Elizabeth [FERGUSON ?]

Abt 1609 - 1679  (~ 70 years)

• Name	Elizabeth [FERGUSON ?]
  Birth	Abt 1609	England   [1]
  	Based on estimated age of marriage
  Gender	Female
  Death	7 Oct 1679	Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut
  Notes	Ten children, if they are from this marriage. See "The Great Migration Begins", Vol. 2, pp. 965-967 From Find a Grave: Birth: 1617, England Death: Oct. 7, 1679 Windsor Hartford County Connecticut, USA Elizabeth, the wife of Thomas Holcomb of Windsor, Conn., was b. circa 1617 likely in England of unknown parents. In 1669 at Windsor as Elizabeth Eno, by her second husband James Eno, John Winthrop, Jr. treated her and stated she was then 52 years old. She was not nee Ferguson as claimed by prior writers, since as noted by Donald Lines Jacobus in 1964 that "[h]er maiden name has been stated as Ferguson, without proof or probability." Elizabeth d. of record at Windsor, Conn. on Oct. 7, 1679, her age not stated in the record. Elizabeth purportedly m. her first husband at Dorchester, Mass. on May 14, 1634. However, there is no record of such a marriage and the date cited is the date Thomas Holcomb was made a freeman of the Mass. Bay Colony. Thus, Elizabeth m. 1) Thomas Holcomb at an unknown place on an unknown date, perhaps even before 1634. There were ten children of the marriage before Thomas d. intestate at Windsor, Conn. on Sept. 7, 1657. The first two known children of Thomas Holcomb and wife Elizabeth, were born at Dorchester, Mass. and the other known seven were born at Windsor, Conn. The widow Elizabeth Holcomb married (2) at Windsor on Aug. 5, 1658 as his second wife, James Eno, and d. at Windsor, Conn. on Oct. 7, 1679. There were no children by this second marriage, but her son, Sgt. Benajah Holcomb, m. James Eno's eldest dau. Sarah by his first wife. And, Elizabeth's granddau., Abigail Bissell, m. Jame Eno's son James Eno, Jr. Source: Anderson's Great Migration Begins. According to Don Blauvelt, Elizabeth m. 2) as his second wife, James Eno, the s. of Jean Henno (q.v. Enno, Eno), bapt. by the name of Jacque Henno on Aug. 21, 1625 at the Threadneedle Street" French Huguenot Church at London, England. He d. intestate at Windsor, Conn. on June 11, 1682. Family links: Spouses: Thomas Holcomb (1609 - 1657) James Eno (1625 - 1682)* Children: Elizabeth Holcombe Ellsworth (1634 - ____)* Mary Holcombe Griswold (1636 - 1708)* Abigail Holcomb Bissell (1639 - 1688)* Joshua Holcombe (1640 - 1690)* Sarah Holcombe (1642 - 1654)* Benajah Holcombe (1644 - 1735)* Deborah Holcombe (1646 - 1648)* Nathaniel Holcombe (1648 - 1740)* Deborah Holcomb Birge (1649 - 1686)* Jonathan Holcombe (1652 - 1656)* *Calculated relationship Burial: Unknown Created by: Linda Mac Record added: Feb 25, 2009 Find A Grave Memorial# 341887 [2]
  Person ID	I4056	Ellingboe
  Last Modified	14 Sep 2012

  
  

• Sources

  [S54] Anderson, Robert Charles, Great Migration Begins, (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1995), Vol. 2, p. 964 (Reliability: 3). [S54] Anderson, Robert Charles, Great Migration Begins, (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1995), Vol. 2, pp. 966-967 (Reliability: 3).