Eleanor (Armstrong) Starratt (1713 - aft. 1780)

Born 9 Mar 1713 in Canonbie, Dumfriesshire, Scotland

Descendants

Died after 1780 after age 66 in Paradise, Annapolis, Nova Scotia

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Biography

Daughter of John Armstrong 1680–Decead (Marriage: 1696 in Canonbie, Dumfries, Scotland) and Janet Moffat 1681–Deceased

She was the second wife of Peter Starratt, married in Maine, who emigrated with her to Annapolis, Nova Scotia^[1].

Their children included:

1. John, 1745-1829, who married Hannah Bancroft^[1]
2. George, 1747-1820, who married Sarah Balcolm^[1]
3. William, 1749-1777, who married Miss Webber^[1]
4. Mary, 1751-1784, who married John Brown^[1]
5. Anna, 1753-, who married Levy Robinson^[1]
6. Lois, 1755-, who married Zaccheus Phinney^[1]
7. Eleanor, 1757-1786, who married John McGregor^[1]

Before 1770^[2], Peter and Eleanor moved to Granville, and about 1780 they settled in Paradise^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8} History of the County of Annapolis, Including Old Port Royal and Acadia [microform : With Memoirs of Its Representatives in the Provincial Parliament : and Biographical and Genealogical Sketches of its Early English Settlers and their Families] by Calnek, W. A. (William Arthur), 1822-1892; Savary, A. W. (Alfred William), 1831-1920; Publication date 1897; Publisher Toronto : W. Briggs; Montreal : C. Coates; Halifax [N.S.] : S. Huestis. see page 608 for John Starratt son of John and Hannah (Bancroft) Starratt, who married Mary Sanders
2. ↑ Nova Scotia Archives Census Returns, 1767-1787 shows Peter Starrit; Granville, Annapolis County — 1770; Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 Vol. 443, No. 12

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