Thomas Holcombe

Also Thomas Holcomb

Early settler of Dorchester, Massachusetts, made a freeman there in 1634, who moved to Windsor, Connecticut, and in 1639 to Poquonock; he died at Windsor in 1657, and his widow Elizabeth married James Eno. Probably the father of Abigail, wife of Samuel Bissell, and through his daughter Elizabeth an ancestor of Chief Justice Oliver Ellsworth.

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Life

  1. 1657
    Died
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Family

Parents
Not known
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Pedigree

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Notes

“Early at Dorchester, Mass., where, in May, 1634, he was made freeman; in 1635 sold his ho. and lands to Richard Jones; soon after rem. to W.; in 1639 went to Poq., 4 m. W. of W.” Stiles says he “was, in 1639, one of those who rep. W. and Hartford in the forming of the Constitution of the Col. of Conn.” (source); that claim still needs checking against the colonial records. His widow Elizabeth married James Eno. Through his daughters Elizabeth (Mrs. Josias Ellsworth) and Abigail (Mrs. Samuel Bissell) he is an ancestor of Chief Justice Oliver Ellsworth and of the Bissell and Eno kin.

Research: research/mcmillan/McMillan_Humphrey_Bell_Connections.md.

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Connections

Notable ancestor
Freeman of Dorchester in 1634 and one of the first settlers of Windsor and Poquonock

Thomas Holcombe is the 8x great-grandfather of the centre of this tree. First comers.

Famous kin
  • Amelia Earhart 1897-1937
    Aviator, first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic
    Amelia Earhart is the eighth cousin, once removed, of the centre of this tree.
  • Benjamin Spock 1903-1998
    Pediatrician, author of Baby and Child Care
    Benjamin Spock is the eighth cousin, once removed, of the centre of this tree.
  • Humphrey Bogart 1899-1957
    Actor, Casablanca and The African Queen
    Humphrey Bogart is the eighth cousin, once removed, of the centre of this tree.
  • Oliver Ellsworth 1745-1807
    A framer of the Constitution, U.S. senator from Connecticut and the third Chief Justice of the United States
    Oliver Ellsworth is the third cousin, six times removed, of the centre of this tree.
  • Gen. Thomas Holcomb 1879-1965
    Seventeenth Commandant of the Marine Corps, 1936-1943, the first Marine to reach the rank of general; afterwards U.S. minister to South Africa
    Gen. Thomas Holcomb is the eighth cousin, once removed, of the centre of this tree.
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