Lt. Andrew Newcomb Jr.

Lt. Andrew NEWCOMB Jr. (1640 – 1707) was Alex’s 8th Great Grandfather; one of 512 in this generation of the Miller line.

Lt. Andrew Newcomb was born in 1640 Wolborough,  Devon, England.  His parents were Andrew NEWCOMB Sr. and Susan COCK. He married Sarah YOUNG about 1661. After Sarah died, he married Ann Bayes in 1676.   Andrew died 20 Aug 1708  in Edgartown, Martha’s Vineyard, Mass.

Alternatively, Andrew was  born in 24 Nov 1639 in Wolborough (Newton Abbot) Devon, England, Andrew Sr. was his uncle, and his father was Thomas NEWCOMBE.

Wolborough is five miles North west of Tormoham.  It is not on the sea. Six children were christened to the family of a Thomas Newcombe:

i. Emley Lucomb Aug 1630
ii. Mary Newcombe 23 Oct 1631
iii. Elizabeth Newcombe 29 Sep 1633
iv. Katherine Newcombe 21 Sep 1634
v. Andrew NUCOMBE 24 Nov 1639
vi. William Newcombe 17 May 1646

The child Andrew Nucombe may well be our Lt. Andrew. His year of birth exactly agrees with the age given in JB in the court deposition in March 1672 as “thirtey tow yeares or theare about”. Three of Lt. Andrew’s children by his second wife are named Mary, Elizabeth, and Emlen or Emiline , which match his sisters names. Mary and Elizabeth are common names but Emlen was not common. From his first wife their first son was Andrew but the third son was Thomas, perhaps named after the father’s father.

What then is the connection between the two Andrews? The fact that they were living within a few miles of each other in Devon suggests that they may be related. The fact that Captain Newcomb lived by the sea in Devon while Lt. Andrew lived inland, fits with the facts that in North America Captain Andrew was a sea farer all his life while Lt. Andrew appears to have spent more of his life on land though he did engage in fishing yoyages when he was younger.  The immediate area around Tormoham/Wolborough has only a few Newcombs according to the IGI. It may be that Lt. Andrew was a nephew or cousin of Captain Andrew and they came to North America together or separately.

Sarah Young was born  about 1642 in Kittery, Maine.  Sarah died about 1674 in Kittery, Maine. The name of his first wife, Sarah —, whom he married about 1661, has been found but once upon record. From deeds at Exeter, N. W., Vol. 3, p. 80, it appears that “Andrew Newcombe, of Hogg Island (Now Appledore Island, the largest of the Isles of Shoals located about seven miles off the Maine/New Hampshire coast so called from its rude resemblance to a hogg’s back) on ye Ile of Sholes,” fisherman, for £52 in merchantable fish, sold Henry Platts, of same place, with consent of his wife, Sarah, house on Hog Island (not described) 19 July 1673, in the 25th. year of Charles the Second, deed recorded 21 July 1673. From the foregoing it would seem that Mr. Newcomb had previously lived upon Hog Island and after the purchase of his house in Kittery he removed his family to the mainland..

Ann Bayes was born about 1658 in Edgartown, Martha’s Vineyard, Mass.  Her parents were Capt. Thomas BAYES and Anna BAKER.  Ann died in 1731 in Edgartown

Children of Andrew and Sarah:

(A number of websites claim that Simon and his brother Simeon are the same person. This leads to a lot of confusion, especially since Simeon’s name was sometimes written as Simon.)

	Name	Born	Married	Departed
1.	Simeon Newcomb	c. 1662	[__?__] bef. 1683 Martha’s Vineyard	after 12 June 1711
2.	Andrew Newcomb	c. 1664	Unmarried	June 1687 Edgartown His father was indicted for taking the life of his son, but the jury decreed in 1688  that  the death was accidental.
3.	Simon NEWCOMB	c. 1665 in Kittery (Isle of Shoals) York, Maine.	Deborah LATHROP c. 1687 Martha’s Vineyard, Mass.	20 Jan 1744/45 in Lebanon, New London, CT
4.	Thomas Newcomb	c. 1668 Kittery, (Isle of Shoals) ME.	Elizabeth Cook Oct 1693 Eastham, Mass	After 1723
5.	Sarah Newcomb	c. 1670	Joshua Conent 9 Jan 1690/91 Salem, Mass. . William Eldredge 30 Jan 1706 Sandwich, Mass
6.	Mary (Mercy) Newcomb	1672 Edgartown	Thomas Lombard 4 OCT 1694	13 Nov 1736
7.	Peter Newcomb	c. 1674 New Hampshire	Mercy Smith 11 Mar 1699/00 Sandwich, Mass	Bef. 31 Mar 1723

