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Comfort Starr
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Starr's headstone in Boston
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| Born | 6 July 1589 |
| Died | 2 January 1659 (aged 69) Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony
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| Resting place | King's Chapel Burying Ground Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Nationality | English |
| Occupation | Physician |
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Elizabeth Watts
(m. 1613; died 1658) |
Comfort Starr (born July 6, 1589 – died January 2, 1659) was an English doctor from the 1600s. He moved across the ocean to what is now the United States. Comfort Starr was also one of the five people who helped start Harvard College, a very famous university.
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Meet Comfort Starr: His Early Life
Comfort Starr was born in a town called Cranbrook, Kent, England. His birthday was July 6, 1589. He came from a very large family, being one of seventeen children!
Moving to a New Land
In 1635, when he was 45 years old, Comfort Starr left England. He sailed on a ship named the Hercules from Sandwich, Kent. He traveled to the Thirteen Colonies in America.
He settled in Cambridge, in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. The very next year, he helped to create Harvard College. When he first arrived, he came with three of his children and three servants. His wife and most of their other children followed later. One of his daughters moved to America only after he had passed away.
Comfort Starr's sister, Suretrust, also moved to America. She lived in Charlestown, Massachusetts Bay Colony, with her husband, Faithful Rouse.
His Family Life
Before moving his family to America, Comfort Starr was a warden at St Mary's Parish Church in Ashford, Kent. He also had his doctor's office there.
Comfort Starr married Elizabeth Watts on October 4, 1614. They had nine children together. Their children were Thomas, Judith, Mary, Elizabeth, Comfort, John, Samuel, Hannah, and Lydia. Their daughter Mary married John Maynard in 1640.
After arriving in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1635, he bought a home in Duxbury. About ten years later, his family moved to Boston.
His grandson, also named Comfort Starr (born 1666 – died 1743), built a house in Guilford, Connecticut Colony. This house, called the Comfort Starr House, was built in 1695.
His Final Years
Comfort Starr passed away on January 2, 1659. He was 69 years old. This was just over six months after his wife had died. They are both buried in the King's Chapel Burying Ground in Boston. There is also a special plaque in his memory. It is located at St Dunstan's Church in Cranbrook, Kent, where he was baptized as a baby.
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Starr's headstone in Boston
