Born in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut
Ancestors 
Daughter of Joseph Mansfield
and Mary (Potter) Mansfield
Sister of
Mary (Mansfield) Hill, Martha (Mansfield) Sperry, Mercy Mansfield, Silence (Mansfield) Chatfield, Elizabeth (Mansfield) Johnson, Joseph Mansfield, Ebenezer Mansfield and Japhet Mansfield
Wife of
John Benham
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Comfort (Benham) Merriman, John Benham, Japhet Benham, Sarah (Benham) Reed, Ebenezer Benham and John Benham II
Died before
before age 51
in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut
Profile last modified
| Created 8 Mar 2011
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Biography
Comfort MANSFIELD [1][2] was born in 1668.[3] She married John BENHAM.
Sources
- ↑ Donald Lines Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven ([CD]Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1981[originally]Rome, N.Y. and New Haven, Conn., 1922-1932), vol 1, p 186.
- ↑ Donald Lines Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven, vol 1, p 187.
- ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F77G-M2V : 3 December 2014), Comfort Mansfield, 06 Dec 1668; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
- Ancestry Family Trees (Ancestry.com, Provo, UT, USA) Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Ancestry Profile
- Hutchins, Marvin Clayton. Nicholas Hutchins of Lynn and Groton, Massachusetts (C. Boyer, Santa Clarita, Calif.,1989) Page 282.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Comfort by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Comfort:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Comfort by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Comfort:
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~0.39%
Ken Scott
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~0.39%
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All of this is simply following what Jacobus has in Families of Ancient New Haven.