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COMSTOCK, NATHAN, (father of Strong dec'd, of Wilton, Conn.,) m. and had children, (no dates) viz. : Eunice m. General Hicock, and had children. Strong, (see the preceding page,) lived and d. in Norwalk. Samuel, (Major,) m. Mercy Mead, lived and d. in Wilton. His son Samuel now lives in the same domicile his father occupied. Major Samuel was an officer in the war of the Revolution. Mary, m. Mr. Sturges, who lived in Fairfield County, Conn., and in the city of New York, where she d. Sarah, m. Mr. Hanford, of Norwalk, who was a descendant of the first minister of Norwalk.
COMSTOCK, JABEZ, son of Strong and Abigail Westcoat, (his first wife,) m. Amelia Willett, dau'r of Rev. George Oglevie, of Rye, N. Y., and had several prominent sons and daughters. Some of the sons are merchants in New York. Jabez, in early life, settled in the city of New York, where he died, and where his widow and most of his family yet reside.
COMSTOCK, ABIJAH, son of David, m. Deborah Benedict, of Norwalk, May 20, 1745, and had children : Thomas, David, Enoch, b. 1750, Deborah, Ruth and Samuel, all born before 1767 : the father d. in 1807, aged 86 years. ENOCH, b. July 24, 1750, son of Abijah, m. Ann Weed, of Stamford, Dec. 3, 1772, and had children : Abraham, d., RUTH, d., Nancy, Alice, Cephas, LINUS, d., Watts and John. * WATTS, son of Enoch, m. Nancy Hoyt, of New Canaan, October 20, 1819, and had seven sons and two daughters, two sons farmers in California, a son and dau'r in the State of New York. Watts if living is about 64 years old.
COMSTOCK, THOMAS, son of Abijah, of Norwalk, m. first Rebeckah Rockwell, Feb. 22, 1771, and had children : Abijah and Stephen. His wife d. July 3, 1774, and he m. Phebe Sellick, Feb. 1, 1776, and had issue, Nathan, 2d Abijah, Catharine, Phebe, Han- nah and Deborah C., 1799.
COMSTOCK, AARON, m. Anne Hanford, 1774 : children, Thad- deus, Aaron, Jr., 2d Thaddeus, Lucretia, Hannah, Daniel, Anne, b. Feb. 12, 17-, (probably 1791.) These are the Comstocks of Nor- walk in detached families, as far as recorded, descendants of Chris-
* In a letter written by Watts Comstock, of New Canaan, in 1851, to Peter Comstock, of New London County, as to the descendants of Christopher Comstock, he adds :
"P. S. The pen with which this letter is written and which I have used in common for forty years past, was taken from the wing of an eagle, which my father shot eighty-five years ago, and is not half used up now. It was made, and usually repaired, with a Barlowe knife of the same age : so much for antiquity."
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topher. The descendants of Daniel, are mostly in Danbury, and the northerly part of Fairfield County. Those of Samuel in and about Wilton. Those of Moses, in Norwalk, New Canaan, and that vicinity. (Hall, and Norwalk, Fairfield and Milford Records.) Some of the descendants of Christopher sen'r, (who is supposed to have been a Welchman,) removed to the State of New York, and more of their descendants, of a different branch from Jabez, now reside in New York. Christopher sen'r, brought with him from England, his family coat of arms, engraved upon a silver tankard, which descended to Major Samuel, before Samuel d. He gave the pitcher, for preservation, to the church in Wilton, to be used as a part of the articles for communion service, where he supposed, it would be retained as he left it. But the spirit of young America, full of reforms, entered the Wilton church, and the tankard was sent to New York, melted and wrought into a more comely fashion of the day, and the design of the grantor defeated, the coat of arms of the family destroyed and lost, and a rich and beautiful treasure, greatly prized by the descendants, forever lost to the family.
