Damaris Ward

Jonathan Holcomb's children, baptized in Simsbury, Connecticut, included:

Damriss/Damaris Holcomb, baptized 12 July 12 1713[1]

Family

Ward, Andrew Henshaw. (1851) Ward family; descendants of William Ward, who settled in Sudbury, Mass., in 1639. Page 37. < Archive.Org >

63) IV. GAMALIEL WARD, [153.3] m. Damaris and resided at Union, Ct., where the births of five of his chil. are recorded. That of the sixth is found on record at Somers, Ct., to which town the parents are supposed to have removed from Union, and of whom no further record is any where found.

Their chil. were,
367. 1 Jonathan, March 1, 1725.
368. 2 William, Jan. 2, 1730.
369. 3 Simeon, April 12, 1732.
370. 4 Mary, Nov. 4, 1734.
371. 5 Rebecca, March 25, 1737.
372. 6 Ruth, May 17, 1647, supposd m. Chadwell Parsons

[also, daughter Anna Ward, born 1649/1651]

Origins

Phelps, Oliver Seymour. (1899) The Phelps family of America and their English ancestors : with copies of wills, deeds, letters, and other interesting papers, coats of arms and valuable records. Page 364. < Archive.Org >

1309. David Phelps, b. Simsbury, Ct., 11 July, 1752, m. Ruth Ward, 1773. She was daughter of Gamaliel and Damaris (Holcomb) Ward, and was b. Salmon Brook, now Granby, Ct., 1747, d. Austerlitz, N. Y., 26 May, 1825. He m. for 2nd wife, Urania Webster.

(Ancestry of Ruth Ward.)

Gamaliel Ward, b. Oct. 2, 1694, m. Damaris Holcomb.
William Ward, b. 7 Jan., 1660, Sudbury, Mass., m. Judith, d. 21 June, 1746. Union, Ct.
Obadiah Ward, b. about 1632, d. 5 Jan., 1718, Marlboro, Mass., m. Mary , d. Aug. 27, 1706, Marlboro, Mass.
William Ward, b. about 1597, in England, d. 10 Aug., 1687, Marlborough, Mass., family of 14 children, Obadiah, 3rd child, m. twice in England.)

Handwritten will of William Gamaliel Ward (image retrieved from MyHeritage Family Trees)

Source: < FamilySearch Public Memory >

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References

• "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7WJ-JQJ : 7 January 2020), Jonathan Holcomb in entry for Damriss Holcomb, 1713. Event Date 12 Jul 1713 Event Place Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, British Colonial America
• Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928. https://www.americanancestors.org/DB414/i/12793/79/144323661 Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, United States “Damriss, d. Jonathan, bp. July 12, 1713”
• Damoris Ward in the Connecticut, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999 < AncestrySharing > Name Damoris Ward [Damoris Holcomb] Gender Female Relationship Daughter Item Description Probate Packets, Hitchcock, C-Hollister, Nehemiah, 1641-1880
• Damaris Holcomb in the U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 < AncestrySharing > Spouse Name Gamaliel Ward Spouse Birth Year 1694
• "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2S8-BNP : 7 January 2020), Damaris in entry for Anne Ward, 1751. Father's Name William Gamaliel Ward Mother's Name Damaris Event Type Birth Event Date Jun 1751 Event Place Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, British Colonial America
• Damaras Holcomb in the Connecticut, U.S., Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920 https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/514605:3032 Residence Date 14 Dec 1755 Residence Place Granby, Connecticut, USA
• Damaris Ward in the Connecticut, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999 https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/3658322:9049
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Holcombe-184
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Holcomb-389
• https://archive.org/details/phelpsfamilyofam01phel
• https://archive.org/stream/wardfamilydescen00byuward#page/n7/mode/2up
• https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LHPV-6BY cites:
  • Thomas Holcombe's Earlier Posterity, pg 165, by George E. McCracken, as appearing in the American Genealogist, Vol 57, No. 2, April 1981.
• https://gw.geneanet.org/tdowling?n=holcombe&oc=&p=damaris