BORN: 2 Jan 1744, Edgartown, Dukes County (Martha's Vineyard), MA.
MARRIED: 22 June 1762, Cornwallis, Kings Cty, NS
DIED: Abt 1834, Kingsclear, York Cty, NB
BURIED: Probably in the Hammond Cemetery with husband Archelaus
SPOUSE: Archelaus Hammond b 1737 Fairhaven, Bristol Cty, MA; d 1805 Kingsclear, York Cty.
FATHER: Simon Newcomb b abt 1705, Edgartown, Dukes County, MA; m 17 Nov 1740 Edgartown, Dukes Cty; d 1744 Cornwallis, Kings Cty, NS
MOTHER: Jerusha Lothrop b 1706/07 Edgartown; d 13 Apr 1748 Lebanon, Windham Cty, CN
PERSONAL DATA: Jerusha Newcomb was the second of four children born to Simon Newcomb and Jerusha Lothrop. Daughter Jerusha was born in Martha's Vineyard and later went to Lebanon, CN with her family. The family lived in Lebanon where Simon lived on his father's farm, which he inherited upon the death of his mother in 1756. He left Lebanon with about 60 other families from Lebanon for Nova Scotia, many to Cornwallis. There Jerusha married neighbor Archelaus Hammond in the first marriage of the Planters recorded in Kings County. (See the Archelaus writeup for more details).
The Newcombs can be traced back to ship's captain Andrew Newcomb (b 1618) in England who eventually settled in Boston. His son Andrew (b abt 1640) left Boston for Kittery, Maine where he married Sarah about 1661 and had seven children. In 1674/75 they moved to Martha's Vineyard, perhaps due to the outbreak of King Philip's War, where he became a prominent citizen and extensive landowner. Son Simon (b 1665) grew up on Martha's Vineyard and married Deborah there about 1687. Simon and Deborah had nine children and moved in 1713 to Lebanon, CT where he established his farm. Simon was his youngest son.
REFERENCES:
1. Refer to B N Newcomb, 1923, Andrew Newcomb and His
Descendants for abundant documentation on the Newcombs in New England. For sale by Higginson Book Co.
2. For the best early work on the Lothrop family in England and America see E B Huntingdon 1884, The Lo-Lathrop Famly in this
Country. For sale by Higginson Book Co.
3. For a brief summary see E C Wright, 1978, Planters and Pioneers of Nova Scotia; and for more detail A W H Eaton, 1910, The History of Kings County, Nova Scotia.
4. For a detailed account of the Newcomb genealogy from Captain Andrew from England see the author's book Fathers and Mothers, 2002, 328pp, Ch 10 available from the author at 6695 Terry Court, Arvada, CO 80007 and email: [email protected].