The following genealogy is taken from the book, A History of the Starr Family of New England, from the Ancestor Dr. Comfort Starr, of Ashford, County of Kent, England, who Emigrated to Boston, Massachusetts in 1635, Containing the Names of 6,766 of his Descendants and the Record and History of 1,794 Families, by Burgis Pratt Starr, published 1879, pages 338-341.

LANSING, N. Y. FAMILY [families 510 - 513]
Family 510

MICAJAH STARR, son of Jonathan 489, John 448, Josiah 391, Thomas 7, Dr. Comfort 1, b. Apl. 2, 1746, in Danbury, Ct., and was living there Jan. 3, 1772, when he was appointed administrator on the estate of Platt Betts. He removed to Reading, and May 18, 1777, was received with his wife to the membership of the Church "by virtue of a certificate from the First Chuch in Danbury, that they were members of that church in good standing:" and had their son Platt bap., and Apl. 4, 1779, their dau. Sarah. Mch. 13, 1780, he bought land in R., "bounded east on the road that leads from Danbury to Norwalk;" a teamster in the Revolutionary army. At Danbury was a depot for military stores, and doubtless all the teams in the neighborhood were required for their transportation. About 1793-4 he emigrated to Tompkins County, N.Y.; spent about a year in Ithaca; thence to Milton, and bought a tract of land on the east side of Cayuga Lake, and bounded by it, four miles north of Ludlowville, now in the Town of Lansing. He left the Cong. church and because a Baptist, probably before he left Reading; was licensed to preach and faithfully ministered to the Baptist church at L., and carried on his farm at the same time, until his death Mch. 2, 1820, leaving quite a large property. He m. Oct. 29, 1767, ANNA, dau. of JOSEPH and SARAH (PLATT) BETTS, of Norwalk, Ct., b. Dec. 5, 1748, d. July 22, 1817. After her death he m. MRS. ANNA CLARK, her 3rd husband. She d. with her children in the West.
CHILDREN
511  JOSEPH BETTS, b. Oct. 23, 1768
   A  BETSEY, b. Jan. 16, 1771. She m. Silas Ludlow, and d. in Jackson Co., Mich., and had children, West Hampton Ludlow, a Baptist minister. Elizabeth Ludlow, b. Mch. 4, 1804, m. David McCormick; res. Lake Ridge, N. Y.; five children, 3 living.
   +  SARAH, b. Oct. 4, 1772, d. June 4, 1775.
   +  JOHN PLATT, b. Jul. 28, 1774, d. Apl. 10, 1776.
   B  PLATT, b. Nov. 28, 1776, d. Jan. 24, 1792.
   C  SARAH, b. Jan. 1, 1779, d. Feb. 24, 1844. She m. Jacob Van Houten, and had Rebecca Baker Van Houten, b. May 26, 1807, who m. Orange Starr [403].
513  BENJAMIN, b. Aug. 3, 1781.
520  PHILO, b. Dec. 10, 1783.
   D  POLLY, b. June 26, 1787, d. Sept. 29, 1812. She m. Avery Miner; went west; d. ---; no children.
525  JOHN, b. Apl. 14, 1790.

Family 511

JOSEPH BETTS STARR, son of Micajah 510, b. Oct. 23, 1768, d. June 1827, in Lansing, N.Y. The name of his wife was Ruth.
CHILDREN
512  DANIEL, b. July 30, 1802.
   A  FRIEND, b. June 28, 1804, d. Mch. 12, 1832, unmarried.
   B  MINER, b. Oct. 10, 1806, d. June 30, 1836, unmarried.
   C  ARAD, b. Sept. 18, 1811, m. -- Dickerson.
   D  ANNA, b. Oct. 23, 1815, m. Stephen Ludlow; went to Mich.