COMSTOCK, WILLIAM, had land in Wethersfield, in 1641. This is the first found of him in Conn. He and John Sadler, def't, for slandering Richard Myles of Windsor, in court at Hartford, in 1644 and 1649, after which he disappeared on the records of Weth- ersfield and Hartford. He is again found (by Miss Caulkins,) at New London, in Nov., 1650, voting upon the subject of co-operating with Mr. Winthrop, to establish a corn mill, and applied for a house lot at New London as early as 1650-1, with John Gallop and others. In 1651, he appears to have become a settled citizen of New London, and wrought at the mill dam, with Tabor and the other inhabitants of New London. He must have passed middle life before he came to Hartford and Wethersfield, for his children were neither of them born there or at N. L. ; and his son Daniel had m. the dau'r of John Elderkin and purchased a farm at N. L. as early as 1664, which his descendants yet occupy. When William had become somewhat advanced in life, Feb. 25, 1661-2, " Old Good- man Comstock," was elected sexton, " to order youth in the meeting- house, sweep the meeting-house and beat out dogs," at 40s. a year ; dig all graves, and have 4s. for a grave for a man or woman, and 2s. for children, to be paid by the survivors. (Sec Caulkins, p. 111.) As early as this, she says, Danicl was at his maturity and received with others, by the men, among the fathers, (p. 143.) In Feb. 1665-6, William's other son, John Comstock, was appointed one of
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the committee of six, to divide the town of Saybrook, and form the town of Lyme, Sept., 1738. Thomas, supposed grandson of William, was mate of a sloop lost at Nevis, under Capt. John Mumford, upset in a hurricane and all perished, (p. 244.) Daniel Comstock was an inhab- itant of New London, Oct. 14, 1704, when the patent of New Lon- don was sanctioned by the Governor and company. Miss Caulkins states, that William Comstock was of New London, as early as 1649, and lived to old age in his house upon Post Hill. That his wife Elizabeth, was aged 55 in 1663, of course b. in 1608, and a for- eigner ; his lands at New London, were inherited by his son Daniel of New London, and William son of his son Jolin dec'd of Lyme. John d. before 1680, as Abigail the widow of John had at this time become the wife of Moses Iluntley, of Lyme. As no other children of William sen'r of New London, are found, he probably had no others than Daniel and John unless Elizabeth. John settled at Lyme, and as stated was one of a committee to set off' Lyme from Saybrook.
DANIEL COMSTOCK m. Paltiah, dau'r of John Elderkin, and had three sons, Daniel, Jr., and eight daughters, who were all baptized by Mr. Bradstreet, in April and Nov., 1671, and Kingsland in 1673, and Samuel in 1677, also Mary, b. April 4, 1685, Ann, b. March, 13, 1686-7. John is supposed the ancestor of the Comstocks of Lyme, and Daniel of those at Montville. Daniel's dau'r Bethia m- Daniel Stebbins. Abigail Comstock, of Lyme, m. William Peak, (sic,) June 24, 1679, who settled in Lyme. I am indebted to the industry of Miss Caulkins for many of the above facts. Daniel settled at Montville, and d. in 1683. John, Jr., William and Samuel, Jr., and John Comstock 3d, had their ear marks at Lyme, in 1738. Daniel sen'r, presented for a freeman of New London, in Oct., 1669. John Comstock sold land to John Larel, in May, 1675. John had land in Lyme, April 2, 1674, and an ear mark the same year, and had children b. in Lyme, viz .: Abigail, b. April 12, 1662; Elizabeth, b. June 9, 1665 ; William, b. Jan. 9, 1669 ; Christian, b. Dec. 11, 1671 ; Hannah, b. Feb. 22, 1673 ; John, b. Sept. 21, 1676, and Samuel, b. July 6, 1678. The death of John, sen'r, is not found, but hi , widow Abigail in 1680, was the wife of Moses Huntly of Lyme.
COMSTOCK, SAMUEL, b. 1678, son of John of Lyme, m. Martha Pratt, July 5, 1705, and settled in Saybrook, and had issue born there, viz., Martha, b. June 2, 1706 ; Samuel, b. Oct. 14, 1709, d. 1709; 2d Samuel, b. March 4, 1711 ; Daniel, b. Sept. 10, 1713 ; Abigail, b. March 11, 1718.
