Edward Starbuck died on 4 Feb 1690/1 in his 86th year. [1] His 53 years between 1638, when he arrived in Dover, New Hampshire and his death on Nantucket in 1691 were full of events and achievements, for example:
- He immigrated to Dover, New Hampshire (part of the Piscataqua Plantation in the late 1630s) [2]
- He was a leader in Dover and Nantucket [3]
- He participated in events on both sides of the law [4]
- He was a land surveyor, weirsman, sawmill operator, and magistrate [5]
- He became one of the earliest settlers of Nantucket [6]
- He was an overseer for the use of shore whales, one of Nantucket’s earliest whaling activities [7]
In the pursuit of finding every record that mentions Edward, I have collected over 150 events from over 200 sources. For a complete list see the Edward Starbuck Timeline.
[1] Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts, Births, marriages, intentions of marriage, publishments, and deaths, ca 1662-1835: 4, death of Edward Starbuck, 1690/91, FHL film 906,220, item 1; digital image 10/257, Family Search (www.familysearch.org : accessed 24 February 2022). Also in FHL collection of Massachusetts Town Clerk, Vital & Town Records.
[2] N. E. Stiles, Manual of the First Church, Dover, New Hampshire Organized December 1638, (Dover, New Hampshire: N. E. Stiles Job Print,1893) 15; digital images Internet Archive (www.internetarchive.org :accessed 10 August 2021).
John Scales, History of Dover, New Hampshire (Manchester, New Hampshire: John B. Clarke Co, 1923), 126; digital image 147/548, Family Search (www.familysearch.org : 23 May 2022).
[3] Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, editor, Records of the Governor and company of the Massachusetts bay in New England: printed by order of the legislature vol 2 (Boston, Massachusetts : Press of William White, 1853) 33; Internet Archive (archive.org : accessed 8 April 2022).
Alexander Starbuck, History of Nantucket (Rutland, Vermont: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1969), 126.
[4] Maine Historical Society, Province and Court Records of Maine vol 1, (Portland, Maine: The Southworth Press, 1928), 108-109; digital images, Family Search (www. familysearch.org : accessed 3 March 2022).
York, Maine, Record of the Courts Book 1 1636-1652: 99, Edward Starbuck, 1646; FHL DGS 5,654,540, item 1; digital image 113/208, Family Search (www.familysearch.org : accessed 11 May 2022).
Massachusetts Bay Colony, Massachusetts State Archives Collection, colonial period, 1622-1788 vol 10, document 212 & 212a, Edward Starbuck, 1648; FHL film number 2,294,420, item 1; digital images 514 & 516/1646, Family Search (www.familysearch.org: accessed 10 September 2021).
[5] Dover, New Hampshire, Town Records 1647-1753; digitized images, City of Dover, New Hampshire (https://www.dover.nh.gov/government/city-operations/finance/city-clerk-tax-collection/historic-dover-records/: accessed 10 August 2021), 19.
Nantucket, Massachusetts, Deed Book 1: 6, Edward Starbuck, 1666, FHL film 906,232, item 1; digital image 12/621, Family Search (www.familysearch.org : accessed 18 January 2022).
Dover, New Hampshire, Town Records 1647-1753; digitized images, City of Dover, New Hampshire (https://www.dover.nh.gov/government/city-operations/finance/city-clerk-tax-collection/historic-dover-records/: accessed 10 August 2021), 4.
Dover, New Hampshire, Town Records 1647-1753; digitized images, City of Dover, New Hamshire (https://www.dover.nh.gov/government/city-operations/finance/city-clerk-tax-collection/historic-dover-records/: accessed 10 August 2021), 29.
Nantucket, Massachusetts, Deed Book 2: 11, Edward Starbuck, 1674/75, FHL film 906,232, item 2; digital image 135/621, Family Search (www.familysearch.org : accessed 11 February 2022).
[6] Henry Barnard Worth, Nantucket Lands and Land Owners, (Nantucket, Massachusetts: Nantucket Historical Association, 1901), 55.
[7] Nantucket, Massachusetts, Deed Book 1: 8-9, Edward Starbuck, 1668, FHL film 906,232, item 1; digital image 13/621, Family Search (www.familysearch.org : accessed 18 January 2022).