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Children of Andrew and Ann Bayes

	Name	Born	Married	Departed
8.	Ann Newcomb	1677 Edgartown	Mathew Mayhew	16 Apr 1743
9.	Andrew Newcomb	1680 in Edgartown, Dukes, Mass.	Mercy Oldham 4 Nov  1708 in Scituate, Mass	9 Dec 1748 Truro, Barnstable, Mass.
10.	Elizabeth Newcomb	Abt. 1681 Edgartown	John Atkins 5 Mar 1700	Aft. 1743
11.	Capt. Joseph Newcomb	1683 Edgartown	Joyce Butler 20 Nov 1705	Jan 1732/33 New Jersey
12.	Emeline Newcomb	ABT 1685 Edgartown	Samuel Atkins 8 Apr 1703	1768 Chatham Barnstable Mass
13.	Tabitha Newcomb	Abt.1688 Edgartown	Peter Ray
14.	Hannah Newcomb	Abt. 1694 Edgartown	Thomas Dumary 14 Oct 1714
15.	Zerviah Newcomb	1698 Edgartown	Josiah Bearse 2 Nov 1716
16.	Mary Newcomb	ABT 1700 Edgartown	Jonathan Pease 13 Jun 1728	19 Sep 1784

9?. Andrew Newcomb b.  d.; m. .  Died in his 68th year. Inscriptions on Gravestones in the Old North Cemetery, Truro, Mass. 1718-1840, p. 23

Lt. Andrew Newcomb was born about 1640 in England. He was living in 1666 in Isles of Shoals.  The Isles of Shoals are a group of small islands and tidal ledges situated approximately 10 miles  off the east coast of the United States, straddling the border of the states of New Hampshire and Maine.

“Kittery is the least quantity of land of any town in the county. To the town of Kittery was attached the north half of the Isles of Shoals; was then and has ever since been attached. This portion of Kittery was ‘the N 1/2 Of ‘the Isles of Shoales. This north half consisted of two islands, Hog Island and Smutty Nose (alias Church) called Georges -part or northerly part of the group. These isles contained the better land but Star Island, on account of their convenience for the fisheries, was very early lined with fishing stages and studded with fish houses–taken up before 1660. Majority of people lived upon the northerly islands. “While the Church, Court House and principal Ordinary still remained on Smutty Nose, about 1629 the southerly half of the Shoals was reclaimed from Mass., and annexed to N. H., the new Province, and a large part of the inhabitants of the northerly half removed across the harbor to Star Island. No less than 40 families crossed over from Hog Island at the time. Courts ceased to be held on Smutty Nose after 1684.”

27 Mar 1672 - Andrew deposed regarding the price of fish in  Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts. At that time his age was stated to be 32 years or there about. Richard Endell of the Isles of Shoals had brought a case against Jonathan Wade of Ipswich, for fish and oil delivered to Wade for several years.  The case turned on the price of fish in 1666; and to this Andrew Newcomb made affidavit, which is now on file among the court papers at Salem, Mass.  This is how we know Andrew’s birth year.

Andrew Newckum aged thirtey tow yeares or theare aboutt Swaren and Saith that in the year 1666 the prise off ffish wass Sett and mad at the Illes off Showles marchanabell fish–thirtey tow Railles per quntel this deponent then Receued Seuerall poundes in marcha fish att the prise Corrantt aboue Rightin and this deponent Knew no other prise Corrantt Butt that aboue Rightin and fforder Saith nott
Taken upon oath 27 : 1 mo
[16]72 Wm Hathorne Assist

Andrew was a Lieutenant in the Martha’s Vineyard militia.Mr. Newcomb was chosen Lieut. of Militia 13 Apr 1691, and that he was in command of fortifications is shown from the following:

Andrew Newcomb, Commander of the fortifications: who had such number of men as occasionally were ordered by the chief Magistrates.
“All debts to the king, customs, excise, wrekes &c. were the care of the collector, and the ordinarie let at 10 Ib. per annum, viz. custome & excise.

The earliest record found of Andrew(2) Newcomb’s purchase of land in this country is upon deeds at Alfred, York Co., Maine, Vol. 2, page 162, date 20 Apr. 1669, from which it appears that Daniel Moore of Portsmouth, blacksmith, for £58 sold Andrew Newcomb of Kittery, York Co., Me., fisherman, a dwelling-house in Kittery, near Thomas Spinney’s and formerly in the tenure and occupation of James Emberry (Emery), also. 6 acres of land adjoining the house at Emberry’s (Emery’s) Point. The house and land, as above, “next to the land of Spinney’s of Kittery side,” were sold 7 July 1674 to John Cutt of Portsmouth; and he sold the same 8 Jan. 1674/75 to Samuel Fernald, who bequeathed them, 1698, to his son, Nathaniel; and Nathaniel, again, in 1743, to his Son, Nathaniel. This place in Kittery, York Co., Me., is on the southeast side of the mouth of Spinney Creek, and bounded westerly by the Piscataqua River, [the boundary between Maine and New Hampshire] about half a mile from the city of Portsmouth and was owned and occuyied by Miss Sally Carter in 1874.   From this description, it looks like the site is occupied by the Great Cove Boat Club today [Google Maps.]

He also appears to have owned other land at Kittery, record of purchase not found.York Deeds at Alfred, York Co., Me., 3/123-4 –

“William Hearle and wife Beaton of Portsmouth, for valuable sum of money and goods, sell John Fernald of Kittery, Shoemaker, all that parcel of land which was formerly in possession of Adrew Newcomb, lying in Kittery near unto and butting upon ye Broad Cove commonly called Spinny’s Cove, containing 20 acres, being 40 rods broad butting upon said Core and having the land of Christian Ramix (Remich) on the South side. and the land of John Saward on ye North side,and so runs 80 rods east into the woods; which said land was sold by William Hilton unto the said Andrew Newcomb.” Deed acknowledged 1 Feb. 1680 and recorded 26 Apr. 1683.

Mr. Newcoml, held the office of constable and was living at the Shoals or in Kittery in 1671, as shown by the following from York Court Records, Book E, page 51:

Septembr : 8 : 1671 Marke Roe complaynd of by Andrew Nucum Constable of ye Yles of Shoales for threatening to break his bones and tearing of his shyrt, & other uncivill behayors towards him, in the execution of his office, upon his serueing of an Attachment: from the … for the breach of his bonds And further the Constable complayns of seuerall Oaths sworn by the sd Roe in comeing ouer, who upon examination the sd Marke Roe confesed before mee yt hee was provoaked to sware seurall oaths
Edw Rishworth Asst

16 May 1672 - Probate at Exeter, first file, Edward Carter’s estate owed Andrew Newcomb 12 shillings

Among the court papers (filed in covers at office of deeds) at Exeter, N. H., is an original bond given by Mr. Newcomb, in which he agrees to appear at next county court at Dover, the last Tuesday in June 1673, to answer complaint of Francis Small

“for withholding the Hull of a ffishing shallop of sd Smalls receiued of Thomas Trickle by virtue of sd Small’s order,” The case came to trial 26 June 1673, at which time Lydia Green testified that she heard Small agree with “Andrew Newcombe of the Ile of Shoales that he would carry on one quarter part of A fishing voyage at ye Ile of Shoales in the Shollop that the said Andrew Newcombe recd of Mr Thomas Tricky pr order of sd Small and this was sometime about Nouember or December last past.” The case was withdrawn, there being no cause for action.

At the time of his residence upon the Shoals they were places of resort, and the Church, Court House and principal Ordinary being located upon Smutty Nose or Church Island, together with the fishing industry, in which Mr. Newcomb was engaged, caused the islands to be preferred for residences until later, when the mainland became more thickly settled.

“Att a County Court houlden at Wells for the County of Yorke July 7, 1674, the Worshipfl Major Tho. Clarke, Praesident, Major Bryan Pendleton, Mr. Geo. Munjoy, Edw- ReCor. Assotiates.

Mr John Cutt is plantiffe in an action of debt Contra Andrew Newcom Defendt. In ye action Capt. Davess is taken off and Capt. Charles Frost is put in his place. The Jury finds for ye Plantiffe 16:00:0 one halfe in marchtble fish & ye other halfe in refuge fish, according to bill: 5″ Damage & costs of Court 25 & 6d.”

Mr. Newcomb removed from Kittery and Isles of Shoals in the year 1674 or early in 1675. From the foregoing it will be seen that after the decision of the Court at Wells (7 July 1674) he turned over to John Cutt his house and land in Kittery and, his wife having died previously, he took his seven young and motherless children to a more favorable location, for it is possible that the Indians had become troublesome in Maine, as King Philip’s war broke out in June 1675. and this may have influenced him in his decision to move. He settled at Edgartown, on the Island of Martha’s Vineyard, the same year, where he became a proprietor and at various times received shares in the divisions of lands in that town and where he and his wife both died.

Andrew Newcomb became a prominent citizens of Martha’s Vineyard.  He was juror at quarter court at Eastham 25 Sept. 1677 and 28 Dec. 1680; foreman of grand jury Sept. 1681, June 1700 and 1703 and 7 Mar 1704; constable in 1681; was chosen 25 Nov. 1685. with two others, “to make ye governors rate of three half penny upon ye pound”; tithingman 10 May 1693; selectman 1693/94; and overseer 16 Mar 1693/94. His name appears many times upon record as witness to deeds, etc. Upon the records of Martha’s Vineyard, Mass., he is in nearly every case called “Mr.” a title then conferring more honor and distinction and doubtless commanding higher respect than that of “Hon.” today.

Here’s an example of the high esteame in which he was held.

Maj. Wait Winthrop in a letter to Gov. Phips, no date but received 21 Oct 1692, mentions “Mr. Newcomb”; and in a letter Simon Athern to the Governor and Council Oct. 1692 says: “being sensable of much troble on marthas vineyard for want of dew settlement of the affairs of that Iland And Considering the present state of persons and things there I humbly shew that if Mr. Andrew Newcomb be made Cheefe Justice And Mr. Joseph Norton & Mr. James Allen Justices there who are reputed welthy and having such influence in the people there, will be most Reddy way to settle your government there.”

There are reasons for believing that he was a merchant several and perhaps many years. On 18 Feb 1683 he paid Nathaniel Fryer £3: 11s. in feathers. Land Records, Edgartown, Dukes Co., Mass., Vol. I, p. 219.

“Received this 18th of February 1683 from Mr. Andrew Newcomb of Edgartown upon Martin Vineyard the sum of three pounds, eleven shillings in feathers for account of my father Nathaniel Fryer in full of all debts dues and demands from the beginning of the world to this day. Received pr me Joshua Frier.
“Joshua Frier acknowledged the above written receipt this 18th day of Feb., 1683-4. Before me,
Matt Mayhew, Justice of Peace.”‘

Court Records (Edgartown).

“Special Corte held this 16th December 1684, Mr. Andrew Nurcom complayneth agaynst Amos an Enden for Inbaseling or purloyning away Sider & Rum. They joyne ishew before the Court to his the sayed Nucom great treble to the damag to ye vallew of seven pounds & twelve shillings.
“In ye case betwene Mr. Andrew Nurcorn plantife Amos Endian defendant we find ye defendant gilty of one cask of Rum containing 12 gallons, and one pound & twelve shillings damage with costs of Corte.”

From Records at Albany, N. Y.-N. Y. Col. Mss. 34: part 2, p. 35-3ce

“Insula Martha Vineyard. I under written doe confess and acknowledge to owe and to be Indepted unto Richard Sarson his heirs &c ye summe of thirty eight pounds ffive Shillings and three pence money to be paid unto ye aforesaid Richard Sarson his heirs &c, upon ye Bottome of ye Shipp Betty now in the Harbour of ye above Island being for wages paid to the men of ye Shipp Betty as witness my hand this 13th ffebry 1684-5

Rob: Right
Witness
Andrew Nucombe
Thomas Harlock
The abovesaid Capt Robert Right acknowledged the abovewritten to be his act & Deed the day & year abovesaid
Matt Mayhew
Chiefe Magistrate.”

“Insula Marthas Vineyard. I underwritten doe obleidge myself my heires &c to pay or cause to be paid unto Andrew Newcombe Junior three pounds Money to his heirs &e upon Demand, being soe much due for three Months wages on ye Shipp Betty of Carolina, Capt Robt Right commandr: as witness my hand this 13th ffebry 1684-5
Robt Right
Testes

Stepen Hussey
Andrew Neucombe Senior.

Court Records (Edgartown) p. 71.

