John Larkin
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John Larkin (abt. 1614 - 1699)

John Larkin
Born about in Englandmap
Son of [uncertain] and [uncertain]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married about 1642 [location unknown]
Husband of — married about 1650 [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Died at about age 85 in Anne Arundel, Marylandmap
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Contents

Biography

Research Notes

Would it have been possible for John to be a member of the Episcopal Church and a Quaker at the same time? If not, are two different people mingled into this one profile?

Name

John Larkin [1]

Ancestry

No documented parentage or ancestry has been found. An unsourced profile on Geni shows his father to be John Larkin, born Jan 1, 1585 in England and died in England in 1614 with wife Mehitabel (born 1590), and his grandfather to be William Larkin (1520-1580) and wife Mary. [2]

Birth

Birth: ABT 1620 in England [1]

Occupation

Occupation: Inn keeper and large landowner on the Severn River in Maryland.[1]

1642 Marriage to Katherine Roberts

He married Katherine Roberts b: ABT 1625 in England [1]

Their first child was born about 1643. Larkin and his wife appear to be among those who immigrated first to Virginia before coming to Maryland.

1658 Fined for Refusing to Take Oath as Quaker

Larkin was one of the early Friends in Anne Arundel County. He was fined for refusing to take an oath soon after 1658. [3]

1661 Larkins Hills Surveyed

Larkins Hills was surveyed on March 3, 1661, for John Larkin and granted to him by patent for 650 acres in 1663. Here he built the quaint gambrel-roofed brick house that has endured so many years. While its exact date is not known, it is believed that the house was in use during the meeting of the General Assembly in 1683.[4]

Patents were issued in 1660 on the South River, Maryland for various properties including "Larkins Hills" for John Larkin. [5]

1670 Patent for Greenfield

On 12 August 1670, John Larkin of Anne Arundel County, Inn Holder, receives a patent for "Greenfield", Baltimore Co, 750 acres, and "Larkins Choice", 331 Acres. [6]

1670. Johnson, Francis of A.A. Co., in Feb. 1669/70 conv. 200 a. Ludlows Lot to John Larkin. [7]

1683 John Larkins home used for Provincial Capital

Larkins Hills, the house of John Larkin on the old Severn Ridge Road, now State Route 2, was the first Anne Arundel County capital of the Province of Maryland. The General Assembly met there on October 2, 1683, with Charles, Third Lord Baltimore, in attendance. At that time there were a number of frame outbuildings, one of which served as a courthouse. These have long since disappeared. Larkin kept an ordinary or inn. Governor Sir Lionel Copley and his Council met at "the house of John Larkin August 16, 1692, and it also was the meeting place of the Council of Maryland, with Colonel Nicholas Greenbury serving as President, on August 16, 1694. The first regular post route in Maryland from St. Mary's through Annapolis included a stop at John Larkin's.[4]

1684 United Friendship surveyed for John Larkins

"United Friendship," 700 acres, was surveyed 15 Oct. 1684 for John LARKINS. Half was also later owned by Wm. CHEW. "United Friendship" was conveyed 6 May 1681 by Thomas LIGHTFOOT, carpenter, AA, to Rowland VANCE. [4]

1692 Posts Administrative Bond

1692. John Lakins, Thomas Smith, and Wm. Farfar posted administrative bond at death 3 Aug 1692 of Humphrey Day, who was a taxable in Baltimore County that year on North Side of Patapsco Hundred. [7]

1697 Gifts to Quakers

In 1697, just a few years before his death, records reveal him as custodian, with Samuel Galloway I, of generous gifts of tobacco from Quakers of the Eastern Shore to the West River Yearly Meeting "towards building ye house for ye use of Friends." [3]

1699 Estate Sells Property

John Larkin, Anne Arundel County, innholder, dec'd, on 28 Mar 1699, sold to John Baldwin, Anne Arundel County, planter, two lots in London Town except for the 25 foot house, where court was formerly held, and as much ground as needed to erect a 20 foot house for Mahitable Holland during her natural life, and after her decease for the use of John Larkin during his natural life, then to the use of Thomas Holland, one of the sons of Otho Holland and Mahitible. The indenture is for the two lots with the exception. [4]

