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1. Benjamin, b. Sept. 30, 1762; lived in Brookfield, Vt., &c .; m. Hopkins.
2. Lucretia, b. 1764 ; d. Sept. 12, 1767, aged 3 years and 9 mo.
3. Daniel, b. July 7, 1767; was liberally educated ; d. south in 1816; had lived in Hartford.
4. Second Lucretia, b. 1769 ; d. Jan. 7, 1771.
5. Ethalinda, b. July 23, 1771 ; m. J. Dudley Selden.
6. Ame, or Amy, b. Feb. 7, 1773; m. Moses Porter, of Hadley
7. Betsey, b. Sept. 1, 1774 ;
8. Third Lucretia, b. Nov. 25, 1776; 3 m. Foot and Price.
9. Elisha, b. June 12, 1778 ; d. in Hadley.
10. Christopher, b. Aug. 31, 1780 ; was a highly respectable merchant at Hart- ford, (agent at Ware, &c.) He was twice m. All his children now living,
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were by his first wife. He was the father of Col. Samuel Colt, the ingenious inventor of Colt's revolver, a most useful firearm, and the father of Judge Colt, of St. Louis, Missouri. The father, Christopher, d. a few years since. His second wife is yet living in Hartford.
COLT, JAMES DANIELSON, m. a dau'r of Deacon Ely, of Lyme, and had two sons and a dau'r. His wife d. and he m. a dau'r of Col. Williams, of Pittsfield, Mass., and had ten children living there.
COLT, JABEZ, of Lyme, m. -- Watrous, of Lyme. She d. and her children also in early life, and he m. a dau'r of Dr. Mix, of New Haven, where he then resided, and had four sons and one dau'r. About the close of the Revolutionary War, he sold his property at N. Haven, and removed to Richmond, Mass. His two oldest sons, Jabez and Samuel, m. and settled at Pittsfield.
John and Joseph Colt were farmers. Harris, Benjamin, James and Jabez Colt were axe and scythe makers in connection with hus- bandry.
COLT, HON. PETER, the youngest son of one of the Benja- min's, graduated at Yale College in 1764. When the war of the Revolution broke out, he engaged in the civil department of the army as deputy quarter-master-general for the eastern department ; then as assistant commissary-general with the rank of colonel, and was attached to the French army. His nephew, Hon. Elisha Colt, (who was afterward comptroller of the state,) served with him as assistant, while he was attached to the French army in Rhode Island. Dur- ing the war, Hon. Peter and Elisha Colt were important and efficient pillars in the great strife for liberty in this country. Peter was sev- eral years treasurer of the state. He afterward, in 1793, removed to Paterson, N. Jersey, and from thence to Rome, N. Y., where he died. While he lived in N. Haven, he m. a dau'r of Daniel Lyman, by whom he had children, viz .: Roswell L., Sally, Catherine, John, Mary and Richard. Roswell L. and John settled at Paterson, N. J.
Most of the facts regarding the Colts, of Lyme, are collected from an aged man of that branch. The following are the descendants of the branch of Jabez, by his son John, born at Windsor in 1703, and settled in Harwinton in 1740.
COLT, JOHN, son of Jabez, b. 1703, removed and settled at Harwinton as early as 1740, (perhaps m. a Higley,) and had issue, Anne, b. June 24, 1734, d .; Jonathan Higley Colt, b. Oct. 13, 1735 ; second Anne, b. May 6, 1737.
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COLT, LEVI, had a dau'r Mary T., b. March 22, 1741. Noth_ ing more is found of Levi ; perhaps d.
COLT, JONATHAN H., m. Mary Tuttle, Oct. 13, 1761. Issue, John, b. Sept. 9, 1762; Eliphalet, b. Feb. 12, 1764; Anson, b. July 19, 1766 ; Abel, b. March 4, 1769; Truman, b. Jan. 13, 1771 ; Millicent, b. Jan. 1, 1773 ; Rhoda, b. Jan. 11, 1775 ; Sally, b. Oct. 3, 1776 ; Polly, b. Dec. 20, 1778 ; Huldah, b. Aug. 7, 1780; Electa, b. April 15, 1785, b. at Harwinton.
