1623 "Willimus Comstock et Elizabetha Cock" were married "2. die" of September in Chepping Wycombe [High Wycombe], Buckinghamshire, England. [1] [2] [3]
1624 "Daniell sonne to Will'm Coomestone And Elizabeth his wyfe" was baptized on July 21 in St. Margaret, Uxbridge, Middlesex, England. [4]
1626 "John sonne to Will'm Coomestocke and Elizabeth his wife" was baptized on September 10 in St. Margaret, Uxbridge, Middlesex, England. [5]
1629 "Samuell sonne to Will'm Coomestocke and Elizabeth uxor" was baptized April 26 in St. Margaret, Uxbridge, Middlesex, England. [6]
1631 "Elizabeth fillia William Cvmstocke" was baptized on December 18 in St. Margaret, Uxbridge, Middlesex, England. [7]
1634 "Christopher fil[ius] Wm Cumstock" was baptized on August 18 in St. Margaret, Uxbridge, Middlesex, England. [8]
1636 "Christo[pher] sonne of Willm Cumstock and [name of wife omitted in record]" was baptized on May 13 in St. Margaret, Uxbridge, Middlesex, England. [9]
Research Notes:
John Adams Comstock states, [10]
About 1635, or shortly there after, there came from England to the Massachusetts settlements one William Comstock. From whence he sailed, and on what ship, has not been ascertained. It is quite probable that with him were his wife Elizabeth and four, or possibly all five of his children. It is believed that he first sojourned in the vicinity of Watertown, Massachusetts, but that very shortly he transferred to Wethersfield, Connecticut.
It is a matter of record that he held lands on the Connecticut River in Wethersfield in the year 1641, and that this land had been purchased from one Ric. Milles. Prior to that, he is recorded as having been one of the twenty-six men from Wethersfield in the expedition commanded by Capt. John Mason, that captured the Pequot Fort at Mystic, Connecticut, May 26, 1637, killing about five hundred Indians.
About 1650 he transferred to Pequot, now New London, where he had previously (1647) received a grant of land. At a town meeting held there in November 1650 he voted to cooperate with John Winthrop to establish a corn mill, and in July 1651 he "Wrought on the mill dam" with Tabor and other inhabitants of New London. The old mill is still in existence. [1949]
In 1659 it is recorded that "with consent of my now wife Elizabeth" he sold property in New London. This probably indicates that Elizabeth was a second wife.
On February 25, 1661 or 62, "Old Goodman Comstock" was elected Sexton, "to order youth in the meeting house, sweep the meeting house and beat out dogs," at 40 shillings a year, to dig all Graves, and have 4s for a grave for a man or woman, and 2s for children, to be paid by the supervisors.
The date of his death is unknown, but the History of New London states that he lived to old age, on Post Hill near the north corner of Williams and Bauxhall Streets.
Richard Mylls was plaintiff against "Willi Comstock" and John Sadler, defendants, in an action for slander, Aug 1, 1644, before the Court of Elections, Hartford, to the damage of 200 pounds.
[1] Bishop's transcripts for Wycombe, Buckingham Record Office, D/A/T/193, Baptisms, marriages, burials, 1590, 1604, 1607-1612, 1616-1629, 1635-1640, 1671-1677, 1690, 1702-1730, FHL film 1999838 Item 3, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[2] FamilySearch.org, in which the names are transcripted as Eliz. Cock and Wm. Camstock, [FamilySearchRecord].
[3] Buckinghamshire Marriage Index, High Wycombe, Bishop's transcripts, Index, Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies, D/A/T/193. The names are transcribed as Elizabetha Cock and Willimus Comslock, [FindMyPastRecord].
[4] London Metropolitan Archives, Saint Margaret, Uxbridge, Composite register: baptisms 1538-1656, marriages 1538-1653, burials 1538-1646, DRO/010, Item 001, London, England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[5] London Metropolitan Archives, Saint Margaret, Uxbridge, Composite register: baptisms 1538-1656, marriages 1538-1653, burials 1538-1646, DRO/010, Item 001, London, England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[6] London Metropolitan Archives, Saint Margaret, Uxbridge, Composite register: baptisms 1538-1656, marriages 1538-1653, burials 1538-1646, DRO/010, Item 001, London, England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[7] London Metropolitan Archives, Saint Margaret, Uxbridge, Composite register: baptisms 1538-1656, marriages 1538-1653, burials 1538-1646, DRO/010, Item 001, London, England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[8] London Metropolitan Archives, Saint Margaret, Uxbridge, Composite register: baptisms 1538-1656, marriages 1538-1653, burials 1538-1646, DRO/010, Item 001, London, England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[9] London Metropolitan Archives, Saint Margaret, Uxbridge, Composite register: baptisms 1538-1656, marriages 1538-1653, burials 1538-1646, DRO/010, Item 001, London, England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812, Notes: the line ends with the word and as if the writer intended to write the name of the wife, but then the next entry follows immediately with no space left for the name of William's wife. The child's name is written as Christo ending with a symbol that looks like a letter p written under a wide letter r, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[10] John Adams Comstock, A History and Genealogy of the Comstock Family in America ( Los Angeles: Commonwealth Press, 1949), 1, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks].