James WHITCOMB

21 Aug 1697 - 16 Nov 1763

  • BIRTH: 21 Aug 1697, Rochester, Plymouth, MA [941]
  • DEATH: 16 Nov 1763, Western (Warren), Worcester, MA [942]
Father: James WHITCOMB
Mother: Mary PARKER

Family 1 : Mercy WINSLOW
  • MARRIAGE: 15 Aug 1721, Rochester, Plymouth, MA [5641]

Family 2 : Joanna SPOONER
  • MARRIAGE: 12 Jul 1727 [5642]

Family 3 : Mercy WINSLOW
  • MARRIAGE: 15 Dec 1728 [5643]

Family 4 : Sarah WINSLOW
  • MARRIAGE: 31 May 1731, Rochester, Plymouth, MA [5640]
  1.  James WHITCOMB
  2.  Thomas WHITCOMB
  3.  Sarah WHITCOMB
  4.  Mercy WHITCOMB
  5.  Scottoway WHITCOMB
  6.  Robert WHITCOMB
  7. +Nathaniel WHITCOMB
  8.  Edward WHITCOMB
  9.  Mary WHITCOMB
  10.  Mary WHITCOMB


                                      _John WHITCOMB ________+
                   _Robert WHITCOMB _|
                  |                  |_Frances COGGAN _______+
 _James WHITCOMB _|
|                 |                   _James CUDWORTH _______+
|                 |_Mary CUDWORTH ___|
|                                    |_Mary PARKER __________
|
|--James WHITCOMB 
|
|                                     _______________________
|                  _William PARKER __|
|                 |                  |_______________________
|_Mary PARKER ____|
                  |                   _Humphrey TURNER ______
                  |_Mary TURNER _____|
                                     |_Lydia (Gamer) GARNET _


[943] Whitcomb and associated lines from a GEDCOM file posted to RootsWeb by jdharris@dancris.com.

"Vital Records of Scituate, Massachusetts to the Year 1850"
New England Historic Genealogical Society
Boston, MA.,1909
http://www.nehgs.org/
Birth: "1697; Whetcombe; James, twin s. James (Whetcomb), Aug. 21, 1697."
Birth: "1697; Whetcom; Nathanaell, twin s. James (Whetcomb), Aug.19, 1697."

"Vital Records of Warren (Formerly Western), Massachusetts to the Year 1850"
Franklin P. Rice, pub.; Worcester, MA; 1910
New England Historic Genealogical Society
http://www.nehgs.org/
Death: "1763; Whitcomb; James, h. Sarah, Nov. 16, 1763."

"The Whitcomb Family in America"
Charlotte Whitcomb
Minneapolis, MN; 1904;
p54: "James Whitcomb, (James, Robert, John) owned land in Hardwick, Mass., and seems to
have resided there awhile. About 1743 he removed from Rochester, Mass., to Western (later
called Warren) where his death occurred sometime between August 30 and November 16, 1763.
He was married four times, three of his wives being cousins. The fourth wife was still
living February 28, 1771, when her dower was assigned. He was married (1) August 15, 1721,
to Mercy Winslow, daughter of Deacon Samuel and Mercy (King) Winslow. She was born August
16, 1705, and died September 20, 1726; (2) July 12, 1727, to Joanna, daughter of William
Spooner of Dartmouth. She was born May 12, 1703; (3) to Mercy Winslow, daughter of Josiah
and Margaret (Tisdale) Winslow, who was born December 15, 1700, was published to marry
December 15, 1728, and died April 20, 1729; (4) to Sarah, widow of Thomas Lincoln, and
daughter of Edward Winslow, of Rochester, Mass., the marriage occurring May 31, 1731. All
the children were by the last wife."

"The Winslow Family"
Lucius R. Paige
NEHGR v26 pp69-75 (Jan 1872)
"Sarah, b. 1707; m. before 1725, Thomas Lincoln; he d. in Rochester, 15 June, 1730, aged
30, and she m. 31 May, 1731, James Whitcomb, of Rochester, and was living in Western (now
Warren), 28 Feb., 1771, when dower was assigned to her."

"History of Scituate, Massachusetts"
Samuel Deane
Boston, MA; James Loring: 1831
p382: "James, son of Robert, sen. married Mary Parker 1694, and had children, James born
1695, died early, Nathaniel and James, twins, 'the one born August 19th, 1697, and the
other August 21st.' Mary and Joanna, twins, born 1699. We can give no further account of
this family."

[941] [S12] Samuel Bullen & some of His Descendants; May Philipps Train; 1941; p. 55

[942] [S13] The Whitcomb Family In America; Charlotte Whitcomb; 1904; p. 54 &FHC AF

[5641] [S11] The Whitcomb Family In America; Charlotte Whitcomb; 1904; p. 54

[5642] [S11] The Whitcomb Family In America; Charlotte Whitcomb; 1904; p. 54

[5643] [S11] The Whitcomb Family In America; Charlotte Whitcomb; 1904; p. 54

[5640] [S14] Samuel Bullen & Some of His Descendants; May Philipps Train; 1941; p. 55

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