1702 United Friendship sold to Dorseys

From: John LARKIN, Innholder, Anne Arundel, Maryland by Marilyn ROTH. AA Gentry: On 25 Je. 1702, Edward DORSEY bought for ninety pounds from Col. John LARKIN & Thomas LARKIN, AA, part of "United Friendship," 350 acres on the north side of the Patapsco, Baltimore Co. [4]

1703 Marriage of Daughter Mehitable

1703. Pierpoint, John, s. of Robert, was bapt. 8 May 1661 at Braughing, Herts.; came to Md. where he m. c. 1703 Mehitable, wid of Otho Holland and dau of John Larkin; had iss.: Larkin bapt. 4 Feb. 1703/4 at All Hallows; m. 1st 18 Nov 1725 Charity Duckett and 2nd in 1730 Sarah Simmons [7]

Children

  1. Ruth Larkin b: 1653 in Spotsylvania, Old Rappahannock, VA. Children are shown on the Fonda site. [1] Currently shown on WikiTree as b. 1655, Old Rappahannock Co, VA.
  2. Hester Larkin b: 1655 in Anne Arundel County, MD. Children are shown on the Fonda site. [1]
  3. Methitable Larkin b: 1666 in All Hallows, Anne Arundel Co., MD. Children are shown on the Fonda site. [1]
  4. Rebecca Larkin b: 1667 in Anne Arundel, MD. Children are shown on the Fonda site. [1]Rebecca Larkin Lightfoot is an ancestor of members of the Society of Colonial Wars. [8]
  5. Margaret Larkin b: ABT 1672 in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland. Children are shown on the Fonda site. [1] Currently shown on WikiTree as born 1643 in Anne Arundel County. Married Edward Dorsey after the death of his first wife.
  6. Thomas Larkin b: ABT 1673 in Anne Arundel County, MD. Children are shown on the Fonda site. [1]

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 Fonda Flax Carroll. Genealogy in Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio and South Carolina. http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=spot54&id=I01479. Accessed June 9, 2016
  2. William Larkin. Geni. Peter Andrew Jay, Manager. Last updated 2008. https://www.geni.com/people/John-Larkin/6000000002665509598?through=6000000024118317703. Accessed June 10, 2016
  3. 3.0 3.1 J. Reaney Kelly, Quakers in Anne Arundel County. Cited by Fonda Flax Carroll. Genealogy in Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio and South Carolina. http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=spot54&id=I01479. Accessed June 9, 2016
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Real Estate Research of Marilyn Roth, cited by Fonda Flax Carroll. Genealogy in Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio and South Carolina. http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=spot54&id=I01479. Accessed June 9, 2016
  5. Joshua Dorsey Warfield, The Founders of Anne Arundel and Howard Counties, Maryland. Baltimore, MD: Kohn & Pollack. Reprinted 1973, Baltimore, MD, Regional Publishing Co. p. 30.
  6. Skordas, Gust, The Early Settlers of Maryland: an Index to Names of Immigrants, Compiled from Records of Land Patents, 1633-1680, in the Hall of Records, Annapolis, Maryland. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1968. 525p. Repr. 1986.Page 282. Note -- this reference is used by some data collections to show that John Larkin "arrived" in 1670, however this is simply the date he received the patent.
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 Robert Barnes. Baltimore County Families, 1659-1759, cited by Sharen Neal. Families of Sequoyah County,OK & Others. http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=mjr6387&id=I278022. Accessed June 10, 2016
  8. 'Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Maryland Ancestry Record flhg-societycolwarsmd #223664

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Rosemary, it is widely held that William Gough was considerably older than Hester Larkin.Her birthday is consistent with the birthdate of her last child, Catherine Baldwin b: Abt. 1705.

