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Comfort Simmons 1709–1785 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 9 August 1709

Birth Location: Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA

Death Date: MAY 1785

Death Location: Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA

Father: Israel Shaw

Mother: Mercy Tallman

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In 1709, Comfort Simmons entered the world in Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA, born to Israel Shaw And Mercy Ruth Tallman. Comfort Simmons passed away in 1785 in Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA.

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Biography

  • In 1709, Comfort Simmons entered the world in Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA, born to Israel Shaw And Mercy Ruth Tallman.
  • Comfort Simmons passed away in 1785 in Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA.

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Comfort Simmons's Ancestors

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Comfort Simmons
1709–1785
Birth Place: Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA
Parents
Israel Shaw
1659–1705
Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, USA
Mercy (Ruth) Tallman
1666–1732
Portsmouth, or Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA
Grandparents
Anthony Shaw
1628–1705
Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Alice Stonard
1633–1720
Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
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2nd-Great-Grandparents

Comfort Simmons's Timeline

2 Records

1709
9 August 1709
Birth of Comfort Simmons in Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA
Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA
1785
MAY 1785
Age 76
Death of Comfort Simmons in Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA
Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 9 August 1709
    Event Place: Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA
    Record Source: International, Find A Grave Index for Select Locations, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: MAY 1785
    Event Place: Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA
    Record Source: International, Find A Grave Index for Select Locations, 1300s-Current

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