29 January 2013

Grizelda Archibald married Abraham Newcomb

Grizelda Archibald (5 Mar 1812 - 5 Jul 1857) was born in Musquodoboit, Nova Scotia, and died in Upper Stewiacke, Nova Scotia, the daughter of Samuel Burke and Margaret Wallace (Dechman) Archibald. She married Abraham Newcomb (5 May 1805 - Sep 1877) 15 Jan 1830 in Upper Stewiacke. They had 11 children: Mary, Rachel, Adoniram Judson, Rosanna D., Rebecca Archibald, Janet, Abraham, Edmund Crawley, Samuel Bruke, Matthew Dickey, Elizabeth. Abraham's second wife was Margaret, the widow of Alexander Miller. Her maiden name may have been Macleod.

Information from J.B. Newcomb, B.M. Newcomb, online sources.

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