Comfort Henderson (1693 - aft. 1720)

Born 1693 in Pitts Creek, Somerset, Maryland

Ancestors

Died after 1720 after age 27 in Somerset, Maryland

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Biography

Comfort was born in 1693. She was the daughter of John Henderson and Elizabeth Barnaby. She passed away in 1694.

Reference Notes

Will of William Henderson ^[1]

-Signed: 201Feb 1720/21; Proved: 29 Apr 1721. Recorded in Worcester County 1808

-Bequests to: brother Joseph Henderson [96 acre plantation where I now live called Barnsby’s Lot]; if Joseph dies without heirs then to brother Benjamin Henderson then to brother Charles Henderson; brother James Henderson; godson Henry Lord; sister Comfort; sister Elizabeth; William Miles son of Wm Miles;

-“As to my Orphan Lad Daniel Young I leave him under the guardianship & tuition of my Father in Law and desire he may be set free at the age of seventeen years a cow & yearling to be delivered to him at the age of sixteen and I do give & bequeath out of my estate to him ye said Daniel Young one thousand pounds of tobacco.”

-Executor: brother Joseph Henderson

Sources

1. ↑ Will of WILLIAM HENDERSON, planter of Monokin, Somerset County, Maryland, in Maryland Register of Wills Records, 1629-1999 (Worcester) Wills 1665-1743, Vol 3: Image 114-115. Images (browse only) at FamilySearch.org, accessed 7 Oct 2020.