Rebecca Lathrop

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152. REBECCA, baptized June 27, 1725, married, May 16, 1734, as his second wife, Joseph Hatch of Tolland, Conn. His first wife was the mother of four children: Amy, Joseph, Mercy, and Jonathan, Mr. Hatch was probably son of Ichabod Hatch of Falmouth, Mass. He was a prominent pioneer in the settlement of Tolland, Conn. He was the first tavern keeper, and the first military officer in Tolland--being commissioned captain in 1725. His descendants are still Undisclosed in Tolland. By Rebecca Lothrop he had four children: Lemuel Hatch, born Feb. 29, 1735; Rebecca Hatch, born June 8, 1737, and died Sept. 14, 1739; Ebenezer Hatch, born Apr. 21, 1740; Timothy Hatch, born Aug. 14, 1741.

Rebecca married Joseph Hatch on 16 May 1734 in Barnstable, Barnstable, MA. Joseph (son of Joseph Hatch and Amy Allen) was born on 3 Aug 1689 in Falmouth, Barnstable, MA; died on 27 Apr 1750 in Falmouth, Barnstable, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Lemuel Hatch was born on 28 Feb 1735; and died.
2. Rebecca Hatch was born on 8 Jun 1737; died on 14 Sep 1739.
3. Ebenezer Hatch was born on 21 Apr 1740 in Tolland, Tolland, CT; was christened on 27 Jun 1725; died after 1820; was buried in Eaton Corners County Line Cemetery, Schenectady, NY.
4. Timothy Hatch was born on 14 Aug 1741; and died.

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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]

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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.

James married Hannah Huckins on 24 Feb 1674 in Barnstable, Barnstable, MA. Hannah (daughter of Thomas Huckins and Rose Hillier) was born on 14 Oct 1653 in Barnstable, Barnstable, MA; died on 13 Feb 1727 in Barnstable, Barnstable, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: John Lathrop

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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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Genealogical Register of the First Settlers of New England

[GORHAM, JOHN, whose name is spelled in records and printed books, Goram and Gorum, appears to have resided in Barnstable, Plymouth, Marshfield, and Yarmouth, where his sons James, John, Joseph, and Jabez, were born in 1644, '51, '53, and 1656. He died of a fever at Swanzey, while in command of a company in Phillip's war, 5 Feb. 1676. I. Mather, Hist. Ind. War, 21. Plymouth Colony Records.]

John married Desire Howland on 6 Nov 1644 in Plymouth, Plymouth, MA. Desire (daughter of John Howland and Elizabeth Tilley) was born on 13 Oct 1623 in Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; died on 13 Oct 1683 in Barnstable, Barnstable, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alt. Birth: 1625, Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; Alt. Birth

Thomas married Rose Hillier in 1642 in Barnstable, Barnstable, MA. Rose was born in 1616 in Barnstable, Barnstable, MA; died in 1687 in Barnstable, Barnstable, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]