__
|
_Henry BUSKER _______|
| |
| |__
|
|
|--Ada Margaret BUSKER
|
| __
| |
|_Myrtle BISHOP ______|
|
|__
__
|
_unknown GREGG ______|
| |
| |__
|
|
|--Jess GREGG
|
| __
| |
|_____________________|
|
|__
_____________________
|
_David MORGAN ___________|
| m 1812 |
| |_____________________
|
|
|--Lucinda MORGAN
| (1836 - ....)
| _Timothy WARHURST ___
| | (1770 - ....) m 1785
|_Nancy Matilda WARHURST _|
m 1812 |
|_Nancy MCDANIEL _____+
m 1785
[83]
Invalid Birth Date DATE CA 1618.
REFN bmn0001.
[from Andrew Newcomb 1618-1686 and His Descendants, B.M. Newcomb,
1923] Early in 1912 the author of this revised edition of the
genealogy of descendants of Andrew Newcomb, began the light task of
looking up and extending the records of the single branch of William
Newcomb of Maine, grandfather of the writer. This work was so quickly
and readily completed that a desire was created to learn more of the
entire line of descendants of our original American ancestor, and the
resolution was formed with this in view. It is of advantage to future
generations that the labor required for such an undertaking was an
unknown quantity, for no one excepting those engaged in such work
have an approximate idea of the vast difficulties to overcome in
securing addresses and records of such a numerous family. However,
such success as has been achieved is due to persistent efforts and a
strong faith in the family name. Had one the power to look into the
future, the work would have been published in 1916 at a greatly
reduced cost, but at that time several new lines had been established
which required further time to fully work out and obtain full
records, and publication was delayed until 1917, when war with
Germany was declared, and since which time conditions have still
further delayed. This edition contains all of the records of the
1874 edition published by John B[earse]. Newcomb of Elgin, Ill., so
far as the branch of Andrew Newcomb is concerned. For several years
after the publication of his genealogy, Mr. Newcomb kept a record of
such changes as he was notified of by those interested; the author
has had advantage of these notes and corrections through the kindness
of George Eddy Newcomb of Chicago, the custodian of John B. Newcomb's
effects after his decease, and to whom great credit is due for his
assistance and interest in this later work. Others deserving of
special mention are Edward Borden Newcomb of Kentville, N.S., for
collecting later Nova Scotia family records, John E. Woodworth or
Berwick, N.S., Dr. Fred C. Newcomb of Akron, Ohio, Frank S. Newcomb,
Campbell, Calif., Mrs. Annie Newcomb True, Everett, Mass., and Mrs.
Seville K. Dearborn, Newburg, Me. The author regrets exceedingly
that many persons belonging to some branches have not been located, a
few others have been located but have failed to respond, and entire
families seem to have vanished, leaving no record. Very earnest
efforts have been made to locate all such, successful in some
instances, but failing in others. A few of these families doubtless
have become extinct. Some mistakes doubtless will be found, but
trust there are no serious ones. It has been said that "Genealogy is
the science of personal Identification." "Time corrodes our epitaphs
and buries out very tombstones." Therefore, happy is he who knows and
appreciates his own origin and ancestry with sufficient interest to
record it in a family genealogy where it will be perpetually
preserved. The research for the parents and ancestors of Andrew
Newcomb has been continued, supplementing the search made by John B.
Newcomb, but no trace of parents has been found. From the fact that
Andrew Newcomb was a master mariner and the early records were of his
arrivals and departures between ports of New England and Virginia, he
doubtless arrived from England upon his own vessel and perhaps his
son Andrew [bmn0002] and their families with them, as Andrew appears
at about the same time at the Isle of Shoals. Therefore, their names
are not found upon lists of departures from England. Before the World
War, 1914, an effort was being made to examine the marine records of
England, but searchers had not advanced far when all records were
withdrawn to protect them from being destroyed, and conditions for
further research have not been favorable since that time. All of
the following quotations from the 1874 edition are faithfully
subscribed to by the author of this edition. A most thorough and
exhaustive search has been made of the records of a large number of
towns and counties in New England, at their capitols, at the capitols
of many other states and towns and counties therein. These researches
extend back to the landing of the Pilgrims, 1620. The town records
thus examined have been those of births, marriages, deaths, business
meetings, etc.; the church, of baptisms, admissions, dismissals,
etc.; the land and proprietors; the probate, of wills, inventories,
distributions; other court records; state records of military service
in early colonial wars, the Revolution, War of 1812, Mexican War, the
Great Rebellion, etc.; military records at Washington, including
those of the Pension Office; the "Roll of Honor"; a large number of
tombstones; family Bibles; many books, newspapers, magazines, old
documents, letters, etc. For a number of years John B. Newcomb
employed at London a thoroughly competent antiquarian of large
experience, who devoted much time to an examination of the early
records of England; and though the facts obtained will prove
interesting to the family in this country, yet a lack of means
prevented what would probably have proven the successful consummation
of the end sought, namely, the learning with 'certainty' from what
part of England the progenitors of the family in this country
emigrated, and the names, etc., of their ancestors. The Harleian and
other Manuscripts in the British Museum were examined, as also the
Records of the Herald's College, the Wills at Doctor's Commons, etc.,
and full abstracts made and forwarded. In addition to the foregoing,
records were examined at various places in England by persons
employed for that purpose. John Newcomen [13], of Saltfleet, d.
1621; had 11 ch.; in his Will names Elias [14], eldest son of brother
Charles [13]; the author has pedigrees of John [14] and Thomas [14],
sons of John [13], made up chiefly from chh. records at S. and Wills
at Doctor's Commons; a pedigree of son Stephen [14] in 8 generations
appears in Berry's printed Pedigrees of Herts, pp. 118-119, in which
several prominent men are named, among them Rev. Henry J. Newcome
[21], now Rector of Shenley, Hertford. William Newcomen [12] d. at
Saltfleet 1545; had son Richard [13], whose son Thomas [14] had son
Samuel [15] whose son Francis [16] may have been the Francis [1] who
came to America 1635. Dr. Henry Newcome, an eminent man, attended St.
