David HOLCOMB, II[1]
1724 - 1803 (79 years)-
Name David HOLCOMB [2] Suffix II Birth 28 Aug 1724 Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA [3] Gender Male Died 20 Sep 1803 Granby, Hartford, Connecticut, USA [1, 4] Buried Granby Center Cemetery, Granby, Hartford, Connecticut, USA [5] -
Parents
Father Lt David HOLCOMB (ID:I0978), b. 25 Oct 1696, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA d. 23 Feb 1784, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA (Age 87 years) Relationship Birth Mother Mehitable BUTTOLPH (ID:I0996), b. 25 Jan 1703, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA d. 4 Mar 1767, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA (Age 64 years) Relationship Birth Marriage 01 Mar 1722 Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA [6, 7] Folios Connecticut Church Record Abstracts 1630-1920 Volume 041 Granby
About Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920
The Connecticut State Library is home to a large collection of church records dating back to the 17th century. Alphabetized volumes of details abstracted from these records have been created and bound by town/church, then surname. This collection includes those bound compilations. They record dates of admission, baptisms, deaths, dismissions, marriages, and a variety of other details.
The abstracts use the following abbreviations:
- adm.ch. — admitted to church
- adm.com — communicants
- bp. — baptisms
- d. — deaths
- dism. & recom. — dismissed and recommended
- m. — marriages
- mem.ch. — members of church
- mem.com. — member of committee
- o.c. — owned the covenant (a pledge that bound one to adhere to the doctrine of the church)
- recom. — recommended
Where members were dismissed and recommended to another congregation, the name and location of the new church is typically listed.
Browse to the first page of the index for each church to find additional abbreviations and the provenance of the original church registers.
Historical Background
Early Connecticut settlers established the Congregational Church as the tax-supported state church until 1818 when the state constitution was accepted, abolishing the connection between church and state. Sometimes, if one parish was getting too large, a second was formed that became a precursor to a new town with the permission of the general assembly. Other denominations followed eventually, particularly the Baptists from Rhode Island on the eastern border with Connecticut, Episcopalians, and Quakers. Information in Connecticut’s church records has often been found to be more informative, complete, or accurate than the town vital records.
Excerpt from Alice G. Eichholz, “Connecticut Family History Research.” Red Book: American State, County and Town Sources. Third edition. Provo, UT: Ancestry Publishing, 2004.
Children + 1. Mehitable HOLCOMB (ID:I1295), b. 1722, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA d. 8 Apr 1817, Granby, Hartford, Connecticut, USA (Age 95 years) + 2. David HOLCOMB, II (ID:I0998) (current person) , b. 28 Aug 1724, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA d. 20 Sep 1803, Granby, Hartford, Connecticut, USA (Age 79 years) 3. Ashel HOLCOMB (ID:I296), b. 1725 d. 25 Sep 1770 (Age 45 years) 4. Deborah HOLCOMB (ID:I1297), b. 28 Sep 1726 d. 1772, Turkey Hills, Hartford, Connecticut, USA (Age 45 years) 5. Deborah's Twin HOLCOMB (ID:I1303), b. 28 Sep 1726 d. 25 Sep 1770 (Age 43 years) 6. Martha HOLCOMB (ID:I1298), b. Aug 1727, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA d. 7 Apr 1797, Granby, Hartford, Connecticut, USA (Age 69 years) + 7. Reuben HOLCOMB (ID:I0999), b. 24 Mar 1728, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA d. 24 May 1797, Granby, Hartford, Connecticut, USA (Age 69 years) 8. Lydia HOLCOMB (ID:I1300), b. 1730, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA d. 27 Feb 1822, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA (Age 92 years) + 9. Simeon HOLCOMB (ID:I0964), b. 1734, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA d. 12 Sep 1815, West Granby, Granby, Hartford, Connecticut, USA (Age 81 years) + 10. Susannah HOLCOMB (ID:I1299), b. 1734, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA d. 24 Aug 1777, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA (Age 43 years) + 11. Ezra HOLCOMB (ID:I1000), b. 1735, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA d. 23 Apr 1811, Granville, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA (Age 76 years) 12. Lyman HOLCOMB (ID:I297), b. 1737, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA d. Yes, date unknown 13. Martha HOLCOMB (ID:I298), b. 1737, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA d. 1799, Granby, Hartford, Connecticut, USA (Age 62 years) 14. Ezekiel HOLCOMB (ID:I1301), b. 1738, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA d. 1805, Granby, Hartford, Connecticut, USA (Age 67 years) 15. Jedediah HOLCOMB (ID:I1302), b. 1740, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA d. 27 Nov 1779, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA (Age 39 years) + 16. Eli HOLCOMB (ID:I0997), b. 3 Apr 1742, Granby, Hartford, Connecticut, USA d. 10 May 1823, Ulster, Bradford, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 81 years) -
