Elizabeth* Arnold

1654 - 1747  (93 years)

• Name	Elizabeth* Arnold
  Birth	1654	Watertown, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts
  Gender	Female
  Death	20 Oct 1747	Smithfield, Providence Co, Rhode Island
  Will	8 Dec 1747	Smithfield, Providence Co, Rhode Island
  	probated
  	Will of widow Elizabeth Comstock of Smithfield, 10 Apr 1745, proved 8 Dec 1747. Bequests to sons, Thomas, Daniel, Ichabod, John, Job, Hazadiah; daughter, Elizabeth Sayles; grandson, David Comstock; granddaughter Sarah Aldrich & great granddaughter Anne Steere. [these last three descendants of son Samuel, deceased.] Son Thomas was Executor, witnesses to the will were Joseph Arnold Junr, Enoch Arnold, and Thomas Sayles [who was also the Council Clerk]. Daniel Arnold and David Comstock took the inventory and appraised the estate the value of which was over 400 pounds. Recorded in the Smithfield Council Book, Vol. 1, LDS Microfilm #959528 Elizabeth Comstock, widow, departed this life 20 October 1747. p.357 This Tenth Day of April in the Eighteenth year of his majesties reign George the Second Kin og Great Britain &c AD 1745 I Elizabeth Comsto ck of Smithfield in the County of Providence and Colony of Rhodeisland in New England widow being in reasonable good health and of perfect mind and memory and considering the mortality of my body do make and ordain this my Last Will & Testament. My body I recomend to ye Earth to be buried Decently at ye disc retion of my Exe cutor here after named and as touching that worldly estate as it hath pleased God to Bless me with in this Life I Give demise and dispose of as followeth -- Im primis I Give and Bequeath to my Grand Son David Comstock Twenty shillings old tenor to be paid out of my estate to him or his heirs. Item I give and bequeath to my Grand Daughter Sarah Aldrich ten shillings old tenor to be paid out of my estate to her or to her heirs p.358 Item I give and Bequeath to my great grand daughter Anne Steer Ten Shillings old tenor to be paid out of my estate Item I Give and bequeath to my son John Comstock Twenty shillings old tenor to be paid to him or his Heirs out of my estate Item I Give and Bequeath to my son Job Comstock Twenty Shillings old tenor to be paid to him or his heirs The reason of my giving my above named grand Children only twenty shillings to one and Ten shillings apiece to ye others is because their father has had more out of his fathers estate Than some other of my children have had: and the Reason of my giving my sons John & Job only Twenty Shilling apiece is because they have had more out of their fathers estate than some other of my children had had Item I Give and Bequeath to my Son Hazadiah Comstock forty Shillings old tenor to be paid out of my estate to him or his heirs Item I Give and bequeath to my Son Thomas Comstock Twenty pounds old tenor to be paid out of my estate to him or his heirs Item I Give and bequeath to my son Daniel Comstock Ten pounds old tenor to be paid out of my estate to him or his heirs Item I Give and Bequeath to my Son Ichabod Comstock five pounds old tenor to be paid out of my estate to him or his heirs Item I Give to my Daughter Elizabeth Sayles Forty shillings old tenor to be paid to her or heirs out of my estate and also my wearing apparial of al Sorts I Give to my Said Daughter and if after my debts and funeral charges paid and ye above sums given and bequeathed and paid in manner as above said if p.359 There should remain any part more that then I give and Bequeath the remaining part to be Eqully divided between my children and their heirs whose names are here after mentioned. Hazadiah Com stock Daniel Comstock Ichabod Comstock Job Com stock and Thomas Comstock which said Thomas Comstock I make my sole Executor of this my Last Will and Testament and I do utterly disa [word marked out, prob should have been "vow"] revoke and Dissalow all and every other former Testaments wills Legacies and bequests and Executors by me in any ways before named willed and bequeathed ratefying and Confirming this and no other to be my Last Will and Testament. In Witness where of I have hereunto Sett my hand and Seal the Day and year first within mentioned. Signed Sealed published pronouned and declared by the said Elizabeth Comstock to be her Last Will & Testament in the present of us Jos Arnold Junr Enoch Arnold Thos Sayles The mark of Elizabeth Comstock At a Town Council held in Smithfield in the County of Providence by adjournment the Eighth day of December AD 1747 the above written will will was presented before this Council and Mr. Thomas Comstock who was made Executor to sd will approved before this Council and accepted of ye place of Being executor to sd will: And the witnesses to sd will Viz: Mr Enoch Arnold & Thomas Sayles Two of ye sd witnesses to sd will approved before this Council and on Solemn Engagement Declared that they see the afore said Elizabeth Comstock the testator Sign publish pro- nounce & Declare the same to be her Last Will & Testament and that they in her presents Signed p.360 as witness to the same and at the same time saw Joseph Arnold Junr sign as ye other witness and that she ye sd Testator was at ye same time in perfect mind & memory where upon it is voted by this Council that ye afore written will be and it is here by proved & accipted to be a Last full will & Testament & and ord. to be recorded. Test. Thos. Sayles, Council Cler Recorded Decbr ye 15th AD 1747 pr Thos Sayles Council Cler A True Inventory of all and Singular the goods chattles and Audits of Elizabeth Comstock of Smith field in the County of Providence &c widow Deceased Prised at Smithfield aforesd ye 27 of October 1747 by us the Subscribers.
  Notes	NOTE: Elizabeth Arnold, daughter of Thomas, traces her ancestry through the British Royalty to William the Conqueror. See article on the Arnold Family, New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Vol. 33, 1879. Abridged Compendium of Am. Geneal. Vol. 1 p 839, lists Eliz. Comstock, b. 1690; m. John Arnold 1692-1777.
  Person ID	I2605	Roots
  Last Modified	10 Feb 2011