COLT, JOHN, son of Jonathan, m. Ruth Gilbert, and had issue, Belinda, John, Jr., Gilbert, Lyman, Riley, Wolcott, Elias, second Elias.
COLT, ELIPHALET, son of Jonathan, b. 1764, was a doctor. He m. Huldah Adams, and had children.
COLT, ANSON, b. 1766, son of Jonathan, m. Cloe Gillett, and had children, Nancy, Anson, Jun., Cloe, Charlotte and Henry.
COLT, ABEL, or ALLEN, b. 1769, m. Mary Webster, and had children, Cloe, Abel, Jun., and Amos.
COLT, TRUMAN, son of Jonathan, b. 1771, m. 1. Ann Forbes. Issue, Willis F., Anson and Truman. After the death of his wife he m. Widow Anna Pardee, of New Haven, and resided at East Haven a few years.
COLT, MILLICENT, dau'r of Jonathan, b. 1773, m. Ruel Grid- ley, and had Clarissa, Fanny, Amos, Ann, Rhoda, Betsey and Ruel.
COLT, RHODA, b. 1775, dau'r of Jonathan, m. Benj'n Hopkins and had Joel, Polly, Malissa, Rebecca, Chester and Maria.
COLT, SALLY, b. 1776, m. Darias Wilson, and had Darius, Jun., and other children by a second husband.
COLT, POLLY, b. 1778, m. Mr. Williamson, and had issue, James, Riley and one other.
COLT, HULDAH, dau'r of Jonathan, b. 1780, m. Silas Gridley, Jun., and had issue, Eliza, Sally, Belinda, Silas R. and Mary. Electa, b. 1785, m. Mr. Crane, and had no children.
These are the descendants of John Colt, who went from Windsor and settled in Harwinton, where some of his descendants are yet found, (as far as collected.)
Coats of arms .- COLT, (Westminster ; since of Leominster, co. Hereford, Bart.) 1; ar. a fesse, betw. three colts in full speed sa. Crest, a colt as in the arms. Motto, Vincit qui patitur.
COLT, or Cault, (Canterbury, 1613,) 1; Colt, (Essex, ) 1 ; Colt, (Colt Hall, co. Suffolk, 1587,) 1; Colt, (as borne by John Hamilton Colt, of Garthshire, co. Lanark, Esq., son of the late Robert Colt, Esq.,) one.
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Two of this name graduated at Yale College before 1834. Dan- iel Colt, at Harvard, 1786 ; four at Williams College.
Thomas Adkins had a son Josias. This Josias m. Joanna -- , and soon after d. His widow, Joanna, m. for her second husband, Benj'n Colt, of East Hartford, and had a dau'r Lucy. This Lucy Colt m. Josiah Gilman. She d. April 29, 1793, aged 74, at East Hartford.
COLT, HENRY, m. Sara Rusco, Dec. 10, 1646 ? who was he ? COLT, WILLIAM, and his wife Alice, had children, viz .: Eliz- abeth, b. April, 1653 ; John, b. Feb., 1654 ; Mary, b. Feb., 1656, and Jonathan, b. Feb., 1658. Whose son was this Wm .? or should the births and other dates be in the 17th century ? or was he the William Colt, admitted freeman at Salem in 1648, mentioned by Farmer ?
