Jeremiah Starr
1690 - 1775 (84 years)
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Name Jeremiah Starr [1, 2, 3, 4] Birth 17 Aug 1690 County Meath, Ireland 
Gender Male Death 6 Jan 1775 London Grove Twp., Chester Co., Pennsylvania Patriarch & Matriarch 
John Starr
d. Yes, date unknown, County Meath, Ireland (Grandfather) 
Mary
b. Abt 1645, Oldcastle, County Meath, Ireland
d. Oldcastle, County Meath, Ireland (Mother) Notes - This couple "came to America in 1717, purchased and settled upon lands in London Grove township, where hew as a land owner in 1724, and also in 1753" (S 252, 57).
He was received 3 mo. 3, 1718, form Carlow Meeting, Ireland.
Probate documents are available from Chester Co.: doc. # 2899; Starr, Jeremiah; London Grove, 1775; Yeoman. Administration bond and inventory.
According to Cope and Fulthey,
"Of Jeremiah's six children, Moses married Sarah, daughter of Michael and Hannah (Maris) Harlan, 3d mo. 19, 1760, and had four children, of whom Jeremiah was born 9th mo. 16, 1762. He married Anne, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Whitson, of Sadsbury township. He died 3d mo. 12, 1816, and she 5th mo. 4, 1818. Of their six children, Jeremiah, born 7th mo. 5, 1798, married Mary, daughter of Eli and Sarah (Scarlett) Thompson, 10th mo. 11, 1827. She was born 5th mo. 15, 1810. He died 4th mo. 17, 1876. Of their seven children, Charles Thompson, the youngest, was born 8th mo. 23, 1846, and married Emma F., daughter of William L. Chandler, of New Garden township, 9th mo. 9, 1874. Their three children are William C., Lilian, and Chester Thompson.
Jeremiah Starr, the emigrant, settled in Londongrove township, his son Moses in New Garden, about 1760, on a tract of two hundred and eleven acres, on which his son Jeremiah lived, also Jeremiah, son of the last, and on part of which (forty-eight acres) Charles T. Starr resides. His house was built by his father in 1823. The mother of Charles T. was a granddaughter of John Scarlett, who married Mary, daughter of Joseph and Mary Dixon. John was the son of Nathaniel Scarlett, who married Hannah Dutton. Nathaniel was a son of Humphrey Scarlett. Charles Starr is the proprietor of the "Pleasantville Green-houses," in New Garden township, two miles from Avondale, on the Philadelphia and Baltimore Central Railroad. He is one of the most successful florists in the State, and especially noted as a tuberose-grower. He makes a specialty of carnation pinks, which, with his other innumerable varieties, he ships by mail to all parts of the country. His plants and bulbs, put up in small packages, are usually transported through the mails. From small beginnings he has extended his green-houses and establishment to large proportions, and does annually an extensive business." [5, 6, 7]
Person ID I4474 Last Modified 18 Nov 2012
Father John Starr
b. 1650, Oldcastle, County Meath, Ireland
d. Oldcastle, County Meath, Ireland Mother Mary
b. Abt 1645, Oldcastle, County Meath, Ireland
d. Oldcastle, County Meath, Ireland Family Charts Group Sheet | Family Chart
Spouse / Partner Rebecca Jackson
b. 1m, 25d, 1697, Oldcastle, County Meath, Ireland
d. 1761, London Grove Twp., Chester Co., Pennsylvania (Age 64 years)
Marriage 2m, 29d, 1716 Old Castle Friends Meeting, County Meath, Ireland Children 5 sons and 5 daughters + 1 
. Anne Starr
b. 11 mo. 1, 1719, Ballyhaise, County Cavan, Ireland
d. 8 mo. 12, 1761, Sadsbury Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania (Age 42 years)└─ James Moore (Age 93 years) m. 2 mo. 16, 17412 . John Starr
b. 5 Dec 1719, London Grove Twp., Chester Co., Pennsylvania
d. 12 Aug 1761 (Age 41 years)3 . Isaac Starr
b. 12 May 1722, London Grove Twp., Chester Co., Pennsylvania> 4 . Alice Starr
b. Abt 1723, London Grove Twp., Chester Co., Pennsylvania
d. Abt 1798, Harford Co., Maryland (Age 75 years)└─ David Harlan (Age 68 years) m. 16 Dec 17565 . Mary Starr
b. 1724, London Grove Twp., Chester Co., Pennsylvania> 6 . Jeremiah Starr
b. Abt 1731, London Grove Twp., Chester Co., Pennsylvania
d. 1791 (Age 60 years)> 7 . Moses Starr
b. 6 Oct 1728, Berks Co., Pennsylvania
d. Aft 1800, London Grove Twp., Chester Co., Pennsylvania (Age > 73 years)└─ Sarah Harlan (Age 78 years) m. 19 Mar 17608 . Susanna Starr
b. Abt 1733, London Grove Twp., Chester Co., Pennsylvania9 . Joshua Starr
b. Abt 1735, London Grove Twp., Chester Co., Pennsylvania+ 10 . Rebecca Starr
b. 23 Apr 1737, London Grove Twp., Chester Co., Pennsylvania
d. Centre Co., Pennsylvania└─ Andrew Moore (Age 68 years) m. 9 mo. 26, 1754Family Charts Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 20 Jun 2025
- This couple "came to America in 1717, purchased and settled upon lands in London Grove township, where hew as a land owner in 1724, and also in 1753" (S 252, 57).
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Event Map 
Birth - 17 Aug 1690 - County Meath, Ireland 
Marriage - 2m, 29d, 1716 - Old Castle Friends Meeting, County Meath, Ireland 
Death - 6 Jan 1775 - London Grove Twp., Chester Co., Pennsylvania = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Histories 
Quaker Ancestors from Pennsylvania and Delaware The areas that are now northern Delaware and south-eastern Pennsylvania were not distinguished from each other in the 1682 land grant to William Penn. Maps at the time show one geographical area divided by the Susquehanna, Schuykill, and Delaware rivers (with the Potomac farther west, and the Hudson farther east). Separate sets of representatives for the states began to meet in 1704, in Philadelphia and New Castle, though one Governor remained for both, and pre-Revolutionary Delaware remained under the political sway of its more powerful and populous northern neighbor.
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Reference Pitard, D. "Jeremiah Starr". Genealogy at Pitard.net. https://ancestors.pitard.net/getperson.php?personID=I4474&tree=1sttree (accessed June 21, 2025).
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