Individual Details
Col. Adam Comstock
(18 Jan 1740 - 10 Apr 1819)
Served as Lt. Col. in Col. Christopher Greene's Rhode Island Regiment. In the battle at Red Bank, NJ Oct 22, 1777, the commanding officer was wounded and Comstock took command and won the battle. Was at Valley Forge, Dec of 1777.
Found in "Historical Register of Officers of the Continental Army During the War of the Revolution" by Francis B. Heitman, c1914; p.166: Comstock, Adam (RI) Major of Babcock's RI State Regt, 15 Jan 1776; Lt Col 19 Aug 1776; Lt Col 1st Rhode Island 1 Jan 1777 - Apr 1778.
Moved about 1780 to Saratoga Co NY. "Connecticut Puritan Settlers" by Royal R. Hinman
Col. Adam was for many years Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, Saratoga County, NY. All but his youngest child (he had 17) were born in Warwick, RI
"Marriage and Death Notices from The National Intelligencer", Washington, D.C. 1800-1850, by George A. Martin and Frank J. Metcalf; National Genealogical Society, Washington, D.C., 1976, p.141
1819
COMSTOCK, Col. Adam, aged 80, a Revolutionary patriot, died May 10 in Saratoga Co, N.Y. He early entered the field on the side of the colonies. He was soon promoted by General Washington to a Colonel. At the signal victory of the Red Bank, he was the officer of the day, and alternately commanded with General Samuel Smith of Md. in the gallant affair at Mud Fort. (May 12.)
Alexander, son listed here, was the 17th and youngest child of Adam and Margaret.
Events
| Birth | 18 Jan 1740 | Smithfield, Providence County, Rhode Island |  | ||
| Marriage | 10 Apr 1763 | Cranston, Providence County, Rhode Island - Margaret MacGregor | | ||
| Military | 1776 | Lt. Col. in Col. Christopher Greene's Rhode Island Regiment, Revolutionary War | |||
| Death | 10 Apr 1819 | South Corinth, Saratoga County, New York | |
Families
| Spouse | Margaret MacGregor (1745 - 1807) |
| Child | William Comstock (1765 - 1795) |
| Child | Alexander McGregor Comstock (1788 - 1854) |
| Child | Gideon Comstock (1769 - 1804) |
| Father | Gideon Comstock (1709 - 1801) |
| Mother | Ruth Arnold (1723 - 1748) |
| Sibling | Alpha Comstock (1742 - ) |
| Sibling | Ruth Comstock (1744 - 1747) |
| Sibling | True Comstock (1746 - ) |
Endnotes
1. James N. Arnold, Vital Records of Rhode Island 1636-1850.. Birth, Marriages & Deaths (3 Volumes) (Narragansett Historical Publishing Co c1892), Vol. 3 Smithfield - Births & Deaths p.95.
2. 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 203.
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 203.