Joseph TITCOMB

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Ship Owner and Merchant of Newbury, Massachusetts
• Fact 1: 1678, Oath of Allegiance
• Fact: 1704, Purchased from Hugh Marsh a house, barn, shop and 2 acres. Sold the property to his son Edmund in 1710.
• Will: Between 08 Feb 1728 and 1729

Benaiah married Sarah BROWNE on 24 Dec 1678. Sarah was born on 07 Sep 1657 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: Daughter of Richard Browne and Elizabeth Greenleaf

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer
• Immigration: 1634, Came from England
• Residence: 22 Jun 1642, Made a Freeman
• Residence: 1646, Chosen a Selectman
• Residence: 1655, Chosen Representative to the General Court
• Will: 18 Sep 1676

Notes:

Excerpts from "A Genealogical History of the Clark and Worth Families": William came to Newbury, Mass., from North Banks, county Berkshire in England. He had taken passage in the Mary and John from London March 24, 1634, but came the following month in the Hercules, according to Savage. The captain was a farmer, could write,a nd was very active in town and church affairs. He took the oath of freeman June 22, 1642, was a selectman in 1646 and in other years, was a deputy to the General Court in 1655, and served on various committees including one "to study the need for a bridge". A constable in 1651, he served as a commissioner in 1655, 1658, and 1670, and served on the juries numberous times. He was a lot-layer for Plumb Island in 1656.

Excerpts from "Early New England People": William Titcomb died September 24, 1676. Judge Samuel Sewall, in his "Diary," says that he died " Sabbath day, after about a fortnight's sickness of the Fever and Ague", and "one week or thereabout lay regardless of any person and in great pain." His will was made six days before his death. After giving legacies to eleven of his children he says:

"I give to my loving and dear wife the third of all my lands for her use and benefit, with the third of my housing during her natural life, and then to return unto my heirs.

"Lastly, I do make and hereby apoynt my sonne Penuel Titcomb to be my Heir to enjoy all my land and housing and all my estate besides, whom I do hereby apoynt my holl and solle executor to reseve all my estate in lands and house goods and drafts whom I do order and apoynt by this my will to pay all my debts that I doe owe, and all the legacies that I have given according to the true intent of this my will, and that this is my last will and testament, having my perfect memory and understanding witness my hand.

"I add to what is above written before my signing here of, that in case my heir should decease withouth children all my land and housing should be posesed and enjoyed by my sonne Benia wotherwise Benomena or by the next eldest surviving at the death of my sonne Peneel whom I have apoynted my Heir by this as witness this my will as witness my hand in presence of Richard Bartlett, Sen., & Thomas Bartlett eighteenth day of September one thousand six hundred seventy & six.

William Titcomb

"Richard Bartlett"

" Thomas Bartlett"

Excerpt from "New England Families Genealogical and Memorial: Third Series, Vol II": The name Titcomb probably originated from the parish of Tidcombe, in county Wilts, England. Some members of the family claim the following coat-of-arms: Or, a ben azure, between two foxes' heads, erased gules. Crest: A dexter arm couped above the ebow, armed garnished or, the hand grasping a broken lance gules.

William married Joanna BARTLETT before 1640. Joanna (daughter of Richard BARTLETT and ? UNKNOWN) was born on 29 Jan 1610 in England; died on 28 Jun 1653 in Newbury, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: 29 Jan 1611
• Death: Bef 1654

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Cordwainer
• Religion: Elder of the church of Newbury
• Immigration: 1635, Came to Newbury, Massachusetts
• Death: 20 May 1647, Newbury, Massachusetts
• Will Proved: 28 Sep 1647

Notes:

Excerpt from "A genealogical History of the Clark and Worth Families": The name is Anglo-Norman; the nickname Bartle, (son of Bartholomew) plus diminutive-ot and -et is seen in old English records: Bartelot, county Bedford in 1273; Thomas Bartlet, Yorkshire in 1379; and Robert Bartlet, county Dorset in 1578. Newbury was the first livestock-raising settlement in the province,colonied largely by immigrants from Wiltshire, England. A party of colonists from Wiltshire came to Ipswich, Mass, March 24, 1634, with the Rev. thomas Parker on the ship Mary and John. In 1635 they moved on to colonize Newbury.

Richard came to Newbury in 1635, very likely in the company of Rev. Parker from Wiltshire. Richard Bartlett brought his children, and judging from their birth dates, he was probable married twice in Entgland. His son John's name appears on the passenger list of the Mary and John. They bought land at what ever since has been called Bartlett's Cove near Chain Bridge and opposite Amesbury Ferry, and records show that they were men of education, ability and influence. Richart Sr. brought from England a rare Breecher Bible he had purchased in 1612, as well as other books. This edition of the Bible contained the Book of Common Prayer, a Concordance, and Psalms set to music. According to tradition, the Bartletts were a music-loving family.

Excerpt from "Family Records of Branches of the Hanaford, Thompson, Huckins, Prescott, Smith, Neal, etc": The ancestors of the Bartletts came from Normandy, with William the Conqueror, and fought the battle of Hastings. Stopham, England, is the ancestral seat of the family. the Bartletts were among the Wiltshire Colony that came over on the Mary and Joh, March 24, 1633, and settled at Newbury, Mass,; among this colony was Richard Bartlett and family.

Richard married ? UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]