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2. MINOR,2 m. in New York and removed to Ohio. He had lived for a time in Erie county, Pa .; was in the war of 1812; had a numerous family, now scattered through the West.
3. IRA,2 m. Paulina Pierce, at Hamburg, N. Y., and moved to Cattaraugus county. In 1844, he removed to Pleasant Prairie, Wis., and lived there until his death in 1873. Children : Sanford,8 Eleazer,3 Nathan,3 Charles, 3 Albert,3 Polly,3 Sulphina,3 Emily,3 Aun,3 Laura,3 Phoby,3 and Helen.3
4. NATHAN,2 m. in Cuba, Alleghany county, N. Y., "Aunt Dilly Aldrich," and settled in East Otto, Cattaraugus county, about 1820. In 1850 they removed to Pleasant Prairie, Wis., and lived there until his death, say 1886 ; wife d. in 1889. These had Nelson,? George,3 Lyman,3 Emeline.3
5. SIDNEY,2 m. Lorinda Scoville, of East Otto, N. Y., where they settled on a farm and spent their days there. He d. some fifteen years ago, and his widow three years ago. Children: Roby,3 Amos,3 Ithiel,3 Axey,3 Nathan,3 Cyrus,3 Fayette,3 Sulina,3 and Rosetta.3
CHILDREN OF OZIAS AND SARAH:
I. PRESERVED,2 m. Elizabeth Blake, in Pownal, Vt., both being of Wil- liamstown, Mass., Oct. 11, 1833, the ceremony by Timothy Ware, justice of the peace. I suppose this man lived and died in Williamstown, where descendants remain.
2. ELEAZER,2 m. Ruth Haley, in Pownal, Vt., Aug. 21, 1825, and had births of three children recorded in that town, named as follows :
I. LUCY,8 b. Nov. 29, 1828.
II. SELINDA,8 b. Mar. 29, 1830.
III. EUNICE,3 b. Nov. 2, 1837.
3. THOMAS,2 m. Nancy Bood, of Pownal, Vt., in that town, Dec. 20, 1831, and lived there. His eight children, born there, were named as follows :
I. CHARLES,3 b. Nov. 7, 1832.
II. MERANDA,8 b. April 24, 1834.
III. LOVINUS,3 b. Mar. 7, 1835.
IV. SARAH C.,3 b. Nov. 7, 1836.
V. IRENA,3 b. Sept. 12, 1839.
VI. WILLIAM P,3 b. Jan. 27, 1841.
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VII. MARIA J.,3 b. Oct. 12, 1842.
VIII. SAMUEL,8 b. Jan. 27, 1846.
4. MARCENA,2 of Pownal, Vt., and Eliza Goodell, of Williamstown, Mass., were m. by Timothy Ware, justice, in Pownal, Oct. 26, 1828, after which no mention of them. I am not sure that he was a brother of Willett and Eleazer.
5 SAMUEL,2 of Pownal, Vt., and Anna Hill, of Adams, Mass., were m. in Pownal, Feb. 15, 1831, after which I have no account of them. I am not sure that he was a brother of Willett.
6. WILL.ETT,2 was probably b. in Williamstown, Mass., and was twice married. His first wife was Lucy Alexander, by whom three children. He m. second, Feb. 9, 1826, Rosanna, dau. of Joseph and Mary (Ams- den) Smith (who was b. Dec. 7, 1802), and had nine children. She, a native of Winfield, Herkimer county, N. Y., d. at Whitesville, Feb. 6, 1865. In this name, Willett, we have another link to connect this family with the Connecticut branch; one of them having married a woman named Willett, had a son Willett Larrabee, for whom the one under notice may have been named. The descendants of this Willett say he was a graduate of Williams College, but the secretary of that institution informs me that his name does not appear in the list of graduates. He was a man of liberal education, and spent his early years as a teacher. He then studied law, and served one term as judge of Alleghany County, N. Y. Was for many years a justice. He seems to have once resided in Almond, N. Y., but subsequently re- moved to Condersport, Pa., where he d. on Dec. 22, 1863. His children, of whom particulars, were named: Laderna,3 Lovinia,3 Calphe- rus,8 Lucy,3 Don C.,3 Marilla, Charlotte,3 Rosella," Martin? Marianna,8 Marcellus,3 Cyrenus.3
7. DOLLY,2 was m. in Pownal, Vt., Nov. 20, 1822, to William D. Balcomb, of Adams, Mass., she being styled, "of Williamstown, Mass."
