Person:David Comee (1)

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David Comee
b.Abt 1635 Scotland
  • HDavid ComeeAbt 1635 - 1676
  • W.  Elizabeth (add)
m. Bef 1661
  1. Elizabeth ComeyBef 1663 - 1701
  2. Mary Comey
m. 6 Sep 1671
Facts and Events
Name[2] David Comee
Gender Male
Birth? Abt 1635 Scotland
Marriage Bef 1661 Based on estimated birth of eldest known child
to Elizabeth (add)
Marriage 6 Sep 1671 Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United Statesto Esther Harvey
Death[1] 21 Apr 1676 Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
References
  1. "Report on the Sudbury Fight", in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society)
    Vol. 20, p. 348.

    From probate file of David Comy:
    "Inventory of the estate of David Comy, of Concord, whoe deceased ye one-and-twentieth day of April, 1676."
    "humble petition of Esther Comy, of Concord, humbly sheweth y't ... her husband David was slaine by ye Indians at Sudbury, and left me a poor widow with six small children."

  2. Bent, Allen Herbert. The Comey-Comee family in America: descendants of David Comey of Concord, Mass., killed in King Philip's War, 1676 : with notes on the Maltman family. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1965)
    p. 3.

    David Comee, in Woburn by 1663, killed 21 Apr 1676, m. (1) Elizabeth --- who d. 4 Mar 1671, m. (2) Esther ---. Transcription of "humble petition of Esther Comy of Concord", mentioned above, also shows "foure of them [the six children] bee by a former wife", "non[e] of them being com[e] to Age or able to choose their own Gardens" [i.e., under 14], "ye boy ... and .. ye Girls", "on[e] of y'm [i.e., them] not being Above sixe weeks old when my husband was slaine".