Nelson Newcombe

1811 - 1865  (54 years)

• Name	Nelson Newcombe
  Born	7 Jun 1811	London, England   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Business	Roseville, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	The Globe Hotel
  Residence	1844	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  Residence	1851	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	E, Church
  Occupation	1852	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Inn Keeper
  Residence	1859	Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  Occupation	1861	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	? Keeper
  Residence	1861	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Church of England
  Business	1864	Black Horse Corners, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	Black Horse Hotel
  	"Black Horse Inn itself was purchased in 1853 by the owner Nelson Newcombe and his wife Fanny. He and his wife and four children lived at the inn while offering room and board for travellers passing through. A man of local history, William Campbell, once told Harley about the inn. He described the building as two storeys with a large front porch and bedrooms upstairs which could be accessed by a stairway that entered into the centre of a long narrow hall. Records held from 1851 and 1861 show that the tavern was a frame building with "five spare bedrooms and stabling for eight horses". The foundations proves that the inn stood at a size of 70' x 40'. The inn became a popular stop-over area between Galt and Plattsville and not only did it provide a room to rest but also a bar, dining room and sitting room. It was said that it was at the Black Horse Tavern where a group of notorious highway robbers directed under Lou Mudge worked out of. David Goldie, son of John Goldie founder of Greenfield Village, was advised to bring a gun with him as he traveled down the road past the tavern." The Deserted Village A Black Horse Corner Mystery By Rachel Morgan Redshaw, Historical Researcher of the North Dumfries Municipal Heritage Committee https://www.ayrnews.ca/uploads/files/Historical%20Stories/Page10%20black%20horse%20corner%20pdf.pdf
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/75291122
  Eby ID Number	00065-4052.1
  Died	10 Sep 1865	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 5]
  Buried	Kinzie-Bean Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region. Ontario   [2]
  Person ID	I234308	Generations
  Last Modified	19 Dec 2024

  
  

  Family 1	Sarah Elizabeth Newcombe,   b. 1820, , USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	14 Jan 1859	, Brant Co., Ontario, Canada   [6]
  Children	1. John Haugh,   b. 1855, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Esther E. Newcombe,   b. 26 Dec 1859, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 16 Sep 1931, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States  (Age 71 years)
  Last Modified	19 Dec 2024
  Family ID	F223506	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Veronica "Franey" "Fanny" Kinzie,   b. 10 Apr 1825, Doon (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 26 Jun 1857, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 32 years)
  Married	21 Nov 1844	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  Children	1. Alfred Newcombe,   b. 1845, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Sarah Newcombe,   b. 10 Mar 1847, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 16 Aug 1909, Hemlock Point, Lake Joseph, Muskoka District, Ontario  (Age 62 years)   3. Charles Kinzie Newcombe,   b. 13 Mar 1847, Doon (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 31 Aug 1930, Westbourne, MacDonald, Manitoba  (Age 83 years)   4. Nelson Newcombe,   b. 10 Mar 1849, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 30 Jan 1923, Colborne, Northumberland Co., Ontario  (Age 73 years)   5. Hiram Newcombe,   b. 20 Oct 1850, Doon (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Louisa Newcombe,   b. 21 Jun 1853, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 4 Jul 1911  (Age 58 years)   7. Elizabeth Newcombe,   b. 14 Nov 1854, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 29 Nov 1930  (Age 76 years)   8. Barbara Newcombe,   b. 1857, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1 Dec 1882  (Age 25 years)
  Last Modified	19 Dec 2024
  Family ID	F224132	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Roseville THE GLOBE HOTEL. This old landmark is now occupied as a residence by the venerable Jacob Clemens, who for 25 years conducted it as a tavern. Mr Clemens is now over seventy years of age and is full of interesting reminiscences of Roseville's early days. Nelson Newcombe and John Detweiler, whose remains were consigned to the clay years ago, were among the first landlords of this tavern. The bar traffic of that day was something enormous and it was not an unusual event to see twenty sturdy countrymen step up to the counter and take their toddy on the expenditure of a quarter by one of the crowd. The gesuine old sourmast then could be purchased for eighteen cents per gallon. Teamsters from Washington, Ayr, Galt, Berlin, Waterloo and other points were frequent patrons of the bar. Alas! modern development has changed all this! Here in the good old days of yore, where friend met friend and hilarity and joviality predominated, is now the quiet and peaceful private abode of the venerable owner and his family. Waterloo County Chronicle, 14 Apr 1898, p. 3 ________________ AN OLD CITIZEN. A few days ago I met the venerable Edward Bourchier, bailiff. Mr. Bourchier was born in Herefordshire, England, in 1810, and if Providence spares him until next July he will have attained the advanced age of eighty-eight years. Despite the many years he has experienced the ups and downs of this life be is still vigorous in mind and body, and is in a fair way to reach the century mark. In his younger days he was one of the boys and spent money with a lavish hand, and at one time would even condescend to light his pipe or cigar with a five dollar bill. But times have changed since then, and the man is lucky now who has the necessary cash to supply himself even with tobacco Mr. Bourchier well remembers the time when Roseville and the Black Horse were in the zenith of their prosperity, when teamsters by the score and others enroute from all directions would stop at these havens of rest and refreshment, and have their bottles or demijohns refilled, or to indulge in a social drink at the bar. On many occasions they would hold high carnival along the public highway, and frequently a halt would be made to give fistic aspirants an opportunity to settle their differences in a general knock-down and drag out encounter. At that time, more than a half century ago, the Black Horse was a busy little hamlet - a pump factory, shingle mill, wagon and blacksmith shop and other local industries being then in full blast. To-day, not a trace of industrial life remains, and save the little brook hard by and the tall and stately poplar that bends and nods in the breeze, is there anything to refresh the memory of him who was in some way identified with its existence in early days. About twenty-five years ago, during the reign of the notorious Louis Mudge, the Black Horse tavern, from which the neighborhood derived its name, was destroyed by fire. This once noted tavern was erected about sixty years ago by a man named Darrow, and afterwards owned and conducted for many years by the late Nelson Newcombe, father of the writer, where the latter first saw the light of day, forty five years ago. Waterloo County Chronicle 14 Apr 1898, p. 3

