Descendants of John Halcomb

Generation No. 1

1. JOHN¹ HALCOMB was born 1763 in Devizes, and died 1831. He married (1) CATHERINE NEATE 1789 in Devizes. He married (2) SUSANNAH HANCOCK 1800 in Marlborough. He married (3) MARGARETTA BARBOR 1816 in Charterhouse.

Notes for JOHN HALCOMB:

Inkeeper Marlborough.

Banker and one of the Founders of Marlborough College established to provide quality education for the sons of Anglican clergy.

Children of JOHN HALCOMB and CATHERINE NEATE are:

2. i. WILLIAM² HALCOMB, b. 1790; d. 1884, Weston-Super-Mare.

ii. THOMAS HALCOMB, b. 1791.

3. iii. JOHN HALCOMBE, b. 1792, Marlborough; d. November 03, 1852, New Radnor.

iv. THOMAS HALCOMB, b. 1792, Marlborough; d. 1877, Cheltenham; m. EMMA WORTHINGTON, 1824.

v. ANNE HALCOMB, b. 1793, Marlborough; d. 1856; m. JOHN BLAGG.

vi. CATHERINE HALCOMB, b. 1795; d. 1855, Cheadle.

vii. CHARLES HALCOMB, b. 1796; d. 1815, Marlborough.

Generation No. 2

2. WILLIAM² HALCOMB (JOHN¹) was born 1790, and died 1884 in Weston-Super-Mare. He married SARAH GILBERT 1815.

Children of WILLIAM HALCOMB and SARAH GILBERT are:

i. SARAH³ HALCOMB, b. 1816; m. WILLIAM FOX.

William Fox; Took a prominent role in colonial NZ and the settlement of the Nelson province

4. ii. MARGARETTA HALCOMB, b. 1820.

iii. ELIZA BARBOR HALCOMB.

iv. ELLEN SMITH HALCOMB.

3. JOHN² HALCOMBE (JOHN¹ HALCOMB) was born 1792 in Marlborough, and died November 03, 1852 in New Radnor. He married MARGARET BIRCH January 01, 1824 in Wroxall, Warwickshire. She was born December 31, 1802 in Warwick.

Notes for JOHN HALCOMBE:

Barrister of Highgate, Middlesex. Called to the bar at Inner Temple 1823

Conservative Member for Dover 1831-1835.

Appointed Sergeant-at-law 1839 and thence on the Western Circuit.

Children of JOHN HALCOMBE and MARGARET BIRCH are:

5. i. CHRISTOPHER HENRY JOHN³ HALCOMBE, b. November 18, 1824, Warwick; d. May 13, 1877, Nelson, NZ.

ii. CHARLES BIRCH HALCOMBE, b. September 06, 1827, London; d. 1899, Herne.

iii. CATHERINE MARGARET HALCOMBE, b. June 14, 1829, London; d. December 10, 1847, London.

6. iv. JOHN JOSEPH HALCOMBE, b. January 06, 1832, Holborn; d. January 05, 1910.

7. v. ARTHUR WILLIAM FOLLETT HALCOMBE, b. January 16, 1834; d. 1899, Urenui, NZ.

vi. JOHN FERRIS HALCOMBE, b. November 21, 1836, London; d. February 12, 1837.

Generation No. 3

4. MARGARETTA³ HALCOMB (WILLIAM², JOHN¹) was born 1820. She married DANIEL RACE GODFREY 1858.

Notes for DANIEL RACE GODFREY:

Rector of Stow Bedon

Child of MARGARETTA HALCOMB and DANIEL GODFREY is:

8. i. WILLIAM RACE⁴ GODFREY, b. Somerset; d. 1943, Waimate, NZ.

5. CHRISTOPHER HENRY JOHN³ HALCOMBE (JOHN², JOHN¹ HALCOMB) was born November 18, 1824 in Warwick, and died May 13, 1877 in Nelson, NZ. He married MARY CARNE BAMFIELD 1859 in Homiston, Middlesex, daughter of SAMUEL BAMFIELD and MARY CARNE. She was born September 11, 1839 in Falmouth, Cornwall, and died 1892 in Feilding, NZ.

Notes for CHRISTOPHER HENRY JOHN HALCOMBE:

BA 1850 Queen's College, Cambridge.

Curate of Guisborough, Northants 1851-60.

Missionary Curate, Collingwood, Nelson Province, NZ 1861-1871.

