John Joseph STARK

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: 11 Nov 1716, North Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA

John married Sarah HOUGH on 01 Jun 1741 in Bozrah, New London, Connecticut, USA. Sarah (daughter of Capt. John HOUGH and Hannah DENISON) was born on 06 Apr 1722 in New London, New London, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Eunice STARK was born on 22 Jan 1743 in Vermont.
2. Rachel STARK was born on 23 Aug 1745 in New London, New London, Connecticut, USA.
3. Benajah STARK was born on 30 Jun 1748 in New London, New London, Connecticut, USA; died between 18 Nov 1823 and 17 May 1824.
4. Joseph STARK was born on 17 Dec 1749 in New London, New London, Connecticut, USA; died on 19 Nov 1778.

Notes:

John was a grantee under the deed of William Stark to the church. He was a deacon in the First Baptist Church of New London ( Waterford) which church was the second Baptist church in the State, founded in 1710. The church edifice, about twenty or twenty-five square, with a sharp, peaked roof, occupying a sightly position on the crest of Foot Hill in Waterford, presented a fair target for British ships blockading the coast, and they so riddled the roof as to cause the building to be called the "Old Pepper Box." In a burying groung adjoining the church so late as 1850 was a stone bearing the name of Deacon John Stark.

Name:
John Stark was a grantee under the deed of William Stark to the Church. He was a deacon of the First Baptist Church of New London (now Waterford), Conn., which was the second Baptist Church in the State, founded in 1710. The church edifice was about twenty or twenty-five feet square, with a sharp peaked roof, occupying a sightly position on the crest of Fort Hill in Waterford. It presented a fair target for the British ships blockading the coast. They riddled the roof and caused the building to be called the "Old Pepper Box."

In the burying ground adjoining the church as late as 1850, was stone bearing the name of Deacon John Stark.

John married Martha WALWORTH on 10 Nov 1715 in New London, Connecticut. Martha (daughter of William WALWORTH and Mary Abigail SEATON) was born in Mar 1691 in Fisher's Island, New London Co., Connecticut; was christened on 24 Jan 1692 in Congregationalist Church, New London, Connecticut; died in 1736. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]