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Comfort Starr was paid by the town of Dedham for going to Roxbury to geta nurse for a small pox patient in 1720.
In 1723, he owned 1,000 acres of land in Killingly, now part fo Thompson,Connecticut, territory formerly claimed by the Bay Colony. His homesteadwas west of "Brandy Hill".

Comfort married Elizabeth PERLEY about 1724 in Thompson, Windham, Connecticut. Elizabeth (daughter of Isaac PERLEY and Frances UNKNOWN) was born on 10 Oct 1705 in Boxford, Essex, Massachusetts; died on 4 Mar 1742 in Thompson, Windham, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Ebenezer STARR was born on 24 Feb 1742 in Thompson, Windham, Connecticut; died on 13 Oct 1804 in Thompson, Windham, Connecticut.

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Comfort inherited 500 acres of land near Concord, and lands nearDeerfield, Walpole, Medway, Massachusetts and in Windham County,Connecticut from his aunt, Mary (Bunker) Lusher.

Comfort married Mary STONE on 14 Nov 1683 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts. Mary (daughter of Simon STONE, Deacon and Mary WHIPPLE) was born on 6 Jan 1665 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died on 20 Apr 1735 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Came to America on the Hercules.

John married Martha BUNKER about 1648 in Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Martha (daughter of George BUNKER and Judith MAJOR) was born on 15 Apr 1627 in Odell, Bedfordshire, England; was christened on 15 Apr 1627 in Charleston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; died in Prob Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Simon married Mary WHIPPLE in 1655 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Mary (daughter of John WHIPPLE and Susannah Sarah HAWKINS) was born on 20 Feb 1633 in Bocking, Essex, England; died on 2 Jun 1720 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Dr. Comfort Starr immigrated with children Thomas, Comfort, Jr., Mary and"Truth-Shall-Prevail", probably daughter Elizabeth, on the Hercules ofSandwich, which arrived in the summer of 1634. They were accompanied bySamuel Dunkin and John Turvey. Comfort is listed as "of Ashford,Chirurgeon", and bound for Cambridge. It seems likely that his wife,having just given birth to twin girls Ruth and Liddia about two weeksbefore their sailing date, followed sometime later with young Hannah andthe newborns, perhaps with Comfort's brothers Joyful and Jehosahat,though a record of their crossing has not been found.

Comfort must have known the owners of the Hercules, for the followingdeposition was taken in England shortly before they sailed: "ComfortStarr of Ashford in the county of Kent, chirurgeon, aged 45, deposes 11February, 1634-5, that about the latter end of November last JohnWitherIcy of Sandwich, mariner, did buy at Dunkirk a certain Flemishbuilt shipp lately called the St. Peter, now the Hercules of Sandwich,for the sum of Ð340 the first penny, which shipp now lies at Sandwich,and is of the burthen of 200 tonnes. Examinate, being noe seaman, cannottell of what length, breadth or depth she is, but he guesseth her to beabout twelve foote broad above the hatches, fowerscore foote longe, andsix-teene foote deepe. She belongs to this examinate. John Witherley,Nathaniel Tilden and Mr. Osborne, and William Hatch is to have a parte inher with this examinate."

Comfort was a physician, and the first of the name in New England. Hemarried Elizabeth. He died at Boston, Jan. 1660, and Elizabeth died therein 1658.

Comfort was of Cambridge 1635, Duxbury 1640, also at Yarmouth for a shorttime, then removed in 1643 to Boston and spent the later years of hislife there. He was one of the first surgeons to come to the colony, andwas one of the charter fellows of Harvard College in 1650.

His will was dated Apr. 22, 1659. In it, he provides for son John, fivedaughters of daughter Maynard deceased, the children of son Thomas,deceased, his grandson Simon Eyre, the three children of ElizabethFerniside wife of John, his daughter Elizabeth and his daughter-in-law,widow of Thomas. He also bequeaths to, in England, daughter Hannah, andhe gives to son Comfort, and his heirs, the house and land at Ashford,County Kent.

Comfort married Elizabeth UNKNOWN on 27 Jul 1613 in Canterbury, Kent, England. Elizabeth was born between 1595 and 1596 in County Kent, England; died on 15 Jun 1658 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; was buried in Kings Chapel Burying Ground, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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George Bunker arrived in America in 1634. He settled in Charlestownbefore 9 Jan 1634, apparently a wealthy emigrant as he soon became alarge land owner.

George was apparently a person of wealth and importance, as he ownedextensive land holdings in Malden and Charlestown, including that portionof the hill at the end of Charlestown Neck which came to be known to allAmerican's at the start of the Revolution War as "Bunker's Hill." He wasone of the men from Charlestown who were granted ten acre lots at Malden,Mass. George is included on the first list of the proprietors of thattown.

With 16 others, George gave land to Harvard College. The deed is recordedat the Middlesex County courthouse.

He was among those men disarmed by the legislature on 20 Nov. 1637 forhis support of the Rev. John Wheelwright and Mrs. Ann Hutchinson, butthere is no evidence that he ever recanted. The next year he was made aconstable for Charlestown. He was commonly given the title of respect"Mr." (he was listed as one of the 14 of 72 inhabitants who were accordedthe honor of the prefix of "Mr."). The well-known Bunker Hill inCharlestown was named for this man, whose land stretched across the topof the hill.

After the death of his frist wife, George married second to Mrs. Margaret(Welles) of Watertown, Mass, widow of Edward Howe. His will mentioned hissons John, Benjamin, Jonathan, and daughters Mary, Martha and Elizabeth.

George married Judith MAJOR on 8 Sep 1624 in Odell, Bedfordshire, England. Judith was born about 1604 in Odell, , Bedfordshire, England; died on 10 Oct 1646 in Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Simon Stone, Sr., wife Joan, and first five children were aboard theIncrease, which landed at Boston in July 1635. He is listed as"husbandman of Bromley Magna, Essex" and bound for Watertown. Ages arelisted as follows: Simon 50, Joan 38, Francis 16, Anne 11 Simon, Jr. 4,Mary 3 and John 1month. He was probably the Simon Stone who witnessed thenoncupative will of Barnabie Rodgers of Boxsted, April 22, 1627.

About 1622 Simon Stone relocated from Great Bromley to Boxted England. Heapparently continued farming there until the spring of 1635 when heemigrated to New England.

Simon was an original proprietor of Groton, then established the familyhome at Mount Auburn, Watertown, on the banks of the Charles River. Hewas the grantee of eight lots and was of the largest land owners of thetown. The large colonial style house he built served six generations ofhis decendants for two hundred years, until it was destroyed by fire. Hewas admitted freeman, May 25, 1636. He served as Selectman, 1637-56,seven years, and was a Deacon.

His will, dated Sept. 7, 1665, was proved October 3 of that year, andmentions his sons Simon and John, his brother Haywood, Dr. Frances, wifeof Thomas Green; Dr. Mary; grandchildren Joanna and Nathaniel Green; hisbrother Gregory (Deacon Gregory Stone, of Cambridge, 5 yrs younger thanhimself); his kinsman John and Daniel Warner (Warren?) and Thomas Wells,He does not mention his daughter Anne, who embarked with him.

Simon married Joan CLARKE on 5 Aug 1616 in Bromley Magna, Essex, England. Joan was born before 21 May 1596 in Bromley Magna, Essex, England; died in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Susannah Sarah HAWKINS. Susannah was born in 1598 in Bocking, Essex, England; died on 14 Jun 1658 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]