  
  

• Sources

  [S3] Book - Vol I A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 844. [S186] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Kinzie-Bean CC#5424 Internet Link . In memory of Nelson Newcombe who died Sept. 10 1865 aged 51 years 3 mo & ds born in London, England... [S233] Census - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - 1852, Div. 3 Page 6. [S1778] Census - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - 1861, Div 9 Page 68. [S31] News - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Dumfries Reformer (1850-1892), 27 Sep 1865. Newcombe, Nelson died 17 Sep 1865 In N Dumfries. Proprietor of Black Horse Inn. Age 54 years & 3 months. [S50] Vit - ON, Brant - Marriage Register 1858-1869. Name: Nelson Newcombe Sex: Male Age: 44 Birth Year (Estimated): 1815 Birthplace: England Res: Ayr Father's Name: Robt Newcombe Spouse's Name: Sarah E Haught Spouse's Sex: Female Spouse's Age: 38 Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1821 Spouse's Birthplace: United States Res: Ayr Spouse's Father's Name: James Newcombe Spouse's Mother's Name: Ann Wilson Event Type: Marriage Event Date: 14 Jan 1859 Event Place: Brant, Ontario, Canada [S13] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Part 1 1840-1852, Rev'd Jacob Huether, Minister of The Gospel of The Evangelical Lutheran Church At Preston report 39. Nelson Newcombe, to Frenny Kinsey, both of Waterloo. 21 Nov. 1844.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 7 Jun 1811 - London, England Business - The Globe Hotel - - Roseville, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1844 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 21 Nov 1844 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - E, Church - 1851 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Inn Keeper - 1852 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1859 - AYR, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 14 Jan 1859 - , Brant Co., Ontario, Canada Occupation - ? Keeper - 1861 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Church of England - 1861 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Business - Black Horse Hotel - 1864 - Black Horse Corners, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 10 Sep 1865 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Kinzie-Bean Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region. Ontario  = Link to Google Earth