Born ‎06 Apr 1588 Taunton,Somerset,England, died ‎24 sep 1662 Lancaster,Worcester,Ma‎, 74 years
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John Whitcomb Arrival
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Whitcomb Family Crest
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John Whitcomb Arrival
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1 NAME Jon /Whettcomb/
2 GIVN Jon
2 SURN Whettcomb
2 NSFX As Listed On Hopewell


According to a family tree on the internet: John Whitcomb (Whetcomb) cameto America between 1634 and 1636. He was recorded in Dorchester, MAin1636. About 1640, he moved his family to Scituate; in 1654, they movedto Lancaster.

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The following was copiedfrom Glenna Inglis's World Connect database:glenna_inglis
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John appeared in Dorchester as early as 1635; joined the church in 1635.May have been the brother of Symon Whitcomb; belief has gained groundamong those who have studied records of immigrant John, second sonofJohn and Anne [Harper] Whitcomb. John moved to Scituate, MA., where heowned land. He was made Constable, and on a list to bear arms 1643. Hewasadmitted freeman 6-3-1652. Removed to Lancaster, MA., when 1652 townwas laidout he investedmoney. He and son John Jr. were among thefounders. He died after 30 some yearsin the Colonies, aged 74, buriedOld Graveyard, Lancaster, noheadstone. His oldest child was born inEngland. He had 5-6- sons and 3 daughters. died intestate.Wife andchildren mutually agreed as to division; approvedby court. Widow made herwill 5-12-1671; daughter Mary executrix.

Source: Wm. Richard Cutter, "NewEngland Families Genealogical andMemorial" 3rd Series,Vol 4

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The following taken from Glenna Inglis's data base appears to be analternative ancestry:
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"The Search Series", volume 18, pp. 150-152 John Whitcomb of Taunton,Somerset is listed but nothis ancestry. Robin Bushhas now establishedhis ancestry, origins from manorial records of Taunton LatePriory. Thismanor covers the area immediately to the north-east of the old borough ofTaunton which lay within the the parishof Taunton, St. James at whichfourof John Whitcombe's children were baptized. Thiswork establishesthat John's parents were Thomas Whetcombe and Johanna Pope and John'sancestry can be traced back to the brothers and sisters of hisfather.Also, John's mother can be tracedback to her grandfather, JohnPope of Taunton. This is from research published in 1997 [The Mary andJohn Clearing House, "Search for the Passengers of the Maryand John1630", volume 26, pp. 61-73 and gives his ancestry as Thomas and JohannaPope. Info sent originally by Dennis J. Cunnif,

America's First Families
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WHITCIMB Mary (Cudworth) bapt.1637-bef1682 Plymouth Colony F&P
WHITCOMB David 1668-1730 Lancaster, PA DCW
WHITCOMB Frances Mrs. m.bef.1635-d.1671 Plymouth, MA F&P
WHITCOMB Frances (Cogan) 1604-1671 Dorchester, MA 1-001
WHITCOMB Frances (Coggan) m.1623-1671 Scituate, MA DAC
WHITCOMB John c1588-1662 Lancaster, MA CD17/DAC/F&P/DCW
WHITCOMB John d1683 Lancaster, MA SCW
WHITCOMB Jonathan 1634-1690 Scituate/Lancaster, MA DAC
WHITCOMB Jonathan 1669-1715 Lancaster, MA DAC
WHITCOMB Josiah c1638-1718 Lancaster, MA 1-001/SCW/DCW
WHITCOMB Mary (Josslyn) b1666-m1689 Lancaster, MA DAC
WHITCOMB Rebecca (Waters) 1640-1726 Lancaster, MA 1-001
WHITCOMB Robert m.1660-d.bef.1682 Plymouth Colony F&P
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Name: John Whitcomb Birth: Abt 1588 1 Change Date: 11 APR 2004 at 17:45:13
Father: William Whitcomb b: 1528 Mother: Harper
Marriage 1 Frances Coggan b: Abt 1604
* Married: 26 NOV 1623 in St. Mary MagdelineChurch,Tauton,Somerset,England 1 2

Children
1. Catherine Whitcomb b: 1624
2. John Whitcomb b: 1626
3. Jonathan Whitcomb b: 14 SEP 1628
4. Robert Whitcomb b: 1628/1629
5. James Whitcomb b: 1631
6. Joanne Whitcomb b: 1633
7. Job Whitcomb b: 1636
8. Josiah Whitcomb b: 1636
9. Abigail Whitcomb b: 1642
10. Mary Whitcomb b: 1647

Sources:
1. Abbrev: "The Howe Family" NEHG Vol. 4, Jan. 1850, and "JohnWhitcomb and
Note: "The Howe Family" NEHG Vol. 4, Jan. 1850, and "John Whitcomb andFrances Coggin 350 Years Later" , Vol. 1, by Mary Shepherd (DelMar,Ca. 1981) "Search for the Passengers of the Mary and John 1630"vol. 18.
2. Title: GEDCOM File : weterb.ged Author: Eugene James BenjaminWeatherby Abbrev: Eugene James Benjamin Weatherby
Abbrev: GEDCOM File : weterb.ged Note: 23 SE 9th St. Madras, OR97741
weterb@@oregontrail.net 541-475-1882 Date: 11 APR 2004

John and his wife Frances and six children sailed to New England onthe "Hopewell" in 1635. They first settled in Dorchester, Ma., andlater moved to Scituate, Ma. in 1640 and were among the first settlersin Lancaster in 1654. they had ten children; Catherine Ellms(1624-1688), John (1626-1683), Jonathan (1628-1690), Robert(1628/9-1696), James (1631-1686) , Joanne (1632-) , Job (1636-1683) ,Josiah (1636-1683) , Abigail (1642-) and Mary Moore (1647-1695). Johndied a rich man on September 24,1662. His wife, Frances, died on May17, 1671. Both died in Lancaster, Mass.

John's third child was named Jonathan Whitcomb. He was about 7 when hecame to America. He lived in Lancaster on his fathers farm which heinherited after the death of his older brother, John. On Nov. 25, 1667he married Hannah (last name UK) in Lancaster. Together they had 8children.

"Jonathan Whitcomb was the 3rd child of John Whitcomb and FrancesCoggin. He was a young boy of about 7 when he came to America with hisparents. The family first settled in Dorchester, Mass. and in 1640resettled in Scituate,Mass. It is thought that Jonathan did not go toLancaster, Ma. when his parents moved there in 1654. On Feb.16, 1655,he and his brother-in-law, Rhodolpus Ellms, and others, served on ajury of inquest regarding the death of a Richard Mann, in Scituate.Jonathan neither signed the incorporation papers for Lancaster, norwas he granted any land there at that time. However, it was clearlyhis intent to follow his parents to Lancaster. Perhaps he stayedbehind to serve on the jury, for Jonathan was not given an interest inthe Conihasset partnership, as was his younger brother Robert whoremained in Scituate. He acquired the family homestead after thedeaths of his father and his brother John. Jonathan was active in theaffairs of Littleton and signed a petition asking for aid after theIndian raid of 1675-76.

The inventory of his estate showed he owned a fair amount of landbeside the 20 acres in Lancaster. The inventory was taken Feb. 1690, ayear after Jonathan's death, and it was signed by Samuel Sumner,Cyprian Stevens, and his brother-in-law, John Moor. The total valuewas 88 pounds, 5 shillings, as shown;

House Barn, and 20 acres of land 32 pounds 00, Brush land, 15 acres 2pounds, Bare hill meadow, 1 1/2 acres 1 pound 10, Hassocky meadow, 2acres 2 pounds 10, Plum-tree meadow lot 0 pounds 5, Pine-hill, 1/2acre 0 pounds 5, Hog swamp, 1 1/2 acre 0 pounds 5, Intervale atCambridge, 14 acres 3 pounds 0, Outlands at Cambridge, 67 acres 5pounds 14, Personal estate, horse, sheep, cows, etc. 39 pounds16.(pages10 "John Whitcomb and Frances Coggin 350 Years Later " Volume1,by Mary Anne R. Shepherd, Del Mar, California 1981 published byHypercom Electronics, PO Box 768, Del Mar, CA 92014).

