PVT Aaron Stark

• BIRTH 3 Mar 1734 Groton, New London County, Connecticut, USA
• DEATH 3 Jul 1778 (aged 44) Wyoming, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, USA
• BURIAL Battle of Wyoming Burial Ground, Wyoming, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, USA
• MEMORIAL ID 108468016
• Service: CONNECTICUT Rank(s): PRIVATE with WYOMING VOLUNTEERS [2,3]

Son of Christopher and Joanna Walworth Stark. From a report of the battle - "After the troops broke and ran Aaron and his son of the same name also fled and hid themselves in the driftwood along the river. The father was discovered by the savages and taken out and cruelly murdered before the very eyes of the son."

Young Aaron Stark (1755-1835) made application May 15, 1823 in Beekman, New York for a pension. In his application he stated, that late in 1776 he resided in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania (The Wyoming Valley Area) and enlisted in a Company under Capt. Ransom. They marched to Morristown to join General Washington, and that his Father was killed with most of the others of the militia company....he was saved by remaining in the river. About 9 months before the close of the war he deserted to go see his mother at Beekman; she had left the Susquehanna Company (Resided in the Wyoming Valley at the time of the massacre) on account of the Indians and removed there with her family.

[1] https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/108468016/aaron-stark

[2] Daughters of American Revolution Ancestor #: A108939

[3] MINER, HIST OF WYOMING, PP 242, 243