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Wednesday, November 27, 2019

Notebooks - Dad's Families No. 4, Part 2

Allen, James, comp. Joshua Perry of Granville, Bute & Warren Counties, North Carolina, Rocky Mount, NC, Allen, 1999.
The purpose of this research is to provide historical and genealogical information about Joshua Perry, who came to North Carolina from (probably) Virginia in the 1740s. The data presented herein as accurate as I could make it, but I realize that there are errors and omissions. Therefore, I urge extreme caution when using and citing this report. 
This report is constructed as a research tool, and a beginning point for others conducting genealogical research. . . . It has been said by authorities in the field that genealogical compilations such as this one should never be cited without verifying that original sources are correct. I agree completely with this philosophy. Whenever possible, primary documents rather than secondary sources should be consulted. 
My research and that of others has failed to find a single primary source that proves where Joshua Perry came from or who his parents were. This lack of proof results from the destruction of important records in Virginia during the American Revolution and later the Civil War. . . . 
The next citationi is taken from Burrell Perry - Ancestors & Descendants by Elsie Perry Tucker: 
"Charles Wesley Perry, spent seven years in research in Virginia and adjoining counties gathering information for his book. There is much valuable data, not only on the Perry family, but on the history of Virginia and North Carolina in the book.  It should be read, if possible.  In his opinion, the father of The Seven Brothers was Philip Perry III, but it was not made clear how he came to the conclusion.  One would probably have to check all the records as he did in Virginia and North Carolina.  But, others have checked those records in the two states, and did not come to the same conclusion.  there are many missing records and some "assuming" or speculation will have to be done. The name of the book A History of the John Wesley Perry Jr Family is available at the Mormon Library in Salt Lake City, UT.  . . . 
The next citation is from Historical Southern Families, Vol. VII, edited by John Bennett Boddie, copyright 1963, Chapter VII Seven Perry Brothers Come to Granville County from Colonial Virginia in 1746. . . . 
p. 61: "Jeremiah Perry, the oldest of the Seven Brothers, has a grant of 1500 acres" which was eventually sold to "his uncle Burwell Perry." The old Perry home was built on this tract of land which Burwell Perry purchased from Jeremiah Perry Jr. This land which Burwell Perry purchased from Jeremiah Perry Jr. has never been out of Perry hands, of which they are very proud. This old Perry home was built in 1750 and called Cascine, located in Franklin County, North Carolina, about three miles south of the county seat of Louisburg, NC on US Highway 401. It is kept in good repair "with buildings intact and furnished just as they were when North Carolina was still a British Colony." 
p. 68-9: "After the 17th century many of the well-to-do families of Virginia left the colony and moved to more attractive lands and homes. Many of them moved from Isle of Wight County, others from Surry County and other counties to Nansemond County, Virginia; some stayed there for a few years, then we find them moving over into North Carolina in the old Albemarle section and in the vicinity of Edenton, North Carolina. Some of those moving into Nansemond County were Phillip Perry the second. He was the eldest son of Phillip Perry Sr., but he drops from the records in the Isle of Wight County, Virginia and bits of information here and there indicate that he moved to Nancemond County . . . Several of the children of Phillip Perry Sr. of Isle of Wight County, Virginia and several of his brothers moved to Perquimans County, North Carolina in 1751. (Compiler's note: Again we see that no source other than family tradition is cited in this reference.)
The earliest mention in the Perquimans County, NC records that I have found so far for a Phillip Perry is a land transaction recorded in Deed Book C and abstracted as follows:
No. 55 Jacob Perry of Perquimans, for £22 paid by Phillip Perry, of afore' sold 200 acres on Perquimans River, adj. Benj. Perry. Land pattented for Wm. Moore, & sold by him to me, July 14, 1724. Seal July 17, 1732. Test; Frances James, Thos. Parker. 
A Phillip Perry died in Perquimans County, NC in 1751, leaving a will. Named in his will, sons: Jesse & Phillip, brothers John, Joseph & Jacob. He left to son Jesse "land on Little River" and to Phillip "plantation whereon I now live." Daughters: Sarah, Mary, Rachel, Jude, Elizabeth & Miriam. Jacob (son of Jacob) is made executor. Witnessed by Benjamin & Elizabeth Perry. 
Other researchers have suggested that Jean Hunter was the first wife of Phillip Perry and was the mother of the Seven Brothers, including Joshua who came to what as then Granville County, NC in the late 1740s. I have been unable to find any evidence that this is true. Rather, the will of one Isaac Hunter of Chowan County, NC suggests that his daughter, Jean, was the mother of the children mentioned in the will of Phillip Perry that was probated in Perquimans County, NC in 1751. 
