When Joshua Whitcomb was born on 2 May 1746, in Bolton, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, David Whitcomb, was 36 and his mother, Elizabeth “Betty” White, was 30. He married Eunice Prescott on 26 February 1772, in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He registered for military service in 1775. He died on 17 June 1775, at the age of 29.