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JOSIAH WHITCOMB, son of JOHN WHITCOMB and FRANCES COGAN
REBECCA WATERS, daughter of LAWRENCE WATERS and ANNE LINTON
Josiah Whitcomb married Rebecca Waters on 4 (11) 1664 in Lancaster. [MVRL]
Rebecca, the daughter of Lawarence Waters and Anne Linton, was born in February 1640 in Watertown. [ERLM]
Josiah signed a 7 October 1679 petition requesting that former inhabitants of Lancaster be allowed to resettle there. [ERLM]
Josiah was commander of a garrison in Lancaster on 15 April 1704, during Queen Anne's War. Among others, [his sons] Josiah, David and Hezekiah Whitcomb, were in the garrison. [ERLM]
Children of Josiah Whitcomb and Rebecca Waters:
i. Josiah Whitcomb was born and died on 12 (9) 1665 in Lancaster. [MVRL]
ii. Josiah Whitcomb was born on 7 (11) 1666 in Lancaster. [MVRL]
iii. David Whitcomb was born on 20 February 1668 in Lancaster. [MVRL]
iv. Rebecca Whitcomb was born on 12 (9) 1671 in Lancaster. [MVRL]
v. Johanna Whitcomb was born on 8 (1) 1673/4 in Lancaster. [MVRL]
vi. Mary Whitcomb was born between 1675 and 1682. [MVRL]
vii. Damaris Whitcomb was born between 1675 and 1682. [MVRL]
viii. Hezekiah Whitcomb was born on 14 September 1681 in Lancaster. He died on 6 May 1732. He married Hannah Green.
ix. Deborah Whitcomb was born on 26 December 1683 in Lancaster. [MVRL]
References:
MVRL. Nourse, Henry S., Birth, Marriage and Death Register, Church Records and Epitaphs of Lancaster, Massachusetts, 1643–1850 (Clinton, MA, W. J. Coulter, Printer, 1890), 11 (birth of the two Josiah, Jrs., marriage of Josiah and Rebecca), 12 (death of first Josiah, Jr., birth of David), 13 (birth of Rebecca), 14 (birth of Johanna), 15 (birth of Deborah), 452 (births of Mary and Damaris: "from sundry sources supposed reliable").
ERLM. Henry S. Nourse, The Earliest Records of Lancaster, Massachusetts, 1643–1725 (Lancaster: J. Coulter, 1884), 120 (petition to resettle)., 145 (garrison)
Last revised: 16-May-2021