Asa Whitcomb (abt. 1719 - 1804)

Born about Aug 1719 in Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Eunice (Sawyer) Whitcomb — married 26 Dec 1744 in Lancaster, MA

Husband of Betty (Sawyer) Whitcomb — married 26 Jan 1762 in Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 16 Mar 1804 at about age 84 in Princeton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

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Colonel Asa Whitcomb served with 6th Continental Regiment, Continental Army during the American Revolution.

Asa Whitcomb is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A124404.

Asa Whitcomb is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: 317872
Rank: Colonel

Biography

Asa Whitcomb was a Colonel during the Revolutionary War. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}

Asa Whitcomb was born about Aug 1719. He was christened 16 AUG 1719 in Lancaster, MA. His parents were John Whitcomb and Rebecca Wilder.

Capt. Asa Whetcomb & Betty Sawyer declared their Intentions of Marriage 21 Dec 1761. ^[7] Assa Whetcomb and Betty Sawyer were married on 26 Jan 26 1762 by Rev John Mellen. ^[8]

Daughters of the American Revolution information:

• WHITCOMB, ASA
• Ancestor #: A124404
• Service: MASSACHUSETTS
• Rank(s): COLONEL
• Birth: BAPTISED 8-16-1719 LANCASTER MIDDLESEX CO MASSACHUSETTS
• Death: 3-16-1804 PRINCETON WORCESTER CO MASSACHUSETTS
• Service Source: HEITMAN, HIST REG OF OFFICERS OF THE CONT ARMY DURING THE WAR OF THE REV, 1775-1783, P 585; MA SOLS & SAILS, VOL 17, P 28
• Service Description: 1) 6TH REGT, INFANTRY
• RESIDENCE: Created: 2012-10-22 City: LANCASTER - County: WORCESTER CO - State: MASSACHUSETTS
• SPOUSES (1): EUNICE SAWYER; (2): BETTY SAWYER;
• Child daughter: SARAH WHITCOMB, [Spouse #] Spouse: [1] THOMAS JONES
• Child daughter: REBECCA WHITCOMB, [Spouse #] Spouse: [1] JONAS BEAMAN
• Child son: ASA WHITCOMB, [Spouse #] Spouse: [1] REBECCA BALL
• Child son: JOHN WHITCOMB, [Spouse #] Spouse: [1] PERSIS BRIGHAM
• Child daughter: EUNICE WHITCOMB, [Spouse #] Spouse: [1] JOSIAH HOSMER
• Child son: CORNELIUS WHITCOMB, [Spouse #] Spouse: [1] SALLY HOLDER/HOLDEN
• Child daughter: ABIGAIL WHITCOMB, [Spouse #] Spouse: [1] BENJAMIN RICHARDSON ^[9]

Asa died 16 Mar 1804 in Princeton, MA. ^[10] He was taken to Sterling for burial. ^[11] He was buried at Chocksett Burial Ground, Sterling, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA. ^{[12] [13]}

Sources

1. ↑ DAR
2. ↑ Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War
3. ↑ Colonial Soldiers and Officers in New England, 1620-1775
4. ↑ The Massachusetts Magazine
5. ↑ History of the town of Harvard, Massachusetts, 1732-1893
6. ↑ Historical Register of Officers of the Continental Army During the War of the Revolution
7. ↑ The Birth, marriage, and death register, church records and epitaphs of Lancaster, Massachusetts, 1643-1850, edited by Henry S. Nourse, 1890, page 36.
8. ↑ The Birth, marriage, and death register, church records and epitaphs of Lancaster, Massachusetts, 1643-1850, edited by Henry S. Nourse, 1890, page 98.
9. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 2020-09-28), "Record of Asa Whitcomb", Ancestor # A124404.
10. ↑ Princeton, Worcester Co MA Vital Records
11. ↑ The Whitcomb Family in America, by Charlotte Whitcomb, 1904, page 199.
12. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9070867/asa-whitcomb : accessed 10 November 2021), memorial page for Col Asa Whitcomb (16 Aug 1719–16 Mar 1804), Find A Grave: Memorial #9070867, citing Chocksett Burial Ground, Sterling, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by James Bianco (contributor 47745493) .
13. ↑ Inscriptions From Burial Grounds of the Nashaway Towns, Chocksett Burial Ground(a.k.a Old Village, or Kendall him Cemetery), compiled by The Lancaster League of Historical Societies, Esther K. Whitcomb, editor, 1989

• Heitman, Francis Bernard. Historical Register of Officers of the Continental Army During the War of the Revolution (W.H. Lowdermilk & Co., Washington, DC, 1893); p. 21, p. 585

• Stearns, Ezra. History of Ashburnham, Massachusetts (Town of Ashburnham, Mass., 1887); p. 142

• Nourse, Henry. History of the town of Harvard, Massachusetts, 1732-1893. (Harvard, Mass., 1894); p. 315

• U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.Original data: Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls.

• Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War (Wright & Potter Printing Co., Boston, 1896); Vol. 17, p. 28

• The Massachusetts Magazine (Salem, Mass., 1908-1918); Vol. 7, No. 2, p. 51

• Colonial Soldiers and Officers in New England, 1620-1775. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2013).; [1]

• https://colonialnorthamerica.library.harvard.edu/spotlight/cna/catalog/990147600960203941

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Malcolm Osmer for creating WikiTree profile Whitcomb-389 through the import of Elijah Hosmer_2013-02-03.ged on Feb 3, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Malcolm and others.