Anna Newcomb

Brief Life History of Anna

When Anna Newcomb was born about 1783, in Salisbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States, her father, Azariah Newcomb, was 22 and her mother, Rebecca Bradley, was 18. She had at least 2 sons with Buckley Johnson. She died on 16 August 1816, in Starkey, Yates, New York, United States, at the age of 34, and was buried in Johnson Cemetery, Italy, Yates, New York, United States.

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Family Time Line

Buckley Johnson
1779–
Anna Newcomb
1783–1816
Lyman Buckley Johnson
1806–1879
William Johnson
1811–1842

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    World Events (8)

    1783 · A Free America

    The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.

    1788 · Connecticut Becomes the 5th State

    Connecticut became a state on January 9, 1788. In 1650, before it was a state, the boundary of Connecticut ran north from the westside of Greenwich Bay and the coast of the Pacific Ocean. During the 1600s, Westmoreland County was in Connecticut when the boundaries were changed Westmoreland County went to Pennsylvania.

    1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment

    The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.

    Name Meaning

    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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