Lt. Nathaniel Holcombe, I
1648 - 1740 (~ 91 years)-
Name Nathaniel Holcombe Title Lt. Suffix I Birth 04 Nov 1648 Windsor, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America 
Gender Male Death Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America Burial 1740 Simsbury Cemetery, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America Person ID I312684223208 Oswald Genealogy Last Modified 15 Jun 2025
Family 1 Sarah, b. 08 Sep 1651, Windsor, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America d. Windsor, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America Marriage Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America Family ID F2444 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 15 Jun 2025
Family 2 Mary Bliss, b. 23 Sep 1651, Springfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America d. Springfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America Children 1. Joshua Holcomb, b. 18 Sep 1672, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, United States d. 02 Oct 1726 (Age 54 years) [Father: unknown] [Mother: unknown]2. Nathaniel Holcombe, II, b. 11 Jun 1673, Springfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America d. 29 Sep 1766, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America (Age 93 years) [Father: unknown]3. Nathaniel Holcombe, b. 11 Jun 1673, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States d. 29 Sep 1766, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, United States (Age 93 years) [Father: unknown] [Mother: unknown]4. Mary Holcombe, b. 17 May 1675, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America d. 22 Dec 1744, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, British Colonial America (Age 69 years) [Father: unknown] [Mother: unknown]5. Ensign John Holcombe, b. 1680, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America d. 11 Jul 1744, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America (Age 64 years) [Father: unknown]6. Martha Holcombe, b. 1682, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America d. Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America [Father: unknown]7. Elizabeth Holcombe, b. 1685, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America d. 12 Jul 1700, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America (Age 15 years) [Father: unknown] [Mother: unknown]8. Margaret Holcombe, b. 1687, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America d. 27 May 1777, Avon, Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, United States (Age 90 years) [Father: unknown]9. Katherine Holcombe, b. 1689, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America d. 1769, Simsbury, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America (Age 80 years) [Father: unknown]10. Sarah Holcombe, b. 1691, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America d. 14 Dec 1787, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, United States (Age 96 years) [Father: unknown] [Mother: unknown]11. Benjamin Holcombe, b. Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut d. 27 Jan 1758, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America [Father: unknown] [Mother: unknown]12. Martha Holcombe, b. Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut Colony d. Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut Colony [Father: unknown] [Mother: unknown]13. Hester Holcombe, b. Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America d. 17 Dec 1775, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America [Father: unknown]14. Jonathan Holcombe, b. Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America d. 07 Oct 1761, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America [Father: unknown] [Mother: unknown]Family ID F2599 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 15 Jun 2025
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Notes - Birth
Possibly born at Windsor and died at Simsbury, Conn.
http://www.holcombegenealogy.com/tholcomb/d2/i0038950.htm#i38951
Mr. Holcombe represented Simsbury in General Court 1703-6 aand 1720-22.
Genealogy of the Bliss Family in America
Genealogy of the Bliss Family in America, Volume I, Compiled by Aaron Tyler Bliss, Published by the Author, 1982, Midland, Michigan. p. 41. Res. at Simsbury, Conn. Farmer.
BIRTH: Wells p. 35. MARRIAGE-I; Wells
BIRTH: Wells p. 35. MARRIAGE-I; Wells p. 13. MARRIAGE-II; Bates p. 150. this was also the second marriage for Sarah whose family name is not known. She married first Josiah Owen of Simsbury whose first wife had been Mary Osborn and who died 6 Aug 1689. DEATH: Bates p. 188; NOTES: Nathaniel lived in Springfield MA for several years after his marriage to Mary Bliss of that town. Then in 1677 they moved to the village of Gramby in Simbury Twp. where he farmed. He served as deputy to the General Court of Conn. for six terms. NOTE: per WORLD FAMILY TREE, Disc #4, Pedigree # 2410....NATHANIEL was born in Simsbury, CT.- -(JTH-4/16/97) - A genealogical dictionary of the first settlers of New England by Savage Vol 2, Page 444 NATHANIEL, Simsbury 1697, br. of the preced. m. at Springfield, Mary, d. of Nathaniel Bliss, in 1676, had there Nathaniel, b. 11 June 1673.
