He was buried in the choir of White Friars' Church in Fleet Street, London.
Sources:
NEW ENGLAND GENEALOGICAL REGISTER, Vol. 29
Upon the conquest of England by the Normans in l066, her lands were parcelled out by William amongst the military leaders by whose aid he had accomplished her subjugation. A very large estate in the north-westerly part of the county of Norfolk, in the neighborhood now called Raynham, (River Home) became the property of one de Haville. In ll00, a gentleman by the name of Ludovicus (Louis), came from Normandy, in the train of Henry I., and having married the daughter and only child of De Haville, settled upon his wife's paternal acres, and adopted the family name of TOWNSEND. These lands passed, by inheritance to TOWNSEND'S children and the family held them not only entire but largely augmented after the lapse of eight hundred years from the time they were granted to De Haville. THE TOWNSENDS, by Malcolm Townsend.
The Townsend or Townshend families of England and America are of mixed Saxon and Norman origin and of great antiquity in the county Norfolk, England. Walter Atte Townshende, son of Sir Lodovic de Townshende, a Norman nobleman whom Collins in his Peerage of England puts at the head of this family, flourished soon after the Conquest. This Lodovic it seems married Elizabeth de Hauteville, sole heir of Raynham daughter of Sir Thomas de Hauteville, of the famous family of de Hauteville or Havile. They were of Norman extraction, and settling in the county of Norfolk became possessed of a considerable property said to have been granted them by William the Conqueror. William Ad-Exitum-Ville, that is Townsend or Tunneshende, held considerable lands of the prior of Norwiche's lordship in Taverham, Norfolk, in the reign of King John, A.D. l200. In the reign of Henry III A.D. l2l7-72 lived Thomas Atte Tunneshende of West Herling; and in l290 lived William Atte Tune'sende.
In l304 John, son of Thomas Atte Tunnesende, died, leaving Alice his widow, and William his son who was married in l306. In l37l Peter Atte Townesend was presented with the living of Great Winchingham by the king and nominated by the bishop. There was a William Atte Tounsend whose son Thomas settled his estates in Thorpland and Barsham in Norfolk on his son John by deed dated July ll, l377. This John was living at Snoring Magna, A.D. l396, and afterward settled at Raynham. NEW ENGLAND GENEALOGICAL REGISTER, VOL. 29, "The Townshend Family" by Charles Hervey Townsend.
Her first husband was killed by Indians in their attack on the Casco Bay, Maine area.
Sturgis Pratt Starr, 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 3years & 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 isthe 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.
Concord, Massachusetts : births, marriages, and deaths, 1635-1850
author unknown, 1895, 503 pgs.
Nathaniel Ball and Mary Brookes both of Concord, were joyned in marriage by the same Minister April 19, 1688 (Minister Mr. Joseph Estabrook)
Nathanewell Ball & Margry Batman married 7 Feb 1670
(This marriage record would have Nathaniel 7 yrs. old at his marriage. Both birth & marriage are from the Concord, Mass. vital records so I'm wondering if this is the correct Nathaniel or perhaps his father?? ebt)
She was buried in Columbia Cemetery, Columbia, Marion County, Iowa. Maruah most likely left Ohio after her husband Richard Evans died in 1843. She left McDonough, Illinois with her 3 sons and moved to Iowa probably about 1847. Maruah was also a defendent on a land deed in the estate of her late husband John J. Post on December 5, 1846. This would place them in Illinois until probably 1847. It is possible that Maruah with sons traveled to Iowa with Joshua Twitchell and family in 1847 rather than her brother Ephraim Twitchell, who appears to have left in 1846. The Twitchell families spent the winter of 1847 near Council Bluffs, Iowa. Maruah must have thought herself cursed relative to marriage. Her first marriage to John Fuel, lasted less than 9 years, her second to John Colwell was cut short at about 7 years, the reason is unknown. The marriage to Richard Evans lasted about 4 years and ended tragically when he was killed while at the wheel of a steamboat by a drunken passenger. Finally John J. Post died early leaving Maruah after only two and a half years of marriage.
On October 11, 1843, John J. Post's estate was sold. Maruah purchased the following among other things from the estate sale: Loom & gear, kettle, 14 head of sheep, pickling tup, large chest, trunk, oval basket, 2 stone jars, 5 tin pans, bucket, vinegar keg, washing tub, mowing scythe, a speckled cow, 1 block, 1 bed and rolls, a coffee mill, and a mule. Other items sold were; sheep shears, 3 axes, 2 pitch forks, 1 spade, 2 scythes, 2 log chains, grind stone, 1 rifle, harrow, plows, fan, hay, sled, sleigh, stack of pots, red cow, wagon, brown horse, and 4 acres corn. The total came to $305.41, with the horse selling for $46.50, the wagon for $50.75, and the sheep for $21.00.