Frances Whitcomb

From The New England Historical and Genealogical Register

John Whitcomb was an early settler of Dorchester, Mass., where he was a proprietor as early as 1636. About 1640 he removed to Scituate, and was admitted freeman of Plymouth Colony 3 June 1652. Two years later he removed to Lancaster, Mass., where he died 24 Sept. 1662, leaving a widow Frances, who died 17 May 1671.

He left no will; and on 7 Oct. 1662 his widow Frances and "soe many of the children of the deceased as therin is concerned" petitioned the court to sanction a division of his estate upon which they had agreed. The petitioners were Frances Whitcomb, the widow, and the following children: John, Jonathan, Job, Josiah, Mary, and Abigail Whitcomb; but the wording of the petition indicates that the deceased left other children, who had doubtless received their portions in his lifetime. (Middlesex Probate Records, vol. 2, pp. 67-70.)

Children:

• i. Catherine, b. abt. 1624; m. at Scituate, 25 Dec. 1644, Rodolphus Ellmes, and had issue. She is not named in the division of her father's estate in 1662.
• ii. John, bapt. at Taunton, co. Somerset, 6 Aug. 1626.
• iii. Jonathan [Whitcomb], bapt. at Taunton, co. Somerset, 14 Sept. 1623.
• iv. Robert, bapt. at Taunton, co. Somerset, 20 Dec. 1629; living at Scituate in 1670; not named in the division of his father's estate in 1662.
• v. James, b. probably in 1632; d. 23 Nov. 1686; was of Boston; m. abt. 1661 Rebecca. Ten children. He is not named in the division of his father's estate in 1662. [DISPROVED]
• vi. Joane, bapt. at Taunton, co. Somerset, 18 May 1634.
• vii. Job, b. probably at Dorchester, Mass., abt. 1636.
• viii. Josiah [Whitcomb], b. at Dorchester in 1638.
• ix. Abigail, b. probably at Scituate abt. 1642.
• x. Mary, b. probably at Scituate abt. 1647

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The couple had 5 sons, perhaps 6, and three daughters.

Upon arrival in America, the family located in Scituate, MA, later removing to Lancaster. John set about rapidly acquiring land in the outlying parts of Lancaster in addition to his proprietor's 30 acre house lot near the center of the Lancaster settlement. Much of the land he purchased eventually became the town of Bolton. He, in fact, ended up owning about a quarter of the land presently in the boundaries of Bolton, including all of the northeast section of town, from Main St. to the present Harvard and Stow borders. Over the next 250 years that area was populated largely by Whitcomb descendants.

When Frances died, her youngest daughter, Mary, was executrix of her will.

[ Bolton Historical Commission, www.historicalcommission.town.bolton.ma.us/main/whitcomb.html ]

She was the daughter of Henry Coggin and Joan Borridge.

On November 26, 1623 Frances married John Whitcomb in St. Mary's Parish, Somerset, England.

They were the parents of Catherine, John, Jonathan, Robert, James, Joanne, Job, Josiah, Abigail, and Mary.

Frances died on May 17, 1671 and was buried in Lancaster, Massachusetts.

Genealogy notes

From https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Coggan-8

John Whitcomb, Frances' husband, is found in Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration, 1634–1635, 7:326–331

Frances's ancestry is given in "Early Cogans English and American, by George E. McCracken, in NEHGR 111:168-73

Some have believed that James Whitcomb was a son of John and Frances (Coggan) Whitcomb. This was first refuted in Frederick W. Wead, "James Whetcombe of Boston"[3] and confirmed by Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration: 1634–1635[4], "James Whitcomb of Boston was not a son of John Whitcomb, nor were the two men known to be related in any way [NEHGR 112:160; Stevens-Miller 87]."

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Coggan-8

Frances Whitcomb formerly Coggan

Born 24 Feb 1605 in Taunton, Somerset, England

Daughter of Henry Cogan and Joan (Boridge) Coggan
Sister of Johane Cogan, John Cogan, Judith (Cogan) Rickard, Mary (Cogan) Glass, Elizabeth Cogan, Jane Cogan, Grace Cogan, Richard Cogan, Marian Cogan and Henry Coggan

Wife of John Whitcomb — married 26 Nov 1623 in St. Mary's Parish, Taunton, Somerset, England

Mother of Catherine (Whitcomb) Elmes, James Whitcomb, John Whitcomb Jr., Jonathan Whitcomb, Robert Whitcomb Sr, Joanne Whitcomb, Job Whitcomb, Josiah Whitcomb, Abigail Whitcomb and Mary Whitcomb Died 17 May 1671 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay

Profile last modified 9 Apr 2019 | Created 31 Mar 2011

John Whitcomb, Frances' husband, is found in Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration, 1634–1635, 7:326–331[1]. Information in this series is considered authoritative and will be followed by this profile unless there is a more recent peer reviewed article.

Frances's ancestry is given in "Early Cogans English and American, by George E. McCracken, in NEHGR 111:168-73.

Frances married John Whitcomb in England. She made her will May 12, 1671, and died at Lancaster May 17, 1671.[2]

Genealogical Errors

Children

Some have believed that James Whitcomb was a son of John and Frances (Coggan) Whitcomb. This was first refuted in Frederick W. Wead, "James Whetcombe of Boston"[3] and confirmed by Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration: 1634–1635[4], "James Whitcomb of Boston was not a son of John Whitcomb, nor were the two men known to be related in any way [NEHGR 112:160; Stevens-Miller 87]."

Biography

Birth

24 Feb 1605 Taunton, Somerset, England Death

17 May 1671 Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts Marriage

26 Nov 1623 St. Mary's Parish, Taunton, Somerset, England Sources

Genealogical Research in England, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1914) Vol. 68, Page 63. English Origins of New England Families, Vol. I Tingley, Raymon Meyers, Some ancestral lines : being a record of some of the ancestors of Guilford Solon Tingley and his wife, Martha Pamelia [sic] Mey . Rutland, Vt.: Lineages of Members of the National Society of Sons and Daughters of the Pilgrims, Vol. III Footnotes

↑ All known Great Migration participants prior to 1636 are covered in Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620–1633, 3 vols., (Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995) or Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634–1635, 7 vols., (Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1999–2011) ↑ from a duplicate profile for Francis that had as its source The Whitcomb Family in America, by Charlotte Whitcomb (Minneapolis, Minnesota : October, 1904) ↑ Frederick W. Wead, "James Whetcombe of Boston", New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 112 (1958): 160 ↑ Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634–1635, 7 vols., (Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1999–2011), 7:331

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts_Bay_Colony
• http://www.anamericanfamilyhistory.com/Waters%20Family/WatersRebecc...
• http://trees.wmgs.org/getperson.php?personID=I9203&tree=Schirado cites
• Early Cogans English and American, George E. McCracken
• The Whitcomb Family in America, by Charlotte Whitcomb (Minneapolis, Minnesota : October, 1904)
• Frederick W. Wead, "James Whetcombe of Boston", New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 112 (1958): 160

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