David Comee (abt. 1630 - 1676)

Born about 1630 in Scotland

Ancestors

Husband of Esther (Harvey) Perry — married 6 Sep 1671 in Charlestown, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 31 Mar 1676 at about age 46 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts

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Biography

David Comee died 31 Mar 1676 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts.

Research Notes

General Notes: David Comee (Mackhome, McComey, Macomey, Comy, Comey), of Scotland, was taken prisoner along with many others after the Battle of Worcester on 3 September 1651 during the English Civil War. Four thousand Scots died but ten thousand more were taken prisoner. David, along with other royalists fighting for King Charles II, was forced to walk to London where the prisoners were then shipped to various locations around the world, such as Virginia, Barbados or Guinea.

David was one of 272 Scots who arrived in America in 1652 aboard the John and Sara to become indentured servants. Listed as David Mackhome on the transport list, David was indentured to Edward Burt of Charlestown. After serving his indenture, David settled in Woburn and later Concord.

His wife Elizabeth's last name is unknown. Elizabeth and David had five children. Their third child, John, married the daughter of another prisoner on the John and Sara, William Munroe, and my descent is through that line.

After Elizabeth died in 1671, David married Esther Harvey and they had two children. In 1676, David was killed in an Indian attack at Sudbury, not far from Concord, while fighting with eleven others from Concord during King Philip's War. His wife, Esther, went to the Court for assistance and the children may have been put in foster homes. Esther later married Samuel Parry.

SOURCES: 1. "Scots for Sale: The Fate of the Scottish Prisoners in Seventeenth-Century Massachusetts," by Diana Rapaport. New England Ancestors. Winter 2003. 2. Bent, Allen H., The Comey-Comee Family in America, Boston, Massachusetts : A.H.Bent, 1898 Noted events in his life were: • Residence: 1663, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts • Residence: 1664, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts • Probate: Inventory of Estate, 20 Jun 1676, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Administration of estate went to David's widow, Esther.

Elizabeth died 4 Mar 1671 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts.6,7 Children from this marriage were:

i. Elizabeth Comee, died in Dec 1701 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Elizabeth married John Kendall (d. 1732) 29 Mar 1681 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts.

ii. Mary Comee was born 30 Jan 1663 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts and died 9 Jul 17123 at age 49. Mary married Joshua Kibby12 24 May 1688 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts.

iii. John Comee was born 18 Oct 1665 in Concord, Middlesex,Massachusetts and died 6 Dec 1729 in Lexington, Middlesex, Massachusetts at age 64 John married Martha Munroe (d. 13 Apr 1729) 21 Jun 1688 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts.

iv. David Comee was born 14 Nov 1666 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts and died before 1676. Noted events in his life were:

v. Sarah Comee was born 18 Sep 1668 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts.

David next married Esther Harvey 6 Sep 1671 in Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts. General Notes: Esther is Ester Hardy in one source and Harvey in another. A look at the original record rather than a transcription might help. Esther married a second time, 7 Nov 1682, in Concord, to Samuel Parry: "Parry, Samuel, and Ester Comy, 1682." Source: Concord, Massachusetts, Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1635-1850, Printed by The Town, Thomas Todd, Printer, Boston, [Mass.], vol. 1, p.25.

Esther and David Comee had two children, Esther, b. 1675/76, and another daughter unnamed. Source: Bent, Allen H., The Comey-Comee Family in America, Boston, Massachusetts : A.H. Bent, 1898.

Compiled by Anne Healy Field, annefield.net, 19 Sept 2014

David Comey or Comee was born circa 1633 to 1638. The first time he appeared in any record in the the American Colonies was 1663 when David Comee testified in the case of Bacon vs Wayman. The court record states that he was aged about thirty.^[1] Then David Comey testified on 21 October 1670 when it was recorded that he was aged approximately thirty and two [32].^[2] Where David was born is not known, although family tradition says he was from Scotland.^[3]

David Comee resided in Woburn, then was a settler at Concord, Massachusetts,^[4] around 1664, where he lived in the "Southerly part of Concord known as Scotland".^[3] In 1666, David Comy was listed among the Woburn people who hadn't paid the Ministers Rate in 1663 and 1664.^[5]

David Comy married:

1. Elizabeth —, by 1661,^[6] whose death was recorded at Concord on 4 March 1670/1.^[7] David and Elizabeth had children:
   1. Elizabeth, born in Woburn, died December 1701, married 29 March, 1681, John Kendall of Woburn;^[3]
   2. Mary Comey, born 30 January, 1663,^[8] died 9 July, 1712, aged 49, married 24 May 1688, Joshua Kibby of Sherborn;^[3]
   3. John, born 18 October 1665, at Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts,^[9] of Cambridge Farms, Lexington, who married Martha Munroe^[4] on 21 June 1688;^[3]
   4. David, born 14 November 1666, at Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts;^[9] married 1) Ruhama Brown, and 2) Sarah —;^[3]
   5. Sarah, born 18 September 1668, at Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts;^[10]
2. Esther —,^[3] with whom David had children:
   1. —;^[3]
   2. Esther, born 14 February 1676;^[3]

David died at Sudbury, Massachusetts, on 31 March 1676,^[11] slain by King Philip's Indians.^[3]

An inventory of the estate of David Come of Concord was taken on 21 April 1676, and his widow was granted dower on 20 June 1676.^[12] A letter dated 30:7:76 from Esther Comy of Concord, David's widow, to the Court assembled at Cambridge is attached to David's probate record.^[13] This letter is transcribed in full in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol 50 (1896).^[3] David's widow, Esther, married Samuel Parry on 7 November 1682.^[3]

Notes

• Military Service (1676) Dies in King Philip's War
• Guardian for orphaned children (3 October 1676) Esther petitioned the Middlesex County Court to appoint a guardian for the six young children that the death of her husband David Comey left her to support. She states that four of the children were by a previous wife and her the youngest of her two children was not more than six weeks old when her husband was slain by Indians at Sudbury. She hopes that the boy may be apprenticed to some one to learn a trade and that the girls may be “disposed of” for their welfare. She asks that Timothy Wheeler be appointed. Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America

Sources

1. ↑ Middlesex County, MA: Abstracts of Court Files, 1649–1675. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2003), (Unpublished abstracts by Thomas Bellows Wyman, "Abstract of Middlesex court files from 1649," n.d.), Vol 1, p 168. AmericanAncestors.org subscription required, accessed 10 February 2016.
2. ↑ Middlesex County, MA: Abstracts of Court Files, 1649–1675. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2003), (Unpublished abstracts by Thomas Bellows Wyman, "Abstract of Middlesex court files from 1649," n.d.), Vol 2, p 110. AmericanAncestors.org subscription required, accessed 10 February 2016.
3. ↑ ^{3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11} The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2013.), V 50, p 210-1, AmericanAncestors.org subscription required, accessed 10 February 2016.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2013.), V 87, p 289, AmericanAncestors.org subscription required, accessed 10 February 2016.
5. ↑ Middlesex County, MA: Abstracts of Court Files, 1649–1675. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2003), (Unpublished abstracts by Thomas Bellows Wyman, "Abstract of Middlesex court files from 1649," n.d.), Vol 2, p 25. AmericanAncestors.org subscription required, accessed 10 February 2016.
6. ↑ Torrey’s New England Marriages Prior to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. Vol 1, p 360, Citing: Comey 4; Savage 1:439; Register 87:289, 50:210; McCormick-Hamilton 780. AmericanAncestors.org subscription required, accessed 10 February 2016.
7. ↑ Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2010). Concord - V1, p 15, AmericanAncestors.org subscription required, accessed 10 February 2016.
8. ↑ Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2010). Woburn - V1, p 55, AmericanAncestors.org subscription required, accessed 10 February 2016.
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1} Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2010). Concord - V1, p 12, AmericanAncestors.org subscription required, accessed 10 February 2016.
10. ↑ Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2010). Concord - V1, p 13, AmericanAncestors.org subscription required, accessed 10 February 2016.
11. ↑ Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2010). Concord - V1, p 19, AmericanAncestors.org subscription required, accessed 10 February 2016.
12. ↑ Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648-1871. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.), Middlesex Cases 4000-5999, p 4849:3 AmericanAncestors.org subscription required, accessed 10 February 2016.
13. ↑ Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648-1871. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.), Middlesex Cases 4000-5999, p 4849:4 AmericanAncestors.org subscription required, accessed 10 February 2016.

• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 27 December 2018), memorial page for David “Daniel” Comy (unknown–21 Apr 1676), Find A Grave: Memorial #52302120, citing Concord Men Slain By Indians, Wayland, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by jvtree1 (contributor 48265806) .

• Bent, Allen H. The Comey-Come Family in America. Boston: D. Clapp & Son, printers, 1896. Available Online.

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 27 December 2018, 19:39), entry for David Comey(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LC56-MRP); contributed by various users.

• Early New England Families, 1641-1700 (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 2013) "William Parry (m. 1641)" Page 5

• Tolman, George. Concord, Massachusetts Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1635-1850 (Beacon Press, Boston, Mass., 1895) Page 19. He was killed by Indians in the Sudbury Fight.