Esther HOLCOMB 1
- Born: Feb 1682-1684, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
- Married: 17 Feb 1706-1708, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
- Died: 17 Dec 1775, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
 Other names for Esther were Ester and Hester.
Ancestral File Number: 3GLN-36.
General Notes:
BOOKS
Descendants of Phineas Holcomb, Seth P Holcombe, 1988, North Granby CT pvii: "Nataniel2 Holcombe was born 4 Nov 1648 in the Poquonock section of the Town of Windsor. He died 5 Mar 1740/1741 in Simsbury CT. He married 26 Feb 1670 probably in Springfield MA Mary Bliss, the daughter of Nathaniel Bliss of Springfield andCatherine Chapin, the Daughter of Deacon Samuel Chapin, a founder of Springfield MA. Nathaniel Holcombe built the first house in Salmon Brook Society (now Granby) located south of the present address of 238 Salmon Brook Street, Granby. Nathaniel and Mary (Bliss) Holcombe had ten children...
Esther b Feb 1684..."
The Mary and John The Story of the Founding of Dorchester Massachusetts 1630, Maude Pinney Kuhns, Charles E Tuttle Co, Rutland VT, 1943, (CT Historical Society) p45:
8. Nathaniel b 4 Nov 1648, a farmer at Simsbury, m 27 Feb 1670 Mary b 23
Sep 1651 dau of Nathaniel Bliss
"Children...
Esther b 1682 m 17 Feb 1708 Bircester Higley..."
Digest of Early Connecticut Probate Records, C W Manwaring, Vol III, p286-287, Nathaniel Holcomb: "Simsbury, Taken 2 Apr 1741. Will dated 7 Feb 1740-1...To my five daughters, Mary, Katharine, Hester, Sarah and Margaret, I give, after debts and legacies are paid out of them, the remainder of my moveable estate, to be divided equally amongst them..."
The Holcomb(e) Genealogy History and Directory, Jesse Seaver, Philadelphia PA, American Historical-Genealogical Society, 1925, vii 286p 27.5cm, CS71.H725 1925 and 1925a
p41: "Nathaniel (Son of Thomas) Holcomb and His Descendants. (ah)
"201 Nathaniel Holcomb (2- ): b. 4 Nov 1648 in Poquonock Windsor CT; d. 5 Mar (Feb) 1740/1741; rem. to Massacoe, now Simsbury; m. (1) 27 Feb 1670 Mary (dau. of Nathaniel (or Thomas) Bliss...
5 Hester (or Esther): b. 1682; m. 19 Mar 1706 Brewster Higley..."
The Chapin Book of Genealogical Data, With Brief Biographical Sketches of the Descendants of Deacon Samuel Chapin, Gilbert Warren Chapin, Vol I, Chapin Family Association, Hartford Connecticut, 1924
p17: "Mary Bliss...
m. Feb 27, 1670, Springfield, Nathaniel Holcombe...
Children: HOLCOMBE *5 Esther b. Feb. 1684. d. Dec 17, 1775..."
ANCESTRAL FILE
Ancestral File Ver 4.10 3GLN-36 Also Ester, 3F95-P7 Hester HOLCOMBE Mar Simsbury, Died Simsbury.
HGHD Hester or Esther Mar 19 Mar 1706, AF Mar 17 Feb 1708.
Marriage Information:
Esther married Brewster HIGLEY on 17 Feb 1706-1708 in Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.
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