Paul's School, London. - Newcomb, author of "Parochial History of
London," 1708. Matthew Newcomen, an eminent puritan divine, in reign
of Charles I. Rev. Peter Newcome [19] was rector of Shenley and
historian of St. Alban's Abbey, Hertford. Thomas Newcombe, in first
part of last century, established famous school at Hackney. Rev.
Henry Newcombe [17], rector of Middleton, diocese of Chester, reign
of Q. Anne. Abp. Newcome of Armaugh, theological writer, d. 1800.
Rev. Peter Newcomb's Diary, 3 vols., recently pub. in London. The
following Newcomens lived in Lincolnshire: Walter in 1185; Robert
1206 to 1291; Radulf 1279; Gilbert 1275; Roger, son of Walter, 1327;
Walter had son William, whose son Henry of Laceby made land grant
1361; John 1401; Martin presented to Heling 1558; Charles 1566.
Augustine Newcomb of Chagford, Devon, had Chancery proceedings temp.
Q. Elizabeth; had brothers John and William, all sons of John.
Augustine Newcomb, brother and heir of John of Doggewerthe, Devon,
parish Drewesteyngton and Chagford, d. 1573, no ch. Henry Newcombe of
Great Worthey, Tegnow Drew, Devon, had son Richard, whose son John m.
Miss Coade and had William and John; William m. Miss Burrington, had
2 sons, one Mayor of Exeter 1630; John m. Moss Down, had John (living
at Crediton 1630), who by wife Mary had John. William Newcomb of
Drewsteignton, Devon, had William, John and Edward; son William,
merchant at Exeter, m. Anne Napps, Will 1615 mentioned Drewstenton,
lands in parishes of St. Sidwell, St. Paul's Church of Petworth; ch.
Bartholamew, Elizabeth, Clare, William, Margaret, Anne, Mary, Grace.
John Newcome, A.B. of Oakham, Rutland, Will 1616. John Newcome of
Drewystenton, Devon, d. 1621; wife Elizabeth, ch. William, Thomas,
Jane. Nicholas Newcomb of Sampford Courtnay, Devon, Will 1653; ch.
Richard, John, 'Symon', Willmot; Richard by wife Mary had Richard and
Jane. Nicholas Newcomb of Inware Leegh, Devon, by wife Dorothy had
George, John, Nicholas. Robert Newcomb, Doctor of Civil Law, St.
Mary's parish, Cambridge, and St. Botolph, London, d. 1621, wife
Dennys; ch. Thomas, Jane. Thomas Newcome of University of Cambridge
d. unm. 1626. Thomas Newcomen m. Bathsheba Philpot, had Thomsain,
Dorothy, Robert, Elias; Will 1652. Thomas Newcombe of Snofleet,
Lincoln, wife Jane; ch. Edward, Maximilian, Henry; Will 1657. Thomas
of Leicester, bell founder, buried at All Saints, 1520, had Robert,
Edward, Jane. Thomas Newcomb, who cast the 6 great bells of t.
Margaret's Church, buried at All Saints, Leicester, 1594. Robert of
Leicester, bell founder, 1520. One of the bells in the Cathedral
Church of Gloucester has the following inscription:+ Doctor Lewes
Dance Made mee Dance1598 + Robarte Newcome of Leicesterdiam. 29 1/4:
height 21 1/2: Crown 49: waist 55: sound bow 5 inch.John Newcomb was
sheriff of the City of Lincoln, 1421Thomas Newcombe, sheriff of City
of Lincoln, 1601John Newcome, sheriff of City of Lincoln, 1669Thomas
Newcome, sheriff of City of Lincoln, 1679Charles Newcomen, sheriff of
City of Lincoln, 1703Charles Newcomen, Mayor of City of Lincoln, 1707
FAMILY COAT OF ARMS: Several coats o arms have been granted to the
family in England, and there are several families of Newcombs in this
country who have been using one or more of these coats of arms, but
as no member of the family has been able to demonstrate positively
that Andrew Newcomb was a descendant of any line in England which was
entitled to use a coat of arms, any person using the same does so
without authority. The following notices of Coats of Arms, in
heraldic language, are from Burke's General Armory: NEWCOM (Cheshire)
Ar. a cross flory sa. NEWCOM or NEWCOMEN (Saltfletby, Co. Lincoln
'temp' Richard I.) Ar. a lion's bead [sic] erased, sa. betw. three
crescents gu. 'Crest'-A lion's gamb, erased and erect, sa. NEWCOMB
(Ireland) Ar. a fesse embattled sa. betw. three escallops of the
last. 'Crest'-Out of a mural coronet a demi eagle displ. NEWCOMBE
(Stanton Drew and Exeter, Co. Devon: three descents are given in the
'Visitation' of 1620. The present representative is JOHN NEWCOMBE, of
Star Cross, esq. a magistrate and deputy lieutenant for Devon) Ar. a
fesse embattled, betw. two escallops in pale, sa. 'Crest'-A
demi-horse ar. gorged with a chaplet vert. ('Another Crest' On a
mural coronet or, a falcon rising ppr. NEWCOMBE (Upper Wimpole
Street, London) Ar. a fesse embattled sa. betw. two escallops, in
pale, of the last. 'Crest'-Out of a mural coronet or, a Cornish
chough, with wings extended, ppr. NEWCOME Ar. a lion's head erased,
sa. betw. three crescents gu. NEWCOME (Shenley, Co. Herts; derived
from a younger son of the Newcomes of Saltfletby, and now represented
by the Rev. THOMAS NEWCOME, Rector of Shenley who descends from a
continuous line of benificed clergymen, unbroken almost from the time
of the Reformation). 'Arms &c.' as Newcom of Saltfletby.Additional
from Burke's Heraldry, vol. 2. NEWCOM, NEWCOMB, or NEWCOMEN, [London,
Saltfletby, Lincolnshire,] ar. a lion's head, erased, sa. betw. three
crescents gu. - Crest, a lion's garb, erased, sa. 'Newcome', ar. a
fesse, embattled sa. betw. two escallops, in pale, of the last. -
Crest, on a mural coronet, or, a Cornish chough, with wings extended,
ppr. [Borne by George William Newome, Esq. of Upper Wimpole Street,
1825] 'Newcombe', [Exeter] ar. a fesse, embattled, betw. two
escallops, in pale, sa. - Crest, a demi horse, ar. gorged with a
chaplet vert. ('Another Crest', on a mural coronet or, a raven, with
wings expanded, ppr.) In a work of this kind, containing so many
thousands of facts, including the names of several thousand persons
born Newcombs beside collateral relatives, and with reliance for the
facts relating thereto and to some extent based upon information
received from such a great number of sources, it must of necessity be
impossible not to fall into some errors; yet neither pains nor
expense have been spared to secure thoroughness and accuracy where
possible. Many hundreds of letters and circulars have been sent out
to which no replies have been received, or, if received, not until
many appeals had been forwarded; the facts herein contained
respecting persons thus referred to, and of their families, have been
gleaned and made up from other and many sources. Where the compiler
has found upon record, or been furnished with various or conflicting
statements respecting persons, dates, names, events, etc., he has
adopted such as seemed supported by the greatest weight of evidence.
