Person:Thomas Comstock (16)
Thomas Comstock
b.7 Nov 1684 Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States
d.1761 East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 22 Nov 1678
  1. Samuel Comstock1679 -
  2. Hazadiah Comstock1682 - 1764
  3. Thomas Comstock1684 - 1761
  4. Daniel Comstock1686 - Bef 1769
  5. Elizabeth Comstock1690 -
  6. John Comstock1693 - 1749/50
  7. Ichabod Comstock1696 - Bef 1775
  8. Job Comstock1699 -
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Thomas Comstock1684 - 1761
  • W.  Mercy Jenks1698 - 1788
m. 9 Jul 1713
  1. Sarah Comstock
  2. William Comstock1720 - 1787
  3. Susanna Comstock Matteson1720 - 1806
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Facts and Events
Name Thomas Comstock
Gender Male
Birth[1][2] 7 Nov 1684 Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States
Marriage 9 Jul 1713 Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United Statesto Mercy Jenks
Death[1] 1761 East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island, United States

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. ↑ 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.
  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, Thomas, of Samuel and Elizabeth, [born] Nov. 7, 1684.

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