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James Whitcomb (Robert, Eunice) was born on September 3 or
September 23 in 1764 in Greenwich, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, according to
his birth record HO6, MA26. Other sources stated that he was born on September 8, 1764 WH5, US12 in Richmond, Vermont or in Connecticut WH5. The visible portions of the birth record
for James, which was hardly legible as it was extremely faded, stated, “Jame…
Whit… omb son of Rob… rt by Eunic… his… born Sep… b 3 [or possibly “23”]… 64”,
and can be extrapolated to, “James Whitcomb son of Robert Whitcomb by Eunice
his wife was born September 3 [or 23] 1764” HO6.
His reported age at the time of the 1850 census indicated that he was born
circa 1771 in Massachusetts UN10.
He
was probably the “Jas Whitcomb” whose name appeared as a signer of a petition
for a land tax for Rochester, Vermont, the proceeds of which were to be used to
construct a road along the White River VE4.
The road was to extend “to Bethel Line”, which probably meant either a road in
Bethel or to the town line of Bethel, which lies southeast of Rochester, and
the petition mentioned the “Collage in Hanover”, which is Dartmouth College VE4. His name, the sixth on the reverse side
of the petition, was probably his autograph, although this determination was
made with considerable scrutiny. The nine names written on the front,
underneath the petition, were obviously written by their owners, as they are
unique, with very different handwriting styles. On the back of the paper, the
script of the first seven names is comparable, while the final ten names are distinct.
Subtle variations can be discerned in the formation of the letters of the top
seven names, but perhaps most importantly, the name James Whitcomb was
abbreviated to “Jas.”, while “James Wing” was written out completely. Had these
seven names been written by one person, it is likely that they would have been
written in the same manner, that is to say, both “Jas.” or both “James”.
Further, the flourish added to the “W” which commenced the surnames of Whitcomb
and Wing seemed to grow in dramatic fashion. The petition and its reply have
been transcribed below, and a copy of the first ten names which appeared on the
reverse has been reproduced above VE4.
Many of the lowercase “t” letters were left uncrossed, but this was not an
uncommon practice, and rather than transcribe these as lowercase “l” letters, they have
been corrected to portray what the scribe intended VE4:
To the Honourable
General Assembly of the State of Vermont Convened at Windsor –
The Petetion of the Propriators and Land
holders of the Town of Rochester in the County of Windsor and State aforesaid
Humbly Sheweth that whereas Good and Convenient Roads Through each Town in Said
State is not only Expedient but Absolutely Nessacary [Necessary] not only for
the Emidiate Use and Advantage of the Inhabitents of each Town but for the
Publick who Ocationally Use them
Therefore We Your Humble Petetioners being
under the more Emedeate Nessessaty of a Road Cut and Cleared from white River
in said Rochester to some of the Inhabitents of said Town who live on the Easterly
Part thereof and so on to Bethel Line – which will Open the Straightest and
best Road which we Rationally think Can be had from the Collage in Hanover to
the Senter of Said Rochester and so on to Middlebury or Brand [above this word
were scrawled two indecipherable marks; this was probably meant to read
“Brandon”] on Otter Creek and will Shorten the way from Said Collage to said
Otter Creek at least eight Miles of what they now travil the way ye Road now
goes – Therefore We your Humble Petetioners Pray that your Honours would take
the matter under your Serious Candid and Deliberate Consideration and Grant us
a Tax of one Penney on the acre on all the Lands in said Rochester for the
purpose of making said Road through said town said ?i?e [this word contained
two letters which were dissimilar to other letters in the petition] to be Laid
out by such Men as the Honourable Court Shall see fit to appoint And We your
Humble Petetioners as in Duty bound shall ever Pray
Dated at Rochester this 1st Day of October AD 1793 –
To the Hon[ora]ble Gen Assembly now in
Session at Windsor –
The Committee to whom was referred the
within petition – report That in their opinion the prayer there of ought to be
granted – with the usual exception of [two or three illegible words follow the
word “of”] & that they have leave to bring in a bill accordingly
James
married Lucy Kilburn and according to Charlotte Whitcomb, he relocated from
Richmond, Vermont to a large farm on the Winooski River in Bolton, Chittenden
County, Vermont WH5. This may have been true, but it is
possible that he may not have moved at all, for Richmond and Bolton are
geographically very close (less than seven miles apart), and the boundaries of
Bolton were in flux in 1794, 1804, and 1808 DE10, IN16. Although it is somewhat conceivable that James Whitcomb remained
in place while the township boundaries changed, in 1804 the town of Bolton
annexed part of its land to Richmond, rather than the other way around IN16. The Winooski River, which was first
known as the French River, and then the Onion River IN16, connects both towns. W.S. Rann stated
that James lived on Richmond Hill before he moved to Bolton, which was his
place of death RA6.
