Individual Details

Stephen Larrabee Sr

(1610 - 1712)

== Biography ==
Stephen was born in 1610. Stephen Larrabee ... He passed away in 1712.A source for this information is needed.

== Research Note ==From an ancestry message board on surnames: Larrabee, Larraby, Leatherbee, Leatherby: " Larrabee is the Norman French spelling and Leatherby the English, both sounding the same. The surname Larrabee, sometimes spelled "L'Arabie", "D'Arabie" and "Arabie" in foreign documents and books, is of undoubted French origin; or, rather, has long existed in France. It has been stated that a Count Larrabee figured conspicuously in French history and that the Larrabees, being devoted Huguenots, fought for their religious rights under the brave Coligny; but I have failed to find such statements in any French history. It has been the almost universal family tradition, in the American branches, that the early ancestors were Huguenots, and this is strengthened by a corresponding tradition handed down in the Larrabee families now living in France. "https://www.ancestry.com/boards/thread.aspx?mv=flat&m=333&p=surnames.larrabee

== Sources ==

    Events

    Birth1610France?
    Death1712North Yarmouth, York, Province of Massachusetts Bay
    Alt nameLarraby Leatherbee, Leatherby, Lareby, L'Arabie
    Reference No14880365
    Reference No15961617
    Reference No60

    Families

    ChildStephen Larrabee (1630 - 1676)
    ChildWilliam Larrabee (1630 - 1692)