Edmund Titcomb

1710 - 1803  (58 years)

• Name	Edmund Titcomb
  	Father: Edmund Titcomb Mother: Elizabeth Greenleaf [3, 5]
  Birth	26 Mar 1710	Newbury, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay   [1, 7]
  Occupation	say 1740 (29 years)  [5]
  He was a shipwright.
  Legal	14 Feb 1743/44 (33 years)	Salem, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay   [7]
  Edmund, Sarah and Stephen Merrill were granted a power of attorney for Nathan Merrill on 14 February 1743/44 in Salem, Massachusetts.
  Moved To	1749 (38 years)	Falmouth (now Portland), Cumberland County, Province of Massachusetts Bay (now Maine)   [7]
  In 1749 Edmund and Sarah moved with his family to what is now Portland, specifically Mackworth's Point.
  Land/House	18 Aug 1756 (46 years)	Falmouth (now Portland), Cumberland County, Province of Massachusetts Bay (now Maine)   [7]
  He sold his land on Mackworth's Island to Jedidiah Preble on 18 August 1756.
  Land/House	24 Mar 1757 (46 years)	North Yarmouth, Cumberland County, Province of Massachusetts Bay (now Maine)   [7]
  He bought land in the Western Division of North Yarmouth, Maine on 24 March 1757.
  Legal	Jul 1760 (50 years)	North Yarmouth, Cumberland County, Province of Massachusetts Bay (now Maine)   [7]
  In July 1760 his name appears on the Juror list.
  Death	Between 20 Jan 1769 and 27 Apr 1803	North Yarmouth, Cumberland County, Province of Massachusetts Bay (now Maine)   [7]
  Person ID, Branch	I24127
  Last Modified	13 Jun 2025

  
  

  Spouse / Partner 1	Sarah Merrill,   b. Abt 1712, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. Before 20 Jan 1769 (Age 57 years)
  Marriage	29 Jul 1730	Newbury, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay   [2, 4, 5, 7]
  	Marriage Record of Sarah Merrill and Edmund Titcomb
  Age at Marriage	He : 20 years and 4 months - She : ~ 18 years and 7 months.
  Children	From 1736 to 1739  [5, 7]
  1. Edmund Titcomb (1736-1818) 2. Elizabeth Titcomb (1739-1806)
  Family ID	F8551	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Jun 2025

  
  

  Spouse / Partner 2	Mehitable Blake  [7]
  Marriage Intent	20 Jan 1769	North Yarmouth, Cumberland County, Province of Massachusetts Bay (now Maine)   [6, 7]
  Family ID	F8552	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Jun 2025

  
  

• Pedigree

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• Event Map		Birth - 26 Mar 1710 - Newbury, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay Marriage - 29 Jul 1730 - Newbury, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay Legal - 14 Feb 1743/44 - Salem, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay Moved To - 1749 - Falmouth (now Portland), Cumberland County, Province of Massachusetts Bay (now Maine) Land/House - 18 Aug 1756 - Falmouth (now Portland), Cumberland County, Province of Massachusetts Bay (now Maine) Land/House - 24 Mar 1757 - North Yarmouth, Cumberland County, Province of Massachusetts Bay (now Maine) Legal - Jul 1760 - North Yarmouth, Cumberland County, Province of Massachusetts Bay (now Maine) Death - Between 20 Jan 1769 and 27 Apr 1803 - North Yarmouth, Cumberland County, Province of Massachusetts Bay (now Maine) Marriage Intent - 20 Jan 1769 - North Yarmouth, Cumberland County, Province of Massachusetts Bay (now Maine)  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S640] Essex Institute, Vital Records of Newbury, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849 volume I, (Salem, Massachusetts: The Essex Institute, 1911). [S786] Essex Institute. Vital records of Newburyport, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849, volume 2 Marriages & Deaths, (Salem, Massachusetts: Essex Institute, 1911). [S645] Hoyt, David W., The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury, Massachusetts, with some Related Families of Newbury, Haverhill, Ipswich, and Hampton volume II, Reprint 1902, (Providence, Rhode Island: Snow & Farnham, 1902). [S188] Holbrook Research Institute, Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011), Marriage Record of Sarah Merrill and Edmund Titcomb. [S809] Merrill, Samuel, A Merrill Memorial, An Account of the Descendants of Nathaniel Merrill, An Early Settler of Newbury, Massachusetts, (Cambridge, Massachusetts: by author, 1928). [S400] Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of Rhode Island, compiler. Vital Records of North Yarmouth, Maine to the Year 1850, (Rhode Island: Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of Rhode Island, 1980). [S1993] Titcomb, Gilbert Merrill. Descendants of William Titcomb of Newbury, Massachusetts: 1635, (Ann Arbor, Michigan: Edwards Brothers, 1969).