His
stage house in Bolton was considered to be successful, and he was “one of the
most popular of the many landlords of his time and vicinity” WH5. The 1800 census record listed his name near
Benjamin Bishop’s name, and just below Robert Whitcomb’s name UN5. James Whitcomb was listed as the
representative for Bolton in the years 1818, 1819, 1821, 1822, 1824 through
1826, and 1830 DE10. He also was a member of the
Constitutional Convention in 1822 DE10
and he was the postmaster for Bolton, Vermont in 1824 RA6. On October 23, 1828, he made an
appearance at the General Assembly in Montpelier, Vermont to formally oppose
the land tax for the town of Bolton, but he was referred to the Land Tax
Committee WA7.
He
didn’t seem to age from 1830 to 1840, as the tally mark for his age bracket
stayed in the range “of sixty and under seventy”. According to the 1850 census,
he was a farmer. Household members living with James and Lucy Whitcomb at the
time of the 1850 census included Charles and Lucinda Whitcomb, Edward Stone,
and Honora Kelly UN10.
He allegedly fell
from a load of hay WH5 and died on April 30, 1851 in Bolton, Chittenden County, Vermont WH5, CH10, US12 and was buried in East Bolton Cemetery. However, corroborating evidence
regarding the circumstance of his death has not been located, and it should be
noted that John Whitcomb, the elder brother of his great-great grandfather
(Robert Whitcomb) died from essentially this same reason on April 6, 1683 NO9, NO19. This John Whitcomb was navigating a
canoe laden with hay across the Nashua River, but the canoe sank, and he
drowned NO9. James was eighty-six years old at the time of
his death, as stated on his gravestone. It is very possible
that he was the James Whitcomb whose death record stated that he was born in
1771, died at age eighty in 1851, and was buried in Bolton VE12.
The
estate of James Whitcomb was appraised by Henry F. Janes and Safford Colby CH10. Three separate lists of items were created
CH10, and because the handwriting was
generally atrocious and often illegible for most of the documents in the
probate record for James (which numbered over fifty pages), each of the three
documents pertaining to the inventory have been assessed individually and
comparatively. In this manner, many of the words which could not be ascertained
on their own could be determined a bit more readily. Two of the inventory lists
were written in the same or an extremely similar hand, but the third, which
included additional items, was written by a different person. The list of
assets which follows is a compilation of the three lists, as opposed to a
quotation, and as such, correct spelling will be used; the items which appeared
solely on the third list will be italicized, and as usual, the valuation for
these items have been omitted by the author.
Included
were one pair of oxen, two cows [or twenty cows], one mare, four
hogs, a cart, two wagons, two sets of harrow teeth, two plows, old
[illegible word], chains, a yoke and irons, a horse rake, three old sleighs, a
lot of lumber, grain, a grindstone, an iron bar, a wheelbarrow, four M.
Shingles, twenty-four chairs, four tables, one sophea [perhaps one sofa], a
desk, three looking glasses, six Kersey blankets [kersey is a coarse wool cloth],
six coverlets, sixty old pans, three cheese tubs, a furnace kettle,
three broken five pail kettles, five old meat tubs, old casks and barrels,
stoneware, three [illegible word], a warming pan, ironware, two buffalo robes,
six pails, baskets, six beds, six bedsteads and [illegible word], a neck yoke,
an old saddle and bridle, fourteen [here was a word that on the third document
looked like “comfortables”, but on the other two documents resembled the word
“compartments”], a churn, crockery, eighteen silver spoons, a set of shovel and
tongs, two brass kettles, a dung fork, five pitch forks, two hoes, a shovel,
three scythe snaiths, two sets of whiffletrees, a clock and case, two wheels
and [illegible word], a hatchet, a pair of brass andirons, and a side saddle CH10.
·
1800
US Census: lived in Richmond, Chittenden County, Vermont with two boys under
age ten, one girl between ten and sixteen, one young woman whose age was
between sixteen and twenty-five, and one woman whose age was twenty-six to forty-five. The ages of the household members don’t seem to
compute perfectly when compared to the 1810 census, but the census record did
not list names of household members or their relationship to the head of the
household.
·
1810
US Census: lived in Richmond, Chittenden County, Vermont with two boys and one
girl under age ten, one boy and one girl between ten and fifteen, and one woman
between the age of twenty-six and forty-four.
·
1820
US Census: lived in Richmond, Chittenden County, Vermont with four boys and one
girl under ten, two boys and one girl between ten to fifteen, one young man
sixteen through eighteen years old (and possibly that same individual was
counted again in the next age bracket, from sixteen to twenty-five), one young woman
who was between sixteen and twenty-five, two women who were between twenty-six
and forty-four, and lastly one woman who was older than forty-five years old.
·
1830
US Census: lived in Bolton, Chittenden County, Vermont with one girl between
the age of five and nine, two boys and one girl between ten and fourteen, one
young man and one young woman from fifteen to nineteen, three men aged twenty
to twenty-nine, one woman between twenty and twenty-nine, one woman between
thirty and thirty-nine, and one woman who was between fifty and fifty-nine.
·
1840
US Census: lived in Bolton, Chittenden County, Vermont with three young men and
one young woman between the ages of fifteen to nineteen, one woman between the
ages of twenty and twenty-nine, and one woman who was over sixty but younger
than sixty-nine.
·
1850
US Census: lived in Bolton, Chittenden County, Vermont.
Lucy Kilburn was said to have
been from Waterbury, Connecticut WH5, and she was
probably the daughter of Joel and Sarah Kilburn, although her birth record has
not been located. According to the 1850 census, she was born circa 1777 in New
Hampshire UN10, which generally
agrees with the information found on James Whitcomb’s gravestone; her birth
year was probably 1777 or 1778. Lucy was the mother of Polly, Almon, Albert,
Lucinda, Kilburn, Sheldon, Wealthy C., Orlando, James Harrison, and Charles E. CH10, WH5.
Polly
Whitcomb was
born said to have been born on February 3, 1796 or 1797 in Bolton, Chittenden
County, Vermont, and she married Richard Jones WH5. A document dated April 21, 1864 in the
probate record for her brother, Kilburn Whitcomb, listed his siblings; it
stated “Polly Jones, a sister of said deceased, of Loch harber, Canada East” PR16. The name of this location may be read
as “Lock” or “Loch” and “harber”. This may refer to Lochaber, Antigonish
County, Nova Scotia, Canada, but her residence in Canada East is uncertain.
Almon
Whitcomb was
said to have been born on June 20, 1799 in Bolton, Chittenden County, Vermont,
and he may have married Miranda Morgan on December 28, 1826 WH5. Almon was listed as the Postmaster of
Bolton, Chittenden County, Vermont in 1835 US16. Almon UN10, UN12 (or Arnon UN11) and Marinda UN10, UN12 (Merinda UN11) Whitcomb lived in Battle Creek,
Calhoun County, Michigan in 1850, 1860, and 1870; the 1850 and 1860 census
records indicated that Almon was born about 1800 in Vermont UN10, UN11, and the 1870 census stated he was
seventy-one (born about 1799 UN12).
His occupation was a freight agent UN10,
and then a railroad agent UN11,
and finally a city treasurer UN12. He
lived in Calhoun County, Michigan in April 1864 PR16. The death record for Almon Whitcomb
stated that he died of old age as a widower in May 1873 in Battle Creek,
Calhoun County, Michigan MI21.
His obituary stated that Almon Whitcomb, the City Treasurer of Battle Creek,
Michigan, was born to James Whitcomb on June 20, 1797 in Richmond, Chittenden
County, Vermont and died on “the 15th
ult., aged seventy-five”, which would indicate that his death occurred on June
15, 1873 PE29. It
also stated that his grandfather was Robert Whitcomb, “one of the earliest
settlers in this portion of the State, having removed from Massachusetts to the
Onion River valley and located at Richmond about the time of the commencement
of the war of the Revolution, nearly a century age [sic]” PE29.
The obituary stated that Almon’s father, James Whitcomb, moved from Richmond to
Bolton PE29. In
1826, Almon moved to Warren, Herkimer County, New York, which was the location
of his marriage; he returned to Bolton after this, but in 1836 he relocated to Battle
Creek, Michigan PE29.
Almon’s gravestone is located at Oak Hill Cemetery in Battle Creek, and a photo
can be found on the Find a Grave
website.
Albert Whitcomb was said to have been born on June 12, 1804 in
Bolton, Chittenden County, Vermont WH5 to James and Lucy
Whitcomb WH5, CH10. Lucinda Whitcomb was said to have been born on October
27, 1807 in Bolton, Chittenden County, Vermont, and married “Henry” Lewis WH5. She was probably the Lucinda Lewis who
was married to Harvey B. Lewis; they lived in Battle Creek, Calhoun County,
Michigan in 1850 and 1860 UN10, UN11.
Lucinda Lewis was born about 1807 UN11 or
1808 UN10 in
Vermont UN10, UN11.
Their oldest child who was listed in 1850, fourteen-year-old James J. Lewis,
was born in Michigan UN10,
which indicates that they moved from Vermont by 1836. Kilburn Whitcomb’s
probate record stated that Lucinda Lewis was his sister, and she lived in
Calhoun County, Michigan in 1864 PR16. A
severely deteriorated stone in Dubois Cemetery in Battle Creek probably marks
her grave; it states “LUCINDA wife of B LEWIS”. Another gravestone in the same
cemetery states “…VEY B. LEW…”. The stones are on the ground, and the grass has
encroached onto their edges (photos are located on the Find a Grave website).
Kilburn
Whitcomb was
said to have been born on September 20, 1809 in Bolton, Chittenden County,
Vermont WH5. A
marriage record stated that Kilburn Whitcomb of Richmond and Lucinda Muncey
married on September 15, 1835 VE12. It
is unclear if this was the same Kilburn who married Laura. Kilburn was listed
as a Postmaster of Richmond, Chittenden County, Vermont in 1843 US16. He and his wife, Laura, lived in
Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan near Almon and Marinda Whitcomb in 1850;
that census record stated that he was a wagon maker who was born about 1810 in
Vermont UN10.
Kilburn Whitcomb wrote his will on May 1, 1856; he stated he was forty-six
years old, and bequeathed all his property to his wife, Laura PR16. His probate record stated that he died
on April 7, 1864 PR16.
His gravestone, located at Oak Hill Cemetery in Battle Creek, stated that he
died on April 7, 1864 at age fifty-four (a photo is located on the Find a Grave website).
Sheldon Whitcomb was born in November 1811 in Bolton, Vermont
US12 and was said to have been born on
November 30, 1811 in Bolton, Chittenden County, Vermont WH5. He married Almedia Faunce WH5. A marriage record for their son,
Cornelius S. Whitcomb, to Elizabeth J. (Hunt) Moyer stated that Cornelius was
the son of Sheldon Whitcomb and Almeda P. Faunce MI23. A Kent County, Michigan death
certificate for their daughter, Merinda A. Adams, stated that Merinda was born
to Sheldon Whitcomb and Almeda P. Faunce on November 21, 1840, and died on
February 14, 1901. Sheldon and Almeda Whitcomb lived in Castleton, Barry
County, Michigan in 1850 and 1860 UN10, UN11.
Sheldon was born about 1811 UN11 or
1812 UN10 in
Vermont UN10, UN11. He
lived in Barry County, Michigan in 1864 PR16. He
may have been the Sheldon Whitcomb who lived in Bridgewater, Washtenaw County,
Michigan with his wife, Mary, in 1880; this Sheldon was born about 1813 in
Vermont to parents who were born in Vermont UN13.
Wealthy
C. Whitcomb was
born in August 1812 UN14, on August 23, 1813 VE7, or on August 23, 1814 in Bolton, Chittenden County, Vermont WH5. She was said to have married “James”
Hinckson WH5,
but the 1850, 1860, and 1870 US Census records state that she was married to
Thomas B. Hinckson. Thomas B. and Wealthy C. Hinckson lived in Bolton,
Chittenden County in 1850 and 1860 UN10, UN11,
and in Otsego, Allegan County, Michigan in 1870 UN12. Wealthy was born about 1813 UN13, 1814 UN10, UN11 or 1815 UN12 in Vermont UN10, UN11, UN12, UN13. Wealthy “Hinkson” was called a sister
of Kilburn Whitcomb in 1864 when she lived in Chittenden County, Vermont PR16. She lived with her son, Dr. Almon
Hinckson, in Otsego, Allegan County, Michigan in 1880 UN13, and she lived with her daughter and
son-in-law, Jane A. and Jessie Gloyd, in Jericho, Chittenden County, Vermont in
1900 UN14. Wealthy C. Hinckson, the daughter of James Whitcomb
and Lucy Kilbourne who was born in Bolton, Vermont, died of a cerebral
hemorrhage at age ninety years, ten months, and twenty-six days on July 18,
1903 in Jericho, Vermont VE12, VE7.
