Individual Details
Ezekiel Comstock
(1 May 1733 - 6 Jul 1777)
Martha was of Gloucester. Married by Thomas Arnold, Justice. There was one child by Martha, named for her mother.
1755. Ezekiel was listed as a freeman, Smithfield. He was also a Justice and performed marriages 1761-63.
Ezekiel's will named his second wife Mary, minor son Henry and daughters Martha (dau of first wife), Wait, Hannah & Phebe, all of when were under age. It was dated in Smithfield, 2 Jul 1777, proved 15 Sep that year at Smithfield.
Events
Birth | 1 May 1733 | ||||
Marriage | 30 Jun 1757 | Smithfield, Providence County, Rhode Island - Martha Arnold | |||
Marriage | Aft 18 Mar 1765 | Mary Brayton | |||
Death | 6 Jul 1777 | Smithfield, Providence County, Rhode Island |
Families
Spouse | Martha Arnold (1741 - 1759) |
Child | Martha Comstock (1759 - ) |
Spouse | Mary Brayton (1744 - 1815) |
Child | Henry Comstock (1767 - 1848) |
Child | Waite Comstock (1769 - 1820) |
Child | Hannah Comstock (1772 - ) |
Child | Phebe Comstock (1777 - 1778) |
Father | Hazadiah Comstock (1682 - 1764) |
Mother | Martha Balcom (1714 - 1794) |
Sibling | Anne Comstock (1731 - 1795) |
Sibling | Phebe Comstock (1735 - 1740) |
Sibling | Rufus Comstock (1738 - 1740) |
Sibling | Martha Comstock (1742 - 1779) |
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.20.
2. James N. Arnold, Vital Records of Rhode Island 1636-1850.. Birth, Marriages & Deaths (3 Volumes) (Narragansett Historical Publishing Co c1892), Vol. 3 Smithfield - Marriages p.27.
3. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register (The New England Historic & Genealogical Society) Online at www.NewEnglandAncestors.org., 1992, Vol. 146, p.346.