Morning, Everybody, I don't think there is a big problem or mix-up with the Comforts. I do agree there is something amiss with Stephen Abner. I believe there are six Comforts in the Lud ancestry and four of the six follow one another in logical sequence. There are two infants named Comfort, who died young, in the early 1700's. You can find their data on the LDS site, _www.familysearch.com_ (http://www.familysearch.com) . Then there is Comfort, the son of Elisha and Abigail (Pierson) Ludington. He was born in 1741 and became a Capt. in the Rev War. I call him #1, Capt. Comfort. #1, Captain Comfort married Elizabeth Nickerson and among his children was a son named Comfort, born abt. 1770. I call him Comfort #2. Comfort #2 married (1) Mary Mulkin and among his children was a son named Comfort. I call him Comfort #3. Comfort #3 went to Clinton County, Ohio. Comfort #2 married (2) Rebecca Dayton and they were the parents of Abner. (There is no known documentation for either of the marriages of Comfort #2.) Comfort #3 married Ann Holdcraft in Clinton County, Ohio on November 26, 1834. Her maiden name is spelled a variety of ways in the records. Comfort #3 probably dies within the year and it is this same Ann (Holdcraft) Ludington who married Abner Ludington (Comfort's half-brother) December 15, 1835 in Clinton County, Ohio. I theorize that my Lafayette is the older brother of Comfort #3 and the half-brother of Abner. Lafayette marries Mary Ann (Purdy) and among their children is a boy named Comfort B. I call this fellow, Comfort #4. Comfort #4 was born in Ohio (possibly Clinton County). He migrated to Minnesota and there enlisted in the Civil War. He was killed shortly afterwards and died unmarried. Counting the two infants, that makes five fellows and one female (infant) in the Lud ancestry named Comfort and I think it accounts for all of them. However, some of my fellow researchers can easily name a couple of famous mistakes I have made. I welcome corrections. Elaine