Family
Wife Elizabeth GRIFFEN (ID:I1023), b. 17 Feb 1727 d. 1801 (Age 73 years) [2] Marriage 1749 Children 1. David HOLCOMB (ID:I1319), b. 12 Aug 1750 d. 24 Mar 1810 (Age 59 years) [Father: Birth] [Mother: Birth] 2. Elizabeth HOLCOMB (ID:I1320), b. 5 Oct 1753 d. Yes, date unknown + 3. Theodocia HOLCOMB (ID:I1321), b. 29 Jul 1756, Granby, Hartford, Connecticut, USA d. Yes, date unknown + 4. Lucretia HOLCOMB (ID:I1322), b. 31 Aug 1759 d. Yes, date unknown 5. Joel HOLCOMB (ID:I1024), b. 15 Feb 1761 d. Yes, date unknown 6. Pliny HOLCOMB (ID:I1323), b. 10 May 1764 d. Yes, date unknown 7. Deborah HOLCOMB (ID:I1324), b. 14 Feb 1767 d. Yes, date unknown 8. Micah HOLCOMB (ID:I1325), b. 14 Mar 1768 d. Yes, date unknown 9. Levi HOLCOMB (ID:I1326), b. 29 Jul 1769 d. Yes, date unknown 10. Josephus (Cephas) HOLCOMB (ID:I1025), b. 4 Aug 1773 d. Yes, date unknown -
Other Personal Events
Patriarch & Matriarch Walter HOLCOMB, b. 1368, Hole, Devon, England (10 x Great Grandfather)
Mary BUCK, b. 12 Mar 1673, Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA d. 3 Sep 1731, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA (Age 58 years) (Grandmother) -
Headstones David Holcomb II
Plot: UnknownFolios Connecticut Church Record Abstracts 1630-1920 Volume 041 Granby
About Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920
The Connecticut State Library is home to a large collection of church records dating back to the 17th century. Alphabetized volumes of details abstracted from these records have been created and bound by town/church, then surname. This collection includes those bound compilations. They record dates of admission, baptisms, deaths, dismissions, marriages, and a variety of other details.
The abstracts use the following abbreviations:
- adm.ch. — admitted to church
- adm.com — communicants
- bp. — baptisms
- d. — deaths
- dism. & recom. — dismissed and recommended
- m. — marriages
- mem.ch. — members of church
- mem.com. — member of committee
- o.c. — owned the covenant (a pledge that bound one to adhere to the doctrine of the church)
- recom. — recommended
Where members were dismissed and recommended to another congregation, the name and location of the new church is typically listed.
Browse to the first page of the index for each church to find additional abbreviations and the provenance of the original church registers.
Historical Background
Early Connecticut settlers established the Congregational Church as the tax-supported state church until 1818 when the state constitution was accepted, abolishing the connection between church and state. Sometimes, if one parish was getting too large, a second was formed that became a precursor to a new town with the permission of the general assembly. Other denominations followed eventually, particularly the Baptists from Rhode Island on the eastern border with Connecticut, Episcopalians, and Quakers. Information in Connecticut’s church records has often been found to be more informative, complete, or accurate than the town vital records.
Excerpt from Alice G. Eichholz, “Connecticut Family History Research.” Red Book: American State, County and Town Sources. Third edition. Provo, UT: Ancestry Publishing, 2004.
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Event Map
Birth - 28 Aug 1724 - Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Died - 20 Sep 1803 - Granby, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Buried - - Granby Center Cemetery, Granby, Hartford, Connecticut, USA = Link to Google Earth -
Reference Mark and Amy Kosinski. "David HOLCOMB, II". Four Branches Genealogy. https://www.fourbranches.org/tng/getperson.php?personID=I0998&tree=mhkr (accessed May 13, 2024).
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Source Citations
- [S419] Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Connecticut, Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts 1630-1920 Volume 041 Granby, 73 (Vol 1 Pg 67).
- [S00001] D. Holcomb, Import from dholcomb.ged.
- [S00077] Carol A. Laun, Burials in the Granby Center Cemetery, Granby, Connecticut, Granby Center Cemetery.
- [S00073] Elizabeth Weir McPherson, The Holcombes, nation builders: A family having as great a part as any in the making of all North American civilization, their biographies, genealogies and pedigrees, Holcombe Genealogy.
- [S00077] Carol A. Laun, Burials in the Granby Center Cemetery, Granby, Connecticut, 141.
- [S00204] Edmund West, comp., Family Data Collection - Individual Records.
- [S00263] Institute of Family Research, Millennium File .