1635 - 1702 (67 years)
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Name |
Christopher Comstock |
Birth |
7 October 1635 |
Gender |
Male |
Occupation |
tavernkeeper |
Death |
28 December 1702 |
Norwalk, CT [1] |
Notes |
- From Jacobus’s History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield:
Comstock, Christopher. Deputy (Norwalk) to Conn. Leg., Oct. 1686, May and June 1689, May 1690.
Prob. son of William of New London. He settled in Fairfield; rem. to Norwalk, and was nominated for a freeman oi Conn. Colony, Oct. 1667.
He m. (rec. Norwalk) 6 Oct. 1663, Hannah Platt, dau. of Richard oi Mil£ord; and d. 28 Dec. 1702.
In 1654 he testified to visiting the convicted witch, Goodwiie Knapp, in company with Thomas Shervington and Goodwife Baldwin. In 1692 he served on the Grand Jury which indicted Merey Disbrow and others for witchcraft.
Will 22 Dec. 1701, proved 4 Jan. 1702/3; wife Hannah; sons Moses, Samuel; daus. Hannah Comstock and Merey Comstock; every grandchild to have a Bible; wife, Exec’x, and friends Rev. Stephen Buckingham and James Olmstead, overseers. [1]
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Person ID |
I48977 |
Schirado |
Last Modified |
17 August 2012 |
Family/Spouse |
Hannah Platt, b. about 1643, Milford, CT d. after 22 December 1701 (Age ~ 58 years) |
Marriage |
6 October 1663 |
Norwalk, CT [2] |
Children |
+ | 1. Daniel Comstock, b. 21 July 1664, Norwalk, CT d. 1694 (Age 29 years) |
| 2. Hannah Comstock, b. 15 July 1666, Norwalk, CT |
| 3. Abigail Comstock, b. 27 January 1669[/70], Norwalk, CT d. 9 February 1689[/90] |
+ | 4. Mary Comstock, b. 19 February 1671[/2], Norwalk, CT d. 17 October 1749, Norwalk, CT |
+ | 5. Elizabeth Comstock, b. 7 October 1674, Norwalk, CT |
+ | 6. Mercy Comstock, b. 12 November 1676, Norwalk, CT |
+ | 7. Samuel Comstock, b. 6 February 1679[/80], Norwalk, CT d. 26 October 1752, Norwalk, CT |
| 8. Moses Comstock, b. 4 May 1685, Norwalk, CT d. 18 January 1766, Norwalk, CT (Age 80 years) |
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Family ID |
F33478 |
Family Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Sources |
- [S214] Donald Lines Jacobus, (Fairfield, CT, 1930).
- [S9] Joseph Savage, (Little Brown, Boston, 1860).
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