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Notes for Samuel Comstock and Anne Tucker

Research Notes:

"Samuel Comstock (William) bom about 1628; died about 1660; married Anne (Tucker?).

Anne was living Feb. 10, 1667. She married (2nd) John Smith, the mason.

The court records of Hartford, Conn., show that "Samuel Comstock gave recognizance March 1, 1648, for ten days of good behavior and for satisfying what damage Mr. Robins shall sustain for the want of his servant."

When, in 1653, war with the Dutch seemed imminent, Samuel went on the "frigott Swallow" to Block Island and seized the goods and people there appertaining to a Dutch Captain Kempo Sybando, and took them to New London, apparently to Gov. John Winthrop.

In the same year Samuel was in Rhode Island.

Samuel Comstock bought of John Smith his house and lot in Providence, R. I., March 1, 1654.

The Town Council of Providence took action about the estate of Samuel Comstock and John Smith, deceased, on March 9, 1660. On May 4, 1661, Anne Smith of Providence, widow of John Smith, formerly wife of Samuel Comstock, deceased, sold to Roger Mowry the house and home share of her husband, Samuel Comstock. It comprised four acres in a row of houses in the north part of Providence.

Mr. W. W. Chapin states that it was near the corner of North Main and Abbott Streets, and probably bounded west by Sexton Street." [1]


Footnotes:

[1] John Adams Comstock, A History and Genealogy of the Comstock Family in America ( Los Angeles: Commonwealth Press, 1949), 3, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks].