Person:Hazadiah Comstock (7)

BIOGRAPHY: A History and Genealogy of the Comstock Family in America by John Adams Comstock Del Mar, California Privately printed for the author by The Commonwealth Press Inc. 1949 Page 13 Hazadiah Comstock (Samuel 3, Samuel 2, William 1) born Providence, R. I., April 16, 1682; died Feb. 21, 1764; married (1st) Catherine Pray, who d. Nov. 27, 1728, dau. of John and Sarah (Brown) Pray; married (2nd) Aug 10, 1730, Martha Balcom, b. May 21, 1714; d. May 6, 1794, dau. of Joseph and Phebe Balcom. Hazadiah Comstock had a mare worth L 2 taken from him May 5, 1708, for not training, he being a Quaker. He deeded, Nov. 19, 1730, 100 acres to sons William and Gideon Smithfield, June, 1734, the Assembly voted that he be taken to Massachusetts Bay to have trial on complaint of Jonathan Draper. Hazadiah's will of March 10, 1763, proved March 5, 1764, makes bequests to sons John, Ezekiel, Gideon, Hazadiah; to wife Martha; to daughters Anne Comtock, Rachel Steere, Martha Staples; to children of daughter Catherine Steere, deceased, viz.: Ellsha, Nathan, David, Rachel; to grandchildren Susanna and Anthony Comstock of son Anthony, deceased; to grandchildren Mary Aldrich, Thomas Arnold, and Catherine Arnold. Inventory £10,421 12s. 10d.

Some Descendants of Samuel Comstock of Providence, R.I. Edited by C. B. Comstock New York The Knickerbocker Press 1905 - Page 7 Family 4 Hazadiah Comstock (Samuel 3), b. Providence, R.I., 1682, Apr. 16; d. 1764, Feb. 21; m. (1) Catherine dau. of John and Sarah (Brown) Pray; m. (2), 1730, Aug. 10, Martha Balcom, who was dau. of Joseph and Phebe, and was b. 1714, May 21; d. 1794, May 6. Catherine Pray Comstock d. 1728, Nov. 27. Hazadiah and a mare worth L2 taken from him for not training, he being a Quaker, 1708, May 5. He deeded, 1730, Nov. 19, 100 acres to sons William and Gideon. Smithfield, June, 1734, the Assembly voted that he be taken to Massachusetts Bay to have trial on complaint of Jonathan Draper. His will of 1763, March 10, proved 1764, March 5, makes bequests to sons John, Ezekie, Gideon, Hazadiah; to wife Martha; to daughters, Anne Comstock, Rachel Steere, Martha Staples; to children of daughter, Catherine Steere, deceased, viz.: Elisha, Nathan, David, Rachel; to grandchildren Penelope and Andrew Comstock; to grandchildren Susanna and Anthony Comstock, children of son Anthony, deceased; to grandchildren, Mary Aldrich, Thomas Arnold, and Catherine Arnold.

1. ↑ Abstracts of Smithfield Wills, in Rhode Island Genealogical Register. (Princeton, Massachusetts: A. G. Beaman)
   5:301.
2. ↑ Providence Births, in Arnold, James N. Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636–1850: First series, births, marriages and deaths. A family register for the people. (Narragansett Hist. Publ. Co., 1891)
   218.

   COMSTOCK, Hasadiah, of Samuel and Elizabeth, [born] April 16, 1682.