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IIERE Is a very sery , ery ancient En Eng Enghalt Enlull ? : ; HIIERE THDIU TIIERE T IJh halt " ! famllv faml family famllvvhich ! . } \ \vhich vhich which \ hlcb probably toolIts took tool tookIts tookIts Its name Dume from the tile old to tow town " n In I ban bancasliire Lancashire an anC'1shlre C'1shlre C1shlre casliire ' called C'l1Jed Cl1Jed ' IIolcombe 'Holcombe Holcombe Ilolcombe ' " The Thef Theml1y Thefamily Thefamily f < \ \ml1y ml1y family seat se1t , . , howe howe\er howe er however \ , er er15 , \ was \\15 15 In Coun County County County ty De Devon Deson , Oil , , and nnd old wills Wll1s of Devon Dcon- Dcon DCtion- DCtion DconshIre DCtionshire Devonshire , - shire mention manv many m1n ) of this name- name nameWe name1Ve nameWe . - We 1Ve note the nameb name names : . of .rhomns rhomns 'Pliomns Pliomns ' ThomasEll/abeth ThomasEll abeth . , DIl/abeth DIl abeth Dlliabeth / nnd and three Tohns Tohng . . ' The 'l'he lhe ' most remote ancpstor ancstor ancestor $ ! of the theIIolcombecc theIIolcombeq theHolcombes IIolcombecc IIolcombeq , , through marriage mnrrl1ge , was wasWlUlam wasWilliam wasWilliam WlUlam William the Conqueror . John Hol hot Holcombe hotcombe Hoicombe combe Is the first mentioned In the theVIsitations theVisitations theVisitations VIsitations of England Dngl1nd Dngland He lie was a aCrU aCrusader aCrusadei CrU Crusader 1del ' ' and 1nd the storv story Is that he hese hesevered hesevered se severed , ered the heads of Un thiee tiuee ee Moham Ioh 1m = r Ii Iil Iil'Pi 11 11Ii l l'Pi lPi ' ttas orttto&e ortttoe orttto&eoft & oft olamibt olamibtmedans ombt ombtmedans medans with one stroke of ot his hissword hissword sword This e explains .plalns plalns > . the four heads headson headson headson on the coat of ot arms shown . The Theeffigy Theeffigy Theeffigy effigy of tins this brave knight hD1ght rests in inthe inthe Inthe the old abbey at nt Dorchester , , nearOxford near nearOxford nearOxford Oxford , England Dngland . Thomas Holcombe , one of the thefir.t thefirst theflrat fir.t firt first : . Americans of the name , , was wasborn wasborn wasborn born In Devonshire Devonshre [ In 1G01 1GOI . . In InIG30 In1G30 IG30 1630 he came to America Amerlca on the thehmous thefamous hmous famfamous ship Mary and John , , and andsettled andsettled andsettled settled ! In n Dorchester , Mass , whichis which whichIs whichIs Is now a part of Boston Dorches Dorches- Dorchester Dorchester Dorchester - - ter was so named In honor of thewell the thewellloed well wellloed loved , English DngUsh Engllsh townMost town townMost Most of the Holcombes of the theNew theNew theNew New England Dngland states sUlte : . trace their an- an ancestry ancestry an ancestry - cestry to ' Thomas 'lhomas lhomas 'lbomas lbomas , as do some fam fam- lam- lam - fammes families - ilies mes dies in other statesThen statesThen states statesThen Then there was John Holcombe Holcombe.a Holcombea , . , a Qual Quaker er erho , , , who \ho ho \ emigrated enllgrated from Eng Dng- Dng Dngland Eng- Eng England England - - land ! in n 1700 , and settled in Phila PhlJa- PhlJa PhlJadelphia Philadelphia - delphia , , and also his Ius brother Ja- Ja Jacob Jacob Ja Jacob - cob , , who located in Lambert\ Lambert LambertIlle Lamberttiille LambertvllleN \ Ille , N J . , The southern branch of the Hol- Hol Holcombes Holcombes Hol Holcombes - combes in 10 this country began beg"10 beg10 " with withAndrew withAndrew withAndrew Andrew , of Devonshire Devonsillre , Dngl1nd England Englandwho , who came fir.t firt first fir : . t to the Barbndoes Barbadoes Barbadoesand Barbadoesand and then to Virginia Vlrglnia His son sonJohn , , John , married Miss Grimes andlived