John Y Newcomb is the Oysterman made famous in Thoreau's book "Cape Cod". His gravestone is broken with the top half flat on the ground. The bottom right photograph shows some of his family gravestones. From right to left they are his wife Thankful N Newcomb (d1856), their daughter Thankful N Newcomb (d1851), their son John Newcomb (d1856) and his sister Eunice Newcomb (d1861).
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