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Mr. Newcomb holds membership in the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and has read before that body papers on me- chanical and scientific subjects which have been published in the leading scientific magazines of the country. He is president of the Holyoke Co-operative Bank. He is a member of the Mount Tom Golf Club, Holyoke Canoe Club, Nayasset Club of Springfield, Automobile Club of Springfield, Boston Athletic Association, Boston ; Engineers' Club of New York. Mr. Newcomb attends the Baptist church. He has long been identified with the politics of the city of Holyoke, acting as councilman during the years 1886-87, and on the board of aldermen in 1888. An ordinance was passed forming the fire commission of the city of Holyoke, Mr. Newcomb being appointed one of the original commission of seven on January 4, 1892. Through the efforts of Mr. Newcomb and others the commission was reduced in number to three. Mr. Newcomb was elected to this second committee, March 8, 1893, at which meeting he was named chairman, which capac- ity he has since filled, some seventeen years. He is a Republican in politics. He has attained all the Masonic degrees up to and inchiding
Knight Templar; member of the Imperial Council, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of Mystic Shrine; member of Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.
He married, January 20, 1874, Inez Louise Kendall, born at Boston, in the Revere House, February 2, 1852, daughter of Charles Rudolph and Dorcas Lovina (Bush) Kendall, the latter born January 15, 1824. Mr. Kendall was a literary man of some prominence. At the time of the outbreak of the civil war he was engaged in business in Baltimore, and died in the early days of the war. Mr. and Mrs. Newcomb have had a family of eight children: I. Annie Green, born at Worcester, Massachusetts, March 1, 1878; died there, March 3, 1878. 2. Charles Leonard, Jr., May 27, 1879, at Green Hill, Worcester, Massachusetts, a salesman. 3. Lucy Bradford, New Britain, Connecticut, March 26, 1881. 4. Walter Kendall, 16 Pearl street, Holyoke, Massachusetts, July 8, 1883; died August 28, 1883. 5. Robert Everett, 16 Pearl street, Holyoke, Massachusetts, Septem- ber II, 1884; assistant superintendent of the Deane Steam Pump Company. 6. Alice Lovina, 266 Pine street, Holyoke, Massachusetts, Sep- tember 10, 1885. 7. Benjamin Rudolph, 252 Pine street, Holyoke, Massachusetts, October 15, 1891 ; attending college. 8. Austin Hudson, 252 Pine street, Holyoke, Massachusetts, Sep- tember 7, 1894.
(For preceding generations see Captain Andrew. Newcomb 1).
(III) Thomas, son of An- NEWCOMB drew (2) Newcomb, was born in 1668, in Kittery. Maine, or vicinity. He settled in that part of Eastham, Massachusetts, which became Truro, and the births of the first five children are recorded at Eastham, the others at Truro. He married at Eastham, in October, 1693, Eliza- beth Cook, born June 1, 1674, daughter of Josiah and Deborah (Hopkins) Cook, who settled in Eastham in 1635. Children: I. Ed- ward, born August 3, 1695. 2. Thomas, Au- gust 13, 1607. 3. Simon, November 30, 1699, mentioned below. 4. Deborah, married, Janu- ary 28, 1729, Thomas Larkin. 5. Mary, mar- ried, April II, 1723, Luke Stubbs. 6. Josiah, baptized June 2, 1717. 7. Elizabeth. married, July 24, 1729, Joshua Pierce. 8. Ebenezer, married Thankful Freeman and Elizabeth Brown. 9. Joseph, married Mary Eldridge.
(IV) Simon, son of Thomas Newcomb, was born at Eastham, November 30, 1699, and was a farmer. He resided in that part of Eastham
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which was set off in 1763 to form the town of Wellfleet. He was constable in 1751. His will was dated March 16, 1778, and proved April 15. following. He married (first), April 5, 1727. Lydia Brown, daughter of Samuel and Susanna ( Harding) Brown. He married ( sec- ond) Sarah - Children : 1. Simeon, born 1723. 2. Susanna, married, October 8, 1747, Joseph Pierce. 3. William, born 1727. 4. Simon, born January 25. 1735. mentioned below. 5. Lydia, married, August 18, 1772, Isaac Hopkins.