8. ORPHA,2 was the wife of Joseph Jones, but no place of residence is given.
THIRD GENERATION.
CHILDREN OF THOMAS AND ESTHER:
I. ANSON,3 b. Nov. 12, 1809; m. a cousin, Polly Clark, in East Otto, N. Y., and removed from that town to Pleasant Prairie, Wis., in 1844, and thence to Crown Point, Ind., in, say, 1855; thence to Haddam, Kan., where he and wife d. issueless.
2. ALBERT,3 b. Sept. 16, 1811 ; m. Amy Scoville, about 1834, and settled in Lake county, Ind., where he raised ten children, and where his wife d. in 1873. The family removed to Washington county, Kan., where he was living, unmarried, with his son, in 1886; has since deceased.
3. ALMIRA, 3 b. June 4, 1814.
4. ESTHER,8 b. June 18, 1816.
5. THOMAS G.,8 b. July 25, 1818; m. Roena Sykes, of East Otto, N. Y., where they spent all their days. He d. in 1872, and his widow in 1887. They had two children, and the son, Harlan,4 is now (1894) in Buffalo, N. Y.
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6. SARAH A.,3 b. Nov. 14, 1820.
7. DOLLY,3 b. March 2, 1823.
8. ELIZA M.,3 b. Aug. 16, 1825.
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9. FRANCIS,3 b. Feb. 11, 1828; m. Emily Eddy, of Eddysville, N. Y., and settled on a farm there, where they are still living, issueless.
10. HIRAM,3 b. Feb. 5, 1831 ; m. Almira Coon, of Newport, Ill., and lived there until 1864, when they removed to Page county, Ia., where they still reside. These had four children: Grant,4 Delos4 (dec.), Truman' and Mary.+ The sons are at home, unmarried.
II. JOSEPH D.,3 b. Jan. 4, 1833 ; m. Angeline Oyer, at Pleasant Prairie, Wis., in 1861, and went to Eddysville, N. Y., thence to Ashford, N. Y, where he resided sixteen years; removed thence to Springfield, N. Y., where he lived five years, and removed to Stafford, Kan., in 1886, where he and his sons are engaged in banking.
CHILDREN OF MINOR: *
I. MARENUS,3 m. Mary Garfield, sister of the martyred president, James A. Garfield, and resides at Solon, Cuyahoga county, Ohio. He has a son, Alton,+ living at home, and two daughters, Mrs. Ellen Hoppy4 and Mrs. Adell Hoag,4 of Solon.
2. GEORGE, 3 Both served in Civil war. One was shot at Chickamauga,
3. FRANK,3 S and one died in Andersonville prison.
CHILDREN OF NATHAN AND DILLY :
I. NELSON,3 m. Roxanna Oyer, in East Otto, N. Y., and settled in Cat- taraugus county, from whence he removed to Wisconsin, and from there to Wetmore, Kan., where he died, leaving a widow and two children, who are still living there.
2. GEORGE,3 in. Sarah J. Oyer, of East Otto, N. Y., and moved from there to Pleasant Prairie, Wis., and from there to Haddam, Kan., where he resides, with a family of five children.
3. LYMAN,3 m. Catherine Oyer, of East Otto, N. Y., and moved to Wis- consin, where he now resides. He has a son and a daughter, both at home.
4. EMELINE,3 m. Job Leonard, and settled in Ohio, but her husband d. and she went back to her parents at East Otto, N. Y., where she m. Andrew Crumb, and soon d., leaving four children.
CHILDREN OF SIDNEY AND LORINDA:
I. NATHAN,3 is m. and resides at East Otto, N. Y.
2. FAYETTE,3 is m. and lives at East Otto, N. Y.
3. SALINA,3 m. Seymore Clark, of Haddam, Kan.
CHILDREN OF WILLETT AND WIVES:
I. DR. LADERNA,8 lost his mother when a lad, and was carried down the Alleghany river to Ohio, where he was brought up and educated by an uncle. He studied medicine, and practised at Cedar Rapids about fifteen years; then removed to Andrew county, Mo. (1869), where he d. in 1878, aged 56 years. He left two children, of whom more.
