Born before in Taunton, Somerset, England
Ancestors 
Daughter of Henry Cogan
and Joan (Boridge) Coggan
Sister of
Johane Cogan, John Cogan, Judith (Cogan) Rickard, Mary (Cogan) Glass, Elizabeth Cogan, Jane Cogan, Grace Cogan, Richard Cogan, Marian Cogan and Henry Coggan
Wife of
John Whitcomb
— married
26 Nov 1623 in St. Mary Magdalen Parish, Taunton, Somerset, England
Descendants 
Mother of
Catherine (Whitcomb) Elmes,
James Whitcomb,
John Whitcomb Jr.,
Jonathan Whitcomb,
Robert Whitcomb Sr,
Joanne Whitcomb,
Job Whitcomb,
Josiah Whitcomb,
Abigail Whitcomb and
Mary Whitcomb
Died in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay
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The Great Migration Series
John Whitcomb, Frances' husband, is found in Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration, 1634–1635, 7:326–331[1]. Information in this series is considered authoritative and will be followed by this profile unless there is a more recent peer reviewed article.
Frances's ancestry is given in "Early Cogans English and American, by George E. McCracken, in NEHGR 111:168-73.
Frances married John Whitcomb in England. They lived in Dorchester and Scituate before relocating to Lancaster about 1654. She made her will May 12, 1671, and died at Lancaster May 17, 1671.[2]
Genealogical Errors
Children
Some have believed that James Whitcomb was a son of John and Frances (Coggan) Whitcomb. This was first refuted in Frederick W. Wead, "James Whetcombe of Boston"[3] and confirmed by Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration: 1634–1635[4], "James Whitcomb of Boston was not a son of John Whitcomb, nor were the two men known to be related in any way [NEHGR 112:160; Stevens-Miller 87]."
Biography
Birth
- Baptized 24 Feb 1605 Taunton, Somerset, England
Death
- 17 May 1671 Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts
Marriage
- 26 Nov 1623 St. Mary's Parish, Taunton, Somerset, England
Sources
- ↑ All known Great Migration participants prior to 1636 are covered in Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620–1633, 3 vols., (Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995) or Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634–1635, 7 vols., (Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1999–2011)
- ↑ from a duplicate profile for Francis that had as its source The Whitcomb Family in America, by Charlotte Whitcomb (Minneapolis, Minnesota : October, 1904)
- ↑ Frederick W. Wead, "James Whetcombe of Boston", New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 112 (1958): 160
- ↑ Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634–1635, 7 vols., (Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1999–2011), 7:331
Other Sources
- Genealogical Research in England, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1914) Vol. 68, Page 63.
- English Origins of New England Families, Vol. I
- Tingley, Raymon Meyers, Some ancestral lines : being a record of some of the ancestors of Guilford Solon Tingley and his wife, Martha Pamelia [sic] Mey . Rutland, Vt.:
- Lineages of Members of the National Society of Sons and Daughters of the Pilgrims, Vol. III
- NEHGS Register Volume 016 (1862), page 359; Lancaster Records (death)
- New England Marriages prior to 1700; page 804
- Nourse, Henry S.: "Annals of Lancaster"; page 265 (residences) and page 323 (death)
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Coggan-77 and Coggan-8 appear to represent the same person because: not sure what's up with the diferences in birth/death dates, but I'm 99% sure these are duplicate profiles. Please merge if you agree. Thanks!
Cheers, Liz