Not one in ten thousand - only such as have had experience in
genealogical inquiries - understands or appreciates the immense
labor, the personal research, extensive correspondence and amount of
means required to collate a family memorial, materials relating to
the early settlers, and their widely scattered and numerous
descendants through a period of 300 years. The labor in many
instances of obtaining indubitable record proof of the exact
relationship of persons who lived so long ago that their names have
not been preserved even in tradition is, in many instances, simply
incredible; a great amount of time is required for the arrangement of
materials in manner easily and quickly understood. That the records
now rescued from oblivion and herein contained will be more ad more
prized by generations to come here can be no doubt. There is a
pleasurable consciousness in having done something in grateful
reverence to enshrine in a permanent memorial the lives and virtues
of ancestors and kindred. A pardonable gratification in engendered by
the knowledge that the family, through generation after generation,
appears in the attitude of a highly moral, patriotic, enterprising,
intelligent and inventive race, whose deeds an achievements must ever
be a source of justifiable pride to their descendants. [BMN 1-4][from
Andrew Newcomb 1618-1686 and His Descendants, B.M. Newcomb, 1923]
The name Newcomb is said to be of Saxon origin, combe signifying a
low situation, a vale, a place between two hills. Newcome, Newcomes
is defined by Halliwell as "'strangers newly arrived'; but the family
of this name, who trace back to Hugh Newcome, of Saltfleetby, Co.
Lincoln, temp. Coeur de Lion (1189-1199), are not parvenus in this or
any other sense. The name is doubtless the same as Newcombe, though
the locality from which that is derived is not known." Names
beginning or ending with comb, which in the ancient Celtic signified
a low place or situation, are favorite names in Somerset and Dorset,
but especially in Devonshire. (New England Historical and
Genealogical Register, Vol. 22, p. 29.) In early records in this
country the name is found written Newcom, Newcome, Newcomb, Newcombe,
Newcum, Newkum, Newkom, Newckum, Nucom, Nucome, Nucomb, Nucombe,
Nucum, etc.; in some instances in two or more ways in same document;
now it is almost invariably written Newcomb. The Newcombs residing in
Canada generally use the final e, while nearly all residing in the
United States omit it. The following is from the "Dictionary of
English and Welsh Surnames," C.W. Bardsley, 1901: Newcome, Newcomen,
Newcomb, Newcombe, - Nickname, the new-comen; a newly settled
stranger, cf. Newman (g.v.). The b in Newcomb is escrescent [sic].
Newcomen is the invariable form in early rolls. M.E. cumen, comen,
come, (Skeat). 'Newcomes, stranger newly arrived; v. Hollinshed,
Cong. Ireland, p. 55.' (Halliwell.) Gilbert le Neucum, co. Linc. 1273
A. Gilbert le Neucomen, co. Linc., ibid. Robert Neucomen, C.R., 9
Edw. I. Ricardus Newcomen, 1379: P.T. York, p. 264. The records of
baptism, marriages, etc. at Saltfleetby, where the family has been
seated 700 years, begin in 558, and are written in Latin; in these
records the name is written Newcomen; the known descendants write the
name Newcomen, Newcome, and perhaps Newcomb. It is a question with
the author as to whether Newcomen and Newcomb are only different ways
of writing the same name. Certain writers contend that the name
Newcomb is of German origin, and while it is a fact that a similar
name is found in Germany and Switzerland, the spelling has materially
hanged from that of early date. A party of Swiss and Germans settled
in Lancaster Co., Pa., in 1720, among them was one Peter Newcomat; a
land owner in the same county, 1764, was John Newcomer. There are
numerous Newcomers in the United States, and those personally known
to the writer are of German origin and in no instance has the writer
found this spelling among the English immigrant stock. Again, the
name s found in the very early records of England soon after the
period when surnames were being adopted by reason of change of
government from Tribular to more modern methods. History informs us
that names did not become hereditary till after the time of the
Norman Conquest, 1066. Even in the 11th and 12th centuries hereditary
names were uncommon. It was not till the 14th and 15th centuries that
the lesser people assumed the dignity of surnames as such. [BMN
5][from Andrew Newcomb 1618-1686 and His Descendants, BM Newcomb,
1923]PEDIGREE OF NEWCOMEN OR NEWCOMBE OF SALTFLEETBY, LINCOLNSHIRE,
ENGLANDfrom the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum at London,
EnglandHugh Newcomen [1] of Saltfletby, Co. Lincoln, temp. Rich. I
[AD 1189-1199]Andrew Newcomen [2] m. Alice, dau of Adrian or
AdryanWalter Newcomen [3] m. dau to Tho. ThursbyGlberte Newcomen [4]
m. dau to John Gabignes or Gabings of StickworthWalter Newcomen [5]
m. Alice, dau to John LakesbyRoberte Newcomen [6] of Saltfletby, 33
Edw. I [AD 1305] m. Alice, dau to Sir Wm Somercotts, KtRoberte
Newcomen [7] of Saltfletby, 10 Edw. II [AD 1317] m. Margarett, dau of
Sir Wm HardingshallWilliam Newcomen [8], d. 1404 m. Margaret, dau of
Wm Blunderville of NorfolkeRoberte Newcomen [9], d. 1452 m. Joane,
dau. of Robert Cracroft [Stephen in Berry's Herts] Robert [9] [MS
1190 says William] Christian [9] Elizabeth [9]William Newcomen [10]
of Saltfletby, d. 1466 m. Alice, dau & heire of Wm Kinge of
Gainesborough 5 daughters [10]Martyn Newcomen [11] of Saltfletby, d.
