When Lot Whitcomb was born on 2 September 1789, in Stockbridge, Windsor, Vermont, United States, his father, Nathaniel Whitcomb, was 18 and his mother, Betsey Chamberlain, was 15. He died on 12 May 1796, at the age of 6, and was buried in Stockbridge, Windsor, Vermont, United States.
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English: habitational name from any of various places called Whitcombe or Witcombe. Whitcombe in Dorset and Witcombe in Gloucestershire are named with Old English wīd ‘wide’ + cumb ‘valley’; Whitcombe, Isle of Wight, may have the same etymology or alternatively the first element may be Old English hwīt ‘white’. Witcombe in Somerset is named with Old English wīthig ‘willow’ + cumb, and the placename Whitcombe in Devon is from Old English hwǣte ‘wheat’ + cumb. The surname may also derive from a lost place in Sussex.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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