Person:John Whitcomb (16)

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John Whitcomb
b.Abt 1713 Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
d.17 Nov 1785 Bolton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. Bef 1713
  1. John WhitcombAbt 1713 - 1785
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  John WhitcombAbt 1713 - 1785
  • W.  Mary Carter1718/19 - 1743/44
m. 12 Jun 1735
  1. Abigail Whitcomb1737/38 -
  2. Mary Whitcomb1739 -
  3. Dorothy Whitcomb1743 - 1818
Spouse and Children
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m. Bef 1745
  1. Rebecca Whitcomb1745 - 1787
  2. Rachel Whetcomb1747 -
  3. Sarah Whitcomb1754 -
  4. John Whitcomb1760 -
  5. Prudence Whitcomb1762 -
  6. Asa Whitcomb1766 -
  7. Zerviah Whitcomb1767 -
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Facts and Events
Name[4] John Whitcomb
Gender Male
Birth[1][2] Abt 1713 Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage 12 Jun 1735 Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United Statesto Mary Carter
Marriage Bef 1745 Based on birth of eldest known child
to Rebecca Whitcomb
Death[1][3] 17 Nov 1785 Bolton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Bolton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. Vital records of Bolton, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849. (Worcester, Mass.: Franklin P. Rice, 1910)
    p. 227.

    WHETCOMB, John Esq., [died] Nov. 17, 1785, in 73d y. GS3
    [Note: 73d yr, age 72, born about 1713.]

  2. ↑ Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648-1871. (American Ancestors, 2014)
    Case 24423 John Whetcomb & al, 1728(?).

    5 Mar 1728/9: John Whitecomb request his uncle Joseph Sawyer be appointed guardian. Same date, bond of Joseph Sawyer as guardian unto John Whetcomb a minor in his sixteenth year of age a son of John Whetcombe late of Lancaster Yeoman Deceased.
    [Note: in 16th year, age 15, born about 1723. The file also contains guardian ship papers of his brother Asa.]

  3. ↑ Massachusetts. Probate Court (Worcester County). Probate files, 1731–1881. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Digitized by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 2012)
    Case 64067 Whetcomb John Bolton 1785.

    Will of "John Whetcomb of Bolton ... Esqr advanced in years", dated 22 Jan 1785, proved 6 Dec 1785, names wife Becke; eldest son Jonathan; second son John; youngest son Asa; heirs of my eldest daughter Abigail; heirs of my second daughter Mary; my third daughter Doratha; my fourth daughter Becke; my fifth daughter Rachel; my sixth daughter Elisabeth; my seventh daughter Sarah; my eighth daughter Prudance; my ninth daughter Zarviah. Son Jonathan to be executor.

  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. 188, 191.

    "11 John Whitcomb3 (Jonathan2, John1) ... wife's name was Rebecca ... Children
    12 JOHN4, perhaps born 1713, Lancaster, Mass."
    [Note: the other siblings in this family following John are numbered 22 Abigail, 23 Hannah, 24 Asa.]
    "21 John Whitcomb4, (Jonathan3, Jonathan2, John1)"
       m. (1) 12 Jun 1835 [-sic-1735] Mary Carter, m. (2) "in 1744 or 1745" Becke Whitcomb, d. Bolton 17 Nov 1785.
    [Note: this source has conflicting presentations regarding the parentage of John, and shows obvious confusion in the inconsistent numbering. The parentage shown for John #11 appears correct.]

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