycamore,
Illinois, 22 January
Henry L. Boise, History of DeKalb Couinty, Illinois (Chicago; O.P. Bassett, Printer, 1868) Pages 476-478.
Glance Back 70 years ago-Great contrast in Conditions then and now, 1913, Sycamore True Republican, 2 August
Obituary: Grief comes on Holidays-Death of four Good Citizens of Sycamore-Orator F. Holcomb is suddenly taken, 1911 Sycamore True Republican 4 January
Obituary: Death Claims S. A. Holcomb-Civic leader is called Wednesday-Friend to mankind, 1940, Sycamore True Republican, 5 April
Born 1735
Died 1770
burial probably Granby Center Cemetery
Father David Holcombe 1695-1767
Mother Mehitable Buttolph 1704-1767
Following taken from the Holcombe Genealogy.
REUBEN HOLCOMBE (David4, Nathaniel3, Nathaniel2, Thomas1) Born either 1725 or 1730 at Simsbury, Hartford Co., CT
Died on 24 May 1797
Married 1751
Susanna Hayes
daughter of Samuel Hayes & Elizabeth Willcockson
Children of Reuben Holcombe and Susanna Hayes:
1. REUBEN
Born on 10 Jan 1751 at Simsbury, Hartford Co., CT
Died on 18 Oct 1824 at Sterling, MA
Age 73
Married 1779
Jane Strong
DO Rev. Joseph Strong & Jane Gelston
Married 4 Jun 1823
Abigail Adams
He witnessed the adoption of Delia Jane Dwight& the
adoption of Deacon Augustine Holcombe.
Graduated in 1774 at Yale, New Haven, CT.
From Biographies of Notable Americans, 1904
He was graduated at Yale, A.B., 1774; A.M., 1778, and studied divinity under the Rev. Dr. Joseph Strong, of Simsbury, Conn., whose daughter Jane he married. He was ordained, June 15, 1779, and was pastor of the First Congregational church in the West Parish of Lancaster (now Sterling) Mass., 1779-1814. With the Rev. Dr. Aaron Bancroft and six others, he founded the "Worcester Association," which compiled the Worcester catechism. He owned the best farm in Worcester county, raised hemp, cultivated the silk-worm, and his wife wove silk from the cocoons. He received from the Massachusetts Society for the Promotion of Agriculture a silver tankard valued at £13 sterling, for an essay on "the Best Method of Raising Wheat" (1790). He opposed war with Great Britain in 1812, and published two sermons on the subject. He educated over a score of young men for the ministry, prepared many for college, and advocated the higher education of women. He adopted Capt. Augustine Holcombe, son of his brother Nahum, and working together they were pioneers in improved methods of agriculture and horticulture in Massachusetts McPherson, page 123.1 gives his birth date as 11 Feb 1752.
2. SUSANNAH
Born 17 Aug 1754 at Simsbury, Hartford Co., CT
She died young
3. SETH
Born 31 Dec 1756 Granby, Hartford Co., CT
Died 28 Jul 1810 Canandaigua, Ontario Co., NY
Age 53
Married 1775
Polly Gillett
DO Frederick Gillett
McPherson indicates he was born in Granby, but the birth was recorded in the Simsbury Records.
There are conflicts with Seth's birth date. The Simsbury vital records lists 31 December 1756; the Annis Holcombe Tracy album lists 3 January 1755; the Woolhouse/Hunn Cemetery in town of Canandaigua, Ontario County, NY, lists 3 January 1755, but says he was born in Granby, MA.
Seth enlisted as a private, June 5, 1775 in Capt M. Henry's Co., Col. D. Brewer's Regt; served as private in Capt. Samuel Hayes' Co., Col. Johathan Pettibone's 18th NY Gegt. of militia, arriving NY Aug 26. discharged there Sept 25, 1776; became early settler and Indian trader Canandiagua, where he is recorded with his family in the 1790 census.
