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Mary Newcomb (b. 20 Mar 1826) was the daughter of William Newcomb (ca 1777, JBN #511) and Mary Parvis (ca 1785).  Hir first husband was Hiram Simons. Her second husband was Alkire (ca 1806).  Mary was Adam’s second or third wife.  J.B. Newcomb indicated that Mary’s first husband, Hiram Simons, died in 1849, that Adam and Mary were married in September 1851, and that Ellen was Adam’s daughter, born in October 1852. However, the 1860 census gives Ellen’s (age eight, which is in agreement with the birthdate per JBN)  last name as Simons, which suggests a different timetable for Hiram’s death and the marriage of Adam and Mary.

Martha Maria Newcomb (b. 18 Apr 1847) married Merrill Eugene Yarrington (b. Mar 1846) in 1868. They had one child. The old Newcomb books give her name as Grace, but in the census she is always listed as Delia.

From Chalmers’ Biographical Dictionary:

Newcomb (Thomas), M.A. son of a worthy clergyman in Herefordshire, and great grandson, by his mother’s side, to the famous Spenser, was born in 1675, and was, for some time educated at Corpus Christi college, Oxford; but we do not find his name among the Graduates. He was afterwards chaplain to the second duke of Richmond, and rector of Stopham in Sussex, in 1734, when he published a translation of “Velleius Paterculus”. For some time before this he lived at Hackney, in rather distressed circumstances. So early as 1718, he was author of an excellent poem, under the title of “Bibliotheca,” which is preserved in the third volume of Nichols’s “Select Collection of Miscellany poems,” and on which Dr. Warton thinks Pope must have formed his goddess Dulness, in the “Dunciad.” Besides the many productions of Dr. Newcomb reprinted in that collection, he was author of several poems of merit; particularly of “The last Judgment of Men and Angels, in twelve books, after the manner of Milton,” 1723, folio, adorned with a fine metzotinto portrait; of another, “To her late majesty queen Anne, upon the Peace of Utrecht;” “An Ode to the memory of Mr. Rowe;” and another, “To the memory of the countess of Berkeley.” He also translated several of Addison’s Latin poems, and Philips’s “Ode to Mr. St. John.”

Dr. Newcomb died probably about 1766, in which year his library was sold, and when he must have been in his ninety-first year.

David A. Newcomb (b. 4 Jun 1837, BMN #2275) married Frances Bridgeham in 1862. According to the old Newcomb books, they had a daughter named Ivey born in 1866, who died in 1879. However, the 1870 census shows them with a daughter of the right ager named Hester J.

Edward Morton Newcomb (b. 16 Oct 1855, BMN #746) was the son of Lemuel Morton Newcomb (b. 3 Feb 1807) and Matilda Flagg (b. 1808). He married Maria S. Curtis (b. 31 Jul 1855) in 1877.  The old Newcomb books list his death date as 10 Dec 1892, but he was still alive for the 1920 and 1930 censuses.

The Louisiana Court of Appeals will hear oral argument on the appeal of the case to save Newcomb College on March 4, 2010, at 10:00 a.m. in New Orleans. For more information, see http://www.newcomblives.com.

Charlotte Lyman was the daughter of John West Lyman (b. 3 Nov 1809) and Jerusha Newcomb (b. 4 Apr 1807).  Based on her age in the census, she was born around 1836. According to the old Newcomb books, her parents were married in 1840. It is highly unlikely she was born before her parents’ marriage. Either the marriage date is wrong, or she may have been the child of a previous marriage.

Matthew Harris (b. 12 Jan 1735) married Sutia Stuart (or Stewart). They were the parents of Jane or Jean Harris (b. 24 Apr 1771), who married Simon Lathrop Newcomb (b. 9 Jun 1769, BMN #164). Some sources say that Matthew’s parents were Thomas Harris and Mary McKinney. Other sources (including the old Newcomb books) say that Matthew’s father was named John.

Four years ago, I visited the Albert County Museum in Hopewell Cape, New Brunswick. I saw a photograph on the wall of a six-masted schooner, the Edward B. Winslow. The captain of that ship was Humphrey Gilbert Newcombe. HG Newcombe was my great great grandfather.

Since then, I have done a lot of research. I plan on visiting the Albert County museum in the near future, and I wish to put together my information for their records. I’ve decided to try my luck again, to see if I can find more info.

I have a lot of information about his two ships, the Edward B. Winslow and the Edward H. Cole. The Cole was sunk in the war by a German U-boat, the U-151. The U-151 lurked along the shore of New Jersey, until Sunday, 2 June 1918, when it sank six American ships, in a single day. This day is known in history as Black Sunday.

Thanks to this website, I was able to trace the direct ancestry back to 1616. I will list them chronologically, from father to son to grandson to great grandson to great great grandson, etc. below:

0. Capt Andrew Newcomb was born in 1616-1618 in Devonshire, England and died on 31 Jan 1685-1686 at sea near Boston.
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1. Lt. Andrew Newcomb was born circa 1640 and died between 20 Aug 1706 and 22 Oct 1708 in Edgartown MA.
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4. Simon Newcomb was born circa 1665, and died on 20 Jan 1744-1745 in Lebanon CT,(10) and was buried in
Jonathan Trumbull Cem., Lebanon CT.
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24. Deacon John Newcomb was born circa 1688 in Edgartown MA, and died on 23 Feb 1765 in Cornwallis N.S.
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128. Capt Eddy Newcomb was born on 23 Sep 1713 in Edgartown MA, and died after 19 Oct 1781 in Cornwallis N.S.
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410. John Newcomb was born on 15 May 1742 in Lebanon CT, and died before May 1778.
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1012. Eddy Newcomb was born on 15 Dec 1769 in Cornwallis N.S., and died on 11 Jun 1854 in Cornwallis N.S.
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2563. Capt. Andrew Newcomb was born on 24 Sep 1800 in Cornwallis N.S., and died in 1874.
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6227. Gilbert Andrew Newcomb was born on 18 Feb 1832 in St. John N.B., and died on 14 Feb 1889.
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11665. Humphrey G. Newcomb was born on 31 Dec 1875 in Riverside N.B.
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16391. Charles Gilbert Newcomb was born on 7 May 1905 in Boston MA.

If any of you distant relatives of mine have information about Humphrey Gilbert Newcombe, I would greatly appreciate seeing it. I can be reached at eric555gould@gmail.com.

Thank you Newcomb(e)s

- Eric Gould (25% Newcombe)

John Stafford Dickson (b. 20 Nov 1829) married Mary Hedge Newcomb (b. 25 Dec 1827) in 1851. The old Newcomb books state that he died in 1876, but he appears in the 1880 census.