1536 m. Mary, dau of Bryan Samford of Yorkshire [Har. MS 1190][in
Har. MS 1550 he is called Sir Wm Samford of Thorpe Salbin] William
[11] d.s.p.Bryan Newcomen [12] of Saltfletby, m. Margaret, dau &
heire of Jo Grenfield of Barnboro, Yorkshire; d. 10 Dec 1582
Margaret [12] m. Robert Borough Elizabeth [12] m. Charles Yerborough
William [12] of Saltfletby, d. 1545Charles Newcomen [13] of the
Exchequer, of War ringate [called Magister 1601-1616], d. 1631, m.
dau of Richard Nigthingale of Borne, d. 1637 John [13] m. Alice,
dau. of John Gascoigne of Lansingcroft, d. 1559 5 daughters
[13]Nicholas [14], bap. 10 Apr 1585, d. 1616, m. Anna, dau of John
NewcomenAnna [14], bap. 20 Sep 1586Winifred [14]Alice [14]Elizabeth
[14]Thomas [14], bap. 9 Feb 1592, m. Rebecca MoaxwrthRobert [14],
bap. 1597 [Went to Ireland; was created Baronet there 1625; d. 1629.
A pedigree of his descendants - eight generations - may be found in
Burke's Extinct Baronage.]Christopher [14], bap. 1601, m. Dorothy
AsfordbyMargaret [14], bap. 1603, d. 1612 Dates after 1557 are from
the Registrar of Saint Peter's Church, Saltfleet. Elias [14] was
supposed by John B. Newcomb to be the Elias Newcomb at Isles of
Shoals (see addenda) 1650, but Capt. Thos. Lidstone of Dartmouth,
Devonshire, England, writes, "This Elias Newcomb d. 1614. He founad a
'Brass' in a chh. of which parish Dartmouth was a part, viz., of
Elias Newcomen [14], eldest son of Charles [13] of London, who was
second son of Bryan Newcomen of Saltfleet, Co. Lincoln; probably the
earliest record in Dartmouth of the family." Elyas [14] d. in Devon,
Eng., and was not at Isles of Shoales.[BMN 6]Capt. Andrew Newcomb
emigrated from the West of England. He is first mentioned in New
England at his marriage in 1663 to Grace, widow of William Rix, whose
former residence near "the water-mill" in Boston they occupied. Also
in 1664 in "Directory of Ancestral Heads of New England Families
(1620-1700)". In 1697, Capt. Andrew was "Master of ye sloop Edmund
and Martha", then in New York and bound for Boston. She was carrying
tobacco so may have come from Virginia. (see item below) His will
(Date: 31 Jan 1683, Probate: 9 Dec 1686 Suffolk Co, MA) bequeathed
items to his wife, daughter Grace Butler, and other children. "What
Mean These Stones" by James Doyle Davison, p. 165, says Andrew was
living in Boston in 1663 at 182 Hanover St. (now vacant). He also
says he bought a house in 1681 and may have died in 1682. Grace was
the second wife of Andrew.[from Andrew Newcomb 1618-1686 and His
Descendants, BM Newcomb, 1923] Inquest, dated Sept. 26, 1682, upon
the body of a man found dead at Plum Island, and return made by Caleb
Moody, Jams Ordway, sr., Edward Rutsten, sr., John March, Thomas
Rogers, Benjamin Coker, Israel Webster, Laurence Hart, Tho. Lowle,
John Mighall, Henry Lunt, and Hugh March, jr., that "he was floating
in the surfe of the sea; he was hauled up to high water mark out of
the tydes way; by Joseph Knight & James Noice: one the 25th of this
Instant: wee went with the Constable and there wee mett with the two
men that hauled him out of ye sea as they telled us; and there wee
saw the man: which seueral of us also Indycut potter being there with
us doe Conclude it was Andrew Newcomb of Boston how he came by his
death: wee cannot determine whether hee was washed out of a vesell
and drowned wee cannot saye wee fyndng seuerall thousand ot staues
Cast up on the beech with other things Cast up; we found the man
Lying on his back with his Shirt and his Jacket ouer his head his
Shirt Coller tyed fast about his neck his armes and his body bare to
his waist his breeches & drawers & stockings & shoues tyed fast on
the further searching of his body we found a place on the Left side
of his head swelled up as if hee had some great blow noe other wound
or bruise in his body," etc. Sworn Sept. 29, 1682, before Robt. Pike,
assistant.[autographs of witnesses](Records and Files of the
Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts. Salem Quarterly
Court, Records and Files.)ESSEX INSTITUTE, Vol. VIII, 1680-1683. Page
442.No doubt mistaken identity. [BMN 9] The name of his first wife
and date of his marriage is unknown. He may have married first in
England or Virginia. He m. second, 1663, in Boston, Grace ( ) Ricks,
b. about 1620-1625, the widow of William Ricks who was the son of
Robert Ricks of Kenninghall, Co. of Norfolk, Eng. John Davys in 1641
agrees to build a house in Boston, 16x14 ft, for this William Ricks,
for the sum of L21. John Bearse [8] Newcomb of Elgin, Ill., the
author and compiler of "Genealogical Memoir of the Newcomb Family,
1874," says: "Of the early history of Capt. Andrew Newcomb
comparatively little is known; but from the records information has
been obtained by which some idea may be formed of the man who appears
to have been the progenitor of the largest branch of the Newcomb
family in America. That he was born in England is quite certain; that
he emigrated from the west of England, perhaps Devonshire or Wales,
nearly all traditions declare. Beside tradition, however, there are
other reasons that make it probable that such was the case. The date
of his arrival in this country is not definitely known, but it is
quite probable that he was among the earliest settlers of New
England. First mention of him is made in 1663, in Boston, Mass., when
and where married his second wife, Grace; he was at that time a
mariner or sea captain, and it is quite probable that this had been
his occupation from youth, although there is no record to show it."
