Brief Life History of Dorcas
When Dorcas Larkin was born about 1750, in Rhode Island, United States, her father, Capt David Larkin, was 21 and her mother, Mary Knowles, was 20. She married Henry Wilcox about 1770, in Rhode Island, United States.
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- Dorcas in entry for David L. Davis, "Rhode Island, Births and Christenings, 1600-1914"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776 · Rhode Island Declares Independence
Rhode Island declares independence from Great Britain on May 4, 1776, making it the first colony to do so officially.
1781 · The First Constitution
Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.
Name Meaning
English: from a medieval personal name, a diminutive of Lar-, Lor-, both pet forms of Lawrence , formed with the addition of the Middle English suffix -kin.
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Lorcáin ‘descendant of Lorcán’, a personal name from a diminutive of lorc ‘fierce, cruel’. This Gaelic name was often regarded as an equivalent of English Lawrence .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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