46. SILAS NEWCOMB (Hezekiah(4), Simon(3), Andrew(2) Andrew(1)) b. at Lebanon, Conn., 2 Sept. 1717, bapt. 2 Mar. 1718, in the oldest church in the old town of Lebanon, d. 23 May 1773; m. by Rev. Eleazer Wheelock, 5 Mar. (church record, 1 Mar.) 1739, to Submit, b. 19 Oct. 1717 at "Lebanon Crank," now Columbia, Conn. (immediately after removal of her parents from Bristol, Rhode Island), bapt. 10 Nov. I717, d. 12 Feb. 1803, at Lebanon, dau. of James (a Huguenot and exile from France) and Dorothy (Badcock--probably dau. of David) Pineo.

Submit Pineo was living in the family of Hezekiah(4) Newcomb in 1736, or three years before her marriage to Hezekiah's son, Silas. Shortly after their first child was born, probably in the spring of 1741, they moved to Falltown, now Leyden, in Franklin Co., Mass. The records of Falltown show that Silas Newcomb was there 24 Sept. 1741, and again 14 Dec. 1744, when certain grants were given him. On 25 Dec. 1742 he bought of his father 10th lot in 1st division of Falltown. Owing to the hostility of the Indians, 1744-5, he was compelled to leave the country, and returned to. Lebanon, his future home.

In the division of Silas Newcomb's estate his lands at Falltown went to his eldest son, DanieI(6), who was born there. Mr. Newcomb and his brother, Thomas(5), in 1748 bought of their uncle, Capt. Obadiah(4) Newcomb, for £420, seventy-one acres in village lands at Lebanon, adjoining land of their father, Hezekiah(4) He bought ten acres for £50 in 1754; in 1755, 100 for £100 at the village adjoining his land. He also received nearly 100 acres by his father's will. His tax in 1760 was £3 10s. 7d. In 1764, Nov. 12, 17, he sold his son Daniel of Lebanon, for love and affection, lot 10 in 1st division, fifty acres, and lot 146 in 2d division of Falltown, then Bernardston.

Mr. Newcomb was elected surveyor, 1748; fence-viewer in 1750-1. He died instantaneously of palsy while sitting under a tree on his farm. The notice of his death upon the town records reads: "Mr Silas Newcomb died May 24 1773 suddenly." After his death his widow, Submit, resided with her children, the last few years of her life with her son John. The following is a facsimile of Mr. Newcomb's autograph, written while in attendance at a proprietors' meeting in Falltown, 20 June 1739:

The inventory of Mr. Newcomb's estate amounted to £818 10s. 3d. The home farm was appraised at £486, and land in Bernardston (now Leyden) at £45. Five of their sons learned the cooper's trade, but did not follow the business long; three were physicians. Mrs. Newcomb was remembered as a woman having a remarkable attachment for her children and grandchildren. Mr. & Mrs. Newcomb were interred in the old cemetery at Lebanon, a few feet from the tomb of the Trumbull family. The inscriptions upon their gravestones are as follows:

[CHERUB] Here lies the body of Mr Silas Newcomb who lived a Sober virtuous Life a Kind Tender Husband & Parent after a life of Serious Religion died in hope of a happy im- mortality May 24, 1773 in ye 56th year of his age

[CHERUB] Here lies the body of Mrs. Submit relict of Mr. Silas Newcomb who departed this life Feb 12th 1804 in the 87th year of her age She was a tender parent well beloved by her acqua intance & died in hope of a blessed resurrection

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