Excerpt from Genealogical Memoir of the Newcomb Family, Containing Records of Nearly Every Person of the Name in America From 1635 to 1874: Also the First Generation of Children Descended From Females Who Have Lost the Name Newcomb by Marriage; With Notices of the Family in England During the Past Seven Hundred Years In the early part of 1861 nearly 14 years ago - the Author commenced the collection Of records relating to his near kindred, but not with a view to their publication; not until Some months after did it occur to him that the result of his researches might one day reach the printer. The work was begun and has been car ried forward as a labor of love; an incredible amount of time has been bestowed upon it; the last four years have been almost wholly devoted to it. Several thousand letters have been written - as high, in one instance, as 600 in a Single month and many more circulars have been sent out soliciting facts respecting the family; persons Of the largest experience have been employed in searching Old as well as modern records. Thousands of letters have been received conveying facts respecting the family; these letters have varied in length from a Single page, note size, to over 60 pages of foolscap closely written and much abbreviated. While it would require several volumes Of this Size to print all these communications verbatim, yet the substance, what were deemed the more important facts, are here presented; if any do not find as full an account Of themselves and families as was anticipated, it is because, with exceptional instances, no more was furnished. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.