Elizabeth (Unknown) Eno (abt. 1617 - 1679)

Born about 1617 in England [uncertain]

Wife of Thomas Holcombe — married before 1634 in Massachusetts Bay Colony [uncertain]

Wife of Jacques Eno — married 5 Aug 1658 in Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 7 Oct 1679 at about age 62 in Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut

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Biography

Name

Elizabeth Unknown^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Elizabeth Holcombe (married Thomas Holcombe)^[1][2][6]

Elizabeth Eno (married James Eno)^[1][7][8]

Birth

about 1617, England^[1]

Elizabeth, the wife of Thomas Holcombe of Windsor, Conn., was born circa 1617 likely in England of unknown parents. In 1669 at Windsor as Elizabeth Eno, (her second husband was James Eno), John Winthrop, Jr. treated her and stated she was then 52 years old. Elizabeth died (record at Windsor, Conn.) on Oct. 7, 1679, her age not stated in the record.^[1]

Death

7 OCT 1679 Simsbury, Hartford Co., Connecticut^[1] [Great Migration Begins: "Windsor or Simsbury"] ^[2][9][10]

James Eno owned large tracts of land which included areas of Simsbury, however Anderson states that they lived in Windsor. George McCracken is certain she died in Simsbury. Her grandchildren were born in Simsbury, year after year. Was Elizabeth attending the birth of a grandchild in Simsbury when she died? It would be nice if McCracken and Anderson would tell us -- why Simsbury?

Burial

Windsor, Connecticut^[7][2]

First Marriage

1st Marriage: By about 1634, place Unknown^[1]

Husband: Thomas Holcombe

Wife: Elizabeth Unknown This profile was merged into Elizabeth Ferguson. Was there a G2G discussion before hand?

Wife: Elizabeth UNKNOWN This profile was merged into Elizabeth Ferguson. Was there a G2G discussion before hand?

Elizabeth purportedly married her first husband at Dorchester, Mass. on May 14, 1634. However, there is no record of such a marriage and the date cited is the date Thomas Holcombe was made a freeman of the Mass. Bay Colony. Thus, Elizabeth m. 1) Thomas Holcombe at an unknown place on an unknown date, probably before 1634, since they had a child born that year. There were ten children of the marriage before Thomas died intestate at Windsor, Conn. on Sept. 7, 1657.

The first two known children of Thomas Holcombe and wife Elizabeth, were born at Dorchester, Massachusetts, and the other known seven were born at Windsor, Connecticut.

Children

• Elizabeth Holcombe Ellsworth (1634 - ____)
• Mary Holcombe Griswold (1636 - 1708)
• Abigail Holcomb Bissell (1639 - 1688)
• Joshua Holcombe (1640 - 1690)
• Sarah Holcombe (1642 - 1654)
• Benajah Holcombe (1644 - 1735)
• Deborah Holcombe (1646 - 1648)
• Nathaniel Holcombe (1648 - 1740)
• Deborah Holcomb Birge (1649 - 1686)
• Jonathan Holcombe (1652 - 1656)
• Spouses: Thomas Holcombe (1609 - 1657), James Eno (1625 - 1682)

Second Marriage

The widow Elizabeth Holcombe married (2) at Windsor on Aug. 5, 1658 as his second wife, James Eno, and died at Windsor, Conn. on Oct. 7, 1679. There were no children by this second marriage.

2nd Marriage 5 AUG 1658 Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut^[1]

Husband: James Eno

Wife: Elizabeth Unknown

According to Don Blauvelt, Elizabeth m. 2) as his second wife, James Eno, the s. of Jean Henno (q.v. Enno, Eno), bapt. by the name of Jacque Henno on Aug. 21, 1625 at the Threadneedle Street" French Huguenot Church at London, England. He d. intestate at Windsor, Conn. on June 11, 1682.

There were two intermarriages between the Holcombe and Eno family in the next generations: (1) Sgt. Benajah Holcombe, son of Elizabeth and Thomas Holcombe, married James Eno`s eldest daughter Sarah by his first wife. (2) Elizabeth`s granddaughter, Abigail Bissell, married Jame Eno`s son James Eno, Jr. [Anderson`s Great Migration Begins].

Research Notes

Disputed parents

Elizabeth's parents are Unknown. Her last name at birth was not Ferguson as claimed by prior writers, since as noted by Donald Lines Jacobus in 1964 that "[h]er maiden name has been stated as Ferguson, without proof or probability.")^[1]

Anderson in: the Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to N.E. 1620-1633, Vols. I-III, NEHGS Boston, 1995p. 966, just lists her as Elizabeth ___, born about 1617; she married second, James Eno as his third wife.

TAG: Vol 57: 1981: p. 66: "the common statement that his wife Elizabeth's name was Ferguson, is highly improbably and completely undocumented." (Quoting George E. McCrracken, F.A.S.G., F.G.S.P.)

