Having gone down the rabbit hole that is ancestry.com over the last year I have accumulated a mountain of information about those that came before me. This is where all that information will be shared.
-
Rabble Rousing Quakers
While researching my 4x great grandfather, Elias Mott I found his middle name, Hicks. Elias Hicks Mott. It seemed like a strange middle name so I did what I always do, I googled it. Turns out Elias Hicks was a rather famous Quaker who some say caused a schism in the church. Elias Hicks, like……
-
Richard Starr – Colombian Hostage held captive 1093 days
I’ve been building out the branches of the Starr family tree in preparation for a trip east this summer. This led me to find the fascinating tale of Charles Richard STARR 1947-1983 my 7th cousin 2x removed. We’re related through my 8x great grandfather, Joseph Starr, a tailor that was later a tax collector in 1705,……
-
197th Anniversary of William Starr’s Birth
Today is the 197th Anniversary of the birth of my 3x great grandfather, William Almaron Starr. He was born on 20 May 1828 in Lee Center New York, Oneida County. He was the oldest of Marilla Amelia Warner and Asa Starr’s four children. Asa had inherited his father (Thomas Starr)’s farm and homestead and William……