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Family Sheet

HUSBAND
Name: Robert Lowthrop Note Born: Abt 1513 at Cherry Burton, , Yorkshire, England Married: 1535 at Cherry Burton, , Yorkshire, England Died: 1558 at Cherry Burton, , Yorkshire, England Father: John Lowthroppe Mother: Margaret Wade
WIFE
Name: Ellan Aston Born: 1508 at Cherry Burton, , Yorkshire, England Died: 8 Mar 1571-1572 at Cherry Burton, , Yorkshire, England Father: Thomas Aston Mother: Unknown
CHILDREN
Name: John Lathrop Born: at Cherry Burton, , Yorkshire, England Died:
Name: Lawrence Lathrop Born: 21 Mar 1538-1539 at Cherry Burton, , Yorkshire, England Died: 8 Jun 1602 at Cherry Burton, , Yorkshire, England Wife: Elizabeth Howell
Name: Margaret Lathrop Born: at Cherry Burton, , Yorkshire, England Died:
Name: Robert Lathrop Born: Died:
Name: Thomas Lothrop Born: 19 Jun 1536 at Cherry Burton, , York, England Died: 5 Oct 1606 at Etton, , , England Wife: Elizabeth Clark
NOTES
1). Born about 1513, Cherry Burton, Yorkshire, England. Su c c e e ded to theestates of his father in Cherry Burton a n d el se wh ere, and during hislifetime made considerabl e ad ditio n s t o them. His will, in which hestyled himsel f a y oema n o f Nor thBurton, was dated 16 July 1558 andp rove d in th e Pr erogat ive Court of York 20 Oct 1558. Hi s wif e ELLEN , mention ed in his will, has been tent ativel y identifi ed b y Culleton as the daughter of Thoma s Asto n of Fole, Ch eckle y, Stafford shire. Ellensurvive d her hu sband fourtee n years , leavin g a will dated 12 F eb 1572 3 ,and was burie d 8 Ma r 1572 3 i n Cherry Burton . In suppor t of Culleton s proposa l that Elle n was of th e Aston fami ly, both Rober t and Elle n name aRich ard Ash ton in thei r wills, but no r elationshi p is given. Pe rha ps hewas a b rother or other re lation to E llen. During t h e 24th yea r of thereign of Henr y VIII 1532 33 a peti tio n was fil ed by James Carter and his wife Agne s and Th omas La ytona nd his wife Isabell sta ting that they wer e seised of o n e acre of customary land i n the mano r o f South Dalton,Yor k , with appurtenances in C herry Bu rton , York, called Cok e Me rys, as offee in righ t of Agn es an d Isabel, whereo n they so wedgood wheat, whi chpros pered ti ll it was read y to be reap ed, and that the y the n reaped ag reat part o f the wheat, bou nd it in sheav es , and made thir ty stooks ,each containing tw elve sheave s , according to th e custo m of that county,and in tende d t o reap the rest. Bu t Joh n Lawthrop, William Bynky s , Rober tLawthrop, William P att on and John Burne, of th eir m alici ous and riotousmind s , with clubs, staves, swo rds, dagg ers , pikes, etc., b y for ce ofarms, about Monda y sennight ne xt after the Fea st of t he Assumption of th eBlessed Virgi n 2 5 Henry VII I 1533 34 , entered the la nd, took away th ewhea t whic h had been reap ed and reape d and carried off t he rest , m akingassault upo n James Ca rter, beating and wou nding him , and putting hi m injeopa rdy of his life. Petiti oners p ra y for a writ of s ubpèa aaaeaaaaeIna forLawthrop a nd th e res t to appear befo r e the Kings Court at Westminst er.T he answe r undated of J ohn Lowthorp to the petitio n o f James Carte r andt he other s sets forth that the matt e r of the petitione r s is determi nablewithin the Court o f t he Provost of Beve rl ey, within h is lordship of SouthD alto n, as the land s pecifi ed is a par cel of the manor o f Sout h Dalton.Sai d Lowthorp d enies tha t he is guilty o f any ri ot or an y othermisdemeanor . Furthe r, if he had c ommitte d any su ch riot or misdemeanor ,the Ki ng, by autho rity o f Parlia ment, has pardoned to al l his su bjectsal l riots a nd mis demeanors committed before 3 Nov la st, be fore whic h tim ethe riot is said to have tak en place . H e prays tha t th e petition bedismissed with costs . In 15 5 7 8 Robert s ue d Marmaduke Whytyng and Alice,his wif e, ov e r lands i n W olkyngtin. ref Lothropp Gen, pg 24 Eng li shO rigins , Fir st Series . It is apparent that Robert Lathrop of Cherry Burto n , c o . Y ork, with whomthe pedigree compiled by Somerb y be gin s , wa s undoubtedly the son of theJohn Lowthrop w ho wa s ta xe d a t Cherry Burton in 1523 24 and was one of the de fenda nt s i n theStar Chamber case in the reign o f Henr y VIII. Richard Lowthropp of Etton co. York , yeoman, Willi a m A r c her of Etton,yeoman, William Blackstone of Etton , g entl em an , and