Thomas Holcomb was son of Thomas Holcomb, christened in Shobooke, Devon, England, on April 7, 1605, and was made a Freeman in Dorchester in 1634. We know his wife's name was Elizabeth, but don't know her maiden name or when or where she was born. They likely came from southern England, probably in the same area as the other Dorchester settlers, who later founded Windsor, as they were all members of the same congregation. Thomas sold his proprty in Dorchester and moved his family to Windsor, Connecticut in the Fall of 1635.

Thomas and Elizabeth had ten children, the oldest two of whom were born in Dorchester. We are descended from two of their sons, Benjah and Nathaniel, both of whom were born in Windsor.

Thomas Holcomb died on September 7, 1657, leaving a young family. Joshua, his oldest son, was only seventeen. If he was born in 1605, as we believe, he was only fifty-two years old. We don't know how Thomas died, and he didn't leave a Will, which usually indicates that his death was unexpected.

On August 5, 1658, Elizabeth married James Eno, another of our ancestors. This remarriage within a year was common in colonial times when life was difficult and unmarried women had few rights. James was known to Elizabeth's children as "Father Eno", and proved to be a good father.

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Benajah Holcomb was born June 23, 1644, in the Poquonock section of old Windsor, Connecticut, and was the second son and sixth child of Thomas and Elizabeth Holcomb. Benajah lost his father on September 7, 1657, when he was only thirteen. His mother remarried the following year, on August 5, 1658, to James Eno, who became "Father Eno" to Benajah and his siblings.

Sarah Eno was born on June 15, 1649, the oldest child and only daughter of James Eno and Anna Bidwell. Anna died on October 7, 1657, and James married Benajah's mother about a year later. Benajah and Sarah grew up together in the household of James and Elizabeth Eno. On April 11, 1667, Benajah and Sarah married. Sarah was just shy of her eighteenth birthday, and Benajah was almost twenty-three. Benajah and Sarah had nine children.

Sarah Eno Holcomb died on April 11, 1732, at eighty-two. Benajah lived for another four years to the age of ninety-two, dying on January 25, 1736/37, in Windsor.

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Nathaniel was born in the Poquonock section of Old Windsor, Connecticut Colony, on November 4, 1648. He was the eighth child and third son of Thomas and Elizabeth Holcomb, our immigrant ancestors, and four years younger than his brother Benajah. We are descended from both Nathaniel and Benajah. Nathaniel was nine when his father, Thomas Holcomb, died on September 7, 1657, leaving his wife with a young family. A year later, his mother married James Eno, making James his stepfather Nathaniel referred to James as "Father Eno."

On February 27, 1670/71, he married Mary Bliss, the daughter of Nathaniel Bliss and Catherine Chapin, born on September 23, 1651, in Springfield. They lived in Springfield through 1675, when their second child was born. It is unclear when they moved to Simsbury, but their son, Jonathon, was probably born in Simsbury in 1679, as there is no birth record from Springfield, and Nathaniel was well-established in Connecticut by 1681.Nathaniel and Mary had ten children.

Nathaniel Holcomb actively participated in colonial politics, serving as a selectman, Simsbury's representative to the Connecticut General Assembly, town clerk, and several other roles in town government. He also participated in the town militia; some records refer to him as Sergeant Nathaniel Holcomb.

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