Orlando
Whitcomb was
said to have been born on July 23, 1815 in Bolton, Chittenden County, Vermont WH5. He was said to have married Hannah
Bean and then Susan (Kilburn) Atherton WH5.
Orlando was born in 1815 UN10, UN12 or
1816 UN11 and
lived in Bolton, Chittenden County, Vermont in 1850 and 1860 UN10, UN11. In 1850, Orlando’s wife was Hannah and
his son was eight-year-old Edwn H.
Whitcomb, and they lived next door to James and Lucy Whitcomb UN10, while in 1860 the wife of O.K.
Whitcomb was Susan, and they lived with Edwin, who was nineteen, Thankful, who
was twenty (listed after Edwin), Ellen, twelve, Frank, eight, Lucy, six, and
John Doland, who was fourteen UN11.
Orlando lived in Chittenden County in 1864, as he was listed amongst his
siblings in Kilburn Whitcomb’s probate record PR16. Orlando K. and Susan K. Whitcomb lived
in Jericho, Chittenden County, Vermont in 1870 with Frances J. Whitcomb, an
eighteen-year-old man, Lucy R. Whitcomb, who was sixteen, and Ella M. Atherton,
who was twenty-two UN12. It
can be inferred that Thankful and Ellen/Ella were daughters of Susan (Atherton)
Whitcomb. Orlando Whitcomb was said to have died on July 29, 1878 WH5, but this date is incorrect, because a
death record for “O.H. Whitcomb” stated that he died at age sixty-three years,
eleven months, and three days on June 19, 1879 in Jericho, Chittenden County,
Vermont VE12.
This indicates that he was born on July 16, 1815. He was born in Bolton to
James Whitcomb, and the disease which caused his death stated “Kidney” VE12. His gravestone in East Bolton Cemetery
in Bolton, Chittenden County stated that he died on June 19, 1879 at
sixty-three years and nine months (a photo of this stone can be found on the Find a Grave website). The earliest date
noted on his probate record was dated June 24, 1879, when Francis J. Whitcomb
was appointed the administrator of Orlando’s estate VE2.
James
Harrison Whitcomb was
said to have been born on December 31, 1818 in Bolton, Chittenden County,
Vermont, and was said to have married Jane Williams Smith on December 25, 1839 WH5. James H. and Jane Whitcomb lived in
Bolton, Chittenden County in 1850, 1860, and 1870 UN10, UN11, UN12. James was born about 1818 UN10, UN12, UN13 or 1823 UN11 in Vermont UN10, UN11, UN12, UN13. He was called a brother of Kilburn
Whitcomb who lived in Chittenden County in 1864 PR16. In 1880, James and Jane W. Whitcomb
lived in Richmond, Chittenden County, Vermont UN13. He wrote his will on October 14, 1885
which mentioned his wife, Jane W. Whitcomb VE2. The death record for James H. Whitcomb
stated that he was born to James Whitcomb in Bolton and died at age sixty-four
on December 9, 1885 in Richmond, Vermont VE12.
Charles
H. Whitcomb was
said to have been born on March 30, 1820 in Bolton, Chittenden County, Vermont WH5. He and Lucinda Whitcomb were
enumerated in Bolton, Chittenden County in 1850 in the household of James and
Lucy Whitcomb UN10. In
1860, Charles and Lucinda lived in their own household in Bolton with Thomas
Mellon, age thirteen, and Ellen Daily, who was a servant UN11. He was called a brother of Kilburn
Whitcomb who lived in Chittenden County in 1864 PR16. Charles and Lucinda Whitcomb were
enumerated in Montpelier, Washington County, Vermont in 1880 UN13. He was born about 1820 UN10, UN13 or 1821 UN11 in Vermont UN10, UN11, UN13. A death record which may or may not be
for Charles stated that Charles E. Whitcomb was born to Thomas in Bolton,
Vermont, and this Charles died of old age at age seventy-four years, seven
months, and sixteen days on October 14, 1894 in Jericho, Vermont VE12. This would place his birth at roughly
February 27, 1820.
