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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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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