Nathaniel Holcomb (M)
b. 25 October 1696, d. 1782
3 Generation Pedigree
Relationship=4th great-grandfather of Lydia Electa Corey.

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Corey Family Timeline
Ancestors of Lydia Electa Corey

     Nathaniel Holcomb was born on 25 October 1696 at Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut.¹ He was the son of Nathaniel Holcomb and Martha Buell.^1,2 Nathaniel Holcomb married Thankful Hayes, daughter of George Hayes and Abigail Dibble, on 9 October 1717 at Simsbury.^3,2 Nathaniel and Thankful resided with Nathaniel's parents until they built their own home "next to Crooked Brook at the foot of Bushy Hill" in in 1719.⁴ His wife Thankful died on 15 May 1771 at Simsbury.⁵ Nathaniel Holcomb died in 1782.

Children of Nathaniel Holcomb and Thankful Hayes

Hannah Holcomb b. 2 May 1718^3,4
Nathaniel Holcomb b. 2 Feb 1720^3,4
Ephraim Holcomb b. 22 Dec 1721³
Ruth Holcomb b. 9 Mar 1724, d. 2 Apr 1759⁵
Thankful Holcomb b. s 1725, d. 1827³
Joseph Holcomb b. 1728, d. 22 Jun 1813³
Amos H. Holcomb b. 1 Jun 1732, d. May 1814^3,6
Elijah Holcomb b. 26 May 1734, d. 2 Jun 1799³
Anne Holcomb b. 11 Feb 1735⁵
Elizabeth Holcomb b. 9 Jul 1736³
Sarah Holcomb b. 3 Sep 1738⁵
Mercy Holcomb b. 31 May 1740³
Roger Holcomb b. 18 Oct 1742³
Zaccheus Holcomb b. 14 Jan 1744, d. 19 Jul 1762

Notes and Citations:

1. [S451] Albert Welles, compiler, History of the Buell Family in England and in America (New York: Society Library, 1881), page 41.
2. [S586] Mark Williams, Tempest in a Small Town: The Myth and Reality of Country Life, Granby, Connecticut, 1680-1940 (Granby, Connecticut: Salmon Brook Historical Society, 1996), page 114.
3. [S268] Rev. Charles W. Hayes, A.M., "The Hayes Family of Windsor and Granby, CT.", The New England Historical and Genealogical Register vol. 36 (October, 1882). Online version used, http://www.newenglandancestors.org, page 388.
4. [S586] Mark Williams, Tempest in a Small Town: The Myth and Reality of Country Life, Granby, Connecticut, 1680-1940 (Granby, Connecticut: Salmon Brook Historical Society, 1996), page 115.
5. [S588] J. Montgomery Seaver, The Holcomb(e) Genealogy : a Genealogy, History and Directory (Philadelphia: American Historical-Genealogical Society, 1925: HeritageQuest). viewed online, page 42.
6. [S407] Allen L. Stratton, compiler, History: Town of Isle La Motte Vermont (Barre, Vermont: Northernlight Studio Press, 1984), page 327.