Larkin Lacon Dorsey

13 February 1747–1818 (Age 70)
Baltimore, Maryland, United States

The Life Summary of Larkin Lacon

When Larkin Lacon Dorsey was born on 13 February 1747, in Baltimore, Maryland, United States, his father, Francis Hughes Dorsey Sr, was 74 and his mother, Elizabeth Baker, was 41. He married Lucy about 1767, in Anne Arundel, Maryland, United States. He died in 1818, at the age of 71.

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Family Time Line

Larkin Lacon Dorsey
1747–1818
Lucy
1747–
Marriage: about 1767

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    about 1767Anne Arundel, Maryland, United States

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    Siblings

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    World Events (6)

    1776
    Age 29
    Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
    1776
    Age 29
    Maryland is the 7th state.
    1786 · Shays' Rebellion
    Age 39
    Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.

    Name Meaning

    (1997: 12051;2007: 30204; 2010: 43631)English (East Yorkshire): of French origin, a habitational name, with French preposition d(e), from Orsay in Seine-et-Orne, France, or from Orçay in Loire-et-Cher, recorded in the 13th century as Orceiacum, from the Latin personal name Orcius + the locative suffix -acum.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

    Possible Related Names

    Dossey

    Sources (3)

    • Lakin Dorsey, "Maryland Births and Christenings, 1650-1995"
    • Lakin Dorsey, "Maryland, Church Records, 1668-1995"
    • Anne Arundel Gentry: A Genealogical History of Some Early Families of Anne Arundel County, Maryland, Vol. 2

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