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Second
Generation
5. John B. HOLCOMBE Jr.
(1.John1) b. Mar 20 1682,
England,[i]
ref: B-4, occupation Farmer, m. Apr 28 1707, Elizabeth WOOLRICH
, b. 1683, of Abington PA (presently Montgomery Co), (daughter of Thomas
WOOLRICH JR.
and Sarah COSSINET
) d. Jan 30 1761. John died
Aug 1743, buried:
Friend's Burying Grd, Lahaska, Bucks PA.[ii]
Children:
7. i
John HOLCOMBE III.
b. bef 1711, Lambertville, Hunterdon County NJ, ref: B-4-1, d. in infancy.
+
8. ii
Samuel
b. 1711.
+
9. iii
Grace
b. aft 1711.
10. iv
Mary HOLCOMBE
b. Lambertville, Hunterdon County NJ, ref: B-4-4, m. 1750, in Certificate
granted at Buckingham MM, Samuel FURMAN
, of Morris County NJ.
Mary many children, fl
in Sussex Co NJ 1783.[iii]
+
11. v
Julia Ann
b. bef 1726.
+
12. vi
Richard
b. Mar 10 1726.
6. Jacob HOLCOMBE
(1.John1) b. Jul
3 1684, Tiverton, Devonshire, England,[iv]
ref: B-5, m. 1712, in announced intention on Mar 6, 1712,[v]
at Falls's Meeting, Buckingham, Bucks Co,[vi]
Mary WOOLRIDGE
, (daughter of Thomas WOOLRICH JR.
and Sarah COSSINET
) d. Jan 30 1761, Philadelphia County PA.[vii]
Jacob died Jun 30 1748, Bucks County PA,[viii]
buried: Friend's Burying Grd, Lahaska, Bucks PA,
McPherson, pp. 287 ff.
Children:
+
13. i
Mary
b. Feb 29 1719.
14. ii
Sarah HOLCOMBE
ref: B-5-2, m. Jul 6 1736, Thomas
LEWIS
.
+
15. iii
Rebecca
.
+
16. iv
Thomas
b. 1720.
17. v
Elizabeth HOLCOMBE
ref: B-5-5, m. Apr 13 1745, in at Philadelphia Mtg (Hinshaw Rec), Joseph
HOLLOWELL II.
, also known as: HALLOWELL (son of Joseph HOLLOWELL
) Hinshaw record says son of
John.
18. vi
Susanna HOLCOMBE
ref: B-5-6, m. John VanDUREN
, of Gwynedd.
19. vii
Hannah HOLCOMBE
ref: B-5-7.
20. viii
Sophia HOLCOMBE
ref: B-5-8.
ENDNOTES
[i]
Elizabeth Weir McPherson, THE HOLCOMBES NATION BUILDERS (Self
Publ: 1947); Republished by Higginson. 241-243
[ii]
The PENNSYLVANIA MAGAZINE of History and Biography, Vol. XLIV,
Philadelphia, 1920, p. 163 Article by Richmond C. Holcomb. Also cited
in Mary Alice Henke, HOLCOMBE-DOANE-HENKE FAMILY HISTORY, Vol I,
(avail Box 351, Enders NB 69027
[iii]
History of HUNTERDON AND SOMERSET Counties, NJ, by Snell, Phil
1881. States that Mary
married Samuel Furman.
[iv]
The HOLCOMBES, Nation Builders, by Mrs Lewin D. McPherson, 1947
B-5 Mentioned in numerous sources as the brother of John
Holcombe, the emigrant Quaker Meeting Record, Dulverton England,
courtesy of Walter Holcombe, IA 241-2, 287
[v]
Eastburn Reeder, Early Settlers of SOLEBURY TOWNSHIP Bucks
County Pa., 2nd Ed. (Append listing of Marriages, Bucks Co Gen Soc
Newsletter: No 78, Winter 2002) "Jacob Holcomb and Mary Woolridge,
1712" p. 1
[vi]
Davis, William W. H., HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY PENNSYLVANNIA Vol
III, The Lewis Publishing Company, New York 1905 (found in NEHGS
library) p. 321
[vii]
Collections of The Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, Vol V
(Philadelphia, 1894). Found
at Spruance Library, Doylestown PA. pp. 381-2
[viii]
Index of Bucks Co Wills and Administration by Williams &
Williams, Danboro PA 1971 shows will of Jacob Holcombe in 1748,
proceeding # 597.
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