Isaac Hunter's will includes: Item. I Give to my Grand Children, ye Sons and Daughters of my Daughter, Jean deceast, namely Jesse, Phillip & Mary Perries & Sarah Field, to Each and Every of them the Sum of five pounds, Currant money of Virginia, to them and their heirs for Ever. . . . 
His daughter was apparently deceased at the time that Isaac wrote his will. Note that the names of her children are identical to those mentioned in the will of Phillip Perry who died in 1751. Based on this fact, I can only conclude that no proof exists to show that Jean, the daughter of Isaac Hunter, was the mother of the seven Perrys who came to Granville Co., NC in the 1740s. Since Isaac mentioned one set of grandchildren of his deceased daughter, it seems probable that he would have mentioned another set if they existed and he was aware of their existence. 
Even though no solid evidence seems to exist relative to the ancestry and prior location of Joshua Perry and others of the seven Perrys that came to Granville County, NC in the 1740s, there are interesting bits of information that do exist.  For instance, consider the following abstract of a land transaction in Virginia listed immediately below: 
John Copeland, 300 acres Upper Parish of Nansemond County on NW side of Beaver Dam southwest corner of Mason's patent, belonging to Wm. & Jno. Doughtree; adj. Lands of White, Maccladland & Perry; 29 Oct. 1696, p. 62. 150 acres granted Edward Thillwell, 24 Feb. 1675/6 who sold to jeremiah Perry, 12 Dec. 1678, who sold to said Copeland, 12 Apr. 1679; 150 acres for imp. of 3 persons Geo. Sarband, Anne Proud, Mary Nichols.
Also, a Jeremiah Perry died in Chowan Precinct, North Carolina, in 1694 leaving a will in which he mentions his wife Jane and Christian Blount, the daughter of Thomas Blount in Chowan Precinct. (Grimes, p. 285 adds the witnesses were Thomas Pollock, Alexander McFarland, Neal mcNing(?), John Buntin.  
I have no proof whatsoever that the Jeremiah Perry who sold land in Virginia was the same man who left a will in North Carolina in 1694. I also have no proof that either or both of these Jeremiah Perrys were connected in any way with the seven Perrys who came to Granville County, NC in the 1740s. What makes these two bits of information interesting is the widespread use of the given name Jeremiah in the descendants of those seven Perrys over the 250 years from 1700 to the latter part of the 20th century. It has been used numerous times over that time period. If there is any connection, considering the time lapse, there is probably at least one and possibly as many as three generations separating these Perrys. My intention is to keep an eye open for other bits and pieces of data that might shed some light on any possible connections. 
Listed below are other books relating to various Perry Families that I have not consulted. I list them here as possible sources of information. 
Winbourne, Benjamin. The Perry Family of Hertford County, North Carolina, Raleigh, NC: Edwards & Broughton Printing Co., Inc., 1909.
Adams, Bertram. An Incomplete History of the Descendants of John Perry of London 1604-1954, no imprint, 1955.
Perry, Hubert. The Family Tree of Daniel L. Perry, 1704-1970, no imprint, 1971.
Boddie, John T. & John B. Boddie. Boddie & Allied Families, no imprint, 1918.
  • Perry
Bond, Hank. Thane Robertson Ahnentafel Chart, typescript, 1996
Hank is a grandson of Thane through his mother Lula Augusta (Robertson) Bond.  We have corresponded about genealogy.