COLTON, GEORGE, (called quarter-master on the Suffield rec- ord,) was at Springfield, Mass., as early as 1644. He was the first of the name known to the writer in N. England, and the ancestor of the Coltons of Massachusetts and Connecticut. He was located at (Masacksick) Longmeadow, in Springfield, soon after 1644, and a worthy, respectable settler. He represented the town at the Gen. Court in 1669. In 1670, he, with Capt. John Pynchon, Benjamin Cooley, Lieut. Thomas Cooper, Rowland Thomas and Capt. Elizur Holyoke, were appointed a committee to lay out lots, organize and sell the lands in the new plantation, (of Suffield,) by the Gen. Court of Mass. March 20, 1671-2, the general committee appointed Lieut. Thomas Cooper, and Quarter-master George Colton, to lay out and establish the bounds of Suffield ; and Charles Ffery, Joseph Leonard, Samuel and Joseph Harmon, were appointed to attend the committee in establishing the bounds. In the year 1722, fifty acres of land were laid out in Suffield to the assigns of said George, then de- ceased. Quarter-master Geo. Colton d. 1699, and his wife d. Sept., 1689. His wife was Deborah Gardiner, by whom he had children, viz .: Isaac, Ephraim, Mary, Thomas, Sarah, Deborah, Hepsibah, John and Benjamin.
COLTON, THOMAS, son of Quarter master George, was b. May 11, 1651; m. Sarah Griswold, of Lyme, Sept. 11, 1677, and settled at Springfield, (Longmeadow,) Mass., where he d. September, 1728, aged 77 years. His wife, Sarah, d. Sept. 12, 1690. The town of Springfield voted, Nov. 30, 1693, to send Capt. Thomas Colton and Serg't Luke Hitchcock, to the Bay, to procure a minister to preach the word of God to the town, &c. They had children, Sarah, b.
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Sept. 25, 1678, Anna, Thomas, Jun., Benj'n, Eliz'h and Mathew Thomas, Sen., m. for second wife, Hannah Bliss, dau'r of L. Bliss, of Springfield, Dec. 17, 1691, and had children, Hepzibah, William, Ebenezer, Joseph, Isaac, Hannah, Dinah and Abner.
COLTON, ISAAC, son of George, Sen., m. Mary Cooper, of Springfield, and had children, viz .: George, Joseph, Benjamin, Mary, b. March 30, 1671 ; Sarah, b. Jan. 11, 1673 ; Rebeckah, Deborah and Hannah.
COLTON, EPH'M, 2d, son of Quarter-master George, m. Miss Drake, and had sons Eph'm, Jun., Samuel and Job. His wife d., and he m. for his second wife, Esther Marshall, and had children, Joseph, Benj'n, Daniel, Isaac, Nathaniel, Noah, Thomas, Esther, Sarah, Margaret and Mary.
COLTON, EPH'M, JUN., son of Eph'm, m. Margaret Noble, of Westfield, Mass .; and children, Eph'm 3d, m. Sarah Burt ; Job, d. young ; Mary, d. single ; Samuel, m. Mary Store ; Deborah, m. Store ; Jerusha, m. David Burt; Damaris, never m .; Hannah, m. Stephen Keep.
COLTON, WM., son of Thomas and Hannah, was b. July 7, 1694 ; m. Mary Merrick, of Springfield, Jan. 24, 1717; lived at Longmeadow. He d. Dec. 4, 1770, aged 76 years. Mary, his · wife, d. June 5, 1767, aged 73. Children, Aaron, Ann, Mary, Ruth, Abigail, Loice, Eunice, Mariam and Israel.
COLTON, AARON, (son of Wm. and Mary,) was b. June 13, 1718 ; m. Mary, dau'r of Jonathan and Lydia Ely, Nov. 17, 1746; lived at Longmeadow. Aaron d. June 28, 1778, aged 60. Mary, his wife, d. Nov. 21, 1797, aged 78 years ; had children, Israel, Lovisa, Mary, Wm., Mary, Aaron, second Mary and Walter.
