Anne Lathrop

Not the daughter of William Hammond, of Watertown

Anne ??? was born b. 14 July 1616 and died on Feb. 25, 1687 in Barnstable, Barnstable County Massachusetts. For more about her possible parents, see "Who Was Anne Dymoke?" – Unavailable at Now-Defunct URL: http://dimock.ca/United_States/Who_was_Anne_Dymoke_.htm

Married: by 1635 to Rev, John Lothrop, in Scituate, Massachusetts, as his 2nd wife. See notes and footnotes.
Children with Reverend John Lothropp
1. Barnabas Lothrop (1636 - 1715)
2. Daughter Lothrop (1638 - 1638)
3. Abigail Lothrop Clark (1639 - ____)
4. Bathsheba Lothrop Mash (1640 - 1722)
5. Elizabeth Lothrop Williams (1643 - ____)
6. John Lothrop (1645 - ____)
7. Son Lothrop (1649 - 1649)

Notes

• Rev, John Lothrop married (2) by 1635, Ann ____. (On 14 Jun 1635, John Lothrop wrote that "my wife and brother Foxwell's wide joined [Scituate church] having their dismission from elsewhere." She died at Barnstable MA on 25 Feb 1687/8.
• They had 7 children: Barnabas, a daughtrer bur. in Scituate, Abigail Clark, Bathshua Bale Marsh, Elizabeth Williams, John, & a son bur. in Barnstable.

Origins

• She was not a daughter of WILLIAM HAMMOND {1631, Watertown} In his record of admissions to Scituate church Rev. John Lathrop entered on 14 April 1636 "Elizabeth Hammon my sister having a dismission from the church at Watertown." Lothrop's first wife, Hannah House, was sister of Samuel House; since Lothrop refers to her by maiden name but also calls her sister, the admission to Scituate church may have taken place after the contract of marriage, but before the marriage itself (note, however, that the first child of the couple was baptized on 23 October 1636). Various sources give John Lothrop of Scituate a second wife who was a Hammond; this is based on a false deduction from the entry discussed above.
• Rev. John Lothrop and second wife Anne had children Barnabas, John, and Abigail. In his will, John made bequests "To my wife, my new dwelling house.... To the rest of the children, both mine and my wife's, each a cow." This indicates this wife survived him, and that she had been previously married.
• Adding to the rumpus, Robert Wakefield identifies her as Anne Dimmock: "Lathrop, John (1584-1653) & 2d wife Ann Dimmock m. ca. 1635, Sciutate/Barnstable, Mass.” — Wakefield, R. S. (1996) “Additions and Corrections to Torrey’s Marriages,” in Jacobus, D. L. (ed.) The American Genealogist. New Haven, CT, USA, p. 147. Snippet Available at: GoogleBooks.

Sources

• Huntington, E. B. (1884) A Genealogical Memoir of the Lo-Lathrop Family in This Country: Embracing the Descendants, as Far as Known, of the Rev. John Lothropp, of Scituate and Barnstable, Mass., and Mark Lothrop, of Salem and Bridgewater, Mass., and the First Generation of Descendants of Other Names. Ridgefield, CT, USA: Mrs. Julia Huntington. Available at:
• Savage, J. (2016) “Lothrop, Lathrop, Lothorp, or Lowtrhop, Lawthrop, BARNABAS,” in Wetmore, W. (ed.) A Genealogical Register of the First Settlers of New England, Before 1692. Oceanside, CA, USA: United States Genealogy Network. eAvailable at: USGenNet.org. Also Available at: Archive.org.

