Aaron STARK

1733 - 1778  (45 years)

• Name	Aaron STARK  [1, 2]
  	Aaron and his wife removed to the Wyoming Valley in Pennsylvania following their marriage about 1772, and were living there at the time of the Wyoming Massacre which occurred July 3, 1778. His wife urged him to run to his old home in Dutchess County, NY, to escape the fury of the savages, but rather he chose to stay and take his chance. The family fled to the fort and the father went forth to defend his loved ones from the cruel foe. After the troops broke and ran, Aaron and his son of the same name also fled and hid themselves in the driftwood along the river. The father was discovered by the savages and taken out and cruelly murdered before the eyes of his son. After the massacre, his widow eventually found her way back to Dutchess County, NY, taking her five children with her. Aaron Stark's name appears on the Wyoming monument as a victim of that day's tragedy. [1]
  Birth	03 Mar 1732/3	Groton, New London County, Connecticut   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	03 Jul 1778	In the Wyoming Masacre   [1, 2]
  Person ID	I54726	Main Tree
  Last Modified	16 Sep 2021

  
  

  Father	Christopher STARK,   b. 19 Jun 1698, Groton, New London, Connecticut, USA d. 20 Jul 1777, Wyoming Valley, Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne Co., Pennsylvania (Age 79 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Joanna WALWORTH,   b. Oct 1699, Groton, New London Co.,Connecticut d. 1777 (Age 77 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	01 Apr 1722	Groton, New London, Connecticut   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Family ID	F08038	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret ?   d. Abt 1814
  Family ID	F15424	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 03 Mar 1732/3 - Groton, New London County, Connecticut  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S5682] Reginald Wellington Walworth, "Walworth-Walsworth Genealogy" 1689-1962 Descendants Male & Female of William Walworth & Mary Abigail Seaton. [S00078] Charles R. Stark, The Aaron STARK Family Seven Generations of the Descendants of Aaron STARK of Groton, Connecticut. [S03412] The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records: Griswold and Groton. [S01665] Ahnentafel of Susannah Starks by Rod Schroeder. [S01839] Ancestry.com: Wyoming & Lackawanna Valleys, Pennsylvanis Genealogies & Families Histories, Vol 1-11, Harding/Rice Family.