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Mehitable Terry Holkins or Hawkins

Joseph Holkins, son of Joel and Elizabeth married Mehitable Terry both of Enfield-3 Nov. 1790. Mehitable was the daughter of Selah Terry and Michal Terry.
Joseph and Mehitable were found in Colebrook, Coos, New Hampshire in 1792 where their first child was born. They had nine children. All of the children were born in Colebrook. No complete birth dates are on the family group sheet, so this has not been proven. The children were:

William Holkins
Mehitable Holkins
Ira Holkins
Sylvester Holkins
Henry Holkins
Joseph Holkins
Susan Holkins
Sarah Holkins
Samuel Holkins

born abt. 1792
born abt. 1795
born abt. 1797
born abt. 1799
born abt. 1801
born abt. 1803
born abt. 1805
born 3 May 1808
md. Hiram Norton Byington born abt. 1810

We have no record of this family until we find them in the records of the Western Reserve in Ohio. In these records it states that Joseph and Mehitable came from Enfield, Connecticut in 1821. mar. Joseph Chandler 1789
1768 mar. Mehitable Terry 3 Nov. 1790

Enfield, CT

Marriage Records

To 1800

From Early Connecticut Marriages
Prior to 1800 By Frederick W. Bailey

Joseph Halkins & Mehitable Terry ---- Nov. 3, 1790

The town of Enfield was named and granted by Massachusetts, May, 1683. Annexed to Connecticut May, 1749.
The First Congregational Church was organized in 1683. The marriages recorded begin with the pastorate of Rev. Nehemia Prudden, 1782/1815.