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There is something very wrong with the dates concerning Ruth and her children in the old Comstock books. She is given as the mother of all the children and said to have remarried after the death of John Comstock in 1790. Yet she is given a birth of ca 1724 and the couple married in 1746. If she was born in 1724, then several of the children were born when she was well into her 50's, maybe even 60's, which seems highly unlikely.

I believe that Ruth Comstock died some earlier and that before 1780, John had married Ruth Aldrich.

This record would seem to be contradictory but perhaps there is an error in the transcription because I do believe Wanton was a son of Ruth, nee Comstock, the first wife.
Ruth Comstock, widow, and Wanton, her son, presented John's inventory 21 Jun 1790.
Does this record actual state that Wanton was Ruth's son, or does it say he was a son of the deceased? I believe John Jr. and Wanton to have been the eldest of the sons - however, they were born at least ten years after the marriage of Ruth Comstock to her cousin John. Zibiah may have been older and there may have been other children never identified.

Birth	20 Jan 1723/24	Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island
Marriage	19 Jan 1746/47	Smithfield, Providence County, Rhode Island - John Comstock

Spouse	John Comstock (1724 - 1790)
Child	Zibiah Comstock (1750 - 1820)
Child	Nancy Comstock ( - 1795)
Child	John Comstock (1755 - )
Child	Wanton Comstock (1760 - 1833)

Father	Ichabod Comstock (1696 - 1775)
Mother	Zibiah Wilkinson (1702 - 1747)
Sibling	Elizabeth Comstock (1725 - )
Sibling	Ichabod Comstock (1727 - 1800)
Sibling	Zibiah Comstock (1729 - )
Sibling	Abraham Comstock (1734 - 1757)
Sibling	Jonathan Comstock (1737 - 1785)