Hester Holcombe

- 1775

• Name	Hester Holcombe
  Birth	Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America
  Gender	Female
  Death	17 Dec 1775	Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America
  Burial	Hope Meadow Cemetery, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut
  Person ID	I312684223263	Oswald Genealogy
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2025

  
  

  Father	Lt. Nathaniel Holcombe, I,   b. 04 Nov 1648, Windsor, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America bur. 1740, Simsbury Cemetery, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America (Age ~ 91 years)
  Relationship	unknown
  Mother	Mary Bliss,   b. 23 Sep 1651, Springfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America d. Springfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
  Family ID	F2599	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Rev. Brewster Higley, I,   b. Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, British Colonial America d. 05 Nov 1760, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, British Colonial America
  Marriage	Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America
  Family ID	F2465	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2025

  
  

• Notes

  !Higleys & T A pg 100 & FG sent by Eunic !Higleys & T A pg 100 & FG sent by Eunice Monsen of Corrine, Ut differ @ "not to be confused w/ her niece Esther" Esther Holcomb married Brewster Higley. Esther Holcomb married Brewster Higley. CONFLICT: Name, Hester,(Beckler) Ester CONFLICT: Name, Hester,(Beckler) Ester, and birth date Feb 1682 CONFLICT: Name, Hester,(Beckler) Ester, CONFLICT: Name, Hester,(Beckler) Ester, and birth date Feb 1682 ESTHER MARRIED 17 FEB 1708 BREWSTER HIGL ESTHER MARRIED 17 FEB 1708 BREWSTER HIGLEY Ancestral File shows birth Feb 1684 The Ancestral File shows birth Feb 1684 The entry of marriage upon the Simsbury Records, book ii, gives the name as "Hester." In the latter part of her lie she was known as Esther. She is the daughter of Deacon nathaniel and Mary Bliss Holcombe of Simsbury, an old family of excellent standing. BIRTH: Stiles p. 389; MARRIAGE: Bates BIRTH: Stiles p. 389; MARRIAGE: Bates p. 33; DEATH: Stiles p. 389; Birth - Anc F:Esther or Hester Holcomb/H Birth - Anc F:Esther or Hester Holcomb/Holcombe 3 Feb 1684 of Simsbury, Hrtfd, CT (not in Simsbury 0002979) LDS Ordinance Index: Hester Holcombe / Esther or Hester Holcomb B: 17 Feb 1682 / 1683 - Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut / Granby twp, Hartford, Connecticut / of Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts - Father: Nathaniel Holcomb - Mother: Mary Bliss Marr - Simsbury Vital Rec 0002979 pg 80: 17 Feb 1708/9 Death - Simsbury Vital records 0002979 p. 274: Wid. Esther Holcomb died Dec 24, 1775 age 92 Anc F: 17 Dec 1775 Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut bapt - Ord Index-17 Apr 1922 SLAKE, 20 Jun 1932 LOGAN, 16 Dec 1959, 9 Aug 1991 IFALL, 13 May 1992 IFALL end - Ord Index-14 Jul 1932 LOGAN,22 Jan 1960 SLAKE, 28 Jan 1992 IFALL, 20 Oct 1992 IFALL sld/p -Ord Index-13 Nov 1945 SLAKE, 13 Feb 1961 SLAKE, 25 Feb 1992 IFALL, 7 May 1992 LVEGA, 11 Nov 1992 IFALL sld/s - Ord Index-20 May 1936 ARIZO, 2 Feb 1942 LOGAN, 23 Jun 1942 SLAKE, 26 Feb 1946 LOGAN, 23 Oct 1951 IFALL, 11 Feb 1972 SLAKE, 10 Jun 1989 DALLA A change from Esther Holcomb to Hester c A change from Esther Holcomb to Hester comes from Helen Ullman, Aug 1 996. Chicago Lending Library Book V 291-a, Si Chicago Lending Library Book V 291-a, Simsbury Records, Conn. S15,b.p.33The Higley's & Their Ancestors by M.Coffin Johnson, P. 99-103 (B1,C9)Stiles Henry Reed 'History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor', Book 13,p162. Esther is not to be confused with her niece Esther Holcomb who wasthe wife of Brewster Higley II, md 13 Mar 1734. !archive record 0110869, "Histories & Ge !archive record 0110869, "Histories & Genealogies of Ancient Wiondsor" Book 11, page 162 by Stiles Henry REED. !Will of Nathaniel Holcomb, father, dated 7 Feb 1940/41, probated 2 Apr 1741, proved 7 Apr 1741. !The American Genealogist, Vol. 57, No. 2, April 1981, by George E. McCracken, page 71. The death could be 1760.. Also called E The death could be 1760.. Also called Esther. http://www.holcombegenealogy.com/tholcomb/d2/ i0038950.htm#i38951