Numerous
papers documented her petition for dower to the Chittenden County Probate Court,
and the actual details of that dower CH10. For
example, a letter to the Chittenden County Probate Court dated March 18, 1852
by Henry F. Janes, Sufford Colby, and Joseph Mills, described the metes and
bounds of the property owned by Lucy and Charles, her son CH10. The last half of this letter, regarding Lucy’s portion of that
property, has been reproduced CH10:
We
then set off to Lucy Whitcomb the widow of the said deceased, for her dower, or
third thereof About Twenty three acres of the homestead bounded as follows,
viz, Commencing at a Stake & stones on north bank of River, being the S.W.
corner of land divided to Charles E. Whitcomb from the homestead of the
deceased. Thence N. 35°, E. on said CW. E. Whitcomb’s line to the South line of
turnpike. Thence S. 56°, E. on South line of turnpike twenty six rods & 14
links to a corner in front of N.W. corner of Old barn. Thence N. 34°, E. crossing
the turnpike & [possibly the word “passing”] on Easterly End of house &
westerly End of wood House, Nine rods & 13 links to a corner One rod North
of N.W. corner of said wood house. Thence N. 56°, W. One rod to a corner.
Thence S. 34°, W. To & through the house at or on the partition between
dining room & parlour, five rods & 21 links to the north side of
turnpike in front of house. Thence N. 56 W. on north line of turn pike, twenty
five rods & 12 links to a corner. Thence N. 35°, E. on Said CW. E.
Whitcombs line, to the north End of Said farm. Thence N. 55°, W. on the north
End of said farm, thirteen rods to a corner. Thence S. 35°. W. to the bank of
the river. Thence up the river to the first described bounds. Also about thirty
acres from Lot No. 8, commencing on the Easterly line of Said Lot on the
northerly line of the turnpike. Thence N. 35°, E. Sixty one rods to the South
East corner of a piece of land owned by Orlando Whitcomb. Thence N. 55°, W.
Seventy four rods to a corner on the westerly line of Said Lot. Thence S. 35°,
W. Seventy four rods to said turn- Turnpike [sic]. Thence Easterly on
the north line of said turnpike to the first named bounds, Excepting about one
acre of land & orchard [at this point there are two indistinguishable
words] the right of way to the back part of said Lot, Said two pieces of land
amounting to the above sum of nine hundred & twenty four Dollars
Dated
at Bolton in the County of Chittenden this 18th day of March A.D. 1852.
Lucy
died at age seventy-five on March 25, 1853 and was buried in the East Bolton
Cemetery in Chittenden County, Vermont, according to the inscription on the
gravestone she shared with James. Charlotte Whitcomb stated that she died in
Battle Creek, Michigan, but the same death date was listed, March 25, 1853 WH5. A death record for Lucy Whitcomb, who was seventy-five at the
time of her death, stated that she was the wife of James who was born in 1778,
and her burial occurred in the cemetery in Bolton VE12. It did not state her parent’s names or the date (or even the
year) of her death, but the year of her birth, in addition to her age at the
time of her death, indicates that she died in 1853.
Joel
Kilburn married Sarah Bliss on March 13, 1772 in Gilsum, Cheshire County, New
Hampshire NE10. These individuals were possibly the parents of Lucy Kilburn.
Joel may have been the Joel Kilburn of Gilsum who wrote a petition to the
government of Massachusetts for aid and support for the furtherance of the
establishment of wire manufacturers, sometime between the years of 1773 and
1777 GR4. Joel and Sarah were the parents of Wealthy, a daughter who was
born on April 25, 1781 in Lebanon Township, Grafton County, New Hampshire NE8. Lucy (Kilburn) Whitcomb would later have a daughter named
Wealthy, as well CH10, WH5. Joel
and Sarah Kilburn were also the parents of twin sons, Ira and James, who were
born on November 23, 1785 in Surry, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, a daughter,
Sarah, born on March 29, 1788 in Surry NE8,
Joel, born on September 3, 1790 in Jericho Township, Chittenden County,
Vermont, and finally Lucinda, born on March 17, 1793, also in Jericho VE1.
