Rodney Starkweather

  • Born February 8, 1788 in Worthington, Hampshire County, Massachusetts.
  • Parents were Dr. ROBERT STARKWEATHER and SARAH EAGER.
  • Married JANE STARKWEATHER on February 9, 1815 in Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. Jane was born January 4, 1794 in Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; and died October 23, 1869 in Waterville, Lucas County, Ohio. Her parents were CHARLES STARKWEATHER and MARTHA KINGSLEY.
  • Occupation - Physician and Surgeon
  • Resided in Worthington, Massachusetts until 1815; Fabius, Onondaga County, New York until July, 1820; Chesterfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts until 1853; Waterville, Lucas County, Ohio until his death.
  • Died April 9, 1872 in Waterville, Lucas County, Ohio.





CHILDREN

  1. CHARLES ROBERT STARKWEATHER, born May 8, 1816 in Fabius, Onondaga County, New York; died April 27, 1867 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. Married MARY HUNTINGTON EAGER on September 13, 1841 in Chesterfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts.
  2. JULIA STARKWEATHER, born February 7, 1820 in Fabius, Onondaga County, New York; died July 6, 1874 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. Married Rev. ROYAL REED on January 7, 1846 in Chesterfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts.
  3. JANE STARKWEATHER, born May 10, 1824 in chesterfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. Married Rev. PERRY C. BALDWIN on January 3, 1850 in Defiance, Defiance County, Ohio.
  4. HENRY STARKWEATHER, born August 29, 1826 in Chesterfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. Married MARY E. WOODBURY on October 20, 1853 in Waterville, Lucas County, Ohio. Married MARY WOOD on June 2, 1869 in Waterville, Lucas County, Ohio.
  5. MARTHA STARKWEATHER, born April 8, 1830 in Chesterfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. Married AUGUSTUS SABIN CHASE on September 7, 1854 in Waterville, Lucas County, Ohio.

SOURCES:

  • 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), Page 171 & 172