Robert Comfort
The name Robert Comfort is the first name on the monument.
The monument is in Baptist Church church burial ground, Bessels Green, Kent, England.
There are 58 other graves within this cemetery that are listed within the GPR database.
Robert Comfort was buried in 1852. The actual date of death is not currently recorded on the GPR database but it may be on the grave monument photograph.
Robert Comfort age is given as 88.
Robert Comfort birth is given as 1764.
Robert Comfort is listed on the GPR grave numbered 417295.
Robert Comfort is listed as the first name on monument on the grave monument.
Robert Comfort has the record number 894745 within the GPR person name database table.
The record was added to the GPR on 28 September 2014
There is one image available for the monument listing Robert Comfort (see grave detail page).
The follow note is stored against Robert Comfort record:
Parents Robert Comfort & Hannah Winter, eldest son with 8 siblings. Opened a drapery shop in Sevenoaks High Street that became the first department store in the town. Founder member of Sevenoaks & Westerham Bible Soc. Married twice, second wife Sarah Field nee Cooper, he appears to have had no children but two step-children. Wealthy man of property, he and Sarah both left wills that are held at The National Archives and available online. At least two of his Palmer nephews came into the business and built it further, adding banking and undertaking. I'm just at the start of research here and hope to discover a lot more. Buying a needlework memorial sampler has prompted the research.