STARK: Rooted in History, Aaron of Groton, CT

11th Great Grandparents

Lambson-Smith Branches

Aaron Stark

Aaron was born circa 1608 in Scotland. It is believed that he immigrated to the colonies to fight in the Indian wars as early as 1630, but I found no proof of that date. It is more probable he arrived circa 1636-37. He was uneducated, unable to sign his name, and from his actions not a Puritan. Aaron was publicly "whipped at Winsor" Connecticut, and assigned to serve under Captain Mason for an incident occurring 1643. 

Colonial records document Aaron Starke/Stark crimes as early as 1639 in Hartford County, Connecticut. I believe this is the same Aaron Stark of Groton when he was about 31 years of age.

The public records of the Colony of Connecticut  record the disgusting crimes that Aaron Starke committed in the Colony, which included rape [page 28] and bestiality [page 55], and for whatever crime he was held responsible in 1643 that forced him into service under Captain Mason [page 84]. 

At 43 years of age, around 1651, Aaron married Sarah (1620-possibly 1685), her surname being lost to history, but possibly Fishe/Fish. Together they had seven children. Aaron became a freeman in 1669. Aaron died on or about Jun 1685 in Groton, Connecticut. Aaron is documented as a landholder in Groton in 1652.

Allyn, James H. Major John Mason's Great Island. Mystic, Conn.: Roy N Bohlander, 1976. 

 

Bodge, George M. King Philip's War, 1675-1676, Indians of North America--Wars 1600-1750, Neew England--History Colonial period, Ca. 1600-1775, Massachusetts__ Militia, Connecticut--Militia, genealogy. Boston, Mass.: Printed for the author, 1906. Page 443, 445.

Caulkins, Frances Manwaring, Griswold, Cecelia. History of New London, Connecticut, from the first survey of the coast in 1612 to 1860. New London: H.D. Utley, 1895. Pages 313-314.

Mason, John. Paul Royster, editor. A Brief History of the Pequot War.

The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut. Vol I. All volumes are found on the UCON/University of Connecticut website .

 

Murin, John M. "Things Fearful to Name: Bestiality in Colonial America." Pennsylvania History: A Journal of Mid-Atlantic Studies, Vol 65, 1998, p 23. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/27774160. Accessed 22 Jul 2020.

 

Shepard, James. Connecticut Soldiers in the Pequot War of 1637. Meriden, Conn.: The Journal Publishing Co., 1913. Page 28. PDF download.

Stark, Charles. The Aaron Stark Family: Seven Generations of the Descendants of the Aaron stark of Groton, Connecticut. 1927.

 

Children of Aaron Starke/Stark and Sarah 

John (1652-1689)

Aaron (1654-1721)

Margaret (1658-1705)

Sarah (1660-1722)

Baby Stark (1663-1663)

William Stark Sr (1664-1739) ~ m. Elizabeth (surname lost to history)

Elizabeth (1667-1749)

William Stark Sr

William Stark Sr was born circa 1664 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut. He married circa 1688 to Elizabeth (1668-1730), her surname was lost to history, but presumed to be Halstead. 

William Stark Sr deeded to his pastor twenty acres of land and a house for the purpose of establishing a Baptist congregation in Groton. William died 8 Sep 1730 and is buried at Wightman Burying Ground in New London, Connecticut.

Stark, Charles Rathbone. Groton, Conn. 1705-1905. Stonington, Conn.: Palmer Press. Printed for the author. Pages 126-127.

  

Photo on left found on Find a Grave website. Elizabeth is believed to be buried at Wightman Burying Ground, also.  The photo was originally taken by Todd Travis between 1996-1998 and reads, "Here lieth the body of William Stark died Sept ye 8, 1730 in ye 66 year of his age." The photo was digitally enhanced by Clovis LaFleur, which I found on his website. LaFleur's website is full on amazing detailed, factual, and historical documentation and it is worth checking out.

