Elijah
Starr
Born in Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut
Ancestors 
Son of Jonathan Starr
and Rachel (Taylor) Gregory
Brother of
Nathaniel Starr, Jonathan Starr, Benjamin Starr, Rachel (Starr) Barnum, Rebecca (Starr) Hoyt, Micajah Starr and Elnathan Gregory [half]
Husband of
Mary (Smith) Starr
— married
26 Nov 1772 in Brookfield, Fairfield, Connecticut
Descendants 
Father of
Polly (Starr) Merwin, Anna (Starr) Dunning, Lodema (Starr) Ruggles, Rachel (Starr) Neff, Elijah Starr, Rebecca (Starr) Beardsley and Tryphena (Starr) Palmer
Died
at about age 55
in Brookfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 8 May 2015
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Biography
First town clerk of Brookfield. His handwriting is still in fine condition in early records. He lived on Longmeadow Hill. (Hawley)
"They lived in the house at the Iron Works, so called, until 1783, when he built a new one on Longmeadow Hill, which has recently been taken down. He was a manufacturer of brass clocks..." (Starr: Page 364)
Sources
- Hawley, Emily Carrie Annals of Brookfield (1929) Page 262
- Find A Grave: Memorial #49008705
- Starr, Burgis Pratt. A History of the Starr Family of New England (Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co., Hartford, Conn., 1879) Page 329 & Page 364.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. Paternal line Y-chromosome DNA test-takers:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. Paternal line Y-chromosome DNA test-takers:
- David Starr
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 111 markers, haplogroup R-M269, FTDNA kit #565837
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~0.78%
~6.25%
Alan Barthel :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member alnbarthel
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~0.78%
Richard Rogers :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A411539 [compare], Ancestry member rrogers5980
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~0.39%
~0.78%
Margaret (Oldridge) Hartke :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch ME4251597 [compare], yourDNAportal MARbfaea5b8, Ancestry member mohartke
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