Footnotes
1. 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 m. sec. w. (4795) 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, is 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. (4794[1]a%29 Thomas, and (4794[1]f) Benjamin, beside John, wh. was in Eng. and ds. (4794[1]b) Jane and (4794[1]c) Barbara[.] Jane m. 8 Apr. 1635, says her f. (4794[1]b[1]) Samuel Fuller; Barbara m. 19 July 1638, .... (4794[1]c[1]) Emerson; and Abigail m. 7 Oct. 1657, (2396) 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. (4794[1]d) Samuel and (4794[1]d) Joseph, both brot. from Eng." (Savage)
2. Researchers have frequently identified John Lothropp's second wife as Anne, daughter of William Hammond of Watertown. This would seem to be supported by a passage in church records of Scituate personally written down by Rev. Lothropp: 33. Elizabeth Hammon my Sister having a dismission from the church at Watertowne was joyned, April 14, 1636. Of course, this usage merely reflects common seventeenth century customs that did not differentiate forms of address between between sister and sister-in-law and has been interpreted to imply that Elizabeth was the sister of Anne Lothropp. However, instead of this relationship, Elizabeth Hammond's husband can be identified as Samuel Howse the brother of Lothropp's first wife, Hannah, and, hence, also John's sister-in-law. (Samuel and Elizabeth seem to have married about this time or shortly before, which, is consistent with her joining the church at Scituate and also, perhaps, accounts for Rev. Lothropp's use of her maiden name.) In particular, affirmation of a putative marriage between John Lothropp and widow Anne Hammond on February 17, 1636 (1637 N. S.) was advanced by Mr. Otis in his history and repeated in Dr. Roland Hammonds "Hammond Genealogy: of 1894. Even so, later researchers including Donald Line Jacobus among others, considered the evidence unconvincing.
¶ Indeed, a later Hammond genealogy shows Anne, daughter of William Hammond, to have married (1) Timothy Hawkins of Watertown who died in 1650 or 1651 and (2) Ellis Barron of Watertown. Moreover, consistent with usual variation in the rendering of names characteristic of early colonial records, Barron was frequently written Barnes, which, therefore, rather convincingly supports her identity as the daughter Barnes, a widow with children, mentioned in the will of William Hammond made on July 1, 1662. (Likewise, in the will, bequests were made to four children of my daughter, Elizabeth House, deceased.) In any case, there is no mention of an Anne Lothropp in William Hammond's will, and, clearly, Anne who married John Lothropp was still living at that time and, as such, should have been included if she were, in fact, the testator's daughter.
¶ Alternatively, John Lothropp himself recorded that his wife joined the Scituate church on June 14, 1635, which clearly conflicts with Otis presumption. Moreover, on August 7, 1650, Rev. John Lothropp recorded that "a day of humiliation was declared in Barnstable church for the investing of my brother Dimmicke in to the office of an Elder in reference to Thomas Dimmock, who is believed to have immigrated on the ship, Hopewell, in 1635, first settled in Dorchester, and later removed to Barnstable about 1639."
¶ Since John Lothropp is not known to have had any siblings living in New England, this would clearly seem to imply that Thomas Dimmock was his brother-in-law, i.e., the brother of his wife, Anne. Indeed, Jacobus and others have argued in favor of this conclusion. Likewise, Wakefield, in his Additions and Corrections to Torrey's Marriages, identifies her as Anne Dimmock.
¶ In any case, Rev. John Lothropp and his second wife, Anne, had at least four surviving children, viz., Barnabas, John, Abigail, and Bathshua. In addition, Savage also indicates two more (believed to be a daughter and son) that died shortly after birth.
¶ In his will made on August 10, 1653, John Lothropp made bequests "To my wife, my new dwelling house ... to the rest of my Children both mine and my wives my will is that every of them shall have a Cow". This clearly implies that this wife survived him, and that she may have been previously married. (unpublished notes)

¡Controversy!

• Which Ann(e) was Rev. John Lathrop's second wife?
• Records exist which show both this Anna (Hammond), and also 'Ann' (Unknown) listed here on Geni as being mother of all the children. Family geneological records list this name and date as being 2nd wife, however mistakes do occur.
• Quoted below from the Dimock family line is a passage about "Anne Dymoke" – often included in the fray. It shows that this Anna Hammond, daughter of William Hammond of Watertown, MA., was married to Rev. John Lothrop:
• "Daughter of William Hammond of Watertown, MA. NOT the Anne Hammond who is the daughter of William Hammond of London, who she is often confused with. http://dimock.ca/United_States/Who_was_Anne_Dymoke_.htm <— Defunct URL
• Here are explanations from the above-cited source:
• Rev. Lothrop’s church records include: "No. 33 – Elizabeth Hammon, my sister, having a dismission from the church at Watertowne was joyned April 14 1636". Charles Leonard Lathrop was of the opinion this church member was the sister of Rev. Lothrop’s new wife. It is not known whether the minister used "my sister" in the sense of a family relationship, or merely as a reference to a fellow church member, as was sometimes the custom. The Elizabeth Hammon here was not the daughter of William Hammond of Watertown, but the widow of another William Hammond who died in London, Eng. This widow Elizabeth Hammond, with her son Benjamin, and daughters Elizabeth, Martha, and Rachel, arrived in Boston 18 Sept. 1634 in the ship Griffin, on which Rev. John Lothrop, their minister, was also a passenger. She lived in Boston and Watertown, MA until 1638 when she joined Rev. Lothrop’s church in Scituate April 1638 as the 33rd member of that church. She probably returned to Boston late in 1639, as she died and was buried there in 1640. She has been described as Elizabeth Penn, sister of the Admiral, Sir William Penn, and aunt to William Penn, the Quaker. (Roland Hammond, A.M., M.D., Descendants of William Hammond of London, Eng., 1894, pp. 9, 10.)
• As a possible lead to the identities of the 'Ann', wife of Rev. Lothrop, various genealogies of the related Penn Family have been checked. (including, The Society of Genealogists, London). No reference is found of a marriage of a daughter to a Dimick (Dymoke) to Lothrop, but only Howse and Hammond in the genealogies examined. This does not disprove other statements mentioning Rev. Lothrop marrying an 'Ann', but with no maiden name noted. Hence the confusion. Further research is needed to establish with certainty that 'Ann, Anne, or commonly Anna' in records who married Rev. John Lothrop as his second wife is indeed the 'Anna Hammond' of this study.

