An American Family History

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 in 1634

She married John Emerson on July 19, 1638. John was born on March 20, 1616/17 in Cadney, Lincolnshire, England.

John (or perhaps his father of the same name) had some trouble. On January 3, 1636/37 Edith Pitts appeared in court as a witness against John Emerson who was accused of abusing her while she was a servant to Samuel Jackson. On March 5, 1638/39 John Holmes, the messenger was presented for sitting up in the night, or all the night, drinking inordinately at John Emerson's house.

Her father's recorded her marriage:

My sonn Emmersonn & and my daughter Barbarah marryed at Duxberry by Captain Standige.

They settled at Scituate. In 1638 John Emerson of Scituate was tried before the general court for abusing his wife and the same year for beating his wife.

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 Bale Marsh Captain John Lothrop