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Birth	:	1638 Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Death	:	21 Mar 1718 Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial	:	Old Common Burial Ground, Lancaster, Worcester County, USA
Coordinate	:	42.4426700, -71.6645300
Description	:	PARENTS: John Whitcomb, and Francis Coggan. WIFE: Rebecca Waters, married JAN 4, 1664, at Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA. HEADSTONE INSCRIPTION: HERE LIES THE BODY OF IOSIAH WHE TCOMB SEN. D ESEASD IN H IS 80 YEAR. FOOTSTONE INSCRIPTION: I. W. DYED MARCH THE 21 1718. ADD'L SOURCE INFO: Book...THE WHITCOMB FAMILY IN AMERICA, A Biographical Genealogy, by Charlotte Whitcomb, (1904). Pages #396, 397. Josiah Whitcomb, was born in Dorchester, Mass., in 1638, according to Dorchester town records, and is believed to have been the youngest son of John. He accompanied his father's family from Scituate to Lancaster, Mass., in 1654, and his name appears variously in the... Read More	PARENTS: John Whitcomb, and Francis Coggan. WIFE: Rebecca Waters, married JAN 4, 1664, at Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA. HEADSTONE INSCRIPTION: HERE LIES THE BODY OF IOSIAH WHE TCOMB SEN. D ESEASD IN H IS 80 YEAR. FOOTSTONE INSCRIPTION: I. W. DYED MARCH THE 21 1718. ADD'L SOURCE INFO: Book...THE WHITCOMB FAMILY IN AMERICA, A Biographical Genealogy, by Charlotte Whitcomb, (1904). Pages #396, 397. Josiah Whitcomb, was born in Dorchester, Mass., in 1638, according to Dorchester town records, and is believed to have been the youngest son of John. He accompanied his father's family from Scituate to Lancaster, Mass., in 1654, and his name appears variously in the early records of life in the new town. In 1688 he was granted a bounty for killing a wolf, and again he was named with his brother Job in an action for damages for accidentally or otherwise injuring or killing swine. (See page 32, this Book.) ["Josiah Whitcomb is allowed 20 shillings to be paid by the County for killing one growne wolfe in ye Towne of Lancaster." - (Nourse's Early Records of Lancaster: p. 124.)]. During Queen Ann's war (1702-17) he was allowed a garrison for protection against the Indians. This garrison was situated in what is now called Bolton, originally a part of Lancaster, but set off in 1738, and he lived in the southeastern part of this Bolton. He was commander of the garrison and with him were associated his sons, Josiah, David, and Hezekiah, his son-in-law, Jacob Houghton, also Henry Houghton and John Wilder, Jr. In 1705 he was selectman; in 1708 he and twenty-nine others signed the church covenant and, as he was financially in good circumstances, he contributed liberally towards the support of the church; in 1710 he was elected to represent Lancaster in the General Court. In his will drawn March 20, 1718, he gave to each of his children one-eighth part of his right to land in the plantation of Littleton. His widow, who survived him eight years, died in 1726. Though Jonathan's recorded posterity is, numerically, the largest of the sons of John, there is reason to believe Josiah's posterity is at least as numerous. The tabulated records of Josiah's descendants nearly equal those of Jonathan, while those which are known to exist, but which are not yet obtained, outnumber the corresponding class in any other line.

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Josiah Whitcomb death on 21 Mar 1718 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
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Latitude: 42.4426700
Longitude: -71.6645300

Family Members:

Parent

John Whitcomb

(1588 - 1662)

Frances Coggan Whitcomb

(1605 - 1671)

Spouse

Siblings

John Whitcomb Jr.

(1626 - 1683)

Jonathan Whitcomb

(1636 - 1691)

Children

David Whitcomb

(1668 - 1730)

Rebekah Whitcomb Houghton

(1671 - 1752)

Joanna Whitcomb Joslin

(1674 - 1717)

Hezekiah Whitcomb

(1681 - 1732)

Damaris Whitcomb Wilder

(1686 - 1772)

Abigail Whitcomb White

(1688 - 1771)

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1. Old Common Burial Ground
Lancaster, Worcester County, USA
Coordinate: 42.4426700, -71.6645300

2. Eastwood Cemetery
Lancaster, Worcester County, USA
Coordinate: 42.4417000, -71.6528015

3. Old Settlers Burial Yard
Lancaster, Worcester County, USA
Coordinate: 42.4488754, -71.6742706

4. Middle Cemetery
Lancaster, Worcester County, USA
Coordinate: 42.4491997, -71.6757965

5. West Burying Ground
Bolton, Worcester County, USA
Coordinate: 42.4488983, -71.6300964

6. Saint John's Cemetery
Lancaster, Worcester County, USA
Coordinate: 42.4328003, -71.6977997

7. Woodlawn Cemetery
Clinton, Worcester County, USA
Coordinate: 42.4185982, -71.6889038

8. North Village Cemetery
Lancaster, Worcester County, USA
Coordinate: 42.4724998, -71.6778030

9. Thayer Cemetery
Lancaster, Worcester County, USA
Coordinate: 42.4578500, -71.7024400

10. Old South Burying Ground
Bolton, Worcester County, USA
Coordinate: 42.4231000, -71.6096500

11. Friends Burial Ground
Bolton, Worcester County, USA
Coordinate: 42.4133620, -71.6176710

12. Old Fry Burying Ground
Bolton, Worcester County, USA
Coordinate: 42.4077300, -71.6209900

13. Reservoir Pines Cemetery
Clinton, Worcester County, USA
Coordinate: 42.4084900, -71.7109700

14. North Cemetery
Berlin, Worcester County, USA
Coordinate: 42.4037000, -71.6225100

15. Saint Benedict Center Cemetery
Harvard, Worcester County, USA
Coordinate: 42.4827900, -71.6231900

16. Pan Burying Ground
Bolton, Worcester County, USA
Coordinate: 42.4305992, -71.5894012

17. Fairbank Burial Ground
Sterling, Worcester County, USA
Coordinate: 42.4152600, -71.7320000

18. Smallpox Cemetery
Bolton, Worcester County, USA
Coordinate: 42.4511700, -71.5832800

19. Hillside Cemetery
Sterling, Worcester County, USA
Coordinate: 42.4410000, -71.7492570

20. Oak Hill Cemetery
Sterling, Worcester County, USA
Coordinate: 42.4417000, -71.7493973

21. Old Burying Ground
Berlin, Worcester County, USA
Coordinate: 42.3811646, -71.6375351

22. Chocksett Burial Ground
Sterling, Worcester County, USA
Coordinate: 42.4377000, -71.7555400

23. Bellevue Cemetery
Harvard, Worcester County, USA
Coordinate: 42.4958000, -71.6055984

24. North Burial Ground
Lancaster, Worcester County, USA
Coordinate: 42.5134048, -71.6627274