BIRTH: Wells p. 35. MARRIAGE-I; Wells
BIRTH: Wells p. 35. MARRIAGE-I; Wells p. 13. MARRIAGE-II; Bates p. 150. this was also the second marriage for Sarah whose family name is not known. She married first Josiah Owen of Simsbury whose first wife had been Mary Osborn and who died 6 Aug 1689. DEATH: Bates p. 188; NOTES: Nathaniel lived in Springfield MA for several years after his marriage to Mary Bliss of that town. Then in 1677 they moved to the village of Gramby in Simbury Twp. where he farmed. He served as deputy to the General Court of Conn. for six terms. NOTE: per WORLD FAMILY TREE, Disc #4, Pedigree # 2410....NATHANIEL was born in Simsbury, CT.- -(JTH-4/16/97)
Additional Holcomb Information and maps
William, Mark, A Tempest in a Small Town: The Myth and Reality of Country Life, Granby, Connecticut 1680 - 1940, Granby, Conn.: Salmon Brook Historical Society, 1996 has extensive information on the descendants of Nathaniel (1648- ) including early land grant maps from the 1686 town patent.-mpswanson
After the burning of Simsbury in 1667, a
After the burning of Simsbury in 1667, and the return of the settlers in 1670, he removed thither and represented that town in 1703 - 1706,'20,&'22. He was granted land at Soundbrook, now Granby Center, and deacon of the church.
I also have that he was born at Windsor
I also have that he was born at Windsor and died at Simsbury, Conn.
Sources
Birth - Windsor Vital Rec 0002983:
Ancestral File: Nathaniel (Lt. Holcombe (Deacon)
Born: 4 Nov 1648 Poquerock, Hartford Connecticut (Poquonock records are in Windsor)
Marr - Windsor Vital Records
Source
Source: Hist & Gen. of Ancient Windsor Conn. Stiles p. 394/ "The Holcombe"- McPhersen p. 10 LA Pub. Lib.
Birth - Nathaniel Holcomb (son of Thomas
Birth - Nathaniel Holcomb (son of Thomas Holcomb of Windsor, Conn. who was b. Nov. 4, 1648
!BORN: Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut; D
!BORN: Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut; DIED: 5 March 1740; Carol Turk's
Deacon/Lt
Chosen deputy to the general
Deacon/Lt
Chosen deputy to the general court of Connecticut for Simsbury between 1703 and 1706; again between 1720 and 1722. Was a joint signer of an agreement with pastor of the church of Hop Meadow 27 Jun 1687. Signed an offer to citizens of Salmon Brook and Low Meadow for exchange of parts of land to better fortify against Indians, 04 Feb 1688.
from MCCRACKEN
8th child and 3rd son, was born at Windsor, 4 Nov. 1648, died at Simsbury 5 March 1740/1. His will is dated 7 Feb 1740/1, probated 5 March 1740/1. He devises various real estate in both Windsor and Simsbury to the four sons listed below, and to the five living daughters the moveable estate; the son, not named, of his deceased daughter Martha, 20 shillings, to be paid by sons Nathaniel, Jonathan and John, "to buy him a Bible." (this might suggest that this grandson, Daniel Hayes, was a minor but he was nearly 25 at this date.) To his wife, not named, testator leaves only 20 shillings "besides what I have alread secured for her before marriage." Son Benjamin is named sole executor; witnesses: Elias Slater, Ephraim Bewell, Timothy Woodbridge. His first marriage took place on 27 Feb 1670/1 but is not recorded at either Windsor or Simsbury, and I suspect it was recorded at Springfield, the home of the bride, who was Mary Bliss, born 23 Sept, 1651, died by 1722, daughter of Nathaniel Bliss (Thomas of Hartford) by his wife Catharine Chapin (Samuel), as the birth of the first child is recorded at Springfield. He married, second, at Simsbury, 17 January 1722/3, Sarah - widow of Josias Owen, as the marriage record identifies her. It seems probable that her first husband was Josias Owen (John) shown by Stiles (2:544) to have married, first Mary, daughter of John Osburn, but Stiles knows nothing of a second marriage for either Josias Owen or Nathaniel Holcombe, nor does THE CHAPIN BOOK (1924) 1:16f.
by Stiles
Nathaniel resided in Simsbury which town he represented at gen. ct. 1703, 4, 5, 1720 and 22. Lists children as Nathaniel, Mary, Jonathan, John, Ester, Catherine, Sarah and Benjamin.
from Tempest
Holcombe family tradition has it that Nathaniel and Mary first settled at what is now Salmon Brook in 1677. Nathaniel was born in the Poquonock section of Windsor. Although Mary's father's family was among the first group to come to Hartford, she was living in Springfield when she married Nathaniel in 1670. It is not clear if the couple lived in Springfield for long, but by 1675 they were back in Windsor with their two children, Nathaniel and Mary. Nathaniel Sr. is not listed among those who moved to Simsbury immediately following the war, but his older brother Joshua is, and his mother and stepfather, James Eno, did move to "Scotland", the section of Simsbury east of the ridge, in 1679. It is possible they did live with the Enos briefly, while renting land at Salmon Brook from someone such as John Slate. Or it may have been that they even began building a homestead at Salmon Brook and that the record of Nathaniel's 1677, 78 or 79 grant was among those burned; no one bothered to record it again since he received new grants, possibly for the same land, as a result of the land divisions in 1680. He continued to pay taxes in Windsor through 1686, but only because he owned three acres of upland there, not because he was a resident. Certainly the couple was well established with their four children in Simsbury by 1681, for Nathaniel was elected town constable in December of that year.