Hannah survived him by only 2 years. On July 17, 1692 she was stayingat a friends, Peter Joslin's house in Lancaster. While there, Indiansattacked and killed her along with Peter's wife Sarah Howe andchildren. It is unknown as to what the relation was between PeterJoslin and Hannah, but 6 years later Hannah's niece, Johanna, becamePeter's second wife. According to an article in the January, 1850issue of the New England Historic Genealogical Register, the widow ofJonathan Whitcomb
was living with the Joslin family. It states that "On the 18th July,1692, the Indians assaulted the house of Peter Joslin, who was at hislabor in the field, and knew nothing thereof until entering the house.He found his wife with three children, with a widow WHITCOMB, wholived in his family, barbarously murdered with their hatchets, andweltering in their blood. His wife's sister, ELIZABETH HOW , daughterof John How of Marlborough, with another of his children, were carriedinto captivity. She returned, but the child was murdered in thewilderness.

Sources; "The Howe Family" NEHG Vol. 4, Jan. 1850, and "John Whitcomband Frances Coggin 350 Years Later" , Vol. 1, by Mary Shepherd (DelMar,Ca. 1981). "Search for the Passengerrs of the Mary and John 1630"vol. 18 (The Mary and John Clearing House, Toledo, Ohio 1992).

Family of Henry Cogan (392) & Joane Boridge
http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/gen/report/rr01/rr01_404.html
1017. Frances Coggan. Born ca 1605/6 at Taunton, Somerset, Eng.Baptized on 24 Feb 1605/6 at St Mary Magdalen, Taunton. Frances diedat Lancaster, MA, on 17 May 1671.1

For baptisms of John and Frances's children see NEHGR 68:63.

On 26 Nov 1623 Frances married John Whitcomb, son of John Whitcomb(-1648) & Ann Harper, at St Mary Magdalen, Taunton.1 Born ca 1600 atTaunton, Somerset, Eng. John died at Lancaster, MA, on 24 Sep 1662.38

"John^1, from Dorchester, in Dorset, Eng., was a resident of Dor.,Mass., as early as 1633; but ab. 1640 removed to Scit., and thence, in1652, to Lancaster, Mass., where he d. 24 Sept. 1662, and his wid. d.17 May, 1671. Freeman 1643. His sons, who prob. came from Eng. withhim, were: I. John, who settled at Lancaster; II. Robert (2) of Scit.;III. Jonathan; IV. Job, was of Lancaster; V. James. There also weredau's Catherine, Abigail, and Mary. Catherine, says Deane's History,m. at 1644, Rhodolphus Ellmes of Scit., and left a numerousposterity.38

"John Whitcomb we suppose to have come from Dorchester, in Dorset,England, from the circumstance that it was a common name in thatvicinity, and that he came with the early settlers of Dorcheseter, N.England, who were most of them, form Dorsetshire. He was in Dorchesteras early as 1633, was a member of the Church 1638. In 1640 he appearsin Scituate, when he possessed a farm of 108 acres, near the mouth ofthe North river, on the Marshfield side. This he sold to Thomas Hickes1649. In 1646, he removed to Lancaster, and he may have purchasedlands there a year or two earlier."6

Check out Charlotte Whitcombs's The Whitcomb Family in America,Minneapolis 1904.

The family surname was spelled Whetcomb or Whitcomb.

Their children include:
3659 i. Catherine (ca1624->1671)
3660 ii. John (ca1626-1683)
3661 iii. Jonathan (1628-1691)
3662 iv. Robert (1629-1704)
3663 v. Job (ca1631-1683)
3664 vi. James (ca1632-1686)
3665 vii. Joane (ca1634-)
3666 viii. Abigail (Died soon) (ca1634-1634)
3667 ix. Josiah (1638-1718)
3668 x. Mary (1643-ca1695)
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Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirsof ... By Ellery Bicknell Crane

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ALONZO WILTON WHITCOMB. John Whit- comb (i), the first of the Whitcombfamily to settle permanently in this country, was the ancestor ofAlonzo Wilton Whitcomb, of Worcester. He appeared in Dorchester asearly as 1633. He joined the church there in 1635 and his youngest sonJosiah was born in Dorchester. It had been supposed for a long timethat he was the son of Symon Whitcomb or Whetcombc, who was one of theoriginal patentees of the old Massachusetts Bay colony, but the willof Symoh's father shows this belief absolutely wrong. He may have beenthe brother. The belief is gaining ground among those who have studiedthe records that the emigrant, John Whitcomb, was the second son ofJohn and Anne (Harper) Whitcomb, of London. John Harper, whosedaughter was the mother of John Whitcomb, was a member of the EastIndia Company. June 16, 1620. and it is recorded that he gave JohnWhitcomb, who married his daughter Anne, a share in Virginia viz. :America.

