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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Family Time Line
Sources (1)
- Dorcas in entry for David L. Davis, "Rhode Island, Births and Christenings, 1600-1914"
Spouse and Children
1759– Male
1750– Female
Children (3)
1788–1882 Female
1794–1860 Male
1802–1860 Male
Parents and Siblings
1730–1811 Male
1731–1815 Female
Siblings (11)
1748–1856 Male
1749–1856 Male
1750– Female
1751–1839 Male
1752– Male
+6 More Children
World Events (8)
1776
Age 26
1776 · Rhode Island Declares Independence
Age 26
1781 · The First Constitution
Age 31
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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