Stephen Larrabee (1682 - 1737)

Born 1682 in Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret (Pain) Larrabee — married 10 Jan 1704 in Boston, MA

Descendants

Died 20 Oct 1737 at about age 55 in North Yarmouth, Cumberland, Maine

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Biography

Stephen Larrabee³ (1), b. in 1682; m. Margaret Pain, Jan. 10, 1704, the return made in Boston by Rev. Robert Cheever. He was living in Medford, Mass., about 1706. He moved down to North Yarmouth after 1722, where other children were born. He d. Oct. 20, 1737, and his widow m. Samuel Seabury, Esq., Sept. 27, 1738, d. May 18, 1754. Stephen's will was dated Oct. 18, 1737, probated Jan. 7, 1739, in which four children were mentioned, STEPHEN, JOHN, HANNAH, and MARGARET. Issue, far as known, as follows:

• 1. HANNAH,⁴ b. May 4, 1707; m. Nov. 8, 1722, Amos Harris, weaver. She "owned the covenant" in church at Charlestown, Mass., July 7, 1723; settled in North Yarmouth and had a family.
• 2. MARGARET,⁴ b. Feb. 22, 1709; m. Benjamin Welsh, in North Yarmouth, Sept. 22, 1735; d. Dec. 1, 1737.
• 3. JOHN,⁴ b. May 14, 1715; m. Mary Pomery (intention Feb. 2, 1744); settled in North Yarmouth; had a numerous family,
• 4. MARY,⁴ b. April 12, 1731;m. William Hooper, in North Yarmouth, (intention Dec. 11, 1756).

Baptisms of children at Medford, MA LARABY (Laribe), Hannah, child of Stephen, bp. Oct. 4, 1713. Margaret, child of Stephen, bp. Oct. 4, 1713. Stephen, child of Stephen, bp. Oct. 4, 1713. ^[1]

Will

The will of Stephen Larrabee of North Yarmouth in the county of York in New England, Gentleman, bequests to wife Margaret the Improvements of profits of all lands meadows, house & barn so long as she shall continue a widow, also all the moveable estate; to eldest son Stephen Larrabee one share & an half share of the whole estate; to youngest son Iohn Larrabee one whole share of the estate; to two sons Stephen & John all the rights unto one hundred acre lot of land in North-Yarmouth; to daughter Hannah Harris one whole share of the estate excepting twenty pounds which twenty pounds he gives to grand- daughter Hannah Harris to be paid her by daughter Hannah Harris on her marriage day if she shall be married before she arrive unto ye age of twenty & one years & if not when she is twenty & one years of age. To daughter Margaret Welsh one whole share of the estate. Finally he states that none of the children were to have use of the estate until after the decease or re-marriage of his widow. Exe. Margaret Larrabee & son John Larrabee. Dated the 18th October 1737. Signed, Stephen Larrabee. Wits. Samuel Seabury, Barnabas Winslow, Barnabas Seabury, Gilbert Winslow. Probate 7 Jan. 1737-8. Inventory 12 Dec. 1737, at £679: 4: 0 by James Tuttle, Barnabas Winslow and Gilbert Winslow, appraisers. York County Probate Records, Volume Five (1725-42)^[2]

Note

Stephen likely died of "distemper" (now called Diptheria), which was an epidemic in North Yarmouth in 1675, accounting for 75 deaths, mostly children.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Middlesex/Medford/aBirthsL.shtml
2. ↑ http://www.mainegenealogy.net/maine_wills.asp?source=probatecourtvol5&testator=StephenLarrabee
3. ↑ Banks, Charles E., Dr., "North Yarmouth Deaths, 1730-1749" Maine Gealogy Archives Link Accessed February 28, 2021.

• Old Times In North Yarmouth, Maine (Augustus W. Corliss, Yarmouth, Maine, 1877) Vol. 1, No. 1, Page 5: "Here Lyes buried ye body of Capt. Stephen Larrabee Departed this life Oct. 20th anno dom 1737"
• Ridlon, G T. Saco Valley Settlements and Families: Historical, Biographical, Genealogical, Traditional, and Legendary, Volume 2 The Author, 1895 - Carroll County (N.H.) - 1250 pages