Children of William Stark and Elizabeth

William Jr (1689-1743)

Christopher (1698-1778)

Phebe Stark (1700-1758) ~ m. 20 Jun 1724 to Thomas Walworth 

Daniel (1700-1758) 

John Winthrop Jr was influential in surveying Connecticut Colony, which along with territories in Rhode Island and New York had been Dutch settlements. John Winthrop Jr was the first Governor of Connecticut and brought the Walworths, whose son married Phoebe Stark, from England to Fisher's Island circa 1689. 

Walworth, Clarence A. Walworths of America; comprising five chapters of family history, with additional chapters of genealogy. Albany, N.Y.: Weed, 1897. Pages 154-159.

 

* Poly is mentioned in the above book only by name under James and Mary's children. Poly married Boaz Lambson and her brother, John, married Boaz's sister Sylvia Lambson.  

Descendants of Aaron Stark and Sarah

William Stark Sr ~ m. Elizabeth

Phebe Stark ~ m. Thomas Walworth

William L Walworth ~ m. Sarah Covell *2nd great grandmother was a daughter of the native Wamanoag tribe

James Walworth ~ m. Mary Rodgers

Polly Walworth ~ m. Boaz Lambson

Alfred Boaz Lambson ~ m. Sarah Bigler

Edna Lambson ~ m. Joseph Fielding Smith

Edna Melissa Smith ~ m. John Fife Bowman

John Hyrum Bowman ~ m. Rosetta Ellen Jackson

* For privacy reasons, I did not include my parents, children, siblings, or cousins

Palmer: Rooted in History, 1621 "Fortune" William of Plymouth Colony

11th Great Grandparents

Mack-Smith Branch

William Palmer

William Palmer was born 1681 in Stepney, Middlesex, England to the parents of William Palmer and Alice Knight. For purposes of this blog entry, the first William Palmer in America will be noted as senior.

William married Francis Blossom about 1603/4. Together he and Frances had four children, which included a William Jr.

William married Mary Tine after his first wife died in 1633. His second wife had a child that she also named William, which may be confusing when researching this lineage.

William and his son William Jr sailed to the Colonies on the Fortune, the second pilgrim ship to arrive at Plymouth. Two years later Frances sailed for Plymouth on  either he Anne or Little James in 1623.  Frances Blossom was born circa 1589 in England and died around 17 Oct 1633 in Roxbury, Plymouth, BCA.  

William Sr. was a nailer by trade. He became a freeman 1633. He and Frances moved to Duxbury about the same time. One of the offices he held for the Colony was to lay out highways for Duxbury in 1634. 

William Palmer Sr's will, dated 7 Nov 1637 and proved 4 Dec 1637, specifically documents his wishes regarding two of his grandchildren, Elizabeth and Moses Rowley, who probably came under his care after his daughter's, Sarah (Palmer) Rowley, death in 1632.  The will sets aside parts of his estate "not in care of their parents," [meaning Henry and his second wife] but to be given to them at adulthood, and William Sr. placed instructions to have his grandson, Moses, cared for by Mr Partridge after his death.

Children of William Palmer and Frances Blossom

Sarah (1604-1632) ~ m. Henry Rowley

Henry (1606-Unk), from instructions in the will, he may have stayed in England.

Bridgett (1608-Unk), from instructions in the will, she may have stayed in England

William Jr. (1612-1636)

Anderson, Robert Charles. New England, The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1632. Vol 3 P-W. Boston: New England Historical and Genealogical Society, 1996-2001. Pages 1383-1386.

 

Banks, Charles Edward. The planters of the commonwealth; a study of the emigrants and emigration in colonial times: to which are added lists of passengers to Boston and to the Bay Colony; the ships which brought them; their English homes, and the places of their settlement in Massachusetts. 1620-1640. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1930. Page 51, 54 (above vessels). 

 

Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918. New England Families, Genealogical And Memorial: a Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of Commonwealths And the Founding of a Nation. 3rd Series. New York: Lewis Historical Pub. Co., 1915. Vol 1, pages 419-420. [information of 2nd wife children is incorrect].

Palmer, Horace Wilber. Palmer families in America. Neshanic, N.J.: Neshanic Print Co. 1966.

