Rachel Hicks

Rachel was the wife of Thomas Starr and they were (probably) married at Chatham, Massachusetts.

She remarried to John Hicks after his death. John Hicks Married (1) at St. Faith's Church, England, about 1634, Horod (Horodia) Long; (2) in 1654 Florence Carman, who died in 1661, widow of John Carman -- no children; (3) in 1662, Rachel---, widow of Thomas Starr -- no children.

Her origins are not known. "There is no basis at all for the notion that her name might have been Harris."

Family

Children, born at Scituate, Massachusetts:

• 1) Samuel (see below); *2) Thomas, Jr.; born 1642c; married 1677c, Elizabeth Gilbert; died 1704c;
• 3) Comfort; born November 15, 1644; married July 4, 1666, Marah Weld at Boston, Massachusetts; died October 18, 1693 at Middletown, Connecticut
• 4) Elizabeth; born June 7, 1646; married March 6, 1666, John Treadwell at Hempstead, New York and
• 5) Benjamin; born February 6, 1647; married December 23, 1675, Elizabeth Allerton; died April 30, 1678.

Children, born at Yarmouth, Massachusetts:

• 6) Jehosaphet; born January 12, 1650;
• 7) Constant; born 1652c; died November 1654 at Charlestown;
• 8) William; born March 18, 1654; died December 13, 1659 and
• 9) Josiah; born September 1, 1657; married April 1672, Elizabeth Hicks at Hempstead; died January 4, 1715 at Danbury, Connecticut.

Comments

Hosea Starr Ballou published the most comprehensive work on this family: The early Starrs in Kent and New England (Boston, 1944). On pages 207-9 Hosea discusses Rachel's parents and says that the only clue to her parents are found in her letter naming "aunt smedly" dated 5 Sep 1666. The author posits that "aunt smedly" is probably Katherine (unknown) Smedly wife of Baptize Smedly of Concord from Derbyshire. Note John Oldham was also from Derbyshire. He has brother, John Smedly and his wife Anne. She probably came with John Oldham and Baptize Smedly with her aunt from Derbyshire, England, (See savage and Pope about the Smedly brothers of Concord). Smedly, Oldham, Wood, Flint have pre-1600 bp records there and came to Concord so she could be a Wood or Flint. There is no basis at all for the notion that her name might have been Harris.

Burgis Pratt Starr in his early work simply started that her maiden name and origin was inconclusive.

Sources

• Early Starrs in Kent & New England. Hosea Starr Ballou. Starr Family Association, Boston 1944 Parentage of Rachel Starr, p.127. The Online version of this book available for check out on Archive.com.
• "A History of the Starr Family of New England; from the ancestor, Dr. Comfort Starr of Ashford, County of Kent, England, who emigrated to Boston, Massachusetts, in 1635" by Burgis Pratt Starr; The Case, Lockwood and Brainard Company, publishers; 1879 (929.2 ST28S (ACPL)
• "Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England" by James Savage; IV:171; The Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc. of Baltimore, Maryland; 1981 (929.274 S264 LAPL) (NE Sec. SR)
• 1) "The Planters of the Commonwealth, 1620-1640" by Charles Edward Banks; The Genealogical Publishing Company; Baltimore, Maryland; 1961 (974.4 B22PA ACPL)
• 2) "New England Marriages Prior to 1700" compiled by Clarence Almon Torrey; p. 703; The Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc. of Baltimore, Maryland; 1985 (974.0 NEa/Marriage SCGS)
• 3) "Some Colonial Families: Avery, Brewster, Mills, Morgan, Smith, Starr, Stewart, Tracy" by Eloise M. Roberts; pp. 63-4; privately printed at Avard, Oklahoma; 1926 (HeritageQuest)

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