Larkins in England.
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. B. Guppy says “One hundred years since the prin-cipal family of Larkin lived at Grove in Wickham Parish,Kent, and there are several memorials of the family in thechurch.’ He states also that in Kent, one quarter of oneper cent. of the population bears the name Larkin. Green-wood’s “County Kent History” states that Larkin Hall isnear Frindsbury Church, 114 miles from Rochester. OnBoley Hill, Rochester is a monument to Chas. Larkin. 5 See Robert Langdon’s book entitled “Charles Dickens andRochester” for description and cut. Langdon says “of thenames of characters throughout the works of Dickens manyare drawn from these towns’ (Rochester and Chatham).“Jasper, Cobb, Dowler, Larkins and many others are wellknown local names.” Rev. Lambert B. Larking wrote the“Doomsday Book of Kent.” John Larking was sheriff ofKent 1800. William Larkins of Lewisham, Kent, wasAccomptant General 1772-1793, at Fort William, Bengalunder Warren Hastings and the Marquis Conwallis. EdwardLarkyn, B. D., was rector of Titsey 1640, etc. Volumes ofdata are available connecting the names Larkin and KentCounty, England.
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