4. PHINEHAS/PHINEAS HOLCOMBE
Born 17 Mar 1759 West Granby, Granby, Hartford Co., CT
Died 7 Feb 1833 West Hill, New Hartford, Litchfield Co., CT
Age 73
Married 26 Apr 1781 at Congregational Church, Turkey Hill
Elizabeth Gibbs Moore
DO Jonah Moore and Mary Ridout
Married 2 Dec 1826 at Town Hill Congregational Church, New Hartford, Litchfield Co., CT
Jerusha Kellog
He left a will on 18 Apr 1829 at New Hartford, Litchfield Co., CT. *McPherson gives a different birth date, 15 April 1759.**Phinehas was placed on the pension roll, 1832, for service as private in Capt. Matthew Smith's company, Connecticut militia, General Waterbury's brigade.** from Seth P. Holcombe**"The New Hartford
Branch of the Holcombe family commenced when Phinehas Holcomb moved from his home, which was adjacent to his father's in West Granby, going to the top of West Hill in New Hartford.**"We can find Phinehas there by virtue of the deed filed on the New Hartford Land Records in Volume 7 at page 86, dated December 22, 1797, which transfers from Simeon Merrill to Phinehas Holcomb the property. . . . . The consideration was $1,833.33.**"It is interesting to note that though this piece is the first land possession in New Hartford by Phinehas, he caused himself to be described then as "of New Hartford." Perhaps he boarded with someone in the town or even was a tenant on the premises before he made the purchase.**"The location of the property is at the
top of West Hill, where "Overledge" now stands. Let it be noted here that the name "Overledge" was first used by Mr. and Mrs. John M. Holcombe after they acquired the premises from Cousin Worthington Eugene Holcomb. Then in 1913 John M. Holcombe built "Overledge" upon the foundation of the dwelling purchased by Phinehas n 1797.**"No matter from what direction, to get to Phinehas's house, a steep hill presents itself. In those days with transportation only by horse or oxen, one wonders why he chose a home at the top of the hill. I asked Cousin Howell D. Holcomb, 'Why located at the top of the hill instead of farming in the rich river valley of the Farmington River which contained less stones with which to contend?' He replied that the late spring and early
fall frosts will only touch the valleys; moreover the stones hold the heat making the soil warm for promoting growth of the crops so necessary for both humans and animals. Mark C. Williams of West Granby, who lives near the original Holcomb property,confirms this thought, as his own orchard blossoms have been frost-bitten when most other places have escaped.**"Let us look at Phinehas in 1797, when he acquired these beautiful New Hartford premises. He was 38 years old; he had been married for 16 years; he and his wife shared parenthood of six children; three more would arrive. He had been living in West Granby where his father, Reuben, had given him 35 acres; in addition, on his own he had acquired 20 acres from Lemuel Kilborn.**"To locate today
the exact premises (now in West Granby) on which Phinehas and his father, Reuben, lived presents more of a problem than just reading the boundaries in Volume 13, page 257 of the Simsbury Land Records."**Seth had some title studies done for him by Mark C. Williams who wrote in "Reuben Holcomb's Lands, March 9, 1987:**"This lot, although altered in shape somewhat over
grandson Tudor Holcomb gave the farm to the University of Connecticut a few years ago. In fact, many of the old stone fences that marked the old lots laid out perpendicular to the town's western border (at WNW angle) are still in place and aided in this research."*Seth included the complete text of Phinehas' will, noting that the will and signature were in the same handwriting the will Phinehas mentions "son Harmon", "son Phinehas", and "son Schuyler", noting that Phinehas and Schuyler were then deceased
5. INCREASE
Born 31 Jan 1761 at Simsbury, Hartford Co., CT
Died on 4 Dec 1836 at Granby, Hartford Co., CT
Age 75
Buried at West Granby Cemetery, Granby, Hartford Co., CT
Married 2 Jun 1789
Mary Reed
DO Martin Reed & Mary Moore
Increase served as a private in the American Revolution for which a US pension for him is recorded in Hartford Co., CT.
