Deborah Porter

No Extant Primary Marriage Record

• It seems probable that they married in her hometown of Simsbury. A possible alternative would be Farmington, Daniel's hometown. Both towns are in Hartford county.

Sourced Data and Source Quotations

• Deborah Holcomb – Birth:10 February 1675 – Place: Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut,
  • Source: "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch: (Barbour Collection) (15 April 2022) and "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch B (7 Jan 2020).
• "JOSHUA. Windsor, s. of Thomas, m. 4 Jan. 1663, Ruth Sherwood, had Ruth, b. 26 May 1664; Thomas, 30 Mar. 1666; Sarah, 23 June 1668; Eliz. 1670; Joshua, 1672; Deborah, 1674; Mary, 1676; Mindwell, 1678; Hannah, 1680; and Moses, 1686; rem. to Simsbury, perhaps bef. some of the ch. were b. and d. 1 Dec. 1690, leav. Thomas, Joshua, Moses, and those seven ds."
  • Source: Savage, James. 1861. A Genealogical Dictionary.of the First Settlers of New England, Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692. Vol. 2:444. Available at: Archive.org.
• Name: Deborah Porter – Née: Holcom – Gender: Female – Birth: 1674 – Death: 1765 — Marriage: 1699 — Place: Connecticut — Spouse: Daniel Porter
  • Source: U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Genealogical Publishing; Baltimore, MD, USA. Available at: Ancestry.com

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• "1.Daniel [Porter], 2d, M. D., b. Feb. 2, 1652, an original proprietor of Waterbury, where he died in 1726, leaving six children.* His wife, Deborah Holcombe, daughter of Joshua Holcombe and Ruth Sherwood, of Windsor, died in Waterbury in 1765, aged 93, He left no will. He gave much of his property to his children in his lifetime and his estate was settled in the Woodbury Probate Court.
• Among the children of Daniel, 2d, M. D., of Waterbury (No. 1), and Deborah (Holcombe) Porter, was:—
• James Porter, 1st, M. D., b. in Waterbury in 1700, and died there in 1785. His wife was Dorcas Hopkins, daughter of John Hopkins, of Hartford and Waterbury. They were married in 1733, and she died in 1750….
  • Source: North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000: Burton, Henry Eugene. 1972. Porter Family. Photo-offset copy held at Newberry Library, Chicago, IL. Available at: Ancestry.com.

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• Name: Deborah Holcomb – Gender: Female – Birth Year: 1675 – Spouse: Daniel Porter
  • Source: Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900. Data Available at: Ancestry.com.

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• Daniel and Deborah may have more than one child. Despite the guesswork two sources claiming marriage circa 1699, the birth of a son in March of 1699 necessitates rethinking. Respectable souring shows that Daniel and Deborah's first two children were sons:
  • Daniell Porter, b. 5 Mar 1699 in Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut. {Restated in the source below.}
    • "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch A (14 Apr 2022) Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 007833263. — "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearchB (7 Jan 2020).
  • James Porter, b. 20 Apr 1700 in Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut. {Restated in the source below.}
    • "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906",database, FamilySearch (7 Jan 2020).

Book

Prichard, Sarah J. 1836. The Town and City of Waterbury, Connecticut, from the Aboriginal Period to the Year Eighteen Hundred and Ninety-Five. Edited by Joseph Anderson. Vol. 1. New Haven, Connecticut, USA: The Price & Lee Company. Available at: Archive.org.

Page 163:— "On the lot lying to the westward, Daniel Porter, the well-known surgeon of the River Towns, or his son Daniel, has built a house but It has no chimney. The younger Daniel himself, although he is now twenty-nine years old, seems to have neither fireside nor wife. Eighteen years later, in 1699, we shall find him living in this house with his wife, Deborah Holcomb, and one child."

Family Records: 104Ap Note: Added FamilySearch information within curly brackets indicates birth dates in Waterbury as mentioned in the Record of Thomas Porter (Daniell Porter's Son).

Daniel Porter (2) [b. Feb, 2, 1652, s, of Dr. Daniel (i), m. Deborah Holcomb.] He d. Jan. 18, 1726; she, May 4, 1765 [a. 93]. [They had the following children:]

1. Daniell, b. Mch, 5, 1699 (d, a. 76), 14, {See above. – the only child with three sources for birth.}
2. James, b, Aprill 20, 1700 (d. a, 86), 1703, {See above.}
3. Thomas, b. Aprill i, 1702 (d. a. 95), {Thomas 11 Apr 1702 "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch.}
4. Deborah, b, Mch, 6, 1703-4; m. James Baldwin [and d, in Wat,, Jan,. 1801, a, 97], {Deborah 6 Mar 1703 "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch.}
5. Ebenezer, b, Dec. 24, 1708 (d. a, 95), {Ebenezer 24 Dec 1708 "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch.}
6. Ann, b. Apr. 28, 1712; m. Thomas Judd and James Nichols [was living in1801]. {Ann 28 Apr 1712 "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch}