Judge Samuel Lathrop

In 1648 Samuel went to New London, then called Pequot, where he build the second church and held positions of responsibility and honor. In 1649 the general court organized a local court at Pequot and Samuel Lathrop was one of the judges. In 1668 he removed to Norwich, where he is recorded as constable and townsman.

Samuel was a judge, Barnstable County, 1643. He served in Major Willard's Expadition against Ninigret in 1654, and he served with Lieutenant Avery in the Expedition for relief of Uncas, 1659

Came to America aboard the Griffin

Samuel Lathrop Biography Excerpt from the biography of Ernest Avery Lathrop, "A Modern History of New London County, Connecticut," published 1922.

Samuel Lathrop was a builder of Boston, and a farmer of Barnstable, finally settling in what is now New London, Connecticut, where he became one of the judges of the local court organized in 1649. In 1668 he moved to Norwich, Connecticut where he was chosen constable. He first married on 28 November, 1644, in Barnstable, Elizabeth Scudder. They were the parents of nine children, their eldest, a son, baptized 7 Dec 1645, their youngest, a daughter, Anne, born 7 Aug, 1667. Samuel Lathrop married second in 1690, Abigail Doane, born 29 Jan 1632, daughter of Deacon Doane, of the Plymouth Colony. She survived her husband thirty four years, living to the great age of one hundred and two.

He was a house carpenter by trade, combining with it extensive farming operations. In 1648 he went to New London, then called Pequot, where he built the "Second Church" and held positions of responsibility and honor. In 1649 the General Court organized a local court at Pequot and Samuel was one of the judges. In 1668 he removed to Norwich, where he is recorded as "Constable" and "Townsman", and where he died, leaving the widow Abigail who survived him many years.

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From Huntington's A Genealogical Memoir of the Lo-Lathrop Family ...:

SAMUEL, born in England, and came with his father to Scituate in 1634, thence to Barnstable, where he married, Nov. 28, 1644, Elizabeth Scudder, who had been dismissed from the church in Boston Nov. 10, 1644, to remove her church relation to that in Barnstable. She is reported in Savage as a sister to that John Scudder who was in Barnstable in 1640. He had made the acquaintance of Miss Scudder in Boston, where he commenced his business life as house builder, afterwards combining with this extensive farming operations, Their marriage was recorded by his father on the Barnstable Church Register as follows: "My sonn Samuel & Elizabeth Scudder marryed at my house by Mr. Freeman, Nov. 28, 1644."

They settled in Barnstable, where his house stood next that of John Scudder.

He is reported, in 1643, as one of the five Lothrops at Barnstable liable to bear arms.

In 1648 he removed to New London, Connecticut, then called Pequot. We now find Mr. Lothrop mentioned in two letters from Governor Winthrop to his son John, Jr., at Pequot. In one of these, bearing date Aug. 14, 1648, on the subject of obtaining a minister for the settlement, he writes: " Your neighbour Lothrop came not at me (as I expected) to advise about it," etc.

His house lot in the new plantation was the third in order from that of John Winthrop, Jr,, Esq., and his name is one of the first eighteen to whom were assigned lands on the east side of the "great river" of Pequot, and for these the lots were drawn on the 17th and 31st of January, 1648-9.

Almost at once Mr. Lothrop is assigned by his new townsmen to places of responsibility and honor. The General Court of the State, in May, 1649, organized a local court at Pequot, having for its judges John Winthrop, Esq., Samuel Lothrop, and Thomas Minor, giving them power to sit in the trial of all causes between the inhabitants in which the differences were under forty shillings.

In 1650 he appears with fifteen other townsmen in town meeting "to arrange a system of co-operation with Mr. Winthrop in establishing a mill to grind corn."

He received a large grant of land, also, on the west side of the Pequot river north of the settlement. It was about five miles up the river at a place called Namussuck. A farm of 260 acres at this place remained in the family until 1735, when it was sold by his grandson Nathaniel, after settling all claims, for 2,300 pounds.