COLTON, ISRAEL, (son of Aaron and Mary,) b. Sept. 12, 1747, m. Martha Wright, dau'r of Elnathan and Mary, of North- ampton, Nov. 29, 1775; lived at Longmeadow ; he d. May 26, 1818, aged 71. Martha, his wife, d. April 14, 1829, aged 82 years. Issue : Martha, Miranda, Israel, Aaron, Horace, Nancy, Warham and Sylvia.
COLTON, LOVISA, (dau'r of Aaron and Mary,) b. Nov. 26, 1749, m. Tilly Merrick, of West Springfield, and settled there. She d. March 18, 1828, in her 79th year. Her husband d. Aug. 31, 1835, aged 92. Children, Parnel, Lucinda, Aaron, Daniel, Tilly and Lovisa.
COLTON, WM., son of Aaron and Mary, was b. Jan. 6, 1754 ; m. Hannah, dau'r of Ebenezer Colton, Oct. 7, 1777; settled at
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Longmeadow, in Springfield. He d. May 6, 1825, in his 72d year. Wife Hannah d. Oct. 9, 1808, in her 58th year. Issue : Wm. Mer- rick, Adolphus, Hannah, Rodolphus, Sophronia and Jeduthan.
COLTON, AARON, Jun., (son of Aaron and Mary,) b. Dec. 5, 1758, m. Elizabeth Olmsted, dau'r of Ashbel and Hannah, of East Hartford, Conn., April 5, 1787, and settled in Hartford, Conn. He d. June 4, 1840, in his 82d year. Elizabeth, his wife, d. Nov. 16, 1831, aged 69 years. Children, Laura, Elizabeth, Anson and Na- than. Some of this family now reside at Hartford. Anson is a bachelor, and Nathan has an only child, a daughter, of Hartford.
COLTON, MARY, dau'r of Aaron and Mary, b. Feb. 28, 1761, m. Simeon Smith, of W. Springfield, Mass., and settled there; d. May 16, 1832, aged 71. Children : Polly, Rodolphus, Preston, Al- mira, Lucinda, Olive, Simeon, second Simeon, Safiah and William.
COLTON, WALTER, son of Aaron and Mary, b. Aug. 25, 1764, m. Thankful Cobb, dau'r of John and Susannah Cobb, of Ben- nington, Vt., 1793, and settled in Georgia, Vt. Thankful, his wife, d. June 7, 1843, aged 72. Children, Harvey, Susannah, Walter, Jun., was chaplain in the navy, Quintus Curtius, Wm., Addison E., Hannah, John, Aaron M., Luther Calvin, Quincy Gardiner.
*COLTON, REV. BENJAMIN, of W. Hartford, was the fifth son of Ephraim, and grandson of Quarter-master George, of Spring- field, Mass. He graduated at Yale College, with John Bliss, the only graduates of Yale in 1710. He d. in 1759, aged 69, and Bliss d. 1741. (See Catalogue of Y. C.) Mr. Colton settled the first minister at West Hartford, Feb. 24, 1713, and d. there March 1. He continued their minister about forty-four years. He m. Ruth
* Rev. Benjamin Colton, the first ordained pastor at West Hartford, was ordained Feb. 24, 1713. The elders who assisted were Rev. Timothy Woodbridge, Tho's Buckingham, of Hart- ford, Rev. Samuel Whitman, of Farmington, and Timothy Woodbridge, of Simsbury. Rev. Nath'l Hooker, Jun., was the second ordained minister at W. Hartford, Dec. 21, 1757. The elders who assisted were Rev. Elnathan Whitman, Edward Dorr and Eliphalet Williams, of Hart- ford, Rev. Ebenezer Booge and Timothy Pitkin, of Farmington, Hezekiah Bissell, of Wintonbury, and Joshua Belding, of Newington. He d. of consumption, June 11, 1770, aged 32. Rev. Na- than Perkins, D. D., was the third ordained minister at West Hartford, ordained Oct. 14, 1772. The elders who assisted were Rev. Elnathan Whitman, Hezekiah Bissel, Eliphalet Williams. Joseph Perry, Wm. Russell, Timothy Pitkin, Joshua Belding, George Colton, John Staples and Andrew Lee. Fourth, Rev. Caleb S. Henry was installed colleague pastor with Nathan Perkins, D. D., June 12, 1833. Fiftlı, Edward W. Andrews, ordained as colleague pastor with Nathan Perkins, D. D., Nov. 15, 1837. Rev. George T. Wood, installed pastor of the church at W. H. Nov. 9, 1841.
