Eastwell, Kent, England
Scituate, Massachusetts
Barnstable, Massachusetts


Rev. John Lathrop’s bible on public display in the Lothrop Room of the Sturgis Library, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Essay
The Rev. John Lathrop

"A Seed Of Influence
In America Since 1634"

By: Ray Anderson


Left - Right Photos:
Compliments of
Jonathan Lathrop's Website


Sign in front of the
Sturgis Library.

- Credits -
This Website is based on the Artemus Lathrop research of Jess Lathrop who was born at Darwin, Clark County, Illinois.

Jess Lathrop

Rev John Lothropp (Thomas4, Robert3, John2, Robert1) was born Dec 20, 1584 in East Riding, England, and died Nov 8, 1653 in Barnstable,MA. He married (1) Hannah Howse Oct 10, 1610 in Kent, England. She was born 1590 in Kent, England, and died Feb 16, 1632/33 in London, England. Some history establishes Anna Hammond as the Rev John's second wife but Jonatrhan Lathrop rightly states that she has not been clearly proofed to date, so we will refer to Rev. John's second wife as (2) Anna _?_ . The Rev John's parent's were Thomas Lothropp.

Children of Rev Lothropp and Hannah House are:

  1. Thomas Lothrop, born Feb 21, 1611/12; died Abt. 1707. He married Sarah Larned Dec 11, 1658.

  2. Jane Lothrop, born Sep 29, 1614 in Kent, England; died Abt. 1658 in Barnstable,MA. She married Samuel Fuller Apr 8, 1635.

  3. Ann Lothrop, born May 12, 1616 in Kent England.; died Apr 30, 1617 in Kent England..

  4. John Lothrop, born Feb 22, 1616/17 in Kent, England.

  5. Barbara Lothrop, born Oct 31, 1619. She married John Emerson Jul 19, 1638.

  6. Samuel Lothrop, born Abt. 1623 in London, England; died Feb 28, 1699/00. He married Elizabeth Scudder Nov 28, 1644.

  7. Joseph Lothrop, born Abt. 1624 in London, England; died Unknown in MA.

  8. Benjamin Lothrop, born 1626 in London England.; died in Charleston,MA. He married Martha 1683.


Children of John Lothrop and Anna __?_ are:

  1. Barnabis Lothrop, born Abt. 1636 in Seituata,MA; died Abt. 1715 in Barnstable,MA. He married Susanna Clark.

  2. Abigail Lothrop, born Abt. 1639 in Barnstable,MA; died Unknown. She married James Clark Oct 7, 1657.

Some History of Rev. John Lathrop with Links

The Rev John Lathrop arrived in America at Boston Mass, September 18, 1634 aboard the ship "Griffin". http://istg.rootsweb.com/v2/1600v2/griffin16340918.html

"As a result of the political conflict between King Charles and Parliament religious dissenters were persecuted. Rev John was imprisoned from 1632 to 1634. While in prison his wife, Hannah House, died. He was banished to America upon his release." (Photos in Part I)
Part I http://users.erols.com/jlathrop/genealogy.html

"Early Origins of First Parish"
""First Parish, Scituate is over 350 years old. A group of Nonconformists started meeting in London in 1616, led by Rev. Henry Jacob. He was succeeded by Rev. John Lothrop, a former rector in the Church of England, in 1624. Discovered worshipping clandestinely in 1632, 42 members of the congregation were arrested and jailed. After two years in jail, Rev. Lothrop was released from jail with the proviso that he leave England forever. With a majority of the members of his congregation, he sailed for New England and arrived in Scituate in September, 1634. They joined a small congregation that had been worshipping under the leadership of a layman, Giles Sexton. A small log cabin on Meeting House Lane served as the first church. The site is marked today by a monument that lists the early members of the parish, "The Men of Kent," and by gravestones from the 17th century."" http://www.ziplink.net/~uu_scit/past.htm

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Our Lathrop Lineage Website Pages
Artemus11, Issac10, Simon9, Meletiah8, Hope7, Joseph6 , John (REV)5, Thomas4, Robert3, John2, Robert1


Ray Anderson    adunits@pair.com

1-14-2003