Starr (family)

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Samuel Starr (1728-1799) of Norwich, Conn. came to Nova Scotia in 1759 with a small group of New England settlers who became known as the Planters, and was joined by his brother David three years later. Starr began a farm and orchard on a plot of land between the Canard and Cornwallis Rivers which became known as Starrs Point. He also served in various positions in the local militia and government, including first major for the Kings County militia (appointed 1781). Starr had four children with his first wife Abigail Leffingwell (1725-1768), whom he married at Norwich in 1749: Abigail (b. 1751), m. Timothy McCartney; Hannah (b. 1752), m. Benjamin Fox; John (b. 1754); and Joseph (1757-1840), m. Joanna Starr (1758-1847). Joseph and Joanna had eight children: Charles (1788-ca. 1850); Lavinia (1789-1811), m. David Starr at Halifax in 1811; Samuel (b. 1790), m. Susanna Cox in 1822; Sarah (b. 1793), m. Samuel Sharp; Abigail (b. 1795), m. Rev. Arthur McNutt; Christopher (1797-1870), m. 1835 Susanna Harrington (d. 1870); Richard Starr (1799-1885), m. Tamar Troop in 1829. Richard and Tamar's son Charles Richard Henry (d. 1933) was the father of Richard Sydney Starr. Richard Sydney Starr married May Rosina Prat on 11 June 1904 and they had two children, Charlotte Evelina (Sally) and Charles Harry (Harry).

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