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Elijah Holcomb

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Elijah Holcomb Veteran

Birth
Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
Death
5 Oct 1841 (aged 83–84)
Southwick, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Granby, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA GPS-Latitude: 41.9553852, Longitude: -72.7906923
Plot
Section O / Lot 207
Memorial ID
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Veteran of the Revolutionary War
(4th Co. 8th Regt.)

Aged 84 years.

Son of Elijah and Violet (Cornish) HOLCOMB.

Served in the American Revolution as a private, enlisted 1 March discharged 31 Dec 1778 with 10 months service, private in Captain Noah Phelp's company, Colonel Andrew Ward's Regiment of Connecticut Line, enlisted 1 Jan 1781 "for the duration of the war" at Simsbury as a private, was promoted to Lieutenant, for these services being pensioned in 1830.

Married 3 times. (1) Lucyna ""Lucy" HOLCOMB on October 17, 1781 in East Granby, Connecticut; (2) Betsey POST in 1802; (3) Betsey IVES in 1807.

Children of ELIJAH and Lucy HOLCOMB:
~ Silas HOLCOMB. (b. 1784)
~ Amasa HOLCOMB. (1787-1875)
~ Lucy HOLCOMB. (1789-1873)
~ Violet HOLCOMB. (1795-1827)
~ Infant HOLCOMB. (1798-1798)

Children of ELIJAH and Betsy (Post) HOLCOMB:
~ Chandler HOLCOMB. (1803-1853)
~ Hiram HOLCOMB. (b. 1804)

Children of ELIJAH and Betsey (Ives) HOLCOMB:
~ Betsey (Holcomb) DRAKE. (b. 1808)
~ Frannie HOLCOMB. (b. 1812)
~ Newton HOLCOMB. (b. 1812)
~ Emeline HOLCOMB. (1814-1892)
~ Dolly HOLCOMB. (b. 1815)
Veteran of the Revolutionary War
(4th Co. 8th Regt.)

Aged 84 years.

Son of Elijah and Violet (Cornish) HOLCOMB.

Served in the American Revolution as a private, enlisted 1 March discharged 31 Dec 1778 with 10 months service, private in Captain Noah Phelp's company, Colonel Andrew Ward's Regiment of Connecticut Line, enlisted 1 Jan 1781 "for the duration of the war" at Simsbury as a private, was promoted to Lieutenant, for these services being pensioned in 1830.

Married 3 times. (1) Lucyna ""Lucy" HOLCOMB on October 17, 1781 in East Granby, Connecticut; (2) Betsey POST in 1802; (3) Betsey IVES in 1807.

Children of ELIJAH and Lucy HOLCOMB:
~ Silas HOLCOMB. (b. 1784)
~ Amasa HOLCOMB. (1787-1875)
~ Lucy HOLCOMB. (1789-1873)
~ Violet HOLCOMB. (1795-1827)
~ Infant HOLCOMB. (1798-1798)

Children of ELIJAH and Betsy (Post) HOLCOMB:
~ Chandler HOLCOMB. (1803-1853)
~ Hiram HOLCOMB. (b. 1804)

Children of ELIJAH and Betsey (Ives) HOLCOMB:
~ Betsey (Holcomb) DRAKE. (b. 1808)
~ Frannie HOLCOMB. (b. 1812)
~ Newton HOLCOMB. (b. 1812)
~ Emeline HOLCOMB. (1814-1892)
~ Dolly HOLCOMB. (b. 1815)


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