COMSTOCK, CURTIS, of Lyme, grandson of John, m. Esther
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Canfield of Saybrook, Feb. 20, 1755 ; children, John, b. Nov. 2, 1756; Hezekiah, b. Feb. 7, 1759; Esther, b. May 20, 1762; Curtis, Jr., b. Oct. 25, 1764 ; Giles, b. Jan. 3, 1767, and Sarah, b. Feb. 20, 1769.
COMSTOCK, JAMES, of Lyme, m. Thankful Crosby of East Haddam, May 9, 1763, and had issue Ruth, b. April 4, 1766 ; Joab, b. April 4, 1768 ; Elizabeth, b. April 5, 1770. James the father d. July 23, 1773. The name of Samuel Comstock was early at Mont- ville, supposed son of Daniel sen'r. But as the records of New London were many of them destroyed when New London was burned and the evidence of the line of ancestry in a measure impeded as to Daniel's descendants at New London and Montville, I will add a few facts that were noted by an aged man many years since of the Comstocks of Montville. He says, Samuel from New London, son of Daniel, lived in the north part of Montville,-does not give his sons, but gives his grandson Nathaniel, who was an elder there, when called the north parish. He had four sons, viz., Nathaniel, Jr., Jared, Zebulon, and Eliphalet. The last joined the Quakers. The other three remained there. Nathaniel, Jr., had one son Perez, settled in Hartford. Jared had five sons, viz., Samuel and Jared removed to the State of New York, David, Joseph, and one other remained at Montville. John 2d, remained on the old estate, and left sons, James, John 3d, Benjamin, Peter and Daniel. James was killed at the storm- ing Fort Griswold, when about 80 years old, and left three sons, William, James and Jason. His son William settled on Cooper's patent, State of New York, James and Jason remained at Montville. John 3d, m. Polly Lee, sister of Benjamin of Lyme, and had sons, John 4th and Nathan. John 4th, was a Lieutenant in the Revolution and was killed on Long Island, at the orchard fight ; he left three sons-Oliver; Joshua settled in the State of New York ; Elkany, went missionary to Michigan, and settled there soon after the war of 1812, at Pontiac. Oliver son of John 2d of Montville, remained at Mont- ville, and was representative to the legislature, justice, and deacon. Nathan, brother of John, d. young but left sons, Nathan and Asa. Nathan inherited the estate left by his grandfather John. Benjamin left sons, Benjamin and Daniel ; last Benjamin left no issue, but Daniel left sons, Elisha and Daniel, who settled in Montville. Elisha had sons Ebenezer, Alpheus, Jeremiah and Peregrine, all of whom were drowned. Daniel left no sons. Peter died at sea Capt. of a vessel when about 30 years old ; he m. Elizabeth Avery, and left sons, Peter, Ransford, Daniel, and Thomas. Peter who gave these facts, son of Capt. Peter, settled on his father's farm and became a
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Capt. of a company in Lattimer's Regiment, and was stationed at Fort Trumbull, when New London was burned. He left sons, viz., George, Fitch, Peter, Jonathan, Elisha M., and Jeremiah. George and Fitch settled at Independence, Cayuga County, Ohio. Peter and Elisha M. settled in Lyme. Jonathan and Jeremiah settled at Waterford. The last Peter had four sons, Moses W., Peter A., William H. H., and John G. Jonathan had two sons, Maro M., and Isaac. Elisha M. d. and left one son Elisha. Jeremiah d. and left one son Jeremiah A. E. Ransford went to the State of New York, and left sons, Charles, Jesse, Ransford, and Gay. Daniel settled at Shel- burn, in Vermont, had sons, Elisha and Zulure. Thomas went to Vermont and was killed at the battle of Bennington ; he left a son Thomas. I publish these facts as they may aid some one of the name in tracing their ancestry. Dr. J. L. Comstock,* was proba-
* Dr. John Lee Comstock, of Hartford, whose likeness ornaments No. 3 of this work, is the fourth son of the late Samuel Comstock, Esq., of Lyme, Connecticut; who was a respectable farmer, and somewhat noted by his neighbors for his information and strength of mind. The sub- ject of this notice had no other instruction than what he received at a common school in his native town, which at that time consisted in reading, writing and Daboll's Arithmetic. When about 20 years of age, he began the study of medicine with his brother, Joseph Comstock, N. D., of Lebanon, afterwards attending a course of medical lectures at Brown University, R. I. Soon after this he received an appointinent of Assistant Surgeon in the United States Army, in the war of 1812, and with his appointment an order to report himself for duty, to the Comman- der of the 25th Regiment of Infantry at Plattsburgh, New York. Now he found himself in a situation to obtain experience in his profession, for it is well known that Plattsburgh was the scene of one of the most bloody battles of that war, and became the deposit of all the sick and wounded of the frontier Regiments
Often have I heard him describe the heart-rending scenes he passed through. Three hospitals, each containing from twenty to thirty patients, being his share of duty. Perhaps no regiment during that war suffered more than the 25th of Infantry to which he was attached. He served during the war and received his six months extra pay as a disbanded officer. Sufficient evidence in the eye of the Government, that his duty had been faith- fully performed. Dr. Comstock after the close of the war, settled as a medical practitioner in the city of Hartford, where he still resides, and where he married the grand-daughter of Col. Thomas Seymour, whose wife was sister of the lamented Col. Ledyard, so well known in history as the murdered commander of Groton Fort in 1781. About 1828, Dr. Comstock received an honorary degree from Middlebury Col. in Vermont, and during the same year he received a patent from the Government for the solution of and application of India Rubber, for the purpose of making cloth and leather water proof, the first patent granted for that purpose in the United States. Daniel Webster in his speech in the great Goodyear case, alludes to this fact. In 1830, he relinquished his practice of medicine, and became an author by profession. Ilis education was only such as a farmer's son can obtain at the common schools of Connecticut, and yet his works have been almost exclusively on the sciences. We see from the following large list of his popular works, that few authors in any country have ventured to write, and fewer booksellers have ventured to print, so great a variety of treatises as have enianated from the pen of this farmer's son. Em - bracing as they do nearly the whole circle of human sciences. Too great credit can not be given to the author of all these valuable publications. The world is indebted to him for the efficient aid he has rendered the common schools in this country, and also in England and Prussia, where some of them are used in their high and common schools, particularly his Philosophy, of which
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bly descended from the line of Daniel, son of the first William, of New London, by Daniel's son who settled at Montville, as his grand-
over half a million of copies have been sold in this country ; and yet these worky have been written by a man who never had an hour's instruction or explanation from any of the learned professors of the country. What an example to the young men of this country to follow, and how much better for Dr. Comstock himself, than to have rusted out his life in indolence, and died forgotten in an hour, while now his name will live in the future, while the word science is known. Ilow much better for him to have been born with moderate means, than to have been the heir of great wealth, whichi so often buries the brightest talents by dampening all ambition for any employment which requires exertion, and their ambition gratified only by a full moustaches, imitating the monkey more than the noblest work of God. The following list was furnished by the Author, some years since, at the request of George P. Putnam, Esq., of New York, in answer to a circular addressed to American Authors, desiring a list of the names and sizes of their publications, and has been preserved. I here mention some of the useful and important books published by Dr. Comstock of Hartford. In 1825, he published his Grammar of Chemistry, 12 mo. pp. 300, S. G. Goodrich. In 1827, Elements of Mineralogy, pp. 300, S. G. Goodrich. In 1829, Natural History of Quadrupeds, pp. 250, D. F. Robinson. In 1830, Nat- ural History of Birds, 12 mo. pp. 270 each, It has a Quarto Atlas, containing the figures of the Animals. In 1831, Natural Philosophy, pp. 