Bertha W. Young (b. 21 Mar 1887) was the daughter of Oramill Young (b. 24 Mar 1842) and Carrie A. Newcomb (b. 30 Sep 1854). B.M. Newcomb said she died in 1909. But in the 1900 census, her mother states that of four children, only two are living. Those two are Clarence and Carrie.
Diantha St. John was the daughter of James Harvey St. John (b. 8 Aug 1811) and Priscilla Newcomb (b. 12 Jul 1814). She married George Knapp. B.M. Newcomb said she was born in 1850, but this is not correct. Her oldest child was born around 1858, and she was listed as age 30 in the 1870 census.
J.B. Newcomb wrote: At the organization of the Union Church of Weymouth and Braintree, he became a member by letter from the Quincy church in 1811; elected deacon 1833. In almsgiving, Deacon Newcomb, in proportion to his means, abounded. He was engaged in furnishing granite for building purposes in Boston; was very successful. he gave away a great deal of money, and it seemed that “the more he gave away the more he had”. From his private diary it appears that before 1832 he did not regard the amount of his donations, which were known to have been liberal; but in that year he made, as he termed it, “a solemn covenant” that from that time he would appropriate to charitable and religious objects all his net income; accordingly, as long as he was able to transact business, he fulfilled his promise, giving, within the period of 16 years, to needy individuals and various objects of religious interest, $12,467. As an example of the devout habits of his mind: as he often consulted his pastor respecting the appropriation of his funds, on one occasion he committed to him a sum of money to be transmitted to a certain society, and soon met with a serious loss by the sinking of a vessel with a valuable freight. His pastor, thinking that the event might modify his intention to give so much, called on him and suggested that it might be so. “No,” replied Deacon Newcomb, “I have not changed my purpose respecting the amount to give, except that I have concluded to double it; for I had a son in that vessel whose deliverance from death was almost miraculous, and I feel bound to express in this manner my gratitude to God.” He died at his home in Quincy, Sept. 28, 1865, aged nearly 91. “Venerable in his person, devout in his life, ready for every good word and work, he was for many years a pillar to the church and a light to the community around him.”
Wealthy J. Newcomb (b. 2 Feb 1874) was the daughter of Alexander Newcomb (b. 30 Apr 1849, BMN #1086) and Amelia Allen (b. 10 Jan 1851). She married Inglis Peppard in 1896. B.M. Newcomb said she died in June 1910, but in April 1910 the census shows her husband had already been remarried a year. More likely she died in 1909 (or earlier).
Sally Estella Newcomb was the daughter of Norman Butler Newcomb (b. 16 Jul 1819, BMN #1024) and Jane Randall. B.M. Newcomb said that she died before Nov 1862, but she was alive for the 1870 census.
Looking for info about my husband’s great-great-grandmother Adaline (Adaliza, Eliza) Jane NEWCOMB b. New York, NY, 29 Oct 1835. Jane’s father was a NEWCOMB born in New York who died sometime before 1850 and Amanda MILLER born in Connecticut abt. 1809. After the death of her husband, Amanda married James MCGRATH b. Maine abt 1787. In 1850 Amanda was living with James McGrath, her daughter (listed as Eliza in the Census), her mother Isabel (b. Connecticut 1772), and James McGrath’s parents in Porter, Ontario County, NY. Sometime between 1850 and 1852, James McGRATH settled in Sanilac County, MI, with his wife Amanda and step-daughter Adaliza Jane.
On January 20, 1852, when she was 16, Jane (as she seemed to prefer calling herself) married Ezra VANCAMP, 24, in Lexington Township, MI. James and Amanda McGrath are witnesses for the wedding of Jane and Ezra. Ezra’s parents were Jacob VANCAMP and Mary BURKE, Solina, Ontario, Canada. Ezra was one of the first settlers in Buel Township and became the Township Supervisor and Postmaster He had substantial land holdings in Buel Twp and neighboring twps. His brothers had taken out loans to help him buy more land. Listed in 1860 Michigan Census Index , vol. 2, p. 183 Sanilac County, Mi, P. 1030.
Ezra was a 5th great-grandson of Gerret Jansen VANCAMPEN b. in the Netherlands abt 1612 who settled in New Amsterdan in the mid-1600s. By 1661 Gerret Jansen had moved to Kingston, NY, where he married Machtelt STOFFELS. Ezra’s great-grandfather Jacob was born in Crum Elbow, Dutchess County, NY in 1747. He was a Loyalist and took his family to Canada in about 1780 and settled in Matilda, Dundas County, Ontario.
In 1865, Ezra was murdered in 1865 on Peck Road to Port Huron by Rowdy Reed. For years it was thought that his death was an accident, but Rowdy confessed after he killed someone else. Ezra was found with a wagon wheel over his throat or chest. James VanCamp is identified as administrator of his brother Ezra’s estate on Oct. 17, 1866 Land records show that James L. McGrath, step-father of Ezra’s wife Jane, assumed ownership of the adjacent parcel on 10 Oct 1859. (See Document #: 33025, Serial #: MI0960__.337. Sale Type: 272002, Acres: 80.0000 Meridian or Watershed: 19, Parcel: Township 10 N, Range 14 E, Section 22
After Ezra’s death, Jane was left to take care of their five children–Julietta b. 1852, William H. (Walter) b. 1856, Milton (my husband’s great-grandfather ) b. 1857, James b. 1859, and Amanda Jane b. 1861. In August 1869 she married Thomas Stapleton, a widower 12 years her senior, who was a farmer in Buel Township. Thomas and his first wife Tamer Leavitt had emigrated from England to Canada before settling in Michigan. After Thomas died in 1881, Jane went to live with her son Milton, with whom she was living when she died in July 1910.
