Abigail CASE

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• _UID: 3A879BF472BA4242B218D407931D78A06D29

Abigail married Capt. Jonathan CASE on 24 Sep 1746 in Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut. Jonathan (son of John CASE, Jr. and Sarah HOLCOMBE) was born on 15 Apr 1701 in Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut; died in Jun 1787 in Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Abigail married Jonathan CASE, Jr. on 25 Sep 1746 in Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut. Jonathan (son of Capt. Jonathan CASE and Mary BEMAN) was born on 24 Nov 1723; died on 17 May 1805 in Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: C8B63A3473714A0F917D3ECDE430378E1B28

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CONFLICT: AFN:GVRG-7R Death date 2 Dec 1754. If he was 58 at death the date would have been 1752 as given in www2.palladiumnet.com AFN: GVRG-7R

John married Abigail HUMPHREY on 24 Jan 1716 in Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut. Abigail (daughter of Lt. Samuel HUMPHREY and Mary Buell MILLS) was born on 13 Jan 1698 in Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut; died on 17 Mar 1760 in Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: C5853FA698A04947B9A3F66744E844C6E66E

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CONFLICT: Birth, 22 aug 1694 Simsbury, Connecticut, Death, 2 dec 1752, AFN:1ZSV-MBF

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• AFN: 31MG-4Q
• FamilySearch ID: LRWY-R8F
• _UID: C3B4087D6765431296C0ACC36E8EAB67F0D6

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AFN: NKGT-1W, 31MG-4Q CONFLICT: Conflicting information: www2.palladiumnet.com gives birth date as May 11, 1662 and later gives date as 5 Nov 1662. Register Report also lists date as 5 Nov 1662. He was 70 at death. 5 JAN 1662 another possible birth date.
Sarah Holcomb was John's second wife. John's will was filed in
Hartford, CN Probate Court, Vol 18, pg 37. "A in A" pg 449

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John married Sarah HOLCOMBE on 12 Mar 1692 in Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut. Sarah (daughter of Joshua HOLCOMBE and Ruth SHERWOOD) was born on 23 Jun 1668 in Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut; died on 22 Jan 1763 in Of Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: KNXZ-H5W
• _UID: 21BDFA0EBDD945809FD82271A00726B9D161

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• _UID: 97C3B4D7CFE34E8DA241EDA7225D01E85147

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BIOGRAPHY: Bir-Mar-Death-Ord; FGR Film # 1274379 It appears that a close relationship between the Mills and Humphreys families continued through sucessive generations and several Humphreys-Mills marriages are rec orded. Samuel Humphrey was a prominent and highly respected citizen of Simsbury. He removed with his father from Windsor about 1669 to Simsbury. At that time it was called " Massacoe". He was made Justice of the Peace in Hartford County by the General Assembly, May 1712, 1714, 1715 and 1716. He was Representative of Simsbury in the General Assembly in 1792, 1719, and 1722-1725. He earned the rank of Lieutenant about 1709\10. His commission was signed by Governor Saltonstall and was in the possession of one of his descendants as of 1883. Biography: Bir-Mar-Ord, FGR Film# 1274379

Samuel married Mary Buell MILLS on 15 Jun 1686 in Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut. Mary (daughter of Simon MILLS and Mary BUELL) was born on 8 Dec 1662 in Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut; died on 4 Apr 1730 in Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 6B2C309DF7204666873AD1E93EDB018E4A7D

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BIOGRAPHY: "Having been given a grant of land in the new plantation, at that time called Massaco,(after 1670) Marys' father Simon took his family consisting of himself and wife Mary, children Mary, Hannah, John and Sarah, over the Talcott Mountains, to a new home in the undeveloped plantation, later named Simsbury, Connecticut. Michael Humphreys, father of Samuel, was also one of the early Grantees at Massaco. Mary and her future husband Samuel Humphreys, grew up in Simsbury under similar conditions, both experienceing the hardships of pioneer living, and the concern caused by the Indian hostilities to be followed by the burning of Simsbury on 26 March 1676 (History of Hartford County, 1633-1884 by J. Hammond Trumbull, Vol. II, p 342). Mary and her parents lived in Simsbury about five years before, in response to a town warning, caused by an expected Indian attack, the family returned to Windsor. On this return trip, Mary then about fourteen years of age, must have shared with her mother, the care of the six other children, all younger. It may have been after Mary's brother Simon Mills Jr. was born about 1678, that the Mills family went back to continue their residence in Simsbury. By this time it is assumed that a new house had been built. A short time after their return, probably 1680, Mary married Samuel Humphreys". BIOGRAPHY: About the time of their marriage, Mary's father gave land to his son-in-law, Samuel: "Saml Humphries House lott; Land in Simsbury...belonging to Saml Humphries..one parcell which he ye sd Saml Humphries have on his father mils; fer a House lot; which house lot is Scituate at wetoug...and is by estimation four accres one rodd and Tweenty perches be it more or les s..." BIOGRAPHY: It is thought that Samuel and Mary Humphreys lived in that part of Simsbury, east of the Farmington River, known as Weatogue Houses, and that their home lot may have adjoined that of Mary's brother Simon who, in accord with the final order of distribution inherited his father's home lot." BIOGRAPHY: On 6 July 1683, Mary's father died. Mary's share of her father's Estate signed for by her husband Samuel Humphreys, as given on the original papers, is itemized and reads, in part, as follows; To Samuel Humfrys Husband to Mary the eldest dayghter--a home lott; a cow.. a rug; a bedstead; one chest...two pewter; a great kettle... two smoothing Irons; a cradle... The value totaled 13 pounds, 16 shillins and 3 pence. BIOGRAPHY: Mary's mother married Samuel Bissell of Windsor and upon her death on 24 Jun 1718 read; "Group 1 unto my eldest daughter Mary the wife of Samuel Humphreys, my pillion 2 & to said Mary, & to My Daughters Hannah and Elizabeth all my waring cloaths to be divided equally amongst them thre". BIOGRAPHY: It appears that a close relationship between the Mills and Humphreys families continued through many generations, and several Humphreys-Mills marriages are recored. dl

