Holcomb Family Web Site

My name is Sheila Van der Woude and I started this site.  The Holcomb Family history includes ancestors such as Charlemagne, William the Conqueror, and members of ancient House of Troy were.  Around 1189-1192 Sir John de Holcombe was knighted by Richard I (The Lion Heart) for beheading three Turks during a battle in Palestine in the 3rd Crusade. He is buried in Dorchester Abbey, Oxfordshire, England. Sir John's father is believed to have been Walter de Holcombe. Sir John's g-g-g-great grandson was named John also and he married Isabel Down who was a descendent of William the Conqueror.   According to THE HOLCOMBES' GENEALOGIES AND BIOGRAPHIES by Elizabeth Weir McPherson, our earliest known ancestor is William Holcombe (III) who was born in Pembokeshire, Wales before 1660 and was the son of William Holcombe (II) Mayor of Pembokeshire. William III was in King William County Virginia before 1685 when he signed a petition asking to elect a new vestry in St Stephens Parish. He was paying quit rents in King and Queen Co., Virginia on 700 acres in 1704. Record listed him as a Chirgeon (surgeon). William had 4 sons, the youngest of whom was Richard.   Richard Holcomb along with 3 of his brothers, Benjamin, John and Joseph left Virginia and moved to Granville Co., North Carolina, with their cousin Grimes Holcombe. Richard had 5 sons one being John Holcombe. John Holcombe was born in 1720 in Prince Edward County, Virginia and moved with his father and family to NC as a child.  About 1763 he moved his family to the "96" District, what is now Union County South Carolina near the Piedmont Frontier.  John had 8 children, one of whom was John II. John Holcombe II was born before 1775 in "96" District SC.  He served in the American Revolution under Col Thomas Brandon.  In 1805 he purchased land from John Hubbard in Franklin County, Georgia and signed his will on Nov 7, 1846 as "John Holcombe of Lumpkin Co., GA of advanced age".  John had 7 children the youngest son being Solomon P Holcomb. Solomon P Holcomb was born in 1805 in Georgia and married Elizabeth Ray in 1823, in Habersham Co., GA. They had 8 children. They moved from Georgia to Clark Co, Arkansas with their family sometime before 1850.  Solomon had eight children one of whom was Asa Chandler. Our family tree is posted online on this site! There are 227 names in our family site.The site currently has 1 registered member(s).