Stephen Larrabee Sr (1610 - 1712)

Born 1610 in France [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 1712 at about age 102 in North Yarmouth, York County, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Stephen was born in 1610. Stephen Larrabee ... He passed away in 1712.^[1]

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. " ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ A source for this information is needed.
2. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/boards/thread.aspx?mv=flat&m=333&p=surnames.larrabee