His "cattle marks" were recorded before 1650. When, in 1657, Uncas, routed by the Narragansetts, had been chased into tile fort at the head of the Nahantick and was there beseiged, Lieut. James Avery, Mr. Brewster, Samuel Lothrop and others, well armed, succeeded in throwing themselves into the fort and aided in the defence.

He sold his town homestead in 1661 to the Rev. Gershom Bulkley. This house stood beyond the bridge over the mill brook, on east side of highway toward Mohegan, "probably where now (1852) stands the Hallam House."

In 1679 is recorded a contract of Mr. Lothrop for building the Second Church in New London.

He removed to Norwich in 1668. Miss Caulkins in history of Norwich says, "after the first thirty-eight proprietors the next inhabitants who came in as grantees of the town are John Elderkin and Samuel Lothrop." A house lot was first granted to John Elderkin, who, finding it too far from his business, had it conveyed to Samuel Lothrop.

Mr. Lothrop appears to have erected a house on the town street before 1670, which from that time became his home. The house built by Dr. Daniel Lathrop, his great-grandson, about 1745, probably stands upon the same site-now Mrs. Gilman's.

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He was a house carpenter by trade, combining with it extensive farming operations. In 1648 he went to New London, then called Pequot, where he built the "Second Church" and held positions of responsibility and honor. In 1649 the General Court organized a local court at Pequot and Samuel was one of the judges. In 1668 he removed to Norwich, where he is recorded as "Constable" and "Townsman", and where he died, leaving the widow Abigail who survived him many years.

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Families of Ancient New Haven by Donald Lines Jacobus, pg. 1081, 1551

"of Norwich"

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• Samuel Lothrop
• Birth: 1621 Kent, England
• Death: Feb. 19, 1700 Norwich, New London County, Connecticut, USA
• Samuel, 3rd son of Rev. John & Hannah (House) Lothrop, was born say 1621. He married (1) at Barnstable MA, 28 Nov 1644, Elizabeth Scudder. He married (2) in early 1690s, Abigail Doane, daughter of JOHN DOANE {1630, Plymouth}.
• Source Anderson's Great Migratiob
• Family links:
• Parents:
• John Lothrop (1584 - 1653)
• Hannah House Lothrop (1594 - 1633)
• Spouses:
• Abigail Doane Lothrop (1632 - 1734)
• Elizabeth Scudder Lothrop (1622 - 1700)*
• Children:
  • Martha Lothrop Moss (1657 - 1719)*
  • Israel Lothrop (1659 - 1733)*
  • Abigail Lothrop Baker (1665 - 1746)*
• Siblings:
• Thomas Lothrop (1612 - ____)*
• Jane Lothrop Fuller (1614 - 1659)*
• Anne Lothrop (1614 - 1617)*
• John Lothrop (1617 - ____)*
• Barbara Lothrop Emerson (1619 - ____)*
• Samuel Lothrop (1621 - 1700)
• Joseph Lothrop (1624 - 1702)*
• Benjamin Lothrop (1626 - ____)*
• Barnabas Lothrop (1636 - 1715)**
• Daughter Lothrop (1638 - 1638)**
• Abigail Lothrop Clark (1639 - ____)**
• Bathsheba Lothrop Mash (1642 - 1722)**
• Elizabeth Lothrop Williams (1643 - ____)**
• John Lothrop (1645 - ____)**
• Son Lothrop (1649 - 1649)**
• *Calculated relationship
• **Half-sibling
• Burial: Unknown
• Find A Grave Memorial# 54610376
• From: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=54610376 ________________________

