Section CQ: Descendants of Henry Balcom

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Generation One

1. HENRY1 BALCOM was born about 1640 in England, United Kingdom[14], and died on 29 April 1683 in Charlestown, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, United States[14]. He married on 12 Aug. 1666, (SM-3) ELIZABETH HAYNES[14], daughter of (SM-2) John, Deacon and Dorothy (NOYES), who was born on 19 July 1644 in Sudbury, Middlesex Co.[14], and died on 20 Nov. 1715 in Sudbury[14]. [14]
Child:
+2i.JOSEPH2 BALCOM, b. on 17 Dec. 1674 in Charlestown; d. on 17 Sept. 1745 in Sudbury; m. on 28 June 1711 in Marlborough, Middlesex Co. (ACH-2) TABITHA NEWTON, b. in Marlborough on 18 Oct. 1681[16], d. in 1770[16], daughter of (ACH-1) Joseph and Katherine (WOOD) NEWTON.


Generation Two

2. JOSEPH2 BALCOM (Henry1), son of (1) Henry1 and (SM-3) Elizabeth (HAYNES) BALCOM, was born on 17 Dec. 1674 in Charlestown[16], and died on 17 Sept. 1745 in Sudbury[16]. He married in Marlborough, on 28 June 1711, (ACH-2) TABITHA NEWTON[16], daughter of (ACH-1) Joseph and Katherine (WOOD) NEWTON, who was born on 18 Oct. 1681 in Marlborough[16], and died in 1770[16]. [16]
Child:
+3i.JOSEPH3 BALCOM, b. on 13 Jan. 1712 in Sudbury; d. before 10 Sept. 1745; m. on 21 Feb. 1733 in Sudbury DEBORAH BOICE.


Generation Three

3. JOSEPH3 BALCOM (Joseph2, Henry1), son of (2) Joseph2 and (ACH-2) Tabitha (NEWTON) BALCOM, was born on 13 Jan. 1712 in Sudbury[13], and died before 10 Sept. 1745[13]. He married in Sudbury, on 21 Feb. 1733, DEBORAH BOICE[17]. [17]
Child:
+4i.ISAAC4 BALCOM, b. in July 1744 in Sudbury; m. (2) on 9 July 1772 in Barre, Worcester Co., Massachusetts BACON RUTH, b. on 14 March 1751[19].


Generation Four

4. ISAAC4 BALCOM (Joseph3, Joseph2, Henry1), son of (3) Joseph3 and Deborah (BOICE) BALCOM, was born in July 1744 in Sudbury[17], and died between 9 July 1772 and 1854 in Nova Scotia, Canada[19]. He married in Barre, on 9 July 1772, BACON RUTH[19], who was born on 14 March 1751[19]. [18]
Children of: Isaac4 BALCOM:
+5i.JACOB5 BALCOM, b. about 1770 in Framingham, Middlesex Co.
6ii.ISAAC BALCOM, b. on 22 Oct. 1771 in Framingham; d. on 10 April 1858.


Generation Five

5. JACOB5 BALCOM (Isaac4, Joseph3, Joseph2, Henry1), son of (4) Isaac4 BALCOM, was born about 1770 in Framingham[15], and died between June 1820 and 1890. [11, 20]
Children:
7i.AUGUSTUS6 BALCOM, b. about 1800.
8ii.CHARLES BALCOM, b. about 1802.
+9iii.SYLVESTER BALCOM, b. about 1803 in United States; d. after 1868 in New York, United States; m. (AJG-6) POLLY LUCINDA STAFFORD, b. in United States about 1794[12], d. in Bayham, Elgin Co., Ontario, Canada on 24 Nov. 1866[21], daughter of (AJG-5) David and Sally (TWITCHEL) STAFFORD.


Generation Six

9. SYLVESTER6 BALCOM (Jacob5, Isaac4, Joseph3, Joseph2, Henry1), son of (5) Jacob5 BALCOM, was born about 1803 in United States[10], and died between 1868 and 1918 in New York[8]. He married (AJG-6) POLLY LUCINDA STAFFORD, daughter of (AJG-5) David and Sally (TWITCHEL) STAFFORD, who was born about 1794 in United States[12], died on 24 Nov. 1866 in Bayham[21], and was buried in Estherville Cemetery, Bayham Twp., Elgin Co.[21]
Occupation: Sawyer
1861 Census-Vienna, Elgin, Ontario
Religion-WM
Mary Balcom Riedel reports that a Willard Balcom was born in 1804 in Cincinnatus, New York, and also lived in Aylmer. He may possibly be a brother to Sylvester. [5]
Child:
+10i.PERRY7 BALCOM, b. on 19 Oct. 1822 in United States; d. on 4 May 1868 in Ravenna, Muskegon Co., Michigan, United States; m. (1) before 1842 prob. Canada W., Canada ELIZA BAIN, b. in Nova Scotia about 1823[10], d. in 1861; m. (2) on 11 Oct. 1861 in Gaines Twp., Kent Co., Michigan ALVIRA HARRINGTON, b. about 1841.