Thomas Johnson ofBeverley co. York , gent leman , c omp lain against Thomas Aulaby, Esq., andh is wif e Sarah , Th oma sPottinger, William Downing, balif f. Gerv aise and Edwar d Ha rmon, gentlemen, Ralph Eastabye , Marmad uke Hoope r, Joh n Car lin,and others for excessiv e fines i n Etton an d Coatg artl e court leets, andfor bui lding a ho use on th e waste la nd o f the lordship, perjur y, pullingi t down, an d assault . Sta r Chamber Proceedin gs, James I , B, 199 1. FROM THE RECORDS OF THE COURT OF STAR CHAMBER Pres e r v e d in the PublicRecord Office, London. Petition und at e d o f James Carter and his wifeAgnes and Thomas Layt o n a n d hi s wife Isabell states that they are seizedof o n e ac r e of cu stomary land in the manor of South Dalton , c o. Yo rk ,with ap purtenances in Cherry Burton, co. Yor k, c alle d Cok e Merys , as offee in right of Agnes and Is abel , wher eon i n 24 Henr y VIII 1523 33 theysowed goo d whea t, whic h pros pered til l it was ready to be reaped , andth at the y then re aped a gre at part of the wheat, b ound i t in shea ves, andma de thirty s tooks, each contain ing twe lve sheave s, accordin g to thecust om of that coun try, an d intended t o reap the r est. But no w JohnLawthro p, Willi am Bynkys, Ro bert Lawthrop , William Pa tton, an d JohnBurn e, of their ma licious and ri otous minds , wit h clubs, sta ves, swords,dag gers, pikes, et c., by for c e of arms, abou t Monday sennigh t next afterth e Feast o f th e Assumptio n of the blessed Vi rgin, 25 Henr y VIII 1533 34 , entere d the land, took awa y the wheat whi ch h ad been reap ed,an d reaped and carrie d off the rest, ma k ing assault upo n J ames Carter,beatin g and wounding him , a nd putting hi m i n jeopardyof his li fe.Petitioners p ray fo r a writ o f supoe na for Lawthrop an d the rest toa ppear bef ore th e King s Cou rt at Westminste r. Star Cha mber Proceed ings ,Henry VIII, vo l. 9, no. 61. The Feas t of the Assump ti on of the BlessedV irgin Mary falls o n 15 August.unto th i s truthmore effectual ly tha n I. Hi s words were prophet ic , for his successor was Reve rend J ohn Lothropp. Two yea rs l ater, Jacob was dead. Reverend John gave up much in relinquishing the comf o r t s o f theestablished church. In doing so, however, Re ve re n d Joh n had gainedsomething else, the love and supp or t o f h is fel low Puritans, who covenanted together , a n d wh o care d for and supported all the familiesin the c on grega tion. O ne of th e members of the congregation, Jo h n Perry, had bee n imprison ed for his religious beliefs , a nd when h e refuse d torenounc e those beliefs at his t rial , had bee n sentence d to death .He wasthen the fathe r o f four daugh ters, non e older tha n four. In his lastl ette r to the cong regation b efore his ex ecution, he ha d charg ed them totak e care of hi s family acco rding to t he tradi tions of the C ongregational church so tha t he mi ght mee t his fate, crue l as it may be , with an easyh ear t. Ther e is evidence to s uggest that hi s widow is the w o man wh o wouldone day becom e Reverend John s second wif e, An ne. Of all the English politicians who were to persecut e t h e P u ritans, themost infamous of them was William La ud , Bi sho p o f London, and laterArchbishop of Canterbur y an d eve ntua ll y Prime Minister of England. DanielNeal , in h is His tor y o f the Puritans published in 1822, say s thi s of him He was a little man, of a quick and rough temper, impa t i e n t ofcontradiction, of arbitrary principles both i n ch ur c h a nd state, andalways inclined to methods of se verit y , es peci ally against the Puritans.In matters of d ivin e wo rship , h ewas vastly fond of external pomp andc eremo ny. In order to advance his own political power, Laud wou l d s e n d bands ofdeputies into London in search of Purit a n pla c e s of worship, with ordersto seize gatherings o f m ore th a n f ive people worshipping outside of theestab lish ed chur ch . O nApril 22, 1632, Reverend John s congr egati on meta s us ua l for worship, and a band of deputie s seize d him an d 4 2 o f hisfollowers. They were imprison ed in a n establis hmen t kn own as the Clink .Located und erground , bounded o n on e sid e by the River Thames and o n theothe r by an ope n sewe r, th e Clink was a place of f ilth and w retchedness, so loat hed b y its inhabitants tha t its nam e has come dow n to us t hrough the centuries a s standing f or all places o f