Individual Details

From The Comstock Family in America, p.131-2. Solomon Comstock was born Smithfield RI, Oct 30, 1775; died Argyle, Maine, april 15, 1852; married (1st) Saratoga Co, NY, Elizabeth and separated from his wife (her family name unrecorded) after having four children; married (2nd) at Thomaston, ME, Mar 15, 1806, Rebecca Robinson, b. St. George, ME, Oct 6, 1785; d. April 7, 1843.
Solomon Comstock went to Thomaston, ME, about 1800; moved to Comstock's Point in wht is now Edinburgh, ME, in 1811 or 1812, and was one of the peioneers on the Penobscot above Old Town. He moved to Argyle, ME in 1817. Trandition records that he was a giant in stature and a typical lumberman.

1800 Census. Burlington, Otsego, NY
Solomon Comstock, 2 males under 10, 1 male 26-45. 1 female under 1, 1 female 26-45 and 1 female over 45.

1820 Census. Penobscot, Maine
Solomon Cumstock, 3 males under 10, 1 male 10-16, 1 male 26-45. 1 female under 10. 1 female 26-45

1840 Census. Argyle Plantation, Penobscot, Maine
Solomon Comstock, 1 male under 5, 1 male 5-10, 1 male 10-15, 1 male 15-20, 3 maled 20-30, 1 male 60-70
1 female under 5, 3 females 15-20, 1 female 20-30, 1 female 50-60.

1850 Census. Argyle, Penobscot Co ME, Hh 29
Solomon Comstock, age 74, Farmer, b. RI
Gilman, age 22, b. in Maine
A. J., age 19, b. Maine

Buried Hemlock Cemetery, Greenbush, Maine.