Paul Larkcom, Sr

1764 - 1843  (78 years)

• Name	Paul Larkcom
  Suffix	Sr
  Birth	16 Feb 1764	Otis, Berkshire, Massachusetts
  Gender	Male
  Military Service	Paul Larkcom served as a Pvt. @ age 14 in Capt. Enos Parker's Co., Col. Jacob Gerrish's regiment; enlisted 7 Jul 1778, dischrged 28 Aug 1778 because of his youth. Emlisted 1 Nov 1779 served as Pvt. in Capt. Samuel Sloper's Co., Col. Israel Chapin's 3rd regiment, discharged 22 Nov 1779. Also in a list raised for service and returned by Brig. Gen Paterson as having passed muster in a return dated Camp Totaway Oct. 25, 1790. Service in the Continental Army during 1780 - marched Jul 1 1780, discharged Jan 3, 1781. Also on a list for Lenox, OH 20 Aug 1781 of men raised from Berkshire Co. for Capt Cook's Co., Col. Ashley's regiment. From Vol IX, pgs. 511-517 MA Soldiers and Sailors of the Rev. War   [1]
  	Paul Larkcom history
  Death	21 Jan 1843	Freedom, Portage, Ohio
  Burial	Drakesburg Cemetery, Drakesburg, Portage County, Ohio
  	Drakesburg Cemetery Drakesburg, Portage County, Ohio, USA
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  	https://www.mckaystevens.us/genealogy/artpetersen/petersen-daniels.php#larkcom "When Paul was old enough to work he went from home to live with a Mr. Knox. When he was about 14 he went into the Army as chore boy and waiter but soon acted as cook for the officers. He served many a meal for General Washington. After serviving as cook some length of time he entered the regular service as a soldier. At the close of the war he was honorably discharged and returned to his native town. He married Comfort Norton 19 Jun 1786 and they were the parents of 12 children, two died in infancy. The grandparents of 35 grandchildren and 84 great-grandchildren. Paul was twice elected as a Representative to the State Legislature and served twenty-one years in all as Justice of Peace. In 1825 Paul with his youngest son Linas left his old eastern home and started for the New Connecticut as the Western Reserve was then called. He purchased 240 acres of wildland, a part of it a little north of Drakesburg where he cleared off a place enough for a house and garden and sent for his family the next year." http://trees.ancestry.co.uk/tree/16651397/person/406677612/comments?pg=32768&pgpl=pid
  Person ID	I447	McKay Stevens | Ancestors of Ben Stevens, Ancestors of James Stevens
  Last Modified	21 Sep 2022

  
  

  Father	Silas Job Larkcom,   b. 27 Jan 1726, Enfield, Hartford, Connecticut d. Jun 1765, Otis, Berkshire, Massachusetts (Age 39 years)
  Mother	Molly Mary Herbert,   b. 28 Jul 1744, Petersham, Worcester County, Massachusetts d. Feb 1835, Blandford, Hampden, Massachusetts (Age 90 years)
  Marriage	9 Aug 1760	Petersham, Worcester County, Massachusetts
  Family ID	F166	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Comfort Norton,   b. 17 Apr 1768, West Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts d. 15 May 1851, Freedom, Portage, Ohio (Age 83 years)
  Children	+ 1. Polly Larkcom,   b. 25 Feb 1787, Otis, Berkshire, Massachusetts d. 14 Mar 1850, Freedom, Portage, Ohio (Age 63 years)   2. Arvillus Comfort Larkcom, Esq,   b. 6 Aug 1805, Otis, Berkshire, Massachusetts d. 6 Jan 1888, Freedom, Portage, Ohio (Age 82 years)   3. Linus Franklin Larkcom,   b. 28 Jul 1807, Otis, Berkshire, Massachusetts d. 17 May 1864, Ohio (Age 56 years)
  Family ID	F62	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Nov 2023

  
  

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  Birth - 16 Feb 1764 - Otis, Berkshire, Massachusetts Child - Polly Larkcom - 25 Feb 1787 - Otis, Berkshire, Massachusetts Child - Arvillus Comfort Larkcom, Esq - 6 Aug 1805 - Otis, Berkshire, Massachusetts Child - Linus Franklin Larkcom - 28 Jul 1807 - Otis, Berkshire, Massachusetts Death - 21 Jan 1843 - Freedom, Portage, Ohio Burial - - Drakesburg Cemetery, Drakesburg, Portage County, Ohio  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  	Descendants of Job Larkeom
  	History of the Larkcom Family
  	Polly and Paul Larkcom Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/i/7776/41/142869581
  	Paul Larkcom Comfort Norton Freedom Township OH

  
  

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