In 1640 John Whitcomb removed from Dorchester to settle in Scituate.Massachusetts, where he already owned land. During his residence inScituate he was made constable. He was on the list of those able tobear arms in 1643. He was admitted a freeman June 3. 1652. In 1654 heremoved to Lancaster. Massachusetts, where in 1652, when the town waslaid out. he had invested some money. Not all his children accompaniedhim to Lancaster.

His daughter Catherine was settled in Scituate, where in 1644 shemarried Rodolphus Ellmes, who came in 1635 on the "Planter." agedfifteen. Robert Whitcomb remained in Scituate. James Whitcomb settledin Boston. John Whitcomb and his son John, Jr., were among thefounders of the town of Lancaster. After some thirty years of pioneerlife in the colony John Whitcomb died September 24. 1662, aged aboutseventy-four years. He was buried in the old graveyard at Lancaster,hut there is no stone. He married in England Frances . and there hiselder children were born. He had certainly five sons, perhaps six. andthree daughters.

He died intestate and the widow and children mutually agreed unon adivision of his estate, which was approved by the court. His widow,Frances, made her will May 12. 1671, and died at Lancaster, May 17.1671. She named her youngest daughter Mary as executrix.

The children of John Whitcomb were:

I. Catherine, married. 1644. Rodolphus Ellmes, of Scituate; residedthere and had nine children.

2. James, born in England ; settled in Boston ; may have remained inDorchester and Boston when his father removed to Scituate : notmentioned in his father's will ; owned a place of five acres oppositethe Boston Common, died in Boston. November 23, 1686. married twice.Rebecca and Elizabeth : had ten children.

3. John, born in England, may have been the oldest srn : was mostclosely associated with his father. Their signatures are foundtogether in several places -once a* early as 1652 when they bothsigned the town covenant of Lancaster, and in 1654-5 both are amongthe twenty families named in a petition for a township drawn up byJohn Whitcomb, Sr.). Married May 19, 1669. or January 16, 1671 ;probably on the latter date, which is given by Savage ; he died April7. 1683, accidentally drowned, leaving wife Mary and two daughters.

4. Robert, remained at Scituate when his father went to Lancaster;married 1660 by a Quaker preacher, in Rhode Island, to Mary Cudworth,daughter of General James Cudworth, but this marriage being pronouncedunlawful by the Puritan authorities he was remarried March 9, 1660.(She was born July 23. 1637). The preacher was Henry Hobson, of RhodeIsland. Robert Whitcomb as the first to settle at "Beechwood" in theBeeches, the family place at Scituate where several generations ofWhitcombs have lived. He had seven children

5. Jonathan; was on the jury at the inquest upon the death of RichardMann, of Scituate, Massachusetts. February 16, 1655, w'th his brother-in-law. Rodolphus Ellmes, John Hoar and others. (See Mann FamilySketch). He removed from Scituate to Lancaster; married November 25,1667, Hannah - -: died February. 1690; July 18, 1692, his widow Hannahwas killed by the Indians at the house of Peter Joslin, in Lancaster.He had eleven children. One of his descendants is G. Henry Whit- comb,the envelope manufacturer, of Worcester.

6. Abigail, no record.

7. Job. was a surveyor at married Hannah was prominent in the church,died previous to June 20. 1732 ; had eight children.

7. Deborah, born December 26. 1683; probably died young.

8. Damaris; married, in Marlboro, Nathaniel Wilder. 9. Mary, named infather's will. io. Abigail, born March 13, 1687-8; married JosiahWhite, June 26, 1706. rt. Eunice. Lancaster ; married May 19, 1669,Mary . He did not return to Lancaster after King Philip's war, butsettled at Wethersfield, Connecticut. He died 1683. He had sixchildren and has many descendants in Connecticut. 8. Josiah (seeforward).

