Rachel (Starr) Barnum (1740 - 1798)

Born 1740 in Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut

Ancestors

Wife of Ephraim Barnum Jr. — married 1 Feb 1776 (to 4 Apr 1798) in Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 4 Apr 1798 at about age 58 in Bethel, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

Name

Rachel Starr

Marriage

1776

Notes

• Widow of Jonathan Beebe of Danbury before marrying Ephraim
• Had 5 children with Ephraim
• She left an estate of £900 upon her death

Genealogical Records

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Death Records

• Primary Source, (burial); Tertiary Source (biography), Find A Grave Index ^[1] Data Summary:

1. ) Find A Grave: Memorial #21148958: Rachel (Starr) Barnum was born in 1740 and she died 4 Apr 1798 (aged 57–58).
   1. ) Marriage. Rachel Starr married Ephraim Barnum (1737–1817)
   2. ) Children:
      1. ) Philo Barnum (1780–1828)
      2. ) Eder Barnum (1780–1866)
      3. ) Peter Barnum (1784–1873)
2. ) BURIAL. Rachel (Starr) Barnum was buried in the Congregational Church Cemetery at Bethel, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA; PLOT--R7-8
   1. ) Find a Grave Notes: "In Memory of Mrs. Rachel Barnum Wife of Capt Ephiram Barnum who died April 4th 1798 aged 58 years"
   2. ) Tombstone Photo: Inscription, "In Memory of Mrs. Rachel Barnum, Wife of Capt. Ephraim Barnum, who died April 4th , 1798 aged 58 years"

Vital Records

• Primary Source, Danbury, Fairfield Co., CT, Vital Records from Barbour, 1685-1847, ^[2]: The Danbury, Connecticut Barbour record has following on Rachel (Starr) Beebe:

1. ) Rachel Beebe, married Ephraim Barnum 1 Feb 1776 at Danbury, Conn.

Biographic and Genealogical References

• Secondary Source, A History of the Old Town of Stratford and the City of Bridgeport, Connecticut, ^[3] Data Extract

1. History of Stratford; Page 1119: Capt. Ephraim Barnum, son of Ephraim Barnum Sr. and Mehitable Barnum, m. first Keziah Covill, who died 4 August 1775 age 44 years, being the mother of 10 children. He married second, on Feb 1, 1776, Mrs. Rachel (Starr) Beebe, the daughter of Jonathan and Rachel (Taylor) Starr, and the widow of Jonathan Beebe of Danbury. She died 4 April, 1798 at the age of 58. He married third Anna (Darrow) Stow, widow of Robert Shaw, of Redding who died 28 August 1822. Capt. Ephraim Barnum, the grandfather of the Hon. Phineas T. Barnum, died as indicated on the engraving on the grave stone April 17, 1817. His estate was appraised at £900-11.
   1. ) Children of Capt. Ephraim Barnum and Keziah Covill:
      1. ) Joseph; d. aged 3 years
      2. ) Keziah; b. 28 Jan 1756; m. Jonathan Taylor
      3. ) Lucy; b. 9 November 1757; m. Doct. Bennett.
      4. ) Rebecca; b. 13 May 1759; d. 2 Aug 1775.
      5. ) Joseph; b. 14 Aug 1761.
      6. ) Ruth; b. 20 Nov 1763; m. 1st Abel Lacey; 2d Josiah Fairchild.
      7. ) Dorcas; b. 13 Jan 1766; d. 15 July 1821; unm.
      8. ) Noah; b. 5 July 1768; d. 25 July 1775.
      9. ) Hannah; b. 5 Nov. 1772; d. 5 July 1775.
      10. ) Chloe; b. 30 July 1774; d. 7 April 1775.
   2. ) Children of Capt. Ephraim Barnum and Rachel Starr:
      1. ) Noah; b. 28 Aug 1776
      2. ) Philo; b. 4 April 1778, father of PTB
      3. ) Eder; b. 12 Jan 1780
      4. ) Rebecca; b. 8 July 1781; m. 1st Timothy Taylor, 2d Seth Comstock.
      5. ) Peter; b. March or April 7, 1784; m. Altana Starr.

• Secondary Source, James Montgomery Bailey and Susan Benedict Hill; History of Danbury, Conn. 1684-1896, ^[4]: Data summary:

1. ) History of Danbury; page 539: Capt. Ephriam Barnum's second wife was Mrs. Rachel (Starr) Beebe daughter of Jonathan and Rachel (Taylor) Starr, the widow of Jonathan Beebe, of Danbury, whom he married in February of 1776.