  
  

  Father	Thomas* Arnold, Sr (immigrant),   b. Bef 15 Apr 1599, Cheselbourne, Dorset, England d. Sep 1674, Providence Co, Rhode Island (Age > 75 years)
  Mother	Phebe* Parkhurst, (Immigrant),   b. Bef 29 Nov 1612, Ipswich, Suffolk, England d. 1688, Watertown, Mass Bay Col, Massachusetts (Age > 75 years)
  Marriage	20 Dec 1640	Watertown, Mass Bay Col, Massachusetts
  Family ID	F1239	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ensign/Capt Samuel* Comstock,   b. 1654, Providence Co, Rhode Island d. 27 May 1727, Smithfield Co, Rhode Island (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	11 Nov 1678	Providence, Providence Co, Rhode Island
  	That Sam: Coumstock, & Elizabeth Arnold, theire publiccion of Marriage, was sett forth on ye 16th of Septembr. 1678 By John Whipple junr. Assistant And was joyned togather in Marriage on ye 22nd. of November 1678 By John Whipple junr. Assistant. "The Early Records of the Town of Providence" Volume IX; Being part of the Book of Records of Town Meetings No. 3 1677 to 1750 and Other Papers. p.188 c1895
  Children	+ 1. Samuel* Comstock, Jr.,   b. 16 Apr 1679, Providence Co, Rhode Island d. Between 1 Apr 1727 and 13 Apr 1727, Smithfield, Providence Co, Rhode Island (Age 47 years) + 2. Hazadiah Comstock, Sr.,   b. 16 Apr 1682, Smithfield, Providence Co, Rhode Island d. 21 Feb 1764, Smithfield, Providence Co, Rhode Island (Age 81 years) + 3. Thomas Comstock, Sr.,   b. 07 Nov 1684, Providence Co, Rhode Island d. 1761 (Age 76 years) + 4. Daniel Comstock,   b. 19 Jul 1686, Providence Co, Rhode Island d. 22 Dec 1768, Smithfield, Providence Co, Rhode Island (Age 82 years) + 5. Elizabeth Comstock,   b. 18 Dec 1690, Providence Co, Rhode Island d. Bef 16 Nov 1752, Smithfield, Providence Co, Rhode Island (Age < 61 years) + 6. John Comstock, Sr.,   b. 26 Mar 1693, Providence Co, Rhode Island d. 12 Jan 1749, Providence Co, Rhode Island (Age 55 years) + 7. Ichabod Comstock, Sr.,   b. 9 Jun 1696, Providence Co, Rhode Island d. 26 Jan 1775 (Age 78 years) + 8. Job Comstock, Sr.,   b. 4 Apr 1689, Providence Co, Rhode Island d. 1758, Dutchess Co, New York (Age 68 years)
  Family ID	F910	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Dec 2014

  
  

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  Death - 20 Oct 1747 - Smithfield, Providence Co, Rhode Island Will - probated - 8 Dec 1747 - Smithfield, Providence Co, Rhode Island  = Link to Google Earth