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Facts and Events
From John Adams Comstock's 1949 book A History and Genealogy of the Comstock Family in America:S1
Thomas Comstock (Samuel 3, Samuel 2, William 1) born Providence, R. I., Nov. 7, 1684; died 1761; married July 9, 1713, Mercy Jenckes.
Thomas Comstock was a quaker, and had a horse taken from him Jan. 21, 1708, for not training. In 1775 he was a freeman of E. Greenwich.
March 25, 1733-4, Thomas Comstock sold land at Logbridge, near Pawtucket, to his brother John, who lived and died there. Jan. 15, 1738-9, Thomas Comstock deeds land bought of Sweet to his son Williamd. In 1753, Oct. 4, Thomas Comstock deeds land to Thomas Comstock, Jr., and to Job (to qualify them as freeholders. Which required 400 pounds); they were admitted freeholders in 1754.
Thomas Comstock's will of June 10, 1761, proved Oct. 3, 1761, makes bequests to sons Job, Thomas, William; to daughters Patience, Susanna, and Esther Comstock; to daughter Lydia Scott; to wife Mercy; and to grandson Charles, eldest son of my daughter Sarah, deceased.
He resided in Providence, and in East and West Greenwich, R. I.
Children: Job, Thomas, William, Patience, Susanna, Esther, Sarah, and Lydia.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Comstock, John Adams. A History and Genealogy of the Comstock Family in America. (Los Angeles: Commonwealth Press, 1949)
p. 13, 1949. - ↑ 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, Thomas, of Samuel and Elizabeth, [born] Nov. 7, 1684.
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