Later research inclines to the opinion that Capt. Newcomb came to
America as captain of a sailing vessel, making his first landing
perhaps at Barbados and from thence to Virginia. Absence of records
in Virginia makes it impossible to verify this opinion. Records
indicate that Capt. Newcomb had not obtained a residence in Boston
until after his second marriage, but that soon thereafter he, with
his wife, occupied the former residence of William Ricks. The latter
had children, born in Boston 1645-1656 - Elisha, Mary, John, Thomas
and Ezekiel. Suffolk Deeds, Vol. 8, p. 64-5, contain a copy of
Agreement, dated Feb. 14, 1672, in which Andrew Newcomb and wife,
Grace, are to enjoy during life the old dwelling-house, "now in the
tenure and occupation of the said Newcomb," formerly of William
Ricks, deceased; John and Thomas Ricks, sons of William, to have the
new dwelling-house adjoining the same, etc., near the water-mill in
Boston, half of land to each, they to pay Newcomb L20. July 13, 1672,
he employed Samuel Bridge, carpenter, to build him a "Leantow one
foote wider than now it is and the length of his house and shingle it
and the back side of his house and find shingles and shingle nayles
for the work"; consideration L5:15s:0d; work to be finished by the
last of July, 1672. (From Suffolk Court files No. 1157.) Probate
Files, Boston, Andrew Newcombe, boatman, signs bond of guardianship
of Mary Ricks, 22 May 1680; John Ricks, guardian of said Mary Ricks.
Suffolk Deed, Vol. 10, page 358, Andrew Newcomb, mariner, for
L67:16s:3d, bought of Simon Lynde, merchant, and Sarah, wife of
Joseph Goodale, the administratrix of Thomas Ricks, the right to
redeem an estate in Boston mortgaged to Lynde by Thomas Ricks in
1677, date 13 Apr. 1681. Again, Vol. 12, page 46, Andrew Newcomb of
Boston, and wife, Grace, for L25, sold John Ricks all right in house
near Mill Bridge that belonged to Thomas Ricks, then deceased, date
14 Apr. 1681. The old dwelling-house where Capt. Newcomb lived 1663
to 1681, was built in 1641 and was located upon the lot now numbered
182 Hanover street; the new dwelling-house, where John and Thomas
Ricks lived, was upon the lot which is now No. 184; and the new
house, built by Capt. Newcomb upon land which he bought 13 April 1681
and where he lived from 1681 till his death, 1686, was located where
is now No. 166 Hanover street, Boston. Hanover street in a very early
day was known as the "Way to the New Meeting House" (2d Church),
afterwards Middle street. (See map.) Page 281 of Charlestown,
Mass., Records shows shipment of cattle, etc., 28 Feb. 1666-7 by John
Page, of Boston, in Ketch (name blank), Andrew Newcome, Master, for
Virginia for account of John Ely and Eliakim Hutchinson - various
horses described - avouched by Mr. Page, being bought of Capt.
