Individual Details
Stephen Larrabee
(Abt 1630 - Abt Sep 1676)
== Biography ==
Stephen Larrabee of Malden and North Yarmouth
“(I) Stephen Larrabee, the immigrant ancestor, was born about 1630, probably in France, and came to this country with William Larrabee (unknown relationship), and both settled in Malden, Massachusetts, where William died. He [William Larrabee] left no children, and bequeathed his estate at Malden to his Stephen' children. This will was dated October 24, 1692, and the inventory is dated September 28, 1692.
Stephen Larrabee was a soldier in the Narragansett war. He settled in North Yarmouth, Maine, but his family had to leave the town during King Philip's war. A petition dated March 6, 1732-33, is the only known record of his sons.
Children :
# Stephen
# William,settled in Wells, Maine
# Captain John, lost at sea or died in England
# Thomas, moved to North Yarmouth, killed by Indians, April 19, 1723
# Samuel, lived at North Yarmouth, Lynn and Lunenburg, Massachusetts
# Isaac, born 1663, settled at Lynn MA
# Captain Benjamin, born 1666, lived at North Yarmouth and Falmouth
# Ephraim, killed by Indians in 1691
# JaneEach child had a grant of ten acres of land on account of their father's service in the Narragansett war.” - page n 295 [1901] NEW ENGLAND FAMILIES by William Richard Cutter; Volume IV [1914]
: (I) Stephen Larrabee, immigrant ancestor, with William Larrabee, a kinsman [his younger brother], came to New England with the early immigrants. William settled in Maiden, Massachusetts, where he married, November, 1655, Elizabeth Felt, and died leaving no children. His will, proved October 24, 1692, names wife Elizabeth, and several kinsmen and kinswomen, named Stephen & William, Isaac, Thomas. Samuel; Benjamin, and Jane Larrabee, and Hannah, a daughter of said Jane, also John Larrabee, a kinsman "beyond the sea.'' He bequeathed to Stephen Larrabee "my cousin [nephew] Stephen's eldest son," he calls Nathaniel Nichols another kinsman of his. His estate was enumerated in an inventory taken September 28, 1692, as a house and barn with twenty acres of land.
:William Larrabee was a soldier in King Philips' War, 1675-6. Stephen Larrabee was one of the pioneers of North Yarmouth, Maine, where he early purchased lands. As the lands were not occupied for many years because of danger during the period of Indian hostilities, it is likely that he himself did not occupy them, but at a later period a petition dated March 6. 1732-3, in which the names of his sons appear, would indicate that they, at least, had an interest in them, if not a settlement upon them. What relation existed between Stephen and William is not clear, but it may have been a "cousin," or nephew, as that term was commonly defined at that time.
:Stephen Larrabee was a soldier in the early Indian wars in Maine. The name of his wife and the date of his marriage are unknown, and careful research has failed to reveal either the date of his death or that of his wife. This is not strange,as the unsettled state of a new country, harrassed by hostile Indians rendered many things peculiar to a more settled and orderly community next to impossible.Cutter, William Richard, "Historic homes and places and genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of Middlesex County, Massachusetts'', published 1908. [[https://archive.org/stream/historichomespla04cutt#page/1999/mode/1up Volume 4, page 1999]
Children :
# Stephen
# William, born 1658. died 1728, married first ----- ;
second, March 3, 1706. Catherine Adams: resided at Wells, Maine.
# Isaac, married Elinor — : resided at Lynn. Massachusetts.
#Thomas, of Scarborough. Maine: killed by Indians. April 19, 1723.
#Samuel, died before 1727; married, November 15, 1695, Lydia Bish. # Captain Benjamin, married, December 1 6. 1686. Deborah Ingersoll, of Kittery, Maine.
# John, died "beyond the sea."
# Jane, married William Ashfield. # Ephraim, not mentioned in William Larrabee's will ; said to have been killed by Indians, 1692.