Generation Seven

10. PERRY7 BALCOM (Sylvester6, Jacob5, Isaac4, Joseph3, Joseph2, Henry1), son of (9) Sylvester6 and (AJG-6) Polly Lucinda (STAFFORD) BALCOM, was born on 19 Oct. 1822 in United States[8, 27, 25], and died on 4 May 1868 in Ravenna[8, 26]. He married (1st) prob. Canada W., before 1842, ELIZA BAIN, who was born about 1823 in Nova Scotia[10], and died in 1861. He married (2nd) in Gaines Twp., on 11 Oct. 1861, ALVIRA HARRINGTON[4], who was born about 1841.
OCCUPATION: farmer
Mariner-1861 Census-Vienna, Elgin, Ontario
Sailor-Death record
CAUSE OF DEATH: Cancer (from death record)
Religion:1861 Census- family was Baptist
1861 Census-Vienna, Elgin, Ontario
Since Eliza appears in the 1861 census, and Perry remarried in Michigan later that year, she probably died in mid 1861.

Kent Co. Vital Records-Marriages before 1870, Film # 0857307
Children of: Perry7 BALCOM and Eliza BAIN:
11i.AMANDA8 BALCOM, b. about 1842 in Ontario.
1861 Census-Vienna, Elgin, Ontario
12ii.DIANA BALCOM, b. on 14 June 1843 in Vienna, Elgin Co.; m. ISAAC ALLEN.
Ancestral File, Oct. 1991
13iii.HERMAN Z. BALCOM, b. on 1 Sept. 1846 in Ontario; d. on 15 Dec. 1918 in Aylmer, Elgin Co.; m. EMALINE OSTRANDER, b. in Ontario on 7 Nov. 1844, d. in Detroit, Wayne Co., Michigan on 15 March 1929[5].
Ancestral File
1861 Census-Vienna, Elgin, Ontario
Name could be Harmon-Harmon Balcom listed in Ontario Archives Land Record
Index, Residence Vienna, 1905
H.Z. Balcom was a mill owner and builder in Vienna and Aylmer, Elgin Co., Ontario. [5]
+14iv.EDWARD R. BALCOM, b. on 31 Aug. 1852 in Canada West, Canada; d. on 31 July 1935 in Grand Rapids, Kent Co.; m. (1) on 2 June 1871 in Coopersville, Ottawa Co., Michigan LADORA HARRINGTON, b. in Gaines Twp. in 1855[23], d. on 7 Oct. 1900; m. (2) on 15 Oct. 1872 in Wright Twp., Ottawa Co. (KM-11) EUNICE A. COTTON, b. in Indiana, United States on 7 Sept. 1850[6, 3], d. in Conklin, Ottawa Co. on 22 Sept. 1912[3], daughter of (KM-3) Willard A. and (ADD-19) Phebe R. (OSBORN) COTTON; m. (3) on 11 Jan. 1914 in Ravenna PHOEBE FURMAN, b. in Canada about 1857.
15v.JOHN N. BALCOM, b. in Oct. 1854 in Ontario; m. about 1884 JOSEPHINE SILVERTHORN, b. in Canada in May 1866.
1861 Census-Vienna, Elgin, Ontario
16vi.MALVINA BALCOM, b. about 1857 in Ontario.
17vii.CHARLES ALLEN BALCOM, b. in Nov. 1859 in Canada; d. on 26 April 1923 in Seattle, King Co., Washington, United States; m. on 23 Dec. 1885 in Edmore, Montcalm Co., Michigan MARION SANGER, b. in Canada on 2 Jan. 1869.
1861 Census-Vienna, Elgin, Ontario
Ancestral File-Oct. 1991


