Mary (Phillips) Newcomb (1661 - bef. 1738)

Born 24 May 1661 in Weymouth, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Peter Newcomb — married 2 Apr 1702 in Roxbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died before 9 May 1738 before age 76 in Braintree, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Mary Phillips was born May 24, 1661, in Weymouth in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. She is the daughter of Richard Phillips and Mary Packard.^[1]

Mary married Jonas Humphrey about 1683. They were the parents of three children.^[2]

Her father died between October 27, 1695, when his will was signed, and November 27, 1695, when the inventory of estate was completed. Her brother, Caleb, died around the same time. Mary inherited a one-seventh share of her father's estate.^[3]

After Jonas died, she married Peter Newcomb at Roxbury on April 2, 1702, as his second wife. ^[4] Peter Newcomb, son of Francis and Rachel (Brackett) Newcomb was born in Braintree, Massachusetts on July 16, 1648. ^{[5] [6] [7] [8]}

Peter died in Braintree, May 20, 1725. ^{[5] [6]}

His widow Mary Newcomb of Braintree, wrote her will on March 21, 1737/8, and it was proved on May 9, 1738. ^[9]

In it she names:

• son Jonas Humphrey of Weymouth
• daughter Mary Newcomb, and her daughter Susannah after her
• grandson Peter Newcomb
• grandson Jedediah Newcomb all that came to me after the death of my son Richard Newcomb
• grandson Richard Newcomb when he reaches age 21
• granddaughter Susannah Newcomb ^[9]

Child of Peter and Mary Newcomb

1. Richard born March 17, 1704; died on July 9, 1728. ^[5][10]

Sources

1. ↑ VRWM Page 209 has two Mary's, daughter of Richard and Mary. This profile is for the second Mary (the first died in infancy).
2. ↑ Phillips Page 11
3. ↑ Will-Phillips-209
4. ↑ Roxbury Marriages: Volume 2: p. 295: Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1621-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016).
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2} Bates, Samuel, editor. BIRTH RECORDS OF THE TOWN OF BRAINTREE (NORFOLK CO., MA)1640 to 1699
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Crane, Ellery Bicknell. Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County, Massachusetts: With a History of Worcester Society of Antiquity, Volume 2, Lewis Pub., 1907 p. 448-9
7. ↑ Anderson, Robert C. Francis Newcomb in: Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume V, M-P, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts, 2007 p. 244 (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010.)
8. ↑ Smith, Dean Crawford & Melinde Lutz Sanborn. The Ancestry of Eva Belle Kempton, 1878-1908, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts, 1996, p. 258-64
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1} Case 7134: p. 1-5: Suffolk County, MA: Probate File Papers, Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized mages provided by FamilySearch.org)
10. ↑

• VRWM: Vital Records of Weymouth, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (The New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Mass., 1910 ) Births on Archive.org
• Will-Phillips-209: Will of Ensign Richard Phillips of Weymouth, Dated 27 Oct 1695, Proved 19 Dec 1695. Abstracted in Chamberlain, find facsimile of original.
• Chamberlain: Chamberlain, George Walter. History_of_Weymouth_Massachusetts, Volume 4, Weymouth Historical Society, Weymouth, Mass. (Wright & Potter Printing Co., Boston, Mass.), 1923 On Hathitrust.org
• Phillips: Phillips, C. Arthur. Deacon Nicholas Phillips of Dedham and Weymouth, Mass., 1636-1672, Unigraphic, Inc., Evansville, Indiana, 1976. On Archive.org - Available by joining Internet Archive Library (free).