Stark Immigrants to America

a supplementary page on Stark Family genealogy and the Stark Y DNA project

This webpage was posted on January 18, 2007 and last updated on January 18, 2007 by Sheila (Stark) Schmutz sheila.schmutz@usask.ca Please address corrections and additions to her.

Ancestors of Participants in the Stark Y DNA Project

Descendants of several early Stark immigrants have participated in the Stark Y DNA project and the lines of descent of several of these men are

shown on an accompanying webpage.

• Aaron Stark (b. 1608) in ?, immigrated to Connecticut
• Archibald Stark (b. 1697) in Scotland, immigrated to New Hampshire
• Richard Starke (b. 1668) in Scotland?, immigrated to Virginia
• James Stark (b. 1695) in Scotland, immigrated to Virginia
• John Stark (b. ~1644) in England, immigrated to Virginia

Other Stark Immigrants to America before 1800

The table below is a list of Stark men quoted in books as immigrants to North America prior to 1800. Most of this information was found using a search of Ancestry.com immigration records in January, 2007. Thus far I am not aware of any descendants of these men living today. No one seems to list them as ancestors on WorldConnect.

Other Stark Immigrants to America after 1800

Note they are listed in alphabetical order by first name of the male for lack of a more logical idea!

• Anthony Stark (1815 - 1895) and his brother George Henry Stark (1812 - 1899) immigrated to the U.S. from Hanover, Germany.. They settled in Indiana by 1852. Please email jstar38@juno.com with genealogical information on this line. see RootsWeb also
• Anthony Stark (1817 - 1891) immigrated to the U.S. from Ettlingen, Germany in 1838 with his brother Joseph B. Stark (1805 - ). They settled in Lewis County, WV. Please email scssharon@aol.com for genealogical information on this line. see RootsWeb also
• Charles Stark (b. 1826 Germany) immigrated through the port of Philadelphia with his wife and children in 1874. His son Willhelm married Johanna Roggenbuck (b. 1851 in Stettin, Germany) who immigrated in 1881. Her grandmother was Johanna Stark. Please email johnstark@earthlink.net if you have further information on this line. see RootsWeb also
• Gustav Stark immigrated to the U.S. from Switzerland in the 1850's. No living male descendants known.
• John (originally Johann) Stark (1802 - 1870) immigrated with his wife Barbara and children from the port of LeHavre, France to the port of New Orleans in 1847. It is presumed they were from Alsace Lorraine region of France/Germany. They settled in Lanesville, Harrison County, IN. Please email dbuehler1@cfl.rr.com for genealogical information on this line.
• John Stark and his wife Eva Mary Simon immigrated to the U.S. in about 1870, probably from Germany. They can not be found on the 1870 census or passenger lists so this is surmised from the immigration date and country of origin reported by their son William Henry Stark who settled in Kansas and his sister Christina Stark who married Christian Zimmer, and settled in Chicago, and Bertha Stark who married a Mr. Balke. Dee Helfrich their descendant is interested in any information about these people (gooneybirds@starband.net). see RootsWeb also
• Wilhelm Stark (1823 - 1885) and his wife immigrated to Ontario, Canada before 1870 from Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. Wilhelm apparently died in Ontario, and in about 1887, Dorothea and at least four of their five children moved to Amsterdam, New York. Their descendants have mostly stayed in that area.  To share information about this line, please contact murray_ahnert@yahoo.com.

Links to Other Related Sites

• Stark Family Y DNA project at FTDNA
This is the site to view the actual haplotype data and sign up to participate if you are not already tested! (if you are already tested, then email us please)
• Stark Haplotype Clustering Display
This site has an interesting color wheel display showing each Stark participant as a colored dot. Similar colors represent similar haplotypes and the distance between the dots approximates the genetic distance between the families. This Java program and site were designed by Gene Stark (gene@starkeffect.com). To view this on a MAC, use Safari and System X. Newer PCs should be able to open this in Netscape 7.2 running in Win XP Pro.
• The Aaron Stark Family Chronicles
A very intriguing and detailed history of Aaron Stark and his descendants in North America, maintained by Clovis LaFleur
• The Family Tree of General John Stark of New Hampshire
A very detailed genealogy of Archibald Stark and his descendants in North America, maintained by Janice Brown, Webmaster, History & Genealogy of NH
• The locations of individuals nammed Stark living in Great Britain in 1881 and 1998
Similar names such as Starks and Starke are on other maps at this site.

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