John Doane

• John Doane John Doane (c.1590 - 1685/6) He arrived in Plymouth Colony on an unknown ship sometime between 1628 and 1632. During his long life he is considered a person of note in Plymouth Colony serving in many government capacities associated with the colony government, such as government committees and deputy for Plymouth as well as Assistant Governor in 1632/33. He left government service for a time in the 1630s to serve as deacon in the Plymouth Church.[1]
• John Doane stated he was born in England and in his 1678 will he stated he was age about eighty-eight years of age making his birth year being about 1590. Nothing else is known of his English ancestry. There is no record of John Doane being in Leiden, Holland, although he was a Plymouth church deacon.[2]
• .... etc.
• John Doane's earliest known wife was called Ann in a 1648 deed, but in a later deed (of 1659) his wife was Lydia.[2]
• John Doane married:
• 1. Ann (poss. Perkins) by 1625 and had five children. She died on June 1, 1654 and was buried in Cove Burying Ground, Eastham.
• 2. Lydia ___ by April 1, 1659 and died between May 18, 1678 and December 23, 1681. Her burial place is unknown.
• Children of John and (probably) Ann Doane:
  • Lydia born about 1625 and died by June 1677. She married Samuel Hicks in Plymouth on September 11, 1645 and had two children. Their burial places are unknown.
  • Abigail was born about 1631 and died in Norwich, Connecticut on January 23, 1734/5. Her burial place is unknown. She married Samuel Lothrop as his 2nd wife in the early 1690s, but had no children. He died about 1700.
  • John was born about 1635 .... etc.
• From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Doane _____________________
• The Doane family: 1. Deacon John Doane, of Plymouth, 2. Doctor John Done, of Maryland, and their descendants. With notes upon English families of the same name (1902)
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• http://archive.org/stream/doanefamily1deac00doan#page/n36/mode/1up
• Pg.1
• 1 JOHN1 DOANE came over from England and settled in Plymouth. He was the founder of the Doane family in America. Nothing is yet known of his history in England, but the same is true also of the greater number of the Pilgrims who repaired to these New England shores before the middle of the seventeenth century. .... etc
• Of John Doane's eraly life, of his parentage, the place of his nativity, the family name of his wife, the name of the vessel on which he came nothing whatever has yet been discovered. .... etc.
• http://archive.org/stream/doanefamily1deac00doan#page/16/mode/1up
• .... His wife's name appears as Abigail. They were undoubtedly interred in the old cemetery at Eastham, the first burial ground of the town. .... etc.
• http://archive.org/stream/doanefamily1deac00doan#page/18/mode/1up
• Children of Deacon John Doane:
  • 2 i LYDIA,2 b. ---- .
  • 3 ii ABIGAIL,2 b. Jan. 13, 1632.
  • 4 iii JOHN,2 b. about 1635.
  • 5 iv DANIEL,2 b. about 1636.
  • 6 v EPHRAIM,2 b --- .
• http://archive.org/stream/doanefamily1deac00doan#page/19/mode/1up
• 2 LYDIA2 DOANE (John1) .... etc.
• http://archive.org/stream/doanefamily1deac00doan#page/20/mode/1up
• 3 ABIGAIL2 DOANE (John1) was born at Plymouth, Jan. 13, 1631-2 and died at Norwich, Conn., Jan. 23, 1734-5. She married, in 1690, Samuel, born in England about 1620, second son of Rev. John Lothrop.(*) .... etc.
• http://archive.org/stream/doanefamily1deac00doan#page/21/mode/1up
• Samuel Lothrop was married, first, by his father, at Barnstable Nov. 28, 1644, to Miss Elizabeth Scudder, of whose death there is no record. .... etc. In 1668 he removed to Norwich, where he is recorded as "Constable" and "Townsman," and where he died Feb. 29, 1700, leaving the widow Abigail who survived him many years.
• On the one hundredth anniversary of her birth, an audience of her neighbors and church people assembled in her rooms at Norwich, where a sermon was preached by her pastor, the Rev. Benjamin Lord. At this time, it is claimed, she retained to a remarkable degree the intelligence and vivacity of her earlier years.
• She was buried in the old Town Burial Ground near the Congregational church in Norwich, a stone with the following inscription marking her grave : .... etc.
• Caulkins' History of New London gives the following notice of her death, copied from the New England Weekly Journal:
• Mrs. Abigail Lothrop died at Norwich, Jan. 23, 1735, in her 104th year. Her father John Doane and his wife came to Plymouth in 1630, and there she was born the next year. She lived single till she was sixty years old and then married Mr. John (Samuel) Lothrop of Norwich, who lived ten years and then died.
• 4 JOHN2 DOANE, Jr. (John1) .... etc. ___________________________________