* There are brothers and sisters whose names I have not found, although asked for.
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2. CALPHERUS. 8
3. LOVINIA. 8
4. Lucy,3 b. June 22, 1827 ; m. July 2, 1854, to Samuel Chamberlain ; d. Feb. 9, 1865, leaving Carlos.
MARY,3 b. Jan. 29, 1829 ; d. June 11, 1829.
6. HON. DON C.,3 b. in the village of Almond, Alleghany County, N. Y., March 5, 1830, and worked on a farm in early life. At the age of twenty, engaged as brakeman on the Erie Railway, and was soon pro- moted to conductor and train dispatcher. Feb. 2, 1858, he m. Miss Mary J. Gridley, and engaged in merchandising at Ulysses. He was for some time justice of the peace, and in 1862 was elected sheriff of the county. While serving in the latter office he decided to study law, and did so with Judge A. G. Olmstead, being admitted to the bar in 1866. He distinguished himself in the Legislature during the sessions of 1877 and 1878. For more than twenty years he was superintendent of schools, and proved a warm and very efficient friend of education. He was a prominent Mason. When in apparent good health, and while serving as president of the C. H. & L. Railroad Company, he died almost instantly, March 14, 1889, in a railway carriage. We wish we had space for some of the numerous testimonials before us, touching the superior character of this great and good man. He had the happy faculty of making friends in all the walks of his life, and his death was regarded as a public loss. His funeral was attended by distinguished men from various parts of the county. He was a gentleman of fine and attractive personality, large and commanding. He left two children.
7. MARILLA,8 b. Mar. 13, IS32; m. George White in Jan., I855 ; d. Dec. 2, 1858, leaving issue.
8. CHARLOTTE E.,3 b. Dec. 25, 1833; m. Job Burdick, Apr. 27. 1854, and lives at Wilmington, Minn.
9. ROSELLA,8 b. Apr. 9, 1835 ; m. Valorus Forsyth, Dec. 6, 1856; d. Feb. 16, 1862 ; a poetess.
IO. MARTIN V.,3 b. Mar. 31, 1837 ; m. Eugenia Forsyth, and resides at Roulet, Pa. He has held many positions of trust, among others the office of justice and county treasurer. Four children.
II. MARIANNA,3 b. Oct. 31, 1838; m. Lorenzo Wilson, Nov. 27, 1859, and has two sons.
12. MARCELLUS M.,3 born Dec. 7, 1841 ; m. Georgia Mayo, and resides at Emporium, Pa. He served in a New York regiment during the Rebel- lion and was wounded in the right hand in the battle of the Wilderness; has been called to fill important official positions, and is serving his second five years' term as justice of the peace. Three children, Marion,4 Clifton,4 and a daughter, name unknown.
13. CYRENUS A.,8 b. Mar. 10, 1844; m. at Whitesville, N. Y, to Lugena E., daughter of Joseph and Almeda (Wheeler) Seldon, July 15, 1866, and has six children. He resided until March, 1872, in Whitesville, N. Y., since then in Port Allegheny, Pa., where he is now engaged in mercantile pursuits. He worked on a farm until 1861, when, at the age
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of 17, he enlisted in the Union army and served three years. At the expiration of his term of service, at Plymouth, N. C., he re-enlisted as a veteran for another three years; was honorably discharged in July, 1865, at the close of the war. He was in the following engagements : Yorktown, Williamsburgh, Fair Oaks, White Oak Swamp, Malvern Hill (seven-days' fight before Richmond), Harrison's Landing, Blackwater, Gatesville, Newbern, Kingston, and Weldon Railroad; was taken pris- oner, April 20, 1864, at Plymouth, N. C., and confined in Andersonville, Ga., about five months; at Charleston and Florence, S. C., three months ; was wounded in the leg at Fair Oaks. After being paroled he returned home on a thirty-days' furlough and was stricken down with malarial fever and was unconscious four weeks. His mother and sister, Lucy Chamberlain, who nursed him, contracted the disease and both died in a few days. He has never recovered from his wounds and hard service ; now draws a pension of $17 per month; was postmaster for thirteen years and turned the office over to a Democrat at Cleveland's election to the presidency the first time. He has served on the town council and as school director, and is now serving the eighth year as justice of the peace ; was instrumental in organizing a G. A. R. Post at Port Alleghany, and has been commander. He has advanced to a high de- gree in Masonry. He is Republican in politics. Children will follow.
