11 Facts About Comfort Sands

Comfort Sands was an American merchant, banker and politician.

Comfort Sands was one of eight children born to John Sands and Elizabeth Sands, who descended from one of the three original families who owned Cow Neck.

Comfort Sands's older brothers included John Sands, who served as a colonel during the Revolutionary War and was a member of the New York State Assembly for Queens County, and Joshua Sands, a US Representative.

The Sands family was one of the original three families that settled in and owned what is Sands Point, New York.

In 1661, Comfort Sands sailed from Taunton, MA and moved his family to Block Island and had six children.

Comfort Sands worked at several positions including at Joseph Decker's store that was located on Peck Slip in lower Manhattan.

Around 1769, Comfort Sands opened his own store and by 1776, he had become a wealthy merchant.

Comfort Sands served in this position until his resignation in 1782.

In 1784, the Comfort Sands brothers purchased 160 acres of land along the Brooklyn waterfront for $12,000.

Comfort Sands was President of the New York Chamber of Commerce from 1794 to 1798.

Comfort Sands married twice and had 18 children, 15 of whom were born to his first wife Sarah and three born to his second wife Cornelia.