Zelinda Whitcomb

Brief Life History of Zelinda

When Zelinda Whitcomb was born in 1805, in Washington, Vermont, United States, her father, Philemon Whitcomb Jr, was 25 and her mother, Sarah Brown, was 22. She married Merrill Tyler in 1820, in Fayston, Washington, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Fayston, Washington, Vermont, United States for about 10 years and Vermont, United States in 1870. She died on 14 April 1884, in Waitsfield, Washington, Vermont, United States, at the age of 79.

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Family Time Line

Merrill Tyler
1795–1863
Zelinda Whitcomb
1805–1884
Marriage: 1820
Cyrus Tyler
1821–1822
Laura Elvira Tyler
1823–1873
Cyrene Tyler
1827–1902
Lucius Merrill Tyler
1832–
Harriett Louisa Tyler
1834–1853
Willard W. Tyler
1837–1859
Josephine Maria Tyler
1840–1903
Jane Tyler
1841–
Sarah Eliza Tyler
1843–1896

Sources (17)

  • Zelinda Tyler in household of L M Tyler, "United States Census, 1870"
  • J Tyler in entry for Harriet L Tyler, "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954"
  • Zelinda Tyler in household of Lucius Tyler, "United States Census, 1860"

World Events (8)

1808

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

1812

War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

Name Meaning

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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