Joel
“Kilbourn” was enumerated in Jericho, Vermont during the 1790 census, and in
his household were three males under the age of sixteen, two males over
sixteen, which included himself, and four females
(their age range was not noted) UN4. Unless extended relatives or hired hands resided with the
Kilburn family at that time, three individuals are unaccounted for, because the
known members of Joel’s family at that time totaled six, as Joel Jr. and
Lucinda had not yet been born, but the census recorded nine in the house UN4.
Sometime
before April 30, 1798, Joel died, survived by his wife, Sarah VE2. According to a notice written on April 30, 1798 by Solomon
Miller, Esquire, Judge of Probate of Wills for Chittenden County, which was
addressed to the appraisers of his estate (Thomas Rood, John Porter, and Reuben
Wells), Joel Kilburn died insolvent, or bankrupt VE2. The administrators of his estate were Sarah Kilburn and Robert
Whitcomb VE2. His estate, inventoried on May 1, 1798 and August 30, 1800, was
appraised at $105.57 VE2. On
April 2, 1799, the Probate Court ordered that the amount of $35.63 be granted
to his widow, Sarah, to support her young daughter, Lucinda, for the period of
one and one-half years until she turned seven, for at that time Lucinda was
said to have been five years old VE2. If
her birth record was correct, Lucinda had just turned six. His probate record
comprised several loose documents, and upside-down on the bottom of one of
these papers, someone had written, “Quietness and content are matters most
excellent Welthy” VE2. The
inventory of his estate was mostly categorized under generalized headings,
aside from the category called “Wooden Ware”, which included all sorts of
various objects VE2:
Wearing
Appearl of the Deceased
one
Loos Coat… Coat Vest and Breches… Two pair of Breaches… Three Vests… 1 pair of
Shoes… Three pairs of Stockings… one pair of Mettings [probably “mittens”]… Two
hankarcheifs… Two Shirts… one hat… Coat Vest and Breches… One Bridle
Household
furnitir
16
Chairs… 6 Chairs… 1 Bed and beding… 1 Bed and Beding… 1 Bed and Beding… 2
Tables… 2 Chest… 2 Doz Earthen plates… 1 Earthen platter
Iron
ware
1 five
pail kettle… 2 small kettles… 1 Tea kettle… 1 pot… 1 frying pan… 1 Bake kettle…
Toasting Iron… Grid Iron… Fire Shovel & Tongs… Crane… hand Irons… flat
Irons
Pewter
2
platters… 2 plates… 1 Tea pot… 1 quart Bason… 2 porringers
Tin
ware
4 Tin
pans… 2 measurs 1 tunnel… 2 peper Boxes… pint Cup… 1 Tin pail… 2 tin dippers
Eartharn
Teapot
Sugar Bowl… 6 Earthan Bowls… 1 Case and Bottles… 2 Decanters… 2 milk pitchers…
mustard pot pepper Box
Wooden
ware
1
Cupboard… 1 Dutch Wheel… Great Wheel & peal… 2 pails… 3 wooden Bowles… 2
meat Barrels… 1 Soap Barrel… 1 Bear barrel [this was written as “Bear”, but the
appraiser may have meant “beer”]… 1 Cag [possibly “keg”]… 1 wash Tub… 3 Small
Tubs… I half Bushall 2 quart measure… 2 hoes… 1 Broad ax narrow ax… 4 Candle
sticks… 2 Earthan Pots… 1 pair of Stylyards [stilliards or steelyards]… 2 Sets
of window Curtains… 5 napkins… 2 Table Cloaths… 2 Oil Cloaths… 1 basket… 1
Sirer [perhaps “Sieve”]… 2 Skimmers… 2 Tea Canisters… 6 Spoons… 1 Rasor and
Lather Box… 1 Warming pan… 1 Lanthorn [lantern]… 1 Salt morter… 1 Earthorn
[Earthen] Jug… 4 Small Chisels… 2 Small plains… 1 Vinegar Cask… 1 Looking
Glass… 2 pair of Cards… 1 pair of Shears [the previous word was partially
smudged, but did appear to state “Shears”]… 1 pair of Snuffers… 9 Tea cups and
Saucers… 10 knives and forks… 1 Cow… 4 Gears
this
is an inventory of some propperty of joel Kilburn of jerico Deseased that was
not to Be found at the first aprisal Now found august ye 30 – 1800
Namely
these – one old feather Bed… one old plain Bedsted… one old trundle Bedsted… one
halveing plain… one Cornish plain… one Screw
·
1850
US Census: lived in Bolton, Chittenden County, Vermont.
