I saw this story one our Family Search members posted, I am descendant of his, so I thought I would share it here. Thank you S T 6467: Contributed By S T 6467 · 16 June 2014 · 0 Comments Comfort Starr Comfort Starr was one of Thomas Starr's seventeen children. He was born in the year July 6, 1589 in Kent, England and baptized the same day. On October 4, 1614 Comfort married Elizabeth Watts. Ashford, once called the "manor of Esshetesford," is a small town forty-five miles southeast of London. The most conspicuous object to the traveler ! He passes through on his way to or from the continent, and the most-interesting to all who love our name, is the grey old parish church of "St. Mary," a large building, with three aisles, transept, three chancels, and a beautiful tower of stone. Its age is unknown; it had stood for centuries when, early in the seventeenth, our ancestor worshiped within its walls and brought his children to its altar for baptism. Its ancient tombs, bearing the dates respectively of 1490, 1564, and 1591, were as old and remote to him as the French and Indian war is to us, and we shall be to some of our descendants who will read this. In this old town Dr. Comfort Starr lived in the practice of his profession as chirurgeon, or surgeon as it is now called, and was evidently a man of wealth, for he owned an estate there which he retained until his death, and when he came to this country brought three servants, which a man of small property could hardly have afforded in those days. That he was a man of position and some importance is certain, for in 1631 he was warden of St. Mary's Church, and at a vestry meeting held in 1632, it was voted "That Comfort Starr should lent to Jno Langford the sum L12 on the security of his house, it being copyhold, etc."; and in 1634, only a short time before he left Ashford, was one of a committee to make repairs on the church of St. Mary. It is recorded he had 5 children before immigrating on the ship "Hercules" in 1635: Thomas Starr 1615-1658 Judith Starr 1617-1622 John Starr 1626- Samuel Starr 1628-1633 Lydia Starr Eyre 1634-1633 He immigrated in 1635 to Cambridge, MA; on the ship "Hercules" with children: Thomas, Comfort, and Mary, and his three servants: Sam (use)l Dunkin, John Turkey, and Truth-shall-prevail Starre. He and Elizabeth resided in 1638 at Duxbury, MA, Boston by 1646. On January 2, 1659 Comfort died in Boston, Suffolk County, MA. Dr. Comfort Starr brought his family from Kent, England, to New Towne (now Cambridge), where he reestablished his surgery practice in 1635. According to family history, Dr. Starr's house became the home of Nathaniel Eaton and served in 1639 as the site where Harvard College instruction began. The Rev. Comfort Starr, one of Dr. Comfort Starr's nine children, was the first family member to graduate from the College (in 1647), and is one of five Fellows named in the Harvard College Charter of 1650, the document that officially incorporated the school." WHEREAS, through the good hand of God, many well devoted persons have been, and daily are moved, and stirred up, to give and bestow, sundry gifts, legacies, lands, and revenues for the advancement of all good literature, arts, and sciences in Harvard College, in Cambridge in the County of Middlesex, and to the maintenance of the President and Fellows, and for all accommodations of buildings, and all other necessary provisions, that may conduce to the education of the English and Indian youth of this country, in knowledge and godliness: It is therefore ordered, and enacted by this Court, and the authority thereof, that for the furthering of so good a work and for the purposes aforesaid, from henceforth that the said College, in Cambridge in Middlesex, in New England, shall be a Corporation, consisting of seven persons, to wit, a President, five Fellows, and a Treasurer or Bursar: and that Henry Dunster shall be the first President, Samuel Mather, Samuel Danforth, Masters of Arts, Jonathan Mitchell, Comfort Starr, and Samuel Eaton, Bachelors of Arts, shall be the five Fellows, and Thomas Danforth to be present Treasurer, all of them being inhabitants in the Bay, and shall be the first seven persons of which the said Corporation shall consist: and that the said seven persons, or the greater number of them, procuring the presence of the Overseers of the College, and by their counsel and consent, shall have power, and are hereby authorized, at any time or times, to elect a new President, Fellows, or Treasurer, so oft, and from time to time, as any of the said person or persons shall die, or be removed, which said President and Fellows, for the time being, shall for ever hereafter, in name and fact, be one body politic and corporate in law, to all intents and purposes; and shall have perpetual succession; and shall be called by the name of President and Fellows of Harvard College, and shall, from time to time, be eligible as aforesaid. And by that name they, and their successors, shall and may purchase and acquire t... King's Chapel Burying Ground was founded in 1630 as the first cemetery in the city of Boston. It was Boston's only burial site for 30 years (1630-1660). After being unable to locate land elsewhere, in 1686 the local Anglican congregation was allotted land in the cemetery to build King's Chapel. Comfort and his wife are considered to be one of the notable burials here. It is on the corner of Tremont Street and School Street in Boston, Massachusetts.