The family of Samuel Starr 1641-1687

 Continuing with the Starr family saga...We are now in the third generation of Starrs, and Samuel was the first born in New England.  He is widely accepted as the son of Thomas and Rachel Starr, although birth records are lacking.  By December of 1664, he was in New London, Connecticut, where he married Hannah Brewster, the daughter of Jonathan and Lucretia Oldham Brewster on December 16.  Hannah is the granddaughter of Elder William and Mary Brewster

Samuel and Hannah had just four known children, although many lists include five names.  Their known children were:

Samuel, born December 11, 1665.  I've found nothing further about him, so he may have died young.  

Thomas, born September 27, 1668.  He married Mary or Mercy Morgan, daughter of Captain James and Mary Vine Morgan.  They had eight children:  Mary, Hannah, Samuel, Thomas, Jerusha, Rachel, James, and Thomas again.  We are descended from Mary and also the second Thomas.  More of Thomas's family will be profiled in an upcoming post.

Comfort Starr was born August 7, 1671, and died young.  

Captain Jonathan Starr was born February 23, 1674, and married Elizabeth Morgan, who was also the daughter of Captain James and Mary Vine Morgan.  Yes, the brothers married sisters, which must have made it confusing for the double cousins, their children.  Jonathan and Elizabeth had 10 children: Samuel, Elizabeth, Lt. Jonathan, Lucy (also seen as Lusanna), Hannah, Captain Joseph, Vine, Rachel, Mary, and Catherine.   

Just to make things more interesting regarding the Starr and Morgan families, Hannah, the widow of Samuel Starr, married James Morgan, the widower of Mary Vine, in 1690. Although they had no children together, my head spins trying to figure out the relationships.  At least it would have made for smaller family reunions.  

Several trees also place Benjamin Starr, born in 1679, as a child of Samuel and Hannah.  However, the only records I've found for a Benjamin Starr born that year are for the son of Comfort and Marah Weld Starr, and he was born in Middletown, not New London, where Samuel lived and died.  

I've written of Samuel's life and accomplishments earlier.  He and his family (although small by Starr family expectations) contributed much to their community.