 

Descendants of William Palmer and Frances Blossom

Sarah Palmer ~ m. Henry Rowley

Moses Rowley ~ m. Elizabeth Fuller * Matthew Fuller's daughter

Mehitable Rowley ~ m. John Fuller * Samuel Fuller's son and brother to Matthew

Shubael Fuller ~ m. Hannah Crocker 

Lydia Fuller ~ m. Daniel Gates Jr

Lydia Matilda Gates ~ m. Solomon Mack

Lucy Mack ~ m. Joseph Smith Sr

Hyrum Smith ~ m. Mary Fielding Smith

Joseph Fielding Smith ~ m. Edna Lambson (4th living wife)

Edna Melissa Smith ~ m. John Fife Bowman

John Hyrum Bowman ~ m. Rosetta Ellen Jackson

* For privacy reasons, I did not list my children, parents, siblings, or cousins

TILLEY: Rooted in History, Mayflower Immigrant Ancestors

11th Great Grandparents

Mack-Smith Branches

John Tilley

John Tilley was born circa 1671 and Christened 19 Dec 1571. He was the son of Robert and Elizabeth Tilley of Henlow, Bedfordshire, England. 

John married 20 Sep 1656 to Joan Hurst in Henlow, Bedfordshire, England. 

John and Joan immigrated on the Mayflower with daughter, Elizabeth. John's younger brother Edward his wife Ann were also on the Mayflower and they brought with them two cousins, who later returned to England. Both John and Edward Tilley signed the Mayflower Compact.

Anderson, Robert Charles, 1944-, and New England Historic Genealogical Society. The Great Migration Begins Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633. Vol 3, P-W. Boston: New England Historical Society. Page 1822.  

Mackenzie, George Norbury, 1861-1919, and Nelson Osgood Rhoades. Colonial Families of the United States of America: In Which is Given the History, Genealogy And Armorial Bearings of Colonial Families Who Settled In the American Colonies From the Time of the Settlement of Jamestown, 13th May, 1607, to the Battle of Lexington, 19th April, 1775. Vol V. New York: The Gafton Press, 1907.

John died on 10 Apr 1621 at Plymouth Colony, British Colonial America after serving the first winter. John died three months after Joan, leaving Elizabeth an orphan.

 

Joan Hurst

Born circa 1658, it is recorded that  she was Christened on 13 Mar 1658 in Henlow, Bedfordshire, England. Her father was William Hurst. 

England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5GY-T2Z: 19 Mar 2020), Joan Hurst, 1569.  

Joan Hurst married John Tilley in 1696. She had been married to a Thomas Rogers previously. 

Joan died on 11 Jan 1621 (less than a month after arriving in the New World) at Plymouth Colony, British Colonial America.

Pope, Charles Henry, 1841-1918. The Pioneers of Massachusetts: a Descriptive List, Drawn from Records of the Colonies, Towns and Churches and Other Contemporaneous Documents. Boston: C.H. Pope, 1900. Page 445.

First hand records of Plymouth Colony was documented by William Bradford, 1590-1657, Of Plymouth Plantation, pages 408, 412.

 

Children of John Tilley and Joan Hurst

Rose (1597-1601)

John (1599-1636)

Rose 1602-1601-Unk)

Robert (1604-1639)

Elizabeth Tilley (1607-1687) ~ m. John Howland * See Howland

Descendants of John and Joan Tilley

Elizabeth Tilley ~ m. John Howland

John Howland Jr ~ m. Mary Lee

Hannah Howland ~ m. Jonathan Crocker

Hannah Crocker ~ m. Shubael Fuller (grandson of  Samuel Fuller, Mayflower passenger)

Lydia Fuller ~ m. Daniel Gates Jr

Lydia Matilda Gates ~ m. Soloman Mack 

Lucy Mack ~ m. Joseph Smith Sr

Hyrum Smith ~ m. Mary Fielding

Joseph Fielding Smith ~ m. Edna Lambson (4th living wife)

Edna Melissa Smith ~ m. John Fife Bowman

John Hyrum Bowman ~ m. Rosetta Ellen Jackson

• Did not list parents for privacy reasons