  1. Thane E. Robertson - born Amos T. he changed his name. b. 27 Jan 1871, Fairfield, IL, d. 2 Dec. 1946 Eagle, CO, buried on 5 Dec. 1946, Eagle, CO
  2. Amos Sloan Robertson - 4th of 9 children, b. 9 Jul 1830 Lawrence Co., OH, d. 6 Jun 1906 Fairfield, IL, 7 brothers & sisters living when he died; buried in Dickeyville or Arrington Cemetery, Sims, Wayne Co., IL
  3. Sarah Ann Warren b. 23 Oct 1844, Wayne Co., IL, d. 26 Jan. 1924 Wilmington, IL at the Civil War Soldiers Widow Home, buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Wilmington, IL
  4. David Robertson b. 1 Jan. 1800 VA, d. 15 Oct. 1872 in Wayne Co., IL buried Mt. Zion / Farnsworth Cemetery, Wayne Co., IL
  5. Rebecca Clark b. 15 Dec. 1804 NJ, d. 10 Oct. 1973 in Wayne Co., bur. Mt. Zion/Farnsworth Cemetery, Wayne Co., IL
  6. William Warren b. ca. 1821 KY, d. 24 Aug. 1853 buried probably in Bovee Cemetery, Sims, Wayne Co., IL
  7. Minervia "Nerevy" Gaston b. ca. 1824 Wayne Co., IL, d. 7 Sep 1899 Big Mound Twp., Wayne Co., IL
  8. Mr. (from Scotland) Robertson b. in Scotland
  9. (Mrs. Scotland) Robertson b. in Ireland
  10. (Rebecca's father) Clark b. in NJ
  11. (Mrs. Rebecca's mother) Clark b. in NJ
  12. William Warren b. White Co., IL by 1817
  13. Sarah (--?--)
  14. James Cyrus Gaston
  15. Catherine Creighton
Fifth Generation
28. James Gaston b. ca. 1756 in South Carolina, d. 1840 Wayne Co., IL buried in 1840 in first grave in Bovee Cemetery, Wayne Co., IL
29. Amanda Sloan
30. Thomas Creighton
31. Mary Jajers
Sixth Generation
58. [John] Sloan
59. (--?--)
60. John M. Creighton, b. in Ireland, d. 1869 fall of the year
61. (--?--)
62. (--?--) Jajers b. in Ireland
63. (--?--) b. in Ireland 
Seventh Generation
116. Thomas Sloan b. ca. 1761 in Carolina, d. 1840 in Wayne Co., IL, buried in Bovee Cemetery, Wayne Co., IL
117. (--?--)
Collier, Faye. History of the Thomas Clark Family of Gallia County, Ohio, typescript, 1979
Lieutenant Thomas Clark, Sr. born in Montgomery County (now Giles County) Virginia, August 10, 1759. He enlisted as ensign in George Washington's army in the 13th Light Infantry, under Captain Silas Zanes in 1776, at the age of 17.  He was later promoted to First Lieutenant, April 15, 1777. His name is carried on the company payroll for the month of April 1778, at Valley Forge. When he came to Ohio we do not know, but legend has it:
He came over the mountains with his boys and immediately they began to buy up all the land from "Mudsock to Bull-Skin," and for all this land they paid only $8 per year in taxes. (The record books in Galliopolis testify to their land-buying proclivities).
Whom he married and when they came to Ohio we do not know, but we have the names of these his children:
  1. Thomas Clark, Jr., b. 1788. Served in the War of 1812. Married, 1) Polly Nida in VA, in 1816; 2) Anna Lewis.
  2. William Clark b. in VA Feb. 7, 1790, d. July 11, 1849. Married Elizabeth Nida in 1818. They had 15 children, one of whom was my father, William H. Clark (Faye Collier)
  3. Rebecca Clark, md. John Wetherholt
  4. Isaac S. b. 1808, d. 1854 md. Anna Lee, Dec. 8, 1831, both buried in Macedonia Cemetery
  5. James Clark, married Susanna Niday in VA in 1823
  6. Samuel Clark, went to Missouri after the cholera scare of 1849. Perry Clark saw his son "Chris" at a Civil War Veterans reunion and recognized him as a Clark.
  7. Jeptha Clark, md. Mary Null, July 27, 1831. After her death, he lived with his daughter, Minerva Dupree, near Ril Grande [Rio Grande?].
  8. Nancy Clark, we know nothing of her. In fact, Richard DeWitt is the only one who knows either Rebecca or Nancy
What shall we say about the Clark family? They were ubiquitous, that is, everywhere present; from the Mayflower, we learn that there were Nathaniel, Richard and Thomas Clarke, although they were, strictly not "saints" but "strangers" as those traveling with these saints were called. There was even a Clark Island named for the capable and kindly chief mate of the Mayflower, who first stepped foot on it. And, there are still the ubiquitous Clarks around. If you don't believe it, just read the daily headlines. (We have an expression that applies in this case - it is an Appalachian localism and it is: "There are more Clarks than you could shake a stick at.")
But, this Genealogy begins with the Revolutionary War and one soldier who served in that war and who afterward came to Ohio. It is the story of Lieutenant Thomas Clark, Senior, who was born in Montgomery County (later Giles County), Virginia, August 10, 1759. It is said his parents came from Maryland, and his father's name was John. We know nothing of his early life until we find him as a soldier in the Revolutionary War. He enlisted in the 13th VA Light Infantry under Capt. Silas Zanes in Dec. 1776, at the age of 17. He was an Ensign at first but later promoted to First Lieutenant on April 15, 1777, and his name is borne on the Company's payroll for the month of April 1778, dated at Valley Forge, May 24, 1778.  After the war, he probably returned to his home in Montgomery County, and led an uneventful life. When he married we do not know. Whom he married we do not know. We know he had the following sons: Thomas, William, Isaac, James, Samuel and Jeptha. (We hear of one daughter Nancy).
