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     Jennie Maria Holcombe was born on 18 April 1853 at Springfield, Hampden Co., MA. She was the daughter of Hiram Chester Holcombe and Caroline Hall. Jennie Maria Holcombe died on 9 February 1933 at Galesburg, Knox Co., IL, at age 79.

     Mary Alice Holcombe was born on 11 March 1848 at Springfield, Hampden Co., MA. She was the daughter of Hiram Chester Holcombe and Caroline Hall. Mary Alice Holcombe died on 12 September 1849 at age 1.

     Carrie Wolcott Holcombe was born on 18 August 1850 at Springfield, Hampden Co., MA. She was the daughter of Hiram Chester Holcombe and Caroline Hall. Carrie Wolcott Holcombe died on 28 August 1851 at age 1.

     Mary Holcombe was born on 16 November 1872. She was the daughter of Charles Case Holcombe and Ella Saulisbury.

     Bertha Holcombe was born on 26 May 1874. She was the daughter of Charles Case Holcombe and Ella Saulisbury.

     Abiel Holcombe was born at Granby, Hartford Co., CT. He was the son of Roger Holcombe II and Zeruah Gillett.¹

     Cephas Holcombe was born on 31 July 1791 at Southwick, Hampden Co., MA. He was the son of Roger Holcombe II and Zeruah Gillett.² Cephas Holcombe died on 31 December 1868 at age 77.³ He was buried at Pine Hill Cemetery, Westfield, Hampden Co., MA.³

     Roger Hiel Holcombe was born on 1 April 1793 at Westfield, Hampden Co., MA. He was the son of Roger Holcombe II and Zeruah Gillett.² Roger Hiel Holcombe married Sophia Loomis, daughter of Joshua Loomis and Achsah Isham, on 9 February 1817 at Westfield, Hampden Co., MA. Roger Hiel Holcombe died on 21 March 1863 at Westfield, Hampden Co., MA, at age 69. He was buried at Pine Hill Cemetery, Westfield, Hampden Co., MA.

Roger is recorded in the 1850 Westfield, CT, census with family operating a boarding house.

     Clarissa Holcombe was born on 27 December 1795. She was the daughter of Roger Holcombe II and Zeruah Gillett.² Clarissa Holcombe married Roland Loomis, son of Joshua Loomis and Achsah Isham, on 18 December 1820. Clarissa Holcombe died on 27 December 1856 at age 61.

     Betsey Holcombe was born on 21 January 1798.¹ She was the daughter of Roger Holcombe II and Zeruah Gillett.² Betsey Holcombe died on 28 September 1852 at age 54.¹

     Lester Holcombe was born on 7 September 1799. He was the son of Roger Holcombe II and Zeruah Gillett.² Lester Holcombe married Louisa Hall. Lester Holcombe died on 26 January 1886 at age 86. He was buried on 28 January 1886 at Turin Cemetery, Turin, Lewis Co., NY.³ Lester moved to Turin, Lewis Co., NY in 1823.

     Edson L. Holcombe married Eliza F. Tice. Edson L. Holcombe was the son of Cephas Holcombe and Lydia Lee.

Edson is recorded as a farmer with family in the 1850 census of Westfield, Hampden Co., MA.

     Dennis Holcombe was born on 29 January 1826. He was the son of Cephas Holcombe and Lydia Lee. Dennis Holcombe married Sarah Antoinette Gillett, daughter of Horace Gillett and Agnes Whitney. Dennis Holcombe died on 24 October 1903 at Westfield, Hampden Co., MA, at age 77.² He was buried at Pine Hill Cemetery, Westfield, Hampden Co., MA.²

Dennis is recorded as a cigar maker with family in the 1850 census of Westfield, MA.

     Eliza F. Tice married Edson L. Holcombe, son of Cephas Holcombe and Lydia Lee. Eliza F. Tice was born at MA.

     Edson W. Holcombe was the son of Edson L. Holcombe and Eliza F. Tice.

     Ellen E. Holcombe was the daughter of Edson L. Holcombe and Eliza F. Tice.