“At Court Sept 30, 1690
“September 24, 1690, Andrew Newcomb haueing legally purchased a neck of land caueled Job’s neck [Google Satellite] of ye Sachem thereof, ye Sachem haueing given legall conuayance to sd Andrew Newcomb being ye trew and proper oner of ye sayd neck, one Jobe an Indian hauing noe just nor lawfuli caues therefore hath trespassed on ye sayd neck by tilling, improfing, moing, and to his own use converted the benefitt of sayd land thereby not only berefing sayd Andrew Newcomb of such benefitt which he ought and might lawfully make of ye same but deffaming his just title thereunto whereby ye sayd Newcomb hath ben lett and hindred from a dew Improfement thereof and his title to the same questioned to his great dammage and lose of which he doubteth not to make this Court sencible and humbly prayeth relefe in his sd caus and shall eaver pray yo” humble Supplyant (not signed) “In ye case pending betwene Andrew Newcomb plaintife and Jobe the Indian defendant, the verditt of ye Jury is We find for ye plaintife Six pence dameg and Cost of Court”

Andrew (2) ,Newcomb bought of Indian Job 24 Sept. 1690 a tract of land called “at Saprataine” or in the deed called “Sopotaminy,” Martha’s Vineyard records. Court Records (of Edgartown) p. 95.

“Court of common pleas holden at Edgartown, Oct. 3, I693. Andrew Newcomb complaineth against Jacob Washaman and notick quanum alis Elizabeth queon Sachem his wife in an action of trespas on the case for Refusing to give to sd Andrew Newcomb posesion of certain land in Edgartown containing one neck of land caled Sapotomane.
“The humble petytion and declaration of Andrew Newcomb to their Majesties honoured Court seting Octobr 3d. 93 humbly sheweth that whereas the sd Andrew Newcomb procured a deed of sale of Jacob Washaman & Elizabeth his wife of the neck of land called Sapautamane whereby sd Jacob was legally… end
“In the case depending between Andrew Newcomb plaintife and Jacob Washaman an indian defendant, the Jury find for the defendant and cost of Court.”
“Court of Quarter Sessions, holden at Edgartown, Oct 2d 1696 by their Majesties’ Justices for Martha’s Vineyard.
“Dick alias Soo-ah-chame, an Indian, being legally convicted of lifting the door of Andrew Newcombs’ dwelling house at Edgartown off from the hinges and entering into the house, being late in the night, thereby disturbing and frighting the people of the house, is adjudged to pay the summe of three pounds to said Newcombe and to stand committed until payed.”
“October 4″ 27th 1684 voted that Mr. Newcomb Joseph Norton and Thomas Butler are chosen to make up ye accounts of ye men that hav, done any Seruice for ye Town or Layed out any money for ye town and to make a Rate and to sett all things to Rights and to make all Rates for this year.”

Maj. Wait Winthrop in a letter to Gov. Phips, no date but received 21 Oct 1693 mentions “Mr. Newcomb”; and in a letter Simon Athern to the Governor and Council Oct 1692 says:

“being sensable of much troble on marthas vineyard for want of dew settlement of the affairs of that Iland And Considering the present state of persons and things there I humbly shew that if Mr. Andrew Newcomb be made Cheefe Justice And Mr. Joseph Norton & Mr. James Alien Justices there who are reputed welthy and having such influence in the people there, will be most Reddy way to settle your government there.

Mr. Newcomb’s first purchase of land on Martha’s Vineyard was made 13 Feb. 1677 of John Daggett, for £25, 10 acres land, “according to the bounds thereat as it was layed out, unto John Freeman, Blacksmith, and to him granted by the said town; as likewise half a Commonage in the said townshippe; for him, the said Andrew Newcomb, to have and to hold the aforesaid land and p’misses, with the now dwelling house thereon standing and being, with all and singular the outhouseing barnes shoppes hovells fence and fencing stuff on the said land and p’mises being.” This land situated on the south side of the village, together with a house-lot, he sold Israel Daggett for £40, 3 Feb. 1702. May 13, 1686, he bought of Jacob Washaman and Notickquanum (also written Wonnottoohquanam) alias Elizabeth, his wife, Sachem, and Queen of Nunpauque, for £5, a piece of land called Job’s Neck, alias Sapotem or Sapotamane, running into a pond on south side of the township, bounded southerly by pond, easterly and westerly by coves of water to Mill Path (also written Milne Path). He sold this land, Job’s Neck, 22 Jan. 1701/02, to his son, Simon(3), one of the witnesses to the deed being Peeter(3) Newcomb. He sold for £22 land at Sanchacantaket, bought of Misam alias Wabamuck; and in 1700 he sold the land, later occupied as a famous camp-meeting ground on Martha’s Vineyard. (Vol. 3, p. 320.)