9. Mary, married John Moore, August 13, 1663, son of John and Anna(Smith) Moore. (II) Josiah Whitcomb, son of John Whitcomb (i). wasborn in Dorchester, Massachusetts, in 1638, and is believed to be theyoungest son. He accompanied his father's family from Scituate toLancaster in 1654, and his name appears variously in the records ofI^ancaster. In 1688 he received a bounty for killing a wolf. He wasnamed in an action for damages for killing swine belonging to StephenGates. He married January 4, 1664, in Lancaster. Rebecca Waters,daughter of Lawrence and Ann (Linton) Waters, of Watertown, Lancasterand Charlestown. She was born February. 1640. During Queen Anne's war(1702-17) he was allowed a garri-im for protection against theIndians. This garrison was situated in what is now called Bolton, setoff from Lancaster in 1738. He lived in the southeastern part ofBolton. He was commander of the garrison. In 1705 he was selectman andin 1708 he and twenty-nine others signed the church covenant. In 1710he was elected deputy to the general court. He died in 1718. In hiswill made March 20. 1718. he gave to each of his children one- eighthpart of his right to land in Littleton. His widow died in 1726. Hisposterity is very numerous, thought to be the most numerous of thesons of John Whitcomb. Their is a gravestone in the Bolton graveyardmarking his burial place. His children were: I. Josiah. born November12. 1665; died same day. 2. Josiah. born January 7, 1667; married(first) 1690. Mary - - : second Elizabeth ; the died April 12, 1718;widow married (second), March 25. 1710. Jalicx Fairbanks, ofLancaster, Massachusetts. 3. David (see forward). 4. Rebecca, hornNovember 12. 1671 ; married Jacob Houghton, 1704. s. Johannah. bornMarch 8. 1674: married, December 26, 1708. Peter Joslin : diedSeptember 24, 1717. 6. Hezekiah, born September 14, 1681 ; - ; livedin Bolton, where he (III) David Whitcomb, son of Josiah Wliit- comb(2), born February 20, 1668; married May 31. 1700, in Concord.Massachusetts. Widow Mary (Hayward) Fairbanks, who was descended fromResolved White who came over in the "Mayflower" with his parents. Herhusband Jonathan Fairbanks was killed by the Indians at Lancaster,Massachusetts, September 4, 1697; she was taken a captive, but wasreturned January 17. 1699, on the Province Galley from Casco Bay.While in captivity she acquired a knowledge of herbs, and afterwardshe dispensed medicines and was called Doctress. They lived in thesoutheastern part of Bolton, where they kept a tavern. He diedintestate April II, 1730, and his wife Mary died January 5, 1734, inthe sixty-seventh year of her age. The children of David and Mary(Hayward) (Fairbanks) Whitcomb were: I. David; married in Lancaster,Massachusetts, January 13, 1730-1, Betty White; joined the Lancasterchurch July 18, !736. and in 1741 was dismissed to the Bolton church ;was called Deacon, will probated December 5, 1786, mentions tenchildren. 2. Jonathan, born at Lancaster. Massachusetts : marriedRachel Woods, December 12, 1722 ; died October 7, 1743. 3. Joseph,born at Lancaster. 4. Rebecca: baptized 1708; married Ezra Sawyer.January 16, 1725-6. 5. Benjamin, born in Lancaster ; baptized Octoberor November 26, 1710; lived in Lunenburg in 1735; removed thence tonortherly part of Leominster, Massachusetts, where lie was electeddeacon of the church December 2. 1747: married Dorothy White, daughterof Captain John and Eunice (Wilder) White; he died October. 1778. 6.Simon, born in Lancaster; baptized there March 7. 1713-4; marriedThankful Houghton, of Lancaster. July 12. 1733; had eleven children.Order of birth unknown. (IV) Joseph Whitcomb. son of David Whitcomb(3), born in Lancaster; married Damaris Priest, daughter of John andAnna (Houghton) Priest, of Lancaster. January 20, 1725. and the birthsof their children are recorded in Lancaster. About 1760 the familymoved to West Swanzey, New Hampshire, where Joseph Whitcomb built asaw mill and a grist mill, making the mill privilege on which nowstands the Stratton mills and the Box and Bucket shops. He owned anextensive tract of land. He was about sixty when he went to Swanzey.He died November, 1792, at the age of ninety-two years, and was buriedin Swanzey. His wife died November 12. 1-70. In the expedition whichlaid siege to Louisburg in 1745 Joseph Whitcomb was lieutenant incompany four, of which John Warner was captain and Samuel Willardcolonel. He was also a lieutenant in the Crown Point Expedition in1755. In the conquest of Canada in 1758 Joseph Whitcomb was captain inColonel Timothy Haggles' regiment. His five sons took a very prominentpart in the revolution. One gained the title of general, two ofcolonel, one of lieutenant.

