Mary Parker and James "Whetcomb" were married at Scituate, Massachusetts, on 22 Nov 1694.[1] The births of the following children are found in the records of Scituate:[2]
James "Whetcom," b. 31 Aug 1695; d. 22 Oct 1696
"Nathanaell Whetcom," twin, b. 19 Aug 1697
James "Whetcombe," twin, b. 19 Aug 1697
Joanna "Whetcombe," twin, b. 22 March 1699/1700
Mary "Whetcombe," twin, b. 22 March 1699/1700
Robert Whitcomb, (named in Will)
James "Whitcumb" died on 26 June 1728 at Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay.[3]
James Whitcomb of Rochester signed his Will on 22 Sept 1727.[4] The Will was proved in late 1729 approved and allowed in probate on 1 Dec 1730. In it, he mentioned:
wife Mary
daughter Mary Davis
two granddaughters: Marcy and Mary Chapman, daughters of daughter Joannah Chapman, deceased
son Nathaniel, James and Robert
sons James and Nathaniel to be Executors
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Sources
↑Vital records of Scituate, Massachusetts, to the year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Mass. 1909. Vol. 2-Marriages and Deaths: Births, Page 323; Deaths, Page 467. Accessed on 4 March 2018 at Archive.org page 323
↑Vital records of Scituate, Massachusetts, to the year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Mass. 1909. Vol. 1-Births, Page 407. Accessed on 4 March 2018 at Archive.org page 407
↑Vital records of Rochester, Massachusetts, to the year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Mass. 1914. Vol. 2-Marriages and Deaths, Page 444: Page 444
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
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Marriage date is Nove 22 1694 per The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, 1847-2011 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 1140), Marriages at Sctuate, Mass., p. 286.