(V) Simon (2), son of Simon ( I) New- comb, was born at Wellfleet, January 25, 1735; died May 20. 1808 (gravestone). His will was dated May 13, 1808. He married ( first ), April 12, 1757, Grace Harding, of Chatham, who died in Wellfleet, June 16, 1783, in her fifty- second year. He married (second) (intention dated August 20, 1784) Rebecca Smith, of Eastham. who died October 2, 1807, in her seventy-third year. Children, all by first wife : I. Thomas, born May 30, 1758, mentioned below. 2. Jeremiah, April 21, 1760. 3. Zerviah. March 16, 1762: died February 25, 1843. 4. Huldah, November 28, 1763. 5. Grace, March 4. 1765 : died October 7, 1833. 6. Seth, March 3. 1768. 7. Simon, March 16, 1770, died young. 8. Priscilla. February 18. 1772: died July II. 1831. 9. Theophilus, February 6. 1774. 10. Simon, October 5. 1778, married Sarah Cole.
(VI) Thomas (2), son of Simon (2) New- comb, was born at Wellfleet. May 30, 1758. He married. June 8, 1780, Jemima Newcomb, daughter of Joseph Newcomb, of Truro. Her father was born in 1715. at Eastham, and set- tled at Truro : married. March 16, 1738, Mary Eldredge, of Truro; served in the French war, and was on the expedition to Louisburg and Cape Breton : was with Captain Church in the war against the French and Indians at Casco Bay, and served in the revolution. Children : I. Jesse, born April 20. 1786, mentioned below. 2. Rebecca Smith, born September 13, 1788: married, April 3. 1808, Henry Stevens.
(VII) Jesse. son of Thomas (2) Newcomb, was born April 20, 1786. He married, August 6. 1812. Anna Hughes. He settled at Truro, where he died March 25, 1826. Children: I. Jemima, born January 15, 1815; died Novem- ber 24, 1906. 2. Jesse, September 1, 1817; dlied unmarried, May 5. 1858. 3. Jeremiah Stevens, mentioned below.
(VIII) Jeremiah Stevens, son of Jesse New- comb, was born March 25, 1824, and was a mariner. He was also a teacher in the winter school at Truro and Wellfleet, with an ex-
cellent reputation as such. He was a Congre- gationalist, and was a very estimable man, in regard to honesty in business, exemplary morals, etc. He married, December 2, 1847, Sarah Knowles Snow, born in Truro, Novem- ber 24, 1827, died at Charlestown, Massachu- setts, March 7, 1891, daughter of Richard and Mehitable ( Knowles) Snow. He removed to Boston in 1870. Children, born in Truro: I. James Albert (twin), October 27, 1849; died December 21, 1874. 2. George Francis (twin), October 27, 1849. 3. Mehitable Ann, August 14. 1851 ; lives at 25 Aldrich street, Somerville ; married William H. Kelley (see Kelley, II.) ; children: Evie F .; Lauretta, married Walter W. Callow ( see Callow, II.). 4. Mary Wilson. September 9. 1852: lives at 221 Pearl street, Somerville, married Henry Shaw ; children : Albert, Sadie. 5. Caroline Snow, September 30. 1854 ; died August 7, 1855. 6. Infant, June 6. died July 25, 1856. 7. Jeremiah Thomas, July 25. 1857; died September 27, 1857. 8. Jesse Stevens, September 17, 1858, mentioned below. 9. Jeremiah Thomas, December IO, 1859: died February 12, 1886. 10. Edward Farnsworth, died young. 11. Etta Evelyn, September 3, 1861 ; died January 31, 1897. 12. Laura Amelia, born in Truro, November 10, 1864: married William A. Smith : lives at 79 Pritchard avenue, Somerville. 13. Sarah Knowles, October 10, 1866. 14. Edward Farns- worth, August 17, 1868; died July 24. 1896.