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In 1648 Samuel went to New London, then called Pequot, where he build the second church and held positions of responsibility and honor. In 1649 the general court organized a local court at Pequot and Samuel Lathrop was one of the judges. In 1668 he removed to Norwich, where he is recorded as constable and townsman.tion against Ninigret in 1654, and he served with Lieutenant Avery in the Expedition for relief of Uncas, 1659aphy of Ernest Avery Lathrop, "A Modern History of New London County, Connecticut," published 1922.ow New London, Connecticut, where he became one of the judges of the local court organized in 1649. In 1668 he moved to Norwich, Connecticut where he was chosen constable. He first married on 28 November, 1644, in Barnstable, Elizabeth Scudder. They were the parents of nine children, their eldest, a son, baptized 7 Dec 1645, their youngest, a daughter, Anne, born 7 Aug, 1667. Samuel Lathrop married second in 1690, Abigail Doane, born 29 Jan 1632, daughter of Deacon Doane, of the Plymouth Colony. She survived her husband thirty four years, living to the great age of one hundred and two.as a house carpenter by trade, combining with it extensive farming operations. In 1648 he went to New London, then called Pequot, where he built the "Second Church" and held positions of responsibility and honor. In 1649 the General Court organized a local court at Pequot and Samuel was one of the judges. In 1668 he removed to Norwich, where he is recorded as "Constable" and "Townsman", and where he died, leaving the widow Abigail who survived him many years. with his father to Scituate in 1634, thence to Barnstable, where he married, Nov. 28, 1644, Elizabeth Scudder, who had been dismissed from the church in Boston Nov. 10, 1644, to remove her church relation to that in Barnstable. She is reported in Savage as a sister to that John Scudder who was in Barnstable in 1640. He had made the acquaintance of Miss Scudder in Boston, where he commenced his business life as house builder, afterwards combining with this extensive farming operations, Their marriage was recorded by his father on the Barnstable Church Register as follows: "My sonn Samuel & Elizabeth Scudder marryed at my house by Mr. Freeman, Nov. 28, 1644."ps at Barnstable liable to bear arms., at Pequot. In one of these, bearing date Aug. 14, 1648, on the subject of obtaining a minister for the settlement, he writes: " Your neighbour Lothrop came not at me (as I expected) to advise about it," etc. the "great river" of Pequot, and for these the lots were drawn on the 17th and 31st of January, 1648-9.onor. The General Court of the State, in May, 1649, organized a local court at Pequot, having for its judges John Winthrop, Esq., Samuel Lothrop, and Thomas Minor, giving them power to sit in the trial of all causes between the inhabitants in which the differences were under forty shillings. Mr. Winthrop in establishing a mill to grind corn." place called Namussuck. A farm of 260 acres at this place remained in the family until 1735, when it was sold by his grandson Nathaniel, after settling all claims, for 2,300 pounds.rks" were recorded before 1650. When, in 1657, Uncas, routed by the Narragansetts, had been chased into tile fort at the head of the Nahantick and was there beseiged, Lieut. James Avery, Mr. Brewster, Samuel Lothrop and others, well armed, succeeded in throwing themselves into the fort and aided in the defence.ond the bridge over the mill brook, on east side of highway toward Mohegan, "probably where now (1852) stands the Hallam House."d Church in New London.re John Elderkin and Samuel Lothrop." A house lot was first granted to John Elderkin, who, finding it too far from his business, had it conveyed to Samuel Lothrop.ed a house on the town street before 1670, which from that time became his home. The house built by Dr. Daniel Lathrop, his great-grandson, about 1745, probably stands upon the same site-now Mrs. Gilman's.he built the "Second Church" and held positions of responsibility and honor. In 1649 the General Court organized a local court at Pequot and Samuel was one of the judges. In 1668 he removed to Norwich, where he is recorded as "Constable" and "Townsman", and where he died, leaving the widow Abigail who survived him many years.Lines Jacobus, pg. 1081, 1551aughter of JOHN DOANE {1630, Plymouth}.il Doane Lothrop (1632 - 1734)- 1746)**lark (1639 - ____)**hipane John Doane (c.1590 - 1685/6) He arrived in Plymouth Colony on an unknown ship sometime between 1628 and 1632. During his long life he is considered a person of note in Plymouth Colony serving in many government capacities associated with the colony government, such as government committees and deputy for Plymouth as well as Assistant Governor in 1632/33. He left government service for a time in the 1630s to serve as deacon in the Plymouth Church.[1]ng about 1590. Nothing else is known of his English ancestry. There is no record of John Doane being in Leiden, Holland, although he was a Plymouth church deacon.[2] est known wife was called Ann in a 1648 deed, but in a later deed (of 1659) his wife was Lydia.[2]4 and was buried in Cove Burying Ground, Eastham.n Doane:ut 1631 and died in Norwich, Connecticut on January 23, 1734/5. Her burial place is unknown. She married Samuel Lothrop as his 2nd wife in the early 1690s, but had no children. He died about 1700. and their descendants. With notes upon English families of the same name (1902)p of the greater number of the Pilgrims who repaired to these New England shores before the middle of the seventeenth century. .... etc his nativity, the family name of his wife, the name of the vessel on which he came nothing whatever has yet been discovered. .... etc.1upac00doan#page/18/mode/1upt 1635.ream/doanefamily1deac00doan#page/20/mode/1upn in England about 1620, second son of Rev. John Lothrop.(*) .... etc.at Barnstable Nov. 28, 1644, to Miss Elizabeth Scudder, of whose death there is no record. .... etc. In 1668 he removed to Norwich, where he is recorded as "Constable" and "Townsman," and where he died Feb. 29, 1700, leaving the widow Abigail who survived him many years. orwich, where a sermon was preached by her pastor, the Rev. Benjamin Lord. At this time, it is claimed, she retained to a remarkable degree the intelligence and vivacity of her earlier years. e was buried in the old Town Burial Ground near the Congregational church in Norwich, a stone with the following inscription marking her grave : .... etc.e following notice of her death, copied from the New England Weekly Journal: ymouth in 1630, and there she was born the next year. She lived single till she was sixty years old and then married Mr. John (Samuel) Lothrop of Norwich, who lived ten years and then died. JOHN2 DOANE, Jr. (John1) .... etc.