Carol Laun has him born 10 Jan 1761, but acknowledges using Seaver instead of SVR.
6. NAHUM/ Nathan
Born 7 May 1763 Granby, Hartford Co., CT
Died 12 Apr 1851
Age 87
Buried at West Granby Cemetery, Granby, Hartford Co., CT
Married 26 Nov 1789
Rebecca Moore
DO Shadrack Moore & Miriam Stevens
Married
Orroce Shaw
DO John Shaw
Simsbury records indicate the birth date of 'Naaman' as May 5, 1763.
At the foot of the hill on which Reuben had build his house, the house where Increae now lived, Nahum, who had recently married Rebecca Moore, built the Holcomb Farm homestead that still stands at the intersection of Simsbury Road and Day Street South.
Nahum served as a private in the Connecticut Continental Line in the American Revolution, being shown in records of Hartford Co., Conn. in 1832 as Revolutionary pensioner and in 1833 as "private, 70 years old, receiving $36.66 per year".
Granby Vital Records list his death as 11 Mar 1851
7. ROSWELL
Born 26 Oct 1766 at Simsbury, Hartford Co., CT
Died 1830
8. SYLVANUS
Born 9 Jul 1768 at Simsbury, Hartford Co., CT
Died Canandaigua, Ontario Co., NY.
9. ORATOR H
Born 5 Aug 1770 Simsbury, Hartford Co., CT
Died 14 Jan 1843 Sycamore, DeKalb Co., IL
Age 72
Buried Elmwood Cemetery, Sycamore, DeKalb Co., IL
Married
Hannah Terry
They removed from Danbury, CT., to Erie and then to Canandaigua, Ontario Co., NY; they then moved again to Attica, Wyoming Co., NY, where he bought a tract of land included in the immense acreage sold by Robert Morris to the Amsterdam Co., known as the "Holland Purchase"; came West, to Sycamore, Ill., with his family about 1839.
Orator died in 1843 and is interred in Elmwood Cemetery as his second burial place. Hannah Terry Holcombe returned to New York State.
William Frey mentions additional sources:
Obituary: Oldest in Sycamore-Death of Sylvanus Holcombe, aged ninety-three years, 1896 The True Republican Sycamore,
Illinois, 22 January
Henry L. Boise, History of DeKalb Couinty, Illinois (Chicago; O.P. Bassett, Printer, 1868) Pages 476-478.
Glance Back 70 years ago-Great contrast in Conditions then and now, 1913, Sycamore True Republican, 2 August
Obituary: Grief comes on Holidays-Death of four Good Citizens of Sycamore-Orator F. Holcomb is suddenly taken, 1911 Sycamore True Republican 4 January
Obituary: Death Claims S. A. Holcomb-Civic leader is called Wednesday-Friend to mankind, 1940, Sycamore True Republican, 5 April
husband Susanna Hayes
Born 1735
Died 1770
burial probably Granby Center Cemetery
Father David Holcombe 1695-1767
Mother Mehitable Buttolph 1704-1767
Following taken from the Holcombe Genealogy.
REUBEN HOLCOMBE (David4, Nathaniel3, Nathaniel2, Thomas1) Born either 1725 or 1730 at Simsbury, Hartford Co., CT
Died on 24 May 1797
Married 1751
Susanna Hayes
daughter of Samuel Hayes & Elizabeth Willcockson
Children of Reuben Holcombe and Susanna Hayes:
1. REUBEN
Born on 10 Jan 1751 at Simsbury, Hartford Co., CT
Died on 18 Oct 1824 at Sterling, MA
Age 73
Married 1779
Jane Strong
DO Rev. Joseph Strong & Jane Gelston
Married 4 Jun 1823
Abigail Adams
He witnessed the adoption of Delia Jane Dwight& the
adoption of Deacon Augustine Holcombe.
