Benjamin
Starr
Born about in Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony
Ancestors 
Son of Jonathan Starr
and Rachel (Taylor) Gregory
Brother of
Nathaniel Starr, Jonathan Starr, Rachel (Starr) Barnum, Rebecca (Starr) Hoyt, Micajah Starr, Elijah Starr and Elnathan Gregory [half]
Husband of
Christina (Church) Rockwell
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Gideon Starr, Urana (Starr) Parsons, Martin Starr, Orange Starr, Samuel Starr and Anna (Starr) Peet
Died
at about age 36
in Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony
Profile last modified
| Created 25 Feb 2019
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Biography
Soldier Benjamin Starr served with 16th Regiment, Connecticut Militia during the American Revolution.
Benjamin Starr is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A109030.
Benjamin Starr was born about 1737-1739. He passed away in 1775.
"He was a soldier in the army encamped near White Plains; taken with the camp fever; obtained leave of absence; started for home; d. on the way, Sept. 3, 1775."
He had a son, Benjamin, who was living in 1777 but not in 1792.
"Sept 12, 1774, died about this time three infant sons of Benjamin Starr, all at one birth." - Ridgebury records
Sources
- Starr, Burgis Pratt. A History of the Starr Family of New England (Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co., Hartford, Conn., 1879) Page 329 & Page 304 & Page 350-1.
- Caulfield, Ernest. Connecticut Triplets, The American Genealogist (New Haven, Conn., 1949) Vol. 25, Page 57
- Probate Papers of Benjamin Starr, Ancestry.com
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- David Starr
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Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 111 markers, haplogroup R-M269, FTDNA kit #565837
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