James Henry Newcomb

5 June 1832–2 September 1836 (Age 4)
Watertown, Jefferson, New York, United States

The Life Summary of James Henry

When James Henry Newcomb was born on 5 June 1832, in Watertown, Jefferson, New York, United States, his father, Hiram Kinner Newcomb, was 33 and his mother, Clarissa Lee, was 33. He died on 2 September 1836, in Jefferson, New York, United States, at the age of 4.

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James Henry Newcomb
1832–1836
Annie Holmes
1854–

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1836 · Remember the Alamo
Age 4
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

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.

Possible Related Names

Coombe
Newcombe
Newcome

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