Thomas Lathrop

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40. THOMAS, born Jan. 6, 1673-4, and married, April 23, 1697, Experience, daughter of James Gorham and Hannah Huckings. She was born July 28, 1678, and died Dec. 23, 1733. They lived in Barnstable, where his name on the records indicate him as a thrifty and honored citizen. His will, Book IX, p. 300, dated May 24, 1751, and probated Aug. 3, 1757, names as legatees: daughter, Rebecca Lothrop; daughter, Mehetabel Davis; daughter, Mary Taylor; daughter, Lydia Bacon; daughter, Elizabeth Bartlett, grandson, Thomas Lothrop, son of Thomas, deceased; heirs of son Ansel, deceased; heirs of son James, deceased; and son Seth Lothrop. Sole executor, son Seth. He died July 3, 1757.

Thomas married Experience Gorham on 23 Apr 1697. Experience (daughter of James Gorham and Hannah Huckins) was born on 28 Jul 1678 in Barnstable, Barnstable, MA; died on 23 Dec 1733 in Barnstable, Barnstable, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Rebecca Lathrop was born about 1699 in Falmouth, Barnstable, MA; was christened on 27 Jun 1725; died after 1750 in Tolland, Tolland, CT.
2. Deborah Lathrop was born on 21 Apr 1699 in Barnstable, Barnstable, MA; and died.
3. Mary Lathrop was born on 4 Apr 1701 in Barnstable, Barnstable, MA; and died.
4. James Lathrop was born on 9 Aug 1703 in Barnstable, Barnstable, MA; died in Apr 1748 in Barnstable, Barnstable, MA.
5. Ansel Lathrop was born in Jul 1707; and died.
6. Thomas Lathrop was born on 8 Jul 1708 in Barnstable, Barnstable, MA; died on 12 Sep 1743.
7. Joseph Lathrop was born on 8 Dec 1709 in Barnstable, Barnstable, MA; died on 4 May 1764.
8. Mehitable Lathrop was born about 1711 in Barnstable, Barnstable, MA; died on 19 Nov 1764 in Barnstable, Barnstable, MA.
9. Seth Lathrop was born on 31 Mar 1712 in Barnstable, Barnstable, MA; died on 29 Oct 1798 in Barnstable, Barnstable, MA.
10. Elizabeth Lathrop was born on 27 Jun 1725 in Barnstable, Barnstable, MA; died on 25 Mar 1759 in Plymouth, Plymouth, MA.

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8. JOSEPH, born in England, probably in Lambeth, London, in 1624. He probably also came over to America with his father in 1634. The first record known to the author regarding him in this country is that of his marriage--the last Lothropp marriage recorded by his father in the registers of the Barnstable church:

"Joseph Lothropp and Mary Ansell marryed alsoe by him (Brother Thomas Hinckley) Dec. 11, 1650." He settled and lived in Barnstable, where his name on the local records show him to have been an enterprising and honored man. He was a deputy for the town in the general court of the State for fifteen years, and for twenty-one years served as one of the selectmen of the town. On the organization of the county he was appointed the register of the probate court, and recorded in 1666 the first deed put on record in the county. The court had appointed him in 1653 to keep the ordinary of the town. He was admitted freeman, June 8, 1655. In 1664 we find him an acting constable, and in 1667 a received of excise. That he was also in the military line is shown in the titles of lieutenant and captain which successively mark his name.

Mr. Freeman, in his history of Cape Cod County, speaks of him as a "conspicuous member of the Council of War in 1676." He also reports Lieut. Joseph Laythorpe and his brother Barnabas Laythorpe as commissioned to hold select courts in Barnstable in 1679; and names both of these brothers among the agents for the settlement of Sippecan.

His standing is still further shown in a letter from Capt. William Basset written from Casco, in September, 1689, to Gov. Thomas Hinckley, reporting his skirmishes with the Eastern Indians. At the close of this report the captain presents his own and his lieutenants service to the Governor, Esq. Lothrop, and Mr. Russill. We know enough of that day to be assured that none but a prominent and public man would be thus complimented.

Mr. Lothrop probably had no collegiate education, yet he must have been a well educated man--probably with a legal education. His will bears date Oct. 9, 1700, and was proved Apr. 9, 1702, between which dates his death, of which no record is preserved, must have occurred.

He names in his will as heirs, his four sons, Samuel, Barnabas, Hope, to whom he left the homestead, and Thomas; and his two daughters, Mary Denes and Elizabeth Fuller.

