Individual Details
Dr. Ichabod Comstock
(Abt 1734 - 19 Dec 1800)
16 Aug 1749. John Comstock deeded his homestead farm where he was living to sons John, Jonathan, James, Nathan, and Ichabod.
23 Oct 1758 Icahabod said to be under age when John Comstock and Sarah his wife deeded property to Ichabod, a tanner, with his brother Nathan. This would suggest a birthdate a few years later - after 1737 - and make Ichabod the youngest of the family.
20 Apr 1768 Nathan Jones of Gouldsboro, Lincoln Co, Massachusetts [now Maine], deeded to Nathan Comstock of Cumberland RI and Dr. Ichabod Comstock of Smithfield RI, 200 acres in East Hoosuck, Mass.
The Providence Gazette; 20 Dec 1800
Died. At Cumberland, very suddenly, at the house of Capt. Elisha Waterman, yesterday afternoon, Dr. Ichabod Comstock, of Smithfield in the 63rd year of his age. His funeral will be attended on Monday next, at ten o'clock, A.M. at his late dwelling-house.
Inventory of personal property of Dr. Ichabod Comstock was $3880. His son Isaac was administrator of the estate.
Buried at North Burial Ground, Providence with wife Sarah, son Dr. Ephraim with his wife Abigail Dexter, then George W. with his two deceased wives.
Events
| Birth | Abt 1734 | Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island |  | ||
| Marriage | 11 Apr 1760 | Smithfield, Providence County, Rhode Island - Sarah Jenckes | | ||
| Death | 19 Dec 1800 | | |||
| Burial | North Burial Ground, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island |
Families
| Spouse | Sarah Jenckes (1742 - 1815) |
| Child | Dr. Ephraim Comstock (1760 - 1797) |
| Child | Lydia Comstock (1766 - 1832) |
| Child | Isaac Comstock (1769 - 1822) |
| Child | Susan Comstock (1772 - 1800) |
| Child | Patience Comstock (1775 - ) |
| Child | George Washington Comstock (1789 - 1858) |
| Father | John Comstock (1693 - 1749) |
| Mother | Esther Jenckes (1695 - ) |
| Sibling | Samuel Comstock (1715 - 1755) |
| 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 | 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 dob 1734.
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. 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), Family 94 "Ichabod Comstock" 5.
4. Ella Jane Smith, Internet Home Page: Comstock>Smith. Includes Jenks family. Researcher is descendant of Samuel Comstock who married Ann Brown. Aug 1998. (
5. Rhode Island Historical Cemeteries Transcription Project. Online database at