     Sarah Antoinette Gillett was born on 12 April 1830 at Granby, Hartford Co., CT. She was the daughter of Horace Gillett and Agnes Whitney. Sarah Antoinette Gillett married Dennis Holcombe, son of Cephas Holcombe and Lydia Lee. Sarah Antoinette Gillett died on 10 December 1910 at age 80. She was buried at Pine Hill Cemetery, Westfield, Hampden Co., MA.²

     Sophia Loomis was born in 1795 at Westfield, Hampden Co., MA.² She was the daughter of Joshua Loomis and Achsah Isham. Sophia Loomis married Roger Hiel Holcombe, son of Roger Holcombe II and Zeruah Gillett, on 9 February 1817 at Westfield, Hampden Co., MA. Sophia Loomis died on 22 April 1873 at Westfield, Hampden Co., MA.²

     Joshua Loomis was born on 23 September 1748 at Westfield, Hampden Co., MA. He was the son of Joshua Loomis and Abigail Langdon. Joshua Loomis married Achsah Isham on 13 February 1772. Joshua Loomis died on 18 June 1831 at Westfield, Hampden Co., MA, at age 82. He was buried at West Parish Cemetery, Westfield, Hampden Co., MA.

     Roland Loomis was born on 28 June 1789 at Westfield, Hampden Co., MA. He was the son of Joshua Loomis and Achsah Isham. Roland Loomis married Clarissa Holcombe, daughter of Roger Holcombe II and Zeruah Gillett, on 18 December 1820. Roland Loomis died in 1871 at Westfield, Hampden Co., MA.

     Roger Hiel Holcombe II was born on 15 April 1818 at Westfield, Hampden Co., MA.² He was the son of Roger Hiel Holcombe and Sophia Loomis. Roger Hiel Holcombe II married Lucy Ann Nelson on 4 May 1843 at Westfield, Hampden Co., MA.² Roger Hiel Holcombe II died on 21 February 1900 at Westfield, Hampden Co., MA, at age 81. He was buried at Pine Hill Cemetery, Westfield, Hampden Co., MA.

Roger II is recorded in the 1850 census at 13 Madison St., Westfield, Hampden Co., MA, with family, owner of real estate. He spent his life, a long successful business career, manufacturing whips at Mundale, Hampden Co., MA.

     Henry Holcombe was born on 29 March 1820 at Westfield, Hampden Co., MA. He was the son of Roger Hiel Holcombe and Sophia Loomis. Henry Holcombe married Betsey B. Chase on 18 July 1844 at Swansea, Bristol Co., MA. Henry Holcombe married Mary H. Stetson on 29 September 1853 at Fairhaven, MA. Henry Holcombe married Adeline S. Winslow on 26 November 1854 at Dartmouth, MA. Henry Holcombe died on 25 May 1890 at New Bedford, MA, at age 70.

     Loomis Holcombe was born on 11 November 1821 at Westfield, Hampden Co., MA.² He was the son of Roger Hiel Holcombe and Sophia Loomis. Loomis Holcombe married Amoret Kellogg on 29 November 1843 at Westfield, Hampden Co., MA.² Loomis Holcombe died on 22 July 1880 at Westfield, Hampden Co., MA, at age 58. He was buried at Pine Hill Cemetery, Westfield, Hampden Co., MA.

Loomis is recorded in the 1850 Westfield, MA, census as a whip maker.


Loomis and Amoret were recorded in the 1880 Westfield, Hampden Co., MA federal census. He was 58, she was 56. The only child in the household was Eben 17.

     Sophia Holcombe was born on 28 February 1824 at Westfield, Hampden Co., MA. She was the daughter of Roger Hiel Holcombe and Sophia Loomis.

     Lester Holcombe was born on 17 January 1826 at Westfield, Hampden Co., MA. He was the son of Roger Hiel Holcombe and Sophia Loomis.

     Julia A. Holcombe was born on 21 November 1827 at Westfield, Hampden Co., MA. She was the daughter of Roger Hiel Holcombe and Sophia Loomis.

     Marietta Holcombe was born on 2 November 1830 at Westfield, Hampden Co., MA. She was the daughter of Roger Hiel Holcombe and Sophia Loomis. Marietta Holcombe married Edward Luther Allen, son of Gilbert Allen and Caroline Owen, in 1865 at Westfield, Hampden Co., MA.² Marietta Holcombe died in 1907.

     Monroe Holcombe was born on 15 November 1832 at Westfield, Hampden Co., MA. He was the son of Roger Hiel Holcombe and Sophia Loomis. Monroe Holcombe was also known as Munroe Holcombe. He married Anna Eliza Smith on 8 May 1856 at New Bedford, Bristol Co., MA. Monroe Holcombe died on 22 April 1892 at New Bedford, Bristol Co., MA, at age 59. He was buried at Oak Grove Cemetery, New Bedford, Bristol Co., MA.

