Born in Downe, Cumberland, New Jersey
Ancestors 
Daughter of Erik Cobb
and Rhoda (Shaw) Cobb
Sister of
Tabitha (Cobb) Shaw
Wife of
Butler N. Newcomb
— married
29 Sep 1791 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Mary (Newcomb) Husted, Pleasant Newcomb, William Newcomb, Pleasant (Newcomb) Conover, Reuben Newcomb, Rhoda B. Newcomb, Josiah S Newcomb, Arick Cobb Newcomb, Anna Newcomb and Henry Newcomb
Died
at age 74
in Dividing Creek, Cumberland, New Jersey, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 24 Feb 2014
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Biography
"Butler Newcomb married Anna Cobb, dau. of Arick and Rhoda, b. in Down, N.J., Nov. 2, 1771; d. June 9, 1846. He was dea. of Bap. chh. at Dividing Creek, in Down, about 45 years; his descendants form a village called "Newcombton;" he had 70 g. gandch. living in 1871; he owned and occupied the house which was built by his father."[1]
Death and Legacy
Anna "Annie" Cobb Newcomb died in 1846 and is buried in the Dividing Creek Baptist Cemetery.[2]
Her obituary was printed in the Bridgeton Chronicle on Saturday 13 June 1846:
- "On Thursday the 4th last, Mrs. Anna, widow of Butler Newcomb, dec., in the 74th year of her age. The deceased had been a member of the Baptist Church of Dividing Creek, 37 years, was baptized by Rev. Henry Smalley in 1809. Her illness was short and severe and when the hour had arrived for her departure she suddenly fell asleep in Jesus. 'Blessed in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.'"
Sources
- ↑ Newcomb, John B. Genealogical Memoir of the Newcomb Family: Containing Records of Nearly Every Person of the Name in America from 1635-1874. (Elgin, IL: Printed for the author by Knight & Leonard, Chicago, 1874) , 96-97.
- ↑ Anna Newcomb on Findagrave.com
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