Hutchinson and Samuel Gough. Capt. Andrew Newcomb was defendant in
a suit for damages, held in the County Court at Boston, 25 April
1676, in which he was accused of "Willfully or carelesley ruininge
upp on a small boat with my Shallop." The court decided against him
and he appealed the case 13 Aug. 1676. New York Col. MSS. at
Albany, Vol. 29, page 13, date 28 Aug. 1679, show "Andrew Newcombe"
to have been "Master of ye Sloope Edmund and Martha," then in the
port of New York and bound for "Boston in New England" - probably
from Virginia, a part of his lading being tobacco. Suffolk Court
files at Boston contain depositions of Philip Foxwell, in which the
statement is made that Andrew Newcomb was with his (Newcomb's) vessel
in Saco River from Boston, Oct. 1684. The signature of Andrew [1]
Newcomb may be found upon several documents on file in Boston, and,
while there is considerable difference in penmanship and also in
spelling, his signature is readily distinguished from that of Andrew
[2]. There is a family resemblance in the forming of letters in the
Andrew but a difference in spelling of Newcomb; Andrew [1] usually
spelled the name Newcombe, but at other times he has dropped the
final e. In one document where he witnessed a deed, 20 Sept. 1686,
Matt Mayhew to John Boult, both of Martha's Vineyard, the name is
written Andrew Nucombe. This signature is evidently that of Andrew
[1], as it corresponds closely to his signatures upon other known
documents. He was appointed administrator of the estate of his
daughter, Susannah Blague, 13 Oct. 1681, and upon this document he
wrote his name Andrew Newcombe, while upon a bond with his daughter
Susannah, in settling the estate of her first husband, Philip Blague,
he wrote Andrew Newcomb. (Both bonds are on file.) Capt. Newcomb's
will is recorded upon Suffolk Probate, Vol. 11, page 48, an exact
copy of which is hereafter given. His signature to it indicates an
expert writer; it is written with a worn quill pen, apparently with
no hesitation or faltering movement, and the ink has continued jet
black though written more than 230 years ago.[I have edited format
somewhat for ease of reading - bsw] IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN the
thirty first day of January anno Dom.i One Thousand six hundred
Eighty and Two 168 2/3 Anno.q Regni Regis Caroli Secundi
Tricessimo-Quinto I ANDREW NEWCOMBE of Boston in the County of
Suffolk in the Massachusetts Colonie in New England marriner being in
competent Bodily health and of Sound and perfect memory praised be
Almighty god for ye same KNOWING the uncertainty of this Present life
and being desirous to settle that outward Estate the Lord hath Lent
me Doe make and Ordaine this my last will & Testament in manner and
forme following (That is to say) First and principally I comend my
Soule into the hands of Almighty God my Creator hopeing to Receive
ffull pardon and Remission of all my Sins and Salvation through the
Alone meritts of Jesus Christ my redeemer And my Body to ye Earth to
be buried in such Decent manner as to my Executor hereafter named
shall be thought meet and convenient and as touching such worldly
Estate the Lord hath Lent me my will and meaning is the same shall ne
Imployed and bestowed as hereafter in and by this my will is
ExprestIMP - I doe hereby revoake and Renounce and make void all
wills by me formerly made and declare and appoint this to be my last
will and Testament.ITEM - I will that all the debts I justly owe to
any manner of person or persons whatsoever Shall be well and truely
paid or Ordained to be paid in convenient Time after my decease by my
Executor hereafter namedITEM - After all my Just debts are paid and
funerall charges Satisfied I give and bequeath unto my Grand child
Newcomb Blake all that wch is oweing to me from his ffathers Estate
Either for his maintenance or otherwise and also whatever I shall
disburst on him in my life Time for his maintenance and Education.
Also I give unto ye said Newcombe Blake Thirty pounds in money.ITEM -
I Give unto my wife Grace Newcomb the use benefitt and Improvemt of
my house and Land that is Scituate In Boston afforesd Between ye
house and Land of Gaudey James and the house and Land of John Jackson
neare ye Mill Bridge with the priviledges and appurtenances thereunto
belonging Dureing the tearme of her naturall life.ITEM - I give and
bequeath the afforesaid house and Land unto my Daughter Grace Buttler
and to the heires of her Body Lawfully begotten ot to be begotten and
to their heires and assignes forever. And my will is that she shall
have and Enjoy the same Immediately after my said wifes decease.ITEM
- My will is that in case she dye without Such Issue that then the sd
House and Land shall be and remaine unto ye only proper use and
behoofe of the sd Newcomb Blake & his heires & assignes for ever.ITEM
- I give and bequeath unto Each of my wifes Grand children ffive
shillings a peice in money.ITEM - I give & bequeath unto Samll
Marshall of Boston afforesaid Cooper in consideration of his care and
Trouble in and about the managemt of my estate Three pounds in
moneyITEM - I give and bequeath the fful Remainder of my Reall and
personall Estate whatsoever it is or wheresoever it may be found
whether in possession or in Reversion unto my sd Daughter Grace
Butler & to ye heirs of her Body lawfully begotten but If shee dye
without Issue my will is that the said Remainder of my Estate shall
be and Remaine unto ye only proper use and behoofe of the said
Newcomb Blake and his heirs & assignes for ever.ITEM - I do hereby
nominate constitute & appoint my sd Grand Child Newcomb Blake the
Executor of this my last will and Testamt:ITEM - In Regard the sd
Newcomb Blake is in his nonage I doe hereby appoint and authorize ye
said Samuell Marshall my Execr in Trust of this my sd Last will and
Testamt untill the sd Newcombe attaine ye age of Twenty one yeares.
IN TESTIMONY whereof I the said ANDREW NEWCOMBE have hereunto sett my
hand and seale ye day and yeare first within written.[Andrew
Newcomb's signature & wax seal] Ssigned Sealed & what is contained
in these two pages was published by the abovesaid Andrew Newcombe as
his Last Will & Testamt in the presence of us - John Hayward Scr
Eliezer Moodey Scrv 8 Decembr 1686 - This will being exhibited by
the Executor the two witnesses Mr Jno Hayward & mr Eliezer Moodey
made oath that they were present & saw Andrew Newcombe Signe Seal &
Publish this Instrumt as his last will & Testamt & that when he so
Did he was of sound mind & memory to their best understanding.
Jurat Eoram preside Attestr Tho. Dudley Cler Entered 9 Decr 1686
From the ommission of either bequest or mention in his will of a
son, Andrew [2] Newcomb, a doubt has been expressed of his
relationship, but the fact that "Capt. Newcomb, at the time of the
making of his will held peculiar relations to his grandchild Newcomb
Blague, who demanded from his youth and condition as an orphan (then
twelve years old, and the only living child of his parents) his most
conscientious consideration, and that his child Grace [2] Newcomb, bu
his second wife, had in her mother a watchful guardian or friend in
presenting her claims to the consideration of Capt. Newcomb; all of
which easily and plainly may account for the diversion of his
property from his son Lieut. Newcomb. It needs but to be added that
in colonial times, where bequests were not made to children of the
testator, their names were frequently omitted. This much is known,
that both Capt. Andrew [1] Newcomb and Lieut. Andrew [2] Newcomb were
living in America at or near Boston at the same time, and in command
of sailing craft; and that at the time Capt. Newcomb made his will
Lieut. Newcomb was living at Martha's Vineyard in circumstances of
worldly prosperity, and in no need of pecuniary aid. Other facts are
given in the following pages, all of which go to show that Lieut.