The County Clerk of Giles County has this to say: "I have looked at the index of our deeds and find several deeds mentioned to Thomas Clark, Jr. I find a marriage license issued to Thomas Clark and Polly (Susanna) Nida in 1816. I find a deed dated 1819 from William Clark to Thomas Clark, Jr., for a tract of 80 acres. I also find a record of one William Clark marrying one Betsy (Elizabeth) Niday, in 1818."
Davis, William. Genealogical Register of Plymouth Families, Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1975.
  • Bradford, William, Austerfield, England, had William, Thomas; Robert, bap., 1561; Elizabeth, bap., 1570, m. James hill.
  • Bradford, William, Austerfield, son of above, m. 1584, Alice, d. of John Hanson, and had Margaret bap. 1585; Alice, bap. 1587; William bap. 1589. 
  • Bradford, William, son of above, came in the Mayflower, 1620, with wife Dorothy May, and son John. he m. 1623, Alice, wid. of Edward Southworth, and d. of Alexander Carpenter, and had William 1624; Mercy, 1627; md. Benjamin Vermayes; Joseph 1630.
  • Bradford, William, son of above m. Alice, d. of Thomas Richards of Weymouth, and had John 1652; William 1655; Thomas md. Anna Fitch; Samuel 1668; Alice md. William Adams of Dedham, and James Fitch of Norwich; Hannah, m. Joshua Ripley of Hingham; Mercy m. Samuel Steele of Hartford; Meletiah m. John Steele of Norwich; Mary m. William Hunt of Weymouth; Sarah md. Kenelm Baker of Marshfield. He m. 2) a wid. Wiswall [this is incorrect, she was Sarah (--?--)], had Joseph 1674. He md. 3) Mary Wood, wid. of John Holmes and d. of John Atwood and had Israel, 1679; Ephraim 1690; David and Hezekiah
  • Bradford, Joseph, son of above m. 1) Anna, d. of Daniel [should be Rev. James] Fitch, and had Joseph and nine daughters, of whom three pairs were twins. He m. 2) Mary, widow of Daniel Fitch, and had John, 1717. 
  • Hopkins, Stephen, came in the Mayflower 1620, with 2d wife, Elizabeth, and two children of 1st wife, Giles and Constance, the latter of whom m. Nicholas Snow. He had, on the passage, Oceanus, and after arrival, Damaris, m. Jacob Cooke; Deborah, m. Andrew Ring; Caleb, Ruth and Elizabeth. 
  • Hopkins, Giles, Yarmouth, son of Stephen, came in the Mayflower with his father. He m. 1639, Catherine Wheldon, and had Mary, 1640; Stephen, 1642, m. Mary, d. of William Merrick; John 1643; Abigail 1644, md. Mary, d. of Daniel Cole; William, 1661; Elizabeth 1664. 
  • Hopkins, Caleb, son of Stephen, died unmarried at Barbadoes, after 1644.
  • Hopkins, Thomas went from Plymouth, 1636 to Providence and m. Elizabeth d. of William Arnold, and had William, Thomas, and perhaps Joseph
  • Little, Thomas, Plymouth 1630 m. 1633 Ann, d. of Richard Warren, and had Isaac, 1646; Thomas; Ephraim, 1650; Samuel 1656; Hannah, m. Stephen Tilden; Mercy, m. John Sawyer; Ruth, and Patience. 
  • Lothrop, John born in Elton [Etton], East Riding, Yorkshire, son of Thomas of Cherry Burton, and grandson of John Lowthorpe of Lowthorpe, Yorkshire first settled in Egertown [Egerton] in Kent, and afterwards succeeded Henry Jacob as first pastor of the Southwark Church in London. He came over in the Griffin 1634, and settled first in Scituate, and then in Barnstable, 1639. By a 1st wife, he had, in England , Thomas, Benjamin; Jane, m. Samuel Fuller; Barbara m. an Emerson; Samuel, about 1620; and Joseph. By a 2d wife he had Barnabas, 1636; Abigail, 1639 m. James Clark; Bathsheba 1642; John, 1645 - grandpa
  • Lothrop, Samuel, Barnstable, son of 1st John, m. 1644, Elizabeth Scudder, removed to New London, 1648, to Norwich, 1668, and had John 1645, m. Ruth Royce; Samuel 1650; Israel, 1659, m. Rebecca Bliss; Joseph, 1661, m. Elizabeth Scudder; Elizabeth m. Isaac Royce; Ann m. William Hough; Sarah probably m. Nathaniel Royce; Abigail and Martha. 
