Joshua HOLCOMB ¹

   Ancestral File Number: 3GLN-SS.

   General Notes:

BOOKS
Desendants of Phineas Holcomb, Seth P Holcombe, 1988, North Granby CT
pvii: "Thomas and Elizabeth Holcombe had ten children...
Joshua b 1640..."

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):
p42: "Thomas Holcomb was born about 1601, and is believed to have been the son of Gilbert and Ann Holcomb. He married Elizabeth Ferguson probably after arriving in America, though it has been claimed that they married in England before embarking on the 'Mary and John'...
"Children...
4. Joshua 1640-1 Dec 1690 (Simsbury) m 4 Jun 1663 Ruth Sherwood d 10 Sep
1699..."

Digest of Early Connecticut Probate Records, CharlesW Manwaring, Vol I, p129-130, 1 Oct 1657, Thomas Holcomb's Will: "Children: Joshua age 17 years. To Joshua L42-s18-d00. On this 17th day of December 1660, I doe acknowledge to have received of my Father Enno ye full sum of my portion. Witnessmy Hand: Joshua Holcomb."

ANCESTRAL FILE
Ancestral File 3GLN-SS Born 7 Sep 1640, Died 1 Dec 1690, Ver 4.10 Born/Chr 7 Sep 1640, Died 17 Aug 1690, Bur 1 Dec 1690.

   Marriage Information:

Joshua married Ruth SHERWOOD on 4 Jun 1663 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA. (Ruth SHERWOOD died on 10 Sep 1699.)