Samuel Comstock

{{short description|American politician}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|name=Samuel Comstock

|office=Member of the
Connecticut House of Representatives
from Norwalk[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]

|term_start=October 1711

|term_end=May 1712

|predecessor=Samuel Hanford

|alongside=Joseph Platt

|successor=

|term_start2=October 1714

|term_end2=May 1715

|predecessor2=Samuel Hanford,
Samuel Kellogg

|alongside2=Joseph Platt

|successor2=John Betts,
John Read

|term_start3=May 1720

|term_end3=October 1720

|predecessor3=Joseph Platt,
Samuel Hanford

|alongside3=Samuel Hanford

|successor3=Joseph Platt,
James Brown

|term_start4=October 1723

|term_end4=May 1724

|predecessor4=

|alongside4=James Lockwood

|successor4=Eliphalet Lockwood,
Matthew Gregory

|term_start5=October 1725

|term_end5=May 1726

|predecessor5=John Benedict

|alongside5=Joseph Platt

|successor5=James Lockwood,
Thomas Fitch

|term_start6=October 1726

|term_end6=May 1727

|predecessor6=James Lockwood,
Thomas Fitch

|alongside6=Joseph Platt

|successor6=James Lockwood,
Thomas Fitch

|term_start7=October 1727

|term_end7=May 1728

|predecessor7=James Lockwood,
Thomas Fitch

|alongside7=Joseph Platt

|successor7=Joseph Platt,
Benjamin Hickox

|term_start8=October 1728

|term_end8=May 1729

|predecessor8=Joseph Platt,
Benjamin Hickox

|alongside8=Joseph Platt

|successor8=James Lockwood,
Thomas Fitch

|term_start9=October 1729

|term_end9=May 1730

|predecessor9=James Lockwood,
Thomas Fitch

|alongside9=Joseph Platt

|successor9=Thomas Fitch,
Joseph Birchard

|term_start10=October 1730

|term_end10=May 1731

|predecessor10=Thomas Fitch,
Joseph Birchard

|alongside10=Joseph Platt

|successor10=Joseph Platt

|birth_date={{birth date|1680|02|06}}[https://books.google.com/books?id=rzoJAwAAQBAJ&dq=samuel%20comstock%20&pg=PA14 A Comstock Genealogy][https://books.google.com/books?id=vwYCAAAAYAAJ&dq=Samuel%20Comstock&pg=PA195 The Ancient Historical Records of Norwalk, Connecticut]

|birth_place=Norwalk, Connecticut Colony

|death_date={{death date and age|1752|10|26|1680|02|06}}

|death_place=Norwalk, Connecticut Colony

|restingplace=East Norwalk Historical Cemetery, Norwalk, Connecticut

|residence=Norwalk, Connecticut Colony

|religion=

|spouse=Sarah Hanford (daughter of Reverend Thomas Hanford, m. December 27, 1705)

|children=Sarah Comstock Betts, Samuel Comstock, Jr., Mary Comstock Trowbridge, Nathan Comstock, Lydia Comstock, Daniel Comstock, David Comstock

|rank=Captain (May 1730)

|unit=South Company at Norwalk

}}

Samuel Comstock (February 6, 1680 – October 26, 1752) was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from Norwalk 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 and Hannah Platt.

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Connecticut House of Representatives
from Norwalk

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|years=October 1711 – May 1712}}

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Connecticut House of Representatives
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|after=John Betts

|after2=John Read

|years=October 1714 – May 1715}}

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Connecticut House of Representatives
from Norwalk

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|years=May 1720 – October 1720}}

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Connecticut House of Representatives
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|years=October 1723 – May 1724}}

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Connecticut House of Representatives
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|before2=

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|years=October 1725 – May 1726}}

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Connecticut House of Representatives
from Norwalk

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|years=October 1726 – May 1727}}

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Connecticut House of Representatives
from Norwalk

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|years=October 1727 – May 1728}}

{{succession box|title=Member of the
Connecticut House of Representatives
from Norwalk

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|after=James Lockwood

|after2=Thomas Fitch

|years=October 1728 – May 1729}}

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Connecticut House of Representatives
from Norwalk

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|before2=Thomas Fitch

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|years=October 1729 – May 1730}}

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Connecticut House of Representatives
from Norwalk

|before=Thomas Fitch

|before2=Joseph Birchard

|with=Joseph Platt

|after=Joseph Platt

|after2=

|years=October 1730 – May 1731}}

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Category:1680 births

Category:1752 deaths

Category:Burials in East Norwalk Historical Cemetery

Category:Members of the Connecticut House of Representatives

Category:Politicians from Norwalk, Connecticut

Category:People from colonial Connecticut

Category:18th-century members of the Connecticut General Assembly