Return Holcomb 
Return was born on May 31st, 1713 in Simsbury, Hartford Co., Connecticut. Return's father was Thomas Holcomb and his mother was Rebecca Pettibone. His paternal grandparents were Joshua Holcomb and Ruth Sherwood; his maternal grandparents were John Pettibone and Sarah Eggleston. He was an only child. He died at the age of 77 in 1790 in Spencertown, Columbia Co., New York.General Notes
Listed in Department of Commerce and Labor, Bureau opf the Census,Headsof Families, in the Year 1790 in New York, Washington GPO 1908: inColumbia Co. , NY--1 free white male over 16; 2 free white males under16; 3 free white females.
Sold a relatively new farm in 1750 in Salmon Brook, CT to Samuel Hayes,Sr., for his son Asahel who had just married Reuben Holcomb's sisterMartha, and whose daughter, Susanna was married to Reuben Holcomb (p. 180of "A Tempest in a Small Town," by Mark Williams).
Frontier scirmishes in the Ohio Valley in 1754 ignited the final round ofthe conflict between France and England, called the Seven Years War (inBritish America, the French and Indian War). This was an immense fightto the finish for North America in which 1 out of 3 men able to bear armsin New England enlisted at some point. By the time the war in Americahad ended in 1762, virtually every family in the region had at least onesoldier. Salmon Brook men enlisted immediately, first in a SuffieldCompany run by regimental commander Phineas Lyman, and then in greaternumbers in a company formed by Jonathan Pettibone of Simsbury. Men suchas Return Holcomb, Hezekiah Phelps (who had not yet moved to his mountainhome), Moses Dibol, Abraham Dibol, Dudley Hays, and James Halladay foughtin the Lake George area in the fall of 1755. That November the largestearthquake in three decades struck New England, which, with the renewedwar, gave ministers plenty to talk about. In New York, Fort Oswego fellto the French in 1756. Connecticut dispatched soldiers to Crown Pointand Lake Champlain to block what seemed to be imminent invasion, but notmany Salmon Brook men participated in this campaign. (p. 187 of "ATempest in a Small Town," by Mark Williams). (Note--perhaps thisexplains how Return wound up in New York later.)
Jill Cruse indicates birthdate as 1695, with baptismal date given as 31May 1713 in Simsbury, CT. Lived in Hillsdale, Columbia Co., NY.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.1526 in ., Hole, Devonshire, England d.~ 1579 in Ashton, Cornwall, England
- b.1565 in Hole, Devonshire, England d. in Pembroke, Wales
- b.WFT Est 1523-1546 d.WFT Est 1568-1634
- b.07 Apr 1605 in Pembroke, Wales, Devon, England d.07 Sep 1657 in Windsor, Hartford, CT
- b. in Of, Ladock, Cornwall, England
- b.1573 in Ladock, Cornwall, England d.< 1642 in , England
- b.1546 in Haylford, Cornwall, England d. in , , Eng.
- b.27 Sep 1640 in Wilton, Ct. d.01 Dec 1690 in wilton, Ct.
- b.WFT Est 1596-1621 in Wales, England d.07 Oct 1679
- b.30 Mar 1666 in Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut d.05 Mar 1731 in Simsbury, Hartford Co., Connecticut
- b.~ 1514 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England
- b.11 Sep 1548 in Sherwood, Nottingham, England d.1632
- b.~ 1520 in , , England
- b.24 Dec 1586 in St.Mary-St.Peter, Moblethorpes, Lincolnshire, England d.21 Jul 1655 in Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut
- b.~ 1543 in Stelyngton, Yorkshire, England
- b.~ 1645 in Fairfirld, Fairfield County, Connecticut d.10 Sep 1699 in Simsbury, Connecticut
- d.1693 in Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut
- b.31 May 1713 in Simsbury, Hartford Co., Connecticut d.1790 in Spencertown, Columbia Co., New York
- b.1609 in of, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut d. in , , , Connecticut
- b.1639 in ., Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut d.15 Jul 1713 in ., Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut
- b.09 Mar 1675 in Simsbury, Connecticut d.14 Apr 1731 in (will), Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut
- b.28 Sep 1541 in Kirkham, Lancashire, England
- b.29 Mar 1566 in Kirkham, Lancashire, England d.30 Mar 1613 in Settington, Yorkshire, England
- b.~ 1545
- b.20 Feb 1586 in ., Settrington, Yorkshire, England d.01 Sep 1674 in ., Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut
- b.1521 in Settrington, , England d.06 Nov 1574 in Settrington, , England
- b.~ 1564 in Settrington, Yorkshire, England d.Jan 1637
- b.1529 in Mulgrave, Yorkshire, England d.18 Sep 1573 in Barking, Essex, England
- b.28 Mar 1643 in ., Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut d.15 Jul 1713 in ., Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut
- b.1534 in Great Hallingbury, Essex, England
- b.04 Oct 1562 in Little Bromley, Essex, England d.1623 in Braintree, Essex, England
- b.1611 in of, Braintree, Essex, England d.08 Dec 1657 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut
- b.1542 in Braintree, Essex, England d.26 Sep 1616 in Braintree, Essex, England
- b.1574 in Braintree, Essex, England d.06 Apr 1637 in Felsted, Essex, England
- b.1546 in Braintree, Essex, England d.16 Dec 1620 in Braintree, Essex, England
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‌Return and Jerusha were married in a religious ceremony on January 10th, 1734 in Simsbury, Hartford Co., Connecticut. They had a son named Zephaniah.
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Children
Zephaniah Holcomb
Zephaniah was born on August 19th, 1750 in Columbia Co., New York or Hartford, CT?. He died at the age of 71 on March 16th, 1822 in Spencertown, Columbia County, New York.
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