John Whitcomb

  Noted events in his life were:

• Dates & Events. ^454,63
John and his wife, Francis Cogan, came to the Americas sometime between 1634-1638 with many of their children who were born in England (at least 5). They first settled in Dorchester, then in Sciuate, and finally Lancaster, Massachusetts. of which they were among the founders. John died in Lancaster24 Sep 1662 at the age of 74. Frances died 17 May 1671. Their children were:

• Catherine, married in Scituate, 25 Dec 1644 to Rodolphus Ellemes, Catherine was likely born in England
John, Baptized 6 aug 1636, Tauton, Somerset, England drowned 7 Mar 1683, married Mary ____
• Johnathan, baptized, Tauton, Somerset, England, 14 Sep 1628; died in 1690; married 15 Nov 1667, Hannah _____
• Robert, Baptized at Tauton, Somerset, England, 20 Dec 1629; married Mary Cudworth
• Joane, baptized at Tauton, Somerset, England, 18 May 1634
• James, died 23 Nov 1686; married Rebecca _____; married Elizabeth______
Abigail
• Job, died in 1683
• Josiah, born in Dorchester, Massachusetts, 1638; died 1718; married Rebecca Waters.
• Mary, born 13 Aug 1643; Married Job Moore

• Background Information. ⁶⁶⁶
John Witcomb was an early settler of Dorchester, Massachusetts, where he was a proprietor as early as 1636. About 1640, he moved to Scituate, and was admitted freeman of Plymouth Colony, 3 Jun 1652. Two years later he moved to Lancaster, where he died 24 Sep 1662 leaving a widow, Frances, who died 17 May 1671. He left no will, and on 7 Oct 1662, his widow Frances and "soe many of the children of the deceased as therin is concerned" petitioned the court to sanction a division of his estate upon which they had agreed. The petitioners were Frances Whitcomb, the widow, and the following: John, Jonathan, Job, Josiah, Mary, and Abigail Whitcomb; but the wording of the petition indicates that the deceased left other children, who had doubtless received their portion in his lifetime. [Middlesex Probate Records, vol. 2, pp. 67-70]

• Background Information. ⁶³
John Witcomb (or Whetcombe as the name was spelled) is believed to have been the first of the Whitcomb family to settle permanently in America.

John married Francis Cogan, daughter of Henry Cogan and Joane Boridge, on 26 Nov 1623 in St. Mary Magdalene, Taunton, Somerset, England ⁴⁵⁴.^,666 (Francis Cogan was born in 1606 in Taunton, Somerset, England ⁴⁵⁴, baptized on 24 Feb 1606 in Taunton, Somerset, England ⁴⁵⁴ and died on 17 May 1671 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts ^454,689.)