Joel Larrabee jr (1785)

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Biography

In 1825 the Storer brothers sold 17 acres and 42 rods of this land to shipbuilder, Joel Larrabee Jr., who later lost it to Kennebunk Bank. The Hounds Tooth Inn; 82 Summer Street, Kennebunk, ME 04043

During the same year, 1812, on petition of Joseph Gillpatrick and others, the selectmen laid out a highway "beginning on west side of Alewive road and near a ledge of rocks," between lands of Ebenezer Coburn and Joel Larrabee, Jr., running southwest two hundred seventy-six rods to a stone in the ground, being the corner bounds of said Larrabee and Reuben Littlefield, thence eighty-eight and a half rods to Elisha Cousens's land, then south seventy-three rods to Cousens's lane, and southeast forty-three rods, being a rod and a half from the westerly corner of Thomas Jones's barn, continuing southwest forty rods and southeast one hundred ninety-three rods to Alfred road ; two rods wide.

Traders. Village — John U. Parsons & Co., William Lord, Smith & Porter, James Titcomb, John Osborn & Co., Samuel L. Osborn, Joseph G. Moody, Barnabas Palmer, Michael Wise, William Gillpatrick, Ebenezer Curtis, Timothy Frost, *Samuel Ross, *Adoniram Hardison, *Abial Kelley, Jr. Apothecaries, Jacob Fisher, John Lillie. Landing — George and Ivory Lord, Adam McCulloch, Joel Larrabee, Jr., Isaac Kilham, David Little, Samuel Lord and George W. Bourne. Fort {Lower Village) — Daniel Walker. Alewive — *John Stone, Jacob Littlefield. Those with this mark * sold groceries only. All the others named kept large stocks, for country stores, of piece goods, West India goods and groceries; several kept good supplies of hard and hollow ware, crockery, etc.

[page] 164 & 411 HISTORY OF KENNEBUNK.

Research Notes

Date of death for Joel Larrabee, ships carpenter, 20th day of March AD 1831 per probate application by Jeremiah Bettes.

Record of a death: 3 December 1821 Larrabee, Elizabeth --- Joel Jr [father?]

Sources

• https://archive.org/stream/historyofkennebu00remic#page/411/mode/1up/search/larrabee

http://www.houndstoothinn.biz/history.htm

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9NW-R2T?i=238