FOURTH GENERATION.
CHILDREN OF ALBERT AND AMY :
I. . FRANKLIN,4 m. and lives at Haddam, Kan.
2. THEODORE,4 m. and resides at Haddam, Kan.
3. ORSON,4 m. and domiciles at Haddam, Kan.
4. LYMAN,4 m. and dwells at Haddam, Kan.
5. ESTHER,4 m. and homes at Haddam, Kan.
6. DELILAH,4 m. and tarries at Haddam, Kan.
7. MARY,4 8. OLIVIA,4 and 9. ALICE,4 of Haddam, Kan.
CHILDREN OF JOSEPH D. AND ANGELINE:
I. FRANK S.,4 b. Feb. 25, 1864; m. Pearl Bridwell and resides at Stafford, Kan., where he is engaged in real estate and banking business, asso- ciated with his father and brother under the firm name of J. D. Larra- bee & Co. He was a graduate of Hamilton College. He was nomi- nated for representative in the electoral college by the Republicans for Congress when only 28 years of age, but was defeated with the rest of the ticket at the election. Two children, Sade and Ruth.5
2. FREDERICK D.,4 b. June 25, 1868; m. Mary Wadsworth, in Sept., 1893, and resides in Stafford, Kan., where he is a member of the firm of J. D. Larrabee & Co., bankers.
3. NORA E., b. Sept. 24, 1875 ; living at home.
CHILDREN OF DR. LADERNA:
1. DR. JAMES A.,4 graduated in medicine at Keokuk, Iowa, in the class of 1881. He practised at Keokuk two years; then removed to Whiteville, Mo., where he remained until 1890. He went to New York city and graduated at Bellevue Hospital Medical College, class of 1891, after
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which he took a special course as post graduate at H. M. College, N. Y. He located at Long Creek, Ore., in 1891; was m. to Emma Buchanan, in 1881, and had a dau. that d. at the age of five.
CHILDREN OF DON C. AND MARY :
I. CARRIE M.,4 b. July 31, 1865 ; m. Samuel A. Phillips, Feb. 3, 1883, and had three children.
2. LEON E.,4 b. June 23. 1871 ; m. Mary L. Berfield, Sept. 28, 1892, and has one son, Carlos B.,5 b. July 8, 1893.
CHILDREN OF MARTIN V. AND EUGENIE:
1. LOTTIE E.,4 m. B. F. Bengell.
2. LAURA R.,4 m. Eugene Marsh.
3. FREDERICK M.,4 b. Aug. 24, 1864; m. Eva Hall.
4. FRANK,4 d. Dec. 30, 1888.
CHILDREN OF CYRENUS AND LUGENA:
I. PAULINA R.,4 b. June 14, 1867.
2. EFFIE E.,4 b. Nov. 24, 1869; m. Perry G. Kendall, Sept. 2, 1891.
3 ALMEDA R.,4 b. Feb. 6, 1872.
4. MAURILLE A.,4 b. Nov. 16, 1881; d. Jan. 8, 1883.
5. LAURENCE L.,4 b. Nov. 13, 1883.
6. FLORENCE F.,4 b. Feb. 11, 1888.
LARRABEES OF PENNSYLVANIA.
Ebenezer Larrabee,' parents unknown, b. in Connecticut, June 28, 1794; m. July 22, 1815, to Lucinda Knapp, sister of the great evangelist, Jacob Knapp, and settled in Eldred, Mckean county, Pa., where he cleared an im- mense tract of land, part of which, Larrabee's Station, was given by him to the railway company. In 1855 he removed with his family to Wisconsin. He was a stalwart and exceptionally firm looking man. He was probably descended from Greenfield Larrabee, the first of the Connecticut family, and connected with some of the Vermont Larrabees. He d. at Omro, Wis., Feb. 23, 1865. He had a brother, Samuel, who married Annie Knapp, a sister of Lucinda, and two sisters, one of whom married Mr. Sheldon. Children :
I . EBENEZER,2 b. June 13, 1816; m. first, Fanny Manning; second, Sarah Keat. He d. at Portville, N. Y., Aug. 15, 1874. Children : Nelson,3 Annette,3 Ellen,3 and Charlotte.3
