The following transcription was taken from; Historic homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County, Massachusetts: With a History of Worcester Society of Antiquity, Vol.1, edited by Ellery Bicknell. Lewis Publishing Co. Worcester, Mass. 1907.
"Jonathan Priest Whitcomb, son of Joseph Whitcomb, born January 14, 1740, at Leominster, Massachusetts: married September 5, 1764, Dorothy Carter. She was born March 9, 1746: died October 22, 1827. He settled in Swanzey, New Hampshire, and kept the first store and the first tavern in the town. He served in the revolutionary war and was paid for eight and a one-half months service at Cambridge, Massachusetts, during the siege of Boston in 1775. He was captain of the largest company in Colonel James Reid's regiment at Lexington, April 10, 1775 and at Bunker Hill June 17. 1775. His company encamped on Winter Hill, numbering about seventy men from Keene, New Hampshire and Swanzey. He was promoted to the rank of Colonel in 1775. He had a difficulty with a Captain Marcy, who accused him of cowardice, but a clean and gallant war record was sustained by the court of inquiry. Colonel and Mrs. Whitcomb used to make horseback trips to Boston to buy goods, and on one occasion brought home some lilacs, the first they ever saw, which were planted on the old homestead. Colonel Jonathan died June 13, 1792, and his old regiment attended the funeral. His widow died at the home of her son, Nathan.
The children of Colonel Jonathan Priest and Dorothy (Carter) Whitcomb were: 1. Dorothy, born March 3 or May 23, 1765: died May 2, 1825; married Nathan Capron and had four daughters. 2. Jonathan, born September 20, 1766 or 67: married May 11, 1786, Miriam Willard: he died December 13, 1844; resided at Swanzey. 3. John, born March 22, 1768: died October 17, 1770. 4. Nathan Whitcomb, was born May 14, 1770. He settled at Swanzey and died there. He married October 23, 1791, Penelope White, of Milford, Massachusetts. She was born in 1771; died March 125, 1850. 5. John, born March 9, 1772; married May 7, 1795, Esther Morse, of Swanzey, daughter of Henry Morse; removed to Grafton, Vermont, and Saxtons River, Vermont, where in 1830 he bought the old Judge Baxter place; died 1875. 6. Ephraim, born June 4 or 9, 1774; died August 15, 1777. 7. Damaris, born April 29, 1777; died June, 1784. 8. Anna, born April 9, 1779: died June 17, 1784. 9. Ephraim, born February 26, 1782; married (first), in 1798, Dorothy Chamberlain: married (second) her sister, Charlotte Chamberlain, in 1817: he died March 1869, was a saddle-maker by trade. 10. Salome, born March 2, 1784: died March or May 30, 1785. 11. Salome, born April 25, 1786, married Amos Bailey."
"Jonathan Priest Whitcomb, son of Joseph Whitcomb, born January 14, 1740, at Leominster, Massachusetts: married September 5, 1764, Dorothy Carter. She was born March 9, 1746: died October 22, 1827. He settled in Swanzey, New Hampshire, and kept the first store and the first tavern in the town. He served in the revolutionary war and was paid for eight and a one-half months service at Cambridge, Massachusetts, during the siege of Boston in 1775. He was captain of the largest company in Colonel James Reid's regiment at Lexington, April 10, 1775 and at Bunker Hill June 17. 1775. His company encamped on Winter Hill, numbering about seventy men from Keene, New Hampshire and Swanzey. He was promoted to the rank of Colonel in 1775. He had a difficulty with a Captain Marcy, who accused him of cowardice, but a clean and gallant war record was sustained by the court of inquiry. Colonel and Mrs. Whitcomb used to make horseback trips to Boston to buy goods, and on one occasion brought home some lilacs, the first they ever saw, which were planted on the old homestead. Colonel Jonathan died June 13, 1792, and his old regiment attended the funeral. His widow died at the home of her son, Nathan.
The children of Colonel Jonathan Priest and Dorothy (Carter) Whitcomb were: 1. Dorothy, born March 3 or May 23, 1765: died May 2, 1825; married Nathan Capron and had four daughters. 2. Jonathan, born September 20, 1766 or 67: married May 11, 1786, Miriam Willard: he died December 13, 1844; resided at Swanzey. 3. John, born March 22, 1768: died October 17, 1770. 4. Nathan Whitcomb, was born May 14, 1770. He settled at Swanzey and died there. He married October 23, 1791, Penelope White, of Milford, Massachusetts. She was born in 1771; died March 125, 1850. 5. John, born March 9, 1772; married May 7, 1795, Esther Morse, of Swanzey, daughter of Henry Morse; removed to Grafton, Vermont, and Saxtons River, Vermont, where in 1830 he bought the old Judge Baxter place; died 1875. 6. Ephraim, born June 4 or 9, 1774; died August 15, 1777. 7. Damaris, born April 29, 1777; died June, 1784. 8. Anna, born April 9, 1779: died June 17, 1784. 9. Ephraim, born February 26, 1782; married (first), in 1798, Dorothy Chamberlain: married (second) her sister, Charlotte Chamberlain, in 1817: he died March 1869, was a saddle-maker by trade. 10. Salome, born March 2, 1784: died March or May 30, 1785. 11. Salome, born April 25, 1786, married Amos Bailey."
The following transcription was taken from; Historic homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County, Massachusetts: With a History of Worcester Society of Antiquity, Vol.1, edited by Ellery Bicknell. Lewis Publishing Co. Worcester, Mass. 1907.
"Jonathan Priest Whitcomb, son of Joseph Whitcomb, born January 14, 1740, at Leominster, Massachusetts: married September 5, 1764, Dorothy Carter. She was born March 9, 1746: died October 22, 1827. He settled in Swanzey, New Hampshire, and kept the first store and the first tavern in the town. He served in the revolutionary war and was paid for eight and a one-half months service at Cambridge, Massachusetts, during the siege of Boston in 1775. He was captain of the largest company in Colonel James Reid's regiment at Lexington, April 10, 1775 and at Bunker Hill June 17. 1775. His company encamped on Winter Hill, numbering about seventy men from Keene, New Hampshire and Swanzey. He was promoted to the rank of Colonel in 1775. He had a difficulty with a Captain Marcy, who accused him of cowardice, but a clean and gallant war record was sustained by the court of inquiry. Colonel and Mrs. Whitcomb used to make horseback trips to Boston to buy goods, and on one occasion brought home some lilacs, the first they ever saw, which were planted on the old homestead. Colonel Jonathan died June 13, 1792, and his old regiment attended the funeral. His widow died at the home of her son, Nathan.
The children of Colonel Jonathan Priest and Dorothy (Carter) Whitcomb were: 1. Dorothy, born March 3 or May 23, 1765: died May 2, 1825; married Nathan Capron and had four daughters. 2. Jonathan, born September 20, 1766 or 67: married May 11, 1786, Miriam Willard: he died December 13, 1844; resided at Swanzey. 3. John, born March 22, 1768: died October 17, 1770. 4. Nathan Whitcomb, was born May 14, 1770. He settled at Swanzey and died there. He married October 23, 1791, Penelope White, of Milford, Massachusetts. She was born in 1771; died March 125, 1850. 5. John, born March 9, 1772; married May 7, 1795, Esther Morse, of Swanzey, daughter of Henry Morse; removed to Grafton, Vermont, and Saxtons River, Vermont, where in 1830 he bought the old Judge Baxter place; died 1875. 6. Ephraim, born June 4 or 9, 1774; died August 15, 1777. 7. Damaris, born April 29, 1777; died June, 1784. 8. Anna, born April 9, 1779: died June 17, 1784. 9. Ephraim, born February 26, 1782; married (first), in 1798, Dorothy Chamberlain: married (second) her sister, Charlotte Chamberlain, in 1817: he died March 1869, was a saddle-maker by trade. 10. Salome, born March 2, 1784: died March or May 30, 1785. 11. Salome, born April 25, 1786, married Amos Bailey."
"Jonathan Priest Whitcomb, son of Joseph Whitcomb, born January 14, 1740, at Leominster, Massachusetts: married September 5, 1764, Dorothy Carter. She was born March 9, 1746: died October 22, 1827. He settled in Swanzey, New Hampshire, and kept the first store and the first tavern in the town. He served in the revolutionary war and was paid for eight and a one-half months service at Cambridge, Massachusetts, during the siege of Boston in 1775. He was captain of the largest company in Colonel James Reid's regiment at Lexington, April 10, 1775 and at Bunker Hill June 17. 1775. His company encamped on Winter Hill, numbering about seventy men from Keene, New Hampshire and Swanzey. He was promoted to the rank of Colonel in 1775. He had a difficulty with a Captain Marcy, who accused him of cowardice, but a clean and gallant war record was sustained by the court of inquiry. Colonel and Mrs. Whitcomb used to make horseback trips to Boston to buy goods, and on one occasion brought home some lilacs, the first they ever saw, which were planted on the old homestead. Colonel Jonathan died June 13, 1792, and his old regiment attended the funeral. His widow died at the home of her son, Nathan.
The children of Colonel Jonathan Priest and Dorothy (Carter) Whitcomb were: 1. Dorothy, born March 3 or May 23, 1765: died May 2, 1825; married Nathan Capron and had four daughters. 2. Jonathan, born September 20, 1766 or 67: married May 11, 1786, Miriam Willard: he died December 13, 1844; resided at Swanzey. 3. John, born March 22, 1768: died October 17, 1770. 4. Nathan Whitcomb, was born May 14, 1770. He settled at Swanzey and died there. He married October 23, 1791, Penelope White, of Milford, Massachusetts. She was born in 1771; died March 125, 1850. 5. John, born March 9, 1772; married May 7, 1795, Esther Morse, of Swanzey, daughter of Henry Morse; removed to Grafton, Vermont, and Saxtons River, Vermont, where in 1830 he bought the old Judge Baxter place; died 1875. 6. Ephraim, born June 4 or 9, 1774; died August 15, 1777. 7. Damaris, born April 29, 1777; died June, 1784. 8. Anna, born April 9, 1779: died June 17, 1784. 9. Ephraim, born February 26, 1782; married (first), in 1798, Dorothy Chamberlain: married (second) her sister, Charlotte Chamberlain, in 1817: he died March 1869, was a saddle-maker by trade. 10. Salome, born March 2, 1784: died March or May 30, 1785. 11. Salome, born April 25, 1786, married Amos Bailey."
Inscription
This monument is erected to the memory of
Col Jonathan Whitcomb who died June 13th
1792 in the 53rd year of his age
Family Members
Siblings
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