Family 512

DANIEL STARR, son of Joseph Betts 511, b. July 30, 1802; residence Lake Ridge, Tompkins Co., N.Y.; m. Melinda Patchen, b. Apl. 16, 1805.
CHILDREN
   A  MARY ANNIS, b. Dec. 12, 1824, m. Sept. 10, 1857, Daniel Carlisle, son of Cyrus and Rebecca (Shepherd) Cadwallader, b. Nov. 21, 1832, at Plumstead, Pa.; farmer and dairyman at Auburn, N.Y.
CADWALLADER CHILDREN
   Charles Sumner, b. June 9, 1858.
   Elmer Ellsworth, b. July 5, 1861.
   B  JEHIEL LUDLOW, b. July 6, 1825, m. SUSAN S. ADAMS; living at Havana, N.Y.
   C  FRIEND, b. Sept. 28, 1828; settled at Ithaca, N.Y., in 1866; grain dealer and forwarder; m. Feb. 25, 1856, Mary Elizabeth, dau. of Stephen and Louisa (Gould) White, b. Mch. 15, 1839, at Rochester, N.Y.; children,
   +  EMMA JANE STARR, b. May 7, 1858, d. June 10, 1859.
   D  WILLIAM WHITE STARR, b. Aug. 13, 1861.
   +  FREDERICK STARR, b. Aug. 15, 1863, d. Feb. 22, 1869.
   E  JOSEPH MINER, b. Mch. 28, 1832; removed Dec. 30, 1868, to Auburn, N.Y., and is a keeper in the prison; m. Nov. 23, 1863, Amelia Graham, dau. of John Uraine and Almira (Graham) Vanderheyden, b. Dec. 22, 1839, at A. A son,
   F  JOHN MINER STARR, b. Mch. 24, 1868.
   G  ANN ELIZA, b. Jan. 26, 1839, m. Dec. 24, 1863, Joseph S., son of Cyrus and Rebecca (Shepherd) Cadwallader, b. Oct. 4, 1836, at Plumstead, Pa., a farmer at Howard, N.Y.
CADWALLADER CHILDREN
   Mary R., b. Nov. 13, 1864, d. July 14, 1871.
   Starr, b. June 11, 1869.
   Grace, b. Mch. 16, 1875.

Family 513

BENJAMIN STARR, son of Micajah 510, b. Aug. 3, 1781, at Reading, Conn.; was about 13 years old when his parents removed to Lansing, N.Y. Soon after his marriage his father bought him a farm in Newfield, Tompkins Co., on which he settled in 1810, and raised 12 children, who were all living when he d. Feb. 10, 1830. He was an honored deacon, and his wife a member of the Bap. church. He m. ELIZABETH, dau. of OLIVER AND JERUSHA (Knapp) WESTOVER, b. Feb. 18, 1785, at Sheffield, Mass., d. Feb. 23, 1862.
CHILDREN
   A  LORETTA, b. Aug. 6, 1804, at L.; d. Feb. 5, 1870. She married Dec. 9, 1823, Joseph, son of Robert and Charlotte (Naras) Alexander, b. Nov. 17, 1799; res. Breesport, Chemung Co., N.Y.
ALEXANDER CHILDREN
   Benjamin Starr, b. Dec. 3, 1824, m. Mch. 12, 1856, Sarah Barnes; res. Breesport, N.Y.
   Charlotte A., b. Mch. 26, 1827, m. Feb. 16, 1852, Robert Colgrove; res. B.
   John A., b. Mch. 28, 1829, m. Mch. 25, 1854, Elizabeth Moore; res. North Chemung, N.Y.
   Ransom, b. Nov. 5, 1831, d. Aug. 3, 1836
   Rachel, b. Oct. 12, 1833, d. Aug. 12, 1836.
   Arlow Miner, b. May 11, 1837; res. Elmira, N.Y.
   Elizabeth, b. July 14, 1839, d. Oct. 27, 1872, m. Feb. 26, 1868, Alfred Baldwin.
   Joseph R., b. Sept. 28, 1841, d. Aug. 7, 1868.
   Adaline, b. Mch. 21, 1843, m. Jan. 18, 1871, Charles Hutchins; res. North Chemung, N.Y.
   Juliette, b. Apl. 25, 1845, m. Jan. 10, 1869, Rensford Reynolds; Res. Clyde, O.
514  WILLIAM ORLO, b. Aug. 31, 1807, at Genoa, N.Y.
515  JOHN WESTOVER, b. May 11, 1810, at Newfield, N.Y.
   B  JULIA ANN, b. Apl. 27, 1812, m. Dec. 26, 1836, John Emory, son of Geo. Washington and Hannah (Wooden) Lee, b. Aug. 24, 1814; res. Allegan, Mich.
LEE CHILDREN
   Lafayette Starr, b. Nov. 24, 1839, m. Mch. 21, 1861, Sarah Fauver; res. A.; four children,
   George Westover, b. Jan. 6, 1842, a member of 42d Reg't O. Vols.; d. in the service of his country Jan. 12, 1862, at Louisa, Ky.
517  AVERY MINER, b. July 4, 1814.
   C  RUTH, b. Mch. 15, 1816, m. Feb. 10, 1836, Peter McMillen, and d. Sept. 16, 1837, at Van Ettenville, leaving an infant dau., Naomi, who d. ae. 11 months.
518  BENJAMIN, b. July 28, 1818.
   D  LUCY ANN, b. July 18, 1820, m. (1st) Feb. 15, 1843, Lockwood Smith, son of Nathaniel and Sally (Smith) Tompkins, b. July 4, 1818; farmer in his native town of Newfield, N.Y.; d. May 6, 1843, three months after marriage. She married (2d) Jan. 1, 1856, John Buskirk, son of John and Elizabeth (Buskirk) Payne, b. Aug. 16, 1818, at Newfield, where he d. Mch. 23, 1866; farmer.