Litchfield Enquirer, 30 July 1829
DIED, In Warren, on Friday the 17th inst. the Rev. Peter Starr, 85. This highly respectable and venerable clergyman, was for about sixty years Pastor of the Congregational Church and Society in that town; and as lately as May last, preached in a neighboring town twice the same Sabbath. He was much esteemed and respected as a faithful minister of the Gospel; was among the oldest living graduates of Yale College, and we believe the oldest clergyman in the state.
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The Clergy of Litchfield County by Arthur Goodenough, 1909. Pages 55-56.
The Rev. Peter Starr was born in Danbury, Connecticut, September 1744, and was graduated at Yale in 1764. He studied theology with the Rev. Mr. Brinsmade in Washington and with Dr. Bellamy in Bethlehem, and was ordained paster in Warren, March 18, 1772, where he died July 17, 1829, after a pastorate of more than fifty-seven years. His first wife was Sarah Robbins, sister of the pastor in Norfolk. He was a member of the Corporation of Yale College from 1813 to September 8, 1818.
Dr. McEwen says of him: "He was of moderate size and active habits, well educated, studious, and intelligent, distinguished for judgment and discretion. In theology he harmonized wit his brethren in the country who were contemporary with him. His sermons were short, methodical, lucid and instructive. A very intelligent man bred under his ministry testifies that he never knew him to deliver a discourse extempore, even in a school-house or private dwelling. More of confidence, respect and affection than Mr. Starr enjoyed, no pastor has occasion to require from the of his charge. He was cheerful and diffused cheerfulness around him . . .
Two of his sons were educated at Williams College and went into the profession of the law.
DIED, In Warren, on Friday the 17th inst. the Rev. Peter Starr, 85. This highly respectable and venerable clergyman, was for about sixty years Pastor of the Congregational Church and Society in that town; and as lately as May last, preached in a neighboring town twice the same Sabbath. He was much esteemed and respected as a faithful minister of the Gospel; was among the oldest living graduates of Yale College, and we believe the oldest clergyman in the state.
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The Clergy of Litchfield County by Arthur Goodenough, 1909. Pages 55-56.
The Rev. Peter Starr was born in Danbury, Connecticut, September 1744, and was graduated at Yale in 1764. He studied theology with the Rev. Mr. Brinsmade in Washington and with Dr. Bellamy in Bethlehem, and was ordained paster in Warren, March 18, 1772, where he died July 17, 1829, after a pastorate of more than fifty-seven years. His first wife was Sarah Robbins, sister of the pastor in Norfolk. He was a member of the Corporation of Yale College from 1813 to September 8, 1818.
Dr. McEwen says of him: "He was of moderate size and active habits, well educated, studious, and intelligent, distinguished for judgment and discretion. In theology he harmonized wit his brethren in the country who were contemporary with him. His sermons were short, methodical, lucid and instructive. A very intelligent man bred under his ministry testifies that he never knew him to deliver a discourse extempore, even in a school-house or private dwelling. More of confidence, respect and affection than Mr. Starr enjoyed, no pastor has occasion to require from the of his charge. He was cheerful and diffused cheerfulness around him . . .
Two of his sons were educated at Williams College and went into the profession of the law.
Litchfield Enquirer, 30 July 1829
DIED, In Warren, on Friday the 17th inst. the Rev. Peter Starr, 85. This highly respectable and venerable clergyman, was for about sixty years Pastor of the Congregational Church and Society in that town; and as lately as May last, preached in a neighboring town twice the same Sabbath. He was much esteemed and respected as a faithful minister of the Gospel; was among the oldest living graduates of Yale College, and we believe the oldest clergyman in the state.
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The Clergy of Litchfield County by Arthur Goodenough, 1909. Pages 55-56.
The Rev. Peter Starr was born in Danbury, Connecticut, September 1744, and was graduated at Yale in 1764. He studied theology with the Rev. Mr. Brinsmade in Washington and with Dr. Bellamy in Bethlehem, and was ordained paster in Warren, March 18, 1772, where he died July 17, 1829, after a pastorate of more than fifty-seven years. His first wife was Sarah Robbins, sister of the pastor in Norfolk. He was a member of the Corporation of Yale College from 1813 to September 8, 1818.
Dr. McEwen says of him: "He was of moderate size and active habits, well educated, studious, and intelligent, distinguished for judgment and discretion. In theology he harmonized wit his brethren in the country who were contemporary with him. His sermons were short, methodical, lucid and instructive. A very intelligent man bred under his ministry testifies that he never knew him to deliver a discourse extempore, even in a school-house or private dwelling. More of confidence, respect and affection than Mr. Starr enjoyed, no pastor has occasion to require from the of his charge. He was cheerful and diffused cheerfulness around him . . .
Two of his sons were educated at Williams College and went into the profession of the law.
DIED, In Warren, on Friday the 17th inst. the Rev. Peter Starr, 85. This highly respectable and venerable clergyman, was for about sixty years Pastor of the Congregational Church and Society in that town; and as lately as May last, preached in a neighboring town twice the same Sabbath. He was much esteemed and respected as a faithful minister of the Gospel; was among the oldest living graduates of Yale College, and we believe the oldest clergyman in the state.
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The Clergy of Litchfield County by Arthur Goodenough, 1909. Pages 55-56.
The Rev. Peter Starr was born in Danbury, Connecticut, September 1744, and was graduated at Yale in 1764. He studied theology with the Rev. Mr. Brinsmade in Washington and with Dr. Bellamy in Bethlehem, and was ordained paster in Warren, March 18, 1772, where he died July 17, 1829, after a pastorate of more than fifty-seven years. His first wife was Sarah Robbins, sister of the pastor in Norfolk. He was a member of the Corporation of Yale College from 1813 to September 8, 1818.
Dr. McEwen says of him: "He was of moderate size and active habits, well educated, studious, and intelligent, distinguished for judgment and discretion. In theology he harmonized wit his brethren in the country who were contemporary with him. His sermons were short, methodical, lucid and instructive. A very intelligent man bred under his ministry testifies that he never knew him to deliver a discourse extempore, even in a school-house or private dwelling. More of confidence, respect and affection than Mr. Starr enjoyed, no pastor has occasion to require from the of his charge. He was cheerful and diffused cheerfulness around him . . .
Two of his sons were educated at Williams College and went into the profession of the law.
Inscription
The Rev'd Peter Starr
died 17th July 1829, Aged 85
Having been pastor of the church in this town 57 years.
Sarah Starr
his wife died 7th July 1809
Aged 61 years.
This stone is placed over their remains by their surviving sons.
"Whose boast is not that they deduce their birth
From loins enthroned and rulers of the earth
But higher far their proud pretensions rise
The sons of parents passed into the skies."
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