Newcomb Genealogy

My good friend has a very large tome entitled Newcomb Genealogy: Descendants of Andrew Newcomb published in 1923. The compilation has a nice index in the back of all the surnames of the families who have married in to the very large Newcomb tribe. There are 8 people associated with the Newcomb family with the last name Starr. I have just done my best to add them all (the Starrs only) to Wikitree. In the process, however, I found no link to my own line of Starrs. The group found here are all from Nova Scotia.

I have just looked to the index again to see if there are any Lees associated with the Newcomb tree, and I see that there are about 24. I will enter their information, too, to see if there is any connection, however I find that none of the names seem at all familiar. But, perhaps, one never knows what one might find.

There is one marriage between a Maher - no relation Leo W. Maher - and a Newcomb, but this relationship between Leo Maher and Jennie Newcomb had no issue/children.

I did, however, find the Worths marrying with the Newcombs in Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard. That is a name which I find far back in the Danforth line, and I see that 12 Danforths are associated with the Newcombs.

I guess I have my work cut out for me. I am eager to find someone who is a good friend who is also a 'cousin'. A compilation this size seems like an excellent place to begin; I am sure I can find a circuitous route to that family relationship.

In any event, as I learn and play with the blogging process, I attach a bit of the work I accomplished this afternoon.

embeddable family tree updated live from WikiTree

Multiple Marriages

As reported by the Wall Street Journal, 'with people living longer, roughly one in four people ages 59 and older has married two or more times, according to census data.' That is good stuff, but rather funny, too, given that through history people have married multiple times, though because wives either die in child birth or because widows need to marry again in order to be 'protected' by a man. It has complicated my genealogical research, particularly in Nantucket, because on that island we see cousins marrying one another, as well as the youngest child of one generation marrying the oldest of another generation and really making following the names confusing. With the habit of naming children after family members, and even naming a child after a previously deceased child within the same family, one can tie to the wrong person in a tree. Interesting stuff, though complicates the research.