Graduated in 1774 at Yale, New Haven, CT.
From Biographies of Notable Americans, 1904
He was graduated at Yale, A.B., 1774; A.M., 1778, and studied divinity under the Rev. Dr. Joseph Strong, of Simsbury, Conn., whose daughter Jane he married. He was ordained, June 15, 1779, and was pastor of the First Congregational church in the West Parish of Lancaster (now Sterling) Mass., 1779-1814. With the Rev. Dr. Aaron Bancroft and six others, he founded the "Worcester Association," which compiled the Worcester catechism. He owned the best farm in Worcester county, raised hemp, cultivated the silk-worm, and his wife wove silk from the cocoons. He received from the Massachusetts Society for the Promotion of Agriculture a silver tankard valued at £13 sterling, for an essay on "the Best Method of Raising Wheat" (1790). He opposed war with Great Britain in 1812, and published two sermons on the subject. He educated over a score of young men for the ministry, prepared many for college, and advocated the higher education of women. He adopted Capt. Augustine Holcombe, son of his brother Nahum, and working together they were pioneers in improved methods of agriculture and horticulture in Massachusetts McPherson, page 123.1 gives his birth date as 11 Feb 1752.
2. SUSANNAH
Born 17 Aug 1754 at Simsbury, Hartford Co., CT
She died young
3. SETH
Born 31 Dec 1756 Granby, Hartford Co., CT
Died 28 Jul 1810 Canandaigua, Ontario Co., NY
Age 53
Married 1775
Polly Gillett
DO Frederick Gillett
McPherson indicates he was born in Granby, but the birth was recorded in the Simsbury Records.
There are conflicts with Seth's birth date. The Simsbury vital records lists 31 December 1756; the Annis Holcombe Tracy album lists 3 January 1755; the Woolhouse/Hunn Cemetery in town of Canandaigua, Ontario County, NY, lists 3 January 1755, but says he was born in Granby, MA.
Seth enlisted as a private, June 5, 1775 in Capt M. Henry's Co., Col. D. Brewer's Regt; served as private in Capt. Samuel Hayes' Co., Col. Johathan Pettibone's 18th NY Gegt. of militia, arriving NY Aug 26. discharged there Sept 25, 1776; became early settler and Indian trader Canandiagua, where he is recorded with his family in the 1790 census.
4. PHINEHAS/PHINEAS HOLCOMBE
Born 17 Mar 1759 West Granby, Granby, Hartford Co., CT
Died 7 Feb 1833 West Hill, New Hartford, Litchfield Co., CT
Age 73
Married 26 Apr 1781 at Congregational Church, Turkey Hill
Elizabeth Gibbs Moore
DO Jonah Moore and Mary Ridout
Married 2 Dec 1826 at Town Hill Congregational Church, New Hartford, Litchfield Co., CT
Jerusha Kellog
He left a will on 18 Apr 1829 at New Hartford, Litchfield Co., CT. *McPherson gives a different birth date, 15 April 1759.**Phinehas was placed on the pension roll, 1832, for service as private in Capt. Matthew Smith's company, Connecticut militia, General Waterbury's brigade.** from Seth P. Holcombe**"The New Hartford
Branch of the Holcombe family commenced when Phinehas Holcomb moved from his home, which was adjacent to his father's in West Granby, going to the top of West Hill in New Hartford.**"We can find Phinehas there by virtue of the deed filed on the New Hartford Land Records in Volume 7 at page 86, dated December 22, 1797, which transfers from Simeon Merrill to Phinehas Holcomb the property. . . . . The consideration was $1,833.33.**"It is interesting to note that though this piece is the first land possession in New Hartford by Phinehas, he caused himself to be described then as "of New Hartford." Perhaps he boarded with someone in the town or even was a tenant on the premises before he made the purchase.**"The location of the property is at the
top of West Hill, where "Overledge" now stands. Let it be noted here that the name "Overledge" was first used by Mr. and Mrs. John M. Holcombe after they acquired the premises from Cousin Worthington Eugene Holcomb. Then in 1913 John M. Holcombe built "Overledge" upon the foundation of the dwelling purchased by Phinehas n 1797.**"No matter from what direction, to get to Phinehas's house, a steep hill presents itself. In those days with transportation only by horse or oxen, one wonders why he chose a home at the top of the hill. I asked Cousin Howell D. Holcomb, 'Why located at the top of the hill instead of farming in the rich river valley of the Farmington River which contained less stones with which to contend?' He replied that the late spring and early
fall frosts will only touch the valleys; moreover the stones hold the heat making the soil warm for promoting growth of the crops so necessary for both humans and animals. Mark C. Williams of West Granby, who lives near the original Holcomb property,confirms this thought, as his own orchard blossoms have been frost-bitten when most other places have escaped.**"Let us look at Phinehas in 1797, when he acquired these beautiful New Hartford premises. He was 38 years old; he had been married for 16 years; he and his wife shared parenthood of six children; three more would arrive. He had been living in West Granby where his father, Reuben, had given him 35 acres; in addition, on his own he had acquired 20 acres from Lemuel Kilborn.**"To locate today
the exact premises (now in West Granby) on which Phinehas and his father, Reuben, lived presents more of a problem than just reading the boundaries in Volume 13, page 257 of the Simsbury Land Records."**Seth had some title studies done for him by Mark C. Williams who wrote in "Reuben Holcomb's Lands, March 9, 1987:**"This lot, although altered in shape somewhat over
grandson Tudor Holcomb gave the farm to the University of Connecticut a few years ago. In fact, many of the old stone fences that marked the old lots laid out perpendicular to the town's western border (at WNW angle) are still in place and aided in this research."*Seth included the complete text of Phinehas' will, noting that the will and signature were in the same handwriting the will Phinehas mentions "son Harmon", "son Phinehas", and "son Schuyler", noting that Phinehas and Schuyler were then deceased
5. INCREASE
Born 31 Jan 1761 at Simsbury, Hartford Co., CT
Died on 4 Dec 1836 at Granby, Hartford Co., CT
Age 75
Buried at West Granby Cemetery, Granby, Hartford Co., CT
Married 2 Jun 1789
Mary Reed
DO Martin Reed & Mary Moore
Increase served as a private in the American Revolution for which a US pension for him is recorded in Hartford Co., CT.
Carol Laun has him born 10 Jan 1761, but acknowledges using Seaver instead of SVR.
6. NAHUM/ Nathan
Born 7 May 1763 Granby, Hartford Co., CT
Died 12 Apr 1851
Age 87
Buried at West Granby Cemetery, Granby, Hartford Co., CT
Married 26 Nov 1789
Rebecca Moore
DO Shadrack Moore & Miriam Stevens
Married
Orroce Shaw
DO John Shaw
Simsbury records indicate the birth date of 'Naaman' as May 5, 1763.
At the foot of the hill on which Reuben had build his house, the house where Increae now lived, Nahum, who had recently married Rebecca Moore, built the Holcomb Farm homestead that still stands at the intersection of Simsbury Road and Day Street South.
Nahum served as a private in the Connecticut Continental Line in the American Revolution, being shown in records of Hartford Co., Conn. in 1832 as Revolutionary pensioner and in 1833 as "private, 70 years old, receiving $36.66 per year".
Granby Vital Records list his death as 11 Mar 1851
7. ROSWELL
Born 26 Oct 1766 at Simsbury, Hartford Co., CT
Died 1830
8. SYLVANUS
Born 9 Jul 1768 at Simsbury, Hartford Co., CT
Died Canandaigua, Ontario Co., NY.