2. SAMUEL,2 b. March 10, 1818 ; d. an infant, April 18, 1819.
3. WILLIAM,2 b. April 10, 1820; m. Mary A. Johnson; d. in Michigan, April 20, 1873. Children :
I. CHARLES,3 m. Aug. 3, 1892, Frances F. Payne, and lives at Fair- haven, Wash.
II. SAMUEL E.,8 b. June 17, 1845 ; m. Jan. 15, 1876 (?), Julia Woolfolk, and lives at Deer Lodge, Mont .; said to be a "dashing fellow." Children as follows, all b. at Deer Lodge: Robert D.,4 b. Dec. 15, 1878; Mary A.,4 b. July 9, 1882 ; Elizabeth,4 b. July 29, 1883; S. Marshall,4 b. April 26, 1885; Charles E.,4 b. Sept. 2, 1886; Eva B.,4 b. May 6, 1888; Lucien,4 b. Dec. 20, 1890.
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4. RANSOM,2 b. March 28, 1822; m. Clarissa Barton, and d. at Larrabee Vt. (?), Jan. 16, 1893. Two children : Claire3 and Nettie.3
5. JACOB,2 b. Feb. 28, 1824; m. first, Maria P. Holcomb; second, Isabella A. Craig, and d. in Buffalo, N. Y., July 29, 1889. Issue :
I. ADRIAN B.,3 b. at Eldred, Pa., Jan. 29, 1853; m. Altha G. Rogers, and resides at Black Creek, N. Y., with issue as follows : Lemuel R.,4 b. Jan. 1, 1880; Ear/ S.,+ b. Jan. 5, 1882 ; Jessie L.,4 b. Apr. 24, 1884; Bertha I.,4 b. Mar. 29, 1890; Carrol G.,+ b. Mar. 29, 1894.
II. JESSIE D.,3 b. July 2, 1856, at Portville, N. Y .; m. George U. Lev- eridge, and lives in Buffalo.
III. BERTHA M.,3 b. Dec. 29, 1868, at West Clarkville, N. Y. ; m. Henry J. Dickson, and lives in Buffalo. She is deeply interested in the Larrabee family history, and has furnished the data relating to this branch.
6. ASA H.,2 b. Jan 29, 1826 ; d. April 30, 1848, single.
7. JUSTICE,2 b. Nov. 3, 1827 ; d. Sept. 2, 1832.
8. EDWARD D. 2 b. May 3, 1830; m. Sophronia Holcomb; d. Sept. 27, 1878, leaving :
1. ARCHIA B.,3 b. Oct. 6, 1861, at Ripon, Wis .; m. Annie Mannegold, and lives at Monroe, Wis.
II. CARROLL H.,8 b. Jan. 24, 1868, at Omro, Wis., where he lives, a single man.
9. ABIJAH B.,2 b. June 13, 1832; m. Jennie Blackburn, and resides at Omro, Wis. Children :
I. LEO L.,3 b. Aug., 1866; m. Lillian M. Smith, and lives at Omro, Wis.
II. IRVING M.,3 b. Aug. 25, 1869.
III. MAUD,3 b. Aug. 25, 1869 ; d. Nov. 25, 1869.
IV. GEORGIA M.,3 b. Oct. 29. 1876.
IO. LUCINDA J.,2 b. June 22, 1834; m. Elisha J. Moody; lives at Eldred, Pa.
II. CHESTER H.,2 b. July 6, 1836; m. first, Annette C. George; second, Josephine E. Mansfield; resides at Oskosh, Wis. Children :
I. HERBERT N.,3 b. Aug. 26, 1868, at Oskosh, Wis.
II. JOSEPHINE A.,3 b. April 27, 1878, at Oskosh, Wis.
12. FIDELIE M.,2 b. Feb. 28, 1839; m. - Whitcomb; d. Nov. 25, 1870.
13. HANNAH M.,2 b. June 6, 1841 ; m. Albert Shears; lives at Seattle, Wash.
14. A. J.,2 b. Aug. 17, 1844; m. Eliza C. Waite; lives at Omro, Wis. Children :
I. ANNIE,3 b. March 22, 1881, at Omro, Wis.
II. REX W.,3 b. June 16, 1883, at Omro, Wis.
LARRABEES OF LYNN, MASS.