The above is also stated in TAG. Vol. 58: 1982 p. 125 and again in TAG: Vol. 60:1984 : p. 185, the last stating Torrey erroneously included her name as Ferguson in New England Marriages.

Birth and Marriage Dates

No records have been identified for Elizabeth's birth date or birth place or parents. The first child for Thomas and Elizabeth Holcomb was born about 1634, probably at Dorchester, Massachusetts. "14 May 1634...such a marriage is not on record, and the date is that on which Holcombe was admitted to freemanship".^[11]

Disputed Name

Elizabeth Ferguson^[2][9]

Sources: "collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets, pedigree charts... etc." i.e. no primary or secondary sources support the name Ferguson. Parents established as "Unknown".

Immigration: ship Mary and John

BIO:Arrived on the ship Mary and John, c. 1630.

Married Thomas Holcombe c. 1632.

Descendants of Elizabeth Ferguson

Elizabeth Ferguson b: Abt. 1610 in Wales d: October 07, 1679 in Simsbury, Hartford Co., CT .. +Thomas _Holcombe b: 1600 in Hull, England m: 1632 in near Poquonock, Hartford Co., CT? d: 1657

1. ........ 2 Nathaniel Holcombe I b: November 04, 1648 in Poquonock, Hartford Co., CT d: March 05, 1739/40 ............ +Mary Bliss b: September 23, 1651 in Windsor, Hartford Co., CT m: February 27, 1669/70 in Springfield, Hampden Co., MA d: 1741

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8} The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Vol. I-III, Thomas Holcombe
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4} Find A Grave: Memorial #34188718 for Elizabeth "Unknown"
3. ↑ Reviews: The Order of the Founders and Patriots of America Register, Lineages, Third Supplement 1961 - 1980 (1981), TAG Vol 58 (1982), page 125, "We are sorry to find that that the maiden name of Thomas Holcombe's wife Elizabeth is still given (page 226) as Ferguson, for which there is not a scintilla of evidence."
4. ↑ Thomas Holcombe's Earlier Posterity, by George E. McCracken, TAG Vol 57 (1981), page 66, "His wife was named Elizabeth, but the common statement that her maiden name was Ferguson is highly improbably and completely undocumented."
5. ↑ Recent Books and Reprints by George E. McCracken, F.A.S.G., F.G.S.P., TAG Vol 60 (1984), page 185, reviewing New England Marriages Prior to 1700 by Clarence Almon Torrey: "Elizabeth, who was the wife, first, of Thomas Holcomb and second of James Eno, is wrongly called "FERGUSON," a name long exploded."
6. ↑ Recent Books and Reprints by George E. McCracken, F.A.S.G., F.G.S.P., TAG Vol 60 (1984), page 185
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} Hale
8. ↑ Recent Books and Reprints by George E. McCracken, F.A.S.G., F.G.S.P., TAG Vol 60 (1984), page 185
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1} Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees
10. ↑ Thomas Holcombe's Earlier Posterity, by George E. McCracken, TAG Vol 57 (1981), page 66
11. ↑ The Great Migration Begins, page 966

See also:

• Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 3 vols., 1995). Thomas Holcombe pages 964 - 967. AmericanAncestors.org, Ancestry.com
• The American Genealogist. New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, 1937-. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .) Reviews: The Order of the Founders and Patriots of America Register, Lineages, Third Supplement 1961 - 1980 (1981), TAG Vol 58 (1982), page 125
• The American Genealogist. New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, 1937-. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .) Thomas Holcombe's Earlier Posterity, by George E. McCracken, TAG Vol 57 (1981), page 66
• The American Genealogist. New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, 1937-. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .) Recent Books and Reprints by George E. McCracken, F.A.S.G., F.G.S.P., TAG Vol 60 (1984), page 185
• Ancestry.com. U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2012. Original data: Torry, Clarence A. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004. ERROR: See TAG (1984) Vol 60, page 185 LNAB not Ferguson
• Frederick Adams Virkus, The Compendium of American Genealogy (Chicago, A.N. Marquis & company, 1925-) VII
• McCorkhill Research, Ray Marshall, author
• Hale Collection of Connecticut Cemetery Records Hartford, Connecticut: Connecticut State Library. http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=HaleCemeteryInscriptions&h=413028&indiv=try
• Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-Current Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; 2014.
• Welles, Edwin. Births, Marriages, and Deaths Returned from Hartford, Windsor, and Fairfield, and Entered in the Early Land Records of the Colony of Connecticut (Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co., 1898) Page 29: "wife of James enno dyed octobr ye 7 1679"

• History of Simsbury, Granby, and Canton : from 1642 to 1845 by Noah A. Phelps, 1845. Thomas Holcomb pg 170.

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