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- Reverend John Lothrop, his second wife (Anna Hammond, not named), andseven children immigrated to America on board the Griffin, which landedat Boston September 18, 1634. His is listed simply "from London", andbound for Scituate.
John was educated at Queen's College, Cambridge where he matriculated in1601, graduated B.A. in 1605 and M.A. in 1609. In 1611 he became a curateof the parish Church in Egerton, County Kent, where he remained until1623. That year he resigned his office in the Church of England, andbecame Pastor of the First Independent Church of London, which had noregular place of worship, but met from house to house. With the greaterpart of his congregation he was arrested April 22, 1632, by the spies ofArchbishop Land, and confined to Mygates prison, from which he wasreleased in 1634 & sailed for New England, arriving in September of thatyear. That same year Lothrop went to Scituate, where he formed the FirstChurch there. In 1639 the church divided and Lothrop went to Barnstable,becoming minister there. He died at Barnstable in 1653.
Rev. Lothrop's arrival in New England was of importance. Gov. Winthropmade public mention of it, noting and commending the "modesty and reserveof one who had so prominently, so ably, so fearlessly upheld the Puritanfaith." Governor Winthrop's journal for September 18, 1634 notes that"The Grifin and another ship now arriving with about 200 passengers. Mr.Lathrop and Mr. Sims, two godly ministers coming in the same ship."
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Bef 1584 - 1653 (~ 68 years)