The children of Joseph and Damaris Whitcomb were: I. Atjitrail. bornApril 13. 1726: married Derby. 2. Elizabeth, born December 3, 1728. 3.Joseph, born March 15. I73T-2 : married December 16 or 18. 1754.Elizabeth Wheelock. of Leominster, Massachusetts, was lieutenant inthe revolutionary army at Ticonderoga according to town . records ;also other service ; removed to Grafton, Vermont, in 1790 or 1792. 4.Benjamin; born September I, 1735; died young. 5. Damaris. born January7, 1737; died young. 6. Benjamin, born September 29, 1738. 7.Jonathan Priest (see forward). 8. Elisha (twin) born October 18, 1742;had the military title of major; was eleven months and eight days inCanada in 1776; was in service also in 1777, called colonel afterwardon records; was at the battle of Bunker Hill ; married JoannaWhitcomb, of Leominster, Massachusetts ; prominent citizen of Swanzey,state senator seven years; died September 17, 1814; widow diedDecember 17, 1835 ; had thirteen children, g. Elizabeth (twin), bornOctober 18, 1742. io. Damaris. born May 21, 1746 ; married April 3,1765, Jonathan Carter; she died July 6, 1820. 11. Philemon, bornOctober 29, 1748; had the military title of general in the revolution; had a saw mill and a trip hammer; married (first) Martha Sawyer, ofLunenburg (intentions March 23, 1770) ; married (second) Mrs. AnnaAldrich, widow of Amasa Aldrich; died January io, 1824. 12. Abijah,born June 25 or 27, 1751 ; built a saw and grist mill on the west sideof the river at West Swanzey, New Hampshire, and later with hisbrother Philemon built a saw mill at what is now Spragueville, NewHampshire; was in the battle of Bunker Hill; was a pensioner; servedin Captain Jonathan Whitcomb's company, Colonel Reed's regiment, ofNew Hampshire; married (first), November 6, 1786, Mary Seaver.daughter of Shubael Seaver ; married (second) Susanna Warner, daughterof Daniel Warner. 13. Anna, born 1755; married June 19, 1775, JohnCarter. (V) Jonathan Priest Whitcomb, son of Joseph Whitcomb (4), bornJanuary 14, 1740, at Leominster, Massachusetts ; married, September 5,1764, Dorothy Carter. She was born March 9, 1746; died October 22,1827. He settled in Swanzey, New Hampshire, and kept the first storeand the first tavern in the town. He served in the revolutionary warand was paid for eight and one-half months service at Cambridge.Massachusetts, during the siege of Boston in 1775. He was captain ofthe largest company in Colonel James Reid's regiment at Lexington,April io. 1775, and at Bunker Hill June 17. 1775. His company encampedon Winter Hill, numbering about seventy men from Keene, New Hampshire.and Swanzey. He was promoted to the rank of colonel in 1775. He had adifficulty with a Captain Mircy. who accused him of cowardice, but aclean and gallant war record was sustained by the court of inquiry.Colonel and Mrs. Whitcomb used to make horseback trips to Boston tobuy goods, and on one occasion brought home some lilacs, the firstthey ever saw, which were planted on the old homestead. ColonelJonathan died June 13, 1792, and his old regiment attended thefuneral. His widow died at the home of her son Nathan. (Where thedates in this family are double it is due to a conflict between thedates of the Swanzey history and the Carter Genealogy).