Descendants of Hester Larkin

1 [1] Hester Larkin b: Abt. 1663 in Virginia or Anne Arundel County MD. d: 1749 in Probably Maryland .. +William Gough b: 1605 in County Gloucester England d: Bef. 07 Jun 1678 in Calvert County, MD *2nd Husband of [1] Hester Larkin: .. +Nicholas Nicholson *3rd Husband of [1] Hester Larkin: .. +John Baldwin b: 1651 d: Feb 1714/15 in Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, MD .. 2 Mary Baldwin d: 1733 in Anne Arundel County, MD ...... +Robert Lusby, Jr. b: Abt. 1665 in Anne Arundel County, MD d: 02 Jun 1733 in Anne Arundel County, MD .. 2 [2] John Baldwin ...... +Mary Dare .. *2nd Wife of [2] John Baldwin: ...... +Mary Sewall .. 2 James Baldwin ...... +Mary Tyler .. 2 Thomas Baldwin b: Abt. 1699 d: Feb 1762 ...... +Agnes ________ .. 2 Catherine Baldwin b: Abt. 1705 d: 13 May 1733 ...... +Charles Griffith

Good sources for both William and Hester are pretty rare.Here are my notes on Hester.Perhaps,you will see somethingt that I've missed.

Mike

donna russell wrote:

Hi. my husband found your query in the AA list and passed it on to me, because I have published extensively about AA Co. families and specifically the Larkin family. See "The Putative Daughters of John Larkin," Maryland Genealogical Society Bulletin, 45:35-62 (winter 2004). Hester Larkin, John's oldest daughter, was born closer to 1663 than 1649. She died in 1747. She m. (2) Nicholas Nicholson and (3) John Baldwin. Her only surviving children were by Baldwin. But she m. (1) John Gough before 1679 of Calvert Co. who died by the 1679/80 session of the General Assembly. His widow, now Hester Nicholson, was administratrix. She was fined for not fully administering the estate, although she argued that there was no goods or chattels to be administered. At the above session, John Tavernor and wife Elizabeth claimed they were owed 2200 lbs. of tobacco from Gough's estate, which Hester detained. Gough had contracted with Elizabeth Cole, widow and now wife of Tavernor. Sources: Md. Inventories & Accounts, 7A:118 and the published Archives of Maryland, 70:292. The latter source you can access from the Md. State Archives site. > There were no issue from this marriage. > > Donna Valley Russell, CG, FASG

John Larkin and Kathleen thomas 1700's Annapolis MD Posted by: Doris Newell (ID *****8922) Date: July 31, 2002 at 11:52:20 of 1492

Hi. I am looking for informaton on the John Larkin Kathleen Thomas family and any decendants or ancestors. I know that John died on February 4, 1702 in Annapolis, MD. Their children are Rebecca Larkin who married Thomas Lightfoot; Hester Larkin who married William Gouvh and Thomas Nicholson; Margaret Larking who married Colonel Edward Dorsey and John Israel; Ruth Larking who married Joseph Chew (my relatives); and Mahitibel Larkin who married Otho Holland and John Pierpoint. If you have any information, please contact me. thanks. Doris

Hester (Larkin) Gough, widow of William Gough and admx. of his estate, was married (2) in 1680 to Nicholas Nicholson (Nicholson's second marriage, See Maryland Historical Magazine, Vol.16, pages 293 and 372. J.W. GOUGH

Re: Larkin, John of Frederick Co., Maryland Posted by: Joy Alexander Date: October 03, 1998 at 21:41:23 In Reply to: Larkin, John of Frederick Co., Maryland by Linda of 1492

I research the Israel family.

John Larkin married Katherine ___ Known children. (order not known) 1. Margaret m1: Col. Edward Dorsey ca 1691 m2 JOHN ISRAEL ca 1706 & she died by 1710 2. Thomas m. Margaret Gassaway 3. Hester b. 1649; m1 Nicholas Nicholson, m2 John Baldwin Jr. d. 1749 4. Ruth m. John Chew 5. female m. Judge Samuel Chase 6. female m. Judge T. Chase 7. Rebecca m1: Thos. Lightfoot, m2: Col. Thos. Hammond.

