Appendix 5

Becoming Mrs. Newcome

On December 5, 1727, Susanna married the Rev. Dr. John Newcome, a Professor of Divinity at St. John’s College at Cambridge, at St. Giles, Cripplegate Church, in London.

Portrait of John Newcome, hung in the Master’s Lodge at St. John’s

St. Giles set against modern-day London

Interior of St. Giles

Altar

Susanna and John’s marriage record provided by the London Metropolitan Archives. It appears the clerk spelled “Newcome” incorrectly here as “Newcomb”.