LOTHROP: Rooted in History, 1632 "Griffin"

Although John Lothrop was not in the first original fleet, Reverend Lothrop was mentioned in John Winthrop's, the first Governor of Massachusetts Colony, journal. 

"...the Griffin and another ship now arriving with about two hundred passengers and one hundred cattle, (Mr. Lothrop and Mr. Simmes, two godley ministers, coming in the same ship,)...."

Winthrop, John and James Kendall Hosmer. Winthrop's Journal, History of New England. 1630-1649. C. Scribner's sons, 1908. Vol 1, page 134.

10th Great Grandparents

Mack-Smith Branch

John Lothrop

John Lothrop was born circa 1584 and was Christened on 20 Dec 1584 in Elton, East Riding, Yorkshire, England. 

He was an educated man with a B.A from Oxford circa 1605 and an M.A. from Queen's College, Cambridge, England circa 1609.

John married 16 Oct 1610 to Hannah House, who died while he was in prison for preaching against the Church of England (a reformed version of the Catholic Church established for the benefit the divorce of King Henry the VIII). Hannah bore John eight children. John married, again, in the Colonies to Anne (1616-1687) on 27 Sep 1634, but my ancestry began from first marriage to Hannah Howse. 

Hannah Howse was born circa 1584 to Reverend John Howse and his wife Anne (surname lost to history). Her parents did not make the journey to the Colonies. 

John, along with his children and members of his congregation were forced to flee England for the Colonies on the vessel Griffin. On 18 Sep 1634 the ship arrived in Massachusetts Bay as recorded by John Winthrop in his journal,(excerpt above).

John remained a Minister and was founding member of Scituate church in 1634/5. On 7 Jun 1637 he became a freeman. John and his family removed to Barnstable in 1639 with other members of his congregation including several of my other immigrant ancestors. 

John Lothrop will was dated 10 Aug 1653 and probated on 7 Mar 1653/4 (Julian calendar), so he died sometime between those dates.

Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration, 1634-1635. Vol 4, I-L. Boston: New England Historical and Genealogical Society, 1996-2001. Pages 1602-1604. Print or available to view on Ancestry.com.

Deyo, Simeon L. History of Barnstable County, Massachusettes, 1620-1637-1686-1890. New Yourk: Blake, 1890. Pages 368, also see index.

Children of John Lothrop and Hannah Howse

Thomas (1612-1707)

Jane Lothrop (1614-1683) ~ m. Samuel Fuller of the Mayflower

Anne (1616-1617)

John Jr (1617-1727)

Barbarah (1619-Unk)

Samuel (1621-1700)

Joseph (1624-1702)

Benjamin (1626-1691)

Descendants of John Lothrop and Hannah Howse

Jane Lothrop ~ m. Samuel Fuller

John Fuller ~ m. Mehitabel Rowley 

 

Shubael Fuller ~ m. Hannah Crocker 

 

Lydia Fuller ~ m. Daniel Gates

Lydia Matilda Gates ~ m. Solomon Mack

Lucy Mack ~ m. Joseph Smith Sr.

Hyrum Smith ~ Mary Fielding 

Joseph Fielding Smith ~ m. Edna Lambson (4th living wife)

Edna Melissa Smith ~ m. John Fife Bowman

John Hyrum Bowman ~ m. Rosetta Ellen Jackson

    * For privacy reasons I did not list my parents, children, siblings, cousins, etc.