Generation Eight

14. EDWARD R.8 BALCOM (Perry7, Sylvester6, Jacob5, Isaac4, Joseph3, Joseph2, Henry1), son of (10) Perry7 and Eliza (BAIN) BALCOM, was born on 31 Aug. 1852 in Canada West[6], died on 31 July 1935 in Grand Rapids[3] and was buried on 3 Aug. 1935 in Ravenna. He married (1st) in Coopersville, on 2 June 1871, LADORA HARRINGTON[7, 23], who was born in 1855 in Gaines Twp.[23], and died on 7 Oct. 1900. He married (2nd) in Wright Twp., on 15 Oct. 1872, (KM-11) EUNICE A. COTTON[7, 23], daughter of (KM-3) Willard A. and (ADD-19) Phebe R. (OSBORN) COTTON, who was born on 7 Sept. 1850 in Indiana[6, 3], died on 22 Sept. 1912 in Conklin[3], and was buried on 25 Sept. 1912 in Ravenna[6]. He married (3rd) in Ravenna, on 11 Jan. 1914, PHOEBE FURMAN[1, 23], who was born about 1857 in Canada.
Occupation: Sawmill owner, carpenter, machinist.
Children of: Edward R.8 BALCOM and Eunice A. COTTON:
18i.CHAUNCEY9 BALCOM, b. on 30 Dec. 1873 in Tyrone Twp., Kent Co.; d. on 28 Aug. 1937 in Grand Rapids; m. on 6 July 1897 in Ravenna (AJX-2) ELLEN KATHERINE SULLIVAN, b. in Ravenna on 22 July 1876, d. in Grand Rapids on 2 Jan. 1950, daughter of (AJX-1) James and Phoebe (FURMAN) SULLIVAN.
His occupation is listed as "mill right" on his death certificate. [3]
+19ii.CARRIE MAY BALCOM, b. in 1877 in Michigan; d. on 17 May 1944; m. (1) on 10 Aug. 1895 in Sullivan Twp., Muskegon Co. (KA-1) CHARLES E. COOK, b. in Muskegon, Muskegon Co. in 1877[23]; m. (2) FREDERIC MANNING, b. in Michigan about 1866.
+20iii.CHARLES WILLARD BALCOM, b. on 4 July 1881 in Casnovia, Muskegon Co.; d. on 27 Aug. 1953 in Muskegon; m. on 12 Dec. 1912 in Ravenna (AAK-4) MYRTLE ALICE MITCHELL, b. in Ravenna on 8 July 1887[2, 24], d. in Muskegon on 30 Nov. 1965, daughter of (AAK-2) Nathan Henry and (AFY-29) Myrta Francis (RICHNER) MITCHELL.
21iv.EDNA R. BALCOM, b. on 2 May 1886 in Casnovia; bur. on 29 April 1961 in Ravenna; m. on 12 Dec. 1912 in Ravenna (DV-2) PETER FRANKLIN BEEBE, b. in Illinois, United States in May 1876, son of (DV-1) Orlando and Julia A. BEEBE.


Generation Nine

19. CARRIE MAY9 BALCOM (Edward R.8, Perry7, Sylvester6, Jacob5, Isaac4, Joseph3, Joseph2, Henry1), daughter of (14) Edward R.8 and (KM-11) Eunice A. (COTTON) BALCOM, was born in 1877 in Michigan[23], died on 17 May 1944 and was buried in Ravenna. She married (1st) in Sullivan Twp., on 10 Aug. 1895, (KA-1) CHARLES E. COOK[23], who was born in 1877 in Muskegon[23]. She married (2nd) FREDERIC MANNING, who was born about 1866 in Michigan, was buried in Ravenna Cemetery, Ravenna.
Ravenna Cemetery Records- Death- May 17, 1944 age 66
Children of: Carrie May9 BALCOM and Charles E. COOK: See (KA-1) Charles E. COOK
20. CHARLES WILLARD9 BALCOM (Edward R.8, Perry7, Sylvester6, Jacob5, Isaac4, Joseph3, Joseph2, Henry1), son of (14) Edward R.8 and (KM-11) Eunice A. (COTTON) BALCOM, was born on 4 July 1881 in Casnovia[2, 24], died on 27 Aug. 1953 in Muskegon and was buried on 30 Aug. 1953 in Ravenna. He married in Ravenna, on 12 Dec. 1912, (AAK-4) MYRTLE ALICE MITCHELL[1, 23], daughter of (AAK-2) Nathan Henry and (AFY-29) Myrta Francis (RICHNER) MITCHELL, who was born on 8 July 1887 in Ravenna[2, 24], died on 30 Nov. 1965 in Muskegon, and was buried on 2 Dec. 1965 in Ravenna.
Children:
+22i.ELLIS CHARLES10 BALCOM, b. on 28 Jan. 1917 in Ravenna; d. on 25 Oct. 2005 in Muskegon; m. on 11 July 1942 in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Co., Michigan (AAI-53) LIVING.
+23ii.DOROTHY ALMA BALCOM, b. on 5 Nov. 1921 in Ravenna; d. on 30 Jan. 1990 in Muskegon; m. (1) on 9 Dec. 1941 (AJL-1) WILLIAM G. STODOLA, b. in Wisconsin, United States on 10 Feb. 1899, d. in Muskegon on 17 March 1962; m. (2) on 6 April 1957 (RS-1) EARL GUTHRIE, d. on 24 Dec. 2004.


