She with her sister Mary, were presented in court for "wearing silk in a flaunting manner and for long hair (wigs), and other extravagances, contrary to honest and sober order and demeanor, not becoming a wilderness state, at least the profession of Christianity and religion". She was fined l0 shillings. She had 6 children & 42 grandchildren.
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He was chosen Deacon at Hopkinton, Mass. 1732.
Sturgis PrattStarr, A HISTORY OF THE STARR FAMILY, Hartford, Ct., Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co.l879,
He was the founder of the Danbury Branch of the Starr family. He was 3 years old when his Father died & he went to Oyster Bay Long Island with his Mother. First record of him is on Long Island at 21 years of age petitioning for a grant of l00 acres of land. In l693 with several neighbors, he crossed Long Island Sound and located at Danbury, Conn. soon after the first
settlement of the town. He was one of 7 Patentees named in the grant made in l702 & was elected first Town Clerk, second Justice of the Peace, afterward surveyor, in l7l0 commissioned Lieut, and in l7l3 Captain of the first company or "train band". He was Justice of Fairfield Co. for 3 years & in l702 elected Deputy to the General Court. He was buried in the ancient burial place in the rear of the present court house (l879). His slab is the oldest tombstone erected to the memory of a Starr in New England.NEW ENGLAND GENEALOGICAL REGISTER, Vol. 90, pg. l53, Hosea Ballou, "Dr. thomas Starr, Surgeion in the Pequot War"
This reference mentions his first wife as Elizabeth Hicks & lists their 8 children. It mentions Rebekah Whitney as being the mother of 3 children including our ancestor, Samuel. In Vol. 9l, p. 289, it states Josias Starr was mentioned in John Hick's will as his son-in-law. It also lists in the will Josiah's children & grand-children.
DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN COLONISTS LINEAGE BOOKS, VOL. XI
This Lineage book shows our correct lineage in the Starr family.
Cutter, CONNECTICUT FAMILIES GENEALOGY, Vol. l, p. 99
HISTORY OF RIDGEFIELD, CONN., pp. l3, l4.
In l709 the General Assembly appointed Josiah Starr to make a survey of their purchase of the town of Danbury and to lay it out for a town.
James Montgomery Bailey, HISTORY OF DANBURY, CONNECTICUT l684-l896
NOTE: This book has a lot of information on the Starr family.
The earliest record of his being in the new world is in Springfield, Mass. in 1638, although it's possible he was there by 1636 since he had an original grant of land. He was a shoemaker by trade. June 16, 1640 John Leonard complains in a court case that Henry took more recompense for the driving home of certain stray sows than his share comes to & for taking more pigs with his sow than his share comes to. The jury decided against Henry in the sum of 8 shillings. His wife was accused by oath of "swearing before God I could break thy head. She did acknowld it was her great sin & fault & saith she hath bin much humbled for it." She was fined 12d to the poor & if she didn't pay it within a month she was to sit 3 hours in the stocks. It wasn't the threat but the "swearing before God" that was the problem.
Henry decided to move to southern Ct. probably to be near his son or daughters. He probably lived in New Haven, Ct. before moving to Stratford, Ct. from 1647 until his death. He was probably a Stratford proprietor. He was involved in another suit in Stratford brought against him for making poor quality shoes. Meigs was supposed to supply the leather, but it proved to be poorly tanned & the cord rotten. Henry claimed Meigs ordered him to slap them together anyway. When Meigs sold the shoes they all came back & that's when he brought the suit against Henry. The Judge decided Meigs had no business selling such poor quality shoes & Henry had no business making them up so costs were divided between them.
Court orders regarding the distribution of his estate are on page 5 Vol. 1 of the "Fairfield Probate Records June 19, 1655.
He was listed as the oldest son living at the settlement of his Dad's estate. Had land in Plymouth, Mass. In 1644 he was admitted a member of the Court of New Haven, Ct. He was a shoemaker, tanner & sealer of leather. John lived in the Yorkshire quarter of New Haven, which was northerly from where the old Yale buildings were.
John lived in Stratford, Ct. where his father was. John was one of fourteen men who contracted with Roger Ludlow for the settlement of Norwalk, Ct. He held office there almost continuously. He was a constable and selectman. To the Colonial court (legislature) at Hartford he was sent as deputy for the May or Oct. term or both in for at least 16 yrs. On June 26, 1672 he was sent to a special meeting to consider war with Holland. In 1659 he was official cow herder. He was appointed in 1670 to mark out certain bounds between the Norwalk and "Saketuk" rivers.
He also took a leading part in the movement that resulted in the founding of Newark, N.J. intending to live there. Finally, in 1666 Robert Treat, chief of the Newark movement, & John Gregory, after consulting Gov. Carteret of N.J. (then English), selected the site of Newark. He apparently didn't move there.
He was a fur trader, lawyer, J.P., the first Judge of Hampshire County Court and a founder of Northampton, Mass.
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She had 12 children & 70 grandchildren.
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