Individual Details

1788, 12 Jul John, for love, deeded 1/2 of the home farm to sons William and Levi.

1792 Said to be a Levi Comstock who appeared in Oneida Co NY in 1792, cleared a farm and build a log cabin. If this is true, he cannot be the Levi Comstock born 1783, buried in Oneida Co. Since this appeared in a short bio about a grandson in a much later county history book, it's likely not accurate.

1799 The year William and Levi Comstock are reputed to have gone to Oneida Co, NY. They were young to be going off on their own, but their father was deceased and their mother remarried. The 1800 census listing fro Francis Hamilton, their stepfather, suggests William and Levi may have still been in his household. It has been assumed that this William & Levi were the same as the sons of John who received a gift of land from their father in 1788.

1805, 22 Feb William & Levi Comstock of Paris, Oneida Co NY, deed Stephen Charles Mowry 1/2 of a farm in Smithfield, RI, where our father John lived and died excepting the dower of Ruth Hamilton out of said deed.

Levi married 6 Jun 1805 to Lucy Skinner.


The following is probably this same Levi, acting as attorney for his siblings:
1810, 3 Sep William Comstock & Patty his wife, Karah Mills & Joanna his wife, all of Paris, Oneida Co NY. Oliver Gillette & Rhoda his wife of Hamilton, Oneida Co NY, are seized in fee of land late in posession of John Comstock, dec'd. The said William, Joanna, & Rhoda being natural heirs of Nancy Comstock, dec'd who was heir of John Comstock, they appoint Levi Comstock their attorney to lands of our sister Nancy, dec'd.

1810 Census for Oneida Co used only initials for given names. There were two W. Comstocks but only one of the right age. No L. for Levi but he might have been living with his brother, since this appears to be two couples.
W. Comstock: 2m under 10. 2m 26-45. 2f under 10. 2f 16-26.

1820 Census. Paris, Oneida Co, NY
Levi Comstock: 2m -10, 1m 10-16, 1m 26-45 [himself]. 1f under 10, 1f 10-16, 1f 26-45

1830 Census. Kirkland, Oneida Co NY [same page with his brother William & brother-in-law, Kanah Mills]
Levi Comstock: 1m 5-10, 1m 10-15, 1m 15-20, 1m 40-50. 1f -5, 1f 5-10, 1f 15-20, 1f 20-30, 1f 40-50

1840 Census. Kirkland, Oneida Co NY [still found near Kanah Mills]
Levi Comstock, 1m 15-10, 1m 20-30, 1m 50-60. 1f 10-15, 1f 15-20, 1f 50-60
A Franklin Comstock, age 30-40, and his family were on the same page. A bio of a son of Franklin, M. L. Comstock, will state that Levi was his grandfather. A Luther Comstock, age 20-30 with his family was also on the same page.

1850 Census. Kirkland, Oneida Co NY Hh 361
Levi Comstock, age 66, farmer, born P.I. which surely was meant to be Rhode Island.
Lucy, age 64, b. CT
George, age 37, farmer, b. NY, as were all the rest
Diadema, age 21. [George's wife]
Julia, age 21.
Levi Marshall, age 10.

Both Levi and Lucy are buried, Chuckery Cemetery, Oneida Co, NY



Another Levi Comstock lived in Oneida County.
I first thought this might be this Levi, but then I discovered he had a distant cousin. Levi Comstock, son of Stephen Comstock & Mary Benedict, was born 6 Jan 1783, died 31 May 1868, Cayuga, Ohio. He was married to Rebecca Barnum. He was a boot and shoe manufacturer in Utica and is found there in the 1820 & 1830 census. I believe the following is Levi, son of Stephen & Mary Benedict Comstock, likely living with a son named for the grandfather.
Utica, Ward 1, Oneida Co NY
Stephen Comstock, age 37, b. NY. Elizabeth, 29, b. NY.
William A., age 1, b. NY
Levi Comstock, age 66, b. NY
a Samuel Comstock lived next door - he was age 29, b. NY. Eliza L. age 27.

Birth	28 Jun 1783
Marriage	6 Jun 1805	Oneida County, New York - Lucy Skinner
Death	13 Jul 1859	Oneida County, New York

Spouse	Lucy Skinner (1786 - 1875)
Child	Louisa Comstock (1806 - )
Child	Elmira Comstock ( - 1848)
Child	Franklin L. Comstock (1810 - 1865)
Child	George Comstock (1813 - )
Child	Clark John Comstock (1815 - 1896)
Child	Living
Child	Caroline Comstock (1827 - )
Child	Julia Comstock (1829 - )

Father	John Comstock (1724 - 1790)
Mother	Ruth Aldrich ( - )
Sibling	William Comstock (1780 - 1842)
Sibling	Joanna Comstock (1780 - 1843)
Sibling	Rhoda Comstock (1789 - 1852)