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James Stark

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Dunbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
Death: April 12, 1754 (58-59)
Overwharton Parish, Stafford County, Province of Virginia
Immediate Family:

Son of John Stark and Susannah Stark
Husband of Elizabeth Stark
Father of Rev. John Stark; James Stark, Jr.; Thomas Stark; Elizabeth Christian; Jeremiah Stark and 11 others
Brother of Richard Stark; Louise Stark; Daniel Stark; Samuel Stark; Susannah Stark and 3 others

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About James Stark

http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/w/h/i/Michael-R-Whitney/...

Likely that he never was in New Hampshire (where his father went). Good chance that he was brought to Virginia by his uncle Dr. Richard Stark. This also would mean that wif Elizabeth was from the VA Thornton line. Birth has been give as Glasgow also. Kirkintilloch is near Glasgow.

Genetic DNA info:

" the genetic comparisons do suggest Richard and [his nephew] James were closer relatives to each other than either were to Archibald [James purported brother] "
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~clovis/y-dnag2partii.htm

  1. http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/AF/individual_record.asp?rec...
  2. http://home.earthlink.net/~beuren/starkdec.html

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  • *Generation No. 1
  • William Stark b1520 Scotland married Fleming
  • Their son: William Stark b.1540 auchenstarry. Married Margaret Hameltoune
  • Their son: John Stark b.1575 auchenstarry. Married Margaret Cunningham
  • Their son: JOHN STARK was born ABT 1604 that became a Baron, Clyde River, Scotland. M. Margaret Naper. He was the Baron of Glasgow. He had a son, JOHN STARK, b. ABT 1635, Glasgow?
    • Generation No. 2
  • JOHN STARK, b. ABT 1635, Glasgow? M. Isabell Weir
    • Generation No. 3
  • 3. JOHN3 STARK (JOHN2, JOHN1) was born 1665 in Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland, and died in Londonderry, Rockingham, New Hampshire?. He married ELIZABETH (STARK) ARCHIBALD in Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland. She was born 1666 in , , Scotland.
  • More About JOHN STARK and ELIZABETH ARCHIBALD:
  • Marriage: Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland
  • Children of JOHN STARK and ELIZABETH ARCHIBALD are:
    • 4. i. ARCHIBALD4 STARK, b. 1693, Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland; d. 1758, Londonderry, Rockingham, New Hampshire?.
    • 5. ii. JAMES STARK, b. 1695, Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland; d. April 12, 1754, Overwharton Parish, Stafford, Virginia.
    • iii. JOHN STARK, b. 1697, Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland; d. 1782, , Stafford, Virginia.
    • iv. RICHARD STARK, b. 1699, Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland.
    • v. LEWIS STARK, b. 1701, Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland.
    • vi. LOUISA STARK, b. 1701, Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland.
    • vii. DANIEL STARK, b. 1703, Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland.
    • viii. SAMUEL STARK, b. 1705, Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland.
    • ix. SUSANNAH STARK, b. 1707, Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland.
    • x. SILAS STARK, b. 1709, Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland.
    • Generation No. 4
  • 4. ARCHIBALD4 STARK (JOHN3, JOHN2, JOHN1) was born 1693 in Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland, and died 1758 in Londonderry, Rockingham, New Hampshire?. He married ELEANOR (STARK) NICHOLAS ABT 1716 in Londonderry, , Ireland. She was born ABT 1697 in , , Scotland, and died 1776 in New Hampshire (Londonderry, Rockingham, New Hampshire?).
  • More About ARCHIBALD STARK and ELEANOR NICHOLAS:
  • Marriage: ABT 1716, Londonderry, , Ireland
  • Children of ARCHIBALD STARK and ELEANOR NICHOLAS are:
    • i. ANNA5 STARK, b. ABT 1717, New Hampshire (Londonderry, Rockingham, New Hampshire?).
    • ii. JOHN STARK, b. ABT 1719, New Hampshire (Londonderry, Rockingham, New Hampshire?).
    • iii. WILLIAM STARK, b. ABT 1723, New Hampshire (Londonderry, Rockingham, New Hampshire?); d. 1776.
    • iv. SAMUEL STARK, b. ABT 1725, New Hampshire (Londonderry, Rockingham, New Hampshire?).
    • 6. v. JOHN GENERAL STARK, b. August 28, 1728, Londonderry, Rockingham. New Hampshire (wprokasy@arches.uga.edu) Bill Prokasy; d. May 8, 1822, Derrfyield, Manchester, Rockingham. New Hampshire.
    • vi. MARY STARK, b. ABT 1729, New Hampshire (Londonderry, Rockingham, New Hampshire?).
    • vii. ISABEL STARK, b. ABT 1730, Londonderry, Rockingham, New Hampshire?.
    • viii. ARCHIBALD STARK, b. 1730, New Hampshire (Londonderry, Rockingham, New Hampshire?); d. 1819.
    • ix. JEAN STARK, b. ABT 1732, New Hampshire (Londonderry, Rockingham, New Hampshire?).
  • 5. JAMES4 STARK (JOHN3, JOHN2, JOHN1) was born 1695 in Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland, and died April 12, 1754 in Overwharton Parish, Stafford, Virginia. He married ELIZABETH (STARK) THORNTON 1716 in Londonderry, Rockingham, New Hampshire, daughter of WILLIAM THORNTON and ELIZABETH ROWLAND. She was born 1696 in , , Scotland or Wales, and died Bet. 1773 - 1776 in , Stafford, Virginia.
  • More About JAMES STARK and ELIZABETH THORNTON:
  • Marriage: 1716, Londonderry, Rockingham, New Hampshire
  • Children of JAMES STARK and ELIZABETH THORNTON are:
    • 7. i. JAMES5 STARK, b. 1719, , , Scotland or , Stafford, Virginia; d. May 6, 1761, South Carolina.
    • 8. ii. THOMAS STARK, b. 1721, , Stafford, Virginia; d. 1802, , Robertson, Tennessee.
    • 9. iii. JEREMIAH STARK, b. June 11, 1722, Overwharton Parish, Stafford, Virginia; d. July 23, 1805, , Stafford, Virginia.
    • 10. iv. WILLIAM STARK, b. Bet. 1725 - 1726, , Stafford, Virginia; d. 1772, , Loudoun, Virginia.
    • v. MARY STARK, b. 1727, , Stafford, Virginia.
    • vi. SUSANNA STARK, b. 1729, , Stafford, Virginia; d. Aft. 1776.
    • 11. vii. ELIZABETH (CHRISTIAN) STARK, b. 1730, Overwharton Parish, Stafford, Virginia; d. 1789, , Augusta, Virginia.
    • viii. SARAH STARK, b. August 23, 1731, Overwharton Parish, Stafford, Virginia.
    • ix. JANE STARK, b. February 8, 1732/33, Overwharton Parish, Stafford, Virginia.
    • 12. x. DANIEL STARK, b. May 30, 1733, Overwharton Parish, Stafford, Virginia.
    • xi. JEAN/JANE STARK, b. February 22, 1733/34, Overwharton Parish, Stafford, Virginia.
    • 13. xii. JAMES STARK, b. 1736, Overwharton Parish, Stafford, Virginia or Inveraray, Argyll, Scotland?.
    • xiii. ANNE STARK, b. February 9, 1735/36, Overwharton Parish, Stafford, Virginia; d. ABT 1762, , Stafford, Virginia.
    • xiv. BENJAMIN STARK, b. August 27, 1738, Overwharton Parish, Stafford, Virginia; d. 1762, , Stafford, Virginia.
    • xv. DONALD STARK, b. May 30, 1744, Overwharton Parish, Stafford, Virginia; d. ABT 1817, , Spotsylvania, Virginia.
    • xvi. ISABELLA STARK, b. June 25, 1746, Overwharton Parish, Stafford, Virginia.
    • xvii. LYDIA STARK, b. August 31, 1748, Overwharton Parish, Stafford, Virginia.
    • xviii. JOHN STARK, b. January 29, 1751/52, Virginia?; d. May 6, 1761, Stafford, Stafford, Virginia; m. HOWSON (STARK) PORTER; b. ABT 1730, , Stafford, Virginia; d. April 11, 1755, Overwharton Parish, Stafford, Virginia.
  • .... etc.
  • From: http://freepages.family.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~heatonstark/genealog... ________________________________
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James Stark's Timeline

1695
1695
Dunbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
1717
1717
Londonberry, Province of New Hampshire
1719
1719
Stafford County, Province of Virginia
1721
1721
Overwharton Parish, Stafford County, Province of Virginia
1722
June 11, 1722
Overwharton Parish, Stafford County, Province of Virginia
1725
1725
Stafford County, Virginia
1727
1727
Stafford, Virginia.
1729
1729
Stafford, Virginia;