9. ORATOR H
Born 5 Aug 1770 Simsbury, Hartford Co., CT
Died 14 Jan 1843 Sycamore, DeKalb Co., IL
Age 72
Buried Elmwood Cemetery, Sycamore, DeKalb Co., IL
Married
Hannah Terry
They removed from Danbury, CT., to Erie and then to Canandaigua, Ontario Co., NY; they then moved again to Attica, Wyoming Co., NY, where he bought a tract of land included in the immense acreage sold by Robert Morris to the Amsterdam Co., known as the "Holland Purchase"; came West, to Sycamore, Ill., with his family about 1839.
Orator died in 1843 and is interred in Elmwood Cemetery as his second burial place. Hannah Terry Holcombe returned to New York State.
William Frey mentions additional sources:
Obituary: Oldest in Sycamore-Death of Sylvanus Holcombe, aged ninety-three years, 1896 The True Republican Sycamore,
Illinois, 22 January
Henry L. Boise, History of DeKalb Couinty, Illinois (Chicago; O.P. Bassett, Printer, 1868) Pages 476-478.
Glance Back 70 years ago-Great contrast in Conditions then and now, 1913, Sycamore True Republican, 2 August
Obituary: Grief comes on Holidays-Death of four Good Citizens of Sycamore-Orator F. Holcomb is suddenly taken, 1911 Sycamore True Republican 4 January
Obituary: Death Claims S. A. Holcomb-Civic leader is called Wednesday-Friend to mankind, 1940, Sycamore True Republican, 5 April
Born 1735
Died 1770
burial probably Granby Center Cemetery
Father David Holcombe 1695-1767
Mother Mehitable Buttolph 1704-1767
Following taken from the Holcombe Genealogy.
REUBEN HOLCOMBE (David4, Nathaniel3, Nathaniel2, Thomas1) Born either 1725 or 1730 at Simsbury, Hartford Co., CT
Died on 24 May 1797
Married 1751
Susanna Hayes
daughter of Samuel Hayes & Elizabeth Willcockson
Children of Reuben Holcombe and Susanna Hayes:
1. REUBEN
Born on 10 Jan 1751 at Simsbury, Hartford Co., CT
Died on 18 Oct 1824 at Sterling, MA
Age 73
Married 1779
Jane Strong
DO Rev. Joseph Strong & Jane Gelston
Married 4 Jun 1823
Abigail Adams
He witnessed the adoption of Delia Jane Dwight& the
adoption of Deacon Augustine Holcombe.
Graduated in 1774 at Yale, New Haven, CT.
From Biographies of Notable Americans, 1904
He was graduated at Yale, A.B., 1774; A.M., 1778, and studied divinity under the Rev. Dr. Joseph Strong, of Simsbury, Conn., whose daughter Jane he married. He was ordained, June 15, 1779, and was pastor of the First Congregational church in the West Parish of Lancaster (now Sterling) Mass., 1779-1814. With the Rev. Dr. Aaron Bancroft and six others, he founded the "Worcester Association," which compiled the Worcester catechism. He owned the best farm in Worcester county, raised hemp, cultivated the silk-worm, and his wife wove silk from the cocoons. He received from the Massachusetts Society for the Promotion of Agriculture a silver tankard valued at £13 sterling, for an essay on "the Best Method of Raising Wheat" (1790). He opposed war with Great Britain in 1812, and published two sermons on the subject. He educated over a score of young men for the ministry, prepared many for college, and advocated the higher education of women. He adopted Capt. Augustine Holcombe, son of his brother Nahum, and working together they were pioneers in improved methods of agriculture and horticulture in Massachusetts McPherson, page 123.1 gives his birth date as 11 Feb 1752.
