RUTH SHERWOOD

• Death Notes
  • D AT SIMSBURY CT

• General Notes
  • KIDS
    Children of Joshua and Ruth Holcomb
    Ruth - b. May 26, 1664, Windsor, CT; d. Jan. 9, 1709, Simsbury, Hartford Co., CT. Married John PORTER (b. Mar. 21, 1658; d. about 1740), son of Dr. Richard PORTER. Children of Ruth and John PORTER: Daniel; Joshua; Mary; Ruth Elizabeth married Rene COSSITTE; Samuel; Hezekiah died young; John; Timothy; Dr. Hezekiah; Richard; and Lydia.
    Thomas - b. Mar. 30, 1666, Windsor, CT; d. Mar. 5, 1730/1, Simsbury, CT.
    Sarah - b. Jun. 23, 1668, Windsor, CT; d. Jun. 22, 1763. Married 1693 John CASE (1662-1733), son of John CASE and Sarah SPENCER, and widower of Mary OLCOTT. Children: John married Abigail HUMPHREY; Sgt. Daniel married Penelope BUTTOLPH; Mary married Joseph ADAMS; Jonathan married Mary BEMAN; and Sarah married John ALDERMAN.
    Elizabeth - b. Apr. 4, 1670, Windsor, CT; d. Feb. 26, 1762. Married first 1688 William CASE (1665-1700), son of John CASE and Sarah SPENCER. Elizabeth married second Feb. 10, 1703 Deacon John SLATER (1669-1717), and third Deacon Samuel MARSHALL. Children of Elizabeth and William CASE: Elizabeth married William MOORE; William married Elizabeth ROBE; Capt. James married Esther FITHIN; Rachel married Benjamin ADAMS; Mary married Joseph ADAMS; Joshua married Amie; and Mindwell married Joseph ALDERMAN. Children of Elizabeth and John SLATER: Reuben; Mariah; John; and Rebecca.
    Joshua - b. Sep. 18, 1672, Windsor, CT; d. Feb. 10, 1727/8, Simsbury, CT. Married first 1694 Hannah CARRINGTON (1675-1707), daughter of John CARRINGTON, Jr. (whose father was executed for witchcraft); and second 1708 Mary HOSKINS (1689-after 1740). Joshua's birth date is also given as Mar. 21, 1672. Children of Joshua and Hannah: Caleb married Elizabeth (GRIFFEN) ADAMS; Joshua married Mary GRIFFIN; Thankful married Joseph BARNES; Experience married Nathaniel ALVORD; Hannah; and Eleanor married John GRIFFIN. Children of Joshua and Mary: Matthew (perhaps son of Hannah) married Lydia DRAKE; David married first Sarah SLATER, and second Philura HOLLENBECK; Mercy married Richard CASE, Jr.; Miriam; Robert died in infancy; Sarah; Joab died young; Joel married Sarah BULL; Joab; Phineas married Sarah TULLER; and possibly Mary married Noah CASE, and Bathsheba.
    Deborah - b. Feb. 10, 1675/6, Simsbury, CT. Deborah was baptized as an adult on Dec. 5, 1697 by Rev. Dudley WOODBRIDGE. Possibly married Daniel PORTER or CARTER of Waterbury.
    Mary - b. 1676. Married first Feb. 26, 1701/2, Simsbury, CT John BARBER (b. 1662; d. Mar. 1, 1711/2), son of Thomas BARBER and Mary PHELPS; and second Oct. 16, 1713, Simsbury, CT Ephraim BUELL (1683-1718), son of Peter BUELL and Martha COZZENS. Children of Mary and John BARBER: Mercy; John died young; William died young; Mary died in infancy; Mary married Peter BUELL; Isaac married Martha ADAMS. Children of Mary and Ephraim BUELL: Mindwell; and Ephraim married Mercy BARBER.
    Mindwell - b. 1678. Married Sep. 26, 1721 at Windsor, CT Theophilus COOK, son of John COOK and Sarah FISK. Children: Margaret married John SIRLES; Mindwell; Samuel married Dorothea GILLETT; Theophilus married Hannah GRAHAM; David; Jonathan; Noah married Lydia WESTLAND; Elijah; and Josiah married Hannah COOK.
    Hannah - b. 1680; d. Mar. 11, 1740/1, Simsbury, CT. Married Nov. 29, 1711, Simsbury, CT Samuel BUELL, son of Peter. Children: Peter married Mary BARBER; Samuel married Irene CASE; Joseph; Hannah married first Nicholas NETTLES, and second Thomas GLEASON; Hepzibah married Sgt. Thomas ORTON; and David did not marry.
    Moses - b. Jul. 4, 1686, Simsbury, CT; bap. there Oct. 20, 1699; d. Feb. 16, 1699/1700, Simsbury, CT. Died young.
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    --------------------------------------------------------------------------------   Name: Sarah HOLCOMB
       Born: 23 JUN 1668      at:  
    Married: 1693             at:  
       Died:                  at:  
    Spouses: John CASE 
    --------------------------------------------------------------------------------   Name: Elizabeth HOLCOMB
       Born: 4 APR 1670       at: Simsbury, Hartford, CT 
    Married:                  at:  
       Died: 26 FEB 1762      at:  
    Spouses: Thomas MARSHALL  William CASE  John SLATER 
    --------------------------------------------------------------------------------   Name: Joshua HOLCOMB
       Born: 18 SEP 1672      at: Windsor, Hartford Co., CT 
    Married: 1694             at:  
       Died: 10 FEB 1727/28   at: Simsbury, Hartford Co., CT 
    Spouses: Hannah CARRINGTON  Mary HOSKINS
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    Their children were:
    
    
    1. Ruth b.26 May 1664 m. John Porter
    
    2. Thomas II b. 30 Mar 1666 d. 1731 m. (1) Elizabeth Terry (2) Rebecca Pettibone
    
    3. Sarah b. 23 Jun 1668 d. 1763 m (1) Isaac Owens (2) John Case
    
    4. Elizabeth b. 1670 d. 1762 m. (1) William Case (2) John Slater (3) Samuel Marshall
    
    5. Joshua II b. 1672 d. 1727 m. (1) Hannah Carrington (2) Mary Hoskins
    
    6. Deborah b. 1675 m. Daniel Porter (Carter?)
    
    7. Mary b. 1676 d. 1745 m. (1) John Barber (2) Ephraim Buell
    
    8. Mindwell b. 1678 m. Theophilus Cook
    
    9. Hannah b. 1680 d. 1740 m. Samuel Buel
    
    10. Moses III b. 1686 d. 1699
    
    
    

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