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''See [[William Stark (physician)]] for researcher into [[scurvy]] and [[vitamin C]]''.
'''William Stark''' ([[1724]]-[[1776]]) was the older brother of Gen. [[John Stark]], the hero of the [[Battle of Bennington]]. William Stark was born on [[April 1]], 1724 at [[Londonderry, New Hampshire]]. William Stark was with his brother John Stark, David Stinson and Amos Eastman, hunting along the [[Baker River (New Hampshire)|Baker River]], a tributary of the [[Pemigewasset River]], on [[April 28]], [[1752]], when John Stark and Amos Eastman were captured and David Stinson was killed by [[Abenaki]] Indians. William escaped in his [[canoe]] after being warned by his brother.
William Stark married Mary Stinson on [[February 22]], [[1754]]; they would have seven children.
During the [[French and Indian War]] William Stark commanded a company of [[Rogers' Rangers]] in northern [[New York]] and was promoted to major, leading the companies of [[guerrilla|rangers]] at [[Fortress Louisbourg]] and [[Battle of the Plains of Abraham|Quebec]].
At first, William Stark did not join the [[New Hampshire Militia]] forces in the [[Siege of Boston]]. The sounds of the [[Battle of Bunker Hill]] could be heard at William Stark's home in [[Dunbarton, New Hampshire]], and he left on his swiftest horse to fight, but he arrived too late and the battle had already ended.
Both Gen. [[John Sullivan]] and Col. [[Jonathan Moulton]] recommended William Stark to command the new regiment being raised in [[New Hampshire]] for service with the [[Continental Army]] in the [[Invasion of Canada (1775)|invasion of Canada]], but the New Hampshire General Assembly gave the command to [[Timothy Bedel]], a former subordinate of William Stark's. William Stark, feeling ill-used by his home state, left for [[New York City]], which was occupied by the [[British Army]], and offered his services to them. The [[British Empire|British]] made him a lieutenant colonel of [[Loyalist (American Revolution)|Loyalist]] troops.
William Stark's property in New Hampshire was confiscated by the revolutionary government. Stark died from injuries he received in falling from his [[horse]] on [[Long Island]] New York, during the [[Battle of Long Island]] August 27, 1776.
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