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Taylor, dau'r of Rev. Edward Taylor, of Westfield, Mass., Dec. 3. 1713. Children :
1. Eli, b. Aug. 2, 1716.
2. Ruth, b. Nov. 5, 1718; bap. Nov. 9, 1718.
3. Theodosia, b. July 13, 1721 ; bap. July 16, 1721. -
4. Benjamin, b. June 7, 1721; bap. June 7, 1724.
His wife, Ruth, d.
5. Lucina, (by Benj'n and Elix'th, his wife,) b. March 8, 1726-7; bap. March 12, 1727.
6. Eliz'th, b. Nov. 28, 1728 ; bap. Dec. 1, 1728.
7. (Abijah, bap. April 4, 1731 ;) m. Mary Gaylor, April 24, 1774 ; had Polly, Elix'th, George, Horace, Chester and Roderic.
8. Esther, bap. July 15, 1733.
9. George, bap. July 11, 1736.
Widow Elizabeth d. Oct. 11, 1760, aged 71.
COLTON, REV. GEORGE, b. 1736, graduated at Yale College in 1756, and was settled at Bolton in 1763; d. in 1812. His por- trait is at the historical room in Hartford. He was particularly ec- centric, in words and actions. I have not his family of children, if he had any, and only know that he married, by his publishing his own intention of marriage in church.
COLTON, ELI, son of Rev. Benj'n and Ruth, m. Eunice Smith, of Simsbury, and had children :
1. Eleazer, bap. Oct. 17, 1742, at W. Hartford.
2. Ithamer, m. 1. Alinda Welles; 2. Andrus ; 3. Miriam Benton.
3. Samuel.
4. Eliakim, mn. Betsey Viets, of Simsbury.
5. Eunice, m. Joseph Higley for second husband.
He appears to have graduated at Yale Col., 1737, and settled in the ministry at Stafford, Conn. His children there named are Eunice Higley, alias Colton, one-third of his real estate for life ; Eleazer, his oldest son ; Eliakim, Ithamer, Lemuel and Samuel Colton, 1765. His dau'r Eunice m. Higley for second husband. He d. 1756. (Sco Yale Catalogue.)
COLTON, BENJAMIN, second son of Rev. Benj'n and Ruth, of W. If., m. Anna Whiting, and had children, viz .:
1. Benjamin, d. young ; bap. Sept. 15, 1751.
2. Joseph, m. Esther Belden, of W. H., and had a son Joseph, d. 1837, &c.
3. Anna, d. young ; bap. Dec. 28, 1755.
4. Ruth, bap. Nov. 2, 1760 ; m. Amos Sedgwick, of W. IL .; removed to Ash- ford, and had a son and two dau'rs. He d. at Ashford. Widow m. Daniel Hosmer, and had dau'r Mariah.
5. Benjamin, d. young.
COLTON, JOSEPH, son of Benj'n and Esther, had children,
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Joseph, d. at Hartford, 1837, Anna, Ruth, Esther, Benj'n, d. young, Laura, Alma, Sarah, d. in youth, Whiting, d. in Indiana in 1842, and second Benjamin Colton, son of Joseph, above, m. Sabrina Howe, and had issue :
1. Mary, m. Edward Brace, and had a son, John G. Brace.
2. Melancton H.
3. Charles A., m. Mary Grant, of Ashford ; no issue ; m. 2. Ruth Winship, and had Clarence, Henry and a son.
4. Nehemiah H.
5. Joseph F., d. in youth.
COLTON, LAURA, dau'r of Joseph, m. Samuel Steel, of W. H., and removed to Woodbury. Had Laura, Sophia, Mary, Mariah, died young.