(IX) Jesse Stevens, son of Jeremiah Ste- vens Newcomb, was born in Truro, September 17, 1858. He attended the public schools at Truro from the age of nine until 1873, when he went to Boston and was employed by S. Rich, of Suffolk, for three years, and then by George W. Wentworth for two years. He then bought a half interest in the market with Henry S. Millay, where he remained from 1878 to 1892, and then opened his present place of business, J. S. Newcomb & Company, whole- sale provision dealers, at 4 Faneuil Hall Market ( basement ). In 1903 he was elected alderman in the city of Somerville, where he makes his home, and re-elected for three successive years. During this time he was a member of nearly all the important committees, and chairman of the committees on highways, electric lines and lights, public grounds, printing and accounts. In 1907-08 he was president of the Ward 5 Republican Club. His ability as a business man is well known, and as a public servant he has always worked for the best interests of the people. He is president and organizer of the Columbia Associates, which society has prop-
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erty in Somerville valued at $65,000, and in Arlington at $14,000. He is a director of the Boston Fruit and Produce Exchange, and of the Winter-Hill Co-Operative Bank, and a member of the security committee of that insti- tution. He is a member of the Winter-Hill Im- provement Association. He is a member of Soley Lodge, Free Masons; Somerville Chap- ter, Royal Arch Masons; Orient Council, of Somerville : De Molay Commandery ; Aleppo Temple, Mystic Shrine; Paul Revere Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows; Highland Chapter, Order of Eastern Star. He married, January 17, 1883, Anna Young Cole, born at Wellfleet, September 29, 1858, daughter of Abraham and Betsey (Snow ) Cole, of Well- fleet. Both attend the Franklin Street Congre- gational Church, of Somerville, and he is a member of the executive committee of that church. Children: 1. Ralph Clifford, born March 16, 1887 ; died April 9, 1890. 2. Evelyn, March 18, 1897 ; died March 21, 1897.
CALLOW Callow is an ancient English surname. The family was early in Herefordshire and Derby- shire. There are two coats-of-arms, viz : Argent on a chevron between three leopards' heads sable as many annulets of the field. Also: On a boar's head erased sable in base a cinquefoil gules. It was originally a place name.
(I) John Robert Callow was born at Bos- ton, Massachusetts. He resides at 42 Concord avenue, Somerville. In politics he is a Repub- lican. He is a member of Bunker Hill Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Charles- town, Massachusetts; the Pilgrim Fathers; Delft Haven Colony, of Somerville; Ancient Order of United Woodmen; New England Order of Protection, of Somerville. Hle mar- ried Mary Alice Moran. Children : 1. Walter William, born March 31, 1884, mentioned below. 2. Edward Roland, November 14, 1887. (11) Walter William, son of John Robert Callow, was born in Boston, March 31, 1884. He moved to Somerville, Massachusetts, with his parents, when he was five years old, and attended the public schools there. He grad- uated from the Knapp grammar school at Somerville, and began his business career as clerk for the Brown-Durell Company, of Bos- ton, directly after leaving school, August 5, 1900. lle was salesman in the store for a number of years, and since 1908 has been a traveling salesman for this firm through New England. In politics he is a Republican. He married. December 31. 1904, Lauretta Kelley.
born at Charlestown, Massachusetts, July 29, 1883, daughter of William H. and Mehitable Ann ( Newcomb) Kelley (see Kelley sketch). Children : 1. Muriel Gladys, born October 9, 1905. 2. Rowland Francis, July 19, 1908. Mrs. Callow was educated in the Prescott grammar school at Somerville, graduate of class of 1898.
