Samuel Comstock Explained

Samuel Comstock
Office:Member of the
Connecticut House of Representatives
from Norwalk[1]
Term Start:October 1711
Term End:May 1712
Predecessor:Samuel Hanford
Alongside:Joseph Platt
Term Start2:October 1714
Term End2:May 1715
Predecessor2:Samuel Hanford,
Samuel Kellogg
Alongside2:Joseph Platt
Successor2:John Betts,
John Read
Term Start3:May 1720
Term End3:October 1720
Predecessor3:Joseph Platt,
Samuel Hanford
Alongside3:Samuel Hanford
Successor3:Joseph Platt,
James Brown
Term Start4:October 1723
Term End4:May 1724
Alongside4:James Lockwood
Successor4:Eliphalet Lockwood,
Matthew Gregory
Term Start5:October 1725
Term End5:May 1726
Predecessor5:John Benedict
Alongside5:Joseph Platt
Successor5:James Lockwood,
Thomas Fitch
Term Start6:October 1726
Term End6:May 1727
Predecessor6:James Lockwood,
Thomas Fitch
Alongside6:Joseph Platt
Successor6:James Lockwood,
Thomas Fitch
Term Start7:October 1727
Term End7:May 1728
Predecessor7:James Lockwood,
Thomas Fitch
Alongside7:Joseph Platt
Successor7:Joseph Platt,
Benjamin Hickox
Term Start8:October 1728
Term End8:May 1729
Predecessor8:Joseph Platt,
Benjamin Hickox
Alongside8:Joseph Platt
Successor8:James Lockwood,
Thomas Fitch
Term Start9:October 1729
Term End9:May 1730
Predecessor9:James Lockwood,
Thomas Fitch
Alongside9:Joseph Platt
Successor9:Thomas Fitch,
Joseph Birchard
Term Start10:October 1730
Term End10:May 1731
Predecessor10:Thomas Fitch,
Joseph Birchard
Alongside10:Joseph Platt
Successor10:Joseph Platt
Birth Date:6 February 1680[2] [3]
Birth Place:Norwalk, Connecticut Colony
Death Place:Norwalk, Connecticut Colony
Restingplace:East Norwalk Historical Cemetery, Norwalk, Connecticut
Residence:Norwalk, Connecticut Colony
Spouse:Sarah Hanford (daughter of Reverend Thomas Hanford, m. December 27, 1705)
Children:Sarah Comstock Betts, Samuel Comstock, Jr., Mary Comstock Trowbridge, Nathan Comstock, Lydia Comstock, Daniel Comstock, David Comstock
Rank:Captain (May 1730)
Unit:South Company at Norwalk

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.

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

Notes and References

  1. https://books.google.com/books?id=YCgBAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA78 An Historical Discourse in Commemoration of the Two-hundredth Anniversary of the Settlement of Norwalk, Connecticut
  2. https://books.google.com/books?id=rzoJAwAAQBAJ&dq=samuel%20comstock%20&pg=PA14 A Comstock Genealogy
  3. https://books.google.com/books?id=vwYCAAAAYAAJ&dq=Samuel%20Comstock&pg=PA195 The Ancient Historical Records of Norwalk, Connecticut