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John Brittain Holcomb 1770–1845 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 25 Sept 1770

Birth Location: Lambertville, Hunterdon, New Jersey USA

Death Date: 1845

Death Location: Deavertown, Morgan, Ohio, USA

Father: Elijah Holcombe

Mother: Nancy None

Spouse(s): Rachel Burrowes

Children(s): Burrowes Holcombe, Elijah Holcomb, Thomas Holcombe, Eleanor Holcombe, Julia Holcombe, Nancy Holcombe, John Holcombe

John Brittain Holcomb was born in 1770 in Lambertville, Hunterdon, New Jersey USA, the child of Elijah Holcombe And Nancy. In 1793, John Brittain Holcomb resided in Essex County, New Jersey, USA. In 1802, John Brittain Holcomb resided in Franklin County, Georgia, USA. John Brittain Holcomb married Rachel Burrowes, and had children including Burrowes Holcombe, Eleanor D Holcombe, Elijah Holcomb, John Brittain Holcombe, Julia Holcombe, Nancy Holcombe, Thomas Holcombe. John Brittain Holcomb passed away in 1845 in Deavertown, Morgan, Ohio, USA.

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Biography

  • John Brittain Holcomb was born in 1770 in Lambertville, Hunterdon, New Jersey USA, the child of Elijah Holcombe And Nancy.
  • In 1793, John Brittain Holcomb resided in Essex County, New Jersey, USA.
  • In 1802, John Brittain Holcomb resided in Franklin County, Georgia, USA.
  • John Brittain Holcomb married Rachel Burrowes, and had children including Burrowes Holcombe, Eleanor D Holcombe, Elijah Holcomb, John Brittain Holcombe, Julia Holcombe, Nancy Holcombe, Thomas Holcombe.
  • John Brittain Holcomb passed away in 1845 in Deavertown, Morgan, Ohio, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Elijah Holcombe
1750–1822
Birth Location: Lambertville, Hunterdon, New Jersey, USA
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Nancy None
1746–1824
Birth Location: Lambertville, Hunterdon, New Jersey, United States
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Spouses(s)

Rachel Burrowes
1785–1848
Birth Location: Hopewell, Hunterdon, New Jersey, USA
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Children(s)

Burrowes Holcombe
1807–1881
Birth Location: Hopewell, Hunterdon, New Jersey, USA
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Elijah Holcomb
1809–1892
Birth Location: Lambertville, Hunterdon, New Jersey, USA
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Thomas Holcombe
1816–1909
Birth Location: Lambertville, Hunterdon, N.J.
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Eleanor Holcombe
1817–1894
Birth Location: York, Athens, Ohio, USA
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Julia Holcombe
1814–1885
Birth Location: nr Deavertown, Morgan, Ohio
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Nancy Holcombe
1822–1905
Birth Location: Morgan, Morgan, Ohio, USA
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John Holcombe
1824–1909
Birth Location: Deavertown, Morgan, Ohio
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John Holcomb's Ancestors

Self
John Holcomb
1770–1845
Birth Place: Lambertville, Hunterdon, New Jersey USA
Parents
Elijah Holcombe
1750–1822
Lambertville, Hunterdon, New Jersey, USA
Nancy
1746–1824
Lambertville, Hunterdon, New Jersey, United States
Grandparents
Samuel Holcombe
1715–1769
Lambertville, Hunterdon, New Jersey, USA
Eleanor (Barber\) Barker
1703–1793
Hunterdon County, New Jersey, USA
William Brittain
1725–1804
Staten Island, NY
Elizabeth Philpot
1728–1879
New Jersey, United States
Great-Grandparents
John II
1681–1743
Elizabeth Woolrich
1680–1761
Nathaniel Britton
1664–1729
Elisabeth Gerritsen
1681–1732
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John I
1655–1700
Sarah Scott
1654–1726
Nathaniel Sr.
1640–1684
Anne Stillwell
1643–1709

