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NATHANIEL WHITCOMB (1697–1722), son of JAMES WHITCOMB AND MARY PARKER

ROSILLA COOMBS (1702–1737), daughter of ANTHONY COOMBS and DORCAS WOODIN

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Nathaniel Whitcomb, the son of James Whitcomb and Mary Parker, was born on 19 August 1697 in Scituate.^1,2 He died on 18 March 1722, age 74.² He married Rosilla Coombs on 21 January 1722/3 in Rochester.³ He is buried in the Old Hardwick Cemetery in Hardwick.³ Nathaniel married second Phebe Blackmer on 27 January 1738 in Rochester.³

Rosilla, the daughter of Anthony Coombs and Dorcas Woodin, was born on 23 November 1702 in Rochester.^3,4 Rosilla, the wife of Nathaniel, died on 8 March 1737 in Rochester.³

Nathaniel was a cooper.² He moved from Rochester to Hardwick about 1742.² He was a selectman for five years between 1745 and 1759.² He was an assessor for three years.²

Peter, a Negro belonging to Nathaniel, was baptized on 29 August 1742 in Rochester.⁵

Children of Nathaniel Whitcomb and Rosilla Coombs: Births recorded in Rochester.³

i. Joanna Whitcomb was born on 6 June 1725. She married Silas Dean on 13 September 1744.² Silas was the son of Seth Deane; the grandson of Ezra and Bethiah (Edson) Deane; the great-grandson of Walter and Eleanor (Strong) Deane and Samuel Edson.²

ii. Mary Whitcomb was born on 9 October 1727. She died on 9 May 1822, age 94 years, and is buried in the Hardwick Cemetery in Hardwick.⁶ She married first Paul Dean on 4 December 1745.² Paul was the brother of Mary's sister Joanna's husband Seth.² He died before 8 Apr 1767.² She married second Deacon David Spooner on 16 October 1780.²

Paul was a carpenter and a farmer.²

iii. Dorcas Whitcomb was born on 8 March 1729/30 in Rochester, Massachusetts. She died on 10 December 1803. She married Solomon Aikens.

Nathaniel moved to Groton before 1759.²

v. Rosilla Whitcomb was born on 19 February 1733/4. She died onn 29 October 1809.² She married first George Paige on 4 June 1752.² George was the son of Christopher and Elizabeth (Reed) Paige and the grandson of Nathaniel and Joanna Paige and of Dea. George Reed of Woburn.² She married second Captain William Breckenridge of Ware on 17 March 1790.²

vi. Asa Whitcomb was born on 29 February 1735/6. He died on 31 March 1812, ge 76.² He married Joanna, the daughter of Benjamin Raymond on 15 March 1759.²

Asa was the principle leader in the settlement of Barnard, Vermont. He was a selectman, the first justice of the peace and a representative in 1779.²

His headstone says that, "he was one of the framers of the constitution of this state, of the first settlers of htis town and a main pillar of its infant settlement; and during the strugge for independence was a firm supporter of the cause of his country."²

vii. John Whitcomb was born on 14 February 1737. John was baptized on 7 March 1737/8 in Rochester.⁵ He probably died young.²

viii. Lot Whitcomb was born on 2 May 1739. He died on 7 April 1797 and is buried in the Maplewood Cemetery in Stockbridge, Windsor, Vermont.⁶ He married Lydia Nye on 9 December 1762.² She died on 22 February 1831 and is buried in the Maplewood Cemetery.⁶

Lot moved to Barnard.²

ix. Content Whitcomb (twin) was born on 19 October 1740. The twins were probably baptized on 27 October 1740 in Rochester.³ Content married Solomon Bush of Ware on 27 November 1767.²

x. Thankful Whitcomb (twin) was born on 19 October 1740.

References:

1. Vital Records of Scituate, Massachusetts: To the Year 1850, 2 vols. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1909), 407.

2. Lucius R. Paige, History of Hardwick, Massachusetts (Boston: Houghton, Mifllin and Co. 1883), 360, 433–4, 535–7.

3. Vital Records of Rochester, Massachusetts: To the Year 1850, 2 vols. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1914), vol. 1: 90, 301–2 (births); vol. 2: 316 (marriages); vol. 2: 443 (death).

4. Janet Ireland Delorey, "John Woodin, Bricklayer of New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and South Carolina,"The American Genealogist 64 (19989), 238–245, specifically 243.

5. George P. Howard, trans. and Shirley Robinson Pizziferri, ed., "Rochester Church Records," Mayflower Descendant 44, no. 2 (1994), p. 32; 45, no. 1 (1995), 31.

6. "Nathaniel Whitcomb," Findagrave (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24858817/nathaniel-whitcomb). "Mary (Dean) Whitcomb Spooner," Findagrave (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/113810936/mary-_dean_-spooner). "Lot Whitcomb," Findagrave (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/147222351/lot-whitcomb). "Lydia Nye Whitcomb," Findagrave (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/147222335/lydia-whitcomb).

7. Thomas W. Baldwin, Vital Records of Hardwick, Massachusetts: To the End of the Year 1849 (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1917), 133–4 (marriages).

 

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Last revised: 17-Jan-2022