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Kingsland and Mary had six children born at New London, CT. On 1 September 1722 the only heirs of Kingsland Comstock of New London, deceased, namely: Kingsland, Daniel, Benjamin, and Joseph Comstock; Philip Want and wife Mary; Peter Chapman and wife Ann; quit claim to Daniel Comstock, Senior, their uncle, all their inheritance (includes part of the 100 acres granted to Daniel Comstock, deceased. On 3 March 1739/1640 the heirs of Kingsland Comstock agreed to distribution of the estate. Widow...
I have found new data on the Comstock family of William Comstock who died in New London prior to 1683. The origins of his family in England prior to their arrival in New England between 1636 and 1640 have been elusive. There is no documented proof of his wife's surname despite the many places you find it as Elizabeth "Daniel" or "Daniels". It has never been certain she was his only wife - the reference to her as "now wife" has often been misundestood. In early New England "now wife" meant...
I have found new data on the Comstock family of William Comstock who died in New London prior to 1683. The origins of his family in England prior to their arrival in New England between 1636 and 1640 have been elusive. There is no documented proof of his wife's surname despite the many places you find it as Elizabeth "Daniel" or "Daniels". It has never been certain she was his only wife - the reference to her as "now wife" has often been misundestood. In early New England "now wife" meant...
Daniel Comstock came from England to America in 1635 with his parents and siblings. His family lived in Watertown, MA and then Wethersfield, CT. Referred to by some as "Gideon", Daniel received a free grant of 25 acres on January 29, 1646, from Providence, Rhode Island. On June 24, 1648, Daniel and other young men were arrested for giving a false Indian alarm. On December 19, 1658, New London, CT gave Daniel 100 acres of upland by the Sawmill brook. And in 1664, Daniel purchased a farm at...
http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=canney&id=I14402 Name: George WAY Sex: M Birth: 1619 in England 1 Death: 1690 in Saybrook, Middlesex Co., CT Note: He came from Bristol, England, with his father and brothers (one was lost at sea). They arrived 8 Feb 1631, in the Lyon, commanded by Capt. Pierce. He was a Quaker who received a house right in Providence, RI 19 April 1645. After this he disappears fromm RI and probably shows up in Maine with his uncle...
Richard/b Brooke M, #58702, (circa 1540 - ) Appears on charts: Relationship of Henry/1 and Thomas/1 Brooks Last Edited: 1 Aug 2014 Mother Elizabeth (–?–) 1 b. s 1518 Manchester, England, and environs, about 1650. A pictograph represents Manchester Cathedral in the blank space in the center of the map adjacent to the river. Courtesy John Brooks Threlfall. Richard/b Brooke , a shoemaker of Manchester, Lancashire , was probably born circa 1540. 1 He left a...
John/a Brooke M, #61736, (say 1568 - before 5 August 1607) Appears on charts: Relationship of Henry/1 and Thomas/1 Brooks Last Edited: 1 Aug 2014 Father Richard/b Brooke 1 b. c 1540 Mother-Candidate Dorothy (–?–) 1 b. s 1543 John/a Brooke was probably born in Manchester, Lancashire . 1 He was dead by the time of his father's will. That document, dated at Manchester 5 Aug 1607, mentions "my late son John Brooke" and provides for John's children. 1...
Henry/1w Brooks M, #2619, (circa 1592 - 12 April 1683) Appears on charts: Relationship of Henry/1 and Thomas/1 Brooks Descendants of Henry1w Brooks Y-DNA Overlay Chart -- Woburn Line Custom index: Baptists of Early Massachusetts/West Jersey Last Edited: 4 Aug 2014 Father John/a Brooke 1 b. s 1568, d. b 5 Aug 1607 Dated 10 months before his death. Henry/1w Brooks was probably born in or near Manchester, Lancashire circa 1592. The location...