Andrew Newcomb was a son of Capt. Andrew Newcomb, by his first wife,
and an own brother to Susannah [2]." No inventory or settlement of
his estate appears upon record or on file in Boston. That Capt.
Newcomb was a man of education is shown from the specimens of his
writing, still extant, that exhibit facility with the pen in times
when it was a common occurrence for mn of property and respectability
to sign their wills and deeds with a cross. And, since it appears
that he was a shpmaster for so many years on the Atlantic coast, it
is clear he must have been possssed of nautical skill. Not would he
have become a mariner if he had not been a person of courage, for in
those days, even more than at present, it was necesssary for one to
be brave to "go down to the sea in ships." That he was a man of vigor
and enterprise, like all the New England pioneers, needs no proof,
and that he was characterized by something of the same uprightness
that the author trusts still belongs to those who bear the name of
Newcomb seems absolutely certain. Finally, that he was a peacable
citizen, a good husband and father, occupied with the common
interests of mankind, as his descendants of to-day, is no mere
conjecture, but a reasonable certainty. [BMN 9-12]Thomas Clark,
plaintiff against Richard Patishall, Andrew Newcomb, and Richard
Wooding, "and the rest of the Sloop's Company," 2 Sept. 1679. The
plaintiff states that on August 28th "he rowled down upon the bridge
in New York, 6 barrels and a half of Rowle Tobacco, which amounts to
L10," and left the same to be delivered to Thomas Bowman for payment
of a debt due to him. And the barrels were taken and carried away by
defendants on board the Sloop "Edward and Martha," which belong to
said Richard Patishall. He prays that the Tobacco be returned or
satisfaction made. (Note - the "bridge" mentioned above was a
causeway, from the main land to the Dock or wharf which was some ways
out in the harbor. It was called the "bridge of the Dock" to
distinguish it from the bridge and the canal in Broad Street. The
"Bridge of the Dock" is where Moore Street now is.) [BMN 814]The
following reference was founf by Tony Newcomb
(vet21@sprynet.com):MARRIAGE ENTRYThis information was compiled by a
living relaive at the time. A person called Curtis Hirtle of Halifax
NS Canada. It seems this information is listed in the Hirtle Family
Bible which he/they possess. The information was compiled for a
Dianne a Bayley MacKinnon, PO Box 762-We-We-Antic Shr. Sarcham, MA.
The place of entry for this information is the Mormon Church in
Hingham Stake MA. [nb - The FHC data for this reference is Batch
8206203 Sheet 85 Source 884763 Type film. Is was submitted by a
member, and is not an original record. Another possible source is
"Boyd's Marriage Index to England"]Entry #1 Captain Andrew Newcomb of
Devonport England married Mary Newcomb in 1639. Place of marriage
Devonport England.[nb - Devonport is on the River Tamar, on the same
side & very close to Plymouth, DEV]Entry #2 Son of Mary and Captain
Andrew Newcomb, Lt Andrew Newcomb born 1640 marries Anna (Bayes)
Newcomb in 1676. Location Edgartown Martha's Vineyard. Anna Bayes
Newcomb is daughter of Capt Thomas Bayes, died 1708, and mother Anna
(Baker) Bayes, died 1731.Entry #3 tells of an Eddy Newcomb of
Cornwallis Kings Co NS Canada, son of John Newcomb and Saran
(Randall) Newcomb. Eddy Newcomb married a Mary West, daughter of
Cyrus West, died 11 Jun 1854. Eddy and Mary Newcomb were married 6
Sep 1792.The following reference is from Peter Newcombe, a Devon
researcher located by Gary Newcombe (garynewcomb@earthlink.com):Peter
Newcombe sates that there are many Newcombs in Devon, starting from
1238. He states that there are many ndrew Newcombs in outh Devon &
the most likely match is the following:Andrew Newcomb married
Suzan(na) Cock on 13 Aug 1648 at Tormohan (Torquay), DEVIGI Batch
E051741; Source call # 917544; Printout call # 1037053Suzanna
Newcomb, dau of Andrew & Suzan Newcomb, was christened 10 May 1649 at
Tormohan, DEVIGI Batch number unknown, but it's thereAndrew Newcomb,
son of Thomas Nucombe, christened 24 Nov 1639, Wolborough & Newton
Abbey, DEV[could this be Andrew bmn0002?]The following Devon will
info gathered by Ken Newcombe (meredith@pop.ghbbs.com):Index of Wills
proved in the principal registery of the Bishop of Exeter: John
Newcombe, Sampford Courtenay 1577 Barbara N, Inwardleigh 1605 Willian
N, Northlewe 1613 John N, Uppottery 1621 Alexander N, Bridford
1621 William, Okehampton 1650 Peter, Okehampton 1665Index of Wills
from Court of the Archdeaconry of Exeter: John, Chagford 1548 John,
Chagford 1592 John Sr, no placename 1593 Jasper, no placename
1594 Roberte, no placename 1606 Thomas, no placename 1606 William,
South Tawton 1609 Robert, Withicombe Rawleigh 1610 John, Drewstainton
1618 Anne, Exeter 1618 Nicholas, Drewstainton 1619 John, Drewstainton
1621 Henry, Exeter 1625 Richard, Bridford 1630 Agnes, Withicombe
Rawleigh 1631 William, Withicombe Rawleigh 1632 John, Down St Mary
1633 Richard, Newton St Cyres 16361st wife Mary "a woman from
Virginia" [JDiller683] d 31 Jan 1686 [Doug Goff]1st wife d bef 1640
in Charlestown, MA per Kirk Larsen (BMN)
_Andrew (Capt) NEWCOMB _
| (.... - 1686)
_Andrew (Lt) NEWCOMB _|
| |
| |________________________
|
|
|--Simeon NEWCOMB
| (.... - 1711)
| ________________________
| |
|_Sarah NEWCOMB _______|
|
|________________________
[68]
TITL Sr.