• Secondary Source, Donald Lines Jacobus, History and genealogy of the families of old Fairfield; Vol. 03, ^[5] Data Extract:

1. ) Jacobus, History of Old Fairfield, Vol. 03; Image 150 of 536; Page 147: Cloe (Beebe) Hill Blackman, aged 96 resident of Wetherfield Springs, widow of David Hill, who died at Hampton, Washington Co. NY 1 Jan 1813. David Hill married Chloe Beebe on 15 June 1782 at Redding, Ct. On 25 Dec 1814, she married Elijah Blackman at Hampton, NY.; Elijah died 15 June 1828 at Warsaw, NY.
2. ) Jacobus, History of Old Fairfield, Vol. 03; Image 152 of 536; Page 148, 149: From a three page letter from Eder Barnum to "my dear sister Chloe" {Chloe Beebe} dated 22 Sept 1862, Lexington:
   1. ) your mother and mine died 4 April 1798. {Rachel (Starr) Beebe Barnum}
   2. ) your oldest brother David had a large family and moved from Bethel to Jerico, Shenango Co. NY about 1820 and died shortly thereafter.
   3. ) Brother Edmond Bebee died 10 Aug 1810 aged 45; and his wife Lidie died on 30 Sept 1832 at the age of 63. They had one child, Rebecca living in Bethel aged 65, her married surname was Clapp.
   4. ) Brother John Beebe was at my house in Oct 1831. He was living in Parris Oneida County, NY and died there on 5 March 1861 at the age of 91 years. John had two sons and five daughters, none now living.
   5. ) Sister Sally Beebe married Seth Abbott, had some children and died many years ago, I believe in Vermont.
   6. ) Rachel, the youngest of your own sisters married Hall Platt, formerly of Bethel, but removed to Lanesboro, Mass., I was at their house in 1801. They later moved to Scroon Lake, New York.
   7. ) My father, Ephraim Barnum, born 8 Aug 1773 (1733) died 17 April 1817 aged 83 yrs 7 mos. and 19 days.
   8. ) Half-brother {of Eder Barnum} Joseph Barnum died aged 58 years.
   9. ) My half sister, Lucy Barnum married Dr. Bennett and had a son, now a merchant in Norwalk.
   10. ) My half sister Dorcas never married and died in 1821 at the age 55.
   11. ) My half sister Ruth married Able Lacy and had a daughter and son. Ruth died Nov. 1861 at the age of 83. Her daughter Irena is still living, but unmarried and is now aged about 75.
   12. ) Noah Lacy Barnum is a physician and has two physician sons.
   13. ) {Full} Brother Noah Starr Barnum died 17 Jan 1859 aged 83.
       1. ) Ephraim D. Barnum, son of Noah Starr Barnum.
   14. ) Brother Philo Barnum died 7 Sept 1826 aged 48.
   15. ) Sister Rebecca married twice, but did not have any children, and she died 7 Oct 1831.
   16. ) Brother Peter and self are the only ones living. My wife (we were happily wed for 60 years) died 20 March last. We had no children. She was called Aunt Polly and much beloved. My wife's name was Mary Shepard, daughter of Dr. Gideon Shepard of Newtown, with whom I studied medicine.

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Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 12 August 2019), memorial page for Rachel Starr Barnum (1740–4 Apr 1798), Find A Grave Memorial no. 21148958, citing Congregational Church Cemetery, Bethel, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA ; Maintained by Gary Boughton (contributor 46892198) .
2. ↑ Danbury, Fairfield Co., CT, Vital Records from Barbour, 1685-1847 - A-B, Transcribed by Coralynn Brown. Rachel Beebe marriage record
3. ↑ Orcutt, Samuel. A History of the Old Town of Stratford and the City of Bridgeport, Connecticut, Vol. 2 (Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor, New Haven, Conn., 1886) Title Page:
4. ↑ Bailey, James Montgomery, and Hill, Susan Benedict; History of Danbury, Conn. 1684-1896, New York, Burr Printing House, 1896. Public Domain. Page 538-539; Jonathan Beebe first husband of Rachel Starr.
5. ↑ Jacobus, Donald Lines; History and genealogy of the families of old Fairfield; Vol. 03, The Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Co., New Haven, Conn.

Other Sources

The following section provides a listing of source material that is pertinent to the profile subject, but not presently cited in the narrative text of the profile.

• Records of births, marriages, and deaths, 1711-1841, Danbury, Connecticut, Town Clerk (FamilySearch) Film #007731324, Image 155
• Starr, Burgis Pratt. A History of the Starr Family of New England (Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co., Hartford, Conn., 1879) Page 329.
• Commemorative Biographical Record of Fairfield County (Higginson Book Co., 1899) Page 1
• Cutter, William Richard. Genealogical and Family History of the State of Connecticut (Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1911) Vol. 1, Page 443
• Orcutt, Samuel. A History of the Old Town of Stratford and the City of Bridgeport, Connecticut (Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor, New Haven, Conn., 1886) Vol. 2, Page 1119: #30: Source notes that Ephraim Barnum married second on Feb 1, 1776, Mrs. Rachel (Starr) Beebe, the daughter of Jonathan and Rachel (Taylor) Starr, and the widow of Jonathan Beebe of Danbury. She died 4 April, 1798 at the age of 58. They had five children. Ephraim and Rachael (Starr) Barnum were the grandparents of P. T. Barnum.
• Barnum, Noah G, The Barnum Family, 1350-1907 (Albion, NY: Privately Printed, 1907)
• Cutter, William Richard, ed., New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial; a Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of Commonwealths and the Founding of a Nation, 4 volumes. (New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1911)