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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)

c r newcomb is my grandfather and was living in Campbellsville Ky when he died

I have self published on Lulu.com a book titled The Ancestors and Descendants of Charles and Lula Newcomb. The upload is free. I am not trying to sell it, it is for my grandchildren. I did quite a bit of research on Francis, Peter, John, Benjamin, William, Arnold, John, Charles and Lula Newcomb of Spearman, Texas. Anyone able to fill in any gaps, I would appreciate hearing from them.

He was the son of George Henry Newcomb and Molly Sled and lived in Bontetourt Co. near Troutville Vir. until immigrating to Ark. and Mo. in 1890

Can someone give me a source where I can purchase the Newcomb Book by B.M. Newcomb. Thank You

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

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

Adelia Eliza Newcomb (b. 25 Oct 1825) was the daughter of  Asahel Newcomb (b. 25 Feb 1799, BMN #873). She married Daniel Dodge (b. 15 Jul 1820).  B.M. Newcomb said that Adelia died in 1871. Yet her husband, Daniel Dodge, is listed with their children and his second wife in the 1860 and 1870 censuses. Were Adelia and Daniel divorced? Or was BMN wrong about her death date? I have not been able to find her after 1850.

Timothy Frank Newcomb was Married to Eva L. They had 2 daughters, one name Nellie and one named Edith. I cannot find out any information on Timothy or Edith after 1880. I am pretty positive that I am the great grand daughter of Nellie and I know what happened to her and her and her mother Eva L. I noticed that several people have her as Died in Alameda Ca and no date. I think that is because that is the last place someone knew she went or something. Anyway, she did not die in Alameda, she and her daughter Nellie moved to New York. If anyone is interested in the rest of the story or has any information on whatever happened to Timothy Newcomb and his daughter Edith, I would really like to know.