KELLEY John Kelley lived at Charles- town, Massachusetts, and was employed for many years in the United States navy yard as a mechanic. He married twice. Children of John and his sec- ond wife. Mary (Dee) Kelley : Michael, Mary, Edward, Francis, William H., mentioned below. (II) William H., son of John Kelley, was born at Charlestown, January 16, 1839. He was educated in the public schools of his native town, and early in life began to follow the sea. He was an able seaman on the ship "Rambler" December, 1861, on a voyage to San Francisco, reaching Boston on his return voyage in Octo- ber, 1862. He sailed in December, 1862, on the barque "Catherine" for Surinam, Dutch Guiana, but the vessel was condemned at the Island of St. Thomas and he returned to Bos- ton by way of New York. In December, 1863. he shipped as third officer on the "Samuel C. Grant" for San Francisco, reaching that post October 3. 1864, and remaining there for three months. He then entered as seaman on the ship "Warhawk," bound for Hong Kong, China, returning by way of the Cape of Good Hope, and reaching Boston in October, 1865. In December following he sailed as second mate of the barque "Young Turk" to Malaga, Spain, returning to Boston in February, 1866. He sailed again for Messina, Isle of Sicily, re- turning the following May. In December, 1866, he sailed in the barque "Abdul Kader" as first mate, to Messina, returning in May, 1867, and again in December of that year as second mate of the "Young Turk" for Spanish ports and Messina, returning in May, 1868. He made a voyage to San Francisco next, arriving there in October, 1868. Then for several years he was in the coasting trade. He sailed from San Francisco November 2, 1875, as second mate of the ship "Fresno" for Liverpool, and returned to Boston in April, 1876. He made his last voyage in the schooner "Addie Cole" as sailing master on a voyage to Cuba. For the past twenty years he has been janitor of the Latin Annex of the Somerville public schools. He was janitor of the Prescott school of Somerville for eleven years previously. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
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of Somerville. In politics he is a Republican. He is a member of the Knights of Malta. He resides at 25 Aldrich street, Somerville. He married Mehitable Ann, daughter of Jeremiah S. Newcomb (see Newcomb). Children: I. Evie Fontaine, born March 6, 1881, teacher in the Revere ( Massachusetts ) public schools. 2. Lauretta, July 29, 1883; married, December 31, 1904, Walter W. Callow (see Callow, II.).
This form of the name is used BELDING by a considerable branch of the family which has been for two
generations actively identified with the silk manufacture in the United States. On the early records of Wethersfield it was originally spelled Baylden, until 1641, when it appears Beldon. It was written Belding from 1643 to 1736, and from the latter date to 1753 it again appears as Beldon. From the latter date to 1825 it is spelled Belding, and since then has been written Belden. A considerable branch of the family retains the latter spelling which seems to have been that used by a prominent representative of the family in the early days in Wethersfield. The family has been distin- guished for longevity, for business thorough- ness and mental power and activity.
(I) Richard Belding, who is supposed to have been a son of Sir Francis Baylden, of Kippaks, Yorkshire, England, and baptized May 26, 1591, was an early resident of Wethers- field. Connecticut, where he settled in 1641, and died in 1655. In a deposition made March 26, 1613. he gave his age as nineteen years, which would indicate that he was born in 1594. This leaves some uncertainty about his identity with the Richard, son of Sir Francis Baylden. He was granted lots in Wethersfield and also acquired land by purchase, becoming the pro- prietor in all of eight pieces. His house was built on a parcel of three acres on the road three and a half miles south of Hartford, and this was held by his descendants until 1742, when it was sold. He was appointed in 1646 as a herder in charge of cows which pastured on common lands in Wethersfield. This is no re- flection upon his ability and standing in the community, as all the settlers were willing to serve in any capacity for the general welfare, and he is known to have been a highly respect- ed and useful member of the colony. No record is found of his wife, but he brought with him three grown sons : William, Samuel and John.
(II) William, probably eldest son of Rich- ard Belding, was born about 1622, in England, and came with his father to Wethersfield. Like
his father, he served as one of the herders of that town, being appointed in 1648, but does not appear very often in the records. He died there March 27, 1655, and the inventory of his estate, made June I of that year, amounted to one hundred and forty-two pounds, six shill- ings and eight pence. In his will, in which he names three of his friends as executors, he begs that they advise and counsel his wife and care for his little ones. The christian name of his wife was Thomasin and their chil- dren were: Samuel, Daniel, John, Susanna, Mary and Nathaniel.