     Zerviah Holcombe was born in 1834 at Westfield, Hampden Co., MA. She was the daughter of Roger Hiel Holcombe and Sophia Loomis.

     Coleman Holcombe was born in October 1836 at Westfield, Hampden Co., MA. He was the son of Roger Hiel Holcombe and Sophia Loomis. Coleman Holcombe died on 14 January 1870 at Westfield, Hampden Co., MA, at age 33.

     Roland Holcombe was born on 2 June 1838 at Westfield, Hampden Co., MA.² He was the son of Roger Hiel Holcombe and Sophia Loomis. Roland Holcombe married Elizabeth Morton Cables on 28 April 1859 at New Bedford, Bristol Co., MA. Roland Holcombe died on 22 March 1907 at New Bedford, Bristol Co., MA, at age 68. He was buried at Oak Grove Cemetery, New Bedford, Bristol Co., MA.

Roland and Elizabeth were enumerated in the 1900 New Bedford, Bristol Co., MA federal census. He was a grocer, age 62, she was 60. Also in the household was Naomi Cable, 82, mother-in-law.

     Lucy Ann Nelson was born at MA. She married Roger Hiel Holcombe II, son of Roger Hiel Holcombe and Sophia Loomis, on 4 May 1843 at Westfield, Hampden Co., MA.¹

     Lucy P. Holcombe was born on 21 February 1844 at Westfield, Hampden Co., MA.¹ She was the daughter of Roger Hiel Holcombe II and Lucy Ann Nelson.

     Hiel E. Holcombe was the son of Roger Hiel Holcombe II and Lucy Ann Nelson.

     Eustace H. Holcombe was born on 23 April 1848 at Westfield, Hampden Co., MA.¹ He was the son of Roger Hiel Holcombe II and Lucy Ann Nelson. Eustace H. Holcombe died on 22 November 1873 at age 25.¹

     Peninah Holcombe was the daughter of Roger Hiel Holcombe II and Lucy Ann Nelson.

     Herbert Holcombe was the son of Roger Hiel Holcombe II and Lucy Ann Nelson.

     Harriet A. Holcombe married E. P. Taylor. Harriet A. Holcombe was born on 28 January 1864 at Westfield, Hampden Co., MA. She was the daughter of Roger Hiel Holcombe II and Lucy Ann Nelson.

     168 White St., Waverley, MA. E. P. Taylor married Harriet A. Holcombe, daughter of Roger Hiel Holcombe II and Lucy Ann Nelson.

     Adeline S. Winslow was born on 15 February 1827 at New Bedford, MA. She married Henry Holcombe, son of Roger Hiel Holcombe and Sophia Loomis, on 26 November 1854 at Dartmouth, MA. Adeline S. Winslow died on 7 September 1911 at New Bedford, Bristol Co., MA, at age 84.

     Henry Algernon Holcombe was born on 2 January 1846 at New Bedford, MA.² He was the son of Henry Holcombe and Betsey B. Chase. Henry Algernon Holcombe was also known as Algernon Holcombe.² He married Clara Jackson Best on 20 December 1868 at New Bedford, Bristol Co., MA.³ Henry Algernon Holcombe died on 10 March 1916 at New Bedford, Bristol Co., MA, at age 70. He was buried at Oak Grove Cemetery, New Bedford, Bristol Co., MA.⁴

One of the organizers in New Bedford, MA, Feb 16, 1876, of the new Bedford Boiler Co.


This could be the same Herny A. Holcombe of New Bedford who was indicted on 17 November 1897 on 63 counts for conspiring with Frank R. Hadley to defraud the Bennet Mills out of $150,000.

     Adeline Jane Holcombe also went by the name of Addie Jane Holcombe.¹ She was born in July 1861 at New Bedford, Bristol Co., MA. She was the daughter of Henry Holcombe and Adeline S. Winslow. Adeline Jane Holcombe married Isaiah Wood Jr. in 1882. Adeline Jane Holcombe died in 1934 at New Bedford, Bristol Co., MA.

     Betsey Bell Holcombe was born circa 1869 at New Bedford, MA. She was the daughter of Henry Algernon Holcombe and Clara Jackson Best.¹

     Clark William Holcombe was born on 28 August 1870 at New Bedford, MA. He was the son of Henry Algernon Holcombe and Clara Jackson Best.

     Maria Holcombe was the daughter of Henry Algernon Holcombe and Clara Jackson Best.

     Helen Holcombe was the daughter of Henry Algernon Holcombe and Clara Jackson Best.