Name |
Daniel Comstock |
Suffix |
(immigrant) |
Birth |
21 Jul 1630 |
Culmstock, Devon, England |
Gender |
Male |
Property |
Bef 1660 |
Providence, Providence Co, Rhode Island |
- Land Purchase 23 NOV 1660
Henry Neale of Braintree, carpenter, sold to Roger Mowry everything he had in Providence, including his house, which had been purchased from Daniel Comstock
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Property |
Bef 1661 |
Providence, Providence Co, Rhode Island |
- Early Records of the Town of Providence
Vol. III:206-7 7 Mar 1671 Deed of sale. Stephen Paine of Rehoboth sold to Samuel Whipple three house lots, with a dwelling house, and all of the out housing standing upon the lots, which Stephen Paine purchased from Mary Mowry, executor of the estate of her deceased husband Roger Mowry. One lot originally belonged to Daniel Comstock, one to John Smith, and one to Richard Prey, all of Providence. Also one right of commoning, one 25 acre right of commoning both reaching westward as the seven mile line. [Rec. 21 Sep 1671]
Roger Mowry had purchased the land from Ann Comstock Smith in 1661.
The Early Records of the Town of Providence:
Vol I, p.58-59 4 May 1661 Anne Smith, widow, formerly wife unto John Smith and also unto Samuel Comstock sold to Roger Mawrey the house and home share of land (4 acres) which formerly belonged to John Smith, mason, and was purchased of the said John Smith by her husband Samuel Comstock. Land bounded on the North with home share of Robert Colwell and on the South by Roger Mawrey.
discussion from http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~katy/comstk/b290.html
When Mary Mowry, widow of Roger & Administrator of his estate sold property to
Stephen Paine of Rehoboth [senior] in New Plimouth Colony, there was a better description of the property of Samuel Comstock. Mary Mowry sold three house Lotts or home Shares, one originally belonging to Daniel Comstock, another belonged to John Smith, the third belonged to Richard Prey. The lots with housing are in"the north part of ...Towne of Providence. Bounding on the south side the home share of Lawrance Willkenson; the north with a home share formerly belonging to Edward Inman, on the East with the Common, or high way & on the west End with the high way, or Towne streete. She also sold to Stephon Paine, one puchase Right of Commoning within the limits of the Towne of Providence, reading so far west ward as the seven mile line and a 25 acres right of Commoning reaching so far West as the said seven mile, and the lands that belonged to the said two Rights of Comming on the East side the seven mile line which was not devided before my said husband Roger "Mawrey" his decease.
1 Sep 1671
Early Record of Providence, Vol. III, p.209-213
2 Sept 1671 Stephen Paine of Rehoboth of Plimouth, sold to Samuel Whipple of Rhode Island & Providence Planatation, three house lots or home shares with dwellings and out houses, in the north part of the Town of Providence. Bounded on the South with the home share of Lawrence Wilkenson, the north by Edward Inman, the East by the Common, or highway, and on the West with the high way, or Town Street. They were purchased by me of Mary Mawrey, Executrix of her deceased husband Roger Mawrey. One of the lots originally belonged to Daniel Comstock, former inhabitant, another to John Smith, inhabitant of Providence, the third did belong to Richard Prey of Providence. Vol. III, p.206-209
John Smith, the Mason, had sold his house lot to Samuel Comstock in 1654. In 1661, Anne, widow first of Samuel, then widow of John Smith, son of the John, the mason, had sold it to Roger Mowry in 1661.
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Death |
1683 |
New London, Connecticut |
Notes |
- Ancestor of Dee8514@aol.com (Donna)
Military: 1676, volunteer in Narragansett War
January 29, 1656, acknowledges free grant of 25 acres from Providence.
Providence, June 24, 1648; Daniel and other young men arrested for giving a false Indian alarm.
Benjamin Smith and Dan Cumbstock propound their houses with their land to the town (Providence) for sale June 2, 1655.
Ordered (Providence) that Hen. Neale have a six acre lot laid out to him adjoining to his meadow that he bought of Dan Combstock January 27, 1657.
December 19, 1658, New London has given Daniel Comstock 100 acres of upland by the sawmill brook.
Land purchase, 1664, a farm at Oxoboro, near Unacaville, some of which land remained in the family as late as 1931. Comstock Cemetery is located on this property.
'Old Goode Comstock died February 21, 1713 (Pelatiah).'
December 17, 1697; Peter Strickland receipts from brother-in-law, Daniel Comstock, administrator of the estate of his father, Daniel Comstock, for twelve pounds, for Samuel Young and Thomas Halliox of Southold, LI, as their wives' part of the estate of their father, Daniel Comstock, deceased.
Samuel Young and Thomas Halliox gave an order October 9, 1696 to their mother Paltiah Comstock, 'to pay our patrimony due us, to our brother, Peter Strickland.'
Southold, LI; September 15, 1688; Mary Comstock witness with Anna Youngs.
Inventor November 13, 1683 of estate of Daniel Comstock, late of New London, deceased: 150 acres bought of Mr. Loveland and 100 acres above Sawmill brook, also 100 acres given by the town above. Sawmill brook and forgotten in the inventor: 221 pounds, 17 shillings and 6 pence. Administration to widow 'Paltiell' to bring up children, 'til Court order otherwise.'
Daniel was referred to by some as'Gideon.'
1. The History and Genealogy of the Comstock Family in America, 1949, John Adams Comstock
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Person ID |
I2618 |
Roots |
Last Modified |
6 Dec 2014 |
Family |
Paltiah Elderkin, b. Abt 1630, Norwich, New London, Connecticut d. Aft 1654 (Age ~ 25 years) |
Marriage |
1653 |
Connecticut |
Children |
| 1. Daniel Comstock, Jr., b. Abt 1680 d. 24 Apr 1756, New London, Connecticut (Age ~ 76 years) |
| 2. Mary Comstock, b. 1661 d. Abt 1690 (Age 29 years) |
| 3. Sarah Comstock, b. Abt 1662 d. Aft 1671 (Age ~ 10 years) |
| 4. Hope Comstock, b. Abt 1667 d. Feb 1732, of, New London, Connecticut (Age ~ 65 years) |
| 5. Zipporah Comstock, b. Abt 1660 d. Aft 1761 (Age ~ 102 years) |
| 6. Elizabeth Comstock, b. 1659 d. 09 May 1734 (Age 75 years) |
+ | 7. Bethiah Comstock, b. Abt 1671 d. Aft 1677 (Age ~ 7 years) |
| 8. Anne Comstock, b. Abt 1655 d. Aft Oct 1727 (Age ~ 72 years) |
+ | 9. Kingsland Comstock, Sr., b. Bef 2 Nov 1673, New London Co, Connecticut d. Bef 17 Apr 1721, New London Co, Connecticut (Age ~ 47 years) |
+ | 10. Samuel Comstock, Sr., b. 1673 d. 11 Apr 1757, Montville, New London, Connecticut (Age 84 years) |
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Family ID |
F1265 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
10 Feb 2011 |