Elisha Newcomb

M, #5431, b. Aug 16, 1770, d. Jun 20, 1820
Relationship2nd cousin 5 times removed of Malcolm Kenyon McKown Jr.
Pedigree
ChartsNewcomb Descendants Chart
Father*Elisha Newcomb b. circa 1742, d. Nov 1, 1771
Mother*Phebe Nickerson b. Oct 9, 1746

Family

Mary Ann Billups b. circa 1781, d. Jan 23, 1845
Children

Chronological Events

Birth*Aug 16, 1770 Elisha Newcomb was born on Aug 16, 1770 at Chatham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States. 
 He was the son of Elisha Newcomb and Phebe Nickerson. 
Marriage*Jan 10, 1795 Elisha Newcomb married Mary Ann Billups on Jan 10, 1795 at Dinwiddie County, Virginia, United States.1 
Death*Jun 20, 1820 Elisha Newcomb died on Jun 20, 1820, at age 49 at Prince George County, Virginia, United States. 
Book Excerpt* 
The home of Elisha Newcomb in Prince George Co., Va., is located about eleven miles from Petersburg and three miles from Prince George Co. Court House. It is four miles from the old Episcopal Church build 1857, all material, bricks, tile for flooring, lumber, etc., being brought from England, United Kingdom. This church was occupied during the Civil War by Federal troops as a stable. It is now (1920) occupied for religious services. The whole Newcomb homestead passed out of the family about 1910, and is till (1920) in a good state of preservation.

Capt. Newcomb was a master mariner in early life and later a farmer. He removed from Massachusetts to New Kent Co., Va., about 1793 and was for a time in command of a ship. Soon after his marriage he retired from the sea and located in New Kent Co., Virginia, later moved to Chesterfield County, VA, and again to Petersburg; from thence to Prince George Co. where he settled upon a farm, naming his home "Washington".2
 

Citations

  1. [S927] Book - Newcomb, Andrew & His Descendants, by John Bearse Newcomb, page 177.
  2. [S927] Book - Newcomb, Andrew & His Descendants, by John Bearse Newcomb.