Ancestry of
P.T. Barnum

Co-Founder of Barnum & Bailey Circus

Rebekah -----

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• • 3rd Great-grandmother of P.T. Barnum — 6th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 41 
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  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 1665 
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  • Death Date:
  • 15 Jul 1739 
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  • Burial Location:
  • Wooster Street Cemetery, Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Josiah Starr
  • Marriage Date:
  • ABT 1683 
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  • Child:

  John Starr (Ahnentafel No:20 )

  • Notes: 

  • Some sources claim that Rebekah's maiden name is either Cornell or Whitney. Both claims have been shown to be false (See The Connecticut Nutmegger, vol. 45, no. 2, pp. 167-171).

• Sources for Rebekah -----

  • ¹ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 01/04/2018).
  • ² The American Genealogist, 1986, Vol. 61, p. 217.
  • ³ Connecticut Society of Genealogists, The Connecticut Nutmegger, 2012, Vol. 45, No. 2, pp. 167-171.
  • ⁴ Starr, Burgis Pratt, A History of the Starr Family of New England, from the Ancestor, Dr. Comfort Starr, of Ashford, County of Kent . . ., Hartford, Connecticut: The Case, Lockwood and Brainard Co. (1879), 268-269.