[3] In 1635, aged 45, Starr left the Kingdom of England aboard the Hercules, which launched from Sandwich, Kent.

[6] His sister, Suretrust, also emigrated, and lived in Charlestown, Colony of Massachusetts Bay, with her husband Faithful Rouse.

[7] Prior to his family's emigration, Starr was a warden at St Mary's Parish Church in Ashford, Kent, where he also had a surgery.

They had nine children: Thomas (1615–1658), Judith (1617–1622), Mary (1620), Elizabeth (1621–1704), Comfort (1624–1711), John (1626–1704), Samuel (1628–1633), Hannah (1632–1662) and Lydia (1634–1653).

[2] A memorial plaque to Starr was installed in St Dunstan's Church in Cranbrook, Kent, where he was baptised.