CITATIONS
1. Edwin Stanley Welles, HARTFORD, WINDSOR, FAIRFIELD, page 55, 13
2. McPherson, HOLCOMBE GENEALOGY, page 10.1, 101.2
3. Judge Pynchon's marriage record: 1685-1711, NEW ENGLAND HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL REGISTER 123 (169)
Moved to Simsbury (Massacoe); represent
Moved to Simsbury (Massacoe); representative to the General Court 1703-6, 1720-22; farmer. Will recorded in Early Connecticut Probate Records, dated 7 February 1740/1. Inventory (100 pounds plus) taken 2 April 1742; will proven 7 April 1741.
!SOURCE: Fern (OLIVER) SHELLEY 535 N Les
!SOURCE: Fern (OLIVER) SHELLEY 535 N Leseuer Mesa,AZ 85203 (1996)
BIRTH-MARRIAGE:
1. Henry Stiles, "The H
BIRTH-MARRIAGE:
1. Henry Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut", volume II, a facsimile of the 1892 edition (Somersworth: New Hampshire Publishing Company, 1976), p. 394.
2. Robert C. Anderson, "The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633" (Boston, MA: NEHGS, c1995):
NATHANIEL HOLCOMB, born Windsor 4 November 1648 [CTVR 35; Grant 44]; m. (1) Springfield 27 February 1670[/1] Mary Bliss [Pynchon VR 58]; m. (2) Simsbury 17 January 1722/3 Sarah (_____) Owen, widow of Josias Owen [SimsVR Barbour 83].
3. Judge Pynchon's Marriage Record: 1685-1711, NEHG Register, vol. 123, Oct 1969, p. 258:
Nathanell Holcomb of Windsor & Mary Bliss of Springfeild Joined in Marriage ffebr 27th 1670 - Sam Chapin & Jo: Hitchcock attested their Legall Publication.
4. William Richard Cutter, "New England Families Genealogical & Memorial, Third Series, Vol. II" (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1997) p. 6825. Samuel Parsons, comp., "Record of Marriages and Births in Windsor, CT" (NEHG Register, vol 5, Apr 1851) p. 227:
Nathaniel, child of Thomas HOLCOM and Elizabeth, born 4 Nov 1648.
MARRIAGE:
1. Clarence Torrey, "New England Marriages Prior to 1700", NEHGS CD, 2001:
Nathaniel HOLCOMB (1648-1741) & 1/wf Mary BLISS (1651-1722?); by 1722?, 27 Feb 1670; Windsor, CT/Simsbury {McCormick-Hamilton 152; TAG 33:21; Springfield Fam. (ms) 59, 362; Blake-Glidden 51; Warner-Harrington 308; Windsor CT 2:389, 395; Longmeadow 7; Bliss (1881) 36; Holcomb 41; Chapin 1:16; Botsford-Marble 210; Phelps 1:114; Barber 57}
DEATH:
1. George McCracken, "Thomas Holcombe's Earlier Posterity", The American Genealogist 57, no. 2 Apr 1981, p. 65 - 76.
2. William Richard Cutter, "New England Families Genealogical & Memorial, Third Series, Vol. II" (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1997) p. 682
OTHER:
1. Chapin Genealogy, Vol 1, p. 161.
2. He was a representative of Simsbury (1705-6) and of Windsor (1720-2 to the General Court of Connecticut). He was a farmer.