The children of Colonel Jonathan Priest and Dorothy (Carter) Whitcombwere: I. Dorothy, born March 3 or May 23, 1765; died May 2, 1825;married Nathan Capron and had four daughters. 2. Jonathan, bornSeptember 20, 1766, or 67; married May ir, 1786. Miriam Willard ; hedied December 13, 18.14; resided at Swanzey. 3. John, born March 22.1768; died October 17, 1770. 4. Nathan (see forward). 5. John, bornMarch 9, 1772; married May 7. 1795. Esther Morse, of Swanzey, daughterof Henry Morse ; removed to Grafton. Vermont, and Saxton's River.Vermont, where in 1830 he bought the old Judge Baxter place ; died1875. 6. Ephraim, born June 4 or 9, 1774; died August 15, 1777. 7.Damaris, born April 29, 1777; died June, 1784. 8. Anna, born April 9,1779; died June 17, 1784. 9. Ephraim, born February 26, 1/82 ; married(first), in 1798, Dorothy Chamberlain; married (second"! her sister,Charlotte Chamberlain, in 1817; he died March, 1869; was asaddle-maker by trade, io. Salome, born March 3, 1784; died March orMay 30, 1785. ii. Salome, born April 25, 1786; married Amos Bailey.(VI) Nathan Whitcomb, son of Colonel Jonathan Priest Whitcomb (5), wasborn May 14, 1770. He settled at Swanzey and died there. He married,October 23, 1791, Penelope White, of Milford, Massachusetts. She wasborn in 1771 ; died Marchi 15, 1850. Their children were: I. Leonard,born January 26, 1793; married Betsey Woodward, daughter of JosiahWoodward, February 9, 1819; died at West Swanzey in 1866, agedseventy-four years. 2. Carter (see forward). 3. Otis, born September,1706; married July 22, 1818, Esther Osgood, daughter of EzekielOfgood. He died March 18, 1882. He had eighteen children. His wife wasborn October 17, 1709; died April 20, 1867. He was called captain andalways took great interest in military matters. He has been madefamous by Denmarr Thompson's play "Joshua Whitcomb." The character ofJoshua was a combination of Joshua Hoi- brook and Otis Whitcomb. Mr.Thompson, the playwright, was a native of Swanzey, and very fond ofMr. Whitcomb, and often had him at performances. Four or more sonswere in the civil war. 4. Nathan, died in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. 5.Alva, born about 1800 ; married Almira, daughter of Ezekiel Osgood.September 21, 1820; removed to Pennsylvania, where he died 1850. 6.Lyman, born April 22, 1804; married September 26, 1837, Eliza Curtis,daughter of Oliver and Elizabeth Curtis, of Sharon, Massachusetts. 7.Eliza, born at Swanzey: married May 12, 1839. Rev. James W. Bailey. 8.Son, born 1812 ; died from scald, March 9, 1814. 9. Infant, io. Infant: died young. (VII) Carter Whitcomb. son of Nathan Whit- romb (6), wasborn at Swanzey, New Hampshire, February 9, 1704: married December 26,1815, to Lucy Baker, daughter of Jonidab Baker, of Marlboro. NewHampshire. She was born February 4, 1704: died October 3, 1800, agedninety-six years. He died May i, 1870. He was a merchant andmanufacturer of woolen goods from 1815 to 1837 in Saxton's Rivervillage. Vermont, in partnership with Clement Godfrey. He took anactive interest in military and town affairs and was colonel of aVermont regiment. In 1837 he returned to Swanzey and spent theremainder of his life there, on his farm. Except the youngest, hischildren wert born in Saxton's River. His children were:

I. Alonzo (see forward). 2. Carter, born May 27, 1820: married EmilyAugusta Spring, of Worcester. Massachusetts, who was born December n,18.27. m Uxbridge. He was in active business with his brother Alonzountil 1871. His death occurred December I, 1880, in Worcester. Hischildren were: Ida Francena. born April 29, 1851 ; married Walter G.Beai ; Carrie Jane, born January 13, 1853 ; died February 4. 1856:Henry Carter, born August 29, 1857 ; resides in New York city ;Franklin Luther, born March 5, 1862, at Worcester; married in Pitts-burg. Pennsylvania, November 15, 1893, Mary Piatt Parry ; is amanufacturer of car-wheels in Chicago, where he lives; has threechildren: Carter Parry, horn January 9. 1895, at Detroit. Michigan :Franklin Luther, born June 15, 1896, at Chicago; Pemberton, hornDecember 22, looo, at Chicago. 3. Jonidab Baker, born October 2, 1823;married Cynthia A.......................