he Newcomers in my files are referenced as "Newcummit" as well. William Thomas wrote: > Glen: > > I was looking at some wills for John Stump of Leacock Township, Lancaster > County, and came across something that may relate to the Newmyer family. > > I have suspected that Francis Stump and John Stump of Somerset County had > some connection to the family of John Stump of Leacock Township. John's > father was Johann Julian Stump, who had ties to Alexander Mack in Europe. > Another son of Johann Julian was Jacob Stump who married Elizabeth Becker. > John Stump of Leacock was associated with Conrad Beissel and Ephrata. > > Dwayne Wrightsman had several emails regarding the Stump/Becker connections > in recent weeks. > > Anyway, one of the executors of John Stump was Wolf Newcomer. Wolf Newcomer > was also the guardian of his son Peter Stump. The Will is dated 1748, and > the Orphans Court record is 1754. > > Newcomer and Newmyer seem very close. Recall a John Stump witness the > property sale of Jacob Newmyer. > > Bill Thomas