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William Goodman Comstock 1569 – 1595 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1569

Birth Location: Culmstock, Devon, England

Death Date: 4 Jul 1595

Death Location: London, Middlesex, England

Father: Sir Comstock

Mother: Lady Wylde

Spouse(s): Abigail Denys

Children(s): William Helped

William Goodman Comstock was born in 1569 in Culmstock, Devon, England, the child of Sir John Gabreil Constable Comstock and Lady Joan Wylde. William Goodman Comstock married Abigail Margaret (Dennis) Denys, and had children including William Wetherfield Comstock "Immigrant" (Believed to be one of 56 men led by Captain John Mason that captured the Pequot Fort in 1637, killing 500 Pequot Indians. Was builder of mills using water power. Helped. William Goodman Comstock passed away in 1595 in London, Middlesex, England.

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Biography

  • William Goodman Comstock was born in 1569 in Culmstock, Devon, England, the child of Sir John Gabreil Constable Comstock and Lady Joan Wylde.
  • William Goodman Comstock married Abigail Margaret (Dennis) Denys, and had children including William Wetherfield Comstock "Immigrant" (Believed to be one of 56 men led by Captain John Mason that captured the Pequot Fort in 1637, killing 500 Pequot Indians. Was builder of mills using water power. Helped.
  • William Goodman Comstock passed away in 1595 in London, Middlesex, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

William Comstock's Ancestors

Self
William Comstock
1569 – 1595
Birth Place: Culmstock, Devon, England
Parents
Sir John Gabreil Constable Comstock
1564 – 1619
De
Lady (Joan) Wylde
1546 – 1610
Dromonby, Yorkshire, England
Grandparents
Sir (John Constable Comstock van Kirkby) Knowle
1527 – 1584
Rekhaur, Surrey, England
Agnes (Constable) Bate
1528 – 1584
West Riding, Yorkshire, England
Sir (Nicholas) Wyld
1527 – 1579
Halsham, Yorkshire, England
Margaret ((Margaretha) Le) Scrope
1531 – 1631
Yorkshire, England
Great-Grandparents
John Halsham
1504 – 1542
Mary Falford
1510 – 1547
Francisci Bates
1514 – 1603
Elizabeth Warcop
1502 – 1603
Thomas Wylde
1508 – 1599
Lady Manners
1511 – 1547
Sir Bolton
1510 – 1549
Catherine Cholmondeley
1513 – 1598
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Commissioner
1509 – 1560
Lady Mauleverer
1492 – 1540
William Fulford
1470 – 1517
Joan Bonville
1478 – 1520
Robert Bates
1482 – 1542
Katherine England
1486 – 1551
Leonard Warcop
1487 – 1520
Mary Warcop
1490 – 1520
Thomas Wylde
1480 – 1535
Eleanor Wylde
Lord Bolton
1480 – 1533
Lady Bolton
1476 – 1533
King Cumberland
1493 – 1542
Lady Cumberland
1495 – 1540

William Comstock's Descendants

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William (Goodman) Comstock (1569 – 4 Jul 1595) m. Abigail (Margaret (Dennis)) Denys (1572 – 16 Apr 1648)
  1. 1. William (Wetherfield Comstock "Immigrant" (Believed to be one of 56 men led by Captain John Mason that captured the Pequot Fort in 1637, killing 500 Pequot Indians. Was builder of mills using water power.) Helped (04 Jul 1595 – 1683) m. Elizabeth Daniel (17 Oct 1608 – 3 Sep 1665)
    1. 1. Daniel ("Gideon") Comstock (1630 – 1683) m. Palthiah ((Pelatiah)) Elderkin (1635 – 21 Feb 1713)
      1. 1. Ann (Anna) Comstock (9 April 1661 – Oct 5, 1727) m. Ebenezer (Billing) Sr. (1659 – 16 Sep 1727)
        1. 1. Anna (Comstock) Billings (7 Oct 1681 – 1752) m. Solomon Hakes (16 Jan 1688 – 1752)

William Comstock's Timeline

3 Records

1569
1569
Birth of William Goodman Comstock in Clumstock, Devon, England
Clumstock, Devon, England
1569
1569
Birth of William Goodman Comstock in Culmstock, Devon, England
Culmstock, Devon, England
1595
4 Jul 1595
Age 26
Death of William Goodman Comstock in London, Middlesex, England
London, Middlesex, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1569
    Event Place: Clumstock, Devon, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Global, Find a Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1569
    Event Place: Culmstock, Devon, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 1635
    Event Place: Massachusetts
    Record Source: U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, Place: Massachusetts; Year: 1635; Page Number: 73

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: New York, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Record Group Title: Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 1773 - 2007; Record Group Number: 15; Series Title: U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934; Se

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: USA
    Record Source: The American ancestors and descendants of Willard William and Cora Dunham Boyd : 1620-1928

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 4 Jul 1595
    Event Place: London, Middlesex, England
    Record Source:
    [1] UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current
    [2] Global, Find a Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

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