Edmund Platt (1584 – April 25, 1630) was the 11th great-grandfather of Cometan, classified as one of Cometan’s distant maternal ancestors in the Prescott family line. Born at Platt Manor in Rusholme, Manchester, Edmund married his wife Anne Greane (1580 – 1616) on 21st October 1594 at St Leonard’s Church, Middleton, and with whom he shared at least one son named Ralph (1600 – 1658). He is thought to have died at the age of forty-six in Prestwich, Manchester.
In Cometanic ancestry, Edmund is classified as part of the 13th generation retrograde, categorising him as a distant ancestor of Cometan.