Nathaniel Starbuck Jr.
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Nathaniel Starbuck Jr. (1668 - 1753)

Nathaniel Starbuck Jr.
Born in Nantucket, Massachusetts Baymap
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Died at age 84 in Nantucket, Massachusetts Baymap
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Biography

Early Life

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Nathaniel Starbuck, Jr. was born on Nantucket Island.
Nathaniel was a Friend (Quaker)

Nathaniel was born on August 9, 1668 on Nantucket to Nathaniel Starbuck and Mary Coffin.[1][2][3]

His parents were early settlers of Nantucket Island and his older sister Mary was the first English child born on Nantucket.
Nantucket Founders and Descendants
Nathaniel Starbuck Jr. descends from Nathaniel Starbuck, a Nantucket founder.
His mother Mary was said to be a woman of such excellent judgment that as Thomas Story noted in his journal that she was "a wise and discreet woman, well read in Scripture and not attached to any sect, but in great reputation throughout the Island.."[4]
Sherborn, Nantucket Island

In 1690, when Nathaniel was about twenty-two years old, a group of Nantucketers was gathered on a hill overlooking the ocean where some whales were spouting and frolicking. One of the islanders nodded toward the whales and ocean beyond. “There,” he said, “is a green pasture where our children’s grandchildren will go for bread.” In fulfillment of the prophecy, a Cape Codder, one Ichabod Paddock, was subsequently lured across Nantucket Sound to instruct the islanders in the art of killing whales.[5]

His parents established an outpost on the Island for trading with the Wampanoag and when his father died in 1719 he was doubtless one of the wealthiest if not the wealthiest individual on the Island. He owned three full shares of land having purchased a share from Stephen Greenleaf.[4] His mother was one of the most influential Islanders and throughout the 17th century, English Nantucketers resisted all efforts to establish a church on the island, partly because a woman named Mary Coffin Starbuck forbade it. It was said that nothing of importance was undertaken on Nantucket without her consent. Whenever an itinerant minister arrived in Nantucket intending to establish a congregation, he was summarily rebuffed by Mary Starbuck. In 1702 it was his mother's conversion to Quakerism that established the unique convergence of spirituality and covetousness that would underlie Nantucket’s rise as a whaling port.[5]

Family

Nathaniel married Dinah Coffin on November 20, 1690 in Nantucket.[6] Dinah was the daughter of James and Mary (Severance) Coffin. James Coffin was the son of Tristram Coffin and the brother of his mother Mary Coffin. Dinah and Nathaniel were first cousins.

Shearing Cart and Quakers.

Nathaniel and Dinah had seven daughters and three sons all born in Nantucket:[7][8]

  1. Mary b. 31 Dec 1692.[9]
  2. Paul b. 29 Oct 1694.[10]
  3. Prissilla b. 25 Oct 1696[11]
  4. Elizabeth b. 27 Nov 1698.[12]
  5. Hephzibah b. 08 Nov 1700.[13]
  6. Abigail b. 28 Aug 1704[14]
  7. Benjamin b. 16 Sep 1707.[15]
  8. Tristram b. 18 Jun 1709.[16]
  9. Ruth b. 24 Dec 1714.[17]
  10. Anna b. 12 Nov 1716.[18]

Occupation

Nathaniel was a blacksmith. From the Nantucket Historical Association we learn, "from the probate records that Nathaniel Starbuck, Junior, was not a sea-faring man that this alleged letter represents him to be, and it is not at all likely that he ever made a prolonged voyage anywhere. An order of the court dated June 20, 1707, mentioning him as an administrator of the estate of Peter Coffin, calls him a blacksmith. His own will, executed on the 7th of the 4th month, 1742, also gives his occupation as blacksmith."[19]

In addition to naming his occupation as "blacksmith" Nathaniel's will names his Smith shop, Taylor shop, wharf and warehouse. He also owned land on Nantucket Island, Martha's Vineyard, Chapaquitic Island and Newport, Rhode Island in addition to his "trading post". While he might not have been a "whaler" himself he makes reference to his "Fishing & Whaling" boats and voyages around the Island and the shoals. It does appears he funded these enterprises on the Island.[8]

Death

Nathaniel died on February 9, 1753 in Nantucket.[20]

Will

Nathaniel made his will on the 7th day of the 4th month of 1742 and it was probated on November 4, 1753.[8]

I Nathaniel Starbuck of Sherborn on the Island of Nantucket in the Province of the Massachusetts bay in New England Blacksmith

Knowing the certainty of time in the life & for the more care (?) of settling my estate now while I am sound in mind & well in body do make & ordain this my last Will & Testament in manner & form following

Imprimis I will that all my just debts that I shall owe to any person or persons at the time of my decease shall be well & truly paid in convenient time by my Executrix hereafter named