  • Lothrop, Samuel, Norwich, son of above, m. 1675 Hannah, d. of Thomas Adgate, and had Hannah; Thomas, Elizabeth m. John Waterman, whose d. Hannah was mother of Benedict Arnold; Nathaniel, m. Ann Backus; Simon 1689, m. Martha Lothrop and Samuel, m. Deborah Crow
  • Warren, Richard, son of Christopher [incorrect], came in the Mayflower 1620. His wife, who was wid. Elizabeth (Jouatt)Marsh, came in the Ann 1623, with five daughters; Mary, m. Robert Bartlett 1628; Ann, m. Thomas Little 1633; Sarah m. John Cooke, Jr. 1634; Elizabeth m. Richard Church, 1636; Abigail, m. Anthony Snow, 1639. Two sons, Nathaniel and Joseph were born in Plymouth. 
  • Lothrop, John, 1st in the text, m. 1610, Hannah Howse, of Eastwell, Kent; d. Ann born 1616; son John 1618; d. Barbara 1619; son Thomas 1621; Joseph 1624. He m. 2d. 1637 Ann Hammond; d. Bathsheba m. Alexander Marsh and son John m. 1672, Mary Cole, and had John, 1673; Mary 1675; Martha 1677. 
Early Perrys in the Virginia Colony & Interesting Side Lights, chapter of unidentified book
We learn from John Daley Burke's History of Virginia that William, George & John Perry landed in Virginia about 1620.  William took up 100 acres of land on the south side of the James River, near the present city of Richmond; George patented 100 acres of land below Southampton Hundred, and John had secured 100 acres on the James River about fourteen miles below Hog Island. 
Dr. Lyon G. Tyler in Vol. 16, of William & Mary Quarterly writes: The Perrys are found at Burkland, and Paces' Pains on the James River. Micajah Perry, a man of great wealth, and his son Richard of London, England, were operating a Commission Merchants and were doing a big business . . . Micajah had several brothers, sisters and other relatives in Virginia.  Peter, Joseph, Henry & Benjamin were contemporaries in Colonial Virginia, Tidewater Section in the latter part of the 17th century.  Phillip Perry [see below], an uncle of Micajah came from England to Colonial Virginia in 1655.  We find that he made his will in Isle of Wight County, VA on October 9, 1667 and it states he was was 70 years old. 
Micajah died in London in 1720.  His will dated Sep. 27, 1720, his principal legatees were his daughter-in-law Sarah Perry & her two children Micajah Jr. & Phillip Perry.  Both of these young men became members of the merchant business and Micajah Jr. became Lord Mayor of London in 1728.  Micajah Sr.'s brother Peter was the firm's Virginia representative. He made a deposition in York County, VA in 1679 and stated he was 28 years of age. Peter Perry was Burgess for York County in 1688 and is said to have left descendants in Charles City County and / or Dinwiddie County, VA.
Micajah & Peter's sister Mary Perry md. Mr. Lowe who settled in Charles City County, VA. . . .
Phillip Perry Sr. came to America in the 1655. He married Grace (--?--). Had children: Phillip II, James, Jacob, Joseph
Phillip Perry II drops from the records of Isle of Wight Co., VA and bits of information here and there indicate that he moved to Nansemond County, VA.  He and his wife Elizabeth sold 70 acres in Isle of Wight County to Nathaniel Bacon in 1675. 
Phillip Perry III md. Joan Hunter and had children, the seven brothers who went to Granville Co., NC 1746: 
1. Jeremiah
2. John, made will 1796
3. Francis - issue, not known
4. Joshua - possibly father of Capt. Joshua who md. mary Boddie
5. Nathaniel, made will 1790
6. William
7. Burwell md. Elizabeth Massey.  Elizabeth made will 1828

 1a. Jeremiah - possibly our line
2a. Solomon
2b. Ruth md. (-?-) Hall
2c. Rebecca md. (-?-) Ferrall
2d. Mary md. (-?-) Strickland
2d. daughter md. Francis Richards
2e. Burwell d, ca. 1816
2f. Anna md. (-?-) Baker
2g. John d. ca. 1828
2h Abey md. (-?-) Conyers
2i. Jeremiah
2j. Abraham
2k. Bennett H.
