When Elizabeth Newcomb was born in 1753, in Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Cyrenius Newcomb, was 32 and her mother, Sarah Kinner Smith, was 30. She married Isaac Hollister about 1768, in Pleasant Valley, Dutchess, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. She died in 1823, in Ulster, New York, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Caroline, Tompkins, New York, United States.
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English: nickname for a new arrival in a place, from Middle English newe-comen, newe-come ‘newly arrived, recently come’ (Old English nīwe + cumen, cuma). The intrusive -b- is the result of the influence of placenames ending in Old English cumb ‘valley’ (see Coombe ). No such placename as Newcombe is actually on record in Britain.
Americanized form of German Neukamm, possibly arising from a misinterpretation of its etymology as neu ‘new’ + Kamm ‘comb’ (see Neukam ).
History: According to family tradition, Capt. Andrew Newcomb was born in England in 1618 and died in Boston, MA, in 1686, leaving family who settled both in MA and in Kittery, ME. Among his descendants was the internationally renowned astronomer Simon Newcomb (1835–1909).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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