John Obediah STARK

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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.

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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]

1. John Joseph STARK was born on 11 Nov 1716 in Groton, New London Co., Connecticut; died between 1753 and 1759 in Lebanon, New London County, Connecticut.
2. Susanna STARK was born in 1717 in North Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA; died in 1813 in Colchester, New London, Connecticut, USA.
3. Mehitabel STARK was born between 1716 and 1722 in Groton, New London County, Connecticut; died after 1753.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: Abt 1654

Notes:

Aaron served with his father in King Philip's War in 1675, and like him received a grant of land in Voluntown, though it is believed that neither of them ever lived in that town.

Aaron married Mehitable SHAW on 27 Nov 1676 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA. Mehitable (daughter of Thomas SHAW and Mary ?) was born about 1654 in North Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA; died in 1714. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]