Sarah Holcomb

Sarah Holcomb[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17]

Female 1719 - 1800  (80 years)


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  • Name Sarah Holcomb  [11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16
    Birth 02 May 1719  Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location  [11, 16
    Gender Female 
    Burial May 1795 
    Death 1800  Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I312684223498  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 
    Family ID F3463  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 William Spencer,   b. 11 Dec 1709, Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Dec 1771, Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years) 
    Marriage Aft. 28 Aug 1736 
    Family ID F1819  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2025 

    Family 2 Ichabod Miller,   b. 25 Mar 1704, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1793, Granby, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years) 
    Marriage Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1820  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2025 

  • Notes 
    • CONFLICT: Beckler lists birth as 2 May
      CONFLICT: Beckler lists birth as 2 May 1716

      Who did Sarah marry?
      Sarah is listed here as the wife of William Spencer and of Ichabod Miller, having children with both men at approximately the same time. As it is illogical she was a bigamist, she had to be married to one or the other. Research needed.

      Birth - Simsbury Vital Rec 0002979 pg 84
      Birth - Simsbury Vital Rec 0002979 pg 84:Sarah 6th dau of John,Ancestral File Death - Anc F bapt - Anc F-24 Jun 1944 end - Anc F-9 Aug 1944 sld/p -Anc F-23 May 1950 ARIZO

      Chicago Lending Library Book V 291-a, Si
      Chicago Lending Library Book V 291-a, Simsbury Records, Conn. S15,b.p.33 V.R. Simsbury, Conn pp 43,53,54,104,147,19,57,40,23; Holcomb Gen B7E25p42 The Higley's & Their Ancestors by M.Coffin Johnson, P. 99-103 (B1,C9)

      !Thomas Holcombe's Earlier Posterity, pg
      !Thomas Holcombe's Earlier Posterity, pg 166, by George E. McCracken, as appearing in the American Genealogist, Vol 57, No. 2, April 1981. Recorded as 6th daughter.

      Birth: Simsbury Vital; Marr:IGI; Vital r
      Birth: Simsbury Vital; Marr:IGI; Vital records of Simsbury; There are three birth dates for Sarah, 6 Sep 1719, 2 May 1716, 15 Feb 1716. This requires further research. I believe her parents are John and Ann Pettibone.1800 Longmeadow, wid Sarah 45+.

      BIRTH: Bates p. 46 MARRIAGE: Bates p.
      BIRTH: Bates p. 46 MARRIAGE: Bates p. 94 DEATH: Spear p. 61

      !IGI; Vital records of Simsbury;
      !IGI; Vital records of Simsbury;

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