Comfort (Bagwell) Burton (1663 - abt. 1731)

Born 1663 in Accomack Co., English Colony of Virginia

Ancestors

Wife of Perry Leatherbury — married about 1680 (to about 1709) in Accomack County, Virginia

Wife of Robert Edward Burton Esq. — married about 1712 (to 1725) in Accomack County, Virginia

Descendants

Died about 1731 at about age 68 in Sussex County, Delaware Colony

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Biography

Comfort Bagwell was born in about 1664 in Accomack County, Virginia. She was the daughter of Thomas Bagwell and his wife, Ann (Stockley) Bagwell.^[1]

Comfort married Perry Leatherbury in about 1680 in Accomack Co., Virginia. They had at least the following 4 children:

1. Perry LEATHERBURY b: ABT 1681 in Accomac Co. Va.
2. Charles LEATHERBURY b: ABT 1685 in Accomac Co. Va.
3. Thomas LEATHERBURY b: ABT 1687 in Accomac Co. Va.
4. Edmund LEATHERBURY b: ABT 1683 in Accomac Co. Va.

Perry Leatherbury died in Accomack County, Virginia Colony in April 1709. His will was proven then.^[2] Comfort (Bagwell) Leatherbury remarried to Robert Burton, Esq., in Accomack County, Virginia in about 1712. His 1st wife, Catherine (Cotton) Burton, b: 1649, died around that time. Comfort moved to Sussex County, Delaware, shortly thereafter, to Burton's plantation in Indian River Hundred, Sussex County, Delaware.

Comfort Bagwell (b. c 1664, d. c 1731) was born in 1774 at Accomack, Virginia.^[3]She married Perry Leatherbury I (1st), son of Thomas Leatherbury (Leatherbarrow) and Eleanor Perry (Perry?), circa 1685.2 They were the parents of Comfort (Leatherbury) Prettyman. She died in 1731 at Accomack, Virginia. ^[4]

Research Notes

• Comfort Bagwell

191,537 Family Trees Born in Accomack, Vig on 1664 to Thomas Bagwell and Ann Stockley. Comfort married Perry Leatherbury and had 5 children. Comfort married Robert Burton and had 4 children. She passed away on 1730 in Accomack, Virginia, USA. [1]

• The Leeds Family of New Jersey:Information about Robert Burton.

Robert Burton (b. Abt. 1647, d. Oct 1725) Robert Burton was born Abt. 1647 in Shropshire, England, and died Oct 1725 in Sussex Co. DE.He married (1) Catherine Cotton on 11 Feb 1676 in Accomac Co. VA.He married (2) Comfort Bagwell on Bet. 1710 - 1717. [2]

Sources

1. ↑ The Leeds Family Tree - Comfort Bagwell
2. ↑ Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees [Record for Ann Stockley; Record for Ann Leatherbury] database online (Provo, UT, USA, The Generations Network, Inc., 2006). The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006
3. ↑ http://espl-genealogy.org/MilesFiles/site/p560.htm#i55963
4. ↑ http://www.genealogy.com/ftm/k/i/n/Joyce-A-Kintzel/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-1269.html

See also:

• The Leeds Family Tree - Comfort Bagwell

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Bagwell-42 created through the import of Clayton Burton_2009-10-26.ged on Jul 4, 2011 by Clayton Burton.
• WikiTree profile Bagwell-41 created through the import of Clayton Burton_2009-10-26.ged on Jul 4, 2011 by Clayton Burton.
• Tommy Knowles, firsthand knowledge, no source
• Comfort (11) Bagwell1

F, b. circa 1664, d. circa 1731 Father Thomas (4) Bagwell b. 1642, d. b 16 Sep 1690 Mother Ann Stockley b. c 1642 Charts Descendants of Henry Bagwell (Ancient Planter) Last Edited 22 Nov 2014 Birth* circa 1664 Comfort was born circa 1664 at Accomack Co, VA. Marriage* circa 1685 She married Perry Leatherbury I, son of Thomas Leatherbury (Leatherbarrow) and Eleanor Perry (Perry?), circa 1685.2 Family Perry Leatherbury I b. c 1664, d. b 5 Apr 1709 Marriage* circa 1685 She married Perry Leatherbury I, son of Thomas Leatherbury (Leatherbarrow) and Eleanor Perry (Perry?), circa 1685.2 Children 1. Perry (46) Leatherbury II b. c 1686, d. b 3 Sep 1717 2. Edmund (48) Leatherbury+ b. c 1688, d. b 3 Oct 1721 3. Charles (50) Leatherbury b. c 1690 4. Thomas (49) Leatherbury+ b. c 1692, d. b 15 Feb 1754 5. Patience (45) Leatherbury b. c 1694 6. Comfort (51) Leatherbury+ b. c 1696 7. Ann Bagwell (47) Leatherbury+ b. c 1697, d. b 5 Dec 1786 8. Eleanor (52) Leatherbury b. a 19 Feb 1709 Citations [S887] John Frederick Dorman, Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5, p. 91 (Bagwell Family). [S887] John Frederick Dorman, Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5, p. 94 (Bagwell Family). [S887] John Frederick Dorman, Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5, p. 92 (Bagwell Family). [S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, p. 43 (will of Perry Leatherbury, wife Comfort). [S2194] State Archivist Leon deValinger Jr, Calendar of Sussex County, Delaware Probate Records, 1680-1800, p. 35 (will of Robert Burton, wife Comfort). [S2456] W.F. (Bill) Leatherbury,. (Additional information at the link) [3]

• The Leeds Family of New Jersey:Information about Comfort Bagwell.

Comfort Bagwell (b. Abt. 1661, d. Aft. 1725) Comfort Bagwell was born Abt. 1661 in Accomac Co. Va., and died Aft. 1725 in Probably Sussex Co. DE..She married (1) Perry Leatherbury on Abt. 1680 in Probably Accomac Co. VA.She married (2) Robert Burton on Bet. 1710 - 1717. [4]