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Thomas Lothrop |
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Thomas Lothrop was born about 1621 in England. His parents were John Lothrop and Hannah Howse. He came to America on the ship Griffin with his family. They arrived in Boston on September 18, 1634. There were about one hundred passengers and cattle for the plantations on the ship. Thomas married the widow of Thomas Ewer on December 11, 1639. William Cutter has her father as both William Learned and Robert Linnell. Thomas and Sarah's children were Mary Lothrop Stearns French Mixer (1640), Hannah Lothrop (1642), Thomas Lothrop (1644), Melatiah Lothrop (1646), and Bethia Lothrop Hinckley (1649). He died in 1707. |
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| Genealogical Notes of Barnstable Families, Volume 2 by Amos Otis | |||||
In the preceding genealogy it is stated on the authority of this deposition, dated April 4, 1701, that Thomas Lothrop was born in 1621. In that paper he states that he is "about 80 years of age," and that he is a son of Mr. Lothrop. The latter in his will calls Thomas his "eldest son," and from the general expression in the will I inferred that he was his first born, and that 1621 was the true date of birth. From these I inferred that Mr. Lothrop was married in 1620, and settled in the ministry at Edgerton in Kent, as early as 1610. That deposition is seemingly good authority, though it involves some conclusions hard to he believed, one of which I have named in this and former papers, namely, that on the 11th of Dec. 1639, Thomas Lothrop, a boy of eighteen summers, married Sarah Ewer, a widow aged 32, and having at least four children then living, and that his sister Jane married Samuel Fuller at the tender age of 12 or 13 years. A. careful re-examination of the direct and collateral testimony leads to the following conclusions: That Mr. Lothrop was an older mah than I had supposed him to be, born as early as 1590, prohably settled at Edgerton iu 1615, and married as early as 1616. This view explains some matters otherwise involved in doubt, and undermine! the foundation on which rests the evidence of the early marriages of some of his children. |
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| Historic homes and places and genealogical and personal memoirs ..., Volume 4 edited by William Richard Cutter | |||||
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p. 1037-1038 William Learned, the immigrant ancestor, was of Bermondsey parish, Surrey. England. He came to Charlestown, Massachusetts, as early as 1630 and was admitted to the church there in 1632. He was admitted a freeman May 14, 1634, and was selectman of Charlestown in 1636. He removed to Woburn in 1641, and is counted among the founders of that historic old town. He held the office of selectman and other places of honor in Woburn, where he lived the remainder of his days on his farm, and where he died April 5, 1646. He was member of the committee to propose to the general court a body of laws in 1638; evidently a man of education and ability, and a leader. He married Judith who was admitted to the church at the same time that he was, December 6, 1632. He married (second), Sarah or Jane who died at Maiden, January 24, 1660-61. Administration granted to Ralph Shepherd, April 2, 1660. Children: 1. Isaac; mentioned below. 2. Sarah, born 1607, in England, married (first) Thomas,Ewer and (second, Thomas Lothrop. |
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Robert Linnell, immigrant ancestor of all of this surname, born in London, England, of an ancient English family, as early as 1584, came to this country in 1638 and settled in Scituate, Massachusetts, removing to Barnstable in 1639. He joined the church of Rev. John Lothrop, whose record reads: "My brother Robert Linnell and wife having a letter of dismission from the church in London joyned to us September 16, 1638." He took the oath of allegiance February 1, 1638, at Scituate, and was a proprietor of that town as early as January 22, 1638-9; was admitted a freeman of the colony of Plymouth, December 3, 1639; was a grantee of Sippican, January, 1638-9; served on the grand jury, June, 1639. He was a man of high social position, as the title "Mr." given him in the public records bears witness, and when he left England had considerable property, but died comparatively poor. His will, made January 23, 1662, proved March 12, 1662-3, bequeathed to wife, to son David, to daughters Abigail and Bethia, and to John Davis. His widow Penninah petitioned court, October 29, 1669, to recover the house her husband had left her, from the hands of his son David Linnell. She was the second wife; the name of the first is unknown. Children, born in England by first wife: i. Sarah, born 1607; married Thomas Ewer; second, December 11, 1630, Thomas Lothrop. 2. David, mentioned below. 3. Hannah, married March 15, 1648, John Davis. 4. Mary, married October 15, 1649, Richard Childs. 5. Abigail, married May 27, 1651, Joshua Lombard. 6. Shubael (or Samuel). Child of second wife: 7. Bethia, baptized in Barnstable, February 7, 1640-1. |
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