About Moses Comstock
Lived 1714 – 1789 (aged 74–75). Moses Comstock was an American politician.
Moses Comstock (1714 – January 18, 1789) was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from Norwalk in 1777.
He was the son of Moses Comstock and Abigail Brinsmade.
In 1777, Eli Reed, Asa Hoyt, John Gregory, Jr., Levi Taylor, Nathan Hubbell, and Moses Comstock were appointed a Committee to find the number of soldiers enlisted in the Continental Army, in Norwalk, and report to the Norwalk town meeting.
His father, also named Moses, was the owner of the last slave in Connecticut, Onesimus Brown.
He died in New Canaan on January 18, 1789.
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Connecticut politician
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Moses Comstock was born in 1714 in Norwalk.
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Moses Comstock died on 18 January 1789 in New Canaan.
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Moses Comstock was a politician.
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