1Ellery Bicknell Crane, Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County, Massachusetts, Vol. 4, p. 373 (1907).
"(IV) Joseph Whitcomb, son of David Whitcomb (3), was born in Lancaster, now Bolton, about 1700. He married Damaris Priest, daughter of John and Anna (Houghton) Priest, of Lancaster, January 20, 1725. About 1760 he removed to West Swanzey, New Hampshire, where he built a sawmill and grist mill where the Stratton mills, the box and bucket shops are now located. He bought land there extensively. He was about sixty years old when he settle in New Hampshire. He died in 1792, aged ninety-two years old, and was buried at Swanzey. His wife died November 12, 1770. He was a lieutenant at the siege of Louisburg in 1745 in Captain John Warner's company, Colonel Samuel Willard's regiment. He was in the Crown Point expedition in 1755 and was lieutenant of his company. He was captain in 1758 under Colonel Timothy Ruggles during the conquest of Canada.
Children of Joseph and Damaris (Priest) Whitcomb were: Abigail, born April 13, 1726; Elizabeth, December 3, 1728; Joseph, March 15, 1731-32, was lieutenant in revolution; Benjamin, September 1, 1735, died young; Damaris, January 7, 1737, died young; Benjamin, Sept. 29, 1738; Jonathan Priest, January 14, 1740, was colonel in the revolution; Elisha (twin), October 18, 1742; Elizabeth (twin), October 18, 1742; Damaris, May 21, 1746; Philemon, October 29, 1748, was general in revolution; Abijah, June 25, 1751; Anna, 1755.".
1Samuel Orcutt, History of the Towns of New Milford and Bridgewater, Connecticut, 1703-1882, p. 722 (1882).
"Lamson, Silas, perhaps son of Wm., Sen., married Mary Hotchkiss, Jan. 22, 1771.
1. Nathan, b. May 12, 1772.
2. John, b. June 1, 1744(sic).
3. Nehemiah, b. July 5, 1777; d. Apr. 15, 1778.
4. Joseph, b. Aug. 14, 1779.".