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Matthew Holcomb

Matthew Holcomb[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29]

Male 1708 - 1781  (72 years)


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  • Name Matthew Holcomb  [9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29] 
    Birth 07 May 1708  Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Christening 16 May 1708  Simsbury,Hartford Co.,Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 21 Mar 1781  Bloomfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial 21 Mar 1781  Granby Ct Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I312684223419  Oswald Genealogy
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2025 

    Father Joshua Holcomb, II,   b. 18 Sep 1672, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship unknown 
    Mother Mary Hannah Carrington,   b. Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 May 1708, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship unknown 
    Family ID F2495  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Lois Drake,   b. 15 Jun 1710, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 03 Oct 1793, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years) 
    Marriage Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Divorce 1743 
    Family ID F1858  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2025 

    Family 2 Lydia Drake,   b. 15 Jun 1710, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 09 Oct 1799, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years) 
    Family ID F1802  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2025 

  • Notes 
    • !Matthew Holcomb, m. 20 Jan 1729 Lois Dr
      !Matthew Holcomb, m. 20 Jan 1729 Lois Drake. He was Divorced, Mar. 1743. In Matthew's will in 1777, he wrote, "First, being pentinent and sorry from the bottom of my heart for my past sins". Four Children.

      Ancestral File
      Matthew Holcomb - Borne 7 May 1708 Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut - Father: Joshua Holcomb - Mother: Mary or Hannah Carrington Death - Anc F: 21 Mar 1781 / Buried: Place Granby Ct

      !The American Genealogist, Vol. 57, No.
      !The American Genealogist, Vol. 57, No. 2, April 1981, by George E. McCracken, page 74-75. Bapt. by Rev. Dudley Woodbridge.Also info on page 225: States his birth was not recorded by the Simsbury Town Clerk, but was baptized on 16 May 1708 by Dudley Woodbridge who recorded a birth date of 7 May 1708. A Windsor record shows that he married on 20 Jan 1719/30, a Lydia Drake, of whom no more was found.

      Found in Windsor CT Vital Records
      According to Windsor Hartford CT Vital Records
      Matthew Holcomb married Lois Drake on 20 Jan 1729 Windsor CT Vol.-2(1704-1846) Pg.-59
      and had the following children VR Vol.-2(1704-1846) Pg.-18
      Matthew born 30 May 1730 Windsor Hartford CT
      Elijah born 5 May 1731 Windsor Hartford CT
      Eli born 30 Aug 1734 Windsor Hartford CT
      Lois born 25 Oct 1736 Windsor Hartford CT

      according to Lois Holcomb 1743/44 Petition for Divorce
      Matthew Holcomb abandon the family to live with Lydia Porter a man and wife

      According to Windsor Hartford CT Vital Records
      I have not found a marriage record but
      Matthew Holcomb and Lydia as his wife had the following children VR Vol.-2(1704-1846) Pg.-137 / Pg.-138
      Lydia born 21 Feb 1744 Windsor Hartford CT
      Clymena born 13 Apr 1747 Windsor Hartford CT
      John born 5 Oct 1749 Windsor Hartford CT
      Luther born 12 Aug 1752 Windsor Hartford CT

      According to Windsor Hartford CT Vital Records
      I have not found a marriage record but
      Henry Wright had the following children with Lois as his wife
      VR Vol.-2(1704-1846) Pg.-168
      John born 14 Oct 1748 Windsor Hartford CT
      Moses born 1 Oct 1750 Windsor Hartford CT
      Sybel born 11 Sep 1752 Windsor Hartford CT

      spouse: Lydia Drake or Lois Drake
      'Genealogies and Biographies of Ancient Windsor' (often called "Families of Ancient Windsor") p.396 says that Matthew married Lydia DRAKE 20 Jan 1729 and had children:
      1. Matthew, b 30 may 1780
      2. Elijah, b 5 March 1781/2
      3. Eli, b 30 Aug 1784
      4. Lydia?, b 21 Feb 1744/5
      5. Clymena, b 13 April 1747
      6. John, b 5 Oct 1749
      7. Luther, b 12 Aug 1752 (with a long paragraph about Luther)

      Barbour Collection "The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records": vol 55, p.104 'Windsor Vital Records 1637-1850', says that Mathew HOLCOMB and Lois DRAKE, both of Windsor, married Jan 20, 1729/30. ref 2.162.

  • Sources 
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    25. [S1173462633] FamilySearch.org, Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906, "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F74G-ZZG : 7 January 2020), Mathew Holcomb in entry for Luther Holcomb, 1752.

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    29. [S1173462633] FamilySearch.org, Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906, "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F74G-ZH7 : 7 January 2020), Mathew Holcomb in entry for Mathew Holcomb, 1730.



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