Individual Details
Samuel Comstock
(Abt 1715 - 16 Jan 1755)
The Early Records of the Town of Providence
Vol. IX, p.73 8 Nov 1737. Subscribers to lay out a highway from Plainffield Roade to Pautuxett Road included Samuel Comstock. Samuel who married Elizabeth Arnold and his son Samuel died in 1727. [This Samuel would have been about 22 years of age and appears to be the only one available to serve.]
Samuel Comstock appeared on a list of freemen, Providence, 1747
Buried North Burial Grounds, Providence.
Events
| Birth | Abt 1715 | Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island |  | ||
| Marriage | 1 Jan 1738 | Anna Brown | | ||
| Death | 16 Jan 1755 | |
Families
| Spouse | Anna Brown (1719 - 1776) |
| Child | Jesse Comstock (1740 - 1776) |
| Child | Jeremiah Comstock (1742 - 1817) |
| Child | Martha Comstock (1744 - 1802) |
| Child | Mary Comstock (1745 - 1768) |
| Child | Benjamin Comstock (1747 - 1828) |
| Child | Joseph Comstock (1749 - 1794) |
| Father | John Comstock (1693 - 1749) |
| Mother | Esther Jenckes (1695 - ) |
| Sibling | John Comstock (1716 - 1813) |
| Sibling | Joseph Comstock ( - 1800) |
| Sibling | Jonathan Comstock ( - 1800) |
| Sibling | Jeremiah Comstock (1729 - 1791) |
| Sibling | Esther Comstock (1727 - 1785) |
| Sibling | James Comstock (1733 - 1791) |
| Sibling | Dr. Ichabod Comstock (1734 - 1800) |
| Sibling | Nathan Comstock (1735 - 1816) |
Endnotes
1. Cyrus B. Comstock, Editor, A Comstock Genealogy; Descendants of William Comstock of New London, Conn. who died after 1662. Ten Generations (New York: The Knickerbocker Press, 1907) Now available online at FamilySearch Books https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE529637, p.22.
2. Ella Jane Smith, Internet Home Page: Comstock>Smith. Includes Jenks family. Researcher is descendant of Samuel Comstock who married Ann Brown. Aug 1998. (
3. Almon D. Hodges, Jr., Editor; Presented by Amory G. Hodges and Almon D. Hodges, Jr., Almon Danforth Hodges and His Neighbors: An Autobiographical Sketch of a Typical Old New Englander (Boston, MA: Privately Printed., 1909), Family Life in Providence p.211-215.
4. Genealogies of Rhode Island Families 1600s-1800s,, Vol I (Family Tree Maker CD ROM #180).
5. Ella Jane Smith, Internet Home Page: Comstock>Smith. Includes Jenks family. Researcher is descendant of Samuel Comstock who married Ann Brown. Aug 1998. (
6. Rhode Island Historical Cemeteries Transcription Project. Online database at