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James Whitcomb

Birth
Death
23 Nov 1686
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA Add to Map
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Son of John Whitcomb ("Immigrant John") and Frances Coggan.

Reference: The Whitcomb Family in America, pub. 1904, by Charlotte Whitcomb, pages 30 and 38.
Link to Google digitized book:
https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Whitcomb_Family_in_America/ttlHAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0

BURIAL: page 41
There is a Tomb in the old granary Burying ground - between Park St. Church and the Tremont House - in 1827 numbered 147 & which had been sold by the Town to S. Twist -- Mr. Dalton & R. Griggs — that had belonged to this James Whitcomb, & escheated to the City . " Vide Revd T. M. Harris. "

FAMILY: pages 42-43
Wife 1: Rebecca
Children: James (b 30Nov1662), Peter (b1Mar1664), Peter2nd (b7Dec1666), Joseph (b26Nov1667),
Rebecca (b20June1671), Richard (b3May1673), Jane (b31Aug1669)

Wife 2: Elizabeth
Page 42- died 20 August1712. Madam Elizabeth Whitcomb– 57 years old buried.
Bearers - Cook , Sewall , Addington, Belcher, Brimfield , Borland. Neither the Governor
nor the Lieut- Governor were there .
Children: William (b21Apr1680), William2nd (9Sept1681), Elizabeth (2Apr1683)

Freeman in 1669
Puritan, member of the Old South Church, Boston, Massachusetts
Residence: Boston, Massachusetts
Owned farm where the Tremont Farm now stands (Boston), and five acres (purchased for 210 pounds) across the Common southwesterly (page 42)
His will bears the date 7 Nov1686 (page 41 footnote)
Son of John Whitcomb ("Immigrant John") and Frances Coggan.

Reference: The Whitcomb Family in America, pub. 1904, by Charlotte Whitcomb, pages 30 and 38.
Link to Google digitized book:
https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Whitcomb_Family_in_America/ttlHAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0

BURIAL: page 41
There is a Tomb in the old granary Burying ground - between Park St. Church and the Tremont House - in 1827 numbered 147 & which had been sold by the Town to S. Twist -- Mr. Dalton & R. Griggs — that had belonged to this James Whitcomb, & escheated to the City . " Vide Revd T. M. Harris. "

FAMILY: pages 42-43
Wife 1: Rebecca
Children: James (b 30Nov1662), Peter (b1Mar1664), Peter2nd (b7Dec1666), Joseph (b26Nov1667),
Rebecca (b20June1671), Richard (b3May1673), Jane (b31Aug1669)

Wife 2: Elizabeth
Page 42- died 20 August1712. Madam Elizabeth Whitcomb– 57 years old buried.
Bearers - Cook , Sewall , Addington, Belcher, Brimfield , Borland. Neither the Governor
nor the Lieut- Governor were there .
Children: William (b21Apr1680), William2nd (9Sept1681), Elizabeth (2Apr1683)

Freeman in 1669
Puritan, member of the Old South Church, Boston, Massachusetts
Residence: Boston, Massachusetts
Owned farm where the Tremont Farm now stands (Boston), and five acres (purchased for 210 pounds) across the Common southwesterly (page 42)
His will bears the date 7 Nov1686 (page 41 footnote)


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  • Created by: A. Fischer
  • Added: Jun 24, 2023
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/255752541/james-whitcomb: accessed ), memorial page for James Whitcomb (unknown–23 Nov 1686), Find a Grave Memorial ID 255752541, citing Granary Burying Ground, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA; Burial Details Unknown; Maintained by A. Fischer (contributor 51186919).