John Holcomb's Descendants

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John (Brittain) Holcomb (25 Sept 1770–1845) m. Rachel Burrowes (23 Jul 1785–28 Jul 1848)
  1. 1. Burrowes Holcombe 1807–1881 m. Sally (Sarah) Ogg 1807–1865
    1. 1. Doctor (Calvin) Holcombe 1838–1932 m. Jennie (R.) Shelhamer 1839–1931
      1. 1. William (Hubert) Holcombe 1870–1958 m. Refugio (Reyes De) Holcombe 1874–1961
        1. 1. Clara (Mae) Holcombe 1904–1989 m. Bernard 1903–1968
        2. 2. Leila 1897–1933 m. Daniel (A.) Rasor 1897–1933
        3. 3. Nina (Holcombe de) Sánchez 1899–1991 m. Gilberto Sánchez 1901–1992
        4. 4. Carlos \Holcombe\ 1901–1974 m. Alicia (Isunza de) Holcombe 1905–1983
        5. 5. Emma (Reed) Holcombe 1907–1982 m. Rafael (Gonzales) Urias 1901–1978
        6. 6. Bill 1909–1986 m. Lucile (Clementine) Holcombe 1908–1987
        7. 7. Cuca \\ 1911–1983 m. Charles ("Charlie") Rule 1906–1984
      2. 2. Baby (Girl) Holcombe 1865–1865
      3. 3. Nina (May) Holcombe 1866–1968 m. George 1860–1920
        1. 1. Karl (Wilhelm) Frasch 1890–1967 m. Eleanor (F.) Covington 1894–1974
        2. 2. Howard (Shelhamer) Frasch 1903–1907
        3. 3. Daughter Frasch 1892–1892
        4. 4. Robert (Reed) Frasch 1904–1992 m. Harriet Cunningham 1910–1984
        5. 5. Burrows (Holcombe "B.H.") Frasch 1894–1962 m. Lenora (Flory) Phillips 1893–1979
      4. 4. Charles (Calvin Holcomb) I 1868–1912 m. Minnie (I.) Dormire 1873–1943
        1. 1. Richard (Calvin) Holcomb 1903– m. Augusta (Alice) Gennett 1906–
        2. 2. Martha (Jane) Holcombe 1904–1998 m. Willard (Sylvanus) Crandall 1907–1963
      5. 5. Margaret 1875–1962
      6. 6. Leila Holcomb 1878–1960 m. David Stewart 1870–1952
    2. 2. Casander Holcombe 1829–1829
    3. 3. Hannah Holcombe 1830–1848 m. James (Snodgrass) Brown 1824–1907
      1. 1. Charles (Burrowes) Brown 1848–1910 m. Ella Wyman 1848–1926
        1. 1. Holcombe (James) Brown 1879–1951
        2. 2. Charles (Burrowes) Brown 1881–1881
    4. 4. Harriet Holcombe 1833–1836
    5. 5. Mary Holcombe 1836–1836
    6. 6. Clarissa (Eleanor) Holcomb 1833–1936 m. William (H.) Kennedy 1842–1898
      1. 1. Arthur (Norman) Kennedy 1871– m. Winifred Butler 1880–1918
        1. 1. Harry (Holcombe) Kennedy 1908–
      2. 2. Eliza Holcomb 1864–
      3. 3. Alvina Holcomb 1870–
      4. 4. Ella Holcomb 1872–
  2. 2. Elijah Holcomb 1809–1892 m. Nancy Longstreth 1821–1903 m. Amanda Adams 1809–1884
    1. 1. Ephraim Holcomb 1836–1913 m. Lucinda (Ellen) Skinner 1839–
      1. 1. Amanda (C) Holcombe 1862–1930
      2. 2. Angie (Evaline) Holcombe 1863–1957
      3. 3. Hattie Holcombe 1865–1886
      4. 4. Lewis (F) Holcombe 1866–1932
      5. 5. Julia Holcombe 1868–
      6. 6. Matilda (Elcinda) Holcombe 1874–
    2. 2. John (Lewis) Holcombe 1842–1917 m. Mary Shipton 1845–
      1. 1. Howard (Kennedy) Holcombe 1870–1918 m. Isabelle Baird 1869–1931
        1. 1. Huber (Baird) Holcomb 1900–
        2. 2. Muriel (Mary) Holcomb 1902–
    3. 3. Burrus (M) Holcomb 1834–1921 m. Charlotte Trout 1836–1902
      1. 1. Jennie (Belle) Holcombe 1857–1938
      2. 2. Louella (Amanda) Holcombe 1860–1880
      3. 3. Georgia (Annie) Holcombe 1862–
      4. 4. Julia (Elvilda "Wilda") Holcombe 1869–1945 m. John (S.) Morrow 1860–1913
        1. 1. Warden (Holcombe) Morrow 1887–1921