(III) Daniel, second son of William and Thomasin Belding, was born November 20, 1648, in Wethersfield, and died at Greenfield, Massachusetts, August 14, 1732. In 1671 he removed from Hartford to Hatfield, Massa- chusetts, and thence to Deerfield, about 1686. He was among the severest sufferers by the Indian massacre at Deerfield in 1696, when three of his children and his wife were slain and two were carried off prisoners. He mar- ried (first) November 10, 1670, Elizabeth, daughter of Nathaniel (2) and Elizabeth (Smith ) Foote, of Wethersfield, born 1654. killed by Indians, September 16, 1696. He married ( second ) Hepzibah, widow of Thomas Wells, of Hartford, and daughter of William Buel, born December 11, 1649, in Windsor, died March, 1704. Ile married (third) Sarah, widow of Philip Matoon, who died September 17. 1751. Children, all born of first wife: William, Richard, Elizabeth, Nathaniel, Mary, Daniel (slain), Sarah, Esther, Abigail (died young). Samuel. John, Abigail (killed by In- dians). Jane and Thankful.
(IV) Samuel, fifth son of Daniel and Eliz- abeth (Foote) Belding, was born April 10, 1687, in Deerfield, and was a child of nine years at the time of the Indian massacre. He was left for dead by the Indians, a hatchet imbedded in his skull so deeply that portions of his brain oozed from the wound. Yet he recovered and lived to be of great age, dying December 14, 1750. He married (first) Feb- ruary 26. 1724. Anna Thomas, who died De- cember 13. 1724, and he married (second) September 26, 1726, Elizabeth, daughter of Nathaniel Ingraham, of Hadley, who survived him and was living in Hatfield as late as 1761. Children : Samuel, Elizabeth, John, Daniel and probably Lydia.
(V) Samuel (2). eldest child of Samuel (I) and Elizabeth (Ingraham) Belding, was born April 1, 1729, in Deerfield, and was among the pioneer settlers of Ashfield, Massa-
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chusetts, being elected the first town clerk at the meeting held in 1765. He resided on the farm formerly occupied by the first settler of the town, Richard Ellis. Besides farming, he engaged in the manufacture of wraps and was a leading man in the affairs of the town. He married, June 28, 1753, Mary, daughter of Joseph and Mary (Allis) Mitchell, of Sunder- land and later of Ashfield. She was born March 10, 1731. Children: Daniel, Mercy ( died young), John, Mary, Mercy, Esther, Asenath, Lovissa, Samuel, Elizabeth and Aaron.
(VI) Jolin, second son of Samuel (2) and Mary ( Mitchell) Belding, was born 1756 in Deerfield, died 1839 in Ashfield, where he re- sided on the paternal homestead and was a successful farmer. He was a soldier of the revolutionary war, serving from the town of Deerfield the years 1776-77, as a private in the company of Captain Benjamin Phillips, bri- gade of Timothy Robinson. He married, July 15. 1784. Priscilla Waite, who died about the same time as himself. Children: Aaron, Moses, Reuben, Esther, Submit, David, Ti- berius and Hiram.
(VII) Hiram, youngest child of John and Priscilla ( Waite) Belding, was born in 1802 on the old homestead in Ashfield, and quite early in life began teaching school, which he continued for several years. His sons were among his pupils. He was not a very robust man and he engaged in merchandising oper- ating a store from which he sent out many ped- dlers with various Yankee notions. His store was located in the settlement known in early days as Beldingville in Ashfield. In 1856 he removed with his family to Michigan and cleared up land with the aid of his sons on the site of the present village of Belding in the township of Otisco. This region was then in a wild state and void of improvement. The journey was made by rail to Kalamazoo, from whence they took the stage to Grand Rapids and thence were compelled to journey twenty-eight miles to the land they had pur- chased. At that time it was no unusual sight to see horses fast in the mud in the principal street of Grand Rapids. After pursuing agri- culture for a time at Belding, he again opened a store in which he continued mercantile busi- ness during the remainder of his active life, and died in 1866, at the age of sixty-four vears. Mr. Belding was a staunch Republi- can. and though deeply interested and thor- oughly informed upon matters of public in- terest steadfastly refused to accept any office.
