Thomas Lothrop

Biography

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Children: Sarah (1696), Thomas (July 8 1700), Jane (1702), Jedidah (1705), Jerusha (1706), Lydia (1710),

Birth

Thomas Lothrop, born Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay on 16 Aug 1668, was the son of Meletiah Lothrop and Sarah Farrar Lothrop.[1]

Judge Sewall, in a visit to Edgartown, noted in his diary "Mrs. Lothrop has 8 children", but the names of two are missing.

In 1702 - 1703, Thomas Lothrop is listed as one of the first named whalers in Martha's Vineyard area, as the mate of John Butler: "The marks of the whales killed by John Butler and Thomas Lothrop — one whale lanced near or over the shoulder blade, near the left shoulder blade only; — Another killed with an iron for ward in the left side marks SS; and upon the right side marked with a pocket knife T. L.; — And the other an iron hole over the right shoulder blade, with two lance holes in the same side, one in the belly. These whales were all killed about the middle of February last past, all great whales between six and seven and eight foot bone, which are all gone from us. A true account given by John Butler from us and recorded.'

On Aug 28 1704 Thomas Lothropp is listed in a list of 25 proprietors in Edgartown. He owned a half an acre. In 1711, Thomas was reported as living and to be 43 years old.

Thomas Lothrop kept a tavern for a quarter of a century, 1715 -1740 in Edgartown. It was near to the tavern that Richard Sarson's widow and some of her children kept.

Thomas may also have been a lawyer, working with Sarah's brother or cousin Matthew Mayhew. In 1712 the sachem Joshua of the Indian reservation near Edgartown entered a suit against Thomas Pease and others saying they had trespassed and encroached on their land. Thomas and Matthew represented Thomas Pease and the other proprietors. In 1713 the new sachem Jacob Seeknout continued suits, and Thomas Lothrop was the proprietors' agent. On Dec 19 1715 they resolved the dispute in court giving the Indians their land with the English mowing the salt marshes and winter herbage shared. Jacob Seeknout must have been impressed with Thomas Lothrop since he was one of Jacob's will's executors in 1734.

Sources

1. ↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/i/13885/43/248778982
2. A GENEALOGICAL MEMOIR OF THE LO-LATHROP FAMILY-1884, PAGE 55-THOMAS (#78)
3. Banks, Charles E, The History of Martha's Vineyard, Dukes County, Massachusetts, in Three Volumes (Boston 1911). as found at [1] and [2]
4. Davis, William T, Genealogical Register of Plymouth Families (1977, Genealogical Pub Co, Baltimore, MD. 974.4/DAVIS/1975).
5. Col. Leonard H. Smith Jr & Norma H. Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Barnstable and Sandwich: An authorized facsimile reproduction of records published serially 1901-1935 in "The Mayflower Descendant" (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. 1996 reprint. Orig. published by Clearfield Co, 1976.), p 34.