Private
Comfort
Olds
aka Old
Born in Brookfield, Hampshire, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Ancestors 
Son of William Olds
and Elizabeth (Walker) Olds
Brother of
Elizabeth (Old) Gilbert, William Olds, Hannah (Olds) Barnes, Abigail (Olds) Gilbert, Deborah (Olds) Barnes, Ezekiel Olds and Reuben Olds [half]
Husband of
Abigail (Barnes) Olds
— married
23 May 1745 in Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Descendants 
Father of
Samuel Olds
Died
at age 55
in Brookfield, Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 11 Dec 2017
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Biography
Soldier in the French and Indian War; also in the Revolutionary War.
In 1751, Comfort Olds signed a receipt for his share of his father's estate.[1] In 1753, he received more of his father's estate from his brother Ezekiel.[2]
Comfort Olds is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A086061.
Military
Private Comfort Olds, born Brookfield, Massachusetts 24 May 1724, died there 29 July 1779, and his wife Abigail Barns, born 1723, married May 1745, are honored for service: 1) CAPT DANIEL GILBERT, COL JOB CUSHING. Their son Samuel Olds, born December 1748, married Persis Rice, born 1755, on 11 February 1777. [3]
Sources
- ↑ "Probate records v. 4 1751-1756, 1824-1847" database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9YR-XS1Q : 4 April 2024), Film# 007704429, Worcester, Massachusetts, image 6, Vol 4, Page 2.
- ↑ "Probate records v. 4 1751-1756, 1824-1847" database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9YR-XSJJ : 16 April 2024), Film# 007704429, Worcester, Massachusetts, image 93, Vol 4, Page 172.
- ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed November 23, 2021), "Record of Comfort Olds", Ancestor # A086061.
- ancestry.com
book: North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 - The Olds (Old, Ould) family in England and America
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