incarcer ation. On May 3, Lothropp and his followers were brought fo r t r i a l before theCourt of the High Commission. So hein ou s we r e t heir crimes, and sothreatening was the work o f R evere n d Joh n to the authorities, that thetrial was p rose cute d b y William Laud himself, who sought to make a nexam ple o f Lo thropp f or all England to see. The tria l center ed aro und t hedeman d of the Court that Lothrop p and his f ollower s tak e an oat h ofloyalty to the Churc h of England . Yet ne ithe r Lothrop p orany of hisfollowe rs consente d to take t his o ath, and t he records of th e trial,includ ing the word s of B ishop Lau d and Reveren d Lothropp, stan d as vividtes timon y to the str ength o f the congregation s beliefs an d the in abilityof th e au thorities, for all t heir power, t o compe l any to renou n ce them. Laud s examination of Lothropp was as follows First Laud speaks, his words filled with sarcasm H o w m a n y women satcross legged on the bed whilst you sa t o n o n e si de and preached andprayed most devoutly? Lothropp replies, quietly, not proudly I keep no su c h e v i l company.They were not such women. Laud continues Are you a minister? Lothropp replies I am. Laud How are you a minister and by whom are you quali f i e d ? Lothropp replies, again quietly I am a minister o f t h e G o spel of Christand the Lord hath qualified me. Laud Will you lay your hand on the book and take th e o a t h ? Lothropp refuses Laud, again sarcastically, asks Lothropp to produce a l i c e n se from God Mr. Lothropp, you say that the Lord ha t h q ua li fied you? What authority,what orders have you ? Th e Lo r d hat h qualified you is that a sufficientans wer ? You m us t give a better answer before you and I par t. Reverend John replies I do not know that I have don e a n y t hing whichmight cause me justly to be brought bef or e t h e ju dgment ... of man andagain refuses to tak e th e oat h. Whereupon William Laud and the Archbishop of York cri e d a n g rily inunison If he will not take the oath, th e n awa y w it h him! Reverend John, however, had the last word I desir e t h a t t his otherpassage be remembered, that I dare no t ta k e th is o ath. After Lothropp, all the members of the congregation w e r e b r ought totrial, all refused to take the oath of lo ya lt y t o t he established church,and all were imprisone d wi t h him . Th e names of some of these people comedow n to u s Samue l Eaton, Sara Jones, Sara Jacob, Marke Lu cas, Jo hn Ireland , Tony T albot, William Pickering, Mabe l Milbour ne , Willia m Atwood,H enry Dodd, Humphrey Barnet . By the s pri ng of 163 4, all ha d beenreleased, and on A pril 24, 16 34 , Reverend J ohn was al so released, on thec ondition tha t h e appear in c ourt to tak e the oath of lo yalty to thee stab lished church . He had no i ntention o f doing so, fo r by no w he haddecide d to remove hi s fami ly and friend s from hi s church to th e New World Finally, around August 1, 1634, Reverend John set s a i l f o r the Colony ofPlymouth on the ship the Griffin , wi th h i s family and thirty of hisfollowers. They arr iv ed i n Bost o n on September 18, 1634, and promptlysettl e d in Sc ituate , w here Reverend John had been called t o le ad acong regatio n o f people, many of whom had worshi ppe d with hi m at the F irst Independent Church in London . The se were un settled yea rs fo r the group,however. Th e peopl e of Scitua te were at o dds ov ermatters of relig iousauth ority, parti cularly bapti sm. I n addition, Scitu ate was s hort oncultiv able land, wit h inad equate forag e for the l eading cash cr op of thetime , cattle . Consequ ently, his c ongregation wa s beleaguered , eager tor esettle in a plac e where prosperi ty might com e more readil y . On April27,1 637, Reverend Joh n noted in hi s diary th is pr oblem and p reached tohis cong regation fro m Genesis And Abram said unto Lot Let there be no strife bet w e e n m e and thee, norbetween my herdsmen and thy herdsm e n , fo r w e are brethren. Is not thewhole of the land be fo r e us ? Sepa rate thyself, I pray thee, from me. Iftho u wi l l tak e the le fthand, then I will go to the right . O r i f thouwi ll depar t to the right hand, then I wil l go t o th e left. Consequently, in 1638 Reverend John petitioned the Gov e r n o r of the colonyfor land. Two of his letters to th e Go ve rn or , dated February 18, 1638 andJuly 28, 1638, a re pr ese rve d w ith the papers of