Some Descendants of Josiah Whitcomb (Josiah, John) and Mary Unknown of Lancaster

  1. James Whitcomb was born on 1 Nov 1704. [SARA, membership no. 384063] He died on 9 Aug 1782 [SARA, membership no. 384063], age 78, in Boxboro. [MTVC] He married Hannah Graves on 3 Dec 1727. [SARA, membership no. 384063] She was born in 1706. [SARA, membership no. 384063] She died on 19 Sep 1787 [SARA, membership no. 384063], age 81, in Boxboro. [MTVC, widow James]
    1. Abel Whitcomb was born on 23 Jun 1744 [SARA, membership no. 384063] in Boxboro. [MTVC, s. James and Hannah] He died on 24 Aug 1805 [SARA, membership no. 384063] in Boxboro. [SARA, membership no. 384063][MTVC, age 61] He is buried in the North Cemetery in Boxford. [Ref] He married first Sarah Whitney. [Ref] She was born on 19 Nov 1749. [Ref] She died on 20 Jun 1772 and is buried in the Harvard Center Cemetery in Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts. [Ref] He married second Jemima Keep on 28 Apr 1774 in Harvard. [MTVC] He married third Lucy Wetherbee of Harvard on 30 Nov 1797 in Boxboro. [MVRB] Lucy, the wife of Abel, died on 10 Oct 1803, age 56, in Boxboro. [MTVC] He married fourth Rebecca [Keep] Turner [JKLM, p. 46] of Harvard after 11 Mar 1804 (int.) in Boxboro. [MVRB] Click here to see a photo of his gravestone.
      Abel was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. He was a corporal in Capt. Kames Burt's co., Col. Asa Whitcomb's regiment, which marched from Hartford to the Lexington Alarm on 19 Apr 1755. [SARA, membership no. 384063] He was later in Capt. Manasseh Sawyer's company of Lancaster, Col. Nicholas Dike's regiment. [SARA, membership no. 384063]
      1. Hannah Whitcomb was born on 13 Mar 1775 in Boxboro. [Ref][MVRB, d. Abel and Jemima] She died on 25 Sep 1857 in Gardner, Worcester, Massachusetts. [Ref] She is buried in the Old Burial Grond in Gardner. [Ref] She married Noah Fairbanks. [Ref] Noah was born in 1772. [Ref] He died in 1852. [Ref] Click here to see a photo of Hannah's gravestone. Click here to see a photo of Noah's gravestone.
      2. Lois Whitcomb was born on 10 Nov 1776 in Boxboro. [MVRB, d. Abel and Jemima]
      3. Sarah Whitcomb was born on 27 May 1780 in Boxboro. [MVRB, d. Abel and Jemima] She may be the Sarah who married Jacob Houghton on 28 Nov 1804 in Boxboro. [MVRB]
      4. Abel Whitcomb died on 29 Nov 1781, age three years, three months and 13 days, in Boxboro. [MTVC, s. Abel and Jemima]
      5. Abel Whitcomb was born on 4 Sep 1787 in Boxboro. [MVRB, s. Abel and Jemima]
      6. Mercy Whitcomb was born on 24 Aug 1791 [SARA, membership no. 384063] in Boxford. [MVRB, Mary, d. Abel and Jemima] She was baptised on 2 Oct 1791 in Boxford. [MVRB, d. Abel and Jemima] She died on 5 Sep 1865. [SARA, membership no. 384063] She married Oliver Whitney on 16 Mar 1809. [SARA, membership no. 384063] He was born on 16 May 1786. [SARA, membership no. 384063] He died on 5 Jun 1855. [SARA, membership no. 384063]

 

References

MTVC Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, Town Vital Collections, 1620-1988, online database, Provo, UT, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
SARA Ancestry.com, U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, online database, Provo, UT, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
JKLM Best, Frank Eugene, John Keep of Longmeadow Massachusetts and some of his descendants, Chicago, Best, 1899.
MVRB New England Historic Genealogical Society, Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850, town of Boxborough, online database, AmericanAncestors.org, 2001-2010.