and andlived ! JIved lived in King William W1Jllam county , Vir VIr- VIrI VIrglnla Virginia - I glnlaI ginia glnla ginha giniaThe glnlaThe ginhaThe I The Holcombes HoJcombes In America AmcrIca h1\e h1 e b1 havebeen \ e ebeen I been people of high h1gh social stand stand- standIng standIns standing - ing Ins and prominence In every e\ery e ery eery \ gen- gen genelatIon gen-elation gen elation - . elatIon The motto "truth truth " and cour cour- courage courage courage - age familytraits " Is characteristic charactenshc characterishc of the familytraits famIly famIlytraIts traIts and traditions tradltlons . . . . . A Plerrepont Pierrepont ? THD HE 3 Pierrepont family famlJy Is of Nor Nor- Norman Nor- Nor Norman . - man rrt Trenchoribtn French Trench > neh nehorllD oriein oribtn orllD " , The flr.t flrt first flr.tlord firstlord flrs : . tlord lord of Plel Piei Pleirepunt repuut castle , . , 111 lIt iii Pic- Pic Pie- Pie Picardy Pic-ardy Pic ardy - ardy , ' Fiance I'lance Ilance I'rance Irance ' , , was Sir Hugh dePlerrepont de dePIerrepont dePlerrepont PIerrepont Plerrepont , , who lived ! In n the latter latterpart latterpart latterpart part of the ' Tenth 'lenth lenth century . Sir Ingelbrand de Pierrepont I'rerrepont Irerrepont Pierrepontgrandson ' , , gr1ndson grandson of Hugh IIugh , , became the ancestor an- an ancestor an.cestor ancestor . - cestor of the French rrench Plerreponts Pterreponts Pierrepontswhile , , "hUe hUe while " another grandson . , Sir Robert Robertde Robertde Robertde de Pierrepont , accompanied Wil Wil- 1Vil- 1Vil William 1Vil11am William - liam 11am the Conqueror to England nghnd and andfought andfought fought in the Battle of HastlD Hastings s sHis His name is found on the Dooms Doomsd'1Y Doomsday Doomsday d'1Y d1Y day greatdocument ' Book of ot England IJngland , that th1t great document drawn up by the Con Conqueror Conqueror queror to show the titleholders of ofthe ofthe ofthe the conquered lands Robert dePlerrepont de dePIerrepont dePierrepont PIerrepont w " was "as as as granted the lordships lord lordships lordships ships Wrentham.in Wrenthamin of Henestede andVrentham and Wrcntham \Vrentham Vrentham \ , . , In ! n Suffolk SuffolkHenry ofSir Henry Plerrepont Pierrepont , , grandson of Sir Robert Robert , , was W1S knighted hnighted by Ed Edward Edward Edward ward I In 12S0Seti 1280Se 12SO 1280 12S0 12SOSeveral Se\ Se Seti Several Seeral \ eral generations later de descendants descendnnts descendants scendants scendnnts of the same S1me family tamUy are arefound arefound arefound found to have hae ha'e ha\ ha \ ' e llved lived llve < l In the countiesof counties countiesof of : \ Nottingham r\ottIngham r ottIngham and Derbv Derb Derby ; } . George / 1l . f v 11U.rnp.onf 11Urnp.onf 11Urnponf unxpAot unxpAotPlerrepont . . Plerrepont PIerrepont was of this section andwas and and"as andwas "as as was " created cre.1ted cre1ted . a Knight of the Car Car- Carpet Car.pet Carpet . - pet at the coronation of Ddward Edward EdwardVI DdwardVI VI VISir EdwardVISir Sir George PIel PIeirepont Pierrepont repont , a descend de defendant end endant ant of the knight , was one of the America first thefirst of the family f.lml1y flml1y . to come to Amer Amer- - . . ica lea He De lie had h'ld hld ' married Thankful ThankfulStow Stow , of Kent , . , England ngl'1 ngl1 ' d , and , . ar ar- ar arriving ar-rlTlii ar rlTlii - - . Ipswich Ips"Ich Ipss rlvln riving ( ; in America AmerJc'1 AmerJc1 ' , settledn settled ! In n Ips "Ich Ich " landwhere s icli , Mass They purchased purch1Sed land where Rochesternow Dorchester and Rochester now stand st1nd George Plerrepontnamed Pierrepontnnm Pierrepont named nnm .od od < . 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