Ancestry of
Boris Johnson

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

Eli Holcomb

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• • 5th Great-grandfather of Boris Johnson — 8th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 248 
  • Father:
  • David Holcomb 
  • Mother:
  • Mehitable Buttolph   
  • Birth Date:
  • 2 Feb 1741 
  • Birth Location:
  • Granby, Hartford, Connecticut 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Death Date:
  • 10 May 1823 
  • Death Location:
  • Ulster, Bradford, Pennsylvania 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Ulster Cemetery, Ulster, Bradford, Pennsylvania 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Hannah Crowfoot
  • Marriage Date:
  • 20 Dec 1764 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Barkhamstead, Litchfield, Connecticut 
  • Child:

  Hugh Holcomb (Ahnentafel No:124 )

  • Notes: 

  • Some secondary sources give the marriage date for Eli Holcomb and Hannah Crowfoot as 10 MAR 1764.

• Sources for Eli Holcomb

  • ¹ Connecticut, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999, Case #1415, Hartford, Probate file for father David Holcomb.
  • ² Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870, Barkhamstead, p. 25, Marriage record for Eli Holcomb and Hannah Crofut.
  • ³ Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870, Barkhamstead, p. 25, Birth records for children of Eli and Hannah Holcomb.
  • ⁴ Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A056765.
  • ⁵ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 11/09/2020).
  • ⁶ American Ancestors, "Boris Johnson: Foote Ancestry", (accessed 04/15/2020).
  • ⁷ Chapin, Gilbert Warren, The Chapin Book of Genealogical Data with Brief Sketches of the Descendants of Deacon Samuel Chapin, Vol. 1, Hartford, Connecticut: Chapin Family Association (1924), 241, 564.
  • ⁸ Heverly, Clement F., History and Geography of Bradford County, Pennsylvania 1615-1924, Towanda, Pennsylvania: The Bradford County Historical Society (1926), 212.
  • ⁹ Seaver, Jesse, The Holcomb(e) Genealogy: A Genealogy, History and Directory . . ., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: American Historical-Genealogical Society (1925), 46, 56-57.

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