# Samuel Comstock

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{{short description|American politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name=Samuel Comstock
|office=Member of the<br/>[Connecticut House of Representatives](/source/Connecticut_House_of_Representatives)<br/>from [Norwalk](/source/Norwalk%2C_Connecticut)<ref name="ahd">[https://books.google.com/books?id=YCgBAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA78 An Historical Discourse in Commemoration of the Two-hundredth Anniversary of the Settlement of Norwalk, Connecticut]</ref>
|term_start=October 1711
|term_end=May 1712
|predecessor=[Samuel Hanford](/source/Samuel_Hanford)
|alongside=[Joseph Platt](/source/Joseph_Platt_(politician))
|successor=
|term_start2=October 1714
|term_end2=May 1715
|predecessor2=[Samuel Hanford](/source/Samuel_Hanford),<br/>[Samuel Kellogg](/source/Samuel_Kellogg)
|alongside2=[Joseph Platt](/source/Joseph_Platt_(politician))
|successor2=[John Betts](/source/John_Betts_(Connecticut_politician)),<br/>[John Read](/source/John_Read_(Connecticut_politician))
|term_start3=May 1720
|term_end3=October 1720
|predecessor3=[Joseph Platt](/source/Joseph_Platt_(politician)),<br/>[Samuel Hanford](/source/Samuel_Hanford)
|alongside3=[Samuel Hanford](/source/Samuel_Hanford)
|successor3=[Joseph Platt](/source/Joseph_Platt_(politician)),<br/>[James Brown](/source/James_Brown_(Connecticut_politician))
|term_start4=October 1723
|term_end4=May 1724
|predecessor4=
|alongside4=[James Lockwood](/source/James_Lockwood_(Connecticut_politician))
|successor4=[Eliphalet Lockwood](/source/Eliphalet_Lockwood_(deacon)),<br/>[Matthew Gregory](/source/Matthew_Gregory_(deacon))
|term_start5=October 1725
|term_end5=May 1726
|predecessor5=[John Benedict](/source/John_Benedict)
|alongside5=[Joseph Platt](/source/Joseph_Platt_(politician))
|successor5=[James Lockwood](/source/James_Lockwood_(Connecticut_politician)),<br/>[Thomas Fitch](/source/Thomas_Fitch_(governor))
|term_start6=October 1726
|term_end6=May 1727
|predecessor6=[James Lockwood](/source/James_Lockwood_(Connecticut_politician)),<br/>[Thomas Fitch](/source/Thomas_Fitch_(governor))
|alongside6=[Joseph Platt](/source/Joseph_Platt_(politician))
|successor6=[James Lockwood](/source/James_Lockwood_(Connecticut_politician)),<br/>[Thomas Fitch](/source/Thomas_Fitch_(governor))
|term_start7=October 1727
|term_end7=May 1728
|predecessor7=[James Lockwood](/source/James_Lockwood_(Connecticut_politician)),<br/>[Thomas Fitch](/source/Thomas_Fitch_(governor))
|alongside7=[Joseph Platt](/source/Joseph_Platt_(politician))
|successor7=[Joseph Platt](/source/Joseph_Platt_(politician)),<br/>[Benjamin Hickox](/source/Benjamin_Hickox)
|term_start8=October 1728
|term_end8=May 1729
|predecessor8=[Joseph Platt](/source/Joseph_Platt_(politician)),<br/>[Benjamin Hickox](/source/Benjamin_Hickox)
|alongside8=[Joseph Platt](/source/Joseph_Platt_(politician))
|successor8=[James Lockwood](/source/James_Lockwood_(Connecticut_politician)),<br/>[Thomas Fitch](/source/Thomas_Fitch_(governor))
|term_start9=October 1729
|term_end9=May 1730
|predecessor9=[James Lockwood](/source/James_Lockwood_(Connecticut_politician)),<br/>[Thomas Fitch](/source/Thomas_Fitch_(governor))
|alongside9=[Joseph Platt](/source/Joseph_Platt_(politician))
|successor9=[Thomas Fitch](/source/Thomas_Fitch_(governor)),<br/>[Joseph Birchard](/source/Joseph_Birchard)
|term_start10=October 1730
|term_end10=May 1731
|predecessor10=[Thomas Fitch](/source/Thomas_Fitch_(governor)),<br/>[Joseph Birchard](/source/Joseph_Birchard)
|alongside10=[Joseph Platt](/source/Joseph_Platt_(politician))
|successor10=[Joseph Platt](/source/Joseph_Platt_(politician))
|birth_date={{birth date|1680|02|06}}<ref name="acg">[https://books.google.com/books?id=rzoJAwAAQBAJ&dq=samuel%20comstock%20&pg=PA14 A Comstock Genealogy]</ref><ref name="ahr">[https://books.google.com/books?id=vwYCAAAAYAAJ&dq=Samuel%20Comstock&pg=PA195 The Ancient Historical Records of Norwalk, Connecticut]</ref>
|birth_place=[Norwalk](/source/Norwalk%2C_Connecticut), [Connecticut Colony](/source/Connecticut_Colony)
|death_date={{death date and age|1752|10|26|1680|02|06}}<ref name="acg"/>
|death_place=[Norwalk](/source/Norwalk%2C_Connecticut), [Connecticut Colony](/source/Connecticut_Colony)
|resting_place=[East Norwalk Historical Cemetery](/source/East_Norwalk_Historical_Cemetery), [Norwalk](/source/Norwalk%2C_Connecticut), [Connecticut](/source/Connecticut)
|spouse=Sarah Hanford (daughter of Reverend [Thomas Hanford](/source/Thomas_Hanford), m. December 27, 1705)<ref name="acg"/><ref name="ahr"/>
|children=Sarah Comstock Betts, Samuel Comstock, Jr., Mary Comstock Trowbridge,<ref name="ahr"/> Nathan Comstock, Lydia Comstock, Daniel Comstock, David Comstock<ref name="acg"/>
|rank=Captain (May 1730)<ref name="acg"/>
|unit=South Company at Norwalk<ref name="acg"/>
}}

'''Samuel Comstock''' (February 6, 1680 – October 26, 1752) was a member of the [Connecticut House of Representatives](/source/Connecticut_House_of_Representatives) from [Norwalk](/source/Norwalk%2C_Connecticut) in the sessions of October 1711, October 1714, May 1720, October 1723, October 1725, October 1726, October 1727, October 1728, October 1729, and October 1730.

He was the son of [Christopher Comstock](/source/Christopher_Comstock) and Hannah Platt.<ref name="ahr"/>

== References ==
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|with=[Joseph Platt](/source/Joseph_Platt_(politician))
|after=
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|years=October 1711 – May 1712}}
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|with=[Joseph Platt](/source/Joseph_Platt_(politician))
|after=[John Betts](/source/John_Betts_(Connecticut_politician))
|after2=[John Read](/source/John_Read_(Connecticut_politician))
|years=October 1714 – May 1715}}
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|with=[Samuel Hanford](/source/Samuel_Hanford)
|after=[Joseph Platt](/source/Joseph_Platt_(politician))
|after2=[James Brown](/source/James_Brown_(Connecticut_politician))
|years=May 1720 – October 1720}}
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|years=October 1723 – May 1724}}
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|before2=
|with=[Joseph Platt](/source/Joseph_Platt_(politician))
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|before2=[Thomas Fitch](/source/Thomas_Fitch_(governor))
|with=[Joseph Platt](/source/Joseph_Platt_(politician))
|after=[James Lockwood](/source/James_Lockwood_(Connecticut_politician))
|after2=[Thomas Fitch](/source/Thomas_Fitch_(governor))
|years=October 1726 – May 1727}}
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|before2=[Thomas Fitch](/source/Thomas_Fitch_(governor))
|with=[Joseph Platt](/source/Joseph_Platt_(politician))
|after=[Joseph Platt](/source/Joseph_Platt_(politician))
|after2=[Benjamin Hickox](/source/Benjamin_Hickox)
|years=October 1727 – May 1728}}
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|before2=[Joseph Platt](/source/Joseph_Platt_(politician))
|with=[Joseph Platt](/source/Joseph_Platt_(politician))
|after=[James Lockwood](/source/James_Lockwood_(Connecticut_politician))
|after2=[Thomas Fitch](/source/Thomas_Fitch_(governor))
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|before2=[Thomas Fitch](/source/Thomas_Fitch_(governor))
|with=[Joseph Platt](/source/Joseph_Platt_(politician))
|after=[Thomas Fitch](/source/Thomas_Fitch_(governor))
|after2=[Joseph Birchard](/source/Joseph_Birchard)
|years=October 1729 – May 1730}}
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|before=[Thomas Fitch](/source/Thomas_Fitch_(governor))
|before2=[Joseph Birchard](/source/Joseph_Birchard)
|with=[Joseph Platt](/source/Joseph_Platt_(politician))
|after=[Joseph Platt](/source/Joseph_Platt_(politician))
|after2=
|years=October 1730 – May 1731}}
{{s-end}}

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Category:1680 births
Category:1752 deaths
Category:Burials at East Norwalk Historical Cemetery
Category:Members of the Connecticut House of Representatives
Category:Politicians from Norwalk, Connecticut
Category:Politicians from colonial Connecticut
Category:18th-century members of the Connecticut General Assembly

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