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Barbara Lothrop Emerson |
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Barbara Lothrop Emerson was baptized on October 31, 1619 in Edgerton. Her parents were John Lothrop and Hannah Howse. She came to America on the ship Griffin with her family. They arrived in Boston on September 18, 1634. There were about one hundred passengers and cattle for the plantations on the ship. She married John Emerson on July 19, 1638. John was born on March 20, 1616/17 in Cadney, Lincolnshire, England. Her father's recorded her marriage: "My sonn Emmersonn & and my daughter Barbarah marryed at Duxberry by Captain Standige.
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| The Haverhill Emersons by Charles Henry Pope | ||||
John Emerson (the name abbreviated as "Jo:") came to Boston in " The Abigail " in 1635; the only note in Hotten regarding him is his age, — "20." He settled at Scituate and married a daughter of Rev. John Lothrop; then disappeared from our records. It has been asserted that he was called "baker" in Hotten's list of passengers; but this is incorrect. A matter of considerable interest to some persons is the question whether the Massachusetts Emersons were entitled to bear a "coat of arms." We have seen that Thomas called himself "baker" in the deed wherein he conveyed property to his son John and made conditions to which he alluded in his will; so that the ignorant person who carved a coat of arms on the gravestone of Thomas' youngest son, Nathaniel, made a silly blunder. The Haverhill Emersons were also "yeomen," as Thomas and his family called themselves; so that no descendant of either of the Massachusetts Emerson families has the slightest reason for using any coat of arms as from Emerson ancestry. |
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