Joseph Comfort (1805–66)

Gardener and coachman. Employed at Down House until 1854; at Kew Gardens from 1854. Victualler at the Crown Inn, Knockholt, Kent, from at least 1861 until 1866.

Sources

Atkins 1974

Census returns of England and Wales 1851 (The National Archives: Public Record Office HO107/1606/254/19), 1861 (RG9/462/127/16 )

England & Wales, national probate calendar (index of wills and administrations), 1858–1966 (Ancestry.com, accessed 8 August 2016)

England, select births and christenings, 1538–1975 (Ancestry.com, accessed 8 August 2016)

Volumes

4,5,30