Brief Life History of Roger
When Roger Larkin was born in 1765, in Kings, Rhode Island, United States, his father, Samuel Larkin, was 24 and his mother, Sarah Larkin, was 24. He married Mary Kenyon about 1790, in Richmond, Washington, Rhode Island, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 5 daughters. He died on 17 May 1835, at the age of 70, and was buried in Woodville, Hopkinton, Washington, Rhode Island, United States.
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- Roger Larkin, "Find A Grave Index"
- Roger Larkin in entry for Mary Larkin, "Rhode Island, Births and Christenings, 1600-1914"
- Roger Larkin, 'Rhode Island Historical Cemeteries' on MyHeritage
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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.
1786 · Shays' Rebellion
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
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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