Benjamin Whitcomb (1710 - 1778)

Born 24 Nov 1710 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 1778 at about age 67 in Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts

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Biography

Benjamin Whitcomb was baptized November 26, 1710, in Lancaster, Massachusetts

Before 1735 Benjamin married Dorothy White. Benjamin's brother had married her sister Betty

They lived in the northern part of Leominster, where he was elected deacon of the First Church, on December 2, 1747. Benjamin died in Leominster, Massachusetts, in 1778 aged 68.

Children of Benjamin and Dorothy are:

• Tamar Whitcomb

• Benjamin Whitcomb Jr

• Dorothy Whitcomb

• Joanna Whitcomb, born September 2, 1741 died young

• Nathaniel Whitcomb, born June 23, 1743 died young

• Joanna Whitcomb

• Nathaniel Whitcomb

• Eunice Whitcomb

• Ephraim Whitcomb

• Mary Whitcomb

• Rebecca Whitcomb

• Lois Whitcomb, born September 3, 1755

• Prudence Whitcomb, born February 13, 1758, died Aug 23, 1759

• John Whitcomb

• Josiah Whitcomb

• Prudence Whitcomb, born September 18, 1763 ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Entered by Marguerite Janiszyn.

• GENEALOGY OF THE DESCENDANTS OF JOHN WHITE of Wenham and Lancaster MASSACHUSETTS 1638-1900 VOLUME I, By Almira Larkin White, Chase Brothers Printers, Haverhill, MA, 1900 (page 75)

Acknowledgments

• Thanks to Marguerite Janiszyn for starting this profile. Click the Changes tab for the details of contributions by Marguerite and others.