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Age: 78

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Age: About 67-68

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MH:S674 WikiTree MyHeritage <a href='http://www.wikitree.com' target='wikitree'>www.wikitree.com</a> https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-10109-2901924/samuel-lat... Event: Record Role: 10109:2901924: Samuel Lathrop&lt;br&gt;Gender: Male&lt;br&gt;Birth: 1623 - London, Middlesex, England&lt;br&gt;Marriage: Nov 28 1644 - Norwich, New London, CT&lt;br&gt;Death: Feb 19 1701 - Norwich, New London, CT&lt;br&gt;Father: John Lowthroppe&lt;br&gt;Mother: Hannah Howse&lt;br&gt;Wife: Elizabeth Scudder&lt;br&gt;Child: Israel Lathrop

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Biography

Birth: March 3, 1623 (N.S.) at Egerton, Kent, EnglandDeath: February 28 or 29, 1701 at Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA
Samuel was a resident of Scituate, Barnstable, Massachusetts. New London, Connecticut in 1648, and Norwich by 1668. He was a farmer, house builder and later Constable in 1673 and 1682. He held the title of Judge. He is a fourth great grandfather of US President Ulysses S. Grant.

Family

Samuel Lothrop was married, first, by his father, at Barnstable Nov. 28, 1644, to Miss Elizabeth Scudder, of whose death there is no record.He was a house carpenter by trade, combining with it extensive farming operations. In 1648 he went to New London, then called Pequot, wherehe built the " Second Church " and held positions of responsibility and honor. In 1649 the General Court organized a local court at Pequot and Samuel Lothrop was one of the judges. In 1668 he removed to Norwich, where he is recorded as " Constable " and " Townsman."
He married second , in 1690, Abigail Doane who was born at Plymouth, Jan. 13, 1632 and died at Norwich, Conn., Jan. 23, 1735.

Samuel died at Norwich on Feb. 29, 1700, leaving the widow Abigail whosurvived him many years.

Will

Norwich dated 24 Feb 1699/1700, names wife, sons Israel and Joseph, daughters, son John, son Samuel. Proved 8 Apr 1700. Attached to inventory-- The names of children and legatees: John (deceased), Samuell, Israell, Joseph, Elizabeth (deceased), Sarah, Martha, Abigaell, Ann. Wife Abigaile Lothrop made oath to the inventory. The Inventory is headed Samuell Lothrop of Norwich whoo Deceased ffebruary 29th 1699/700<ref>Probate Files Collection, Early to 1880; Author: Connecticut State Library (Hartford, Connecticut); Probate Place: Hartford, Connecticut. Probate Packets, Lord, J-Macdonald, F, 1675-1850. Samuel Lothrop, Norwich,1700 #3293. New London Probate Dist. Connecticut County, District andProbate Courts. Accessed at Ancestry.com</ref>

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From A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, by James Savage:—

"LOTHROP, LATHROP, LOTHORP, or LOWTHROP, LAWTHROP.

"|| * BARNABAS, Barnstable, s. of Rev. John, m. Plymouth rec. says, 3 Nov. or as ano. report is, 1 Dec. 1658, Susanna, d. of Thomas Clark, had John, b. 7 Oct. 1659, d. bef. 7 yrs.; Abigail, 18 Dec. 1670; Barnabas, 22 Mar. 1673; Susanna, Feb. 1665; Nathaniel, 23 Nov. 1679; Bathshua, 25 June 1671; Ann, 10 Aug. 1673; Thomas, 7 Mar. 1675, d. at 7 mos.; Mercy, 27 June 1677, d. at one yr.; Thankful, bapt. 16 Sept. 1683; James, 30 Mar. 1684; and Samuel, 14 June 1685; was six yrs. a rep. also an Assist, of the Col. of Plymouth, named a counsellor in the new Province Chart, by Increase Mather, and rechosen; m. sec. w. 15 Nov. 1698, Abigail, wid. of Joseph Dudson, d. of Robert Button, and d. 1715, in 79th yr.

"BENJAMIN, Barnstable, br. of the preced. b. prob. in Eng. rem. to Charlestown, had w. Martha, and ds. Martha, b. 3 Nov. 1652; Hannah, 15 Sept. 1655; and Benjamin; all bapt. 5 Aug. 1660; Mary, bapt. 9 June 1661; Sarah, b. 10, bapt. 17 Apr; 1661, d. soon; Eliz. bapt. 21 May 1665; Rebecca, 14, bapt. 18 Nov. 1666; Mercy, 17, bapt. 18 Dec. 1670; and John, 15, bapt. 21 July 1672, d. young. Of the ds. Martha m. 2 Dec. 1669, John Goodwin, and was mo. of the four ch. wh. plagued Cotton Mather; Marytn. 21 May 1679 William Brown; and Hannah m. 21 Aug. 1679, Henry Swain; was a householder 1653 and 1678, aft. the gr. Jnd. war, when he was a soldier in capt. William Turner’s comp. 1676 at Hatfield, unless that soldier was his neph. s. of Joseph, as seems more prob. the same being in the list call. jr. d. 3 July 1691. Hope, Barnstable, s. of Joseph, in. 17 Dec. 1696, Eliz. d. prob. of Meletiah or of John Lothrop, had Benjamin, b. 18 Dec. 1697; and John, 3 Oct. 1699.