Invalid Birth Date DATE CA 1662.
REFN bmn0003.
[from Andrew Newcomb 1618-1686 and His Descendants, BM Newcomb, 1923]
He resided in the north part of Eastham, now Truro, Cape Cod,
Mass., January 28, 1701-2, "voted to make inquiry concerning a whale
whitch (it is said) Simon Newcomb and Rich Rich cut up at
Billingsgate last year." Mr. Newcomb was chosen fence-viewer in 1702.
There was laid out to him in 1711, as one of the proprietors of
Truro, two pieces of land - 4 acres for his tenement on Lieutenants
Island, 2 acres in northeasterly corner and 2 acres northeasterly of
Samuel Mayo, Jr's, lot. "A record of the divition of the pond of
Moonpoon and the Old Field at Eastern Harbor in ye north part of
Truro called Moonpoon old field divition as they were laid out and
lotted and ounded for ye proprietors thereof on ye fourth day of
March 1711-12 the 6th lot fell to Wm. Dyer Simeon Newcomb and Daniel
and Benj. Small," 12 acres. He received, by division, other lots of
land near the line of Eastham and Truro and near Pamet Point. His
name, as also those of his sons, Simon and Andrew, was signed 12 June
1711 to a petition of the inhabitants of Billingsgate, a village of
Eastham, "desiring John Done to go before the governor and seek
remedy for difficulties they wre subject to." The petition is now on
file in Vol. 113, p. 606, of Mass. Archives at Boston. The following
names were signed to the petition: "John Latimer, Elisha Eldridge,
Simon Newcome, Timothy Cole, Richard Rich, Jonathan Young, Benjamin
Young, John Myrick, John Perse, Andrew Newcomb, Elisha Eldridge, Jr.,
James Brown, Eleazer Wood, John Wood, Sam'l. Brown, John Sweet,
Joarge Ward, Israel Young, Joshua Wood, Elisha Cole, Brown Benony."
[BMN 21-22]From ROOTS-L-request@rootsweb.com Tue Sep 10 05:16:59
1996Date: Tue, 10 Sep 1996 02:17:24 -0400From:
Evitan1@aol.comSubject: Simeon NEWCOMB (1662-1745) & Deborah
(1664-1756)Looking for any information (ancestry, dates, source notes
etc...) on:(Mrs.) Deborah NEWCOMB was born 1664 in Edgartown, Dukes,
MA. Deborah died 17 Jun 1756 in Lebanon, New London, CT. She married
Simeon NEWCOMB about 1679 in Kittery, York, ME. He was born 1662 in
Edgartown, Dukes, MA. He was the son of [Lt.] Andrew NEWCOMB and
(Mrs.) Sarah NEWCOMB. Simeon died 2 Jan 1745 in Lebanon, New London,
CT. They had 12 children:Andrew NEWCOMB,
born 1680, died 9 Dec 1748.Simon NEWCOMB, born about 1682, died
1774.Joanna NEWCOMB, born about 1682.Thomas NEWCOMB, born 1691/1692,
died 1761.Hezekiah NEWCOMB, born 1693/1694, died 15 Aug 1772.Rebecca
NEWCOMB, born about 1694.Obadiah NEWCOMB, born 1695, died 4 May
1761.John NEWCOMB, born 1695, died 23 Feb 1765.Deborah NEWCOMB, born
1696/1697.Sarah NEWCOMB, born 1698.Benjamin NEWCOMB, born about 1700,
died 1774.Elizabeth NEWCOMB, born 6 Feb 1701, died 13 Jan 1727.NOTES
for Simeon: NAME: also recorded as Simon NEWCOMBSOURCE NOTES for
Simeon: Newcomb Gen. p.14,19,20,22; Mass. Mag. 2:247; Salem,MA
V.R. MARRIAGE: New England Marriages: Prior to 1700 (C. A.
Torrey) p. 532SOURCE NOTES for Deborah: Newcomb Gen.
p.14,19,20,22; Mass. Mag. 2:247; Salem,MA V.R. MARRIAGE: New
England Marriages: Prior to 1700 (C. A. Torrey) p.
532__________________________________________________________________
___Relationship to the above:1-- (Mrs.) Deborah NEWCOMB (1664-1756)
sp-Simeon (Simon) NEWCOMB (1662-1745)2-- John NEWCOMB (1695-1765)
sp-Hannah BULLARD (1704)3-- Mary Jane NEWCOMB (1734) sp-Thomas JARVIS
[Sr.] (1734-1791)4-- Hannah JARVIS (1764-1850) sp-John BUBIER [Cpl.]
(1759-1793)5-- Mary BUBIER (1786) sp-John NICHOLS [III] (1785)6--
John Edward NICHOLS [IV] (1809-1851) sp-Sarah EATON [Twin] (1810)7--
William Wallace NICHOLS (1841-1920) sp-Salina Jane MITCHELL
(1842-1930)8-- Fred William NICHOLS (1886-1969) sp-Waverley Lillian
SPRAGUE (1887)9-- Leona Waverly NICHOLS (1908) sp-Thornton P BINGHAM
(1906-1963)10--Robert Fred BINGHAM (1935) sp-Judith Lyla JENSEN
(1940)11--Pauline Anne BINGHAM (1961) sp-Kirk LARSEN (1957)<---
ME~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Kirk
LarsenEvitan1@aol.comIBM-Compatible/using PAF 2.31 & Ancestral Quest/
fluent in GEDCOM, PKZIP,
UUE~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~als
o named Simon [BMN 21]married ca 1679, died 2 Jan 1745 per Kirk Larsen
[BMN]resided north part of Eastham, now Truro, Cape Cod, MA.