In the inventory of his estate are reported 27 volumes of law books, and 43 volumes of classics and sermon books, the inventory amounting to ú8216. One other item of the inventory--"three negroes,"--shows that it belonged to an age past now beyond recall.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: John Lathrop

Notes:

Edward's son, Samuel, married Jane Lathrop, daughter of Rev. John Lathrop of Christ's College, Cambridge. Lathrop was educated at Oxford University; was pastor of the First Congregational Church, London. Samuel Fuller was a physician. William Bradford said of Samuel Fuller: "The beloved physician of both the Pilgrims and Indians. He was one of the noolest of the Mayflower group, with a gentle tolerance and a wide outlook on life," of which one indication is found in his deep friendship for Roger Williams, who was educated at Pembroke College, Cambridge. In Dr. Samuel Fuller's will provision was made for the education of his son Samuel, his daughter Mercy and his nephew Samuel and also for others "put to him for schooling" with special mention of Sarah Converse "left to me by her sick father."

John married Hannah Howse. Hannah (daughter of John Howse and Alice Lloyd) was born about 1594 in Eastwell, Kent, England; died on 16 Feb 1634 in London, Middlesex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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3. THOMAS, born in Cherry Burton and married (1) Elizabeth (widow) Clark, who was buried in Etton., July 29, 1574. He married (2) Mary, who was buried in Etton, Jan. 6, 1588; and (3) Jane, who after his death became the wife of (???) Coppendale.

He removed to Etton, Harthill wapentake, East Riding, Yorkshire, about 1576, and here he died in 1606, having made his will Oct. 5, 1606, which was proved in the following January. The several legacies specified in this will are printed in full. It will be noticed that neither of the sons who were educated is named in the will.

WILL OF THOMAS OF CHERRY BURTON.
1. Jaine, my wieff, lease for 12 yr. for ed. of my younge children whom I give unto her with these legacies.

2. Richard my sonne, if he die, then to my sonne Mark, and if he be not of age XXI, my sonne to be a tutor unto him.

3. Jane my wieff and Lawrence my sonne, lease of Westwood, leas in territories of Scarbrough.

4. Robart--three kye gatts in Etton.

5. Markes, Lawrence, Joseph, and Bartholomew--moiety of lease of Etton pke or Calfe pke.

6. Bartholomew, pte Freehold lande called temple wood.

7. Robart--best horse.

8. Isabel Burne, my daughtr, one cowe.

9. Katherine Aket, my daughtr, one cowe.

10. Wm. Wykam, Thos. Wykam, and Jayne Wykam, children to my daughter Audrie Wykam, one cowe among them.

11. Robert--my best, bound wayne.

12. Robert, all my freehold land in So. Dalton and Walkinton.

13. Jane, Anne, Isabell, and Elizabeth Akeit, daughters of Wm. Akeit, my son-in-lawe each of them, one ewe.

14. Poore of Etton, vj??--viijd.

15. The rest to Jane, my wief, Richard, Lawrence, Marks, Joseph, Bartholomew,

my sons, and Margaret, Luce, and Jane Lowthorp, my daughters whom I make executors.

Witness. Thos. Cardener, Alexander Lyon, Henry Fenby.

Proved, Jan. 13, 1606-07

3. THOMAS. Etton, Yorkshire.

7. ROBERT, born in Cherry Burton, married, Jan. 27, 1607-8, Ann Pattison. He received from his father's will both lands and tenements in South Dalton and Walkington, the first in the wapentake of Harthill, and the second in that of Howdenshire, both in the East Riding of Yorkshire.

8. CATHERINE, married June 12, 1607, William Akett, of Leckonfield, Harthill wapentake, East Riding of Yorkshire, who is named in the will of her brother Thomas, then rector of Dengie, Essex. In her father's will her children are named: Jane, Anne, Isabell, and Elizabeth Akeit.

9. AWDREY, who is reputed in her father's will as the wife of a Wickham. Her children are named in the will as: William, Thomas, and Jayne, and the family name is spelled Wykam.

10. ELIZABETH, married, Feb. 19, 1587-8, Thomas Rowood.

11. ANNE, baptized at Etton, Feb. 13, 1568-9, and died young.

12. ISABELL, baptized at Etton, July 3, 1570.

13. MARTIN, baptized at Etton, Oct. 21, 1572, and buried, Nov. 12, 1572.

14. ANDREW, baptized at Etton, April 23, 1574.

2d Wife's.
15. ANNE, baptized at Etton, July 29, 1576.

