Andrew NEWCOMB

1680 - 1748  (68 years)

• Name	Andrew NEWCOMB  [1]
  	In the record of their marriage it is stated that Mr. Newcomb was "of Eastham." They resided in Scituate until after the birth of their first child, when they settled n the northern part of Truro, Mass., near a place known as "Newcomb's Point." Andrew Newcomb and his wife were admitted to the church at Truro 2 May 1730. He was one of the proprietors of Truro and received by division, 1715-1730, several lots of land. In 1715 he was "to have as much land about where his house now standeth as he hath in the 6th lot of wood land division of Eastern harbor." In 1716 "Town meeting for settling a School agreed the School shall be kept one half the time at Andrew Newcombs or somewhere thereabouts." In 1723 "agreed the school should be settled the first half year at house of Andrew Newcomb or as near it as may be," and agin, in 1730, the same decision regarding the location of the school was made. In 1719 Mr. Newcomb was chosen moderator of town meeting and the three years following. 1720-1-2, he served as selectman. He was a grand juryman in 1730. His cattle mark was "a crop off ye tip of right ear." [1]
  Birth	1680  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	9 Dec 1748  [1]
  Person ID	I73695	Main Tree
  Last Modified	29 Mar 2014

  
  

  Father	Simeon NEWCOMB,   b. Abt 1662, Kittery, Maine
  Mother	Unknown
  Family ID	F29882	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mercy OLDHAM,   b. 28 Jul 1689
  Marriage	4 Nov 1708	Scituate, Massachusetts   [1]
  Children	+ 1. Robert NEWCOMB,   b. 21 Jun 1722, Truro, Massachusetts d. 13 May 1802 (Age 79 years)  [Birth]
  Family ID	F29879	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Mar 2014

  
  

• Sources

  [S5685] Bethuel Merritt Newcomb, "Andrew Newcomb" 1618-1686 and His Descendants, (Privately printed for the author by The Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Co., New Haven, Conn. 1923).