First I give unto my well beloved wife Dinah all my Lands & Stock in the land of Nantucket & elsewhere with all my shipping boats and everything unto (?) Managing & Carrying on the fishing & whaling voyages about said Island & shoals adjacent I also give her one half of my dwelling house & half my barn and all the outhouses adjacent I also give her all my Indian men with their debts and all other debts that may be due at my decease for and during the term of her natural life I further give her all my household goods of all sons for her to order & divide of to and amongst my children according to her direction

Item I give & devise unto my son Paul Starbuck my part of the Wharf and my Warehouse at the foot thereof and the land or the beach it stands on I also give him all the part of the old lott that was my fathers excepting three acres on the north side thereof I do also give him one half of all my part Title & ? that I have in all of the lands of the Island of Marthas Vineyard & Chapaquitic (?) with all the priviledges to them belonging or any Ways appertaining to have & to hold all the said lands and other the premises above mentioned unto him the said Paul Starbuck his heirs & assigns forever and I also confirm unto him the sd Paul Starbuck those tracts of land on the Island of Nantucket that I have already given him by deed to have & to hold the same with all the privledges to him his heirs and assigns for ever according to the tenor therein expressed

Item I will & devise after my wifes decease all my stock of sheep cattle and horses except twenty sheep shall be equally divided amongst my six daughters or their heirs under name viz Mary Elizabeth Hephzibah Abigail Ruth and Anna I further give unto my daughter Abigail Way one cow commons or liberty of pasturing one cow on the Commons on the Island of Nantucket during her natural life and then Zaccheus Howes to have & to hold the above land priviledge to him & his heirs & assigns for ever

Item I further give unto my daughter Ruth Russell one cow commons or liberty of pasturing one cow on the Commons on the Island of Nantucket to have & to hold the privledge to her & her heirs & her assigns for ever

Item I give & devise unto my son Tristram Starbuck one half share of land on the Island of Nantucket (Except two cows commons already disposed of as above) with all the privledges there unto belonging I also give him one half of all my part rights Title & (?) that I have in all the lands on the Islands of Marthas Vineyard & Chappaquitic I also give him half my dwelling house & one half of my barn after his mothers decease I give unto him the other half of my house & barn with all the other outhouses & Smiths shop and all of the tools there unto belonging I also give him six acres of land my barn stands on and one acre of land my dwelling house stands on I also give him my parts of that piece or tract land called Pomaconis (?) Island & the Wos? Part of half of that lot of land the Taylors shop stands on & also the ? half of a piece of land near Andrew Myricks (?) house to have & to hold all the said lands & privledges & all other of the premises above mentioned (except what is above excepted) unto him the said Tristam Starbuck his heirs & assigns for ever I also do give him my clock

Item I give & devise unto my grandson Benjamin Starbuck after his Grandmother Starbucks decease three sixteenths of a share of land on the Island of Nantucket and being part of my Fathers share originally & also three acres of land in the old lot on the north side thereof between the land of Jethro Starbuck & Micah Coffin bounded from fence to fence & on the north by the old ditch also I give to him the Westmost half of a piece of land near Andrew Myricks House & also the Eastmost half of that lott of land the Taylors shops stands on as well & with is I also give him a piece of land joyning to the Bernards lott & jo? with it I also give unto him a lott of land in New Port on Rhode Island that I bought of Walter Clark as by deed may appear to have & to hold all the above sd Lands & other Premises to him the fore Benjamin Starbuck & to his heirs & assigns for ever I also give him twenty sheep and my ? & I will that if my grandson Benjamin Starbuck should die before he arrives to full age & without lawful issue of his own body that then his part of the above lands & all other premises shall be to my two sons Paul & Tristram to them and their heirs equally for ever part and part alike I will that after my wifes decease all the fencing shall then be and remain to him or them whole land is enclosed by it according to their proportions & all my debts if any then be with the shipping books & what belongs to fishing & whaling shall be equally divided between my sons Paul & Tristram Starbuck: and lastly I make my wife Dinah sole Executrix of this my last will & testament & my brother Jethro Starbuck & my friend John Macy I make overseers of this my will desiring them to see it faithfully performed In witness whereof I the said Nathaniel Starbuck have hereunto set my hand & seal the seventh day of the fourth month in the fifteenth year of the Reign of George the Second King of Great Britan

