John Secomb was a mariner, and commanded a merchant vessel for a number of years. He m. Mehitable Simmons, of Boston, 26 November, 1702.
Note----the following is father Richard's history----
History of the Town of Amherst, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire:
Richard Secomb, b. in Cornwall, England, in 1645, with his wife, Joanna, and five children arrived at Boston, Mass., in the ship "Unity," George Penny, master, from England, in October, 1680. They settled at first in Falmouth, Me., near Casco Bay, but soon rem. to Lynn, Mass., where he d. in 1694.
Their children were —
Joanna, Mary, John, Peter, Richard and Noah.