Mary (Carter) Whitcomb (abt. 1719 - abt. 1744)

Born about 1719 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Wife of John Whetcomb Sr Esq — married 12 Jun 1735 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died about 3 Feb 1744 at about age 25 in Bolton, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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[Note: Her est birth taken from age at death and baptismal record. John's est birth taken from his being in his 16th year when he requested guardianship by his uncle. ]

[ Note: Lancaster and Bolton changed borders during this time period]

[Note: Caution: Information found in the text: Whitcomb, Charlotte. The Whitcomb Family in America : A Biographical Genealogy with a Chapter on our English Forbears 'by the name of Whetcombe,' Minneapolis, MN, 1904, should be confirmed elsewhere as it appears to contain a fair amount of errors]

Biography

Mary Carter daughter of Samuel Carter and Dorothy Wilder was born about 1719. ^[1] She was baptized at the First Church, Lancaster, Massachusetts on February 1, 1718/19. ^[2]

She married John Whetcomb at Lancaster on June 12, 1735. ^{[3] [1]} He was born about 1712, son of John and Rebecca (Wilder) Whitcomb, ^[4] and baptized at Lancaster on March 13, 1713/14. ^[2]

In March 1728, in his sixteenth year, he requested his uncle Joseph Sawyer become his guardian. ^[5]

They resided first at Lancaster, but removed to Bolton, Massachusetts where her husband operated a successful lime quarry on property he inherited from his father. ^{[6] [4]}

Mary died at Bolton on February 3, 1744, in her 26th year. ^{[7] [1] [4]} She is buried in the Old South Burying Ground, at Bolton. Her inscription reads: Here lyes buried ye body of Mrs Mary Whitcomb wife of Mr John Whitcomb who departed this life February ye 3d AD 1743/4, in her 26th year. ^{[8] [9]}

They had three daughters:

1. May born at Bolton on January 20, 1739. ^{[7] [1]}
2. Abigail born at Lancaster on February 13, 1737/8. ^{[3] [1]}
3. Dorothy born at Bolton on April 13, 1743. ^{[7] [1]}

They are all named in their father John's will written on January 22, 1785 in which he left bequests to, among others:

• heirs of my eldest daughter Abigail
• heirs of my second daughter Mary
• my third daughter Dorothy ^[10]

About a year after her death, John married secondly, Bekke Whitcomb, aged 18 years. He died at the age of 73 on November 17, 1785 ^[7], and is buried with his wives at the Old South Burying Ground. His inscription reads: Here lies interred the Body of John Whetcomb, Esq. of Bolton, who departed this life Novr ye 17 1785 in the 73d year of his age. ^{[9] [11]}

Research notes

Lancaster Marriages

Carter, Mary and John Whetcomb, June 12, 1735.(p. 26)

Lancaster Births

Whetcomb, Abigail, d. John and Mary (Carter), Feb. 13, 1737-8. (p. 65)^[3]

Lancaster First Church Baptisms

1714/15: March 13: john Whetcomb's children John and Abigail. (p. 275)

1718/19: Feb. 1: Mary, daughter of Samuel Carter. (p. 276)^[2]

Bolton Births

Whitcomb, Mary, d. John and Mary, Jan. 20, 1739. (p. 96)

Whetcomb, Dorathy, d. John and Mary, April 13, 1743. (p. 92)

Bolton Deaths

Whitcomb, Mary, w. John, Feb. 3, 1743-4, in 25th y. ( p. 229)

Whetcomb, John Esq., Nov. 17, 1785, in 73d y. G.S.3. (p. 227)^[7]

Entered by Chris Hoyt, Apr 1, 2012

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5} Carter, Clara A. & Carter, Sarah. Carter, A Genealogy of the Descendants of Samuel and Thomas, sons of Rev. Samuel Carter : 1640-1886 : A Contribution to the History of the First Carters of Lancaster, Lunenburg and Leominster, Massachusetts. Carter Family Assn., W. J. Coulter, Printer, 1887, p. 16, 153
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Lancaster, Vol. 1: Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016).
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Nourse, Henry, editor. Birth, Marriage and Death Register, Church Records and Epitaphs, of Lancaster Massachusetts, 1643-1850, Lancaster, Massachusetts, 1890
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} Whitcomb, Esther K. History of Bolton, 1738-1938, Bolton, Massachusetts, 1938
5. ↑ Case 24423:p.1- 5: Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648-1871.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.)
6. ↑ Case 24422: p. 1-16: Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648-1871.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.)
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4} Vital Records of Bolton Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, F. P. Rice, Publisher, Worcester, MA, 1910
8. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial# 31246169 http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pv&GRid=31246169&PIpi=13909451
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1} Whitcomb, Charlotte. The Whitcomb Family in America : A Biographical Genealogy with a Chapter on our English Forbears 'by the name of Whetcombe,' Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1904
10. ↑ Case 64067:p. 1-7 : Worcester County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1731-1881. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.)
11. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial# 31246139

Acknowledgments

• WikiTree profile Carter-2786 created through the import of HART, Elizabeth - WIKITREE.ged on Jun 20, 2011 by Betty Patterson. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Betty and others.
• Harry Maltby for starting this profile.