217-1. Capt. Daniel2 Wicom (Richard1), born in England, 1635; married 14 Oct., 1658, Mary, daughter of Hugh Smith. … He married (2) 11 Nov., 1691, Lydia, widow of Lieut. Abel Platts. He was a carpenter, and captain of the military company, and also a quartermaster in King Philip's War. His son Daniel, in 1735, being then of Norwich, Conn., had a grant of land in "Narragansett No. 4," because of said service. He died 15 Apr., 1700, aged 65 years (G. S.). In the division of his estate the court assigned one-third to the widow, Lydia, the remainder to only son, Daniel, he to pay his three sisters, Frances Johnson, Rebecca and Martha Wicom, etc. (Essex Probate, 7:14 and 54-55).
