Elizabeth (Penfield) Starr (1792 - 1873)

Born 12 Mar 1792 in New Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States

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Betsey was born in 1792. She is the daughter of Lewis Penfield and Ada Beardsley. She passed away in 1873.

From The Genealogy of the Descendants of Samuel Penfield, Pg. 42: (excerpted0

255. Elizabeth. Born 12 Mar. 1792 Fairfield Conn. M. Raymond Starr 22 Feb. 1808 at Harpersfield N. Y. He was son of Eleazer and Rebecca (Raymond) Starr born 8 Jan. 1786 and died 23 Aug. 1870. Children: Lewis, George, Russell, Betsy Ann, Horace and Benjamin, all born in Harpersfield, two others Alonzo and Adaline died young, born in Elyria 0. Their births run from 1809 to 1837. They were both alive for their 50th wedding anniversary in 1859. She died 26 June 1873. See "Starr Family" by Burgis Pratt Starr (1879) p. 375.

From A History of the Starr Family of New England, Pg. 375:

564. Raymond Starr. —son of Eleazer 563, Eleazer 558, John 448, Josiah 391, Thomas 7, Dr. Comfort 1, b. Jan. 8, 1786, in Danbury, Conn.; brought up in Harpersfield, N. Y.; was a merchant for a while in Catskill, N. Y., where he built a brick store; removed Oct., 1828, to Penfield, O.; thence, in 1831, to Elyria, where he d. Aug. 23, 1870; church warden; Episcopal. He m. Feb. 22, 1809, at H., Betsey, dau. of Lewis and Ada (Beardsley) Penfield, b. Mch. 12, 1792, at North Fairfield, Ct.; d. June 26, 1873.

The local paper gave an interesting account of their "golden wedding," celebrated with appropriate religious exercises, where were present six of his brothers and sisters, seven children, twenty- five grandchildren, and one great-grandchild. During the whole fifty years no brother or sister had died, and but one child and five grandchildren. The clergyman, adverting to the remarkable fact that all the brothers and sisters of the couple were still alive and vigorous, said "That although these happy events were of the Lord's special mercy, yet there were in the lives of these individuals certain means to be recognized by which the Providence of God had brought about such results. These were the diligence, regularity of habit, and temperance of life, for which they had always been distinguished,— freedom from the use of any intoxicating beverage, and, with one or two exceptions, of tobacco."

Ten years later they celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary, when seven of their eight children were living, 24 gr. children, and seven gr.- grandchildren. The same paper says: " The venerable couple are yet hale and hearty, and almost any pleasant Sabbath may be seen walking, arm-in-arm, to the Episcopal church, which is quite a distance from their residence. . . . Their habits of life have been uniform for a long series of years. Temperate and frugal in all things, they have, by observing the laws of health, not only lengthened out their days beyond the period allotted to man, but have the promise of years of enjoyment yet in store for them. There are few family gatherings where all the relatives have been so signally blest with health and worldly prosperity,—the happy results of industry, morality, temperance, and virtue."

Children:

565. Lewis Penfield, b. Oct. 17, 1809.

568. George Raymond, b. July 19, 1811.

570. Russell Hoyt, b. Feb. 5, 1816.

A. Elizabeth Ann, b. Men. 29, 1818, m. Sept. 23, 1835, Samuel, son of Edward Goodwin, b. Sept. 26, 1809, at Athol, Mass. ; lived in Elyria, O., and d. Aug. 31, 1849. Goodwin Children:

Frances Elizabeth, b. Sept. 11, 1836.

Edward Raymond, b. Feb. 3, 1844.

Rosabelle, b. Aug. 30, 1846.

Julia, b. July 1, 1849, d. Oct. 13, 1857.

572. Horace Clapp, b. Feb. 15, 1820.

573. Benjamin Franklin, b. July20, 1827.

574. Alonzo Gregory, b. July 31, 1834.

+ Adaline A., b. Feb. 1, 1837, d. July 18, 1841.

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See also:

• The Genealogy of the Descendants of Samuel Penfield, With a Supplement of Dr. Levi Buckingham Line, and the Gridley, Dwight, Burlingham, Dewey and Pyncheon collateral lines. Compiled and Edited by Florence Bentz Penfield, M. S. Printed at Harris Press, 129 Penn Street, Reading, Pennsylvania 19601. Elizabeth is the daughter of Lewis Penfield, Record #105, Pg, 20. - Original data: The Genealogy of the Descendants of Samuel Penfield
• A History of the Starr Family of New England, by Burgis Pratt Starr, Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co., Hartford, Conn., 1879. Betsey Penfield is the wife of Raymond Starr, Record #564, {g. 375. - Original data: Record #564.
• Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920, Penfield, Betsey, d. Lewis & Adah, (bp.) Apr. 12, 1798, Page 46. - Original data: Connecticut State Library, Vol. 076 New Fairfield, Page 29.

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