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Mr. Griswold married, October 9, 1878, erine, 1689; Sarah, 1691 ; Benjamin, Feb-
Agnes E. Wiley, daughter of Orlando
P. and Harriet A. Wiley, of Hartford.
They have had two children: 1. Robert
Charles, born August 1, 1881, died August
7, 1897. 2. Harold Wiley, born December
21, 1886, graduate of the Massa-
chusetts Institute of Technology in the
engineering department in the class of
1908 (degree S. E.) ; was for five years
in the United States government service,
and is now division engineer of the Nepaug
Water Company of Hartford.
(The Holcombe Line).
Thomas Holcombe, the immigrant ancestor,
was born in England and came
early to Dorchester, Massachusetts, where
he was living in May, 1634, when admit-
ted a freeman of the colony. He sold
land there in 1635-36, and removed to
Windsor, and in 1639 located at Poquo-
nock, four miles west of Windsor. In
1639 he was a representative of Windsor
in forming the constitution of Connecticut.
He died at Windsor, September
7, 1657. His widow Elizabeth mar-
ried, in 1658, James Eno. Children:
Elizabeth ; Mary, Abigail, baptized January
6, 1638; Joshua, baptized Septem-
ber 27, 1640; Sarah, born August 14,
1642; Benajah, June 23, 1644; Deborah,
October 15, 1646; Nathaniel, November
4, 1648; Deborah, February 15, 1650;
Jonathan, March 23, 1652, died 1656.
Nathaniel Holcombe, son of Thomas
Holcombe, was born at Windsor, Novem-
ber 4, 1648. He married, February 2J,
1670, Mary Bliss, of Springfield. He
lived at Simsbury, Connecticut. He was
deputy to the General Court in 1703-06,
1720 and 1722. Children except first and
second, born at Simsbury and Granby
Nathaniel, born June 11, 1673, at Spring-
field; Mary, May 17, 1675; Jonathan,
1678; John, 1680; Esther, 1682; Cath-
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ruary 15, 1698.
Nathaniel Holcombe, son of Nathaniel
Holcombe, was born at Springfield, June
11, 1673. He married, November 1, 1695,
Martha Buel. He lived at Simsbury and
represented that town in the General
Court, 1748-49-50-53. Children, born at
Simsbury : Nathaniel, born October 29,
1696; Benjamin, Elizabeth, Martha, Josiah,
David, mentioned below ; Mary,
Sarah, Peter, born 1715.
David Holcombe, son of Nathaniel
Holcombe, was born in Simsbury. He
married Mehitable Buttolph, of Granby,
Connecticut, where he was a farmer and
innkeeper. Children, born at Granby
Mehitable, born 1722; David, 1724; Deborah,
1726; Martha, 1727; Reuben, men-
tioned below; Susanna and Simeon, 1734;
Ezra, 1735; Lydia, 1737; Ezekiel, 1738;
Jedediah, 1740; Eli, born 1741, removed
to Ulster, Pennsylvania.
Reuben Holcombe, son of David Holcombe,
was born in 1728-29, at Salmon
Brook, and lived in the north parish of
Simsbury near Granby.
Nahum Holcombe, son of Reuben Holcombe,
lived in Granby.
Jonathan Holcombe, son of Nahum
Holcombe, was born at Granby, about
1790. His daughter Louisa married
Charles Griswold (see Griswold).
DIMOCK, Ira,
Silk Manufacturer.
Ira Dimock, a nonegenarian, who for
forty years was one of the most responsi-
ble residents of Hartford, Connecticut,
attained a prominent place among the
leading silk manufacturers of the United
States by his business ability and enter-
prise. He was a direct descendant of
one of the oldest Colonial families of New
England, tracing his descent on the pa-
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