390, D. F. Robinson, publisher. In 1833, Intro- duction to Botany, 12 mo. pp. 455, D. F. Robinson. In 1833, Elements of Chemistry, 12 mo. pp. 420, D. F. Robinson. In 1832, Outlines of Geology, 12 mo. 284, D. F. Robinson. In 1835, Youth's Book of Natural Philosophy, 18 mno. pp. 140. In 1835, Youth's Book of Astronomy, 18 mo. pp. 140, Peirce of Boston. In 1835, Young Chemist, 12 mo. pp. 227, D. F. Robinson. In 1836, Young Botanist, 12 mo. pp. 243, Robinson and Pratt, New York. In 1836, Outlines of Physiology, 12 mo. pp. 313, by the same. In 1836, Common School Philosophy, 12 mo. pp 253, Read and Barber. In 1839, Mathematical and Physical Geography, 12 mo. pp. 300, Brown and Parsons. In 1839, School Astronomy, 12 'mo. pp, 253, Read and Barber. In 1849, History of the Precious Metals, pp. 258, Belknap and Hamersley : and many others. The Natural Philosophy has been the most popular work. The annual sales for several years were from 28 to 30,000 copies,-the whole number sold over half a million. The Chemis- try was next in popularity, the sales about 12,000 annually, 250,000 been sold. His Philosophy has been edited by Prof. Lees of the Military Academy of Edinburgh, also by Prof. Iloblyn, of Oxford, and is now published by John Scott, Charter house Square, London. I believe that Prof. Hoblyn's edition has superseded that of Prof. Lees. It is also said that that work has been translated into German, and used in the public schools of Prussia. The above are the scientific works of the author. His History of Greece, History of the Hindoos, Cabinet of Curiosities, are all useful works to the world, if not lucrative to the Author. His Botany. Chemistry, Geology and Philosophy, have been much enlarged since first published, with new cuts and new matter, as the demand of the times requires. The pages of these works amount to about 8000. Tlis Philosophy, the publisher in London, in order to give it the more circulation, has divided into six parts, under the title of "Scott's first books in science." On the cover of course acknowl- edging the American authority, and on the title pages. This surely is an honor paid to the works of an American Author. The compliments paid to Dr. Comstock as an author, by bis foreign editors, are of the highest and most flattering kind. Says Prof. Lees, " Among the many works on philosophy ; we have certainly not met with one, uniting in a greater degree the two grand requisites of precision and simplicity, than in the work of Dr. Comstock." Says Prof. Hoblyn, " It is an elementary work requiring for its perusal no mathematical attainments. nor indeed any previous knowledge of Natural Philosophy, being at once simple, intelligible, and in most parts familiar." The publishers state that 500.000 copies of it have been sold in this country, besides it England and Germany. The present publishers are Farmer, Brace & Co. (late Pratt, Woodford & Co.,) New York.
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father, Samuel, (says Dr. Smith,) removed from Montville (New London) to Lyme on to the James Rogers place, and d. there, and John Lee, was his grandson, by his son Samuel now deceased.
Samuel Comstock removed from Saybrook to Sharon, Conn., one of the first settlers of Sharon, and was the first collector there, (town settled, 1738.) In 1748, he removed to New Fairfield, (see Sedgwick.) Some of the descendants of Samuel who moved from Sharon to New Fairfield, (Sherman, ) settled at Kent. Samuel, the former deputy sheriff at New Milford, removed there from Kent, and was a grandson of Samuel of New Fairfield, and a descendant of William sen'r of Wethersfield and New London. The name Komstock, is frequently found in Germany, but the name is there uniformly spelled with a K .* Three of this name were early found in Conn., William, Samuel and Christopher Comstock. The Eliza- beth Comstock of Saybrook, who m. Edward Shipton, (Shipman, ) in " the beginning of January, 1651, was probably a dau'r of Wil- liam sen'r of New London, a sister of John of Saybrook and Lyme." In the will of Henry Russell of Weymouth, 1640, or 1643, is this notice of John Comstock. "Further I give and assign vnto Jane my wife, the remainder of time to be served by my servant John Comstock." (His. and Gen. Reg., July number, 1848, p. 263.) This makes four of the name early in New England.