Source with Quote Passages

Crocker, H. G. (1923) “The Ancestors of Nathaniel Crocker and Mehitable Lewis,” in Nathaniel Crocker 1758 to 1855; His Descendants and Ancestors...: A Contribution to Mayflower Genealogy. Concord, NH, USA: The Rumford Press, pp. 58–59, 62–63. Available at: Archive.org.
p. 58 – “G. Bethia Lothrop[1], mother of Mary Hinckley (E) was born in 1649; died in 1697; married 1668 John Hinckley. She was the daughter of Thomas Lothrop (and Sarah Learned), son of Rev. John Lothrop (H) (and Hannah Howse, first wife).” — Fn 1: Savage 2:224; 3:122.
p. 59 – “H. Rev. John Lathrop[1], “eminent confessor” and one of the “most distinguished of the pioneers in the settlements of the towns on the Cap,” was baptized 20 December 1584, at Etton, Yorkshire, England; died at Barnastable, Massachusetts, 8 November 1653; married, 1st , in Kent county, England, in 1610, Hannah Howse; 2d, in Scituate, Massachusetts, about 1635, Ann Hammond[2]; fourteen children, of whom Thomas[3] and Joseph[4] by the first marriage, and Barnabas[5] by the second. Rev. John was son of Thomas Lothrop, son of Robert Lothrop, son of John Lothrop of Yorkshire, England in 1545.[6] — Fn. 1: Savage 3:120; Lothrop, 26; Hubbard, 6; especially Otis 2:162, 170-211; Cape Cod 1:209; 2:202, Goodwin 439; Fn. 2: Otis 2:55 [Note: Otis mistakenly identifies herein]; Ann Hammond baptized 14 July 1616, was daughter of William Hammond of Watertown, son of Thomas Hammond of Lavenham, Suffolk county, England, who died 1589. Bond 269; Fn. 3: Thomas, born 1621, father of Bethia (G), Savage 3:122; Fn. 4: Capt. Joseph 1624-1702, father of Thomas, 1673-1757, who married Experience Gorham ®. Deputy, 1667; member of council of war 1676; lieutenant and captain, Indian wars. Savage 3:120; Col. Wars 307; Fn. 5: Barnabas, 1636-1715, father of Anna Lothrop who married Ebenezer Lewis in 1691 and had son George Lewis, bornd 1704, father of Major George Lewis (V). Savage 3:119; Goodwin 441; Col. Wars 307; Fn. 6: Hubbard, 6.
p. 62 – “Mehitable Lothrop[1], mother of Mary Davis (P) and wife of Hon. Daniel Davis, was baptized 27 June 1725 at Barnstable; died November 1764. She was daughter of Thomas Lotrhop[2] (and Experience Gorham[R]), son of Capt. Joseph Lotrhop[3] and Mary Ansel), son of Rev. John Lothrop (H) and Hannah Howse, first wife. — Fn. 1: Otis 1:284; 2:166; Fn. 2: Savage 3:122; Fn. 3, Joseph Lothrop married Mary Ansel 11 December 1650. Otis 2:163; Savage 3:120; Col. Wars 307.
V. Fn. 4 – “Anna Lothrop, 1673, was daughter of Barnabas Lothrop (and Susanna Clark), son of Rev. John Lothrop (H) and Anna Hammond [maiden name disproved], second wife…" — Savage 1:400; NEGHR 4:34;3; Crapo 71.

Links

• David R Evans (©2016) Evans Family Webpage for John Lothropp, Rev.("These are links to an ongoing genealogical research project...")
• http://www.pcez.com/~bigshoe/du/Pery/ring.html <— Defunct URL
• Find a Grave Index for Ann Lothrop.
• http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~walkersj/lathrop.html <— Defunct URL
• LATHROP-L@rootsweb.com
• David R Evans (©2016). Evans Family Webpage. "Source Notes & Citations" RE Staffordshire Lathropps. It cites Janet and Robert Wolfe Genealogy in "Notes for Ann Dimmock".
• Wikitree profile for Ann (Unknown) Lothrop (c.1616-1687).

GEDCOM data or ancestral tree data might provide clues, but they do not rate as sources.