"JOHN, Scituate, the first min. was bred at Oxford, if the tradit. may he trusted, but prob. he was there only for a short time, preached, perhaps, at Egerton, in Kent, but certain, in London, where Bp. Laud caus. him.to be impris. for it, for two yrs. in wh. time his w. d. by whom he had all his ch. exc. these by sec. w. Barnabas, bapt. at S. 6 June 1636; Abigail, wh. was bapt. at Barnstable, 3 Nov. 1639, the first in that cli.; Bathshua, bapt. 27 Feb. 1642; John, 9 Feb. 1645; and two, wh. d. soon aft. b. 30 July J038 and 25 Jan. 1650. On liberat. from prison he embark, for Boston 1634, hav. fellow-passeng. Rev. Zachary Symmes, celebr. Ann Hutchinson, and many others, arr. in Sept, and 27th of that mo. went to S. there in. sec. w. Ann, wh. long outliv. him, dying 25 Feb. 1688. On 18 Jan. 1635, the ch. at S. were gather, for enjoy, the benefit of his services, as in Deane’s Hist. 167, 13 told, but the author, ment. that the centenn. annivers, would occur on 7 Jan. 1835, deduct, eleven days, whereas the true annivers. requir. addit. of ten days, must have been 28 of the mo. He rem, to Barnstable with a large part of his flock, 11 Oct. 1639, and was held in honor to his d. 8 Nov. 1653. His will, made 10 Aug. bef. provides for w. the eldest s. Thomas, and Benjamin, beside John, wh. was in Eng. and ds. Jane and Barbara. Jane m. 8 Apr. 1635, says her f. Samuel Fuller; Barbara m. 19 July 1638, . . . . . Emerson; and Abigail m. 7 Oct. 1657, James Clark. It is much regretted that no better acco. of this eminent confessor is obtaina. than a descend, of our days compil. in 2 Hist. Coll. I. 163, for in Mather nothing but his name in the list is giv. Ch. beside those already nam. were his sec. and third s. Samuel and Joseph, both brot. from Eng. JOHN, Barnstable, youngest s. of the preced. m. 3 Jan. 1672, at Plymouth, Mary Cole, junr. had John, b. 5 Aug. 1673; Mary, 27 Oct. 1675; Martha, 11 Nov. 1677; Eliz. 16 Sept. 1679; James, 3 July 1681; Hannah, 13 Mar. 16S3; Jonathan, 14 Nov. 1684; Barna¬ bas, 22 Oct. 1686; Abigail, 23 Apr. bapt. 12 May 1689; and Experi¬ence, 7 Jan. bapt 10 May 1692; and, perhaps, others; and he d. 17 Sept. 1727, in 85th yr. wh. proves that he was b. at Barnstable, unless fig. err. John, Norwich, s. of Samuel the first, m. 15 Dec. 1669, Ruth, d. of Robert Royce.

"* JOSEPH, Barnstable, s. of the first John, b. in London, perhaps, certain, in Eng. m. 11 Dec. 1650, Mary Ansell, had a ch. b. 19 Nov. 1651, bur. next day; Joseph, 3 Dec. 1652, d. at 24 yrs.; Mary, 22 Mar. 1654; Benjamin, 25 July 1657; Eliz. 18 Sept. 1659; John, 28 Nov. 1661, d. at two yrs.; Samuel, 17 Mar. 1664; John, again, 7 Aug. 1666; Barnabas, 24 Feb. 1669; Hope, 15 July 1671; Thomas, 6 Jan. 1674; and Hannah, 23 Jan. 1676, d. at 5 yrs. He was rep. 1667, and for eleven yrs. aft. Mary m. 16 Jan. 1674, Edward Crowell; and Eliz. m. 29 Dec. 1680, Thomas Fuller. MARK, Salem 1643, rem. to Duxbury, and thence to Bridgewater 1656, d. a. 1686. He had Eliz. Mark, Samuel, and Edward. Eliz. m. Samuel Packard the sec. of the same; Mark perish, in the abortive expedit. of Phips 1690, prob. unm. but left a will, and his br. Edward d. without issue. Descend, are, it is said, num.

