Saturday, November 8, 2014

In Memoriam - November 8th


1638 Bernard Capen age76.  He was born in England in 1562 and married Joan Purchase.  They had six children:  Elizabeth, Ruth, Susanna, Dorothy, John and Honor.  The family immigrated to Dorchester, MA in 1633.



1653 Rev. John Lathrop in Barnstable, MA he was 68.  Baptized in Etton, England in 1584 was the son of Thomas & Mary (Salte) Lathrop.  Rev. John married 1) Hannah House and they had Thomas, Jane, Anne, John, Barbara, Samuel, Joseph and Benjamin in England.  John and most of the children immigrated to Massachusetts and settled in Scituate where John married 2) Widow Anna Hammond.  The couple had six children:  Barnabas, unnamed child, Abigail, Bathsha, John and unnamed son.  Rev. John moved his family to Barnstable in 1639.  He is buried in Lothrop Hill Cemetery in Barnstable.



1653 Alice (Lloyd) House age 93 in England.  The mother-in-law of Rev. John Lathrop above was born ca. 1560 in England where she married the Rev. John House.  They had at least one child:  Hannah.  John Lathrop met Hannah House when he worked as John House’s assistant minister in Kent.


1909 Henry Cochran in Scott Co., IN age 62, the husband of Martha Peters.  He was born in Indiana in 1846.


1915 John Speer in Crestwood, KY age 77.  He was the son of Marquis & Susan (Hinkle) Speer was born in Kentucky in 1837.  John married Eliza Hall.



1965 Blanche (Parkhill) Wilson the daughter of William & Elizabeth (Cooper) Parkhill age 69.  She was born in Illinois in 1896.  Blanche married Horacia Wilson and they and a son Paul.  She is buried in Mt. Olive Cemetery in Jefferson Co., IL.

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