Capt. Jonathan STARR

Notes:

Name:
Thomas and Jonathan Starr married sisters, Mary and Elizabeth Morgan, daughters of Capt. James Morgan. Samuel, the oldest son of Jonathan, removed to Norwich, and is the founder of the Norwich family of Starrs. Jonathan, the second son, was the ancestor of the present Jonathan Starr, Esq., of New London, and of the late Capt. Jared Starr. Richard, another brother of this family, removed to Hinsdale, Mass., and was one of the fathers of that new settlement, and a founder of its infant church.

The descendants of Jonathan Starr have been remarkable for longevity,?eight of his children lived to be eighty, and most of them over eighty-five years of age. One of his daughters, Mrs. Turner, was one hundred years and seven months old. In the family of his son Jonathan, the father, mother, and four children averaged ninety years of age.


Title: History of New London county, Connecticut: with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men
Editor: Duane Hamilton Hurd
Publisher: J. W. Lewis & co., 1882
Page 826
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Captain Jonathan Starr son of Samuel Starr was born at New London February 23, 1673/74 and was a prominent man of his native town He was constable deputy to the general assembly I712-14 member of the governor's council I711-12, 13-16 sergeant of the militia 1712 ensign 1715 lieutenant and captain I716-27

Genealogical and Family History of the State of Connecticut: A ..., Volume 2
By William Richard Cutter, Edward Henry Clement, Samuel Hart, Mary Kingsbury Talcott, Frederick Bostwick, Ezra S. Stearns

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American Marriages Before 1699 American Marriages Before 1699
Name: Jonathan Starr
Spouse: Elizabeth Morgan
Marriage Date: 12 Jan 1699
Marriage Place: New London, Conn.

Source Information:

Ancestry.com. American Marriages Before 1699 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA:
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Jonathan married Elizabeth MORGAN on 12 Jan 1698. Elizabeth (daughter of Capt James MORGAN and Mary VINE) was born on 9 Sep 1678 in Groton, New London County, Connecticut; died on 18 Sep 1763 in Groton, New London Co., Connecticut; was buried in Starr Cemetery, Groton, New London Co., Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Samuel was one of the early settlers of New London and a prominent man in the town, holding the honorable office of county marshall (high sheriff) from 1674 to his death. He lived on the Old Buttonwood corner.

Samuel married Hannah BREWSTER on 23 Dec 1664 in New London, Connecticut. Hannah (daughter of Jonathan BREWSTER and Lucretia OLDHAM) was born on 03 Nov 1641 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts; died in Dec 1711 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts; was buried in Avery-Morgan Cemetery, Groton, New London Co., Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Death: Aft 25 Nov 1691

Notes:

They had 4 children.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: Became a Dutch citizen
• Military Service: 1637; Military Commissioner in the Pequot War
• Occupation: 1639; Served as deputy of General Court of Plymouth Colony
• Occupation: 1641; Served as deputy of General Court of Plymouth Colony
• Military Service: 1643; Member of Captain Myles Standish's Duxbury Company
• Occupation: 1644; Served as deputy of General Court of Plymouth Colony

Notes:

Jonathan came in the ship Fortune in November, 1621. He married Lucretia. She was probable a sister of John Oldham, who came to Plymouth on his 'perticular', about 1623, and who was called 'brother' by Jonathan. About 1630 Jonathan removed his family to Duxbury, from which place he was deputy to the General Court, Plymouth Colony, 1639, 1641-1644. He then removed to New London, Conn., about 1649, and settled in that part which later established as Norwich, his farm lying in both towns. Here he was deputy to the General Court of the Colony of Connecticut, 1650, 1655-1658.

In 1637 he was a military commissioner in the Pequot War; a member of the Duxbury Committee to raise forces in the Narragansett Alarm of 1642, and a member of Captain Myles Standish's Duxbury Company in the military enrollment of 1643.
REF: Winsor's Hist. Duxbury, p. 90; Peirce's Col. Lists p. 75 and 84 and Genl. Reg. Soc. Col. War, 1899-1902, pg 576

The descendants erected in the Brewster Cemetery, in 1855, a plain granite shaft about eight feet high, to the memory of Jonathan and his wife, Lucretia. A part of the inscription on the monument, referring to Jonahtan Brewster, says: "History speaks of his act," and to Lucretia Brewster there is the following: "A noble specimen of an enlightened, heroic Christian gentlewoman."

The Brewster Cemetery is at Brewster's Neck, between Poquetanuck Cove and the Thames River, in Connecticut. It contains about one square acre and is surrounded by a substantial stone wall, which was rebuilt in 1903.

Notes from William Brewster of the Mayflower and His Descendants for 4 Generations:
1. One of the men who undertook to discharge the debts of Plymouth Colony.
2. A freeman in 1633, he was active in the settlement of the town of Duxbury, Mass., incorporated June 7,1637.
3. Served as a surveyor, laid out highways, practiced as an attorney, and was styled "gentleman".
4. In 1638, established a ferry service to transport men and cattle across the North River. But sold this in 1641 to Messrs. Barker, Howell and others.

Jonathan married Lucretia OLDHAM on 10 Apr 1624 in Plymouth, Conn.. Lucretia (daughter of William OLDHAM and Phillipa SOWTER) was born in Derby, England; died between 04 Mar 1678 and 1679 in Brewster's Neck, Preston, New London, Conn.; was buried in Brewster Cemetery, Montville, CT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 04 Jan 1600, Darby, England; Parish of All Saints, Derby
• Baptism: 14 Jan 1600, Darby, England; Parish of All Saints, Derby

Notes:

Lucretia was a woman of note and respectability among her compeers. She has always the prefix of honor and is usually presented to view in some useful capacity: an attendant upon the sich and dying as nurse, doctress, or midwife, or a witness to wills and other important transactions.

Lucretia came over on the "Anne" with her brother, John Oldham, arriving about July 10, 1623.