Person:Samuel Starr (10)

Samuel Starr

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m. Bef 1732

Facts and Events

Name^[1]	Samuel Starr
Gender	Male
Alt Birth^[2]^[3]	Cal 1697	Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States (probably)
Birth^[1]	Cal 1700	Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States (probably)
Marriage	Bef 1732	Estimate based on date of birth of eldest known child (Samuel). to Abigail Dibble
Death^[1]	29 Dec 1744	Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
Burial^[2]^[3]		Wooster Street Cemetery, Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 650. Samuel Starr, in Starr, Burgis Pratt. A History of the Starr Family, of New England: From the Ancestor, Dr. Comfort Starr, of Ashford, County of Kent, England, Who Emigrated to Boston, Mass., in 1635, Containing the Names of 6766 of his Descendants, and the Record and History of 1794 Families. (Hartford, Conn.: The Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co., 1879)
427.

"Samuel Starr—son of Capt. Josiah 391, Thomas 7, Dr. Comfort 1,—b. about 1700, in Danbury. In May, 1726, he petitions the General Assembly for a £5 note to replace a counterfeit one he had taken, which petition was generously granted. He, with his brothers Josiah and Comfort, took a loan from the State, and in 1741 petition for the balance of the notes promised them. He was an extensive landholder in partnership with his brothers, owning land in Danbury, Kent, &c. His will was dated Dec. 4, and he d. Dec. 29, 1744, æ. 44; buried in the old cemetery in D. A time-worn stone marks the spot. His estate amounted to over £3,000, as by the inventory taken the Feb. following."
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Samuel Starr, in Find A Grave.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Connecticut Headstone Inscriptions Vol 11 404-2 Wooster St. Cemetery, Danbury, in Hale, Charles R. Hale Collection of Connecticut Cemetery Inscriptions. (Connecticut, United States: Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, 1934)
384.

"Starr, Samuel, died Dec. 29, 1744 age 47"