Rachel (Priest) Whitcomb (1713)

Born 20 Dec 1713 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Wife of Hezekiah Whitcomb — married 3 Apr 1729 in Lancaster, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died [date unknown] in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts [uncertain]

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Biography

Rachel Priest was born in 1713 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts. She was baptized on 20 Dec 1713. Her parents were John Priest and Anna Houghton.^[1] She married Hezekiah Whitcomb on 3 Apr 1729.^[2]

Children of Rachel and Hezekiah^[3]

1. John b 27 Mar 1731
2. Hezekiah b 31 May 1735
3. Jonathan b 12 May 1741
4. Elizabeth 'Betsy' b 20 Sep 1744, m 11 Aug 1763 to David Moors of Bolton

Rachel and their children where listed in Hezekiah's will which was proved in Jul 1756 after he was killed in the Expedition against Montreal in 1755. ^[4]

Sources

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1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZKR-Q52 : 4 December 2014), Rachel Priest, ; citing , ; FHL microfilm 0547550 IT 1.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCSC-9LK : 3 November 2017), Hezekiah Whitcomb and Rachael Priest, 03 Apr 1729; citing Marriage, Lancaster, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 892,249.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} The Whitcomb family in America : a biographical genealogy with a chapter on our English forbears "by the name of Whetcombe"[Page 405] by Whitcomb, Charlotte, 1841-
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} 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.) [Will of Hezekiah]