Dr. Robert Starkweather
- Born September 6, 1765 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut.
- Parents were ROBERT STARKWEATHER and SARAH EVELETH.
- Married SARAH EAGER in 1786 in Worthington, Hampshire County, Massachusetts.
- Studied medicine with his brother, Ezra, in Worthington, Massachusetts.
- Occupation - Physician & Surgeon in Chesterfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts.
- Died May 8, 1858 in Chesterfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts.
CHILDREN
- RODNEY STARKWEATHER, born February 8, 1788 in Worthington, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; died April 9, 1872 in Waterville, Lucas County, Ohio. Married JANE STARKWEATHER on February 9, 1815 in Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts.
- HORACE STARKWEATHER, born March 25, 1790; died August 26, 1791.
- LAURA STARKWEATHER, born April 12, 1792 in Chesterfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; died September 16, 1869 in Chesterfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. Married OLIVER EDWARDS on June 15, 1815 in Chesterfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts.
- ORPHA STARKWEATHER, born April 23, 1794 in Chesterfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; died in July, 1865 in Goshen, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. Married EMMONS PUTNEY.
- HORACE STARKWEATHER, born Agusut 22, 1799 in Chesterfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; died about 1854 in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan. Married ELECTA NIMS on June 6, 1827 in Deerfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts.
SOURCES:
- Clarence Etienne Leonard, The Fulton-Hayden-Warner Ancestry in America (New York: T.A. Wright, 1923), Page 107
- Carlton Lee Starkweather, A Brief Genealogical history of Robert Starkweather of Roxbury and Ipswich, Massachusetts : who was the original American ancestor of all those bearing the name of Starkweather, and of his sons John Starkweather of Ipswich, Mass., and Preston, Conn. (unknown: unknown, 1904), Pages 99 & 100