Generation 1

REV. JOHN LOTHROP of Etton, Southwark, Scituate and Barnstable (bp. 1584 - 1653)

Parents: His pedigree can be traced back several generations.

John Lothrop was baptised on 20 Dec 1584 in Etton, Yorkshire, Egland. [Ref] He died on 8 Nov 1653. [Ref] He married first Hannah House, the sister of Samuel House. [Ref] She died in 1633, while her husband was imprisoned. [Ref] He married second Anne Unknown probably in 1635. [Ref]

Samuel House died before 1661 when inventory was taken on his estate in Scituate. [Ref] He was a member of the Situate church on 8 Jan 1634/5. [Ref] He is said by a competent genealogist to be the son of Rev. John Howse. The same genealogist also says that Thomas House of Yarmouth may be his brother. [Ref] He married Elizabeth, the daughter of William and Elizabeth (Paine) Hammond of Watertown, about 1635. [Ref] He went to Barnstable with the Lothrop group, but later returned. [Ref]

He received his BA from Cambridge University in 1605 and his MA in 1609. [Ref]

He was the curate of the church in Egerton, co. Kent from about 1611 to 1623. [Ref] In 1623 he renounced his orders under the Church of England. [Ref] He replaced the Rev. Henry Jacob at the First Independent Church in Southwark, Surrey. [Ref] The church's illegal meetings were held in secret [Ref] but they were discoved by the authorities on 29 Apr 1632. [Ref] He was imprisoned in 1632 and released on bail in 1634. [Ref][Ref]

John and went to New England on the Griffen, which arrived on 18 Sep 1634. [Ref] He and the thirty church members who accompanied him went to Scituate on 27 Sep 1634. [Ref] The church split in 1639 and Lothrop left to become the minister in Barnstable. [Ref] More information about John is available in the "Early History" section of the Scituate page.

John was a freeman on 7 Jun 1637. [Ref]

John's will is dated 10 Aug 1653; inventory was taken on 8 Dec 1654. [Ref] He names his son Thomas, his son John in England, his son Benjamin and his daughters Jane and Barbara. [Ref]

Children of John Lothrop and Hannah House:

1. Thomas Lothrop married the widow Sarah Ewer.
2. Samuel Lothrop settled in Barnstable. [Ref]
3. Joseph Lothrop settled in Barnstable. [Ref]
4. Benjamin Barnstable [Ref]
5. Jane Barnstable. [Ref]
6. Barbara Barnstable [Ref]

Children of John Lothrop and Anne Unknown

1. Barnabus Lothrop died in 1715 in Barnstable. [Ref] He married Susan Clark. [Ref] He was an Assistant of Plymouth Colony. [Ref]
2. John Lothrop married Mary Cole of Plymouth in 1639. [Ref] In his will, his father says that John is in England, but Deane [Ref] says that he returned and settled in Barnstable.
3. Abigail Lotrhop was baptised in Oct 1639 in Barnstable. [Ref]

Possible child of John Lothrop:

1. Elizabeth, wife of Capt. John Williams. [Ref]

Generation 2

THOMAS LOTHROP of Barnstable

Parents: Rev. John Lothrop and Hannah House

Thomas married the widow Sarah Ewer on 11 Dec 1639 in Barnstable. [Ref]

In his will, his father refers to Thomas as his eldest son. [Ref] He left him his house in Barnstable. [Ref]

Children of Thomas Lothrop

1. Mary Lothrop was born on 4 Oct 1640 in Barnstable. She married first John Stearns. She married second Capt. William French. [Ref] She married third Isaac Mixer.
2. Hannah Lothrop was born on 18 Oct 1642 in Barnstable. [Ref]
3. Thomas Lothrop was born on 7 Jul 1642 in Barnstable. [Ref]
4. Meletiah Lothrop was born on 2 Nov 1646 in Barnstable. [Ref] He married Sarah Farrar of Lynn on 20 May 1667 in Barnstable. [Ref]
5. Bethiah Lothrop was born on 23 Jul 1649 in Barnstable. [Ref]

Generation 3

MARY LOTHROP (b. 1640)

Parents: Thomas Lothrop

Mary Lothrop was born on 4 Oct 1640 in Barnstable. [Ref] She married first John Stearns on 20 Nov 1656 in Barnstable. [Ref][Ref] She married second Capt. William French on 6 May 1669 in Billerica. [Ref][Ref] She married third Isaac Mixter of Watertown as his third wife. [Ref][Ref]

William French was born on 15 Mar 1603 in Halsted, co. Essex. [Ref] He died on 20 Nov 1681. [Ref] He married first Elizabeth Unknown. [Ref] She died on 31 Mar 1668. [Ref] William was a captain of the militia. [Ref] He was the first representative to the general court from Billerica, appointed in 1660. [Ref]

Isaac Mixer, the son of Isaac Mixer of Capel, England, was born in 1630 in England. [Ref] He married first Mary, the daughter of John Coolidge. [Ref] He married second Rebecca, the daughter of Edward Garfield. [Ref] Isaac was the brother of Mary's first husband's first wife.

Children of William French and Mary Lothrop:

1. Mary French was born on 3 Apr 1670. [Ref] She married first Robert Sharp on 20 Jun 1687. [Ref] She married second Nathaniel Duncklee on 23 Mar 1693/4. [Ref]
2. Sarah French was born on 29 Oct 1671. [Ref] She married Joseph Crowley of Billerica on 6 May 1691. [Ref]
3. Abigail French was born on 14 Apr 1673. [Ref] She died on 13 Apr 1674. [Ref]
4. Hannah French was born on 25 Jan 1676. [Ref] She married John Child of Watertown. [Ref]

References

Encyclopedias

Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633. Vol. 1-3. Boston, MA, USA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995. Entries for Isaac Stearns and William French.

Family Genealogies

French, Elizabeth, "Genealogical Research in England: Mixer," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 66, 1912, 178-179.

French, John M., "Lieut. William French and his Descendants," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 44, 1890, 367.

History

Stratton, Eugene Aubrey, Plymouth Colony: Its History and People 1620 - 1691, Salt Lake City, Ancestry, 1986.

Local History

Deane, Samuel, History of Scituate Massachusetts, Digital Scanning Inc, 2002.

Vital Records

Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850. Online Database: NewEnglandAncestors.org.

Vital Records of Barnstable, Massachusetts, Boston, New EnglandHistoric Genealogical Society, 2002.