Priscilla Newcomb

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name
Priscilla Newcomb
aka
[Priscilla Holbrook]
sex
female
access
public
born
date
c. 1750
basis
compiled
confidence
possible
note
From the Holbrook master tree; source not stated.
died
date
c. 1830
place
Maine
basis
compiled
confidence
possible
note
From the Holbrook master tree; source not stated.

Second wife of Deacon Elisha Holbrook, married at Wellfleet in 1771. After his death in 1779 she administered his intestate estate, complained that his son Eliphalet was holding five bushels of salt and other goods of the estate, and on 11-18 June 1779 was made guardian of the minor children Daniel, Sarah, Joseph and Ezekiel. Only about two pounds remained after debts, and the estate was settled on her.

She is not Gideon's mother: Gideon was born about 1765, while Elisha's first wife Sarah Mayo was living. Mollie's typescript has a Newcomb line, but attaches it to her "Mary Mayhew."

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  • Her parents and ancestry were not checked.
  1. ---
  2. name: Priscilla Newcomb
  3. aka: [Priscilla Holbrook]
  4. sex: female
  5. access: public
  6. born:
  7. date: c. 1750
  8. basis: compiled
  9. confidence: possible
  10. note: From the Holbrook master tree; source not stated.
  11. died:
  12. date: c. 1830
  13. place: Maine
  14. basis: compiled
  15. confidence: possible
  16. note: From the Holbrook master tree; source not stated.
  17. ---
  19. Second wife of Deacon Elisha Holbrook, married at Wellfleet in 1771. After his death in
  20. 1779 she administered his intestate estate, complained that his son Eliphalet was
  21. holding five bushels of salt and other goods of the estate, and on 11-18 June 1779 was
  22. made guardian of the minor children Daniel, Sarah, Joseph and Ezekiel. Only about two
  23. pounds remained after debts, and the estate was settled on her.
  25. She is not Gideon's mother: Gideon was born about 1765, while Elisha's first wife Sarah
  26. Mayo was living. Mollie's typescript has a Newcomb line, but attaches it to her
  27. "Mary Mayhew."
  29. ## Open questions
  31. - Her parents and ancestry were not checked.
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