Individual Details

Mary Brayton

(22 Dec 1742 - 30 Dec 1815)



The Thompson database suggests that Mary Russell was born in Kentucky, 22 Feb 1743....location not possible - but the date is close.
After the death of Ezekiel, she married Caleb Greene? Date given is 18 Mar 1765 in Rhode Island ...but she had a Comstock child as late as January 1777. Actually Mary was married to Caleb Green, 13 Jan 1780.

Comstock Family in America, Family 81, p.28
Mary Russell, born 1742, d. Oct 30, 1815 at age 73 was the daughter of Stephen Russell and Hannah Brayton of Rehoboth.
She married Caleb Greene, 13 Jan 1780, as his second wife.
Two children were born to Caleb - Avery and John, both died young.

Rhode Island Roots, Sept 2002, p. 153 "Additions and Corrections"
By George Ely Russell.
A Brayton genealogy [Brayton Family History, 2 vol. by Clifford Ross Brayton, Jr.,] states that Mary Brayton was born 14 May 1744, died 30 Oct 1815, daughter of Stephen Brayton & Hannah Chase. The Providence Friends' Record [Vital Records of Rhode Island] gives her date of birth as 22 Dec 1742.

The Greenes of Rhode Island, With Historical Records of English Ancestry, 1534-1902; by George Sears Greene, The Knickerbocker Press, New York, 1903, p.372-3 [digitized at MyHeritage.com]
Caleb Greene was born Jan 6, 1737, died Aug 22, 1810. He was of Providence, a member of the Society of Friends. He received a farm in West Greenwich, RI in his grandfather's will - John Greene of Potowomut, will dated 20 Aug 1757. Caleb's will, dated 26 Jul 1818, bequeathed o his son Thomas and wife Waite, the mansion house and mill privilege in Smithfield. He was married to (1) Amey Harris, daughter of Daniel & Martha (Jenckes) Harris, who died 2 May 1768. He married (2) Mary Russell, 13 Jan 1780. She was the widow of Ezekiel Comstock of Smithfield, RI, born 22 Jan 1743, died 30 Dec 1815. Caleb had three children by his first marriage - William, b. 6 May 1764, probably died young; Thomas, b. 6 May 1764, married Waite Comstock; Sarah, b. 3 Feb 1766, married Henry Comstock. [Waite and Henry were actually Mary's children by Ezekiel Comstock]

Events

Birth22 Dec 1742
Birth14 May 1744
MarriageAft 24 Mar 1762Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts - Henry Russell
MarriageAft 18 Mar 1765Ezekiel Comstock
Marriage13 Jan 1780Caleb Greene
Death30 Dec 1815Smithfield, Providence County, Rhode Island

Families

SpouseEzekiel Comstock (1733 - 1777)
ChildHenry Comstock (1767 - 1848)
ChildWaite Comstock (1769 - 1820)
ChildHannah Comstock (1772 - )
ChildPhebe Comstock (1777 - 1778)
SpouseCaleb Greene (1737 - 1810)
SpouseHenry Russell (1739 - 1765)