Nicola Bennett

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The Starbuck family are first recorded living in just the right area in 1379. Since then two things have happened: the Quaker movement was founded and America was discovered. The result of this double catastrophe was that among the first settlers of Nantucket Island near Cape Cod was a Quaker family whose name was Starbuck.
The Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll through the Hidden Connections of the English Language
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