[page 1999]HISTORIC HOMES and PLACES AND GENEALOGICAL and PERSONAL MEMOIRS RELATING TO THE FAMILIES OF MIDDLESEX COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS WILLIAM RICHARD CUTTER, A. M.VOLUME IV. ILLUSTRATED. NEW YORK: LEWIS HISTORICAL PUBLISHING COMPANY 1908
== Sources ==
* https://archive.org/stream/newenglandfamili041847#page/n295/mode/2up
* https://archive.org/stream/historichomespla04cutt#page/1998/mode/2up
* http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=buszidog31&id=I072139 Robert Smart Tree - Stephen Larrabee = includes exact texts and quotes of above-copied material. Also notes name may have been "L'Arabie" in France. Tradition is that the family was French Huguenot (Protestants). States name '''not''' found in early English heraldry.
* Torrey's marriages database
* New England Historic and Genealogical Society website - www.newenglandancestors.org
* http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:2976260&id=I1458 Davis Family - Stephen Larrabee. Includes Note: :: "One of the first pioneers of No. Yarmouth, Maine, with his younger brother, William, owned land on the Royal River purchased from the Indians before the regular settlement of the town. [On] 22 Sep 1680, a charter was granted to Joseph Phippon and others for formation of the town. The town was destroyed by an Indian raid in 1688, and reformed in 1721-1722. Is or descended from French Huguenots. He was one of the North Yarmouth men killed in the attack on Jewell's Island. The news reached Wells on the 7th [Sept. 1676]." NOTE: No sources show they were brothers
Stephen Larrabee of Malden and North Yarmouth
“(I) Stephen Larrabee, the immigrant ancestor, was born about 1630, probably in France, and came to this country with William Larrabee (unknown relationship), and both settled in Malden, Massachusetts, where William died. He [William Larrabee] left no children, and bequeathed his estate at Malden to his Stephen' children. This will was dated October 24, 1692, and the inventory is dated September 28, 1692.
Stephen Larrabee was a soldier in the Narragansett war. He settled in North Yarmouth, Maine, but his family had to leave the town during King Philip's war. A petition dated March 6, 1732-33, is the only known record of his sons.
Children :
# Stephen
# William,settled in Wells, Maine
# Captain John, lost at sea or died in England
# Thomas, moved to North Yarmouth, killed by Indians, April 19, 1723
# Samuel, lived at North Yarmouth, Lynn and Lunenburg, Massachusetts
# Isaac, born 1663, settled at Lynn MA
# Captain Benjamin, born 1666, lived at North Yarmouth and Falmouth
# Ephraim, killed by Indians in 1691
# JaneEach child had a grant of ten acres of land on account of their father's service in the Narragansett war.” - page n 295 [1901] NEW ENGLAND FAMILIES by William Richard Cutter; Volume IV [1914]
: (I) Stephen Larrabee, immigrant ancestor, with William Larrabee, a kinsman [his younger brother], came to New England with the early immigrants. William settled in Maiden, Massachusetts, where he married, November, 1655, Elizabeth Felt, and died leaving no children. His will, proved October 24, 1692, names wife Elizabeth, and several kinsmen and kinswomen, named Stephen & William, Isaac, Thomas. Samuel; Benjamin, and Jane Larrabee, and Hannah, a daughter of said Jane, also John Larrabee, a kinsman "beyond the sea.'' He bequeathed to Stephen Larrabee "my cousin [nephew] Stephen's eldest son," he calls Nathaniel Nichols another kinsman of his. His estate was enumerated in an inventory taken September 28, 1692, as a house and barn with twenty acres of land.
:William Larrabee was a soldier in King Philips' War, 1675-6. Stephen Larrabee was one of the pioneers of North Yarmouth, Maine, where he early purchased lands. As the lands were not occupied for many years because of danger during the period of Indian hostilities, it is likely that he himself did not occupy them, but at a later period a petition dated March 6. 1732-3, in which the names of his sons appear, would indicate that they, at least, had an interest in them, if not a settlement upon them. What relation existed between Stephen and William is not clear, but it may have been a "cousin," or nephew, as that term was commonly defined at that time.