When the Indians drove the inhabitants from North Yarmouth and old Falmouth many of the Larrabees took refuge in and about Lynn and Lynn- field, Mass., and some acquired property and established permanent homes there; but the chasms in the vital and probate records make it impossible to
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ascertain all the kindred connections between the various branches repre- sented in that locality and offshoots that were transplanted to other sections of the country.
Isaac Larrabee, son of Stephen, was one of the "loving kinsmen " men- tioned in the will of William Larrabee, of Malden, Mass., of date Oct. 24, 1692. He was born as early as 1663-4, as he testifies that he was 67 in 1731, and that he had been married forty years (1691). He had a grant of ten acres in 1685, at North Yarmouth Foreside, but went to Lynn, Mass., during the Indian troubles. In 1708 he purchased of George Lilley, of Lynn, weaver, land there near his own dwelling-house, and July 7, 1715, purchased for £10 another parcel. In Jan., 1710, "Isaac Larrabee, of Lynn, husbandman," for consideration of £1 : 17 : 6, conveyed to Joseph Tarr two lots of land laid out to him on Lynn town common; the first lot being in the "ox pasture, so- called," between land laid out to Robert Potter and Samuel Laughton, the second between land of John Newhall, Jr., and Joseph Tarr. In 1728 he sold to his son Benjamin one-half of his lands in North Yarmouth, and in 1729-30 a parcel there to son Isaac. On Mar. 31, 1730, he conveyed to Isaac, Jr., two lots of land laid out to him (Isaac, Sr.,) in Lynn town common.
On Mar. 6, 1732-3, Isaac Larrabee, now of Lynn, but formerly of North Yarmouth, recites that his father, STEPHEN LARRABEE, was by a deed from the Indians an owner of a lot of land in North Yarmouth before Gov. Dan- forth and others were regularly settling the town; that at a meeting of the committee and proprietors it was agreed that the heirs of said STEPHEN LAR- RABEE should quit and resign all their right and claim to said tract on condi- tion that each of the children, viz., Stephen, William, John, Thomas, Samuel, Isaac, Benjamin, Ephraim, and Jean Ashfield, should have a ten-acre lot laid out and granted them with a full share in the common and undivided lands ; but it so happened that John went to sea and died abroad, and Ephraim was killed by the Indians at North Yarmouth, and there was no lot laid out for them; "wherefore your petitioner prays that said lots may be laid out to the heirs of the said John and Ephraim."
He made his will May 29, 1753, and mentions wife Ellinor, to whom he gives the lower room in his house, firewood at her door cut to suitable length, "14 bushills of ry, 3 barrills of sider, 100 wait of Beef," and keeping for one cow, three sheep, and one swine, winter and summer. He wills to son JOHN, I pound; to Isaac and Joseph, sons of son ISAAC, I shilling each ; to child of son BENJAMIN, dec., 1 shilling; to daughter MARY (Comings) I shil- ling ; mentions daughters SARAH (Parker), ELLINOR, JOANNA (Roads), and son SAMUEL, whom he appoints his executor with his sisters. The inventory was rendered Oct. 24, 1755. Mr. Larrabee was more than 91 years of age at the time of making his will. Land near Point of Pines was divided May 29, 1758, between Joanna Roads, Ellinor, and representatives of Samuel. We will now mention the children in order, with what is known about them.