Both he and his wife were consistent Bap- tists and were actively instrumental in the organization of the Baptist church in Beld- ing. He married Mary Wilson, a native of Shelburne, Massachusetts, whose father died when she was very young. Her mother be- came the second wife of Deacon Dimick Ellis, of Ashfield, and later a resident of Belding, Michigan. She was a christian woman and lived to see her sons become successful busi- ness men. The family life was an ideal one, the sons being reared to obedience with rules not tyrannical, but made to be obeyed and thus they formed characters which have made them leaders among men in their sphere of life. David W., the eldest, manager of the Cin- cinnati branch of the business, died in Cincin- nati in 1907. Milo MI., receives further men- tion below. Hiram H., died in Chicago in 1890. Alvah N., a resident of Rockville, Con- necticut, receives mention below. Mary Jane, married Jerome B. Vincent and died at Bel- ding. Michigan, in 1872. Frank, died at the age of forty years, unmarried. The youngest died in infancy. All of these were connected in some way with the silk industry still managed by the survivers.
(VIII) Milo Merrick, second son of Hiram and Mary ( Wilson ) Belding, was born March 3. 1833, in Ashfield, and grew up there, at- tending the district school in early life. He attended Ashfield Academy one term and spent two terms at Shelburne Falls Academy. At the age of fourteen he engaged to work on a farm in Hadley, receiving a salary of $7.00 per month during the summer season. His industry is demonstrated by the fact that he was soon after employed at a wage of $9.00 per month and as years passed on his salary was raised to $11.00 and ultimately to $15.00 per month. During odd times. when not otherwise employed, he became a peddler of notions and relates an amusing incident of liis early experience when he knew little about the goods he sold. On his first trip, when a few miles from home, he was recommending some smelling salts contained in his stock as an eradicator of grease spots and was then informed for the first time by his prospective customer of the nature of the goods. On this trip he purchased goods of Bement, of Ash- field, at a cost of $29.00 and during his two weeks of selling he netted an income of $3.25 per day. In those days essences of various kinds constituted an important article of trade and were largely dealt in by retailers through- out the country. Young Belding's success
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was such in this business that he purchased from his father the last ten months of his minority for $90.00, and continued his sales upon the road. He engaged in selling silk thread made by the Nonotuck Mill Company, and on his first trip netted an income of $4.00 per day, being then in his twentieth year. On arriving in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, he at- tracted the attention of a man named Root who employed many salesmen, and he engaged to take out a wagon for him at an annual sal- ary of $400 and expenses. His stock in trade consisted of jewelry, and for four years he continued in Mr. Root's employ, traveling through New York and Vermont, making reg- ular rounds over the same territory once per month. Having saved up $600 from his earn- ings, he loaned this to an uncle to be invested in business and soon after his father's re- moval to Otisco, Michigan, he went to that place and helped clear the ground now occu- pied by the city of Belding, with whose in- terests he has ever since been very closely allied. After a short time he returned to Massachustts and engaged in selling silk at wholesale to merchants in Lowell, Haverhill and Lawrence, and other points in Massachu- setts. After a year he was joined by two of his brothers, who also became successful silk · salesmen and traveled through the West, sell- ing first at retail through the country and sub- sequently to merchants. They soon became convinced that it was desirable to engage in the business on a larger scale, and in the fall of 1863 Milo M. Belding went to Chicago to establish headquarters. Failing to find a site that was acceptable he returned east and within a few days was notified by his brothers that they had engaged a satisfactory location at 54 Lake street, where a silk store was opened by the firm of Belding Brothers & Company. About this time they joined E. K. Rose, of Rockville, Connecticut, who was operating a silk mill, and the business was carried on under the name of E. K. Rose & Company, the brothers, H. H. and A. N. Belding, being associated with M. M. Belding and Mr. Rose in this enterprise. Each of them invested three thousand dollars in the business and a man named Lewis invested one thousand, and Mr. Rose put in his mill as his share of the capital stock. They leased a mill which sub- sequently became theirs by purchase. In the same year M. M. Belding went to Chicago and remained two years in charge of the store and office there and in the spring of 1865 went to New York City. where he opened a similar
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