When Amanda Newcomb was born on 22 November 1806, in Canada, her father, Azariah Newcomb, was 44 and her mother, Rebecca Bradley, was 40. She died on 26 September 1864, in Starkey, Yates, New York, United States, at the age of 57, and was buried in Starkey, Yates, New York, United States.
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Atlantic slave trade abolished.
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
The Town of Starkey became part of the county in 1824, the year after Yates County was created, and was formed from the town of Reading (in Schuyler County).
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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