Obadiah Newcomb (1695 - 1761)

Born 1695 in Edgartown, Dukes, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Abigail (Curtice) Newcomb — married 1720 in Hebron, Connecticut

Husband of Mary (Post) Newcomb — married 22 Jun 1758 in Connecticut

Descendants

Died 24 May 1761 at about age 66 in Hebron, Hartford, Connecticut

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Biography

Obadiah Newcomb was born about 1695.^[1] He was the son of Simon Newcomb and Deborah Unknown.^[2] Removed to Lebanon CT in 1713, and soon after settled in the adjoining town of Hebron. He married Abigail Curtice in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts on 23 November, 1722.^[3] He married 2nd June 22, 1758, Mrs. Mary Post.^[4] His tomb is upon land which he formerly owned, still called the "Newcomb farm"; the same he deeded to his son Daniel, 250 acres as a gift, July 27, 1758; it is that part of Hebron, now Andover, about three-fourths of a mile from the railway station.^[5]Obadiah signed his will on October 25, 1758. In it he leaves part of his estate to his daughter Jemima, wife of Seth Wales. The will was probated on July 6, 1761.^[6]Obadiah passed away on May 24, 1761 in Hebron and was buried at the Townsend cemetery in Andover, CT.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ Hale CT inscriptions. Family search 3319 image 40 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9F5-3QW9?i=39&cc=2658554&cat=18917
2. ↑ Windham Ct Probate records. Family search 5931 image 102. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-892K-YJK?i=101&cat=610804
3. ↑ Vital Records of Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts. Family search file # 186165 image 64. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L979-WBRN?i=63&cc=2061550&cat=117064
4. ↑ Vital records of Hebron CT. Family search 1376165 image 251 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9K7-B5V4?i=250&cc=2448940&cat=707359
5. ↑ Genealogical memoir of the Newcomb family, By John Bearse Newcomb, 1874
6. ↑ Connecticut Wills and Probate Records. https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/9049/images/007626426_01143?_gl=1*1yhh4qy*_up*MQ..&gclid=CLncz-n8_9QCFQ9ahgod4c8EJQ&pId=3124196
7. ↑ Hale CT inscriptions. Family search3319 image 40. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9F5-3QW9?cc=2658554&cat=18917

See also:

Source: #S-2128072779

http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=16692088&pid=1151395802

• http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=46612153