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Comfort Wells 1717–1790 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 29 May 1717

Birth Location: Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA

Death Date: 1790

Death Location: Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA

Father: Lieut Birdseye

Mother: Comfort Birdseye

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Children(s):

The story of Comfort Wells began in 1717 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. Comfort Wells passed away in 1790 in Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA.

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Biography

  • The story of Comfort Wells began in 1717 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
  • Comfort Wells passed away in 1790 in Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA.

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Children(s)

Comfort Wells's Ancestors

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Comfort Wells
1717–1790
Birth Place: Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
Parents
Lieut Abel Birdseye
1678–1747
Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Comfort Birdseye
1677–1717
Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
Grandparents
John (Birdseye) III
1641–1698
Milford, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States of America
Phebe Birdsey
1650–1743
Stratford, Fairfield, CT
John Welles
1648–1714
Stratford, Fairfield Co, CT
Mary ((Hollister)) Welles
1650–1713
Wethersfield, Hartford Co, CT
Great-Grandparents
John Birdseye
1616–1690
Phillippa Birdseye
1622–1688
William Wilcoxson
1601–1651
Margaret Beardsley
1611–1675
Capt Welles
1621–1659
Elizabeth Bourne
1627–1668
John Hollister
1612–1665
Joanna Treat
1618–1694
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Henry Rev
1599–1648
Dorothy Cotton
1603–1680
John Willcokson
1570–1636
John (pWgH)
1588–1649
Alice (pWgH)
1590–1697
Thomas Connecticut
1590–1660
Elizabeth Collyer
1605–1668
Joan Kirby
1575–1640
Richard Treat
1584–1669

Comfort Wells's Timeline

2 Records

1717
29 May 1717
Birth of Comfort Wells in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
1790
1790
Age 73
Death of Comfort Wells in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 29 May 1717
    Event Place: Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [2] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1790
    Event Place: Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [2] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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