ALMA, a dau'r of Joseph, m. John De Forest, of Woodbury, and had a dau'r Abigail. ESTHER, dau'r of Joseph, m. John Perkins, of Ashford, and had Lucy Ann, d., and Laura.
COLTON, BENJ'N, son of Joseph, m. Jerusha Porter, of Hadley, Mass. Issue : Julia, Harriet, Augustin and Frederick P. His wife d. in Hartford, soon after 1825. He d. in Woodbury, 1850.
COLTON, RUTH, dau'r of Benj'n, Jun., and granddaughter of Rev. Benj'n, of W. H., m. Timothy Skinner, and had issue : Ruth, Ann, Timothy, d. young, Abigail, d., second Abigail, d., and James, Dau'r Ruth m. first, Rev. Nath'l Hooker, of W. H., and had Ruth and Eunice. Ruth m. Col. Nathan Haynes Whiting, and had a son Nath'l H. Whiting, of W. Hartford. Her second husband was Fisher Gay, of Farmington. Her third husband, Thomas Goodman, of W. Hartford. This branch of the Coltons are connected by mar- riage to Hon. Noah Webster, Goodriches and Ellsworths. These facts are gathered from all sources, and with few dates, and probably some errors.
This family have produced many clergymen, some deacons and some poets.
Twenty-one had graduated at Yale College before 1851. One at Brown University in 1834.
COMSTOCK, COMBSTOKE, KOMSTOCK, WILLIAM and SAMUEL, were both early at Hartford. Wm. was in court at Hartford in August, 1644, and again in 1649. Samuel was in court at Hartford, and gave a bond in March, 1648, and in April, 1649, was freed from his recognizance. Soon after this, both William and Samuel disappeared. Samuel probably . went to Rhode Island. There was a Welchman by this name who early settled in R. Island, and as Samuel, of Hartford, is not found in Conn. afterward, it is
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probable being a brother of William, and the latter going to New London to settle, that Samuel went with him and settled in R. I., near by his brother Wm. at N. L.
Comstock, Samuel, at an early period, had the following children b. in R. I., viz., Samuel, Jun., Hazadiah, Thomas, Daniel, Eliza- beth, John, Ichabod and Job.
COMSTOCK, HAZADIAH, Samuel's second son, had fifteen chil- dren, ten by his first and five by his second wife, viz .: Susannah, Wm., Gideon, Rachel, Catherine, Hazadiah, Jun., Penelope, An- thony, Andrew, John, Amy, Ezekiel, Phebe, Rufus and Martha.
COMSTOCK, GIDEON, second son of Hazadiah, Sen., was the father of Col. Adam Comstock, who was the grandfather of Andrew Komstok, of Philadelphia, Penn. Col. Adam had seventeen children, viz .: Ruth, Wm., Susannah, Gideon, John and Mary, twins, also twins not named, Freelove, Samuel, Amy, Catherine, Sally, Oliver Cromwell, Alpha, James McGregore, and Alexander McGregore Comstock.
COMSTOCK, COL. ADAM, removed with his family, about 1780, to Saratoga county, N. Y., where he d., in 1819, an aged man. Gideon, his fourth son, was the father of Andrew Komstock, of Phil- adelphia. Gideon also had a dau'r Mary. Rev. Oliver C. Com- stock was son of Col. Adam ; he was chaplain for Congress in 1837. He was a physician and Baptist minister. He was member of Con- gress from Tompkins county, N. Y., six years, and baptized and ordained at Washington, at the close of his congressional life. He had held other places of high trust before he went to Congress.
Thus much for Samuel, of Hartford and Rhode Island.
