The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-08-11

0fmany Adam Holcombes you've heard,
Though know not one that has swung
And we hope the future will find
All of the Holcombes unhung.
Holcombes, the Friends, Jacob and John,
Who came here from England with Penn,
Were filled with true brotherly love.
Were brothers indeed and good men.
From Tiverton, near Devonshire.
These two Holcombe brothers hailed
They left their English kindred dear,
And for Philadelphia sailed.
These ancient Quaker Holeombes came
To Cheltenham and Arlington,
To Buckingham and Coryelrs Ferry,
And to Amwell and Mount Airy.
At Coryelrs Ferry,* you are aware,
Washington crossed the Delaware,
That Richard Holcombe owned the land
On which his Headquarters stand.
Thus did your sires to this region
Come, near two hundred years ago
And from them have sprung legion
OF the Holcombe name. you know.
Mary was the wife of Jacob,
Elizabeth, of Holcombe John;
Jacob had but one son, Thomas,
But daughters seven to dote on.
Samuel and Richard Hocombe
Were the names OF sons of John,
OF daughters three, as you can see
In Johns last will are spoken.
Thus through the Quaker Holcombes came,
By their three sons and daughters ten,
All who live here and bear the name,
And legions Of maternal kin.
Doctors say that Mothers make men;r
This being true, 1t quite explains
How Il. p. Ely, whom We greet here,
EtrHN Ira.a a .aAI h. IL H.. \.
George Holcombe Larson, all exelaim,
Has, from his Holcombe mother, q BRAIN
For else how could he practice and preach,
And into the mazes of history reach?
A host of more names i recall
OF men, by the maternal line;
would like to mention them all,
For all H0loombe mothers are fine.
But sons of mothers, such as these,
VIII see that they are not forgotten,
And all Holcombes themselves will please
Record descendants begotten.
Jersey Holcombes are tough race
As all other Holcombes allow,
Holcombes down East and Holcombes South,
And Holeombes all over ayow.
Jersey skeetersn bite and bleed them
Such small trifles they heed never
Then the +" Jersey lightning strikes them,
But Jersey Holcombes live on ever.
Now one word, before retire,
In the name of the Yankee-Clan,
Who from Thomas Holeombe, of Deyonshire,
Have descended, to man.
In sixteen hundred and thirty,
Thomas Holcombe the Pilgrim, came;
With his good wife, Elizabeth,
First founded then the Holeombe name.
TZl.. 4 4.
On cold Nantasket Beach did land,
With Thomas Holcombe, and other rs there,
They founded the town of Dorchester.
In sixteen hundred thirty-fve
Thomas Holcombe to Windsort went,
Where sons three and daughters five
Are recorded by Matthew Grant.
Then he to Poquonock the next year went,
Four miles from the Windsor Stockade,
Where Indians then In plenty dwelt,
And with Thomas Holcombe did trade.
From this Thomas Hoeombe and wife
All New England Holcombes descend
From Them In response to your call
l come, as Holcombe and friend.
For our Southern Holcombe cousins
Let me now say q word o cheer,
For we can reckon them by dozens
Throughout the South, both far and near.
They all descended, as I've seen,
From John land Miss Grimes of King and Quee
Dear old Virginia gave thcm birth
/ know no H0lcombes of more worth.
or the good Southern nolcombes, we note
Henry, the great Baptist Preacher,
Who died In the "City of PENN
Where he WAS n Gospel teacher
Would you sec the best man of this Clam
Go TO New Orleans, IL you can;
DIR. Holcombet there reoces
A II, as does his I" Southern Voices"
0fall well-known Jersey Holcombes
Not a single IIocombe's son
Excelled In real sterling worth
Your own King Solomon"
Near twenty years ago 1 came
To see" King Sol" in his full prime,
For he dwelt upon Mount Airy
Solomon HolcOmbe, at seventy -nine,
Let all the Holcombes here to-day
Respect to him and his W ife pay
Catharine Barber was her name
They gave to all Mount Airy fame.
The Holoombes here will scan themselve
And not these Hocombe Rhymes, pray,
But all uphold the HolcOmbe-Clan,
Who ON Mount Airy meet this day.
Snow Lambortyille. tConneeticut. TWIN
Henry.
The exercises closed with Aud La
Syne," and the first reunion of the II
combo Family was over. Hundreds Ill
cred for an hour or two talking o.
family affairs.