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From: "cscox" <>
Subject: Larkham
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 19:52:46 -0800

Greetings,

I just joined the list. I'm researching the ancestry of my fifth
great-grandfather, Lancelot Larkham, who grew up in the Colony of Rhode
Island and later settled in Voluntown, Connecticut. He was born about 1740,
and I have quite a few old papers and land deeds of his that were passed
down in my family. I strongly suspect that Lancelot Larkham's family came
from either Dorset or Somerset, and I'm hoping to connect with other Larkham
researchers.

I have the following information about the Larkhams in Dorset and Somerset
that I believe may be related to my ancestor:

1) In 1685, John Larkham was one of 800 men who were "convicted before Chief
Justice Jefferies at the Court of Oyer and Terminer for Dorset, Somerset and
Devon for waging war against the King and sentenced to be transported to the
Americas" [The Complete Book of Emigrants 1661-1699]. John Larkham and the
other 800 men were apparently participants in the Monmouth Rebellion, and
their sentence was enrolled on 4 February 1691. I'm very interested in
learning more about where exactly in "the Americas" these men were sent, and
whether the Colony of Rhode Island was a likely destination. If so, John
Larkham could possibly have been the grandfather of Lancelot. Lancelot
named his firstborn son John.

2) Lan: Larkham and John Larkham were witnesses to the will, dated 27
October 1686, of John Comer, Sr. of Oake in the Diocese of Bath and Wells,
County of Somerset ["Gleanings from English Archives", New England
Historical & Genealogical Register]. Could Lan: be the abbreviation for
Lancelot?

If anyone has any suggestions for where I might look next in my research, I
would be most grateful.

Regards,

Sally Cox
Anchorage, Alaska

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