Comfort Truitt

Abt 1710 - 1783  (73 years)

• Name	Comfort Truitt  [1]
  Birth	Abt 1710	Accomack County, Virginia, USA
  Gender	Female
  Heir - named as	7 Sep 1738	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [1]
  	She was shown as Comfort, daughter of "Accomack George" Trewit, in the will of William Wilson.
  Will - Named in Husband's will	27 Jan 1767	Worcester Co, Maryland   [2]
  	In his will John Bowen, planter, gave to wife Comfort the use of lands and possessions during her widowhood. To sons Luke and John 200 acres of land in "the swamps" called St. Martins Ridge. To son Billy 100 acres called Sandown. To son Jesse 100 acres called Bowins Choice; right and title of land called Sturbridge tract. To daughter Mathew Jones, personalty. To daughter Rachel £10 current money. To son Jesse and daughter Sarah, remainder of moveable estate. Extrs: Jesse and Comfort Bowen. Witt: Jethro Bowin, Littleton Bowin and William Truitt.
  Marr Name	Comfort Bowen
  Reference Identifier	Maggie 105
  Record ID	63158
  Death	1783	Worcester Co, Maryland   [3]
  Origins
  Patriarch & Matriarch	George Truitt, I,   b. 1617   d. Bef 16 Oct 1670, Accomack County, Virginia, USA  (Age < 53 years)  (Great Grandfather)  Patience (--?--),   b. Abt 1680   d. Yes, date unknown  (Mother)
  Person ID	I63158	MilesFiles23
  Last Modified	22 Sep 2020

  
  

  Father	George 'Accomack George' Truitt,   b. Abt 1670, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Patience (--?--),   b. Abt 1680   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Abt 1700  [4]
  Family ID	F27754	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	John Bowen,   b. Abt 1695, Worcester Co, Maryland d. Bef 20 Feb 1767, Worcester Co, Maryland (Age < 72 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1730	Worcester Co, Maryland   [5]
  Children	+ 1. Jethro Bowen,   b. Abt 1730, Worcester Co, Maryland d. Bef 9 Jul 1796, Worcester Co, Maryland (Age < 66 years) ╚═ Aralanta (of Wm & Esther) White  m. Bef 27 Mar 1754   2. John Bowen, Jr.,   b. Abt 1734, Worcester Co, Maryland d. Abt 1811 (Age 77 years) ╚═ Martha Midgley  (Age 72 years)  m. Bef Nov 1761 + 3. Luke Bowen,   b. Abt 1736, Worcester Co, Maryland d. Abt 1795 (Age 59 years) ╚═ Mary Stevenson  m. Abt 1762   4. Martha 'Mathew' Bowen,   b. Abt 1738, Worcester Co, Maryland d. Yes, date unknown ╚═ McClemmy Jones  (Age 38 years)  m. Abt 1760   5. Mary Bowen,   b. Abt 1741, Worcester Co, Maryland d. Bef Feb 1788, Sussex Co, Delaware (Age < 47 years) ╚═ William Carlisle  (Age 71 years)  m. Abt 1765   6. Rachel Bowen,   b. Abt 1743, Worcester Co, Maryland d. Yes, date unknown   7. Sarah Bowen,   b. Abt 1745, Worcester Co, Maryland d. Sussex Co, Delaware ╚═ Daniel Welch  m. Abt 1770   8. William 'Billy' Bowen,   b. Abt 1749, Worcester Co, Maryland d. 1784, Worcester Co, Maryland (Age 35 years) ╚═ Sarah (--?--)  (Age 35 years)  m. Abt 1775   9. Jesse Bowen,   b. Abt 1751, Worcester Co, Maryland d. Bef 24 Mar 1797, Worcester Co, Maryland (Age < 46 years)
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2023
  Family ID	F30330	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - Abt 1710 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA Heir - named as - 7 Sep 1738 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1990), p. 119 (will of William Wilson), 570. [S2002] Sharon S. Jones, Jones, Worcester Co, MD Wills, 1759-1769, (Family Line Publications, Silver Springs, MD 1987), p. 41 (will of John Bowen, wife Comfort), 2002. [S3061] Rob Hall (C.R.V. Hall) [email protected], Ancestors of Julia Ann Lamberson, (Email to M.K. Miles, 31 July 2020), 3061. [S572] Ralph T. Whitelaw, Virginia's Eastern Shore (A History of Northampton and Accomack Counties), in a 2 volume set, (Gloucester, Mass.: Peter Smith, 1968), p. 1140 (tract A120), 572. [S726] Vernon L. Skinner Jr. & F. Edward Wright, Wright, Col Fam of MD, Vol 10, (Westminster, MD: Willow Bend Books, 2000), p. 20 (Bowen Family), 726.