Moses Comstock (abt. 1725 - 1789)

Born about 1725 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (St. John) Comstock — married 30 Jun 1748 in New Canaan, Fairfield, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 18 Jan 1789 at about age 64 in New Canaan, Fairfiled, Connecticut, USA

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Biography

• son of Moses and Abigail (Brinsmade) Comstock
• Discrepancy in death dates. 18 Jan 1776^[1] and 8 Jan 1789^[2]

Probate

His will is dated 24 July 1787 and proved on 22 June 1789 in Fairfield. He mentions his daughters Elizabeth and Phebe, and his sons, Moses Abijah, Aaron, Enos, and Caleb ^[3]

His inventory was completed in Norwalk on 1 August 1789 and recorded in Fairfield.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ No. 108, pg 68 - The St. John genealogy; descendants of Matthias St. John, of Dorchester, Massachusetts, 1634, of Windsor, Connecticut, 1640, of Wethersfield, Connecticut, 1643-1645, and Norwalk, Connecticut, 1650b y Alexander, Orline St. John Alexander Published 1907 https://archive.org/details/stjohngenealogyd00alex
2. ↑ Possibly from History & Genealogy of Comstock Family in America by John A. Comstock, Los Angeles, CA 1949
3. ↑ “Probate Records, v. 24-25, 1787-1798”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G92K-BF7Y : 12 July 2022), FHL microfilm 007627289, image 86-87, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 24, 1787-1792, Pages 134-137.
4. ↑ “Probate Records, v. 24-25, 1787-1798”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G92K-BF4D : 12 July 2022), FHL microfilm 007627289, image 100-102, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 24, 1787-1792, Pages 163-166.

• Find A Grave: Memorial #136872991
• Comstock, Cyrus B., 1907. A Comstock Genealogy: Descendants of William Comstock of New London, Conn., who died after 1662. The Knickerbocker Press, New York, NY. pages 16, 31-2 (#101)
• History & Genealogy of Comstock Family in America by John A. Comstock, Los Angeles, CA 1949
• No. 108, pg 68 - The St. John genealogy; descendants of Matthias St. John, of Dorchester, Massachusetts, 1634, of Windsor, Connecticut, 1640, of Wethersfield, Connecticut, 1643-1645, and Norwalk, Connecticut, 1650b y Alexander, Orline St. John Alexander Published 1907 https://archive.org/details/stjohngenealogyd00alex

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• Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, 1748