262. Aaron1 Stark; born circa 1608 at Eng;185 died 1685 at Groton, CT.
He was (an unknown value) 6 children. He "Aaron Stark, the first settler of that name, died in that part of New London that is now Groton in 1685. The place and date of his birth have never been discovered. The name of his wife is also unknown. A deposition given by him in the boundary dispute between Connecticut and Rhode Island found in the Stonington Town Records, June 11, 1673, gives us a clue to his age:
The testimony of Aaron Stark aged sixty-five years or thereabouts
testifieth and sayeth, that we being soldiers under Capt. John Mason
with many more when we went against the Pequot Indians, we being
landed in the Narragansett country when many of the Narragansetts
came armed and tendered themselves to go with us in that service
against the Pequots wherein they were readily accepted and marched
with us through part of the Narragansett country until they came within
four or five miles of the Pawcatuck River where we made a halt when
Ninicraft and Miantonomo with many others did declare unto our
commander that we were come into the Pequot country and did then
advise them to be very careful of themselves lest they should be
destroyed.
Aaron Stark and Jacob Waterhouse appeared this eleventh day
of June 1673 and made oath to what is above written before me.
John Allyn
Justice
Aaron Stark's first settlement was in Stonington, and frequent entries in the "Thomas Miner Diary," between 1653 and 1664, indicate that they were near neighbors. In May, 1666, Aaron Stark was among those who were to take the freeman's oath in Stonington, and in October 1669, he was accepted as a freeman in New London. Between these two dates he had purchased the farm of Rev. William Thompson, the Indian missionary, in that part of New London, at present Groton, situated on the summit of Stark's Hill.
September 30, 1669, he sold his land in Stonington to Robert Fleming, who evidently bought it for his War, and was given land in Voluntown stepson, Thomas Rose. Aaron Stark was a volunteer in King Philip's in consideration of his service. In 1673 he claimed bounty for killing two wolves, animals which at that time abounded in Connecticut. "185
Children of Aaron1 Stark and an unknown spouse were:
263. Sarah2 Stark (Aaron1); married Captain Samuel Fish, son of John Fish and Mary Ireland, 1682;183 died 11 Dec 1722.
She was (an unknown value) 7 children.
Children of Sarah2 Stark and Captain Samuel Fish were: