Susanna STARK

Susanna married Abraham WIGHTMAN on 19 Apr 1737 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA. Abraham (son of Rev. Valentine WIGHTMAN and Susannah HOLMES) was born on 15 May 1711 in Groton, New London Co., Connecticut; died on 03 Feb 1800 in Bozrah, New London, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Martha WIGHTMAN was born on 16 Apr 1738 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA; died on 15 Jun 1819 in Colchester, New London, Connecticut, USA.
2. Allen WIGHTMAN was born on 30 May 1742.
3. Sarah WIGHTMAN was born on 29 May 1745.
4. Lucy WIGHTMAN was born on 13 Mar 1747/48.
5. John WIGHTMAN was born on 29 Nov 1750 in Norwich, New London Co., Connecticut; died on 18 Sep 1831 in Near Harrisburg, Fayette Co., Indiana.
6. James WIGHTMAN was born on 29 Nov 1750 in Norwich, New London Co., Connecticut; died on 31 Oct 1823 in German Flatts, Herkimer Co., New York.
7. Lucy WIGHTMAN was born on 10 Sep 1752 in Norwich, New London Co., Connecticut; died on 25 May 1759 in Bozrah, Massachusetts.
8. Benjamin WIGHTMAN was born on 31 Aug 1755 in Norwich, New London Co., Connecticut; died about 1829 in Texas.
9. Amy WIGHTMAN was born on 06 May 1758; died in 1846.
10. Abraham WIGHTMAN was born on 16 May 1761 in Norwich, New London Co., Connecticut; died in 1826 in Canada.

Notes:

John was a grantee under the deed of William Stark to the church. He was a deacon in the First Baptist Church of New London ( Waterford) which church was the second Baptist church in the State, founded in 1710. The church edifice, about twenty or twenty-five square, with a sharp, peaked roof, occupying a sightly position on the crest of Foot Hill in Waterford, presented a fair target for British ships blockading the coast, and they so riddled the roof as to cause the building to be called the "Old Pepper Box." In a burying groung adjoining the church so late as 1850 was a stone bearing the name of Deacon John Stark.

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John Stark was a grantee under the deed of William Stark to the Church. He was a deacon of the First Baptist Church of New London (now Waterford), Conn., which was the second Baptist Church in the State, founded in 1710. The church edifice was about twenty or twenty-five feet square, with a sharp peaked roof, occupying a sightly position on the crest of Fort Hill in Waterford. It presented a fair target for the British ships blockading the coast. They riddled the roof and caused the building to be called the "Old Pepper Box."

In the burying ground adjoining the church as late as 1850, was stone bearing the name of Deacon John Stark.

John married Martha WALWORTH on 10 Nov 1715 in New London, Connecticut. Martha (daughter of William WALWORTH and Mary Abigail SEATON) was born in Mar 1691 in Fisher's Island, New London Co., Connecticut; was christened on 24 Jan 1692 in Congregationalist Church, New London, Connecticut; died in 1736. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]