CONANT, LIEUT. EXERCISE, of Windham, and wife Sarah, were at Windham, Conn., about 1697; she d. Dec. 4, 1718; his children probably were born before he came there.
CONANT, JOSIAH, (supposed son of Exercise,) m. Joanna Dimick, Oct. 6, 1709, and had a son Shubael, b. at Windham, July 15, 1711. He removed from Windham to Mansfield, where he per- . haps had other children.
CONANT, CALEB, (supposed son of Exercise,) m. Hannah Crane, Aug. 23, 1714. Issue, Malachi, b. June 12, 1715 ; Benajah, b. Feb. 13, 1716-17 ; Sarah, b. Dec. 20, 1718; Ruth, b. Oct. 28, 1720 ; Mary, b. Jan. 6, 1722-3; Josiah, b. Dec. 9, 1724. His family also removed from Windham to Mansfield.
CONANT, JOSEPH, was one of the first settlers at Stafford, Conn. Roger Conant, perhaps an Episcopal minister, when he came to New England. Exercise his son, was aged about 72 years, in 170> Joshua Conant's Inventory in 1657. (Hist. Reg., Wind- ham and Stafford Record. ) The foregoing Conants are descendants of Roger Conant. Roger Conant of Beverly d. in the 89th year of
* For the armorial bearings of the Comstocks see page 709, post.
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his age, Nov. 19, 1679. He names his children in his will, viz. : Exercise, Lot, Roger, Elizabeth, Mary, wife of William Dodge, Sarah. After he had been planter in New England, as he says " fortie-eight yeers and vpward," he petitioned the General Court of Massachusetts, to change the name of his town from " Beverly to Budleigh," (Budleigh the town famed as the birth-place of Sir Walter Raleigh,) for the reason that the town was nicknamed " Beggarly." (See Hist. Reg., Oct., 1848.)
CONANT, CHRISTOPHER, of Plymouth, 1623. Roger Conant, b. at Budleigh in Devonshire, April, 1591, supposed son of Richard and Agnes, brother of Dr. John Conant of Exeter College. His grand- father John Conant, descended from Gittesham, near Horriton, origi- nally of French extraction ; came to New England, 1623, lived at Plymouth, Nantasket, Cape Ann and Salem, and built the first house there about 1626; admitted freeman 1631; Representative to the first General Court, 1634; a worthy and useful character, and d. at Beverly, Nov. 19, 1679, aged 88. Joshua, who d. at Salem 1659 ; Lot Conant, b. 1624, one of the founders of the church in Beverly, 1667, in Marblehead, 1674; probably sons of Roger Conant. Roger, son of the preceding, was the first child b. in Salem, and had 20 acres of land granted to him on that account, Jan., 1640. (See Far., Gibbs, Coffiin, Felt's Annals of Salem.) Five of this name had gradu- ated at Yale College, 1776, four at Dartmouth, four at Harvard in 1829, and two at Brown University in 1819. CONANT one coat of arms, (borne by the late Sir Nathaniel Conant, Knight. )
CONDY, WILLIAM, was propounded to the General Court of Connecticut, for a freeman at New London, October 14, 1669. He first was at New London, in 1663, with Samuel Chester from Boston, engaged in the West India trade, as commanders, owners, &c. ; had a warehouse &c., on Close Cove, (Caulkins, p. 145.) Mr. Condy was at New London, in the controversy between the towns of New London and Lyme, as to the ownership of Black Point, and the western bound of New London, and after June 26, 1668, Mr. Condy, Mr. Palmes, and Mr. Prentis, were intrusted by the town, with the charge of the affair, but not with power to settle the bound- ary line, variant from the ancient grant of the Court, and particu- larly to recover Black Point, of which they claimed they had been wrongfully deprived by the people of "Seabrook." Mr. Condy, or Capt. Condy, proves his standing in New London, in 1668, by the confidence placed in him named above. Mr. Condy m. Mary Parker, dau'r of Ralph of Boston, about 1663, (Caulkins, p. 306.)
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