John WHITCOMB

1626 - 7 Apr 1683

• BIRTH: 1626, Taunton, Somerset, England
• BAPTISM: 6 Aug 1626, Taunton, Somerset, England
• DEATH: 7 Apr 1683, Lancaster, Worcester, MA [1049]

• MARRIAGE: 19 May 1669, Lancaster, Worcester, MA

                                    __________________
                   _John WHETCOMB _|
                  |                |__________________
 _John WHITCOMB __|
|                 |                 _John HARPER _____
|                 |_Ann HARPER ____|
|                                  |_Frances SMYTH ___
|
|--John WHITCOMB 
|
|                                   _Henry COGAN _____
|                  _Henry COGAN ___|
|                 |                |_Elizabeth CARYE _
|_Frances COGGAN _|
                  |                 __________________
                  |_Joan BORIDGE __|
                                   |__________________

[1050] "Genealogical Research in England: Whitcomb"
French, Elizabeth; Bartlett, J. Gardner
NEHGR v68 pp63-64 (Jan 1914)
"From the Registers of St. Jame's Parish, Taunton, co. Somerset:
Baptisms, 1626-1637: 1626: John son of John Whetcombe 6 August."

"Vital Records of Lancaster, Massachusetts, 1643-1850"
Henry S. Nourse, ed.
Clinton, MA; W. J. Coulter; 1890.
New England Historic Genealogical Society
http://www.nehgs.org/
Death: "1683; Whitcomb; John Whitcomb, drowned in Nashua River; inquest April 7, 1683."

"Vital Records of Hingham, Massachusetts, ca. 1639-1844"
Hersey, Reuben. Mss 901.
New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2006.
http://www.nehgs.org/
Death: "1683; Whitcomb; John Whitcomb, dyed, April 6, 1683."

"The Whitcomb Family in America"
Charlotte Whitcomb
Minneapolis, MN; 1904; pp46-48
"John Whitcomb (John) was born in England and has been regarded as the oldest son of
John... According to Mr. Nourse, John was married May 19, 1669, to Mary ----. Curiously
enough, this is the very entry made concerning the marriage of Job. Another authority,
Savage, in his Genealogical Dictionary, says he was married to Mary ----, January 16,
1671. Concerning his death, the following is quoted from the Middlesex Court Files...
'John Whitcombe falling into ye river was by a providence of god drowned in Pennecuk river
ye 7th of this instant Aprill [07 Apr 1683]'."

"A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England"
James Savage
Pub. Boston, 1860-1862
Repub. Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD, 1998
v4 pp507-508: "Whitcomb, John, Lancaster, eldest s. of the preced. b. no doubt in Eng. by
w. Mary who surv. him, had perhaps other ch. certain. John; beside Ruth, b. a. 1671; and
Sarah, a. 1673; and he was d. 1683."

"Early Massachusetts Marriages Prior to 1800"
Rev. Frederick W. Bailey, Worcester, MA, 1897
"Mary ____ & John Whetcombe - May 19, 1669 at Lancaster"

"New England Marriages Before 1700"
Clarence A. Torrey, Baltimore, MD, 1985
(as found on NEHGS CD-ROM, Boston, 2001)
"WHITCOMB, John (Job) (1626-7 Apr 1683) & Mary _____ (-1692); 16 Mar 1670/1; Lancaster"
(Note that the record seems to attribute this marriage to both John and Job Whitcomb.)

[1049] [S47] The Whitcomb Family In America; Charlotte Whitcomb; 1904; p. 185