Sources

  1. ↑ Vital Records from The NEHGS Register. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (Compiled from articles originally published in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register.)
    Name Nathaniel STARBUCK
    Birth 1668
    Location Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States
    Original Text Births, Marriages, & c., from Nantucket Records
    Record Type Birth
    Father Nathl Starbuck
    Volume Name 7
    Page 181
    https://www.americanancestors.org/DB522/i/21071/181/426674497
  2. ↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1621-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016).
    Name Nathaniell STARBUCK
    Birth 1668
    Location Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States
    Original Text Nath[anie]ll, s. Nath[anie]ll, Aug. 9, 1668. [Nathaniel Jr., h. Dinah (d. James Coffin and Mary), s. Nathaniel and Mary (Coffin), 9th, 8 mo., P.R.38.]
    Town Info Nantucket
    Volume Name Nantucket - V2
    Page 507
    https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/rd/7758/507/141113503
  3. ↑ A Record of Births, Deaths, and Marriages on Nantucket, Beginning in 1662. Mayflower Source Records [database on-line]. https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/17626440?h=97d37d
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Starbuck, Alexander. The History of Nantucket, County, Island and Town: Including Genealogies of First Settlers. Boston: C.E. Goodspeed & Co., 1924. pg. 665, 803
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Philbrick, Nathaniel. “How Nantucket Came to Be the Whaling Capital of the World.” Smithsonian.com. Smithsonian Institution, December 1, 2015. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/nantucket-came-to-be-whaling-capital-of-world-180957198/.
  6. ↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1621-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016).
    Name Nathaniell STARBUCK
    Marriage 1690
    Location Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States
    Original Text Nath[anie]ll, s. Nath[anie]ll, and Dinah Coffin, d. James, Nov. 20, 1690.* [Nathaniel Jr., s. Nathaniel and Mary (Coffin), and Dinah Coffin, d. James and Mary (Severance), P.R.38.]
    Town Info Nantucket
    Volume Name Nantucket - V4
    Page 400
    https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/rd/7760/400/141131413
  7. ↑ "Barney Genealogical Record." Nantucket Historical Association. Nathaniel Starbuck, Jr.: https://genealogy.nha.org/getperson.php?personID=I1811&tree=barney
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Probate Records, 1706-1867; Author: Massachusetts. Probate Court (Nantucket County); Probate Place: Nantucket, Massachusetts. Notes: Probate Records, 1706-1789. Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991 [database on-line]. https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/17626685?h=482cbe
  9. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQDC-B28 : 10 February 2018), Nathaniell Starbuck in entry for Mary Starbuck, 31 Dec 1692; citing NANTUCKET,NANTUCKET,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 823,703.
  10. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQD8-MTG : 10 February 2018), Nathaniell Starbuck in entry for Paul Starbuck, 29 Oct 1694; citing NANTUCKET,NANTUCKET,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 823,703.
  11. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQDZ-8YD : 10 February 2018), Nathaniel Starbuck in entry for Prissilla Starbuck, 25 Oct 1696; citing NANTUCKET,NANTUCKET,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 823,703.
  12. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQDZ-S2J : 10 February 2018), Nathaniell Starbuck in entry for Elizabeth Starbuck, 27 Nov 1698; citing NANTUCKET,NANTUCKET,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 823,703.
  13. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQDZ-QNG : 10 February 2018), Nathaniel Starbuck in entry for Hephzibah Starbuck, 08 Nov 1700; citing NANTUCKET,NANTUCKET,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 823,703.
  14. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQDZ-9QW : 10 February 2018), Nathaniell Starbuck in entry for Abigail Starbuck, 28 Aug 1704; citing NANTUCKET,NANTUCKET,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 823,703.
  15. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQD8-C74 : 10 February 2018), Nathaniell Starbuck in entry for Benjamin Starbuck, 16 Sep 1707; citing NANTUCKET,NANTUCKET,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 823,703.
  16. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQD8-859 : 10 February 2018), Nathaniell Starbuck in entry for Tristram Starbuck, 18 Jun 1709; citing NANTUCKET,NANTUCKET,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 823,703.
  17. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQDZ-MWB : 10 February 2018), Nathaniell Starbuck in entry for Ruth Starbuck, 24 Dec 1714; citing NANTUCKET,NANTUCKET,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 823,703.
  18. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQDZ-8WR : 10 February 2018), Nathaniel Starbuck in entry for Anna Starbuck, 12 Nov 1716; citing NANTUCKET,NANTUCKET,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 823,703.
  19. ↑ "Proceedings of the Nantucket Historical Association." Google Books. Accessed December 05, 2018. https://books.google.com/books?id=fHxBAAAAYAAJ&dq=Nathaniel Starbuck Jr History of Nantucket&source=gbs_navlinks_s.
  20. ↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1621-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016).
    Name Nathaniel STARBUCK
    Death 1752
    Location Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States
    Original Text Nathaniel [dup. h. Dinah], 9th, 2 mo. 1753, C.R.4. [h. Dinah (Coffin), s. Nathaniel and Mary (Coffin), 29th, 1 mo., P.R.38. 29th, 11 mo. 1752, P.R.63.]
    Town Info Nantucket
    Volume Name Nantucket - V5
    Page 546
    https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/rd/7761/546/141155603
See also:
  • 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., page 56




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