Adonijah HOLCOMB
1757 - Yes, date unknown-
Name Adonijah HOLCOMB [1] Birth 27 Sep 1757 Gender Male Died Yes, date unknown -
Parents
Father Nathaniel HOLCOMB (ID:I0988), b. 2 Feb 1719 d. Yes, date unknown
Other Partners: Hannah HOLCOMB m. Apr 1760Relationship Birth Mother Margaret COSSETT (ID:I1269), b. Yes, date unknown d. Yes, date unknown Relationship Birth Children + 1. Nathaniel V HOLCOMB (ID:I1013), b. 10 Nov 1740 d. Yes, date unknown + 2. Hulda HOLCOMB (ID:I0965), b. 24 Jan 1741 d. Yes, date unknown 3. Zaccheus HOLCOMB (ID:I1294), b. 14 Jan 1743 d. 1764 (Age 20 years) 4. Ruth HOLCOMB (ID:I1270), b. 18 Nov 1748 d. Yes, date unknown 5. Margaret HOLCOMB (ID:I1271), b. 18 Nov 1748 d. Yes, date unknown 6. Theodocia HOLCOMB (ID:I1272), b. 1 Aug 1753 d. Yes, date unknown 7. Lydia HOLCOMB (ID:I1273), b. 20 Oct 1755 d. Yes, date unknown + 8. Adonijah HOLCOMB (ID:I1014) (current person) , b. 27 Sep 1757 d. Yes, date unknown -
Family
Wife Charity GILLETT (ID:I1392), b. 1755 d. 23 Feb 1828, Granby, Hartford, Connecticut, USA (Age 73 years) [1, 2] Children + 1. Adonijah HOLCOMB (ID:I1414), b. Yes, date unknown d. Yes, date unknown + 2. Nathaniel HOLCOMB (ID:I1393), b. 30 Oct 1792 d. Yes, date unknown 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.
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Other Personal Events
Patriarch & Matriarch Walter HOLCOMB, b. 1368, Hole, Devon, England (11 x Great Grandfather)
Margaret COSSETT, b. Yes, date unknown d. Yes, date unknown (Mother) -
Reference Mark and Amy Kosinski. "Adonijah HOLCOMB". Four Branches Genealogy. https://www.fourbranches.org/tng/getperson.php?personID=I1014&tree=mhkr (accessed May 12, 2024).
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