Person:Martha Holcombe (1)

From Holcombe, page 28: "There are two Martha's at nearly the same dates that cause some confusion. Bowman explores it completely so she is quoted here.

"Martha Holcomb, born in 1682, had an heir mentioned in her father's 1740 will. McCraken, in TAG Vol 57 #2, states she married Daniel Hayes in 1716. McCraken reasons that since the will left 20 shilings to Martha's son to buy him a bible that the heir is a minor in 1740. The only Daniel Hayes in records is nearly 25 years old. There is another Martha, born 1706, and listed in Windsor records. Thus Martha's heir could be someone else. Martha was probably dead in 1744 when her sister, Mary, left her estate to her other four sisters. Or, the possibility exists that Nathaniel was referring to one of his other daughters, perhaps Margaret North rather than Martha. A Renee Cossitt, born in 1722-1810, son of Rene and Ruth Porter Cossitt, married Phebe Hillyer, Martha Holcomb, and Martha Barber. He moved to Cape Breton Island, Canada. She is not this Martha Holcomb because Phebe Hillyer Cossit died in 1786, and this Martha would already be dead. Certainly Martha who maried Daniel Hayes belongs in the Holcomb genealogy, her exact place can not at this time be proven, so she is listed here. Some confusion in this family was caused by the other Martha's. One of these Martha's died early having only one child. One Martha married Dr. Jonathan Buttolph in 1723. In the book Commemorative and Biographical Record of Hartford County is mention that the Martha who married Jonathan Buttolph was a daughter of Nathaniel (born June 11, 1673). From, New England Genealogies by Reverend Charles W. Hayes, A.M. of Westfield, N.Y.; Daniel Hayes, born in 1686, the second child of George Hayes married Martha Holcomb in March 1716. She died in January 1717, and he married Sarah Lee in May 1721. She died in 1738, probably the daughter of John Lee. Daniel married in 1739 the Mary in his will."

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 James H. Holcombe. Descendants of the Founders of Ancient Windsor Through Five Generations
   p 28.