5a. Drury
5b. Ephraim
5c. Sarah md. (-?-) Taylor
5d. daughter md. (-?-) Sanderson
7a. Col. Jeremiah b. 1761 md. Tempe Boddie
7b. Capt. Joshua
7c. Rachel
7d. Mary
7e. Burwell
7f. Capt. John
7g. Edith

 2k1. John S.
2k2. Bennet
2k3. Berkely
2k4. Lucinda
2k5. Rutherford
2k6. Esther
2k7. Mary
5a1. Nathaniel, heir to Manor Plantation
5c1. Solomon Taylor
5c2. Abraham Taylor
5d1. Nathan Sanderson
The Perrys of Franklin County, NC are of English descent. It is their tradition the family came from Nansemond Co., VA and that there were seven brothers who settled in Granville Co., about 1746. They are a reserved, proud race of people. They left Virginia as they were displeased at their father's second marriage. However, the Perry's followed the old English custom of inheritance of the eldest son, and it is tradition an elder son remained in Virginia.  The names of these brothers are given above. 
The Perrys were Royalists and, with few exceptions did not fight on the American side during the Revolution. However, they were distinctly military, serving prior and enlisting immediately after the Revolution. Six of these brothers' names may be found in the muster roll of Col. William Eaton's regiment under Capt. Osbourne Jeffreys' command, Oct. 8, 1754. These were Jeremiah, John, William, Francis, Joshua & Nathaniel.  These troops of 1754, raised to repel the Indian and French invasion, were the first troops raised by any Colony for service outside its own borders. 
Jeremiah is known to have had a son, Jeremiah Perry, as he sold one of the grants inherited from his father to his uncle Burwell Perry, which is still in possession of the family. 
Helligso, Martha. A Tale of John Mason Including One Line of Descent, Omaha, NE: Helligso, 1982
John Mason was born in 1600, deduced from the fact that he died in 1672 at the age of 72. His birthplace in England is unknown and little is known about his life there although he was a well educated man; he could quote Virgil and write excellent prose.  His military services before arriving in America included serving in the Netherlands under Sir Horace de Vere when the English Protestants assisted the Protestant Hollanders against the Papist Spaniards. He took part in the siege of Bois-le-duc during the summer of 1629.
On 20 March 1630, he was one of one hundred and forty men and women who set sail from Plymouth, England, in the ship the Mary & John.  Before the party left England, they spent the day fasting, preaching and praying and united themselves into a church body.  There were two ministers in the group (John Maverick and John Warham) and two military men (Captain Richard Southcote and Captain John Mason). According to Annals of the Town of Dorchester by J. Blake: 
When many Godly & Religious People that Dissented from ye way of Worship then Established by Law in ye Realm of England, in ye Reign of King Charles ye first, being denied ye free exercise of Religion after ye manner they professed, according to ye light of God's word & their own Consciences, did under ye Incouragement of a Charter Granted by ye sd King Charles, in ye Fourth year of his Reign, AD 1628, Remove themselves & their Families into ye colony of ye Massachusetts Bay, in New England, that they might Worship God according to ye light of which was ye very motive & cause of their coming; Then it was that ye First inhabitants of Dorchester came over, & that ye first Company or Church Society that arrived here, next to ye town of Salem, who was one year before them.
"Haunts where their sunny youth was passed
Homes where they fondly hoped at last
In peaseful age to die;
Friends, kindred, comfort, all, they spurned, --
Their fathers' hallowed graves, --
And to a world of darkness turned,
Beyond a world of waves.
A fearful path they trod,
And dared a fearful doom
To build an altar to their God,
And find a quiet tomb." ~ Sprague
The journey from Plymouth, Devonshire, England to Nantasket, New England took seventy days. After landing with some difficulty, several attempts were made to select land for the party, and when the group finally established themselves, they called their settlement "Dorchester."
Every settlement was required to have a band of military men for the protection of the settlement, and John Mason was elected Commander of the Dorchester Band in 1633. On March 4, 1634-35, he became a "Freeman" of the Colony of Massachusetts. 
In 1635, he was made Deputy, and in the same year, he was among the first emigrants to Windsor, Connecticut where most of the Dorchester group migrated. The cause of this migration to Connecticut as given by Cotton Mather was that "Massachusetts soon became like a hive overstocked with bees, and many thought of swarming into new plantations . . . "
[(photo & caption of) Monument to the Founders of Windsor (Connecticut) giving the names of 125 of the Windsor settlers who came to America from England on the ship Mary & John in 1630. Located just north of Palisado Green, Windsor.]