I. JOHN, probably the eldest son, may have been b. as early as 1692-3.
2. ISAAC, probably m. Martha Towne, May 12, 1714. He lived at Lynn, and his name often appeared in old documents. On Jan. 13, 1714-15. he purchased, of Ebenezer Hawks, of Lynn, blacksmith, land on the town common for £27 ; Mar. 30, 1728, purchased land on the com- mon for £25 : 17 : 6; purchased land on Lynn common, of Experience
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Tarbox, widow, Nov. 3, 1726; of Thomas Cheever purchased land April 14, 1729; received land, in North Yarmouth, from his father, Isaac, Sr., in 1729-30 ; purchased land, in Lynn, of Mary Breed, widow, in 1732 ; of John Tarbox, cooper, land in Lynn, in 1734; of Daniel Mansfield, clothier, land, in 1734, and lot of same, on common, May 21, 1737. He was dead Mar. 7, 1747, and his widow, Martha, having received of her two sons, Isaac and Joseph, full satisfaction for her share in the personal property and real estate, quits claim. These sons had equally divided the land between them -land at "How's neck," "Oak island," "Chelsea," "Ledge island," and by "Cider pond,"- land that was "Old Mr. Isaac Larrabee's." He is mentioned in his father's will as deceased, and one shilling each was given Isaac and Joseph, his two sons.
3. BENJAMIN, settled in No. Yarmouth, of whom more under another head.
4. MARY, m. - Coming; mentioned in her father's will and received " I shilling."
5. SARAH, m. - - Parker ; was dead when her father made his will, 1753.
6. SAMUEL, m. Mary Brown, Aug. 31, 1741, and was living, when mentioned in his father's will, May 29, 1753. He died before July 12, 1756, when Mary, his widow, made her mark in connection with settlement of his estate. When land formerly owned by his father at "Point of Pines" was divided between the surviving children, the "representatives of Samuel " received lot No. 3. Thomas Riddan was chosen guardian, in 1758, for children of Samuel, named Hannah, Sarah, Mary, Elizabeth, Benjamin, and Samuel "under 14." On Aug. 5, 1766, Thomas Hart, of Lynn, gave bonds for 1,000 pounds as guardian for " Benjamin Larra- bee, about fourteen years of age, son of Samuel Larrabee, late of Lynn." Thomas Larrabee appeared and made choice the same day. This Samuel was styled "of Lynn, Tailor," in the old records. Another Samuel Larrabee, who m. Sarah Breed and removed to Lunenburg and Ringe, has been confounded with this man, and was designated as son of Isaac Larrabee, of Lynn; but that Samuel was m. on Jan. 14, 1717, and had children m. as early as the date of births of children of this Samuel and wife Mary Brown. It will be seen that if Benjamin was 14 in 1766, he was b. in 1752; if Samuel was "under 14" in 1758, he was born as early as 1756-7. Several sisters mentioned first in the list of names were probably older than the sons.
7. ELLINOR, mentioned in her father's will in 1753, was living, unmarried, in 1758.
8. JOANNA, m. Thomas Roads, April 7, 1754, and was mentioned in her father's will in 1753; in 1758 received land near the "Point of Pines."
Isaac Larrabee, 3d, son of Isaac and Martha Towne, m. Mary Stevens, Mar. 15, 1740. His name appears many times on record. He divided lands of his father, who died intestate, with his brother Joseph. He conceded all his right in the room and garret of the dwelling-house formerly owned by his father, Nov. 8, 1749, to his brother Joseph. He and wife Mary conveyed "marsh in Chelsea adjoining Oak island so-called," Mar. 7, 1747. No men- tion of children.
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LARRABEE FAMILY.
Joseph Larrabee, brother of the preceding, was mentioned in his grand- father's will, his father having died before that. His wife's name was Eliza- beth Trask, to whom m. Jan. 19, 1745. He was styled a "fisherman" in the records. Name appears with that of his brother Isaac, and he had half of his father's estate. His will was proved Nov. 8, 1774. There were eight chil- dren, viz. : JOSEPH, BENJAMIN, DAVID, JAMES, JONATHAN, SAMUEL, ELIZA- BETH, and HANNAH.
LUNENBURG BRANCH.
Samnel Larrabee,1 may have been a son of that John* who went to sea and died abroad, or of Samuel, on whose estate administration was granted Benjamin, his brother, in 1727. He married Sarah Breed, of Lynn, Jan. 14, 1717, and with her became a member of the church there, but they took letters of commendation in 1743, and were admitted to full communion in the church at Lunenburg, Mass., where they resided until 1762, when they removed to Ringe, N. H., with his eldest son, and there Sarah died. He was said to have died in Ringe. Seven children whose names will follow :
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