 1737 - 1814 (77 years)
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| Name |
Elizabeth Page |
| Nickname |
Molly |
| Birth |
1737 |
Haverhill, New Hampshire  |
| Gender |
Female |
| Biography |
Elizabeth Page was born in Haverhill, N.H., the daughter of Capt. Caleb and Elizabeth (Merrill) Page. Capt. Page was the first postmaster of New Hampshire.
She married John Stark 20 Aug 1758 and had eleven children, one dying in infancy. Following their marriage, they settled in the Page Home. That house, located at the intersection of Routes 13 and 77 in Dunbarton, N.H. is still standing, and has N.H. Historical Marker #111. This house was also the site of the first Dunbarton Post Office (1834).
http://www.newhampshire.com/historical-markers/molly-stark-house.aspx
Following the American Revolution, they settled on the Stark homestead.
Molly, as she was called, treated soldiers under her husband's command during the Revolutionary War for everything from injuries to smallpox.
Molly (Page) Stark died of typhus in 1814, aged 78.
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| Death |
29 Jun 1814 [1] |
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| Person ID |
I513983394 |
Walsh - Wilson Family Tree | Carolyn |
| Last Modified |
10 Nov 2008 |
| Father |
Caleb Page, b. 26 Aug 1705, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts d. Jul 1785, Dunbarton, Merrimack, New Hampshire (Age 79 years) |
| Mother |
Elizabeth Merrill, b. 02 Nov 1704, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts d. Abt 1740, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts (Age 35 years) |
| Marriage |
24 Oct 1727 |
Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts [2] |
| Family ID |
F505780890 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
General John Stark, b. 28 Aug 1728, Londonderry, New Hampshire d. 08 May 1822, Derryfield (Manchester), New Hampshire (Age 93 years) |
| Marriage |
20 Aug 1758 |
Dunbarton, New Hampshire |
| Children |
| | 1. Caleb Page Stark, b. 03 Dec 1759, Dunbarton, New Hampshire d. 26 Aug 1838, Oxford, Ohio (Age 78 years) |
| | 2. Archibald Stark, b. 28 May 1761, Derryfield (Manchester), New Hampshire d. 11 Sep 1791 (Age 30 years) |
| | 3. John Stark, b. 17 Apr 1763, Derryfield (Manchester), New Hampshire d. 24 Nov 1844, Derryfield (Manchester), New Hampshire (Age 81 years) |
| | 4. Eleanor Stark, b. 04 Mar 1765 d. 20 Aug 1767 (Age 2 years) |
| | 5. Eleanor Stark, b. 30 Jun 1767, Derryfield (Manchester), New Hampshire d. Abt 1843 (Age 75 years) |
| + | 6. Sarah Stark, b. 11 Jun 1769, Derryfield (Manchester), New Hampshire d. 29 Jan 1801 (Age 31 years) |
| | 7. Elizabeth Stark, b. 10 Aug 1771 d. 13 May 1813, Ryegate (Caledonia County), Vermont (Age 41 years) |
| | 8. Mary Stark, b. 09 Sep 1773, Derryfield (Manchester), New Hampshire |
| | 9. Charles Stark, b. 02 Dec 1775, Derryfield (Manchester), New Hampshire d. Nov 1796, At Sea (Age 20 years) |
| | 10. Benjamin Franklin Stark, b. 16 Jun 1777, Derryfield (Manchester), New Hampshire d. 19 Jul 1809 (Age 32 years) |
| | 11. Sophia Stark, b. 21 Jun 1782, Derryfield (Manchester), New Hampshire d. 18 Jun 1870, North Reading, Massachusetts (Age 87 years) |
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| Family ID |
F505780889 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
2 Nov 2008 |
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| Photos |
 | Elizabeth "Molly" Page Stark
"According to legend, in August 1777 General John Stark inspired his farmer soldiers to fight for home, hearth, and family prior to the victorious Battle of Bennington with the ringing words, 'There are the Red Coats and the enemy are ours or this night Molly Stark sleeps a widow.'"
From the Molly Stark Byway Website: http://www.mollystarkbyway.org/
Raymond Pease Portrait of Molly Stark, from Copley Collection of Bennington Museum. |
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| Sources |
- [S4964] Janice Brown, Manchester N.H. History & Genealogy Web Site, (http://www.nh.searchroots.com/HillsboroughCo/Manchester/index.html) (Reliability: 2).
- [S4976] Vital Records of Haverhill, Massachusetts, (Topsfield Historical Society, Topsfield, Mass.), Haverhill Marriages - Page 241 (Reliability: 3).
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