Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan - Person Sheet
Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan - Person Sheet
Birth19 Sep 1722, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut
Death9 Jan 1796, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut Age: 73
FatherRichard ENGLISH
MotherMary HINKSMAN
Spouses
Removal1740, Bernardston, Franklin, Massachusetts1216 Age: 21
Settlement1744/5, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut1215 Age: 25
Will9 Sep 17791213 Age: 60
Probate11 Oct 17791213 Age: 60
BurialOld Cemetery, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut1213
Occupationcarpenter & cabinet-maker1213
FlagsMayflower Descendant
FatherHezekiah NEWCOMB (~1693-1772)
MotherJerusha BRADFORD (1692-1739)
Individual Notes
• Mr. N. [Andrew Newcomb] never settled in Falltown, but his sons Silas and Peter removed there from Lebanon about 1740-1, and remained four or five years. In 1744 was commenced the French and Indian War, the effect of which was most disastrous to the settlers. So frequent were the incursions of the roving bands of Indians, and so great was the danger and alarm of the people, that about that time the settlements of Falltown were mostly abandoned, a few persons only remaining, and they lived in stockage of fortified houses called forts. Silas and Peter therefore were compelled to leave, and returned to L.[Lebanon].1215
• Moved to town [Bernardston] in 1740. (Gives lot purchase sequence.) Because of the Indian troubles in 1744, he returned [sic] to his former home in Lebanon, Ct., where he died. He willed his property in Fall Town to his son William.1216
• In French and Indian War. On expedition to Canada, 1758. Res Bernardson, Mass. One of the men to build a bridge over Fall River. Res around 1745, Lebanon, Conn.107
• Hezekiah Newcomb’s father’s homestead was about two miles east of the present village of Columbia, but was known at the time of his birth as the “Crank” or “Second Society of Lebanon.”1213
• Moved to town [Bernardston] in 1740. (Gives lot purchase sequence.) Because of the Indian troubles in 1744, he returned [sic] to his former home in Lebanon, Ct., where he died. He willed his property in Fall Town to his son William.1216
• In French and Indian War. On expedition to Canada, 1758. Res Bernardson, Mass. One of the men to build a bridge over Fall River. Res around 1745, Lebanon, Conn.107
• Hezekiah Newcomb’s father’s homestead was about two miles east of the present village of Columbia, but was known at the time of his birth as the “Crank” or “Second Society of Lebanon.”1213
Family Notes
• 6 children.1216
ChildrenHezekiah (1747-1821)