Individual Details

Elizabeth Buffum

(26 Jun 1709 - Aft Feb 1783)



Death of Elizabeth is given as 1768 in the Comstock books. However, she was administrator for the estate of her husband Daniel Comstock who died Dec 22, 1768. Then, she is listed in the Southwick book as second wife of Jonathan, "widow Elizabeth Comstock, nee Buffum, widow of Daniel Comstock" . She was still living when Jonathan Southwick wrote his will 21 Feb 1783.

Jonathan Southwick wrote Will 21 Feb 1783. "I give and bequeath to Elizabeth Southwick, my wife, all and everything whatsoever that she brought with her into my estate, together with all the rents now due upon and for her right and privilege in and unto her first husband's estate, according to an agreement that she and I made before our marriage; and further my will is, and I hereby direct and order my two sons John Southwick and Zacheus Southwick (by first wife), for and in consideration of the larger part of my estate herein willed unto them for the intent and on account of their paying our sundry sums to divers of my family, to render and deliver unto her my said wife the following articles in the manner and proportion hereafter expressed, viz: The said John Southwick to render and deliver to her six bushels of merchantable Indian corn yearly during her life, and that the said Zacheus render and deliver to her twenty pounds of merchantable fresh pork yearly during her life, or in other articles to that value as she and the said John and Zacheus may agree, which as I judge it a reasonable and sufficient maintenance, do make no further provision for her."
George Comstock was one of the witnesses to this will.

Rhode Island History, 1878
States that Elizabeth had brothers, Joseph and Benjamin Buffum.

Events

Birth26 Jun 1709
Marriage2 Aug 1750DANIEL COMSTOCK
MarriageAft 1775Jonathan Southwick
DeathAft Feb 1783

Families

SpouseDANIEL COMSTOCK (1686 - 1768)
SpouseJonathan Southwick (1697 - 1786)
FatherBenjamin Buffum ( - 1748)
MotherElizabeth [BUFFUM] ( - 1764)
SiblingJoseph Buffum ( - 1796)

Endnotes

1. John Adams Comstock of Del Mar, California, A History and Genealogy of the Comstock Family in America, (Los Angeles, CA: The Commonwealth Press, Inc., 1949), p. 14.

2. Mary Jane Comstock, Compiler; Comstock-Haggard and Allied Families; (Chicago: Adams Press, 1973).

3. 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), Smithfield Record of Friends. Marriages. p.165.

4. Rootsweb or USGenWeb Online Sources or .

5. James M. Caller & Mrs. M. A. Ober, Descendants of Lawrence and Cassandra Southwick of Salem, Mass. (Salem, MA: J.H.Choate & Co., Printers, 1881), Jonathan Southwick 4.

6. John Adams Comstock of Del Mar, California, A History and Genealogy of the Comstock Family in America, (Los Angeles, CA: The Commonwealth Press, Inc., 1949), p. 14 "1768".

7. James M. Caller & Mrs. M. A. Ober, Descendants of Lawrence and Cassandra Southwick of Salem, Mass. (Salem, MA: J.H.Choate & Co., Printers, 1881), #87 Jonathan Southwick.