Samuel Comstock

Samuel Comstock (February 6, 1680 – October 26, 1752) was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from Norwalk in the sessions of October 1711, October 1714, May 1720, October 1723, October 1725, October 1726, October 1727, October 1728, October 1729, and October 1730.

Samuel Comstock
Member of the
Connecticut House of Representatives
from Norwalk[1]
In office
October 1711 – May 1712
Serving with Joseph Platt
Preceded bySamuel Hanford
In office
October 1714 – May 1715
Serving with Joseph Platt
Preceded bySamuel Hanford,
Samuel Kellogg
Succeeded byJohn Betts,
John Read
In office
May 1720 – October 1720
Serving with Samuel Hanford
Preceded byJoseph Platt,
Samuel Hanford
Succeeded byJoseph Platt,
James Brown
In office
October 1723 – May 1724
Serving with James Lockwood
Succeeded byEliphalet Lockwood,
Matthew Gregory
In office
October 1725 – May 1726
Serving with Joseph Platt
Preceded byJohn Benedict
Succeeded byJames Lockwood,
Thomas Fitch
In office
October 1726 – May 1727
Serving with Joseph Platt
Preceded byJames Lockwood,
Thomas Fitch
Succeeded byJames Lockwood,
Thomas Fitch
In office
October 1727 – May 1728
Serving with Joseph Platt
Preceded byJames Lockwood,
Thomas Fitch
Succeeded byJoseph Platt,
Benjamin Hickox
In office
October 1728 – May 1729
Serving with Joseph Platt
Preceded byJoseph Platt,
Benjamin Hickox
Succeeded byJames Lockwood,
Thomas Fitch
In office
October 1729 – May 1730
Serving with Joseph Platt
Preceded byJames Lockwood,
Thomas Fitch
Succeeded byThomas Fitch,
Joseph Birchard
In office
October 1730 – May 1731
Serving with Joseph Platt
Preceded byThomas Fitch,
Joseph Birchard
Succeeded byJoseph Platt
Personal details
Born(1680-02-06)February 6, 1680[2][3]
Norwalk, Connecticut Colony
DiedOctober 26, 1752(1752-10-26) (aged 72)[2]
Norwalk, Connecticut Colony
Resting placeEast Norwalk Historical Cemetery, Norwalk, Connecticut
Spouse(s)Sarah Hanford (daughter of Reverend Thomas Hanford, m. December 27, 1705)[2][3]
ChildrenSarah Comstock Betts, Samuel Comstock, Jr., Mary Comstock Trowbridge,[3] Nathan Comstock, Lydia Comstock, Daniel Comstock, David Comstock[2]
Residence(s)Norwalk, Connecticut Colony[2]
Military service
RankCaptain (May 1730)[2]
UnitSouth Company at Norwalk[2]

He was the son of Christopher Comstock and Hannah Platt.[3]

References
  1. An Historical Discourse in Commemoration of the Two-hundredth Anniversary of the Settlement of Norwalk, Connecticut
  2. A Comstock Genealogy
  3. The Ancient Historical Records of Norwalk, Connecticut
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