Brief Life History of Edward
When Edward Comfort was born on 11 November 1770, in Orange, New York, United States, his father, Richard Comfort, was 25 and his mother, Charity Young Perkins, was 22. He married Lovina MORGAN about 1790. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Southport, Chemung, New York, United States in 1850. He died on 6 January 1852, in Wellsburg, Chemung, New York, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Roshay Cemetery, Southport, Chemung, New York, United States.
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- Edward Comfert, "United States Census, 1850"
- Edward Comfort, "Find A Grave Index"
- Edward Comfort in entry for Jacob Comfort, "Michigan Deaths, 1867-1897"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776
New York is the 11th state.
1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment
The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.
Name Meaning
English (southeastern): nickname for someone who gave or sought comfort, from Middle English cumfort, comfort ‘comfort; encouragement; consolation; pleasure, joy’. Middle English do comfort (literally ‘do comfort’) meant ‘to amuse (someone)’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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