2. SUSANNAH
Born 17 Aug 1754 at Simsbury, Hartford Co., CT
She died young
3. SETH
Born 31 Dec 1756 Granby, Hartford Co., CT
Died 28 Jul 1810 Canandaigua, Ontario Co., NY
Age 53
Married 1775
Polly Gillett
DO Frederick Gillett
McPherson indicates he was born in Granby, but the birth was recorded in the Simsbury Records.
There are conflicts with Seth's birth date. The Simsbury vital records lists 31 December 1756; the Annis Holcombe Tracy album lists 3 January 1755; the Woolhouse/Hunn Cemetery in town of Canandaigua, Ontario County, NY, lists 3 January 1755, but says he was born in Granby, MA.
Seth enlisted as a private, June 5, 1775 in Capt M. Henry's Co., Col. D. Brewer's Regt; served as private in Capt. Samuel Hayes' Co., Col. Johathan Pettibone's 18th NY Gegt. of militia, arriving NY Aug 26. discharged there Sept 25, 1776; became early settler and Indian trader Canandiagua, where he is recorded with his family in the 1790 census.
4. PHINEHAS/PHINEAS HOLCOMBE
Born 17 Mar 1759 West Granby, Granby, Hartford Co., CT
Died 7 Feb 1833 West Hill, New Hartford, Litchfield Co., CT
Age 73
Married 26 Apr 1781 at Congregational Church, Turkey Hill
Elizabeth Gibbs Moore
DO Jonah Moore and Mary Ridout
Married 2 Dec 1826 at Town Hill Congregational Church, New Hartford, Litchfield Co., CT
Jerusha Kellog
He left a will on 18 Apr 1829 at New Hartford, Litchfield Co., CT. *McPherson gives a different birth date, 15 April 1759.**Phinehas was placed on the pension roll, 1832, for service as private in Capt. Matthew Smith's company, Connecticut militia, General Waterbury's brigade.** from Seth P. Holcombe**"The New Hartford
Branch of the Holcombe family commenced when Phinehas Holcomb moved from his home, which was adjacent to his father's in West Granby, going to the top of West Hill in New Hartford.**"We can find Phinehas there by virtue of the deed filed on the New Hartford Land Records in Volume 7 at page 86, dated December 22, 1797, which transfers from Simeon Merrill to Phinehas Holcomb the property. . . . . The consideration was $1,833.33.**"It is interesting to note that though this piece is the first land possession in New Hartford by Phinehas, he caused himself to be described then as "of New Hartford." Perhaps he boarded with someone in the town or even was a tenant on the premises before he made the purchase.**"The location of the property is at the
top of West Hill, where "Overledge" now stands. Let it be noted here that the name "Overledge" was first used by Mr. and Mrs. John M. Holcombe after they acquired the premises from Cousin Worthington Eugene Holcomb. Then in 1913 John M. Holcombe built "Overledge" upon the foundation of the dwelling purchased by Phinehas n 1797.**"No matter from what direction, to get to Phinehas's house, a steep hill presents itself. In those days with transportation only by horse or oxen, one wonders why he chose a home at the top of the hill. I asked Cousin Howell D. Holcomb, 'Why located at the top of the hill instead of farming in the rich river valley of the Farmington River which contained less stones with which to contend?' He replied that the late spring and early
fall frosts will only touch the valleys; moreover the stones hold the heat making the soil warm for promoting growth of the crops so necessary for both humans and animals. Mark C. Williams of West Granby, who lives near the original Holcomb property,confirms this thought, as his own orchard blossoms have been frost-bitten when most other places have escaped.**"Let us look at Phinehas in 1797, when he acquired these beautiful New Hartford premises. He was 38 years old; he had been married for 16 years; he and his wife shared parenthood of six children; three more would arrive. He had been living in West Granby where his father, Reuben, had given him 35 acres; in addition, on his own he had acquired 20 acres from Lemuel Kilborn.**"To locate today
the exact premises (now in West Granby) on which Phinehas and his father, Reuben, lived presents more of a problem than just reading the boundaries in Volume 13, page 257 of the Simsbury Land Records."**Seth had some title studies done for him by Mark C. Williams who wrote in "Reuben Holcomb's Lands, March 9, 1987:**"This lot, although altered in shape somewhat over
grandson Tudor Holcomb gave the farm to the University of Connecticut a few years ago. In fact, many of the old stone fences that marked the old lots laid out perpendicular to the town's western border (at WNW angle) are still in place and aided in this research."*Seth included the complete text of Phinehas' will, noting that the will and signature were in the same handwriting the will Phinehas mentions "son Harmon", "son Phinehas", and "son Schuyler", noting that Phinehas and Schuyler were then deceased
5. INCREASE
Born 31 Jan 1761 at Simsbury, Hartford Co., CT
Died on 4 Dec 1836 at Granby, Hartford Co., CT
Age 75
Buried at West Granby Cemetery, Granby, Hartford Co., CT
Married 2 Jun 1789
Mary Reed
DO Martin Reed & Mary Moore
Increase served as a private in the American Revolution for which a US pension for him is recorded in Hartford Co., CT.