COMSTOCK, CHRISTOPHER, of Fairfield and Norwalk, his descendants say, came from England about 1652, and settled at Fairfield about 1654, where he remained until 1661 or '62. Jan. 27, 1661, he was of Fairfield, when he purchased the house and home-lot of Tho's Betts, of Norwalk, which had previously been owned by Nath'l Eli. He probably moved on to his new purchased property soon after, at Norwalk, where he was a reputable man and useful settler. No evidence is found which shows that he was a relative either of John, of Lyme, Wm., of N. London, or Samuel, of Rhode Island. IIe m. Hannah, dau'r of Richard Platt, of Milford, Oct. 6, 1663. After he located at Norwalk, about 1671, he was ap- pointed at Norwalk to keep an ordinary, (hotel,) to entertain stran- gers. Jan. 16, 1694, he was one of a committee of ten of the inhab- itants of Norwalk, and commissioned for the town " to look out for
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and obtain a faithful minister for the town," &c. In 1687, his estate of commonage in Norwalk, accepted by the town, was £201, 10s. He is sometimes called Serg't Comstock. He had children, viz .:
1. Daniel Comestocke, b. July 21, 1664 ; m. Eliz'th, dau'r of John Wheeler, of Fairfield, Jan. 13, 1692.
2. Hannah, b. July 15, 1666.
3. Abigall, b. Jan. 27, 1669 ; d. Feb. 9, 1659.
4. Mary, b. Feb. 19, 1671.
5. Eliz'th, b. Oct. 7, 1674.
6. Mercie, b. Nov. 12, 1676.
7. Samuell, b. Feb. 6, 1679.
8. Moses, b. 1685; d. 1766, aged 81.
Christopher d. Dec. 28, 1702.
COMSTOCK, DANIEL, son of Christopher, m. Eliz'th, dau'r of John Wheeler, " of Ffaierfield," Black Rock, June 13, 1692. No issue found.
COMSTOCK, SAMUEL, son of Christopher, b. 1679-80, m. Sarah, dau'r of Rev. Tho's Hanford, of Norwalk, Dec. 27, 1705, and had children :
1. Sarah, b. March 25, 1707.
2. Samuell, b. Nov. 12, 1708.
3. Mary, b Aug. 5, 1710 ; perhaps others.
In 1718, Ensign Samuel Comstock was a committee, with five others, to lay before the committee " the surcomstances of ye town in their present differences," as to repairing and making an addition to the meeting house in Norwalk. Daniel Comstock, with £60, is found in the list of estates of commonage at Norwalk in 1687.
COMSTOCK, MOSES, son of Christopher, m. Abigail Brins- maid, dau'r of Mr. Daniel, dec'd, of Hartford, Feb. 23, 1709-10. He died Jan. 18, 1766, aged 81. His wife Abigail died Nov. 16 same year, aged 74. Moses had children : Moses, Jun., Abigail, Hannah, Sarah and Phebe; (perhaps David and others.)
COMSTOCK, DAVID, m. Sarah Leeds, 1774, and had children, Elisha, Abijah, Sarah, David, Jun., and Eliz'th. His wife Sarah d. May 8, 1790, and he m. Deborah Weed, Feb. 5, 1795, and had . children : John, Samuel and Mary.
COMSTOCK, CALEB, m. Lucy Mead, Nov. 10, 1786, and had issue : Moses, Matthew, Molly, Caleb, Joshua, Abigail, Betty, Xen- ophon, Anna and Elie, b. in '1805.
COMSTOCK, Strong, who m. Abigail Westcoat, July 20, 1773, had two wives. By Abigail he had Jabez, Catherine, Philip and Samuel. His wife Abigail d. Nov. 28, 1782, and he m. second, Betty Betts, Nov. 2, 1783, and had children : Catherine, Edward, Wm., Susanna, Mary, Nathan and Julia, b. 1797.
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GENEALOGY OF THE PURITANS.
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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