Sgt. Benajah Holcombe

Notes

McCracken: death date . . .

"misappropriated for his mythical brother Thomas as on the newly-cut Holcombe tombstone in Granby Cemetery. His unusual first name occurs some 16 times in the Old Testament but was not sufficiently familiar to the compilers of the Phelps Genealogy who, at least several times, if not always, call him Benjamin.

"Benajah appears not to have moved to Simsbury with his two brothers, and I have had more difficulty in tracing his descendants than those of his brothers. The reader is cautioned to verify every statement, particularly what Mrs. McPherson has to say of him.

"He married at Windsor, April 11, 1667, his stepsister, Sarah Enno or Eno, born at Windsor, 16 June 1649, daughter of James Enno or Eno by his second wife Anna Bidwell, who was perhaps the daughter, more probably the widow of Richard Bidwell, This Anna was the mother of all the Eno children.

"Dr. Stiles, under "Holcombe," kills off this Sarah in April 1732, which is about five years earlier than the death of Benajah but under "Phelps" (2:565) he makes her marry, secondly, Samuel Phelps (William, William), born at Windsor, 5 Sept 1642, died at Simsbury, 21 Oct 1741.

"The first wife of the said Samuel Phelps was Abigail Williams, born Windsor, 31 May 1658, daughter of a John Williams who married at Windsor, 29 June 1644, Mary Burlly. Mary (Burlly) Williams died 18 April 1681, having been married, as the record says, 37 years and sometime later this John Williams married again, this time to that Ester or Hester ----, who had married, first, James Eggleston (Bigod), and second as 4th wife, James Enno or Eno aforesaid. John Williams died in 1712 aged 96 and Esther/Hester died in 1720. See also The American Genealogist 56:169.

"Under "Phelps" Stiles inserts a marriage of the aforesaid Samuel Phelps to an Elizabeth with some children born in Boston. This marriage is unknown to the Phelps Genealogy and I have made no attempt to solve the problem beyond making certain that there were Boston births to a Samuel and Elizabeth Phelps whoever they were."

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(f/g) Benajah Holcombe Birth: Jun. 23, 1644 Windsor Hartford County Connecticut, USA Death: Jan. 25, 1735 Windsor Hartford County Connecticut, USA

BENAJAH, 6th known child of Thomas & Elizabeth Holdombe, was born at Windsor 23 June 1644. He married at Windsor 11 April 1667 Sarah Eno (his stepsister). Source: Anderson's Great Migration Begins. Sgt. Benajah Holcomb died Jan 25, 1735/6 at Windsor, Conn.; m. Apr. 11, 1667 at Windsor, Sarah Eno, his step-sister and only dau. of James Eno and his first wife Anna, b. June 15, 1649 (bapt. June 17) at Windsor and d. there in Apr. 1732. Nine children of the family.

Family links:

Parents:

 Thomas Holcomb (1609 - 1657)

 Elizabeth Holcomb Eno (1617 - 1679) 

Spouse:

 Sarah Eno Holcombe (1649 - 1732)

Burial: Unknown Created by: Linda Mac Record added: Jul 14, 2010 Find A Grave Memorial# 54930661 -tcd

Baptism: 1657

 Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut Christening:	1657

 Pembrokshire, Wales Arrival:	1630

 Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA Arrival:	1630

 Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts, USA Immigration:	May 30 1630

 the Mary and John to Nantasket Bay, Plymouth, Massachusetts Ancestral File Number:	3GLM-8W Residence:	Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA _UPD:	02 JAN 2016 23:16:42 GMT+-0 Occupation:	Freeman, May 1634, Farmer Marriage:	Marriage to: elizabeth jacques Holcomb (born FERGUSON) May 14 1634

 Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA Residence:	Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA Between 1700 and 1859 Death:	Sep 7 1657

 Poquonock, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Burial:	Sep 7 1657

 Granby Cemetery, Granby, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA

* Reference: Filae Family Trees - SmartCopy: Jun 19 2022, 0:32:02 UTC www.findagrave.com

Benajah Holcomb
BIRTH 23 Jun 1644
Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
DEATH 25 Jan 1737 (aged 92)
Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
BURIAL
Burial Details Unknown
MEMORIAL ID 54930661

BENAJAH, 6th known child of Thomas & Elizabeth Holdombe, was born at Windsor 23 June 1644. He married at Windsor 11 April 1667 Sarah Eno (his stepsister). Source: Anderson's Great Migration Begins.
Sgt. Benajah Holcomb died Jan 25, 1735/6 at Windsor, Conn.; m. Apr. 11, 1667 at Windsor, Sarah Eno, his step-sister and only dau. of James Eno and his first wife Anna, b. June 15, 1649 (bapt. June 17) at Windsor and d. there in Apr. 1732. Nine children of the family.

Family Members
Parents
Thomas Holcomb
1609–1657
Elizabeth Holcomb Eno
1617–1679

Spouse
Sarah Eno Holcomb
1649–1732

Siblings
Thomas Holcomb
unknown–1736
Elizabeth Holcombe Ellsworth
1634–1712
Mary Holcomb Griswold
1636–1708
Abigail Holcomb Bissell
1639–1688
Joshua Holcomb
1640–1690
Sarah Holcomb
1642–1654
Deborah Holcomb
1646–1648
Nathaniel Holcomb
1648–1740
Deborah Holcomb Birge
1651–1686
Jonathan Holcomb
1653–1656

Children
Sarah Holcomb Owen
1673–1763
Anna Holcomb Hayden
1675–1756