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Return Ira HOLCOMB

Return Ira HOLCOMB[1]

Male 1713 - 1790  (76 years)

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  • Name Return Ira HOLCOMB  [2, 3
    Born 31 May 1713  Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Christened 31 May 1713  Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    AFN 3WN1-X0 
    FamilySearch ID LHFJ-GMF 
    _UID F862ED3717144118B6324268D456C98E1565 
    Died 1790  Spencertown, Columbia, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5
    Buried 1790  Spencertown, Columbia, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Person ID I21810  Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
    Last Modified 14 Dec 2022 

    Father Capt. Thomas HOLCOMB,   b. 20 Mar 1666, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Mar 1731, Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years) 
    Mother Rebecca PETTIBONE,   b. 19 Mar 1675, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Oct 1731, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years) 
    Married 5 Dec 1700  Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Beckler lists date as 15 Dec 1700
    Family ID F8518  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Jerusha ADAMS,   b. 13 Mar 1718, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Nov 1755, Harwinton, Litchfield, Connecticut, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 37 years) 
    Married 10 Jan 1733  Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    • NOTE MARRIED
    Children 
     1. Zephania HOLCOMB,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Abigail HOLCOMBE,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Jerusha HOLCOMBE,   b. 3 Apr 1734, Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Stephen HOLCOMBE,   b. 23 Sep 1736, Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. Phineas HOLCOMB,   b. Abt 1740, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     6. Return HOLCOMBE, II,   b. Abt 1742, Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1832, Greene, Chenango, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 90 years)
     7. Reuben HOLCOMBE,   b. Abt 1742, Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     8. Zephaniah HOLCOMBE,   b. 19 Aug 1750, Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Mar 1822, Spencertown, Columbia, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)
     9. Abner HOLCOMB,   b. 16 Sep 1752, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 1839, Westport, Essex, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 86 years)
     10. Benjamin HOLCOMB,   b. 1755, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     11. Timothy HOLCOMBE,   b. Abt 1756,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 14 Dec 2022 
    Family ID F10247  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • MilitaryService
      private in Capt Eels' company of Col Comfort Sage's Third Battalion in Wadsworth's Brigade, of Connecticut troops. The battalion to which he belonged was raised to reinforce Gen Washington, then at New york City, and its term of service was spent in that city and in Long Island. He was engaged in a skirmish in the retreat from New York, Sept 15, 1776, and was in the battle of White Plains, Oct 28, 1776.
      Between 1 Jun 1776 and 25 Dec 1776
      New York City, New York, United States and White Plains, New York

  • Sources 
    1. [S896] Paul Ebert.

    2. [S303] Ancestral File, FamilySearch; LDS Church,.

    3. [S305] The Holcombes, Nation Builders; by McPherson; 1947, Page 30-2 A-4-2-10 (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S304] uftree.com/UFT/WebPages/, jholcomb/GHOLCOMB/d0/i0002117.htm (Reliability: 3).

    5. [S1160] FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 14 Dec 2022), entry for Return Ira HOLCOMB, person ID LHFJ-GMF. (Reliability: 3).