All of the Connecticut River Indian tribes welcomed the English because from them they could obtain items such as knives, axes, cloth, woolen blankets and firearms which added to their security against their common enemy, the Pequot Indians.
The Pequot Indians were cruel and arrogant and had come down from the Hudson River overrunning Connecticut, claiming the land for their headquarters.  The war with the Pequot Indians began after Windsor was settled and John Mason was called to command the River troops. The battle of 26 May 1637 at the Pequot fort on the Mystic River fought under Mason's command, nearly annihilated the Pequot Indian tribe.
On June 26, 1637, John Mason, together with forty men from the Connecticut towns, the Indian Sachem, Uncas, and his braves found what remained of the Pequots hiding in the middle of a large swamp near Fairfield. After some skirmishes, they entered the swamp returning with nearly two hundred women and children. On July 13, the rest of the Pequots attempted to fight their way to freedom but were forced to scatter and be hunted down by their enemy Indian tribes the Narragansetts and Mohegans, thus ending the fearful Pequots. 
John Mason wrote a book entitled A Brief History of the Pequot War: Especially of the Memorable Taking of Their Fort at Mistick in Connecticut in 1637 which explains his part in the war and why the war was so important to the English settlements. 
In March, 1638, he was appointed Commander-in-chief of the militia of Connecticut which required him to call out the militia of each town of the Colony ten times a year for instruction and practice. In 1645, he was selected to command the combined forces of Plymouth, Massachusetts, Connecticut and New Haven in a war against the Narragansett Indians. In 1654 and in 1657, he was sent to Long Island to quiet the Indians there. As the emissary of the colony, he showed that in diplomacy as in war he could win triumphs.
John Mason moved his home to Saybrook, Connecticut, in 1647 because the Connecticut military headquarters were located in Saybrook and the Court requested that he make this move. In 1659, he was a prime organizer for a group of people to move from Saybrook to Norwich, Connecticut. The land at Norwich was purchased from Uncas, the Sachem for the Mohegans, and it was legalized by the Court May 16, 1662. It is speculated that the move to Norwich was prompted by the blackbirds and crows which had settled in large numbers on the planted fields at Saybrook, making farming there impossible.
There were many disputes over who really owned the Connecticut lands. The colony of Massachusetts, the Dutch and various Indian tribes as well as various English settlements in Connecticut all made claim to the territory. Consequently, John Winthrop, Jr. returned to England to appear before King Charles II and he succeeded in obtaining a Charter for the Connecticut settlements in May of 1662. He, Winthrop, was appointed governor of the Colony of Connecticut and John Mason was appointed Deputy Governor by the king.  Roger Wolcott wrote a poem giving "a brief account of the agency of the honorable John Winthrop, Esq. in the Court of King Charles the Second in 1662" referring to John Mason as follows:
The Army now drew up. To be their head
Our valient Mason was commissioned;
Whose name is never mentioned by me,
Without a special note of dignity.
The poem ends with the king's reply to Winthrop's request --
Be it so then, and we ourselves decree
Connecticut shall be a colony.
Enfranchise with such ample liberties.

 As thou, Their friend, shall best for them devise;
And further know our royal pleasure thus,
And so it is determined by us.
Chief in the patent, Winthrop, thou shalt stand,
And valiant Mason place at thy next hand.
John Mason married twice. His first wife, Isabel, died in 1637. In 1639, he married Anne Peck, daughter of Reverend Robert Peck.
Anne preceded him in death, and her son-in-law, Reverend James Fitch, preached her memorial service which was so exceptional that it was published in 1672. In part, it read, "I need not tell you what a Dorcas you have lost; men, women and children are ready with weeping to acknowledge what works of mercy she hath done for them . . . She was gifted with a measure of knowledge above what is usual in her sex."
The last few years of John Mason's life were filled with suffering from an incurable disease. He presided at the sessions of the Court until September, 1670, in spite of his illness. A petition of the Court until September, 1670, in spite of his illness. A petition was made to the Court that "it having pleased God so by his Providence to bless us with the enjoyment of only one Mason with our country, namely our honored Major Mason, who by God's visiting hand upon him in respect of weakness and sickness of body, hath not at all times been in a capacity to undergo the great trouble that attends our Courts, without assistance, whereby our Courts have been formerly much weakened, and prays the Court to point some one to his service.
