Whipple Database
Database of the Whipple One-Name Study (WONS)
Martha Balcolm
1714 - 1794 (79 years)-
Name Martha Balcolm Birth 23 Jul 1714 Providence, Providence, Rhode Island Gender Female Death 6 May 1794 Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island Person ID I55906 Whipple Descendants Last Modified 18 Nov 2009
Family Hazadiah Comstock, b. 16 Apr 1682, Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island d. 21 Feb 1764 (Age 81 years) Marriage 10 Aug 1730 Providence, Providence, Rhode Island Children + 1. Catherine Comstock, b. 19 Sep 1713, Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island d. 17 Dec 1751, Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island (Age 38 years) + 2. Martha Comstock d. Bef 14 May 1794 + 3. Joseph Comstock + 4. Ezekiel Comstock, b. 1 May 1733 d. 6 Jul 1777, prob, Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island (Age 44 years) Family ID F14351 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Event Map Birth - 23 Jul 1714 - Providence, Providence, Rhode Island Marriage - 10 Aug 1730 - Providence, Providence, Rhode Island Death - 6 May 1794 - Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island = Link to Google Earth
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Notes - !SOURCE: Martha's will, dated 13 May 1784, proved 14 May 1794, p. 439-440. Abstracted in Rhode Island Genealogical Register, vol. 13, "Abstracts of Smithfield Wills," p. 129.
!OCCUPATION: Seamstress. --Abstracts of Smithfield Wills
!SOURCE: Email from N. Combs to Weldon Whipple, 28 Dec 2004. Adds Martha's surname. Cites Arnold's VRs 7:186, Smithfield Friends Record - [born] 23d 5m 1714; Arnold's VRs 13:290, Providence Gazette, 7:186, Smithfield Friends Record (death); Arnold's VRs 2:1:46, Providence 1:57 (marriage).
!SOURCE: The Arnold Family of Smithfield, Rhode Island, by Richard H. Benson (Boston: Newbury Street Press, 2009; ISBN 978-0-88082-221-3), p. 336. Spells surname Balcom.
- !SOURCE: Martha's will, dated 13 May 1784, proved 14 May 1794, p. 439-440. Abstracted in Rhode Island Genealogical Register, vol. 13, "Abstracts of Smithfield Wills," p. 129.