Ruth (Griffin) Holcomb (1717 - 1798)

Born 4 Mar 1717 in Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut

Ancestors

Wife of Consider Holcomb — married 21 Mar 1734 in Simsbury, Harford County, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 10 Sep 1798 at age 81 in Granby, Hartford, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

Ruth Griffin was born March 4, 1717 in Simsbury, Hartford county, Connecticut, the daughter of John Griffin and Mary Bacon.

She married Consider Holcomb in 1734. ^[1] They had the following children:

John Griffen Holcomb 1738–

Consider Holcomb 1741–1833

Moses Holcomb 1744–

James Holcomb 1746–

Elishama Holcomb 1749–

Elida Holcomb 1750 -

Ruth Holcomb 1754-

Ruth Holcombe died September 10, 1798 in Granby, Hartford County, Connecticut. ^[2]

Probable Burial: Granby Cemetery, Granby, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA. Plot: Probable burial here per Historical Society, records reflect lived/died Granby but no records of where burial was. Contact Historical Society for further details.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900.
2. ↑ Connecticut, Deaths and Burials Index, 1650-1934.
3. ↑ Ruth Griffin Holcombe Memorial Page on Find A Grave. Ruth Holcombe

• Thomas Holcombe of Connecticut,Descendants including Female Lines. Compiled and Researched by: James H. Holcombe, Atlanta.

• U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900.

• Connecticut, Deaths and Burials Index, 1650-1934.

• Simsbury, Connecticut, Births, Marriages and Deaths, Case, Lockwood & Brainard Company, 1898. Children of Consider Holcomb pg 105.

• Ruth Griffin Holcombe Memorial Page on Find A Grave. Ruth Holcombe

• Tom Bredehoft, Pettibone Registry, p 20 and McPherson, The Holcombes, Nations Builders, 33-4. (see Sharp-661). Click the Changes tab for the details of edits by Tom and others.

• The Holcomb(e) Genealogy by Jesse Seaver, 1904. Consider Holcomb pg 12.