Person:Elisha Whitcomb (1)
Elisha Whitcomb
b.18 Oct 1742 Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
d.17 Sep 1814 Swanzey, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 20 Jan 1725/26
  1. Abigail Whitcomb1728 -
  2. Joseph Whitcomb1731/32 - 1802
  3. Benjamin Whitcomb1735 - Bef 1737
  4. Benjamin Whitcomb1737 -
  5. Jonathan Priest Whitcomb1739/40 - 1792
  6. Elisha Whitcomb1742 - 1814
  7. Damaris Whitcomb1746 - 1820
  8. Philemon Whitcomb1748 - 1824
  9. Abijah Whitcomb1751 - 1847
  10. Anna Whitcomb1754 -
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Elisha Whitcomb1742 - 1814
  • W.  Joanna Whitcomb (add)
m. 7 Oct 1764
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Facts and Events
Name[4] Elisha Whitcomb
Gender Male
Birth[1] 18 Oct 1742 Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Christening[2] 24 Oct 1742 Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage 7 Oct 1764 Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United Statesto Joanna Whitcomb (add)
Death[3] 17 Sep 1814 Swanzey, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States
References
  1. ↑ Nourse, Henry Stedman. Birth, Marriage, and Death Register, Church Records and Epitaphs of Lancaster, Massachusetts, 1643-1850. (Clinton, Massachusetts: W.J. Coulter, 1890)
    p. 68.

    Elijah [sic] Whetcomb ye Son of Joseph & Damaris Whetcomb was born October ye 18th 1742.
    [Note: the baptism and birth appear to be the same person. The discrepancy in names has caused it to be construed as up to three different people, the Whitcomb Genealogy thinking there was a twin named Elizabeth, Elisha and Elijah. The presence of Elisha as a surety for his brother in the father's probate suggests that is the one correct name.]

  2. ↑ Nourse, Henry Stedman. Birth, Marriage, and Death Register, Church Records and Epitaphs of Lancaster, Massachusetts, 1643-1850. (Clinton, Massachusetts: W.J. Coulter, 1890)
    p. 290.

    1742.
    Octob.
    24. ... also Elisha, Son of Joseph Whetcomb [baptized].

  3. ↑ Find A Grave: Mount Caesar Cemetery, Swanzey, NH, in Find A Grave
    Elisha Whitcomb.

    In memory
    of
    Col.
    ELISHA WHITCOMB
    who died
    Sept. 17, 1814
    in the
    72 year of
    [his age].
    [Note: bracketed text buried, assumed. 72nd year is age 71, so born about 1743.]

  4. ↑ Whitcomb, Charlotte. The Whitcomb family in America: a biographical genealogy : with a chapter on our English forbears "by the name of Whetcombe". (Minneapolis, Minnesota: C. Whitcomb, 1904)
    p. 403, 414.

    Elisha Whitcomb [#78], s/o Joseph Whitcomb and Damaris Priest, b. 18 Oct 1742, d. Swanzey, NH, 17 Sep 1814, m. 7 Oct 1764 Joanna Whitcomb of Leominster. State Senator for 7 years.

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