Person:John Comstock (1)

On 1 May 1680 John and Abigail deeded some land to John Larrabee - by September 20 he had died because Abigail is called "late wife to John Comstock" when she acknowledges the deed. So John died between 1 May and 20 Sep 1680.^[2]

This John Comstock is probably not the man of that name who appeared at Weymouth in 1639.^[3]

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} 2. John² Comstock, in Comstock, John Adams. A History and Genealogy of the Comstock Family in America. (Los Angeles: Commonwealth Press, 1949)
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   "2. John² Comstock (William¹) born about 1624; died Lyme, Conn., 1680; married Abigail Chappell, b. Sept. 1, 1644, dau. of George and Christian Chappell. After her husband's death, Abigail married Jan. 18, 1680, Moses Huntley, who was b. July 1, 1654, son of John and Jane Huntley.
   
   John Comstock's name is the first to be mentioned in the family records in America. Savage states that he came to Weymouth, Mass., in 1639 and 'sat down a Saybrook, east part.' He was probably apprenticed to Henry Russell of Weymouth prior to 1639. Later he was of Lyme, Conn., and was a proprietor there in 1645.
   
   Court records now on file at the State Library, Hartford, show that his estate was settled June 4, 1681, and the widow made administratrix, and 'desires Mr. Noyce (Noyes), her father Chappell, and Mr. Edward Shipman assist her.'
   
   'Feb. 13, 1666, John Comstock was a signer of Articles of Agreement to the separation of the town of Lyme from Saybrook.' (The 'Harvey Book,' p. 581.)
   
   Quarter Court in Hartford, Conn., 1st Thursday in March, 1655-6; Edward Messenger, plaintiff, contra John Comstock, defendant in an action of debt to the value of 10 pounds.
   
   Particular Court, Hartford, May 26, 1663, John Comstock, plaintiff, contra Mathew Griswold, defendant, in an action of the case of slandering him in reference to some clapboards, and his wife, in open court, to the damage of 50 pounds."

2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 2. John² Comstock, in Comstock, Cyrus Ballou. A Comstock Genealogy: Descendants of William Comstock of New London, Conn., Who Died After 1662. Ten Generations. (New York: The Knickerbocker Press, 1907)
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   "John Comstock of Lyme and wife Abigail, 1 May 1680, deeded to John Larrabee 9½ A. of upland in a plain called the planting field. This deed was acknowledged 20 Sept., 1680 by Abigail late wife to John Comstock, before Matthew Griswold."

3. ↑ John Comstock, in Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Directory. (Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, Jun 2015)
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   "Comstock, John:[Origin] Unknown; [Emigration] 1639; [Resided] Weymouth (servant, mentioned in will only) [SPR 1:25]. (He was not likely the John Comstock who appeared at Saybrook in the early 1660s.)"