Display Patriot - P-137011

Samuel COMFORT

SAR Patriot #: P-137011

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State of Service: NY Qualifying Service: Private

DAR #: A024719

Birth: 1760 / Ulster / NY
Death: 25 Sep 1802 Southfield / Orange / NY

Qualifying Service Description:

Colonel JOHANNES HARDENBURGH, 4TH REGT ULSTER CO MILITIA

Additional References:

SAR Patriot Index Edition III (CD: PP2210, Progeny Publ, 2002) plus data to 2004

Roberts, New York in the Revolution, pg 199-200

Spouse: Anna Maria Youngblood
Children: Samuel; Mary;

Members Who Share This Ancestor

Date Approved	Society	ACN	SAR Member Info	Lineage via Child	View Application Detail
1992-03-17	KS	218825	Richard Lawrence Quisenberry (134261)	James
2020-06-05	MI	90826	Robert Clyde Eager (179422)	Samuel

Burial:

Brick Church Cemetery_(C-0034419)

Location:

Montgomery / Orange / NY / USA

Find A Grave Cemetery #:

64025

Grave Plot #:

Grave GPS Coordinates:

n/a

Find A Grave Memorial #:

54798711

Marker Type:

SAR

SAR Grave Dedication Date:

BEF 01 MAR 2011

Comments:

Samuel Comfort's marker is along the west fence line, just behind the church.

Photo displayed courtesy of Robert Eager, MISSAR

Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:

This cemetery is adjacent to the Brick Reformed Church just west of Montgomery, New York, along Route 17-K

Photo: 1 of 1

Author: Robert Clyde Eager

Samuel Comfort was born in 1760 at Ulster County, New York, in a region between the towns of Crawford and Montgomery, locally known as the Comfort Hills. It was an elevated ridge that was home to several Comfort families, the descendants of two brothers who moved from Long Island several decades before.

Samuel was a private during the Revolution, serving with his brothers John Jr. and Benjamin, in the Fourth Regiment of the Ulster County Militia. Extant Roll Call Reports evidence all three Comfort brothers in Captain William Cross' Company of Colonel Johannes Hardenburgh's Regiment in April 1799. They are also later recorded serving in the same Fourth Ulster Militia in Ensign John Robenson’s Company of Lieutenant Colonel Johannes Janson's Regiment.

Following the war, Samuel married Anna Marie Youngblood, about 1784. She, like Samuel’s mother Anatje “Hannah” Mould, was a part of the Dutch community that had lived in that area for generations. Her ancestors had come to America from the Palatine region of Germany, escaping religious persecution. They had formed the Dutch Reformed Church, east of Montgomery in 1731, not far from the Comfort Hills. Over the years, several church structures were built on the same lot. It was later renamed the Brick Reformed Church when the present-day brick building was erected in 1858, following a fire. It remains a vibrant church community.

Samuel and Anna Marie were likely married in that church, although the records do not exist. All nine of their children were baptized there, and many of them were married there.

Samuel continued to farm throughout his life. Tax records for 1799 show his house and farm valued as $1,500, a middle range value for the area. He died at the age of 42 years, September 25, 1802. Anna Marie lived another 45 years. They were both buried at the Brick Reformed Church Cemetery.

Sources:

Comfort Families of Orange County New York, by Arthur H. Radacsh, 1962.

Roberts: New York in the Revolution, Pg. 199-200.

Hardenbergh's Regiment, New York Militia. Fold3 Image: 19776610.

Janson's Regiment, New York Militia. Fold3 Image: 19777153.

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