Children of CHRISTOPHER HALCOMBE and MARY BAMFIELD are:

9. i. MARY MARGARET⁴ HALCOMBE, b. October 01, 1862, Aorere, Collingwood, Nelson; d. 1917, Levin, NZ.

ii. HARRY JOSEPH HALCOMBE, b. April 12, 1864, Aorere, Collingwood, Nelson; d. July 17, 1939, Sydney, NSW.

10. iii. JOHN CUTHBERT HALCOMBE, b. November 24, 1865, Aorere, Collingwood, Nelson; d. April 03, 1922, Tauranga.

iv. CHRISTOPHER EDMUND HALCOMBE, b. June 26, 1868, Aorere, Collingwood, Nelson; d. 1905, Eketahuna, NZ.

6. JOHN JOSEPH³ HALCOMBE (JOHN², JOHN¹ HALCOMB) was born January 06, 1832 in Holborn, and died January 05, 1910.

Notes for JOHN JOSEPH HALCOMBE:

BA 1855 MA 1859 Magdalen College, Cambridge. Ordained deacon 1857, priest 1858.

Curate of Hanover Chapel, Regent St, London 1857-9.

Curate of Wimbledon, Surrey 1859-60.

Reader and Librarian of Charterhouse 1862-74.

Rector of Balsham, Cambridgeshire 1874-1910.

Child of JOHN JOSEPH HALCOMBE is:

i. PHILIP BIRCH⁴ HALCOMBE, b. September 25, 1865; d. May 13, 1943.

Notes for PHILIP BIRCH HALCOMBE:

BA 1887 MA 1891 Football Blue 1888 King's College, Cambridge.

Headmaster of a boys' preparatory school at Bexhill, Sussex 1889-1900

then Littlehampton 1900-1903, then at Ascot 1903-1904. Afterwards a private tutor.

7. ARTHUR WILLIAM FOLLETT³ HALCOMBE (JOHN², JOHN¹ HALCOMB) was born January 16, 1834, and died 1899 in Urenui, NZ. He married EDITH STANWAY SWAINSON 1863.

Notes for ARTHUR WILLIAM FOLLETT HALCOMBE:

Pauline Exhibitioner, Oriel College, Oxon 1852 BA.

Took a prominent role in the settlement of the Manchester Block, Feilding, NZ

and in the work of Wellington Provincial Government 1865-1872

Children of ARTHUR HALCOMBE and EDITH SWAINSON are:

i. MARGARET⁴ HALCOMBE, b. 1864.

ii. WILLIAM FOX HALCOMBE.

iii. ARTHUR HERBERT HALCOMBE, b. 1869.

iv. MARY LUCILLA HALCOMBE, b. 1872.

v. DOUGLAS NOEL HALCOMBE, b. 1873.

vi. NORMAN HALCOMBE.

vii. BLANCHE (QUEENIE) HALCOMBE.

viii. INNIO HALCOMBE.

Generation No. 4

8. MARY MARGARET⁴ HALCOMBE (CHRISTOPHER HENRY JOHN³, JOHN², JOHN¹ HALCOMB) was born October 01, 1862 in Aorere, Collingwood, Nelson, and died 1917 in Levin, NZ. She married WILLIAM RACE GODFREY 1887 in Feilding, NZ, son of DANIEL GODFREY and MARGARETTA HALCOMB. He was born in Somerset, and died 1943 in Waimate, NZ.

9. JOHN CUTHBERT⁴ HALCOMBE (CHRISTOPHER HENRY JOHN³, JOHN², JOHN¹ HALCOMB) was born November 24, 1865 in Aorere, Collingwood, Nelson, and died April 03, 1922 in Tauranga. He married LILY LOUISE MACARTHUR August 01, 1900 in Urenui, Taranaki, NZ, daughter of DOUGLAS MACARTHUR and MARY HANNAY. She was born 1879 in Feilding, NZ, and died 1964 in Tauranga.

Children of JOHN HALCOMBE and LILY MACARTHUR are:

i. DOUGLAS FOLLETT⁵ HALCOMBE, b. 1901.

ii. JOHN BAMFIELD HALCOMBE, b. 1902.

iii. MARGARET CARNE HALCOMBE, b. 1903.

iv. WINIFRED ITHYLL HALCOMBE, b. 1905.

v. MARY MONTGOMERY HALCOMBE, b. 1910.

vi. NANCY SEYMOUR HALCOMBE, b. 1912.

From left; Douglas Halcombe, Audrey Myers, Mary Halcombe,
John Halcombe, Margaret Myers, Nancy Halcombe, Chappie Myers

The Myers Family History - Halcombe

Cathy Clarke, Whangarei, New Zealand
email; mel.clarke@clear.net.nz
Last updated 21 Mar 2003

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