Lt. Colonel Adam Comstock

"1819-06-28; Paper: Halcyon Appointed by Gov. DeWitt Clinton as chairman of committee that established the New York State Public School System.

"DIED On the 10th ultimo, at his residence, in Saratoga county, N. Y. Col. ADAM COMSTOCK, in the 80th year of his age. In his death we behold another of the few surviving patriots of the revolution descending to the tomb. Formed by mature, in body and mind, for a soldier, and glowing with the enthusiasm of liberty, he early entered the field, on the side of the colonies, in the revolutionary conflict. Enjoying the confidence of illustrious Washington, he was soon promoted, under his auspices, to a colonelcy in the continental line of the army. At the signal victory of the Red Bank, he was the "officer of the day," and alternately commanded with general Samuel Smith, of Md., in the gallant affair of Mud Fort. On his retiring from the army he received from the commander in chief the most flattering testimonials of his military career. During a great part of his life he was the incumbent of various judicial offices, the duties of which he discharged with acknowledged ability and independence, while his parliamentary labors of about twenty years, further evince the respectful consideration in which he was held by his fellow-citizens. Industry, temperance and integrity characterized his private deportment."

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/45096133/adam-comstock

Revolutionary War veteran https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-11-02-0622 https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-12-02-0022

Each of Col. Adam's parents descended from full siblings, Elizabeth Comstock and Capt. Richard Arnold

Family 154, https://archive.org/stream/comstockgenealog00incoms#page/76/mode/2u...