Brief Life History of Oliver
When Oliver Whitcomb was born on 3 October 1732, in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Jonathan Whitcomb, was 30 and his mother, Rachel Woods, was 34. He married Sarah Whitney on 17 December 1754, in Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 3 daughters.
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- Copy of Oliver Whetcomb, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Oliver Whitcomb in entry for Ruhamah Whitcomb, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
- Oliver Whitcomb, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
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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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