Person:Moses Starr (1)

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The Quaker records show that Moses and his brother Samual were admonished for something -perhaps not attending church and on September 20, 1754, they were read out of Meeting Quaker. They became Methodists. Moses and his first wife had difficulties and parted. Quaker records in Chester Co, PA tell of his first marriage and difficulties.

Mose Starr, son of James and Rachel laybourne Starr, was born 21, Dec 1720 in Longdon Grove twp. Chester Co, Pa. He moved at the age of eleven with his parents in 1731 to Phoenixville, Pa. He lived on the Starr farm in the Manavon tract, became a miller, and operated a mill with his brother James Starr but sold the business in 1748 to Samuel Jones and Jacob Hilderbrand.

Moses Starr was married first in a Quaker Meeting in Chester Co. to Sarah Davis, born in 1718. Some sources say they were married in 1745 at East Town, Pa. Supposedly there are Quaker records of this first marriage and of a disagreement between Moses Starr, his wife and her father. The marriage must have been dissolved. Have never been able to located these records. Later there are Quaker records showing Moses and a brother was dismissed and by 1755 Moses was no longer a member of the Quaker Meeting. This must have been when he went to New Jersy and married his second wife, Margaret Quartlebaum, probably around 1755/56.

It is not certain where in New Jersey Moses and Margaret lived. Some think he lived in Somerset Co., however, there was a Moses Starr on a list of tavern owners in Hunterdon Co., N.J. It is believed that most of their children were probably born in Bridgewater twp., Somerset Co., Cumberlan Co, or Hunterdon Co., N.J.

Moses Starr then moved to Central Pa. near Honey Grove and a gap in the Tuscorora Mountains where he bought land. There are a few tax records for Moses Starr. They sold their land in 1794. Their son John Starr, then living in Hampshire Co., West Va. was a witness to the deed. It is not know what happened to Moses and Margaret Starr. They probably went to Hampshire Co., West Virginia to live as most of their children had moved there.

Moses and Margaret Quartlebaum Starr were the parents of nine children.

GEN Moses and Sara Davis were Married 26 April 1745 in Radnor M.M Chester Co., Daughter of Edward Davis per Edward Starr ---

The Davis Family Tree Information comes from Lillian's family tree. -Gia Davis