When Hiram Newcomb was born about 1791, in Salisbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States, his father, Azariah Newcomb, was 30 and his mother, Rebecca Bradley, was 26. He died in 1864, in Vermont, United States, at the age of 74.
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Bill of Rights guarantees individual freedom.
On March 4, 1791, Vermont became the 14th state.
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
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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