Born about in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut
Ancestors 
Daughter of Joseph Taylor
and Sarah (Unknown) Taylor
Sister of
Joseph Taylor II and Sarah (Taylor) Starr
Wife of
Jonathan Starr
— married
1736 (to 6 May 1751) in Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut
Wife of
Samuel Gregory
— married
1753 (to 7 Jan 1775) in Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut
Descendants 
Mother of
Jonathan Starr, Nathaniel Starr, Benjamin Starr, Rachel (Starr) Barnum, Rebecca (Starr) Hoyt, Micajah Starr, Elijah Starr and Elnathan Gregory
Died
at about age 56
in Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut
Profile last modified
| Created 31 Mar 2013
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Biography
dau. of Joseph and Sarah Taylor
In 1752, the Danbury probate court appointed Rachel and Joseph Taylor as joint guardians to Elijah Starr, youngest son to Lieut. Jonathan Starr, decd. John Starr and Joseph Taylor were jointly appointed as guardians to her sons Jonathan, Mikajah, and Benjamin, and her daughter, Rebecka.[1]
Sources
- ↑ “Probate records v. 1-3 1744-1782”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-892K-TF1Q : 17 February 2023), FHL microfilm 007627321, image 219-220, Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 2, 1745-1775, Pages 35-36.
- History of Danbury, Conn. 1684-1896 Page 538-539.
- Gregory, Grant. Ancestors and Descendants of Henry Gregory (Provincetown, Mass., 1938) Page 92.
- Starr, Burgis Pratt. A History of the Starr Family of New England (Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co., Hartford, Conn., 1879) Page 285.
- Starr, Burgis Pratt. A History of the Starr Family of New England (Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co., Hartford, Conn., 1879) Page 329.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Rachel by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Rachel:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Rachel by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Rachel:
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~0.39%
Janice Evans
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23andMe, GEDmatch M062803 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A374776 [compare], Ancestry member azgrrlcop
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T321611 [compare], FTDNA kit #124367
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~0.39%
Norma Bostwick :
23andMe, GEDmatch LG6658071 [compare]
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MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch H430553 [compare]
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~0.39%
Rocky Wheeler :
23andMe
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~0.39%
DL Twing :
23andMe, GEDmatch NQ1727093 [compare]
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~0.39%
~6.25%
Alan Barthel :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member alnbarthel
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~0.39%
Richard Rogers :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A411539 [compare], Ancestry member rrogers5980
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~0.39%
~6.25%
Kay (King) Fetter :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member katkat68
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