Hannah Holcomb

Brief Life History of Hannah

When Hannah Holcomb was born on 28 August 1739, in Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Judah Holcomb, was 35 and her mother, Hannah Buttolph, was 28. She married Silas Hays on 16 November 1757, in Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. She died on 23 June 1823, in Granby, Hartford, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Granby Cemetery, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.

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Family Time Line

Silas Hays
1740–1801
Hannah Holcomb
1739–1823
Marriage: 16 November 1757
Olive Hayes
1758–1839
Oliver Hays
1758–
Deborah Hayes
1760–
Silas Hayes
1760–1761
Hannah Hayes
1762–
Eli Hayes
1765–
Rosetta Hayes
1768–1836
Phinehas Hayes
1772–1853
Silas Hayes
1773–1805
Annis Hays
1777–1845

Sources (16)

  • Hannah Holcomb, "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
  • U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
  • Hannah Hays, "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934"

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World Events (6)

1776

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

1781 · British Forces Capture Fort Griswold

The capture of Fort Griswold was the final act of treason that Benedict Arnold committed. This would be a British victory. On the American side 85 were killed, 35 wounded and paroled, 28 taken prisoner, 13 escaped, and 1 twelve year old was captured and released.

1783 · A Free America

The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.

Name Meaning

English (Surrey and Sussex): habitational name from any of several places called Holcombe (Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Lancashire, Oxfordshire, Somerset), from Old English hol ‘hollow’ + cumb ‘valley’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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