Generation Ten

22. ELLIS CHARLES10 BALCOM (Charles Willard9, Edward R.8, Perry7, Sylvester6, Jacob5, Isaac4, Joseph3, Joseph2, Henry1), son of (20) Charles Willard9 and (AAK-4) Myrtle Alice (MITCHELL) BALCOM, was born on 28 Jan. 1917 in Ravenna[2], died on 25 Oct. 2005 in Muskegon[9] and was buried in Ravenna Cemetery[22]. He married in Kalamazoo, on 11 July 1942, (AAI-53) LIVING[1].
Children:
24i.LIVING.
25ii.LIVING.
26iii.LIVING.
27iv.LIVING.
28v.LIVING.
23. DOROTHY ALMA10 BALCOM (Charles Willard9, Edward R.8, Perry7, Sylvester6, Jacob5, Isaac4, Joseph3, Joseph2, Henry1), daughter of (20) Charles Willard9 and (AAK-4) Myrtle Alice (MITCHELL) BALCOM, was born on 5 Nov. 1921 in Ravenna, died on 30 Jan. 1990 in Muskegon and was buried on 2 Feb. 1990 in Norton Cemetery, Norton Shores, Muskegon Co. She married (1st) on 9 Dec. 1941, (AJL-1) WILLIAM G. STODOLA, who was born on 10 Feb. 1899 in Wisconsin, died on 17 March 1962 in Muskegon, and was buried on 20 June 1962 in Muskegon Heights, Muskegon Co. She married (2nd) on 6 April 1957, (RS-1) EARL GUTHRIE, who died on 24 Dec. 2004.
Children of: Dorothy Alma10 BALCOM and William G. STODOLA: See (AJL-1) William G. STODOLA

Children of: Dorothy Alma10 BALCOM and Earl GUTHRIE: See (RS-1) Earl GUTHRIE



1. "Marriage Certificate".
2. "Birth Certificate".
3. "Death Certificate".
4. "Kent Co. Vital Records-Marriages before 1870" (FHL microfilm 857,307).
5. Mary Balcom Riedel (private communication).
6. "Tombstone".
7. "Ottawa Co. Marriage Records".
8. "Muskegon Co. Death Records".
9. "Social Security Death Index".
10. "1861 Canadian Census".
11. Ancestry.com, "1820 United States Federal Census", [images online].
12. Charles Warner Stafford, "An Index of the Stafford Families of New England and their Descendants" (Stuart, Florida: unknown, 1967), 17.
13. Frank W. Balcomb, "A First Book of the Balcombe Family" (Peabody, Mass.: Fraedy Press, 1942).
14. Ibid., 1.
15. Ibid., 18.
16. Ibid., 2.
17. Ibid., 3.
18. Ibid., 3, 8.
19. Ibid., 8.
20. Ibid., 8, 17.
21. "Estherville Cemetery records", http://www.elginogs.ca/cemeteries/bayham/estherville.htm.
22. Carolyn Thaler (Personal knowledge).
23. "Michigan Marriages 1868-1925" (online at search.labs.familysearch.org).
24. "Michigan Births 1867-1902" (online at search.labs.familysearch.org).
25. From age on death record Age 40, 1861 Census-Vienna, Elgin, Ontario
26. Muskegon County death record by county clerk OCCUPATION: farmer / sailor / mariner CAUSE OF DEATH: Cancer (from death record) RELIGION: Baptist (from census)
27. Perry's death record lists his place of birth as Canada. However, in the 1861 Census of Vienna, Elgin, Ontario, his birthplace is shown as as US. Since the former must have been given by someone else, and was recorded much later, we take the latter as being more correct.