Some Descendants of Josiah Whitcomb (Josiah, John) and Mary Unknown of Lancaster

1. James Whitcomb was born on 1 Nov 1704. [Ref, membership no. 384063] He died on 9 Aug 1782 [Ref, membership no. 384063], age 78, in Boxboro. [Ref] He married Hannah Graves on 3 Dec 1727. [Ref, membership no. 384063] She was born in 1706. [Ref, membership no. 384063] She died on 19 Sep 1787 [Ref, membership no. 384063], age 81, in Boxbor. [Ref, widow James]
   1. Abel Whitcomb was born on 23 Jun 1744 [Ref, membership no. 384063] in Boxboro. [Ref, s. James and Hannah] He died on 24 Aug 1805 [Ref, membership no. 384063] in Boxboro. [Ref, membership no. 384063][Ref, age 61] He is buried in the North Cemetery in Boxford. [Ref] He married first Sarah Whitney. [Ref] She was born on 19 Nov 1749. [Ref] She died on 20 Jun 1772 and is buried in the Harvard Center Cemetery in Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts. [Ref] He married second Jemima Keep on 28 Apr 1774 in Harvard. [Ref] He married third Lucy Wetherbee of Harvard on 30 Nov 1797 in Boxboro. [Ref] Lucy, the wife of Abel, died on 10 Oct 1803, age 56, in Boxboro. [Ref] He married fourth Rebecca [Keep] Turner [Ref, p. 46] of Harvard after 11 Mar 1804 (int.) in Boxboro. [Ref] Click here to see a photo of his gravestone.
      Abel was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. He was a corporal in Capt. Kames Burt's co., Col. Asa Whitcomb's regiment, which marched from Hartford to the Lexington Alarm on 19 Apr 1755. [Ref, membership no. 384063] He was later in Capt. Manasseh Sawyer's company of Lancaster, Col. Nicholas Dike's regiment. [Ref, membership no. 384063]
      1. Hannah Whitcomb was born on 13 Mar 1775 in Boxboro. [Ref][Ref, d. Abel and Jemima] She died on 25 Sep 1857 in Gardner, Worcester, Massachusetts. [Ref] She is buried in the Old Burial Grond in Gardner. [Ref] She married Noah Fairbanks. [Ref] Noah was born in 1772. [Ref] He died in 1852. [Ref] Click here to see a photo of Hannah's gravestone. Click here to see a photo of Noah's gravestone.
      2. Lois Whitcomb was born on 10 Nov 1776 in Boxboro. [Ref, d. Abel and Jemima]
      3. Sarah Whitcomb was born on 27 May 1780 in Boxboro. [Ref, d. Abel and Jemima] She may be the Sarah who married Jacob Houghton on 28 Nov 1804 in Boxboro. [Ref]
      4. Abel Whitcomb died on 29 Nov 1781, age three years, three months and 13 days, in Boxboro. [Ref, s. Abel and Jemima]
      5. Abel Whitcomb was born on 4 Sep 1787 in Boxboro. [Ref, s. Abel and Jemima]
      6. Mercy Whitcomb was born on 24 Aug 1791 [Ref, membership no. 384063] in Boxford. [Ref, Mary, d. Abel and Jemima] She was baptised on 2 Oct 1791 in Boxford. [Ref, d. Abel and Jemima] She died on 5 Sep 1865. [Ref, membership no. 384063] She married Oliver Whitney on 16 Mar 1809. [Ref, membership no. 384063] He was born on 16 May 1786. [Ref, membership no. 384063] He died on 5 Jun 1855. [Ref, membership no. 384063]