Individual Details
Joseph Jesse "Captain Joe" Comstock
(12 Feb 1811 - 16 Aug 1868)
Commander in the Collins Lines. Captain of the "Baltic" and the "Adriatic" Said to have delivered the "Dunderberg" (an iron-clad warship not completed in time to use in the Civil War) to France.
From History of the State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations: Biographical; The America Historical Society, Inc. 1920
P. 424-425 "Richard Borden Comstock"
Captain Joseph Jesse Comstock, son of Captain Jesse Comstock, bore general reputation as one of the most able masters and navigators of his day. One of his sons, Captain Charles Cook Comstock, was captain of the steamer, 'Golden Gate', and died in Panama in 1873.
Events
| Birth | 12 Feb 1811 | Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island |  | ||
| Marriage | 5 May 1837 | New York City, New York - Maria S. Taber | | ||
| Death | 16 Aug 1868 | New York City, New York | | ||
| Marriage | Ellen Cowin/Cowley | |
Families
| Spouse | Ellen Cowin/Cowley (1815 - 1837) |
| Child | Joseph Comstock (1836 - 1837) |
| Spouse | Maria S. Taber (1814 - 1911) |
| Child | Joseph Jesse Comstock ( - 1903) |
| Child | Charles Cook Comstock ( - 1873) |
| Child | Ellen Comstock (1842 - 1867) |
| Child | Emma Russell Comstock ( - ) |
| Child | Frank Comstock ( - ) |
| Child | Franklin Hallett Comstock (1848 - 1849) |
| Child | Adelaide Howard Comstock (1849 - 1918) |
| Child | Frederick Hunter Comstock (1850 - 1912) |
| Child | Amelia Townsend Comstock (1852 - 1907) |
| Child | Richard Borden Comstock (1854 - 1923) |
| Father | Jesse Comstock (1777 - 1821) |
| Mother | Ann Weeden (1791 - 1862) |
| Sibling | Benjamin Weeden Comstock (1808 - 1850) |
| Sibling | William Weeden Comstock (1813 - 1854) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Ann Comstock (1815 - 1866) |
| Sibling | Jesse Comstock (1820 - 1840) |
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), Genealogy Library Online. Family 516.
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), Genealogy Library Online. Family 996.
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), Genealogy Library Online. Family 516.
4. 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), Genealogy Library Online. Family 996.