• Born May 24, 1842 in Burrillville, Rhode Island.
• Parents were LAWTON WADE and ALEPH ABBY HANBEL.
• Married MARTHA STARKWEATHER on September 20, 1877 in Waterville, Lucas County, Ohio.

1. MARY ELIZABETH WADE, born July 10, 1878 in Waterbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut.

2. LUCY STARKWEATHER WADE, born July 9, 1886 in Waterbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut.

SOURCE: Carlton Lee Starkweather, A Brief Genealogical history of Robert Starkweather of Roxbury and Ipswich, Massachusetts : who was the original American ancestor of all those bearing the name of Starkweather, and of his sons John Starkweather of Ipswich, Mass., and Preston, Conn., and (unknown: unknown, 1904), Page 317