Governor Winslow. Theys how Re vere nd J oh nto be an articulate advocate of his c ongrega tion sinte res ts, aware of the political forces i n the co lony a nd abl e to influence them to reach his goa ls. In Ja nuary , 1639, l and w as granted tothe group in S ippican, n ear wh at is no w Wareha m, Massachusetts. Thi s landwas no t entire ly suitab le, howev er, and Mattakees et, now know n asBarnst able, offe red bette r circumstance s, includin g some of th e finestlan d in the co lony for a griculture a nd grazing. O n June 16, 1 639 havingbe en gra nted land i n Barnstable, th erefore the c ongregation d ec ided tomov e there, and prepar ations for th e move began. On October 11, 1639, 350 years ago this week, Revere n d J o h n and hisfollowers arrived in Barnstable. This su re ly r ep re sented the fruition ofhis life s work, for th e f ourte e n yea rs that followed were years of peacefor h im a nd o f pr osperity for his congregation. When they ar rive d inBa rnsta ble, th ey found the marshes full of sal t ha y for the ir cat tle, the shores teeming with fish an d shel lfish, an d the wo ods and s ky alive withgame. With in thre e years th ey had bu ilt good quality frame home s forever y family, an d during t he fourth y ear, they bui lt a secon d largerhous e for the Lo thropp famil y, whic h also serve d as their pla ce ofworship . Most importa ntl y, Reverend J ohn proved a st rong and capa bleleader, bot h secular an d religious. He wa s an excellen t businessm an,br inging we alth not only to hi mself and hi s family , but to hi s neig hborsas well. He kep t peace amon g hi s followers, reso lvi ng disputes bycomprom ise, not arbi t ration, and leading h is congregation by qui etexample, n o t exhortation. H e was pr ofoundly tolerant i n a time of into lerance, and e asily attra cted new follower s to hi s church . Amos Otis,t he historian o f Barnstable, r eport ed in 188 8 on these ye ars as follows Mr. Lothropp fearlessly proclaimed in Old and New En g l a n d the greattruth that man is not responsible to hi s f el l o w man in matters of faithand conscience. Durin g th e fou rt ee n years that he was the pastor of theBarns tabl e churc h , suc h was his influence over the people th at th e power o f the ci vil magistrate was not needed to r estrai n crime . N o pasto r wasever more beloved by his pe ople, n one eve r ha d a great er influence forthe good. Mr . Lothro pp was a s dis tinguishe d forhis worldly wisdo m as forhi s piety. H e wa s a good bus inessman, and so we re all hi s sons. Where ever y one of the f amily pitched h is tent, t hat spot becam e th e center ofbusin ess, and th e land in t he vicinity app recia ted in value. I t is ment hat make a p lace, and to Mr . Lothr opp in early tim es, w e are moreind ebted than to an y othe r family. These were also years full of the joys and struggle s a n d s o rrows of hislife. While in Barnstable, Reveren d Jo h n bapt iz ed 136 infants, includingfour of his own c hildr e n and se ve n of his grandchildren. He saw his twoe ldes t da ughters , Jane and Barbara, married by Captain M yle s Stand ish tome n fro m other parts of the colony, lea ve B arnstabl e for liv es o f theirown. He witnessed the d eat h in infanc y of his y ounge st son. He witnessedthe ep idem ics of 1641 , 1647 and 1 649, w hich spread to every f amil y inBarnstabl e and claime d the li ves of young and o ld al ike. He also gave much thought to his native country, fo r t h e c o lonists werejust that the new nation in Americ a h a d no t ye t been born. Reverend Johnand his congregat io n we re En glish , and they loved and probably missedthe i r homel and ve ry much. Reverend John s diary is full o f n otations about t he reli gious upheaval in England, th e war s with Ir eland an dScotlan d, and the civil war whic h ren t the count ry durin g the earl yseventeenth century . His c ongregatio n prayed fr equently fo r England inthes e trial s and gave t hanks when t he tidings w ere good. Re verend J ohnalso learn ed of the eve ntual downfal l of hi s nemesis , William Laud, Bishop of Lond on, who was re mov ed from of fice, imprisoned , and finally,i n 1644, execut e d. Reverend John s diary also records his own failing he a l t h a nd the burdensof his life during these years, evi de n t i n hi s writings as early as 1641,twelve years befo r e hi s de ath . But his life s work was well accomplished b y thi s tim e an dcertainly by the time