Person:Abiah Starr (1)
Abiah Starr
b.8 Feb 1687/88 Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
d.4 Mar 1751 Killingly, Windham, Connecticut, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 14 Nov 1683
  1. Mary Starr1685 -
  2. Abiah Starr1687/88 - 1751
  3. Hannah Starr1689/90 - 1757
  4. Sarah Starr1691/92 - 1722
  5. Josiah Starr1693 - 1693
  6. Susanna Starr1694 -
  7. Comfort Starr1696 -
  8. Judith Starr1698 -
  9. Ruth Starr1700 -
  10. Martha Starr1700 - 1700
  11. Elizabeth Starr1702 -
  12. Jonathan Starr1704 -
  13. Martha Starr1708 -
Spouse and Children
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m. Aft 30 Nov 1705
  1. Lydia Eaton1707 -
  2. Keziah Eaton1710 - 1742
  3. Alice Eaton1712 -
  4. Susanna Eaton1715 - 1786
  5. Jerusha Eaton1717 -
  6. Hannah Eaton1719 -
  7. Jonathan Eaton1721 -
  8. John Eaton1724 -
  9. Penelope Eaton1726/27 -
  10. Comfort Eaton1729 -
  11. Marson Eaton1731 -
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Facts and Events
Name Abiah Starr
Alt Name Lidea Starr
Gender Female
Birth[1] 8 Feb 1687/88 Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
Christening[3] 17 Jun 1688 Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage Aft 30 Nov 1705 to Jonathan Eaton
Death[2] 4 Mar 1751 Killingly, Windham, Connecticut, United States
Burial[4] West Thompson Cemetery, West Thompson, Windham, Connecticut, United States
References
  1. ↑ Dedham (Massachusetts). Town Clerk; Julius Herbert Tuttle; Benjamin Fisher; and Don Gleason Hill. The early records of the town of Dedham, Massachusetts. (Dedham, Massachusetts: Dedham Transcript Press, 1886-1936)
    Vol. 1, p. 22.

    1687
    ...
    [A]biah, ye daughter of Comfort & Mary Star, was borne Feb. 8
    [Note: original here. Context suggests this is 1687/88. The interpretation of the given name is questionable, a reasonable argument could say it is possibly "Lydiah" given the difficulty in reading it and the consistency of adult records giving Lydia.]

  2. ↑ Connecticut, United States. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records
    v.1 p.72.

    EATON: Lydia*, w. Jonathan, d. Mar. 4, 1751, in the 63rd y. of her age

    * Lidea per tombstone

  3. ↑ Watertown Records Comprising East Congregational and Precinct Affairs, 1697-1737; Also Record Book of the Pastors, 1686-1819. (Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States: David Clapp and Son, Printers, 1906)
    Vol. 4 (of Watertown Records), p. 126.

    Ye 17th of Jun 1688 ... a child of Comfort Starrs of Dedham called Lidia - ... [baptized].

  4. ↑ Find A Grave: West Thompson Cemetery, Thompson, CT, in Find A Grave
    Lida "Abiah" Starr Eaton.

    LIDEA EATON
    ye Wife of Deacon
    JONATHAN EATON
    Died March ye 31, 1751,
    In ye 62nd Year of her
    Age.

  5.   Her given name was Abiah, but she went by Lidea.

    Source:Bartlett, J. Gardner. Simon Stone Genealogy, p. 54, interprets the birth date as 1686/87, contrary to the apparent context as noted above, and concludes Abiah is a different child from Lydia since this interpretation makes the baptism about 16 months later.

    Source:Nutt, Charles. History of Worcester and Its People, p. 687, says "Although her name was Abiah she was baptized Lydia, June 17, 1688."

    NEHGR, Vol. 96, p. 376, in the article "Dr. Thomas Starr, Surgeon in the Pequot War, and His Family connections" by Hosea Starr Ballou, says Abiah married Jonathan Eaton, but never mentions the name Lydia, even though the baptism, marriage record, births of children, and gravestone give some form of Lydia.
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