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• AFN: 31MD-M2
• FamilySearch ID: LB8D-PFQ
• Occupation: ; Assemblyman: representative
• _UID: 0AF5BC7725E740BE8D09F99FE5627EEB1A5E
• Sold 6 pieces of Land in Hartford: 1 Feb 1640; Sold all his land in Hartford to William Gibbines
• Occupation: 14 Oct 1669, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, British Colonial America; Constable: preserved the peace, executed orders of courts and conducted meetings of the inhabitants

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BIOGRAPHY: Reference: 974.6 Cutter, C991, V.2 pp 795-796, V.3 pp 1674-1682 "Commemorative Biographical record of Hartford Co. Connecticut" p 524 John Case, the founder of the Case family in america was born in Aylesham, England in 1616, the year that William Shakespeare died. He sailed from Gravesend, England, sep 2 1635 on the ship Dorset and landed at Newport, R.I., but settled in Windsor, CT. He spent some years in Newton on Long Island, but in 1656 he returned to CT and in 1667 settled in Simsbury, formerly know as Massaco. In 1657 he married Sarah. John Case was recoginzed for his moral influence as well as his business integrity.
BIOGRAPHY: John was a farmer and a landowner, came to America in 1635, settling at Hartford, CT. He moved to Newtown, Long Island, but returned to CT and settled in the town of Windsor in 1656. He was one of the founders of Simsbury, in 1669. John had a brother Richard at Hartford, residing there in 1660. The family of John joined the church at Farmington 4 Jul 1693 (Church Records at Farmington), and was made Constable of "Massacco' in 1669, the first in the town. In 1670 he was appointed to the general court of Simsbury.

The First Settlers of Simsbury-Taken from the Simsbury Historical Society IN MEMORIES SECTION [this is where the 1616 birth date for John was located] but cannot find any other
credible sources for his birth. The Birth location given in the "First Settlers of Simsbury" was Aylesham. There is no evidence of John's parentage out there. If you want to add parents, please provide a credible source.
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There does not appear to be any documentary evidence that John Case's middle name was Thurston. If someone has something, please post it. Also, the Aylesham parish register does not begin as early as 1616. When ADDING PARENTS, Please indicate sources.

John Case came to America at age 19 years. He supposedly came on the ship "Dorset". The 'Dorset' sailed from Gravesend, Kent September 30, 1635, bound for Bermuda. There was a Wm. Casse aboard, age 19.

He married first to Sarah Spencer, she was the mother of ALL of his children. He married second to Elizabeth (Moore) Loomis and had NO children with her!!

In February 1640 John Case conveyed 6 parcels of land to Wm. Gibbons.
This land was in the vicinity of Hartford, Connecticut, which shows him to be a resident there and of an age to convey land.
He lived in New Nederlands near Brooklyn 13 August 1666 with his wife Sarah who was born in 1636. He was in New London in 1656 and next year moved to Windsor. He was constable of Simsbury 1669, Deputy 1670-1691.
His wife Sarah died 3 November 1691 aged 55 years.
John Case married as his second wife Elizabeth, born in 1638, widow of Nathaniel Loomis and daughter of John Moore.
Elizabeth died July 1728 aged 90 years. John Case died 21 February 1704.

Most of the information on John Case b. 1616 came from the book written by Ruth Cost Duncan. A copy is located in the Church of Jesus Christ's Genealogy Library located in Salt Lake City, Utah.
John resided in Windsor until 1669 when he removed to Simsbury and settled in the area known as "Weatogue". He was appointed constable for Massaco by the General Court 14 Oct 1669. He represented his town at the General Court in 1670 and several times afterwards.
Johns will dated 21 Nov 1700 named his wife, Elizabeth, six sons and four daughters. Samuel Spencer of Hartford and John Case, his son, were executors.
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Excerpt From [John Case Pages 66-69] - The Case Family of Connecticut and Long Island TAG 34:65-78 IN Memories Section.

"Matthew Grant's ''Old Church Record" of Windsor, so-called,
notes on 17 Aug. 1611 that John case had by
then had six children born at Windsor; the ones whose
births he entered on another page were ii to vi inclusive
and ix, though 5arah (ixJ with a slightly different
date was also entered in Simsbury recorded where
children vii to x were recorded."

Children of John Case and Sarah Spencer:

i. Elizabeth, b. ca. 1658, probably at Maspeth Kills; d. at Simsbury, 9 Oct. 1718 ("was well & dyed in about 6 ours time");
m. (1) at Windsor, 30 Apr. 1674, Joseph Lewis, who d. at Simsbury in 168o (four children);
m. (2 ) ca. 16841 John Tuller, who d. at Simsbury slightly before 28 Jan. 1741/2 (six children).

ii. Mary, b. Windsor 22 June 1660; d. Simsbury, 22 Aug. 1725;
m. (1) in 1675, William Alderman, who d. at Farmington in the summer of 1697 (six children);
m. (2) at Simsbury, 30 Mar. 1698/9, Sergt. James Hillyer, who d. at Simsbury 28 July 1720 (one child) .

iii. John, b. Windsor S Nov. 1662; d. at Simsbury 1 22 May 1733;
m. (1) at Simsbury, 12 Sept. 1684, Mary3 Olcott, dau. of Thomas2 Olcott (Thomas1) by Mary Cullick, and she d. in 1685, perhaps in childbirth;
m. ( 2) in 1687, Sarah3 Holcombe, b. at Windsor 2 3 June 1668, dau. of Joshua2 Holcombe (Thomas1) by Ruth Sherwood (one child by Mary, six by Sarah).

iv. William, b. Windsor 5 June 1665, but the birth entry in the Colony record erroneously calls him James; d. at Simsbury 31 Mar. 1700; m. Elizabeth3 Holcombe, b. 4 Apr. 1670, d . 26 Feb. 1762, dau. of Joshua2 Holcombe (Thomas1 ) by Ruth Sherwood, and therefore sister of the second wife of John2 Case . She m. (2 ) at Simsbury, 10 Mar. 1703/4, Deacon John Slater, Jr., b. at Simsbury 21 Feb. 1669/70, d. there 2 May 1717, son of John and Abiah (Gillett) Slater; m. (3) Deacon Samuel
Marshal l (not Thomas Yarahall, as Nathaniel Goodwin says), and she survived him also. William Case had seven children.

v. Samuel , b. Windsor 1 June 1667; d. Simsbury, 30 July 172S;
m. (1) Mary Westover, dau. of Jonas and Hannah (Griswold) Westover, who d. 27 Sept. 1713;
m. {2) at Simsbury, 8 Nov. 1721, Elizabeth Owen, b. there 19 Nov. 1684, dau. of Josiah and Mary (Osborn) Owen, and widow of Samuel Thrall (thirteen children by Mary, one by Elizabeth).

vi. Richard, b. Windsor 27 Aug. 1669; d. Simsbury ca. 1746;
m. at Simsbury, 1 Sept. 1701, Amy Read, dau. of Dr. Philip Reade of Concord, Mass., by his wife Abigail Rice. This was a double wedding with his sister Abigail (eight children).

vii. Bartholomew, b. Simsbury Oct. 1670; d. there, 25 Oct. 1725; m. there, 7 Dec. 1699, Mary Humphrey, b. 16 Nov. 1681, d. after 1725, dau. of Samuel and Mary (Mills) Humphrey (nine children).

viii. Joseph, b. Simsbury 6 Apr. 1674; d. there 11 Aug. 1748; m. there, 6 Apr. 1699, Anna Eno, b. 10 Apr. 1682, d. 10 June 1760 at Simsbury, dau. of James Eno (eight children).

ix. Sarah, b. Simsbury 20 Apr. 1676 (or Windsor 14 Apr. 1676 by Grant record) ; d. Simsbury 2 May 1704; m. there, 4 Nov. 1699, as second wife, Joseph3 Phelps (Joseph2, W:illiam.l ), b. Windsor 20 Aug. 1667, d . Simsbury 20 Jan. 1749/50. He m. (1) before Oct. 1689, Macy Collyer b . ca. 1669, dau. of Joseph and Elizabeth (Sanford) Collyer of Hartford; (2) as above
stated; and (3) ca. 1706, Mary ___ , alleged by the Phelps Genealogy (l:l04-107), and perhaps rightly, to
have been Mary Case, dau. of Richard* and Elizabeth (Purchase) Case, on whom see below. He had three children by Mary Collyer, two by Sarah Case, four by the third wife.

x. Abigail, b. Simsbury 4 May 1682; d. after 1725; m. at Simsbury, 1 Sept. 1701 (in a double wedding with her brother Richard), Jonas Westover, bapt. at Windsor 20 Sept. 1664, d. at Simsbury 3 June 171L, son of Jonas and Hannah (Griswold) Westover; five children.

* "As yet no document has been discovered which connects
John Case with Richard Case, though it may be
that they were successively, as we have have seen, father-
in-law to Joseph Phelps."
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Sources for the information given below?

John Case, 1616 - 1703John Case was born in Aylesham, England circa 1616 and died 21 Feb 1703 (or 1704 or 1705) in Simsbury, CT. The Case family is one of the ancient and honorable families of New England. They were noted as far back as Oliver Cromwell (1599-1659) and accumulated a fortune furnishing leather for the Army, being tanners and farniers. The records show they came from York, England to Aylesham, England in the year 1200. They held all the land around Aylesham so the town was said to be Cased in and were a clan by themselves. Many of them still reside there. Their land surrounded possessions of Anna Boleyn, who became the second wife of Henry VIII of England, and was beheaded "for treason" in 1536. The Cases were closely related by intermarriage to the Boleyns. John arrived in New England on the ship "Dorsett" on September 3, 1635 from Gravesend, England, at the age of 19 years. The ship landed around Long Island. He then moved to Dorchester, MA [1]. In 1637 John married Sarah Spencer (1636-1691), daughter of William and Agnes (Tucker) Spencer of Hartford, CT. They next moved to Hartford, then moved to Maspeth Kills, NY (now Newton according to our Genealogy). John and Sarah resided in Windsor CT from 1656 until 1669, when they removed to Simsbury and settled in the area known as "Weatogue" [3]. In 1667 John, with twenty others, received the first grant of land in Simsbury which was at Meadow Plain, Massaco (Simsbury). He lived about one mile south of the Pettibone Tavern, the second house south. He was a shoemaker and harness maker as well as a farmer. He was appointed constable for Massaco by the General Court Oct. 14, 1669, and represented his town at the General Court in 1670 and several times afterwards. He with six sons would go from Weatogue to what now (1900) is West Simsbury and cultivate the land there. Hence it was first called Case's Farms, afterwards Farms Village, then West Simsbury. They carried their guns with them as a protection from the Indians as well as to shoot game which was very plentiful there. The first of 5 children to John and Sarah were born in Windsor, the last 5 were born in Simsbury: Elizabeth born 1658 in Windsor; died 9 Oct 1718; married (1) Joseph Lewis; married (2) John Tuller Mary born 22 Jun 1660 in Windsor; died 22 Aug 1725; married (1) 1677/9 William Alderman who died 1697; married (2) 30 Mar 1698/9 James Hilliard who died 28 July 1720, age 76.




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John married Sarah SPENCER before 17 Aug 1656 in Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut. Sarah (daughter of William SPENCER and Agnes HARRIS) was born on 7 Mar 1636 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; died on 3 Nov 1691 in Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut; was buried in Nov 1691 in Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• AFN: 31MD-N7
• FamilySearch ID: LBBN-YPM
• _UID: 328F9F9DA24143EDAC58920E041CE541FA6B

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Also listed (by Edna) as born in 1639. They lived in Windsor, CN
until 1667 when they moved to Massacre (not Simsbury), CN.

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• FamilySearch ID: LTF8-9RB
• Religion: ; Puritan
• _UID: 93861B4AA0F54230859DE41F3D12E651303E
• Vital Records: 27 Sep 1640, Granby, Hartford, Connecticut; Connecticut births and christenings

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Excerpt From: The Descendants of Thomas Holcombe - Holcombe Genealogy-Compiled by James Hallowell Holcombe Jr. 2006
5. JOSHUA2 HOLCOMBE (Thomas1) was born on 7 Apr 1640 at Windsor, Hartford Co., CT.[33] He was baptized on 27 Sep 1640 at Windsor, Hartford Co., CT.[34,35] He married Ruth Sherwood, daughter of Thomas Sherwood of Fairfield and Mary (--?--), on 4 Jun 1663 at Windsor, Hartford Co., CT. [36] He
died on 1 Dec 1690 at Simsbury, Hartford Co., CT, at age [50.37,38] He was buried at Simsbury, Hartford Co., CT. [39]

How this couple became acquainted does not appear, but there was an early migration of some Windsor families to Fairfield and it may be that afterwards there was some visiting back and forth.
Joshua took the family and personal property of his deceased father, Thomas, after the latter's death in 1657 and moved to Windsor Center (Simsbury).
He was granted 4 acres "near Thomas Maskill" at Massaco, Hartford Co., Ct. April 29, 1667.
"The counsell" of Simsbury "let out" to Joshua "ye lands of Mr. Joseph Persons, " as Parsons was one of the "proprietors (i.e., non-resident land owners) not appearing to carry on plantation dues as fences & reparying fences." [40]
He was granted original tracts of land in Conn. (Simsbury Patent) by King Charles II, April 23, 1687. Was elected Representative to General Assembly, From Simsbury, 1660, 1671, and 1690 (wr, wg).
At a special court held at Windsor on 11 September 1676, John Williams, Joshua Holcomb, Nicholas Gozzard, and Nicholas Evans were ordered to post a ?10 bond each for their appearance in court the first Wednesday in December next "to answer for their breach of peace."[41]

For his probate see Manwaring 1:467, which shows inventory of ?474/8/0 taken Dec. 25, 1690, by John Higley and Samuel Wilcox (Selectmen) and his two brothers, Benajah and Nathaniel. The Puritans evidently did not celebrate Christmas. Records of his probate list his children. However, one
reference does not list Joshua who was surely living (possibly an error by Manwaring). Seaver lists another child, Joab, not mentioned by McCracken.
It was his name that should have occupied the second line in the newly cut stone of the Holcombes in the cemetery at Granby. (TAG 44:58-60).

Children of Joshua2 Holcombe and Ruth Sherwood were as follows:

31. i. RUTH3 was born on 26 May 1664 at Windsor, Hartford Co., CT. She married Richard Porter, son of Daniel Porter and Mary (--?--), circa 1685/86.

32. ii. THOMAS was born on 30 Mar 1666 at Windsor, Hartford Co., CT. He married Elizabeth Terry, daughter of Leftenant John Terry and Elizabeth Wadsworth, on 1 Jan 1690. He married Rebecca Pettibone, daughter of John Pettibone Sr. and Sarah Eggleston, on 5 Dec 1700 at Simsbury, Hartford Co., CT.

33. iii. SARAH was born on 23 Jun 1668 at Windsor, Hartford Co., CT. She married Isaac Owens. She married John Case, son of John Case and Sarah Spencer, in 1693.

34. iv. ELIZABETH was born on 4 Apr 1670 at Simsbury, Hartford Co., CT. She married William Case, son of John Case and Sarah Spencer, in 1688. She married Deacon John Slater, son of John Slater and Abiah Gillet, on 10 Feb 1703/4 at Simsbury, Hartford Co., CT. She married Deacon Samuel Marshall.

35. v. JOSHUA was born on 18 Sep 1672 at Windsor, Hartford Co., CT. He married Hannah Carrington, daughter of John Carrington, in 1694. He married Mary Hoskins, daughter of Robert Hoskins and Mary Gillett, in 1709.

36. vi. DEBORAH was born on 10 Feb 1674/75 at Simsbury, Hartford Co., CT. She married Dr. Daniel Porter before 1699.

37. vii. MARY was born in 1676. She married John Barber, son of Lt. Thomas Barber and Mary Phelps, on 26 Feb 1701/2 at Simsbury, Hartford Co., CT. She married Ephriam Buell, son of Sgt. Peter Buell and Martha Cogan, on 16 Oct 1713 at Simsbury, Hartford Co., CT.

38. viii. MINDWELL was born in 1678. She married Theophilus Cook, son of John Cook and Sarah Fisk, on 26 Sep 1721. CAUTION: This person is questionable: Mindwell is often said to be daughter of Joshua Holcomb Sr. and Ruth Sherwood, but their daughter Mindwell was supposedly born about 1678 (who would have been 43 years old when she married in 1721 and far too old to have a large family with Theophilus Cook).

39. ix. HANNAH was born in 1680. She married Samuel Buell, son of Sgt. Peter Buell and Martha Cogan, on 29 Nov 1711 at Simsbury, Hartford Co., CT.

40. x. MOSES was born on 4 Jul 1686 at Simsbury, Hartford Co., CT. [42] He was baptized on 29 Oct 1699 at Simsbury, Hartford Co., CT.[43] He died on 16 Feb 1699/0 at Simsbury, Hartford Co., CT, at age 13. [44]

41. xi JOAB died on 5 Dec 1723 at Simsbury, Hartford Co., CT. [45]
Seaver lists Joab, died 1723 in this family. Bowman places him with Joshua Jr.; McPherson does not list him here either.
***See sources attached to the son Joab who died 1723 and another son named Joab who died 1725. Both sons of Joshua Sr.

Sources:
[30] Lorraine Cook White, compiler, The Barbour Collection fo Connecticut Town Vital Records: Windsor 1637-1850 (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc., 2002), Page 194, citing MG. Hereinafter cited as Barbour: Windsor.
[31] McPherson, Holcombe Genealogy, Page 25.1.
[32] Lorraine Cook White, Barbour: Windsor, Page 194, citing MG.
[33] McPherson, Holcombe Genealogy, Page 10.1.
[34] Edwin Stanley Welles, Hartford, Windsor, Fairfield, Page 35.
[35] McPherson, Holcombe Genealogy, Page 10.1.
[36] Edwin Stanley Welles, Hartford, Windsor, Fairfield, Page 10.
[37] Charles William Manwaring, Manwaring, 1:467.
[38]McPherson, Holcombe Genealogy, Page 30.1.
[39] Ibid.
[40] Gerald James Parsons, "Were Joseph and Benjamin Parsons and David Wilton of Beaminster, Dorset, England, The New England Colonists?," The New England Historical and Genealogical Register Vol. 143, Whole Number 570 (April 1989). Hereinafter cited as "Joseph Parsons".
[41] Gerald James Parsons, "The Early Parsons Families of the Connecticut Valley [Part Two]," The New England Historical and Genealogical Register Volume 148, Whole Number 592 (October 1994): 345-360.
[42] Albert C. Bates., Simsbury, Connecticut, Births, Marriages and Deaths (1898).
[43] Albert C. Bates, compiler, Rev. Dudley Woodbridge his Church Record at Simsbury in Conn. 1697-1710 (Hartford, CT: Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co., 1894), Page 19. Hereinafter cited as Rev. Dudley Woodbridge.
[44] Bates, Simsbury, Page 21.
[45] Ibid., Page 157.
[46] Edwin Stanley Welles, Hartford, Windsor, Fairfield, Page 35.
[47] McPherson, Holcombe Genealogy, Page 10.1.
[48] Lorraine Cook White, Barbour: Windsor, Page 194, citing MG.
[49] Edwin Stanley Welles, Hartford, Windsor, Fairfield, Page 11.
[50] McPherson, Holcombe Genealogy, Page 89.1.
[51] Lorraine Cook White, Barbour: Windsor, Page 194, citing MG.
[52] McPherson, Holcombe Genealogy, Page 89.1.
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Page 112 - "A record and Documentary History of Simsbury, 1643 - 1888", by Lucius M. Barber, M.D., published 1931: "Mr. Joshua Holcomb was another of the Simsbury Patentees. He was the eldest son of Thomas Holcomb, the immigrant who came to Windsor at an early date. Joshua was baptized 27 Sep. 1640. In 1663 (4 June in Windsor) he married Ruth Sherwood, who bore him three children. In 1668 the committee allotted to him a house lot of 4 acres, on the east side of the river. Here he soon after settled. His house was north of the present road to Windsor and Hartford, and near the old "Training Ground". He was one of the sound, substantial men of his time, active in ecclesiastical and civil affairs, and greatly respected. He died in 1690. Simsbury records mention his wife as 'Ruth, daughter of Sherrod'. Their daughter Ruth, born Windsor 26 May 1664, married Richard Porter of Farmington. In 1694 "Widow Holcomb" paid taxes in Simsbury." (NEB genealogy)

Joshua married Ruth SHERWOOD on 4 Jun 1663 in Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut. Ruth (daughter of Thomas SHERWOOD and Mary FITCH) was born on 7 Apr 1643 in Fairfield, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America; died on 10 Sep 1699 in Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut; was buried on 10 Sep 1699. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: 961S-221
• _UID: 113F7993ADB84297B9400C962717B57DA543

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CONFLICT: Beckler lists birth date as 1644

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How this couple became acquainted does not appear, but there was an early migration of some Windsor famlies to Fairfield and it may be that afterwords there was some visiting back and forth.


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Letter to Michael Dated 24 Jan 1648 From his parents in Lyme "My Endeared son I have not read one line from you this 10 months and now the intent is only to entreat you that you be pleased to write me a line or two wheather you may come on to me or no also of the livelihood of the place. If dead I shall entreat the pity to whom this may belong to return me an answer if by any means possible, that so I may know how passages dust go with you or any whom it may concern. And indeed I have a long time waited upon the most high God, how he hath pleased through the riches of his mercy to declare his love unto me being a nothing creature. I must say as the Psalmist doth, Oh the depth of the love of God bestowed upon me a nothing creature. I have found the goodness of God working abundantly for an through the riches of his mercy toward me. Oh the fullness of joy and sweetness is found by me in the Lord Jesus. I do speak unto Thee even this language, come my son come my dear be not dishearted tis he that worketh in us both the will and the dead. God from the scripture speaks unto us in this language and declare himself as followth I am God I change not. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I am God and change not. I am God and there is more besides me. Oh my child thou art the child of mine bosom. Fear not, God is found in them that sought him not. The tongue cannot express how he hath been found by my trouble in so much that I cannot say trouble but much joy in it. (one line in lost and it continues).... "sorrows but joy abundantly. Dear child U can say but little more, but omega the beginning and the end. Alpha everlasting none by him. My dear, the last letter I wrote unto you was the 18th of May 1648 by a friend which God was pleased to give you life, came safe to your hand. In it I advised you the rec't of your writing six months before, by whom it did take notice of your marriage and also that you were gone further."(the last fold of page ,about ten lines are lost and conclusion of the letter is the top of the reverse side of the paper) "More than that we are all dear affectionate friends to the end of the world. Mr Samuell Humphrey Susanna Hump rey 1648 1648 Know this that we are all in good health and live well." This letter has been copied from the fragments of the ancient letter, written on course paper, faintly ruled. It was written in hand with capital letters flourished and apparently of the Same hand. It is not known which parent wrote it, but both signatures are of the writer. It is assumed that it was written by Susanna. Copied by Otis M. Humphrey M.D. Boston Mass 13 July 1868 Letter to Michael Dated 24 Jan 1648 From his parents in Lyme "My Endeared son I have not read one line from you this 10 months and now the intent is only to entreat you that you be pleased to write me a line or two wheather you may come on to me or no also of the livelihood of the place. If dead I shall entreat the pity to whom this may belong to return me an answer if by any means possible, that so I may know how passages dust go with you or any whom it may concern. And indeed I have a long time waited upon the most high God, how he hath pleased through the riches of his mercy to declare his love unto me being a nothing creature. I must say as the Psalmist doth, Oh the depth of the love of God bestowed upon me a nothing creature. I have found the goodness of God working abundantly for an through the riches of his mercy toward me. Oh the fullness of joy and sweetness is found by me in the Lord Jesus. I do speak unto Thee even this language, come my son come my dear be not dishearted tis he that worketh in us both the will and the dead. God from the scripture speaks unto us in this language and declare himself as followth I am God I change not. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I am God and change not. I am God and there is more besides me. Oh my child thou art the child of mine bosom. Fear not, God is found in them that sought him not. The tongue cannot express how he hath been found by my trouble in so much that I cannot say trouble but much joy in it. (one line in lost and it continues).... "sorrows but joy abundantly. Dear child U can say but little more, but omega the beginning and the end. Alpha everlasting none by him. My dear, the last letter I wrote unto you was the 18th of May 1648 by a friend which God was pleased to give you life, came safe to your hand. In it I advised you the rec't of your writing six months before, by whom it did take notice of your marriage and also that you were gone further."(the last fold of page ,about ten lines are lost and conclusion of the letter is the top of the reverse side of the paper) "More than that we are all dear affectionate friends to the end of the world. Mr Samuell Humphrey Susanna Hump rey 1648 1648 Know this that we are all in good health and live well." This letter has been copied from the fragments of the ancient letter, written on course paper, faintly ruled. It was written in hand with capital letters flourished and apparently of the Same hand. It is not known which parent wrote it, but both signatures are of the writer. It is assumed that it was written by Susanna. Copied by Otis M. Humphrey M.D. Boston Mass 13 July 1868 BIOGRAPHY: Bir-Mar-Ord; FGR Film # 1274379 and #261240 MATTHEW GRANT, WILLIAM BUELL, MICHAEL HUMPHREYS, SIMON MILLS, AND JOHN CASE On March 20, 1630, a ship called the "Mary and John" sailed from Plymouth, England, bearing 140 persons bound for New England in the American colonies. On May 30, they anchored in New England at the harbor of Nantasket (now Hull), Massachusetts. Among these passengers was a young man named Matthew Grant. The "Mary and John"'s passengers stayed briefly at the nearby town of Dorchester, Massachusetts. In September 1633, some of them set sail again, down the New England Coast to a site where a scouting colony had designed a section of land for a new town of Windsor, Connecticut. In the coming months, Matthew Grant, like other members of the "Mary and John"'s party and some other colonists, made the short voyage to help establish Windsor. In 1635 Windsor's settlers began dividing the land into lots for distribution among the town's founders. As a professional serveyor, Matthew Grant was closely involved in this process. Michael Humphreys, was a pitch-and-tar manufacturer who received land title in 1647, the same year he married Matthew Grant's daughter Priscilla. In the 1660's, a major dispute wracked the Windsor Community Church (and other churches across New England). Most New England churches, including Windsor's, were governed by townsmen with strict Puritan inclinations. As immigration in the region grew, increasing numbers of settlers arrived who were more sympathetic to the established Church of England than to Puritan beliefs. Legally, these non-Puritan settlers had little choice other than to attend the Puritan worship services and to pay taxes to support the church and the pastor's family. The non-Puritan settlers began to insist that the laws governing church membership and support be modified to reflect the changing mix of Windsor's residents. Michael Humphreys was particularly outspoken on this point, even standing trial in local court for his challenge to the community church. By 1669, he had had enough. He left Windsor to helped establish the nearby settlement of Simsbury. Also among our Windsor ancestors to move to Simsbury were John Case and Simon Mills, Jr., the son of the early settler of Windsor, and his wife Mary Buell, the daughter of William Buell. Bradley Rymph Genealogy Page. BIOGRAPHY: hum3.paf Moved to Windsor, CT 1642, Freeman in 1657, to Simsbury 1669 Lived in 1642 at Main St. S of Sandy Hill Road, house on W end opposite where road turns N Engaged in making tar and pitch in Simsbury with John Tinker and John Griffin, in 1662 engaged in mercantile transactions with his brother Samuel and Henry Pose in St. Malo, France (see Private Controversies, Vol I, Docs. 48-59. State Library, Hartford). As a member of the Church of England he protested, together with James Eno and others, against paying taxes for the support of ministry in Windsor. In 1667, is one of the Windsor "dragoons". In 1669 became one of the earliest 13 and most prominent settlers of Simsbury (formerly Massacco). In 1670, one of the State deputies to General Court. Resided in that part of Simsbury known as Westogue. 1681-1685 was active in establishing the ministry, etc, in Sims; was evidently a leading man in civil and ecclesiastical matters; date of death not known, but division of his estate was 19 March 1695/6. Contents of Letter to Michael Dated 24 Jan 1648 from his parents in Lyme Regis, Dorset, England My Endeared Son I have not read one line from you this 10 months and now the intent is only to entreat you that you be pleased to write me a line or two wheather you may come on to me or no also of the livelihood of the place. If dead I shall entreat the pity to whom this may belong to return me an answer if by any means possible, that so I may know how passages dust go with you or any whom it may concern. And indeed I have a long time waited upon the most high God, How he hath pleased through the riches of his mercy to declare his love unto me being a nothing creature. I must say as the Psalmist doth, Oh the depth of the love of God bestowed upon me a nothing creature. I have found the goodness of God working abundantly for an through the riches of his mercy toward me. Oh the fullness of joy and sweetness is found by me in the Lord Jesus. I do speak unto Thee even this language, come my son com my dear be not dishearted tis he that worketh in us both the will and the dead. God from the scripture speaks unto us in this language and declare himself as followth I am God I change not. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I am God and change not. I am God and there is more besides me. Oh my child thou art the child of mine bosom. Fear not, God is found in them that sought him not. The tongue cannot express how he hath been found by my trouble in so much that I cannot say trouble but much joy in it. (one line in lost and it continues)...."sorrows but joy abundantly. Dear child U can say but little more, but omega the beginning and the end. Alpha everlating none by him. My dear, the last letter I wrote unto you was the 18th of may 1648 by a friend which God was pleased to give you life, came safe to your hand. In it I advised you the rec't of your writing six months before, by whom it did take notice of your marriage and also that you were gone further."(the last fold of page, about ten lines are lost and conclusion of the letter is the top of the reverse side of the paper) "More than that we are all dear affectionate friends to the end of the world. Mr. Samuell Humphrey Susanna Humprey 1648 1648 Know this that we are all in good health and live well." This letter has ben copied from the fragments of the ancient letter, written on course paper, faintly ruled. It was written in hand with capital letters flourished and apparently of the same hand. It is not know which parent wrote it, but both signatures are of the writer. It is assumed that it was written by Susanna. Copied by Otis M. Humphrey M.D. Boston Mass 13 July 1868 CONFLICT: birth date 10 sep 1620, hum3.paf

Michael married Priscilla GRANT on 14 Oct 1647 in Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut. Priscilla (daughter of Matthew GRANT and Priscilla GREY) was born on 14 Sep 1626 in Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut; died on 21 Oct 1669 in Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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BIOGRAPHY: Simons' parents died when he was very young, about 1637/1638. It is believed that he was cared for by his uncle Simon. This uncle Simon Mills was an early settler, baker, and trader. It is believed that Simon grew up near the southern shoreline of the Farmington River where his uncle had land granted by a plantation in 1640. On the 10 of May 1653, when Simon was about 16 he purchased a houselot, with meadow adjoining (Loomis 1:64a) or his Uncle purchased it for him. Records show that this uncle kept an account with John Pynchon, a merchant of Springfield, Massachusetts for at least 14 years after the purchase of this land so it is presummed that this land was used just for grazing cattle because it was some distance for the Mill Brook district. This land has been identified as property on Broad Street (between Rowland Lane on the east, and Broad Street on the west and between the present "Windsor House" at the corner of Broad and Center Streets at the northern end, and the Windsor Library at the southern end of Windsor centere Green) (Stiles 2:500). After Simon married Mary Buell they made there residence on this land and that it was where their first seven children were born, three of whom died young. On March 23, 1660, Simon was chosen "Fence Viewer" by the Town of Windsor (Windsor Town Acts, 1:47b) and he was named as security in the pruchase of two stears and a cow by Edward King of Thomas Ford. Simon became a supporting member of the First Church in Windsor organized in 1630 and built in Windsor on the site marked by Founders Monument in 1960. Simon purchased a short seat, holding 3 persons. Mary's father was the carpenter who built the church. After 1670, Simon, having been given a grant of land in the new plantation, at that time called Massaco (later called Simsbury), took his family, wife Mary and children Mary, Hannah, John and Sarah, over the Talcott Mountains to a new home in the undeveloped plantation. When the town was burned in 1675 by King Philip's Indians, they returned temporarily to Windsor. Information from Hazel Bird. BIOGRAPHY: Some sources site Simons father as Simon instead of John. BIOGRAPHY: MATTHEW GRANT, WILLIAM BUELL, MICHAEL HUMPHREYS, SIMON MILLS, AND JOHN CASE On March 20, 1630, a ship called the "Mary and John" sailed from Plymouth, England, bearing 140 persons bound for New England in the American colonies. On May 30, they anchored in New England at the harbor of Nantasket (now Hull), Massachusetts. Among these passengers was a young man named Matthew Grant. The "Mary and John"'s passengers stayed briefly at the nearby town of Dorchester, Massachusetts. In September 1633, some of them set sail again, down the New England Coast to a site where a scouting colony had designed a section of land for a new town of Windsor, Connecticut. In the coming months, Matthew Grant, like other members of the "Mary and John"'s party and some other colonists, made the short voyage to help establish Windsor. In 1635 Windsor's settlers began dividing the land into lots for distribution among the town's founders. As a professional serveyor, Matthew Grant was closely involved in this process. BIOGRAPHY: Indeed, Matthew Grant was one of the most influential persons nvolved in the establishment of Windsor. In addition to being the town's surveyor for several years, he served as its Town Clerk for some terms. He maintained a thorough volume called the Old Church Records, which is one of the most important records documenting Windsor's early history. BIOGRAPHY: Michael Humphreys, was a pitch-and-tar manufacturer who received land title in 1647, the same year he married Matthew Grant's daughter Priscilla. In 1653, Simon Mills, a trader, bought land in Windsor, and, at some point, John Case also bought land in the town. BIOGRAPHY: In the 1660's, a major dispute wracked the Windsor Community Church (and other churches across New England). Most New England churches, including Windsor's, were governed by townsmen with strict Puritan inclinations. As immigration in the region grew, increasing numbers of settlers arrived who were more sympathetic to the established Church of England than to Puritan beliefs. Legally, these non-Puritan settlers had little choice other than to attend the Puritan worship services and to pay taxes to support the church and the pastor's family. The non-Puritan settlers began to insist that the laws governing church membership and support be modified to reflect the changing mix of Windsor's residents. BIOGRAPHY: Michael Humphreys was particularly outspoken on this point, even standing trial in local court for his challenge to the community church. By 1669, he had had enough. He left Windsor to helped establish the nearby settlement of Simsbury. Also among our Windsor ancestors to move to Simsbury were John Case and Simon Mills, Jr., the son of the early settler of Windsor, and his wife Mary Buell, the daughter of William Buell. Bradley Rymph Genealogy Page.

Simon married Mary BUELL on 23 Feb 1659 in Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut. Mary (daughter of William BUELL and Mary POST) was born on 3 Sep 1642 in Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut; died on 24 Jun 1718 in Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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BIOGRAPHY: The original Will and original Inventory, which is kept on file at the Connecticut State Library, for the Estate of Mary Buell Mills Bissel, dated 9 Apr 1718 named her daughters, Mary, Hannah and Elizabeth, and grandchildren, heirs of son John Mills and heirs of daughter Sarah Ellsworth. She named son Simon Mills Jr., sole Executor of her Estate, and signed the document "Mary Bifel". A few of the items listed on the Inventory are: one mohair coat, one serge manto, riding hood, one silk hood, one pair of shoes, two pairs of gloves, a blue calico apron, one feather bed, two blankets, a warming pan, a spinning wheel, a great wheel, wool cards, one cow and one sheep. Information from Hazel Bird.