        2. 2. George (Dwight) Morrow 1889–1953 m. Elizabeth (Christine "Bessie") Spoor 1890–1951
      5. 5. William (Elijah) Holcombe 1867–1930
      6. 6. Harry Holcombe 1871–1871
    4. 4. Evaline Holcombe 1831–1907
    5. 5. Julia Holcombe 1846–1875
  3. 3. Thomas Holcombe 1816–1909 m. Hannah Edwoods 1822–1899
  4. 4. Eleanor (D) Holcombe 1817–1894 m. Nathan (Weeks) Moody 1818–1900
    1. 1. Rachel (Eleanor) Moody 1846–1912
    2. 2. Caroline Moody 1849–1878
    3. 3. Harriet (Ellen) Moody 1851–
    4. 4. Emma (N) Moody 1853–1921
    5. 5. Alvin (Burriss) Moody 1858–1878
    6. 6. James (Noah) Moody 1847–1919 m. Willie (E) Moody 1876–
      1. 1. Charles (Dallas) Moody 1897– m. Hattie (A) Moody 1898–
        1. 1. Howard (S) Moody 1914–
        2. 2. Elma (L) Moody 1923–
        3. 3. Dallas (D) Moody 1926–
      2. 2. James (A) Moody 1901–
  5. 5. Julia Holcombe 1814–1885 m. Joseph Parker 1814–1874
  6. 6. Nancy Holcombe 1822–1905
  7. 7. John (Brittain) Holcombe 1824–1909 m. Anselvina ("Ann") Flannigan 1829–1902
    1. 1. Thomas (Howard) Holcombe 1852–1933 m. Mary E 1860–1920
    2. 2. Eden (Burrowes) Holcombe 1855– m. Fannie Platt 1867–1946
      1. 1. Lucile (E) Holcomb 1892–
      2. 2. Robert (Franklin) Holcombe 1891–1969
      3. 3. Walter (M) Holcomb 1894–
      4. 4. Grace (V) Holcombe 1901–
    3. 3. Ida (Sidney) Holcombe 1856–1946 m. John (Baxter) Greene 1853–1885
      1. 1. Allie (May) Greene 1875–1959
      2. 2. Howard (Arthur) Greene 1878–1950
      3. 3. Burrowes (Merton) Greene 1881–1973
      4. 4. Charles (Homer) Greene 1883–1933
      5. 5. Fannie (Claire) Jencks 1889–
      6. 6. Ralph (Boyd) Jencks 1892–1970 m. Ruth P. 1896–1983
        1. 1. Shirley (L) Jencks 1925–
    4. 4. Robert (Arthur) Holcombe 1858– m. Lela Romaine 1879–
      1. 1. Harold (Lee "Harry") Holcombe 1907–1996
      2. 2. Guy (Orrin) Holcombe 1903– m. Johanna 1900– m. Hazel 1905–
    5. 5. Andrew (Amerman) Holcombe 1861–1939 m. Lorena (Dora) Randles 1865–1947
      1. 1. Ross (Aubergne) Holcomb 1899–1992 m. Frances (Winona) Schwartzel 1900–1963
        1. 1. Bernard (Lee) Holcomb 1923–2006 m. Louella ("Lula" Albertina) Jadwin 1928–2002
        2. 2. Dorothy (B.) Holcomb 1921–2003
        3. 3. Orma (Mae) Holcombe 1936–1936
        4. 4. William (Ross) Holcombe 1937–2003
        5. 5. Rodney Holcomb 1925–2010
        6. 6. Margery (A) Holcomb 1929–2015 m. J (Brooks) Gregory 1928–2010
      2. 2. Lena (Maude) Holcombe 1883–1920 m. Alfred (Dwight) Mears 1875–1930
        1. 1. Chester (Claire) Mears 1907–1999
        2. 2. Dwight (Holcomb) Mears 1906–
        3. 3. Ronald (Herman) Mears 1909–1994
        4. 4. Lorena (E) Mears 1913–1995
      3. 3. Ernest (Andrew) Holcomb 1887–1968
      4. 4. Ida (Mae) Holcomb 1888–1981
      5. 5. John (Stanley) Holcomb 1895–1974
      6. 6. Thelma (Eudora) Holcomb 1904–1999
    6. 6. Mary (Lauretta) Holcombe 1863–1904
    7. 7. Edgar Holcomb 1866–1904
    8. 8. Franklin (Merton) Holcomb 1871–1955 m. Carra (Ellen) Storts 1876–1965
      1. 1. Izora (Pearl) Holcombe 1901–1991 m. Robert (Charles) Furney 1895–1951
      2. 2. Nial (V) Holcombe 1904–1988 m. Mary 1913–
      3. 3. Lloyd Holcomb 1909–1967
      4. 4. Goldie Holcombe 1913–
    9. 9. son (died before 1900) Holcomb 1849–1900
    10. 10. a (daughter died) Holcombe 1849–1900