"The Founders of Anne Arundel and Howard Co.s Maryland" by Warfield has some information on this family.Joy Alexander

Re: Ruth LARKIN m.1669 Maryland Posted by: Christine Henderson Date: January 30, 2002 at 15:14:05 In Reply to: Ruth LARKIN m.1669 Maryland by Alison Clement of 1491

From "Founders of Anne Arundel and Howard Counties, MD" John Larkin (brother of Thomas), inn keeper and landowner. Daughter Susanna said to be first child born in Anne Arundel. Daughter Margaret md. 1. Major Edward Dorsey; 2. John Israel. Daughter (Ruth) married Joseph Chew "of Virginia", son Thomas md. Margaret Gassaway, heiress of Nicholas Gassaway; daughter Hester.

I have a Hester LARKIN in that area, and about that time, but she was married to John BALDWIN Jr.

Hester LARKIN, b. Abt 1665, d. Aft 1715, m. Bef 20 May 1695 to John BALDWIN Jr, b. 1651, d. Feb 1715 Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, MD.

The only child I have listed for this pair is Mary BALDWIN d. 1733-Anne Arundel County, MD, m. 21 Aug 1707 to Robert LUSBY Jr, b. Abt 1665-Anne Arundel County, MD, d. 02 Jun 1733-Anne Arundel County, MD.

Hester LARKIN could not have been that popular of a name in 1700, so what do you think? Did this woman have THREE husbands and children by all?

I found in the Maryland Marriage References at the Maryland State Archives: Hester [aged 55 in 1684], widow of Nicholas Nicholson and daughter of John Larkin, married __________ Baldwin by 12 Aug 1687. [Source: Anne Arundel Land Records IT#5, 29] Todd Whitesides

bcox88 wrote:

> Hi Mike, > I read somewhere that Hester was the first white child born in Anne Arundel County.Her uncle, Thomas Larkin was the second mayor of Anapolis, MD.

I'm after John and Thomas's Larkins mother's maiden name and where they came from.They got expelled from Virginia for religious reasons and settled in Anne Arundel in 1650.They also married into the Holland family.Gabriel Holland, who came to Jamestown about 1622 or so. and Otho Holland. > Bill

James D Pulliam wrote: Mike, Just received one ofV.L. Skinner's books today, have you any knowledge of the following: Liber 10, folio 126,7 June, 1678,Thomas Bland procurator for Hester Goffe (CV) widow of William Goffe, who unfortunately drowned, was granted administration.Appraisers (AA): said Bland, George Holland. Col. Thomas Taylor (AA) to administer oath.

it is widely held that William Gough was considerably older than Hester Larkin. By Michael Gough October 07, 2008 at 07:30:14 In reply to: Re: Could William Gough Be William Goffe Rosemary White 10/06/08

http://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/gough/1245/ -->





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It appears that you have misread the sale of property as part of his estate,as I did at first. However, you will find that JOHN, alive, and his only son, Thomas, agree to sell, the plantation on which he now lives, to Margaret's husband, Col. Edward Dorsey. Being quite advanced in years and a Quaker, he was divesting himself of property vs leaving a will. I suspect that he continued to live in his home until his death in 1702, noted in the All Hallow's Burial record, giving age as 88+. So find a grave is correct.
posted by Denise Vibbert
Updated the profile to correspond to his Great Biography.
posted by [Living Boren]
Larkin-682 and Larkin-108 appear to represent the same person because: same person
posted by [Living McQueen]
Larkin-110 and Larkin-108 appear to represent the same person because: Same wife.
posted by Rick Pierpont
Larkin-704 and Larkin-682 appear to represent the same person because: These both are profiles for the father of Mehitable Larkin. See the source in Larkin-682.
posted by Rick Pierpont
Larkin was a Quaker.
posted by Ronald Pierpoint

Rejected matches › Edward Larkin (abt.1615-1652)