Hannah survived him (William Whitcomb 1528) by only 2 years. On July 17, 1692 she was staying at a friends, Peter Joslin's house in Lancaster. While there, Indians attacked and killed her along with Peter's wife Sarah Howe and children. It is unknown as to what the relation was between Peter Joslin and Hannah, but 6 years later Hannah's niece, Johanna, became Peter's second wife. According to an article in the January, 1850 issue of the New England Historic Genealogical Register, the widow of Jonathan Whitcomb was living with the Joslin family. It states that "On the 18th July, 1692, the Indians assaulted the house of Peter Joslin, who was at his labor in the field, and knew nothing thereof until entering the house. He found his wife with three children, with a widow WHITCOMB, who lived in his family, barbarously murdered with their hatchets, and weltering in their blood. His wife's sister, ELIZABETH HOW , daughter of John How of Marlborough, with another of his children, were carried into captivity. She returned, but the child was murdered in the wilderness.

History of Lancaster, Massachusetts by Rev. Abijah P. Marvin 1879
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It has come down to us on what authority is not given, that the Indians did not intend to murder when they entered the house; but that they were provoked by the sharp tongue and the long oven-shovel of Mrs. Joslin and in their rage slew her and the other victims. This is quite credible because the Indians were accustomed to enter houses freely and in an insolent and lordly way, demand food, drink and whatever they desired. Besides, they had no patience with scolding women or crying children. The proper resentment of a spirited woman might have been the occasion of a ruthless massacre by men who had no self control.
Note: see p. 130 - Annals of Lancaster by Henry S. Nourse
"Of the murder of the Joslin family by the Indians July 18th*, 1692, the victims were:
Mrs. Hannah Whitcomb the widow of Jonathan. Mrs. Sarah Joslin wife of Peter. Three young children of Peter Joslin
Captives: Elizabeth Howe, sister of Mrs. Joslin. *Peter Joslin, son of Peter Joslin, aged 6 years, killed shortly after. END