Family:Nathaniel Holcombe and Mary Bliss (1)

"Holcombe family tradition has it that Nathaniel and Mary first settled at what is now Salmon Brook in 1677. Nathaniel was born in the Poquonock section of Windsor. Although Mary's father's family was among the first group to come to Hartford, she was living in Springfield when she married Nathaniel in 1670. It is not clear if the couple lived in Springfield for long, but by 1675 they were back in Windsor with their two children, Nathaniel and Mary. Nathaniel Sr. is not listed among those who moved to Simsbury immediately following the war, but his older brother Joshua is, and his mother and stepfather James Eno, did move to "Scotland", the section of Simsbury east of the ridge, in 1679. It is possible they did live with the Enos briefly, while renting land at Salmon Brook from someone such as John Slate. Or it may have been that they even began building a homestead at Salmon Brook and that the record of Nathaniel's 1677, '78 or '79 grant was among those burned; no one bothered to record it again since he received new grants, possibly for the same land, as a result of the land divisions in 1680. He continued to pay taxes in Windsor through 1686, but only because he owned three acres of upland there, not because he was a resident. Certainly the couple was well established with their four children in Simsbury by 1681, for Nathaniel was elected town constable in December of that year." Holcombe, pg 10

1. ↑ James H. Holcombe. Descendants of the Founders of Ancient Windsor Through Five Generations
   p 10.

   "He married Mary Bliss, daughter of Nathaniel Bliss and Catharine Chapin, on 27 Feb 1670 at Springfield, Hampden Co., MA."

2. ↑ Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995)
   Thomas Holcombe entry.

   viii NATHANIEL, b. Windsor 4 November 1648 [ CTVR 35; Grant 44]; m. (1) Springfield 27 February 1670[/1] Mary Bliss [ Pynchon VR 58]; m. (2) Simsbury 17 January 1722/3 Sarah (_____) Owen, widow of Josias Owen [ SimsVR Barbour 83].

3. ↑ The New England Historical and Genealogical Register: Judge Pynchon's Marriage Record: 1685-1711, Volume: vol. 123. (New England Historic Genealogical Society, October, 1969)
   page 258.
4. ↑ Book 1, Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1638-1728; Hampshire Records, in Stott, Clifford L. Vital Records of Springfield, Massachusetts to 1850. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2002)
   1:22; 2:1682.

   "Nathaneell Holkum & Mary Bliss were joyned in Marriage Feb: 27 1670"
   "Nathaneel Holkum & Mary Bliss maried. Feb: 27. 1670."