Comfort Starr
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Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Comfort Starr | |
|---|---|
 Starr's headstone in Boston | |
| Born | 6 July 1589 |
| Died | 2 January 1659 (aged 69) Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony |
| Resting place | King's Chapel Burying Ground Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Occupation | Physician |
| Spouse |
Elizabeth Watts
(m. 1613; died 1658) |
Comfort Starr (6 July 1589 – 2 January 1659) was a 17th-century English physician who emigrated to the Thirteen Colonies. He was one of the founders of Harvard College, serving as a member of the earliest incarnation of the President and Fellows of Harvard College.
Starr was born in Cranbrook, Kent,[1] on 6 July 1589.[2] He was one of the seventeen children of Thomas Starr.[3]
Emigration
In 1635, aged 45, Starr left the Kingdom of England aboard the Hercules, which launched from Sandwich, Kent. He settled in Cambridge, Colony of Massachusetts Bay,[4] where he was a founder of Harvard College the following year.[2][5] He came with three of his children and three servants; his wife followed with most of the other children.[1] One of his daughters did not emigrate until after his death.[6]
His sister, Suretrust, also emigrated, and lived in Charlestown, Colony of Massachusetts Bay, with her husband Faithful Rouse.[7]