Born in Hempstead, Nassau, New York
[uncertain]
[uncertain]Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 35
in Hempstead, Queens, New York
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Disputed Origins
She has been associated as daughter of Herodias Long,[1] but this is problematic. The same source claims that both she and her step-brother husband were both "very young" when they married in 1672. We know her husband was 15 when he married. For Elizabeth to have been daughter of her father's first wife, Herodias Long, she would have had to have been born before they separated, which was at least by 1644 and possibly as early as 1642. This would make her 13-15 years older than her 15-year-old husband, and would hardly make her "very young" at the time of her marriage.
- Adam and Anne Mott, by Thomas Cornell, has Elizabeth born in Weymouth or Newport, well before 1656 and John's move to Long Island. It is thought John and Herod (aka Herodias) Long separated well before 1656.[2]
If she was indeed Josiah step-sister and daughter of John Hicks, she was more likely daughter of John's second wife.
Biography
The exact birth date and location of Elizabeth Hicks is not known. She was likely born in Hempstead, Long Island in the mid 1650s, probably by her father's second wife.
Elizabeth Hicks reportedly married her step brother Josiah Starr in April 1672, when Josiah was living in Hempstead, Long Island. Elizabeth died in 1691. She was the mother of Josiah Starr's first eight children.[3]
Note: Coddington disputes Ballou, proper sourcing/analysis needed to demonstrate marriage.
Research Notes
Coddington states that Ballou makes a mess of the Starr family. No sources have been provided to demonstrate a marriage to Josiah Starr or her parents being John Hicks and Herodias Long. Lots more work needed here.
Sources
- ↑ Hosea Starr Ballou, "Dr. Thomas Starr, Surgeon in the Pequot War, and his Family Connections," in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2013.) NEHGR 90 (Apr 1936):Page 152-153 $$ ix Josiah on page 153
- ↑ Cornell, Thomas Clapp. Adam and Anne Mott, Their Ancestors and Their Descendants (A.V. Haight, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., 1890) Page 371
- ↑ Ballou, op cit.
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https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/new-england-marriages-to-1700/image?volumeId=21175&pageName=1437&rId=426905198
The 1890 genealogy has several errors so we should find an independent source for Elizabeths parentage.