Moses Comstock (1714 – January 18, 1789) was a member of the

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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

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, 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

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on January 18, 1789.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Comstock, Moses 1714 births 1789 deaths Members of the Connecticut House of Representatives Politicians from Norwalk, Connecticut 18th-century Connecticut politicians