The Newcombs in America » Descendants of Lieut. Andrew Newcomb http://www.rkwest.com/personal/thenewcombs/?page_id=7 1 of 727 03/26/08 3:29 PM The Newcombs in America Return Home Descendants of Lieut. Andrew Newcomb To keep this as simple as possible, and help it load faster, I have left this text unformatted. The numbers in parenthesis refer to the sources listed at the bottom of the report. Descendants of Lt. Andrew Newcomb First Generation 1. Lt. Andrew Newcomb(1, 2) was born circa 1640 (3) and died between 20 Aug 1706 and 22 Oct 1708 in Edgartown MA.(3) Death Notes: Mr. Newcomb appears to have died ithout making a will, and no inventory or settlement of his estate has been found upon record. Research Notes: Although John Bearse Newcomb considered Lt. Andrew to be the son of Capt. Andrew, many modern researchers refute this claim. As far as I know, there is no demonstrable connection between the two men. Additional facts: From B.M. Newcomb's 1923 book. Andrew Newcomb was residing at the Isles of Shoals as early as July 1666, as at this date he attended a meeting at the Isles of Shoals, near Portsmouth, N.H., of several merchants and men engaged in the fisheries, for the purpose of fixing the price of fish. In a case brought by Richard Endell of the Isles of Shoals against Jonathan Wade of Ipswich in March 1672, for fish and oil delivered to Wade for several years, the case turned on the price of fish in 1666; and to this Mr. Newcomb made affidavit, which is now on file among the court papers at Salem, Mass. The earliest record found of Andrew Newcomb's purchase of land in this country is upon deeds at Alfred, York Co., Maine, Vol. 2, page 162, date 20 Apr. 1669, from which it appears that Daniel Moore of Portsmouth, blacksmith, for 58, sold Andrew Newcomb of Kittery, York Co., Me., fisherman, a dwelling-house in Kittery, near Thomas Spinney's and formerly in the tenure and occupation of James Emberry (Emery), also six acres of land adjoining the house at Emberry's (Emery's) Point. The house and land, as above, "next to the land of Spinney's of Kittery side," were sold 7 July 1674 to John Cutt of Portsmouth, who bequeathed them, 1698, to his son Nathaniel; and Nathaniel, again, in 1743, to his son, Nathaniel. This place in Kittery is on the southeast side of the mouth of Spinney Creek, and bounded westerly by the Piscataqua River, about half a mile from the city of Portsmouth and owned and occupied by Miss Sally Carter in 1874. He also appears to have owned other land at Kittery, record of purchase not found. York Deeds at Alfred, York Co., Me., 3/123-4 - "William Hearle and wife Beaton of Portsmouth, for valuable sum of money and goods, sell John Fernald of Kittery, Shoemaker, all that parcel of land which was formerly in possession of Andrew Newcomb, lying in Kittery near unto and butting upon the Broad Cove commonly called Spinny's Cove, containing 20 acres, being 40 rods broad butting upon said Cover and having the land of Christian Ramix (Remich) on the South side, and the
