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Mary Comstock

Female 1672 - 1749  (77 years)


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  • Name Mary Comstock  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Birth 19 Feb 1671/2  Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 5, 6
    Gender Female 
    Death 17 Oct 1749  Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 5, 7
    Notes 
    • Mary Comstock, born in Norwalk, 19 Feb 1671-2, died in Norwalk, 17 Oct 1749, ae 76 years . She was the daughter of Christopher and Hannah Comstock. Town Record says her age was 76-9-0; her birth Record shows 77-8-0. She was a member of the Church in Norwalk in 1725.

      Mary Comstock St. John was left not mentioned in her father's will, but her husband James St. John was mentioned as follows: Ebenezer Santion , James Sention, Nathan Olmstead, and Hannah Comstock of Milford, receipt, 1 July 1707, to Samuel Comstock, executor of Christopher Comstock, "for all legacies after decease of our mother Hannah Comstock.", proving she was a daughter of Christopher and Hannah Comstock. [8, 9]
    Person ID I2851  Mindrum
    Last Modified 12 Jul 2020 

    Father Christopher Comstock,   b. Abt 1635, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Dec 1702, Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 67 years) 
    Mother Hannah Platt,   b. Abt 1643, Milford, New Haven, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 17 Mar 1706/7, Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 64 years) 
    Marriage 6 Oct 1663  Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 10, 11, 12
    Family ID F26287  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family James St. John,   b. Abt 1674, Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 28 Jun 1754, Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 80 years) 
    Marriage 18 Dec 1693  Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 13, 14, 15, 16
    • Marriage occurred in Norwalk, 18 Dec 1693, according to St. John record
    Children 
     1. Samuel St. John,   b. 1698, Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Oct 1779, Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
     2. Daniel St. John,   b. 1700, Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 May 1761, Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years)
     3. Mary St. John,   b. say 1701   d. Aft 24 Feb 1762 (Age ~ 61 years)
     4. Hannah St. John,   b. 1703   d. 30 Jun 1746 (Age 43 years)
     5. Moses St. John,   b. 1705, Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Mar 1785, Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
     6. Sarah St. John,   b. Abt 1705   d. 17 Dec 1751 (Age ~ 46 years)
     7. James St. John,   b. 30 Mar 1708, Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1756 (Age 47 years)
    Family ID F1957  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 6 Nov 2020 

  • Sources 
    1. [S1701] Donald L. Jacobus, History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, (Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Co., New Haven, CT, 1930), p. I:157, p. I:514.

    2. [S1625] John A. Comstock, A History and Genealogy of the Comstock Family in America, 1949, A History and Genealogy of the Comstock Family in America, 1949, (1949), p. 4.

    3. [S180] Orline St. John Alexander, The St. John Genealogy, (The Grafton Press, 1907), p. 18.

    4. [S7528] John I. Coddington, The American Genealogist, Whole No. 123, Vol. 31, No 3, July 1955, p. 167.

    5. [S8914] Norwalk, Connecticut Deeds, Vol. 1, p. 50.

    6. [S1701] Donald L. Jacobus, History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, (Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Co., New Haven, CT, 1930), p. 157, p. I:514.

    7. [S180] Orline St. John Alexander, The St. John Genealogy, (The Grafton Press, 1907).

    8. [S180] Orline St. John Alexander, The St. John Genealogy, (The Grafton Press, 1907), p. 33.

    9. [S8471] Cyrus B. Comstock, A Comstock Genealogy, (The Knickerbocker Press, New York, 1907), p. 9.

    10. [S8914] Norwalk, Connecticut Deeds, Vol. 1, p. 30.

    11. [S1701] Donald L. Jacobus, History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, (Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Co., New Haven, CT, 1930), p. I:156, p. I:484.

    12. [S5666] Susan W. Abbott, Families of Early Milford, Connecticut, (Genealogical Publishing Co., 1979), p. 548.

    13. [S8914] Norwalk, Connecticut Deeds, Vol. 1, p.. 50.

    14. [S1625] John A. Comstock, A History and Genealogy of the Comstock Family in America, 1949, A History and Genealogy of the Comstock Family in America, 1949, (1949), p. 4, 18 Jan 1693.

    15. [S1701] Donald L. Jacobus, History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, (Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Co., New Haven, CT, 1930), p. I:157, p. I:514, 18 Dec 1693.

    16. [S180] Orline St. John Alexander, The St. John Genealogy, (The Grafton Press, 1907), p. 18, 18 Dec 1693.