In June 1703 he, with others, gave Samuel Holman, the tanner, a lot of land “to encourage him in his business.” Mar. 10, 1709-10, Thomas Harlock sold lands bought of “Mr. Andrew Newcomb, late deceased.” He owned the land in Edgartown upon which the Court House was afterwards built.

Mrs. Newcomb’s name is in the earliest preserved list of church members, 13 July 1717; also in the list of 24 Jan. 1730-1. She received in 1680, by will of her father dated 4 Feb. 1679-80, £50; also, a three-eighths interest in his real estate, which was increased by rights of her sister bought by Mr. Newcomb in 1686. Of the Indian lands of Capt. Bayes Mr. and Mrs. Newcomb owned, in 1688, three and a half shares at Sanchacantaket, near the camp-meeting ground ten acres at Pompineches Neck, and one half-share on the Island of Chappauiddick.

In 1710 Mrs. Newcamb sold 5 acres of land near the court house in Edgartown, formerly from her father, and in 1716 she, “widow, Relict of Andrew Newcomb, late of Edgartown,” sold her stepson, Simon(3) Newcomb, for £20, land in Edgartown. In 1728 she sold her dau. Mary “all my household goods, to enter upon at my decease.”

Mr. Newcomb was chosen Lieut. of Militia 13 Apr 1691, and that he was in command of fortifications is shown from the following:

“University of the State of New York, etc. New York State Library Albany, N. Y. May 15, 1896.
“This is to certify that the following is a correct copy and of the whole thereof of page 230 of Vol. 37 of the series of manuscript volumes entitled “New York Colonial Manuscripts” in the custody of the University of the State of New York in the State Library.
(Signed) George Rogers Howell, Archivist.
“Marthas Vineyard

Andrew Newcomb, Commander of the fortifications: who had such number of men as occasionally were ordered by the chief Magistrates.
“All debts to the king, customs, excise, wrekes &c. were the care of the collector, and the ordinarie let at 10 Ib. per annum, viz. custome & excise.
“A Nantucket commanded As chief Magistrate Capt: John Gardener James Coffin Justices of peace William Gayer William Worth “Capt. John Gardener, Collector, and his charge was all dues for the king. Ye chief Magistrate in the County, present, had a casting voice in (a word illegible) Dedimus potes tatem to Matthew Maphew to Administer the Oath to all the Magistrates and officers Civil & military in Dukes County. Dated 20th. Augt. 1691. Ret 20 March following.
“Judges, John Gardener, James Coffin & Richd Sars (on) (two last letters missing in the original),br> Common Pleas.
G. R. Hatch.”

Andrew Newcomb appears to have died without making- a will, and no inventory or settlement of his estate has been found upon record. By his first wife he had seven children, all of whom appear to have been born in the vicinity of Kittery, Me. By his second wife there were eight children, all of whom were married and had families, and although no record of their births has been preserved yet their relationship as brother and sisters, also that they were children of Andrew(2) and Anna Newcomb, has been authenticstted by a plea for partition of land and brought 1 Oct. 1731, in which all, or nearly all of the children and heirs are named.

Children

1. Simeon Newcomb

Simeon resided in the north part of Eastham, now Truro, Cape Cod., Mass.  Jan  28, 1701/02, “voted to make inquiry concerning a whale which (it is said) Simon Newcomb and Richard Rich cut up at Billingstgate last year.” Mr. Newcomb was chosen fence-viewer in 1702. There was laid out to him in 1811, as one of the proprietors of Truro, two pieces of land – four acres for his tenement on Lieutenants Island, two acres in northeasterly corner and two acres northeasterly of Samuel Mayo, Jr.’s lot. “A record of the division of the pond of Moonpoon and the Old Field at Eastern Harbor in the north part of Truro called Moonpoon old field division as they were laid out and lotted and bounded for the proprietors thereof on they fourth day of March 1711/12 the sixth lot fell to Wm. Dyer Simeon Newcomb and Daniel and Benj. Small,” twelve acres. He received, by division, other lots of land near the line of Eastham and Truro and near Pamet Point.

2. Andrew Newcomb

Andrew died through an accident at Edgartown, in the early part of Jun 1687; doubtless unmarried. Just prior to 13 Feb 1684/85, he labored three months “on board the ship Betty of Caroline, Capt. Robt. Right,” and received a note at the above date for £3 as pay for his services.

Court: 1688. His father was indicted for taking the life of his son, Andrew, but the jury decreed that Andrew’s death was accidental.

3. Simon NEWCOMB (See his page)

4. Thomas Newcomb

Thomas’s wife  Elizabeth Cooke was born in Jun 1674 in Eastham Mass.  Her parents were Josiah Cooke and Deborah Hopkins.  She and Thomas married in Oct 1693 in Eastham Mass.  Elizabeth  died on 7 Dec 1727 in Eastham Mass.

They resided in the northern part of Eastham, and the births of their first three children are recorded there. The baptisms of heir other six children are recorded in the Congregational Church at Truro, 2 June 1717. At a meeting of proprietors of Pamet Lands, 2 July 1703, three or four acres of land near the swamp above Thomas Newcomb’s were granted to Michael Atwood. In Pratt’s history of Eastham, Thomas is said to have been a son of Simeon Newcomb, but no evidence has been found going to show that such was the case. Mr. Newcomb’s name is upon an original petition from the inhabitants of Billingsgate, alias North Eastham, to the legislature, 1723, concerning attendance on public worship, the petition now on file in Mass. Archives. There is no record of the settlement of Mr. Newcomb’s estate. Elizabeth Newcomb of Provincetown, whose estate was administered upon in 1776 by James Pratt of Boston, may have been widow of Thomas Newcomb.

5. Sarah Newcomb

Sarah’s first husband  Joshua Conant was born on 15 Apr 1657 in Salem, Essex, Mass.  His parents were Joshua Conant and Seeth Balch.  He first married 31 Aug 1676 in Salem to Christian More (b. 5 Sep 1652 in Salem – d. 30 May 1680 in Salem) He and Sarah married 9 Jan 1690/91 in Salem. Joshua before 1706 in Salem.

Sarah’s second husband William Eldredge was born 1656 in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Mass.  His parents were Robert Eldredge and Elizabeth Nickerson.  Sarah and William married 30 Jan 1706/07 in Sandwich Mass. William died 27 Apr 1749 in Chatham, Barnstable, Mass

6. Mercy Newcomb

Mercy’s husband Capt. Thomas Lambert (Lumbert) was born 22 Jun 1671 in Barnstable, Barnstable, Mass. His parents were Jedediah Lambert and Hannah Wing. Thomas and Mercy married on 4 Oct 1694 in Sandwich Mass. Thomas died on 13 Nov 1736 in Truro, Barnstable, Mass.

7. Peter Newcomb

Peter’s wife Mercy Smith was born 3 Jan 1679 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Mass. Her parents were Shubael Smith and Mary Swift. Mercy died 17 Jan 1723 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Mass.

Rev. William Holmes, minister at Chilmark, Mass., 1716-1746, wrote the following in his diary under date of 31 Mar. 1723: “I had an account that Mr. Newcomb died lately; he was taken suddenly while [he] was in the cellar drawing molasses, either with an apoplectic fit or a sudden lethargy which carried him off.”

Peter had a residence in 1699 in Edgartown MA. In the record of his marriage, he is said to be “late of Edgartown”. He worked as an innkeeper. He established the family home at Sandwich, Mass., where he kept an inn or public-house until his death. The inn passed into the hands of his son, William, and his grandson, William Newcomb, and for many years remained in the possession of the family.

8. Anna Newcomb

Anna’s husband Matthew Mayhew was born on 29 Nov 1674 in Edgartown, Dukes, Mass.. His parents were Matthew Mayhew and Mary Skiffe. Matthew died on 20 Apr 1720,and was buried in Edgartown MA.

9. Andrew Newcomb ?

Andrew’s wife Mercy Oldham was born about 1687 in Eastham, Barnstable, Mass. Her parents were Thomas Oldham and Mercy Sprout. Mercy died 2 May 1730 in Truro, Barnstable, Mass.

Died in his 68th year.
Inscriptions on Gravestones in the Old North Cemetery, Truro, Mass.

10. Elizabeth Newcomb

Elizabeth’s husband Capt. John Atkins was born 6 Aug 1674 in Eastham, Barnstable, Mass. His parents were Henry Atkins and Bethiah Linnell. John died 30 Jan 1732 in Chatham, Barnstable, Mass

11. Capt. Joseph Newcomb

Joseph’s wife Joyce Butler was born 1680 in Edgartown, Dukes, Mass. Her parents were John Butler and Priscilla Norton. Her grandparents were Nicholas NORTON and Elizabeth ISAAC. Joyce died 1739 in Fairfield, Salem, New Jersey

Joseph lived for many years in Edgartown. He was man of prominence and held positions of trust in the community. He was chosen selectman and sealer of weights and measures in 1712 and sealer of weights in 1713. He served as town treasurer and moderator of the town meeting. On 19 Feb. 1718, he was one of a committee to consider the matter of building the meeting house. Three years later, 1721, he was representative from Edgartown to the General Court (Legislature) of Mass. at Boston. Prior to 1722 he was called “Capt.”, and afterward “Gent.” Doubtless he was a commander or captain of ships; he may have been captain of a military organization.

12. Emeline Newcomb

Emeline’s husband Samuel Atkins was born 25 Jun 1679 in Eastham, Barnstable, Mass. He was a brother to Capt. John Atkins who married Elizabeth Newcomb, Emeline’s sister. Their parents were Henry Atkins and Bethiah Linnell. Samuel died 9 Aug 1768 in Chatham, Barnstable, Mass.

They also settled at Chatham, where he held various town offices, being juryman in 1728, selectman for three years from 1736. His name does not appear on the tax list or records of the town after 1755, but his estate was not administered upon until 9 Aug 1768, when his son, Henry, was appointed administrator; inventory taken 26 Aug. 1768, estate settled 8 Aug. 1769. No mention is made of his widow, and the entire estate was assigned to his son, Henry, he paying to his sisters certain sums of money.

13. Tabitha Newcomb

Tabitha’s husband Peter Ray was born about 1681 in Kittery, York, Maine. Peter died 1 Oct 1731 in Edgartown, Dukes, Mass.

Peter worked as a housewright. Land: 1738, Massachusetts. (3) Sold to Huxford Marchant “all my right, title and interest in the Island of Marthas Vineyard or Chappaquiddick… that descended to me by my mother, deceased.

14. Hannah Newcomb

Hannah’s husband Thomas Dumary was born 16 Mar 1690 in Boston, Mass.

Hannah and Thomas Dumary were married by Rev. Cotton Mather.  Both died before 5 Apr 1755, because at this date their son John, of Lunenburgh, Mass., and daughter Anna, unmarried and living in Boston, the only surviving heirs, through their attorney, John Allen, sold one-ninth of a lot in Martha’s Vineyard that formerly belonged to their mother’s parents. Thomas worked as a housewright.

15. Zerviah Newcomb

Zerviah’s husband Josiah Bearse was born 10 Mar 1690 in Barnstable, Barnstable, Mass. His parents were Joseph Bearse and Martha Taylor. Josiah died 31 Aug 1753 in New Fairfield, CT.

Josiah’s birthplace was Barnstable, and he resided at East Barnstable, but was dismissed from the church there 29 Dec 1734, to the church at Greenwich, Conn., to which place he moved, 1733. In 1738 they removed to New Fairfield, Conn., where he died. They sold to her nephew, Bayes Newcomb, 31 Oct. 1743, all rights on Martha’s Vineyard.

 16. Mary Newcomb

Mary’s husband Jonathan Pease was born in 1657. His parents were John Pease and [__?__]. Jonathan died before14 Feb 1738

Mary and Jonathan married on 13 Jun 1728.

5 Apr 1743, Edgartown MA. (3) She sold to her nephew, Bayes Newcomb, for £20, “all estate descended to me from father and mother, Andrew and Ann Newcomb, excepting my lot at harbor” at Edgartown.

Sources:

Genealogical memoir of the Newcomb family By John Bearse Newcomb 1874 Google Books

http://www.genealogyofnewengland.com/b_n.htm

http://genealogy.drnewcomb.ftml.net/b196.htm#P292

http://newcomb-family.com/lan_a.htm

http://www.thenewcombs.org/?page_id=7

http://trees.ancestry.com/owt/person.aspx?pid=27500602&st=1