16. MARY, who is named in her brother Thomas' will, Oct. 20, 1628, as the wife of John Gallant.

17. THOMAS, baptized in Etton, Oct. 14, 1582, and was admitted to Queen's College, Cambridge, under George Mountaine as his tutor, June 30, 1601, and took his Bachelor's degree in 1604. He married Elizabeth (???), and ?? his will, which bears date Oct. 20, 1628, and which was proved in Consistory Court, London, May 6, 1629, he names as legatees his wife Elizabeth, and makes the following bequests: to eldest daughter Anne, when she shall come of age; to second daughter Jane, his Wilkes estate, Tillingham, Essex Co.; to his third daughter Elizabeth, lands in Allborne. Essex Co.; to his youngest daughter Mary, the Yates gap land and Meale Field, Southminster, Essex; to his brothers John and William: to William Akett, of Leckenfield, his brother-in-law; to his sister Mary, wife of John Gallant, and to several servants

18. JOHN, baptized in Etton, Dec. 20, 1584, and became the pioneer and founder of the LOTHROP-LATHROP family in America. His record and that of his descendants immediately follow this record of the English Lowthrops.

19. WILLIAM, baptized May 24, 1587, and is named in his brother Thomas' will, Oct. 20, 1628.

3d Wife's.
20. MARGARET, baptized in Etton, Feb. 13, 1590-1.

21. ISABELL, baptized in Etton, Sept. 29, 1592.

22. LUCY, baptized in Etton, Jan. 4, 1593-4, and married, June 16, 1613, Ralph Cawnsby.

23. RICHARD, baptized in Etton, Oct. 12, 1595, and married Dorothy Lowdon. He settled in Cherry Burton, where his will was made Feb. 8, 1640-1, and where his wife died in 1645. He left two sons, Thomas of Cherry Burton, and Richard of North Cave, near Cherry Burton, who died unmarried in 1659; and a Mary, a posthumous daughter. In his will, dated Feb. 8, 1640-1, and proved June, 1641, he remembers the poor of Cherry Burton, of Bishops Burton, of Etton, and of Leconfield; the Church of Cherry Burton; his eldest son Thomas, when of age; his unborn child, if it reaches majority; his wife Dorothy; his mother, Jane Coppendale; his younger son Richard, his brother Joseph, and his son Thomas; his brother Bartholomew; his sister Mary Garwood and her daughter Elizabeth, and to John, son of William Lowthrop.

The will of Dorothy Lowthrop, widow of this Richard, dated May 15, 1641, and proved May 9, 1645, names as legatees, son Thomas, son Richard, daughter Mary, mother Jane Brown, mother Jane Coppendale or dayk, brothers, sister Lowson, brother Lawrence Lowthrop and his children, and his brother Bartholomew Lowthrop.

24. MARK, baptized in Etton, Sept. 27, 1597. Mr. Somerby in his work prepared for Mr. Motley, before mentioned, says of this Mark: "He was among the settlers of West Bridgewater in Massachusetts, where he died about the year 1686. His children were Elizabeth, Mark, Samuel, and Edward," etc.

It would have greatly simplified my record of the American Lo-Lathrops if I had not soon found another record for this Mark. His will was brought to light in London just in season to save the perpetuation of the error in our American record.

Before his death he had removed to North Cave, near Cherry Burton, in Harthill wapentake, Hunsley Beacon, Yorkshire, when he probably had never married. His will bears date, North Cave, January, 1659-60, and was admitted to probate in London April 17. 1660. He names as his only legatees, his brother Bartholomew, brother William, Margaret Bateman, sister Lucy, and sister Jane. He also made his brother Bartholomew his executor and residuary legatee.

Of course the above will disproves of the supposition which for years misled my search, that this Mark Lothrop was the pioneer who settled in Bridgewater, Mass., and whose descendants I have not been able to connect with the family of the Rev. John.

25. LAWRENCE, baptized in Etton, Aug. 29, 1599, and is mentioned in the will of his nephew Richard, 1659, as the father of three children. He was, in 1641, one of the witnesses to his brother Richard's will.

26. JANE, baptized in Etton, March 14, 1600-1.

27. JOSEPH, baptized in Etton, Dec. 31, 1602. He and his son Thomas are mentioned in the will of his nephew Richard.

28. BARTHOLOMEW, baptized in Etton. March 1, 1604-5, and named in the wills of his brother Richard, 1641, and nephew Richard, 1659.

Of the places named in these wills and pedigrees, all are very near to Lowthorpe, Bridlington, and Napperton being in the same wapentake; Cherry Burton, North Cave, So. Dalton, and Etton in Harthill wapentake, Walkinton in Howdenshire wapentake.

Thomas married Jane Carter on 11 Nov 1588 in Etton, Yorkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Alice Lloyd. Alice was born in 1572 in Eastwell, Kent, England; died on 8 Nov 1653 in Eastwell, Kent, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]