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Pacini Genealogy Page Directory  Total Records: 1  My Genealogy Home Page ABRAHAM J. NEWCOMER AND CAPTAIN JOHN YORK LINES FROM GOLIAD COUNTY IN THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS. A STATE MARKER ON CAPTAIN YORK'S GRAVE IDENTIFIES CAPTAIN YORK AS COMMANDER OF A COMPANY DURING THE BATTLE TO CAPTURE SAN ANTONIO IN 1835. A. J. NEWCOMER ARRIVED IN TEXAS AFTER THE CIVIL WAR AND MARRIED CAPTAIN YORK'S DAUGHTER, MATILDA. THE FIRST NEWCOMER IN THE U. S. WAS A MENNONITE FROM THE SWISS-GERMAN BORDER WHO LANDED IN PHILADEPHIA IN 1742. MY GREAT GRANDFATER FELIX GRUND NEWCOMER, SON OF MATILDA YORK AND ABRAHAM J. NEWCOMER, WAS NAMED AFTER ATTORNEY GENERAL GRUNDY WHO SERVED UNDER VAN BUREN AND WAS A RELATIVE. THE STANDARD-CARTER-LEWIS LINE, WHICH BEGAN IN TEXAS AFTER THE CIVIL WAR WHEN HARVEY A. STANARD CAME TO OLD HELENA IN KARNES CITY AND SHORTLY THEREAFTER MOVED TO BANDERA COUNTY. THIS LINE HAS BEEN TRACED BACK TO JOHN CARTER OF JAMESTOWN, VIRGINIA, IN THE EARLY 1600'S. 2/17/2012 5:43 AM Page 1 of 1  1 of 1

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