of his death. H i s belove dcommu nit y was thriving and at peace, and hi s ch ildren an d hisgr andc hildren were creating familie s of th eir own. A nd wha t famil ies theyproved to be. Fro m thes e lines hav e come me n and wo menwho have shapedth e time s in which th ey lived a s profoun dly as Reverend J ohn sha ped his.Grea t religious l eaders w e would expec t from thi s family, inc ludingJoseph S mith, th e pionee r and founde r of the Mormo n church, and th esecond R everend John Lath rop, the grea t Congregational mi nister of r evolutionary t imes and pasto r of the Old North C hurc h in Bo ston. Great soldiers and gr eat statesmen have al s o arisen fr om thi s family. UlyssesS . Grant, commanding g e neral of th e Union Army and later P resident of theUnit ed S tates, did m or e than any man excep t Abraham Lincol n to def eatslaver y i n this country and sa ve the natio n in its tim e of gre atests trife. Franklin Roo sevelt le d our nation thr ough t he Grea t Depressionand th e Secon d World War. Olive r Wend el Holme s created much o f moder njurisprudence. Othe r sta tesmen of t his family inc lud e John Foster Dulles,Alle n D ulles, Adlai S tevenson II I , Sir Robert Borden, Thomas D e wey,George Romney , Kingma n Brewster, George Kennan, Way n e Morse, and thepres en t oc cupant of the White House, Ge org e Bush. Reverend Joh n s l inehas also produced great b usine ssmen, great arti sts a n d designers, greatphysician s and in ventors and sc ientist s . Among them are Jane Lathrop Stanford and Leland Stanford builde r o f t h e S outhernPacific Railroad and founders of Stanf or d Univ er sit y Alfred Fuller founder of the Fuller B rus h Compa ny Mar jorie Merriweather Post founder of Ge nera l Foods J. P. Morgan, the great financier Frederic k La w Olmstea d th e great est of American landscape arc hitec ts Loui s Comfor t Tiffan y, the great designer Hen ry Wad sworth Lon gfellow , the grea t poet Louis Auchinclo ss, th e novelist C harles I ves, the great composer Georg ia O Ke efe, the grea t contemp orary artis t Benjamin Spoc k, the g reat physicia n and educa tor Eli Whit ney, the in ventor o f the cotton gin Let us bear in mind, however, at this time of remembe r i n g a ll that haspast before us in this family, and ref le ct in g o n the accomplishments ofthe past, that Reveren d J oh n wo ul d take no great pleasure in knowing thatwe r emem be r hi m her etoday. Rather he would take pride in k nowin g t hathi s wor k has been carried forward through th e succ eedi ng gen eratio ns, andthat his grandchildren s g randchi ldren , and t heir gr andchildren, andtheirs, hav e worked a nd fou ght an d sacrific edto make this countr y abeacon t o the wo rld. Le t us resolv e together today , then, oursel ves totak e no sat isfaction i n the deeds o f our ancestors , but to r edouble o urown effort s to mak e the world a bet ter place , and to ris e to whatever chal lenges our own liv es presen t to us. Let me close, then, with the words of Charles Lathr o p , t h e historian ofthe Connecticut branch of our famil y , a s h e d escribes Reverend Johndeparting England on t h e ship , th e Gr iffin with his family and hisfollowers , se tting s ail f or a nunknown life in an unknown land o n the other si de o f the w orld. In any event, Reverend John got his own family and fr i e n d s on shipboard,the number of which comprised one th i r d o f a ll the passengers in thecrowded quarters aboa r d sh ip . A s the Griffin finally cleared the coastand p u t ou t to s ea , and ... as Rev. John watched the reced in g sho relineo f E ngland from the deck, he must have fel t t hat h e was lea vin g behindhim all that he had know n a s a way o f life. Bu t h e was taking with him,as we l l , our own pa rticular for tune s asa family, and separ at ing us,virtuall y forever, fr om hi s own brothers and s ist ers, of which th ere werestil l some 1 5 still alive, w ho h ad stemmed with h im from Yorks hire andw ere scattere d abo ut his homeland, n ow fading in t he distanc e. Aside from our fortunes as a family, however, he was br i n g i ng with himwhat was in every sense a revolution b a s e d o n a new Congregational philosophy and opposed t o r it ua l an d dogma and which we have seenindefatigabl y ca rri e d on, m ore often than not with grimness and str ife,t hrou g h all th e ensuing generations even unto our o wn.

						

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