Individual Details

David Comstock

(4 Aug 1769 - 27 May 1791)



David never married and was eccentric. Hanged for the murder of Ephraim Bacon in 1790. Tradition is that Bacon teased David by threatening to cut down his woodland and finally began to do so, when David killed him.

Events

Birth4 Aug 1769
Death27 May 1791Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island

Families

FatherSamuel Comstock (1735 - 1815)
MotherLucy Arnold (1747 - 1825)
SiblingJerusha Comstock ( - 1845)
SiblingDaniel Comstock (1768 - )
SiblingSilas Comstock (1771 - 1851)
SiblingPatience Comstock (1774 - 1851)
SiblingNathan Comstock (1776 - 1859)
SiblingMartha Comstock (1793 - )