Nathaniel Starbuck Sr. (1635 - 1719)

Born 20 Feb 1635 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Coffin) Starbuck — married 1662 in Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 6 Aug 1719 at age 84 in Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Do not know exact place born England or America. Little is known of his early life. He went to Nantucket with his father and married there in 1662, Mary, daughter of Tristram Coffin, one of original purchasers of Nantucket. Their marriage, one of the 1st on the Island, and their daughter, Mary, was the 1st white child born there. Mary "esteemed is judge among them" was the moving force in establishing the Society of Friends, (Quakers) on Island. Had 10 known children. He was one of the strong men among the Nantucket settlers, and would have received more credit but for the superior intellect of his wife. He is said to have been a man of no mean abilities, but was outshone by the superior capacity of his wife, a woman of uncommon powers of mind.

From James Carlton Starbuck's book "Starbucks All" published in 1984: He ran a trading post, where Indians swapped codfish and feathers (used in mattresses) for cloth, hooks, buttons, etc. When Ichabod Paddack of Cape Cod introduced whaling to Nantucket, it was Nathaniel who financed the venture. Due to Nathaniel's whaling interests, land holdings and store profits, he became one of the wealthiest men--if not the wealthiest man on the Island. So much public business was conducted at this home that it became known as "Parliament House". It was also there that Quakerism took root on Nantucket thanks mostly to the leadership of his wife, whose importance and fame quite outshone his own not inconsiderable accomplishments.

His house was erected near his house lot, but on a spot a short distance southeast which was afterwards set off to him. It was a large house of a capacity sufficient for meetings, both religious and municipal, and was called "Parliament House." It was located a few feet west of the present Cornish Barn and was placed near the spring. His house lot was on the northwest of the swamp, bounded north by that of James Coffin and south by the swamp and southwest by the lot of Thomas Mayhew. By purchase from Greenleaf and others and by set off, he acquired a large tract around the north head of Hummock Pond. It later was comprised in the Cambridge farm.

Will

He made his will on 14 June 1716 in Sherbourne, Nantucket, Massachusetts. It was probated on 29 August 1719. Will was written while his wife Mary was still alive; codicil was dated 20 November 1717 after her death. Pecuniary legacies given to daughters Eunice Gardner, Priscilla Coleman, Hepsibah Hathaway, and the children of two deceased daughters, Mary Gardner and Elizabeth Barnard. His real estate was given to his sons Barnabas, Nathaniel and Jethro. Witnesses: Thomas Macy, Thomas Clark, William Stratton, John Macy.

The codicil was written shortly after his wife died and devised the household goods to Barnabase, Eunice, and Hephzibah. The three sons were made joint executors.

At the time of his death, he was one of the wealthiest men (if not individually the wealthiest) on Nantucket. He owned three full shares of land, having purchased a share of Stephen Greenleaf.

Religion

a Quaker^[1]

Marriage and Children

1662

Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts^[2][3][4]

Husband: Nathaniel Starbuck

Wife: Mary Coffin

Child: Mary Starbuck

Child: Elizabeth Starbuck

Child: Nathaniel Starbuck

Child: Jethro Starbuck

Child: Barnabas Starbuck

Child: Eunice Starbuck

Child: Priscilla Starbuck

Child: Hephzibah Starbuck

Child: Ann Starbuck

Child: Paul Starbuck

Notes

1. Coffin Family by Allen Coffin p. 56, 57, 58

2. Main Archive Record

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S2300
2. ↑ Source: #S1408038301 US and Int Mar
3. ↑ Source: #S1555844385 FDC Ind
4. ↑ Source: #S2300

See also:

• Nantucket County, Island and Town, by Alexander Starbuck, publ. 1998 (originally published in 1924)
• Coffin, Allen, 1881. The Coffin Family: the life of Tristram Coffyn, of Nantucket, Mass., founder of the family line in America. Hussey & Robinson, publishers, Nantucket, Mass., pages 53, 56
• Source: S486 Title: William Richard Cutter, A. M., Genealogy - Boston and Eastern Massachusetts (Lewis Historical Publishing Company, New York, 1908)
• Source S1408038301: Repository: #R135: Title: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900: Author: Yates Publishing : Note: US and Int Mar 1: Note: US and Int Mar 2
• Starbuck Register, by Carole Troup, Sources listed by Carole Troup:
• Ancestry.com, North Carolina County Court Records, Danbury, NC & FHL #0422159, County Court Records at Danbury,NC & Family History Center.
• Arthur R. Kilmer, Heritage Books, Inc., Greene Co., Ohio Births Prior to 1869, My genealogy collection Book.
• Clinton Co., Ohio Historical Society, Marriage Records, Clinton Co., Ohio (1909-1919), My genealogy collection Book, page 53.
• Clinton Co., Ohio Historical Society, Marriage Records, Clinton Co., Ohio (1909-1919), My genealogy collection Book.
• Martha Burr Hollingsworth genealogy notes 2006.
• Clinton Co., Ohio Historical Society, Marriage Records, Clinton Co., Ohio (1909-1919), My genealogy collection Book, JP: 10-546, Fayette Co., Ohio Marriage 13 Oct. 1909, Clinton Co., OH. See record in Wilson Book.
• Coffin, Louis, ed. The Coffin Family. (Published by Nantucket Historical Association, Nantucket, Mass., 1962). Page 92
• Find A Grave Memorial of Nathaniel Starbuck