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Anna Holcombe (Pettibone)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony
Death: July 12, 1753 (74)
Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony
Place of Burial: East Granby Cemetery, East Granby, Hartford, Connecticut, British Colonial America
Immediate Family:

Daughter of John Pettibone and Sarah Pettibone
Wife of Ens. John Holcombe
Mother of Ann Granger; Dinah Granger; Ruth Holcomb; John Holcomb; Esther Higley and 5 others
Sister of John Pettibone; Sarah Mills; Stephen Pettibone; Rebecca Holcomb; Henry Pettibone and 2 others

Managed by: William (Bill) H. Burghart
Last Updated:

About Anna Holcombe

Anne Pettibone Holcomb

  • BIRTH 11 Mar 1679 Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
  • DEATH 12 May 1753 (aged 74) East Granby, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
  • BURIAL East Granby Cemetery, East Granby, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
  • Latitude: 41.94163, Longitude: -72.72618
  • MEMORIAL ID 33361772 photo added by Curt Miller

Biography

Anne (Pettibone) Holcomb was the wife of Ensign John Holcomb, who is also buried in this cemetery. She died at age 73. John was born at Simsbury, Hartford, Ct. He died 11 JUL 1744 in Simsbury Hartford Ct. John's Father was Nathaniel Holcomb b: 4 NOV 1648 in Windsor Ct. and mother was Mary Bliss b: 23 SEP 1651. Anne Pettibone married John on 9 MAR 1706 in Simsbury Hartford Ct. They had 8 children (Ann, Dinah, John, Hester, Moses, Asahel, Martha, and Sarah) of Anne Pettibone Holcomb (including 2 deceased) are listed in her will that follows:

Last Will & Testement

In ye name of God amen, I Ane Holcomb in ye County of Hartford being now by ye providence of God very sick and weak as to boddey but of a sound mind and memory at ____ sent Blessed Be God for ye same yet knowing ye it is appointed for all mankind once to Die. I do therefore make and ordain this my Last will and testament in manner and form as followeth and first I resign my Soul to God ye Giver thereof and my bodey I give to be buried with a decent Christian burial at ye discretion of my Executors and as to ye good things of this Life that God in his good providence hath blest mewith I do dispose of ye same as followeth viz.

After the payment my funeral charges and all my just debts and dues I hereby give and bequeath to my son, John, my cane and a pare of tongs ye before mentioned cane to be his during his life after his decease to return to Asahel his brother and to his son Asahel forever.
And to the heirs of my son Moses deceased I do give five shillings to be paid out of my estate and to ye heirs of my daughter Ane deceased I do give five shillings.

And to my daughter Dinah I do give my Bible and riding hood.
And to Sarah my daughter I do give my short cloke.
And to my four Daughters now surviving namely, Dinah, Ester, Martha & Sarah I do give all the rest of my estate to be divided in equal proportions between them.
And I do hearby appoint my son John and Joseph Phelps Jr. to be my Executors to this my Last will and testament as witness my hand signed seal and delivered and published as my Last will and testament April 21st 1753. Signed with her mark Ane Holcomb.

Inscription
Here Lies
ye Body of
Mrs Anna ye
Wife of Mr
John Holcomb
She Died may
ye 12 1753
in the 74th Year
of her age.

Parents
John Pettibone 1640–1713
Sarah Eggleston Pettibone 1643–1713

Spouse
John Holcomb 1680–1744 m 19 MAR 1706 in Simsbury, Hartford Co., CT

Siblings
John Pettibone 1665–1741
Sarah Pettibone Humphry 1667–1748
Stephen Pettibone 1669–1739
Lieut Samuel Pettibone 1672–1747
Rebecca Pettibone Holcomb 1675–1731
Sgt. Joseph Pettibone Sr 1688–1762

Children 10x all b in Simsbury, Hartford Co., CT
Ann Holcombe b: 1 FEB 1707 - c: 8 FEB 1709 (or 1742) in Simsbury, Hartford Co., CT
Dinah Holcombe b: 1708 - c: 28 AUG 1709 (or 1788)
John Holcombe b: 4 JUL 1711 - 1797
Sarah Holcombe b: 2 MAY 1716 -
Esther Holcombe b: 25 JAN 1717 - 1774
Martha Holcombe b: 6 APR 1717 -
Ruth Holcombe b: ABT 1719 -
Miriam Holcombe b: 18 JAN 1719 -
Asahel Holcombe b: 15 JUL 1720 i- 1817
Moses Holcombe b: 24 MAY 1724 - 1752

References

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33361772/anne_holcomb

Additional Data

Father: John Pettibone b: 1639 in Simsbury, Hartford Co., Connecticut
Mother: Sarah Egglestone b: 28 MAR 1643 in Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut
Married: John Holcombe b: 1680 in Simsbury, Hartford Co., Connecticut

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Anna Holcombe's Timeline

1679
March 11, 1679
Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony
1707
February 1, 1707
Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony
1708
1708
Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony
1709
1709
Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
1711
July 4, 1711
Simsbury, Hampshire County, Massachusetts
1714
January 25, 1714
Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony
1716
May 2, 1716
Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut
1720
July 15, 1720
Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut
1724
May 24, 1724
Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, United States