Looking For the Comstocks of Devonshire

[Lauri Comstock Phillips]

My father has traced our family back to William Comstock, born 1569 in London. His son William Comstock, born 1595 was born in Culmstock, Devonshire. I am looking for any information about the Comstock family that lived in Culmstock. The name may have been spelled Culmstock.

[DeeDee]

Lauri,

Not sure if you've tried these, or even if you are connected to these!

http://www.bennettgenealogy.net/comstock.html

http://members.tripod.com/~ntgen/bw/comst_index.html

http://babbage.clarku.edu/~djoyce/gen/report/rr01/rr01_399.html

http://home.earthlink.net/~geneals/comstock.htm

Hope they might be helpful

Dee

[marriner69]

I too am searching for the COMSTOCKs of England. Mine came to the US sometime around the 1840s or 1860s...I'd have to look that up, too many people and dates to keep in my head:)

My great, great,great gradmother was CHARLOTTE COMSTOCK of ENGLAND. That's all the Mass. US census says. Her daughter was ELENA COMSTOCK who later married a BOURNE here in the States and somehow they ended up in [B]Vienna Maine.

Does anyone have any ideas how I can go about tracing her back to England? All is welcome as so far, I'm at an end. Thanks, Lisa

[Geoffers]

My great, great,great gradmother was CHARLOTTE COMSTOCK of ENGLAND. That's all the Mass. US census says.

Ah, but which census (year)? How old was she then? Are there any other Comstocks in the same, or earlier American Census returns, who were born in England and hopefully living near to Charlotte, who may be related?

[marriner69]

This is the only CHARLOTTE COMSTOCK to appear in the US (Mass>) Census with a daughter named ELENA (My great-gradmother's mother's name) who was in Mass and ended in the town of Vienna Maine. ELENA married a BOURNE

Charlotte COMSTOCK
Other Information:
Birth Year <1842>
Birthplace ENGLAND
Age 38
Occupation Keeping House
Marital Status M <Married>
Race W <White>
Head of Household Adin B. COMSTOCK
Relation Wife
Father's Birthplace ENGLAND
Mother's Birthplace ENGLAND

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Source Information:
Census Place Vienna, Kennebec, Maine
Family History Library Film 1254482
NA Film Number T9-0482
Page Number 442C

HOUSEHOLD NAMES

Household:

Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
Adin B. COMSTOCK Self M Male W 51 MASSACHUSETTS Farmer MASS MASS
Charlotte COMSTOCK Wife M Female W 38 ENGLAND Keeping House ENGLAND ENGLAND
Ethel M. COMSTOCK Dau S Female W 6 MASSACHUSETTS MASS ENGLAND
Elena COMSTOCK (MY GRANDMOTHER'S MOTHER) Dau S Female W 3 MASSACHUSETTS MASS ENGLAND
Charles F. COMSTOCK Son S Male W 1 MASSACHUSETTS MASS ENGLAND
Patty CARR Other W Female W 89 MASSACHUSETTS MASS MASS

THEN I FOUND THIS LOTTIE COMSTOCK IN THE SAME 1880 CENSUS FROM CT, MY FAMILY IS FULL OF THE NAME LOTTIE but it could be short for Charlotte. SO THAT'S AN IFFY. Any idea where to go from there?

[Geoffers]

Any idea where to go from there?

Forgive me, the layout of these American Census returns doesn't make an enormous amount of sense to me................do I interpret the census you have found to basically mean the following:

1880 census
Vienna, Kennebec, Maine
Adin COMSTOCK, head of the family, aged 51, born in Massachusetts
his wife
Charlotte Comstock, aged 38, born in England
Ethel Comstock, daughter, aged 6 born Massachusetts
Elena Comstock, daughter, aged 3, born Massachusetts
Charles Comstock, son, aged 1, born Massachusetts

I am assuming that the first place mentioned on each line if where the person was born, the second place is where the father was born and the third place mentioned is where the mother was born.

If so, the children were born in america, the father was born in america, My initial thoughts would be that the couple married in america. That being the case, you would ned to know Charlotte's maiden name as a first step to begin your search for her origins in England. Have you located any record of the marriage? Is there an obituary for Charlotte when she popped her clogs and if so, does this say where she originated?

I think you also need to find Adin in any earlier american records to try and establish his parentage and if it was they who emigrated, or an earlier generation.