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An American Family History

Benjamin Lothrop
The children of John Lothrop
and Hannah Howse
  • Thomas Lothrop
  • Jane Lothrop Fuller
  • Anne Lothrop
  • John Lothrop
  • Barbara Lothrop Emerson
  • Samuel Lothrop
  • Thomas Lothrop
  • Captain Joseph Lothrop
  • Benjamin Lothrop
    • and Ann Hammond
  • the Honorable Barnabas Lothrop
  • Abigail Lothrop Clark
  • Bathsheba Lothrop Marsh
  • Captain John Lothrop
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    Benjamin Lothrop was born in England. His parents were John Lothrop and Hannah Howse. 

    He came to America on the ship Griffin with his family.

    The Griffin left England August 1, 1634 and arrived in Boston on September 18, 1634 with about one hundred passengers and cattle for the plantations. The passengers included the Bartholomew, Cotton, Hammond, Haines, Heaton, Hutchinson (including dissident Anne), Lothrop, Lynde, Magatt, and Symmes families.

    His wife was named Martha. They moved to Charlestown where he was a merchant.

    Their children were Martha Lothrop Goodwin (1652) Hannah Lothrop Swain (1655), Benjamin Lothrop (1660), Mary Lothrop Brown (1661), Sarah Lothrop (1664), Elizabeth Lothrop (1665), Rebecca Lothrop (1666) Mercy Lothrop (1670), and John Lothrop (1672).

    He died on July 3, 1691.
    Lady Day Before 1752 the year began on March 25th. Dates between January 1st and March 24th were at the end of the year, not the beginning.
    Various spellings of Lothrop
    Lathrop, Laythrop, Lothroppe, Lothropp, Lowthrop, Lowthropp
         

     

         

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