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Nathaniel Holcombe[1,2,3,4] (M)Nathaniel Holcombe was born on 4 November 1648 at Poquonock, Windsor, Hartford Co., CT.[5,6] He was the son of Thomas Holcombe and Elizabeth (?). Nathaniel Holcombe married Mary Bliss, daughter of Nathaniel Bliss and Catharine Chapin, on 27 February 1670 at Springfield, Hampden Co., MA.[7,8] Nathaniel Holcombe married Sarah Owen on 17 January 1722 at Simsbury, Hartford Co., CT. Nathaniel Holcombe died on 5 March 1740 at Simsbury, Hartford Co., CT, at age 91.[9] Chosen Deputy to the General Court of Connecticut for Simsbury between 1703 and 1706; again between 1720 and 1722. Was a joint signer of an agreement with pastor of the church of Hop Meadow 27 Jun 1687. Signed an offer to citizens of Salmon Brook and Low Meadow for exchange of parts of land to better fortify against Indians, 04 Feb 1688. from MC CRACKEN 8th child and 3rd son, was born at Windsor, 4 Nov. 1648, died at Simsbury, 5 March 1740/1. His will is dated 7 Feb. 1740/1, probated 5 March 1740/1 (Manwaring 3:286). He devises various real estate in both Windsor and Simsbury to the four sons listed below, and to the five living daughters the moveable estate; the son, not named, of his deceased daughter Martha, 20 shillings, to be paid by sons Nathaniel, Jonathan and John, "to buy him a Bible." (This might suggest that this grandson, Daniel Hayes, was a minor but he was nearly 25 at this date.) To his wife, not named, testator leaves only 20 shillings "besides what I have already secured for her before marriage." Son Benjamin is names sole executor; witnesses: Elias Slater, Ephraim Bewell, Timothy Woodbridge. His first marriage took place on 27 Feb 1670/1 but is not recorded at either Windsor or Simsbury, and I suspect is was recorded at Springfield, the home of the bride, who was Mary Bliss, born 23 Sept, 1651, died by 1722, daughter of Nathaniel Bliss (Thomas of Hartford) by his wife Catharine Chapin (Samuel), as the birth of the first child is recorded at Springfield. He married, second, at Simsbury, 17 Jan. 1722/3, Sarah ----, widow of Josias Owen, as the marriage record identifies her. It seems probable that her first husband was Josias Owen (John) shown by Stiles (2:544) to have married, first, Mary, daughter of John Osburn, but Stiles knows nothing of a second marriage for either Josias Owen or Nathaniel Holcombe, nor does The Chapin Book (1924) 1:16f from Stiles Resided Simsbury which town he represented at gen. ct. 1703, 4, 5, 1720, and 22. Lists children as Nathaniel, Mary, Johnathan, John, Ester, Catherine, Sarah, and Benjamin. from Tempest Holcombe family tradition has it that Nathaniel and Mary first settled at what is now Salmon Brook in 1677. Nathaniel was born in the Poquonock section of Windsor. Although Mary's father's family was among the first group to come to Hartford, she was living in Springfield when she married Nathaniel in 1670. It is not clear if the couple lived in Springfield for long, but by 1675 they were back in Windsor with their two children, Nathaniel and Mary. Nathaniel Sr. is not listed among those who moved to Simsbury immediately following the war, but his older brother Joshua is, and his mother and stepfather James Eno, did move to "Scotland", the section of Simsbury east of the ridge, in 1679. It is possible they did live with the Enos briefly, while renting land at Salmon Brook from someone such as John Slate. Or it may have been that they even began building a homestead at Salmon Brook and that the record of Nathaniel's 1677, '78 or '79 grant was among those burned; no one bothered to record it again since he received new grants, possibly for the same land, as a result of the land divisions in 1680. He continued to pay taxes in Windsor through 1686, but only because he owned three acres of upland there, not because he was a resident. Certainly the couple was well established with their four children in Simsbury by 1681, for Nathaniel was elected town constable in December of that year.
Children of Nathaniel Holcombe and Mary Bliss:
1. Lt. Nathaniel Holcombe b. 11 Jun 1673, d. 29 Sep 1766 Mary Holcombe b. 17 May 1675, d. bt 22 Dec 1744 - 27 May 1745 Sgt. Jonathan Holcombe+ b. 15 Feb 1678/79, d. 7 Oct 1761 Ensign John Holcombe+ b. 1680, d. 1744 Martha Holcombe b. 1682, d. 9 Jan 1717 Hester Holcombe+ b. Feb 1684, d. 1760 Elizabeth Holcombe b. 1685, d. 12 Jul 1700 Margaret Holcombe + b. 1687, d. 1777 Catherine Holcombe+ b. 1689, d. 1769 Sarah Holcombe+ b. 1691, d. 1787 Benjamin Holcombe+ b. 15 Feb 1697/98, d. 27 Jan 1758
References:
1. Jesse Seaver, The Holcomb(e) Genealogy, page 41, item 201.
Hannah McPherson, Holcombe Genealogy, Page 101/Item A-8..
George E. McCracken, "Thomas Holcombe".
Henry R. Stiles History of Ancient Windsor, Volume 2, Page 395.
Edwin Stanley Welles, Hartford, Windsor, Fairfield, Page 35..
Hannah McPherson, Holcombe Genealogy, Page 10.1.
Unknown author, "unknown short article title".
Edwin Stanley Welles, Hartford, Windsor, Fairfield, Page 13..
Hannah McPherson, Holcombe Genealogy, Page 101.2.
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