John Holcomb's Timeline

9 Records

1770
25 Sept 1770
Birth of John Brittain Holcomb in Lambertville, Hunterdon, New Jersey USA
Lambertville, Hunterdon, New Jersey USA
1793
1793
Age 23
John Brittain Holcomb resided here in Essex County, New Jersey, USA
Essex County, New Jersey, USA
1802
1802
Age 32
John Brittain Holcomb resided here in Franklin County, Georgia, USA
Franklin County, Georgia, USA
1830
1830
Age 60
John Brittain Holcomb resided here in Amwell, Hunterdon, New Jersey, USA
Amwell, Hunterdon, New Jersey, USA
1840
1840
Age 70
John Brittain Holcomb resided here in Perry, Ohio, USA
Perry, Ohio, USA
1845
20 Oct 1845
Age 75
Death of John Brittain Holcomb in Morgan Township, Morgan County, Ohio, USA
Morgan Township, Morgan County, Ohio, USA
1845
20 Oct 1845
Age 75
Death of John Brittain Holcomb in Deaverton, Morgan, Ohio, USA
Deaverton, Morgan, Ohio, USA
1845
1845
Age 75
Burial of John Brittain Holcomb in Deavertown, Morgan, Ohio, USA
Deavertown, Morgan, Ohio, USA
1845
17 Oct 1845
Age 75
John Brittain Holcomb - Probate in Perry County, Ohio, USA
Perry County, Ohio, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 25 Sept 1770
    Event Place: Lambertville, Hunterdon, New Jersey USA
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
    [2] U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
    [3] U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
    [4] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [5] North America, Family Histories, Book Title: Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 146 : 1919

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1793
    Event Place: Essex County, New Jersey, USA
    Record Source: New Jersey Census

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1802
    Event Place: Franklin County, Georgia, USA
    Record Source: Georgia Census, 1790-1890

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 1812

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1830
    Event Place: Amwell, Hunterdon, New Jersey, USA
    Record Source: 1830 United States Federal Census, 1830 US Census; Census Place: Amwell, Hunterdon, New Jersey; Page: 320; NARA Series: M19; Roll Number: 83; Family History Film: 0337936

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1840
    Event Place: Perry, Ohio, USA
    Record Source: 1840 United States Federal Census, Year: 1840; Census Place: Bearfield, Perry, Ohio; Roll: ; Page: .

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: United States
    Record Source: U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 20 Oct 1845
    Event Place: Morgan Township, Morgan County, Ohio, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
    [2] U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
    [3] U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
    [4] Ohio, Wills and Probate Records, Will Records, 1817-1919; Probate Place: Perry, Ohio
    [5] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [6] North America, Family Histories, Book Title: Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 146 : 1919
    [7] Web: Ohio, Find A Grave Index, 1787-2012

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 20 Oct 1845
    Event Place: Deaverton, Morgan, Ohio, USA

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 1845
    Event Place: Deavertown, Morgan, Ohio, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [2] Web: Ohio, Find A Grave Index, 1787-2012

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Probate
    Event Date: 17 Oct 1845
    Event Place: Perry County, Ohio, USA
    Record Source: Ohio, Wills and Probate Records, Will Records, 1817-1919; Probate Place: Perry, Ohio
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