We have found some information about Ezra and Jane’s family. Julietta married Joseph WIXON, a divorced photographer in Lexington for whom she once worked. They had six children. After Joseph died in Rhinelander, Wisconsin in 1907, Julietta moved to California. She died in Calaveras County in 1922. William (aka Walter) married Amelia Stephens. James had two wives–Alice MOORE and Jane SHARP. He died in Marion Township in 1901. The last information we have about Amanda Jane is from the 1880 Census when she was living with her sister Julia and brother-in-law Joseph Wixon in Ottawa, Michigan.
Please contact us if you have any information that would help us to identify Adaliza Jane’s father, her maternal relatives, or her other descendants.
Vivian Kahn and Larry J. Mortimer, Oakland, CA
According to B.M. Newcomb, Lionel Everett Newcomb (b. 12 sep 1885, BMN #2428) married Jessie M. Roundthwait (b. 27 Aug 1885) in 1906 and had a son named Robert Dobson Newcomb (BMN #3378), born in Yakima WA in 1907. In the 1910 census, a Lionel E. Newcomb appears in Seattle, married 4 years to an unnamed wife (born in Canada, age 24) and a son also named Lionel E., age 2, born in Washington. So far, I have been unable to find either of the two Lionels in either the 1920 or 1930 census, or anywhere else.
In the 1920 census, Lionel’s brother Glee (BMN #2429) is in Los Angeles Co. with a wife named Jessie M. (born in Canada, age 34) and a son named Robert D., age 12, born in Washington. Since Glee was still single and living with his parents in 1910, it seems unlikely (although of course not impossible) that this is his natural son. This same family also appears in the 1930 census
Did Lionel die before 1920 and, if so, did Glee marry his brother’s widow?
Is there a mixup among two Richard Newcombs, their parents, and their wives?
According to B.M. Newcomb, Elisha Newcomb (#189, b. 1776 d. 1848) married Phebe Thayer. They had a son named Richard (#529) born in 1811. He married Jane F. Homans, daughter of Treston and Hannah, a second marriage for both. BMN does not list their children.
Also according to BMN, Elisha Newcomb (#174 b. 1774) married Phebe Atkins Newcomb (his third, her second). They had a son named Richard (#485) born 28 Jan 1811. He married, first Sarah Currier, second Martha. BMN lists five children for this Richard Newcomb.
So, we have (possibly) two Richards, both born in 1811, both with parents named Elisha and Phebe, both with more than one marriage.
Richard #529 had a brother named Sylvanus. Richard #485 had a son named Sylvanus.
In the 1850 census, Richard #485 (identified by his two surviving children living with him) is in the same household with Jane F. Homan, age 28, born in New Hampshire. Also in the household are William A. Homan, age 28, Lucy Homan age 7 and William A. Homan age 5. Richard’s occupation is fisherman. In the 1860 census, there is a Richard Newcomb, fish dealer age 48, born in Massachusetts, with Jane F. Newcomb age 37, born in New Hampshire, and William A. Homans, age 15, as well as Lemuel W. Newcomb (son of Richard #484). Is this really Richard #174, as BMN would suggest, or is it Richard #485? I tend to think that the Richard (#485) who was living in the same household with the Homans family would be the same Richard who later married Jane.
It would be easy for JBM to have confused the two Richards, since they were both born the same year and had parents with the same first names, and they all lived in Massachusetts. However, if we believe JBM was confused, we still don’t know which Richard actually belongs to which parents. It’s also possible there was only one Richard, accidentally attributed to two different families because of the parents’ similar names. There are other Richard Newcombs with wives named Martha, but those I have identified in the census so far are not either of the Richards in question.
While BMN gives the impression that Jane’s maiden name was Homans, looking at the census records makes it seem that it was her married name. On Ancestry.com, “Massachusetts Marriages 1633-1850″ lists the marriage of William A. Homans to Jane J. Fall, 25 Jan 1843, Ipswich, Essex Co.
My great grandmother was Laura Delacy Lillibridge Dingley, d/o Wealthy N Newcomb and Kenyon L Lillibridge. We have Laura’s marriage certificate to William Henry Dingley 25 Apr 1853, Providence, RI. We are unable to locate Wealthy or her parents. She is buried in the Israel Angell Cemetery, Johnston, RI 1841. Her parents are posted on the grave stone as Amos Nucumb and Delase.
With so many potential leads, and extensive research, Wealthy and her parents remain elusive. Bearse shows a Wealthy N Newcomb 1779 but married to the wrong husband (Ketchum). Any information would be so much appreciated.
Lynn
Orlando S. Newcomb (BMN #886) was born 20 May 1830. He married Hulda Carter (b. 29 Apr 1831). B.M. Newcomb stated that Orlando died in 1894. However, he was still alive for the census in 1900.