Various spellings of Lothrop:
Lathrop, Laythrop, Lothroppe, Lothropp, Lowthrop, Lowthropp
An early American tavern(or ordinary) was an important meeting place and they were strictly supervised. Innkeepers were respectable members of the community. Taverns offered food and drink. An inn also offered accommodation.
Early European settlers in the American colonies were mostly farmers and craftsmen. They had to work hard to provide daily neccesities for themselves.
The Honorable Barnabas (Barnabus) Lothrop was baptized at Scituate on June 6, 1636. His parents were John Lothrop and Ann Hammond.
He married Susanna Clark on December 1, 1658. Susanna was born about 1671 in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Her parents were Thomas Clark and Susannah Ring. Her brother James Clark married Abigail Lothrop, Barnabas' sister.
Their children included:
John Lothrop (1659, died age 6),
Abigail Lothrop Sturgis (1660, married Thomas Sturgis),
Barnabas Lothrop (1663),
Susanna Lothrop Shurtleff (1665, married William Shurtleff),
John Lothrop (1667),
Nathaniel Lothrop (1669),
Bathshua Lothrop Freeman (1671, married Samuel Freeman),
Anna Lothrop Lewes (1673, married Ebenezer Lewes),
Thomas Lothrop (1675),
Mercy Lothrop (1676, died at 12 months),
Sarah Lothrop Skeff (1678, marrid Stephen Skiffe),
Thankful Lothrop Hedge (1679, married John Hedge),
James Lothrop (1684), and
Samuel Lothrop (1685).
In 1677 he received a license
to be provided with wine and liquors to sell for the supply of such as may be in want, either by sickness or otherwise, to dispose thereof to sober persons, as there may be occasion for their refreshment according to his discretion.
He was an assistant in the Government of Plymouth Colony. In 1692 he was a member of the first Council after the union of the Colonies under the Charter of William and Mary.
Susanna died on September 28, 1697.
His second wife was the widow Abigail Button Dodson (Dudson). They married in 1698. She was christened on January 7, 1644. She was the daughter of Robert Button and Abigail Firmage. Her first husband was Joseph Dodson,
He died on October 26, 1715 when he was 79 years old. Abigail died on December 21, 1715. They are buried in the old burying lot near the county jail in Barnstable.
Mary White Rowlandson,Talcot
was captured by Native Americans
during King Philip's War
(1675-1676).
Some Puritans gave their children hortatory names (from the Latin for “encourage”) like Thankful, hoping that the children would live up to them. The names were used for several generations.
Old Style Calendar
Before 1752 the year began on Lady Day, March 25th,. Dates between January 1st and March 24th were at the end of the year. Old Style (O.S.) and New Style (N.S.) are used to indicate whether the year has been adjusted. Often both dates are used.
Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts was settled in 1627 by Puritan colonists from Plymouth.
The town common (commons) was a small, open field at the center of the town which was jointly owned. It was used as a marketplace, a place for the militia to drill, or for grazing livestock.