Carol Laun has him born 10 Jan 1761, but acknowledges using Seaver instead of SVR.
6. NAHUM/ Nathan
Born 7 May 1763 Granby, Hartford Co., CT
Died 12 Apr 1851
Age 87
Buried at West Granby Cemetery, Granby, Hartford Co., CT
Married 26 Nov 1789
Rebecca Moore
DO Shadrack Moore & Miriam Stevens
Married
Orroce Shaw
DO John Shaw
Simsbury records indicate the birth date of 'Naaman' as May 5, 1763.
At the foot of the hill on which Reuben had build his house, the house where Increae now lived, Nahum, who had recently married Rebecca Moore, built the Holcomb Farm homestead that still stands at the intersection of Simsbury Road and Day Street South.
Nahum served as a private in the Connecticut Continental Line in the American Revolution, being shown in records of Hartford Co., Conn. in 1832 as Revolutionary pensioner and in 1833 as "private, 70 years old, receiving $36.66 per year".
Granby Vital Records list his death as 11 Mar 1851
7. ROSWELL
Born 26 Oct 1766 at Simsbury, Hartford Co., CT
Died 1830
8. SYLVANUS
Born 9 Jul 1768 at Simsbury, Hartford Co., CT
Died Canandaigua, Ontario Co., NY.
9. ORATOR H
Born 5 Aug 1770 Simsbury, Hartford Co., CT
Died 14 Jan 1843 Sycamore, DeKalb Co., IL
Age 72
Buried Elmwood Cemetery, Sycamore, DeKalb Co., IL
Married
Hannah Terry
They removed from Danbury, CT., to Erie and then to Canandaigua, Ontario Co., NY; they then moved again to Attica, Wyoming Co., NY, where he bought a tract of land included in the immense acreage sold by Robert Morris to the Amsterdam Co., known as the "Holland Purchase"; came West, to Sycamore, Ill., with his family about 1839.
Orator died in 1843 and is interred in Elmwood Cemetery as his second burial place. Hannah Terry Holcombe returned to New York State.
William Frey mentions additional sources:
Obituary: Oldest in Sycamore-Death of Sylvanus Holcombe, aged ninety-three years, 1896 The True Republican Sycamore,
Illinois, 22 January
Henry L. Boise, History of DeKalb Couinty, Illinois (Chicago; O.P. Bassett, Printer, 1868) Pages 476-478.
Glance Back 70 years ago-Great contrast in Conditions then and now, 1913, Sycamore True Republican, 2 August
Obituary: Grief comes on Holidays-Death of four Good Citizens of Sycamore-Orator F. Holcomb is suddenly taken, 1911 Sycamore True Republican 4 January
Obituary: Death Claims S. A. Holcomb-Civic leader is called Wednesday-Friend to mankind, 1940, Sycamore True Republican, 5 April
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