:Stephen Larrabee was a soldier in the early Indian wars in Maine. The name of his wife and the date of his marriage are unknown, and careful research has failed to reveal either the date of his death or that of his wife. This is not strange,as the unsettled state of a new country, harrassed by hostile Indians rendered many things peculiar to a more settled and orderly community next to impossible.Cutter, William Richard, "Historic homes and places and genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of Middlesex County, Massachusetts'', published 1908. [[https://archive.org/stream/historichomespla04cutt#page/1999/mode/1up Volume 4, page 1999]
Children :
# Stephen
# William, born 1658. died 1728, married first ----- ;
second, March 3, 1706. Catherine Adams: resided at Wells, Maine.
# Isaac, married Elinor — : resided at Lynn. Massachusetts.
#Thomas, of Scarborough. Maine: killed by Indians. April 19, 1723.
#Samuel, died before 1727; married, November 15, 1695, Lydia Bish. # Captain Benjamin, married, December 1 6. 1686. Deborah Ingersoll, of Kittery, Maine.
# John, died "beyond the sea."
# Jane, married William Ashfield. # Ephraim, not mentioned in William Larrabee's will ; said to have been killed by Indians, 1692.
[page 1999]HISTORIC HOMES and PLACES AND GENEALOGICAL and PERSONAL MEMOIRS RELATING TO THE FAMILIES OF MIDDLESEX COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS WILLIAM RICHARD CUTTER, A. M.VOLUME IV. ILLUSTRATED. NEW YORK: LEWIS HISTORICAL PUBLISHING COMPANY 1908
== Sources ==
* https://archive.org/stream/newenglandfamili041847#page/n295/mode/2up
* https://archive.org/stream/historichomespla04cutt#page/1998/mode/2up
* http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=buszidog31&id=I072139 Robert Smart Tree - Stephen Larrabee = includes exact texts and quotes of above-copied material. Also notes name may have been "L'Arabie" in France. Tradition is that the family was French Huguenot (Protestants). States name '''not''' found in early English heraldry.
* Torrey's marriages database
* New England Historic and Genealogical Society website - www.newenglandancestors.org
* http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:2976260&id=I1458 Davis Family - Stephen Larrabee. Includes Note: :: "One of the first pioneers of No. Yarmouth, Maine, with his younger brother, William, owned land on the Royal River purchased from the Indians before the regular settlement of the town. [On] 22 Sep 1680, a charter was granted to Joseph Phippon and others for formation of the town. The town was destroyed by an Indian raid in 1688, and reformed in 1721-1722. Is or descended from French Huguenots. He was one of the North Yarmouth men killed in the attack on Jewell's Island. The news reached Wells on the 7th [Sept. 1676]." NOTE: No sources show they were brothers
Events
| Birth | Abt 1630 | Gave de Pau (Bearn) France | |||
| Marriage | 1652 | North Yarmouth, Maine - Margaret Mains | |||
| Death | Abt Sep 1676 | Jewell Island, Casco Bay, Massachusetts Bay Colony | |||
| Reference No | 23285 | ||||
| Reference No | 28983 | ||||
| Reference No | 60 |
Families
| Spouse | Margaret Mains (1630 - ) |
| Child | Mr Isaac Larrabee (1664 - 1755) |
| Child | Stephen Larrabee Jr (1652 - 1718) |
| Child | William Larrabee (1657 - 1728) |
| Child | Mr Thomas Larrabee Sr (1662 - 1723) |
| Child | Mr Samuel Larrabee (1662 - 1727) |
| Child | Captain Benjamin Larrabee (1666 - 1733) |
| Child | John Larrabee (1670 - 1694) |
| Child | Jane "Jean" Larrabee (1672 - 1695) |
| Child | Ephraim Larrabee (1676 - 1676) |
| Father | Stephen Larrabee Sr (1610 - 1712) |
| Sibling | William Larrabee (1630 - 1692) |