Stephen Larrabee

Stephen Larrabee
Born	1630
Died	1676 (aged 45 or 46) Jewell Island, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Nationality	French

Stephen Larrabee (1630–1676) was a 17th-century French emigrant to the New England Colonies. Larrabee's Landing, in today's Yarmouth, Maine, is named for him. He was one of the first settlers in the town.

Arrival in the Thirteen Colonies

Larrabee's Landing, looking downstream along the Royal River

After living initially in Malden, Massachusetts Bay Colony, with his brother, William, he moved north to North Yarmouth. He made the trip without William, who remained in Malden, shortly after marrying Elizabeth Felt, daughter of George Felt.^[1][2]

Larrabee's Landing

The Meetinghouse under the Ledge was built from material floated down the Royal River from the First Falls and hauled up by oxen from Larrabee's Landing, further down Gilman Road, towards Cousins Island.^[3]

Personal life

Stephen Larrabee had the following known children: Stephen, William, John, Thomas, Samuel, Isaac, Benjamin, Ephraim and Jane.^[1][4]

Larrabee was a soldier in the Narragansett War (also known as King Philip's War),^[1] as was his grandson (son of William), Stephen, who became a noted Indian fighter.^[5]

Death

Larrabee was killed by Native Americans on Jewell Island in Casco Bay in 1676.^[1]

References

1. Cutter, William Richard (1914). New England Families. p. 295.
2. Atwell Family – Orange County California Genealogical Society
3. Images of America: Yarmouth, Hall, Alan M., Arcadia (2002)
4. Burrage, Henry Sweetser (1909). Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine, Volume 3. Lewis Historical Publishing Company. p. 1437.
5. History of York County, Maine: With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers. Higginson Book Company. 1880. p. 247. ISBN 9780832800375.