Whitcomb Family
In the very early days of Barnard no name occurs more often especially in the land deeds, than the name of Whitcomb. Their dealing in land was in the nature of speculation while Asa Whitcomb was the agent of the proprietors of the town.
Joshua, son of Robert and Joanna (Lawrence) Whitcomb, born Nov. 19, 1734; died before July 1787; m. Betty Culver and came to Barnard from Rochester, Mass, becoming the first deacon of the Congregational church in town. It is not thought he was the first of his name to come to town.
Asa Whitcomb, more intimately connected with the town than any of the others, sold his farm in Old Hardwick in 1774, taking his pay in Continental money, and came to Woodstock where he was elected selectman that same year. He seems to have resided in Woodstock and Barnard alternately, in Stockbridge, Rochester, and the West but returned to Barnard and with his with his wife is buried in the center yard (Village Cemetery). He was selectman in Woodstock as late as April 4, 1777. The year following he was in Barnard and elected the first selectman in 1778, the first Justice of the peace the same year, represented the town in the legislature of 1779. He was a member of the Constitutional Convention which met in Windsor, June 4, 1777. He was agent of the proprietors of the town for the sale of their land. Through his activity a large number of his relatives and former neighbors in Old Hardwick settled in Barnard.
Asa Whitcomb went to Ohio in 1806 with his sons John and Anthony. He went on to the present site of St. Louis and back to the home of his children and later returned to Barnard where he died.
Son of Nathaniel Whitcomb and Rosilla Coombs.
Source: The History of Barnard, Vol. II, pgs. 419-423. (There is much more information on the Whitcombs and their children on these pages).
In the very early days of Barnard no name occurs more often especially in the land deeds, than the name of Whitcomb. Their dealing in land was in the nature of speculation while Asa Whitcomb was the agent of the proprietors of the town.
Joshua, son of Robert and Joanna (Lawrence) Whitcomb, born Nov. 19, 1734; died before July 1787; m. Betty Culver and came to Barnard from Rochester, Mass, becoming the first deacon of the Congregational church in town. It is not thought he was the first of his name to come to town.
Asa Whitcomb, more intimately connected with the town than any of the others, sold his farm in Old Hardwick in 1774, taking his pay in Continental money, and came to Woodstock where he was elected selectman that same year. He seems to have resided in Woodstock and Barnard alternately, in Stockbridge, Rochester, and the West but returned to Barnard and with his with his wife is buried in the center yard (Village Cemetery). He was selectman in Woodstock as late as April 4, 1777. The year following he was in Barnard and elected the first selectman in 1778, the first Justice of the peace the same year, represented the town in the legislature of 1779. He was a member of the Constitutional Convention which met in Windsor, June 4, 1777. He was agent of the proprietors of the town for the sale of their land. Through his activity a large number of his relatives and former neighbors in Old Hardwick settled in Barnard.
Asa Whitcomb went to Ohio in 1806 with his sons John and Anthony. He went on to the present site of St. Louis and back to the home of his children and later returned to Barnard where he died.
Son of Nathaniel Whitcomb and Rosilla Coombs.
Source: The History of Barnard, Vol. II, pgs. 419-423. (There is much more information on the Whitcombs and their children on these pages).
Whitcomb Family
In the very early days of Barnard no name occurs more often especially in the land deeds, than the name of Whitcomb. Their dealing in land was in the nature of speculation while Asa Whitcomb was the agent of the proprietors of the town.
Joshua, son of Robert and Joanna (Lawrence) Whitcomb, born Nov. 19, 1734; died before July 1787; m. Betty Culver and came to Barnard from Rochester, Mass, becoming the first deacon of the Congregational church in town. It is not thought he was the first of his name to come to town.
Asa Whitcomb, more intimately connected with the town than any of the others, sold his farm in Old Hardwick in 1774, taking his pay in Continental money, and came to Woodstock where he was elected selectman that same year. He seems to have resided in Woodstock and Barnard alternately, in Stockbridge, Rochester, and the West but returned to Barnard and with his with his wife is buried in the center yard (Village Cemetery). He was selectman in Woodstock as late as April 4, 1777. The year following he was in Barnard and elected the first selectman in 1778, the first Justice of the peace the same year, represented the town in the legislature of 1779. He was a member of the Constitutional Convention which met in Windsor, June 4, 1777. He was agent of the proprietors of the town for the sale of their land. Through his activity a large number of his relatives and former neighbors in Old Hardwick settled in Barnard.
Asa Whitcomb went to Ohio in 1806 with his sons John and Anthony. He went on to the present site of St. Louis and back to the home of his children and later returned to Barnard where he died.
Son of Nathaniel Whitcomb and Rosilla Coombs.
Source: The History of Barnard, Vol. II, pgs. 419-423. (There is much more information on the Whitcombs and their children on these pages).
In the very early days of Barnard no name occurs more often especially in the land deeds, than the name of Whitcomb. Their dealing in land was in the nature of speculation while Asa Whitcomb was the agent of the proprietors of the town.
Joshua, son of Robert and Joanna (Lawrence) Whitcomb, born Nov. 19, 1734; died before July 1787; m. Betty Culver and came to Barnard from Rochester, Mass, becoming the first deacon of the Congregational church in town. It is not thought he was the first of his name to come to town.
Asa Whitcomb, more intimately connected with the town than any of the others, sold his farm in Old Hardwick in 1774, taking his pay in Continental money, and came to Woodstock where he was elected selectman that same year. He seems to have resided in Woodstock and Barnard alternately, in Stockbridge, Rochester, and the West but returned to Barnard and with his with his wife is buried in the center yard (Village Cemetery). He was selectman in Woodstock as late as April 4, 1777. The year following he was in Barnard and elected the first selectman in 1778, the first Justice of the peace the same year, represented the town in the legislature of 1779. He was a member of the Constitutional Convention which met in Windsor, June 4, 1777. He was agent of the proprietors of the town for the sale of their land. Through his activity a large number of his relatives and former neighbors in Old Hardwick settled in Barnard.
Asa Whitcomb went to Ohio in 1806 with his sons John and Anthony. He went on to the present site of St. Louis and back to the home of his children and later returned to Barnard where he died.
Son of Nathaniel Whitcomb and Rosilla Coombs.
Source: The History of Barnard, Vol. II, pgs. 419-423. (There is much more information on the Whitcombs and their children on these pages).
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