Joshua Holcomb

Generation 12 back

Descent: Meghan Jane Leineweber ← Catherine Raye Lobb ← Patricia Jane Loomis ← Edward Byron Loomis ← Isaac Hayes Loomis ← Juliette Cordelia Hayes ← Nelson Hayes ← Alanson Hayes ← Jeremiah Hayes ← Mary Holcomb ← Thomas Holcomb ← Thomas Holcomb ← Joshua Holcomb

Born

April 7, 1640, in Windsor, Connecticut

Died

December 1, 1690, in Simsbury, Connecticut

Married

June 4, 1663, in Windsor, Connecticut by Mr. Wolcott

Also known as

Josuay Holcomb

Family

Father

Mother

Child in this line

Spouse

Children

Ruth Holcomb
b. May 26, 1664, in Windsor, Connecticut · d. May 21, 1706, in Simsbury, Connecticut
Sarah Holcomb
b. June 23, 1668, in Windsor, Connecticut
m. John2/Batholomew1 Case in 1693
Elizabeth Holcomb
b. April 4, 1670, in Windsor, Connecticut · d. February 26, 1762
m. William Case in 1688; John Slater, March 10, 1704; Thomas Marshall
Joshua Holcomb
b. September 18, 1672, in Windsor, Connecticut · d. February 10, 17261/17272/17282, in Simsbury, Connecticut
m. Hannah Carrington in 1694; Mary Hoskins in 1709
Deborah Holcomb
b. February 16, 16741/16752/16762, in Simsbury, Connecticut
m. Daniel Carter (likely incorrect2)
Mary Holcomb
b. 1676
m. John Barber, February 26, 1701/1702, in Simsbury, Connecticut; Ephraim Buell, October 16, 1713
Mindwell Holcomb
b. 1678
m. Theophilus Cook, September 20, 1721
Hannah Holcomb
b. 1680 · d. March 11, 1740/1741, in Simsbury, Connecticut
m. Samuel Buell, November 29, 1711, in Simsbury, Connecticut
Moses Holcomb
b. 16821/July 4, 16862, Simsbury Connecticut · d. February 16, 1699/17002/December 9, 16991

Siblings

Elizabeth Holcomb
b. Abt. 1634 · d. September 18, 1712, in Windsor, Connecticut
m. Josiah Ellsworth, November 16, 1654, in Windsor, Connecticut
Mary Holcomb
b. Abt. 1636 · d. April 4, 1708, in Windsor, Connecticut
m. George Griswold, October 1, 1655, in Windsor, Connecticut
Abigail Holcomb
Sarah Holcomb
b. August 14, 1642, in Windsor, Connecticut · d. 1654
Benajah/Benaiah Holcomb
b. June 23, 1644, in Windsor, Connecticut · d. January 25, 1736/1737, in Windsor, Connecticut
m. Sarah Eno, April 11, 1667, in Windsor, Connecticut
Deborah Holcomb
b. October 16, 1646 · d. 1649
Nathaniel/Nathanell Holcomb
b. November 4, 1648, in Windsor, Connecticut · d. March 5, 1740/1741, in Simsbury, Connecticut
m. Mary Bliss, February 27, 1670/1671, in Springfield; Sarah ____, January 17, 1722/1723, in Simsbury, Connecticut
Debora/Deborah Holcomb
b. February 15, 1650/1651, in Windsor, Connecticut · d. May 26, 1686
m. Daniel Birge, November 5, 1668, in Hartford, Connecticut
Jonathan Holcomb
b. March 23, 1652/1653, in Windsor, Connecticut · d. September 13, 1656, in Windsor, Connecticut

In brief

Born April 7, 1640, in Windsor, Connecticut. He married June 4, 1663, in Windsor, Connecticut by Mr. He died December 1, 1690, in Simsbury, Connecticut.

Life story

A Simsbury Deputy

Joshua Holcomb was born April 7, 1640, in Windsor, Connecticut, and inherited his father Thomas's property in 1657, becoming a freeman in 1669. He settled in Massaco (later Simsbury) by 1669, receiving land grants there including, in 1687, an original royal land grant, and represented Simsbury as a deputy to the Connecticut General Court in 1670, 1671, and 1690, also serving as selectman in 1687. Joshua died in Simsbury on December 1, 1690; his estate, appraised at over 474 pounds, was distributed among his children three years later, with his sons Thomas and Joshua receiving the largest shares.

Sources (4)

Elizabeth Weir McPherson, The Holcombes, nation builders...their biographies, genealogies, and pedigrees (Washington, D.C.: 1947); digital images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/16006/images/dvm_GenMono002712-00001-0 : accessed 8 July 2026).
Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, 6 vols. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995), 2:964-967; digital images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2496/images/42521_b158319-00290 : accessed 8 July 2026).
Douglas C. Richardson, The Eno and Enos Family in America (1973); digital images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/16006/images/dvm_GenMono002712-00001-0 : accessed 4 July 2026).
George E. McCracken, “Thomas Holcombe’s Earlier Posterity,” The American Genealogist 57 (April 1981): 65-76; image copy, American Ancestors, (https://www.americanancestors.org/DB283/i/12607/65/143304365 : accessed 17 July 2026).