"MELETIAH, Barnstable, s. of Thomas, m. 20 May 1667, Sarah, eldest d. of Thomas Farrar of Lynn, had Thomas, b. 22 Aug. 1668; Tabitha, 3 Apr. 1671; Isaac, 23 June 1673; Joseph, 15 Dec. 1675; Eliz. 23 Nov. 1677; Ichabod, 20 June 1680; Shubael, 20 Apr. 1682; and Sarah, 5 Mar. 1684. He d. 6 Feb. 1712, and his wid. d. 23 May foll. in her 64th yr.

"SAMUEL, New London, g. of Rev. John, b. in Eng. one of the first sett. 1648, had m. at Barnstable, 28 Nov. 1644, as his f. tells, Eliz. Scudder (sis. I suppose, of John), had John, bapt. at Boston, in right of his mo. 7 Dec. 1645. This discov. of the meaning of our ch, rec. wh. is strange, confused, aft. being by me some three or four yrs. given over, may encourage other explorers not to despair. He was of high esteem, rem. to Norwich 1668, had by w. Abigail, m. 1692 (wh. long outliv. him, and was 100 yrs. old 13 Jan. 1733, when in her room, at the ho. of her s. a sermon was preach.) no ch. of course, as she was sixty yrs. old when m. By the first w. were nine ch. five ds. and the others. were Samuel, 1650; Israel, 1659; and Joseph, 1661; as ment. by Miss Caulkins in her Hist, of N. Of the five ds. I kn. only Eliz. wh. in. 15 Dec. 1669, Isaac Royce of New London; and Ann, wh. m. William Hough, sec. of N. and d. 19 Nov. 1745. He d. 19 Feb. 1701. Samuel, Barnstable, s. of Joseph, is said to have m. Hannah, d. of Thomas Adgate, but more prob. m. 1 July 1686, Hannah, d. of John Crocker, had Mary, b. 19 Oct. 1688; Han¬nah, 11 Nov. 1690; Abigail, 10 Aug. 1693; Benjamin, 16 Apr. 1696; Joseph, 10 Nov. 1698; and Samuel, 28 Apr. 1700.

"* || THOMAS, Salem, freem. 14 May 1634, ar. co. 1645, lieut. and capt. rep. 1647, 53, and 64, and for Beverly 1672 and more yrs. where he was one of the found, of the ch. 1667; tho. no acc. is kn. of his w. or ch. my conject. makes him the same who was capt. in the fight at Bloody brook, 18 Sept. 1675, near Deerfield, k. by the Ind. with almost every man of his comp, call. “the flower of Essex.” He left, perhaps, no ch. but his wid. Bethia. d. of Daniel Rea, m. Joseph Grafton, as his sec. w. and next, m. deac. William Goodhue.

"THOMAS, Barnstable, eldest s. of Rev. John, b. in Eng. join, his f.’s ch. 14 May 1637, m. 11 Dec. 1630, Sarah, wid. of Thomas Ewer of Charlestown, d. of William Lamed, had Mary, bapt. 4 Oct. 1640; Hannah, b. 18 Oct. 1642; Thomas, bapt. 7 July 1644; Meletiah, 22 Nov. 1646; and Bethia, 22 July 1649, wh. m. July 1668, John Hinckley; Mary m. Dec. 1656, the first John Stearns, as his sec. w. and next, 6 May 1669, capt. William French, both of Billerica, and 3d in 1684, Isaac Mixer of Watertown, as his 3d w. He sw. in a depon. of 4 Apr. 1701, that he was “a. 80 yrs. of age.”

"THOMAS, Barnstable, perhaps youngest s. of Joseph, unless Meletiah were his f. m. 23 Apr. 1697, Experience, d. of James Gorham, had a s. b. 10 Jan. 1698, d. next mo.; Deborah, 21 Apr. 1699; Mary, 4 Apr. 1701; James, 9 Aug. 1703; Thomas, 8 July 1705; Ansel, a. 1707; Joseph, 8 Dec. 1709; and Seth, Mar. 1712. Five of this name, varying only bet. a and o in the first syl. had been gr. at Harv. in 1834, seventeen at Yale, and two at other N. E. coll."