Comfort Starr (1780 - 1862)

Born 7 Feb 1780 in Guilford Township, New Haven, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Sally (Pratt) Starr — married 30 Mar 1808 in Connecticut

Descendants

Died 1 Dec 1862 at age 82 in Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut

Biography

Comfort Starr was born February 7, 1780, in Guilford Township, New Haven, Connecticut, a son of William and Hannah Starr. ^[1] On March 30, 1808, Comfort married Sally Pratt. (Banns were published on March 24, 1808. ^[2]

Comfort became a Deacon at the church at Guilford and when he died December 1, 1862, ^[3] the following epitaph was written in his honor:

DEACON COMFORT STARR February 7, 1780-December 1, 1862

He had the sense of humor and the young He loved to puzzle, quiz and be among; On rainy days when t'other deacon came They mystified and puzzled much the same.

The rain would beat the roof, while they within Of Noah talked and though on ancient sin; But kept the heads of modern doctrines dry Till daylight waned before the clouded sky.

Upon the sacred aisle, we saw him oft; His figure, statuesque, borne straight aloft. Like Druid, reverend and hoar, he stood, Composed in dignity and sere manhood; The whitened hair fringed round and framed in peace The features that would scarce admit increase,

In true and noble quality: before Them all, the emblems to and fro, he bore, And then, the Druid did appear sublime, As in fair Mona's elder, foreign clime.

For he in our commune had gained the hight Faith rare attains: and few with faith still might Climing pass beyond, save with broader strife, To serve the State and give it law and life.

A star in the ascendant so he shone, And many, guided by his light alone, So fixedly serene and twinkling sure, Did firmly on their course in turn endure And she for others his reflected light Long after it had ceased, eclipsed by night.

Sources

1. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F74Q-18T : 11 February 2018), Comfort Starr, 07 Feb 1780; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown
2. ↑ "Connecticut Marriages, 1630-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7GG-TZZ : 11 February 2018), Comfort Starr and Sally Pratt, 30 Mar 1808; citing Connecticut, United States, reference ; FHL microfilm 3,305
3. ↑ "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7XK-95M : 9 February 2018), Comfort (Dea) Starr, 01 Dec 1862; citing Connecticut, reference ; FHL microfilm 3,207

• Guilford Portraits: Memorial Epitaphs of Alderbrook and Westside with Introductory Elegies and Essay, by Henry Pynchon Robinson, Pease-Lewis Company, 1907, page 111-112
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/104309960
• Mayflower Society Application Database: "Community Trees," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:QVQ1-N22 : accessed 1 January 2022), entry for Comfort Starr; "Mayflower Pilgrim Genealogies" file (2:2:2:MMXD-DP8), submitted 24 February 2020 by FamilySearch.