Individual Details
Martha Balcom
(23 May 1714 - 6 May 1794)
Martha Comstock's will was dated 30 May 1784 and proved 14 May 1794. She made bequests to grandson Laban, son of Joseph Comstock, deceased; to grandson Anthony, son of Anthony, deceased; to grandson Henry, son of Ezekiel, deceased; and to three children of Ezekiel - Henry, Waite and Hannah; to daughter Anne, wife of Joseph Comstock, to the three children of daughter Martha Staple, deceased, who were Sylvania Whipple wife of Asa, Martha Randall wife of Eleazar, and Diana Staples.
Providence, RI, Weekly Newspaper
17 May 1794
Died. At Smithfield, on the 6th instant, Mrs. Martha Comstock, Widow of the late Mr. Hezediah Comstock, in the 80th Year of her Age.
Events
| Birth | 23 May 1714 |  | |||
| Marriage | 10 Aug 1730 | Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island - Hazadiah Comstock | | ||
| Death | 6 May 1794 | |
Families
| Spouse | Hazadiah Comstock (1682 - 1764) |
| Child | Anne Comstock (1731 - 1795) |
| Child | Ezekiel Comstock (1733 - 1777) |
| Child | Phebe Comstock (1735 - 1740) |
| Child | Rufus Comstock (1738 - 1740) |
| Child | Martha Comstock (1742 - 1779) |
| Father | Joseph Balcom (1682 - 1733) |
| Mother | Phebe [BALCOM] ( - ) |
| Sibling | Phebe Balcom ( - ) |
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.19.
2. James N. Arnold, Vital Records of Rhode Island 1636-1850. Births, Marriages, and Deaths. Vol VII. Friends and Ministers (Narragansett Historical Publishing Company. Providence, R.I. c1895), p.186 Smithfield Friends Record - Births & Deaths.
3. Mary Jane Comstock, Compiler; Comstock-Haggard and Allied Families; (Chicago: Adams Press, 1973).
4. James N. Arnold, Vital Records of Rhode Island 1636-1850.. Birth, Marriages & Deaths (3 Volumes) (Narragansett Historical Publishing Co c1892), Vol.2 Providence - Marriages p.46.
5. 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.19.