Samuel Newcomb, Jr

1794 - 1851  (57 years)

• Name	Samuel Newcomb  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Suffix	Jr
  Birth	1 Jun 1794	Mercer County, Pennsylvania, USA   [1, 2, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Military Service	1812  [1]
  	American Army - War of 1812
  Military Service	12 Mar 1814	Pennsylvania, USA   [1, 5]
  	American Army - War of 1812
  Census	1850	Chippewa County, Wisconsin, USA   [4]
  Death	6 Jun 1851	Pepin County, Wisconsin, USA   [1, 2, 3]
  Burial	Oakwood Cemetery, Pepin, Pepin, Wisconsin, USA   [1]
  	"Son of a Revolutionary Soldier and was a Soldier in the War of 1812"
  		Burial-NEWCOMB Samuel Samuel Newcomb "Son of a Revolutionary Soldier and was a Soldier in the War of 1812" -- Oakwood Cemetery, Pepin WI + https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22968676/
  Person ID	I13618	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Samuel Newcomb, Sr,   b. Jun 1759, Londonderry County, Northern Ireland d. 26 Jul 1826, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 67 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Nancy Freed,   b. 1759, Oliver, Jefferson, Pennsylvania, USA d. 26 Jul 1805, Saltsburg, Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 46 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1790	Somerset County, Pennsylvania, USA   [6, 7]
  Family ID	F8735	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary McElwain,   b. 1800   d. 1873, Pepin County, Wisconsin, USA (Age 73 years)
  Children	1. William Boyd Newcomb,   b. 24 Nov 1822, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 10 Jun 1882, Pepin County, Wisconsin, USA (Age 59 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F4876	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1 Jun 1794 - Mercer County, Pennsylvania, USA Military Service - American Army - War of 1812 - 12 Mar 1814 - Pennsylvania, USA Census - 1850 - Chippewa County, Wisconsin, USA Death - 6 Jun 1851 - Pepin County, Wisconsin, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Ancestors

  ~s Keegan-M Keegan Male Ancestor

  
  

  Burials

  Burial-NEWCOMB Samuel Samuel Newcomb "Son of a Revolutionary Soldier and was a Soldier in the War of 1812" -- Oakwood Cemetery, Pepin WI + https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22968676/

  
  

• Sources

  [S8796] Keegan, Matthew L, Find a Grave - Ancestor (Keegan): NEWCOMB Samuel Jr, (Name: SmithLC.com;), NEWCOMB Samuel Jr 1794-1851 (Veteran). Son of a Revolutionary Soldier and was a Soldier in the War of 1812 Samuel Newcomb (deceased) was born in Mercer county, Pa., June 1, 1794, and died at Pepin, June 6, 1851. His parents were Samuel and Nancy (Fritz) Newcomb. Samuel Newcomb Sr. was a native of Ireland, of English descent. He servied in the Continental army under General Wayne, from 1777 to 1781, and died July 26, 1826, aged seventy-six years. Our subject served in the war of 1812 under General Scott. When a young man he removed to Jefferson county, Pa., where he married, May 6, 1821, Miss Mary, daughter of William and Lydia (Kern) McElwain. Their children were: William Boyd; Nancy F. (Mrs. Ballard), born August 14, 1824; Samuel Scott, born July 13, 1826, died September 9, 1873; Issac M. born February 26, 1829, died January 26, 1855; John N., born March 2, 1831, died October 11, 1889; Mary L. (Mrs J. Little), born August 11, 1833; Margaret S. A., born August 17, 1836, died September 23, 1844; E. Jane (Mrs. C.W. Wheaton), born December 23, 1839, died May 29, 1880; Jermiah, now of Minneapolis, Minn., born December 26, 1842; George T., now of Athens, Tenn., born July 14, 1847. Mr Newcomb removed with his family to Fort Madison, Iowa, in 1843; thence to Pepin in 1849. He was an active member of the Methodist Church, and highly respected by all who knew him. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22968676/samuel-newcomb [S509] Sons of the American Revolution - Members, Volume: 129. U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 Volume: 129 [S1076] Edmund West, comp., Family Data Collection - Deaths, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2001;). [S9910] Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Year: 1850; Census Place: Chippewa, Chippewa, Wisconsin; Roll: M432_994; Page: 107A; Image: 214. 1850 United States Federal Census Year: 1850; Census Place: Chippewa, Chippewa, Wisconsin; Roll: M432_994; Page: 107A; Image: 214 [S3373] Ancestry.com, U.S., Army, Register of Enlistments, 1798-1914, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT ; Date: 2007;). U.S., Army, Register of Enlistments, 1798-1914 [S164] Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2004;), Source number: 143.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: JOE. [S11459] Keegan, Matthew L, Find a Grave - Ancestor (Keegan): FREED Nancy Newcomb, (Name: SmithLC.com;), FREED Nancy Newcomb 1759-1805. Married Samuel Newcomb,Revolutionary Soldier, in 1781. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54000052/nancy-newcome