Reverend James Fitch, son-in-law of John Mason, spent many hours with him during his long illness which was a comfort to the failing soldier. The Journal of Reverend Simon Bradstreet of New London, states:
January 30, 1671 (OS) Major John Mason who had several times been Deputy governor of Connecticut Colony dyed. he was about 70. he lived the 2 or 3 last years of his life in Extreme misery with Ye stone or stranguary or some disease. He dyed with much comfort and assured it would be well with him.
There is a record in the County Court Trials, New London County Court, Vol. 3 (1670-1681), p. 47, dated 4 June 1672, which states "the Will and Inventorie of Maj'r John Mason, Deceased exhibited for Court and ordered to be recorded," but the will and the inventory are missing. 
Children by first wife, Isabel:
  • Isabel, m. June 17, 1658, John Bissell
Children by second wife, Anne:
  • Priscilla b. 1641, m. 1644 [should be 1664], Reverend James Fitch
  • Samuel, b. 1644, resided at Stonington
  • John b. 1646; a captain, was wounded in the Swamp Fight in King Philip's War, Dec. 19, 1675 and is supposed to have died from the wound, leaving a widow, Abigail, and two children, John and Ann
  • Rachel, b. 1648
  • Anne, b. 1650; m. 8 Nov. 1672, Norwich, John Brown
  • Daniel b. 1652; d. in Stonington in 1736; m. Rebecca Hobart
  • Elizabeth, b. 1654
John Mason Monument / Norwich Founders Monument
Lathrop, Phillip. Letter to Suellyn Lathrop, Jan. 1, 1996
The following is a listing of the data that I have for George E. Lathrop's descendants. The descendancy chart is the key for the remainder of the data. I attempted to minimize the repetition in the family group records and their documentation, but probably failed to remove all of it. 
1. George Ellsworth Lathrop 1861-1923, spouse Rosa Ellen Petty 1865-1933
2. Ethel Lathrop
2. Irene Lathrop, spouse Everett Dean
3. Leon Dean
3. Marian Dean spouse Floy Eakin
3. Lynden Lee Dean
3. Rosemary Dean
2. Mabel May Lathrop 1893-1984 spouse Earl Staats 1891-1955
3. Evelyn L. Staats 1920-1957 spouse Edward Jenner
4. Alan Lynn Jenner
2. William Grant Lathrop 1885-1948 spouse Lenora McCally 1886-1951
3. William George Edward Lathrop 1913-1954 spouse Jeanne Cutler
4. George Dennis Lathrop
4. Stephanie Lathrop
4. Timothy Lathrop
3. Leland Delbert Lathrop 1915-1951 spouse Doris Dalrymple 1913-1965
4. Lois Elizabeth Lathrop spouse Ed Giberson
3. Harold Eugene Lathrop 1920-1968 spouse Paulette Tesson 1919-1985
3. Robert Donald Lathrop 1922- spouse Ruth McCarty Gosnell 1922-
4. Robert Gerritt Lathrop 1944-1944
4. Phillip Lathrop spouse Judith Gaddey
5. Monica Lathrop
5. Shannon Lenore Lathrop
4. Stephen Lathrop spouse Mitzi Absher
5. Megan Lathrop
5. Stephanie Lathrop
4. Norma Lathrop spouse James Jones
5. Jessica Jones
2. Nettie Lathrop
2. Harry Lathrop
Robert Donald Lathrop [went by Don] & Ruth McCarty Gosnell - Staff Sergeant in C Battery, 347th Field Artillery Battalion, 91st Infantry Staff Division. Honorable discharge 11 Nov. 1945. Lived on 1606 12th Street in Lawrenceville, IL from birth until 1934. The family moved to Collins Avenue. Don lived there from 1931 to Thanksgiving 1934. The family moved to the Lathrop farm near Red Hills State Park. Don lived there until October 1942 when he enlisted in the US Army.
On the 50th anniversary of VJ day (14 Aug. 1995), I [Phillip] talked with Mother and Dad about this day in their lives. Fighting in Italy stopped on 7 May 1945 and the 91st Infantry Division moved to Naples, Italy as a staging area. The 91st had been told that they were staging for the trip to Japan to conduct an invasion. On 14 August 1945 Dad was told that the war with Japan was over. The 91st waited three weeks for a ship to return them to the Continental US. The real joy began to sink in when some days later the 91st was treated a feast of real american food cooked by German POWs in Miles Standish Port in Boston, Massachusetts. From Miles Standish Port they were shipped to Camp Grant in Rockford, Illinois. He soon returned to Lawrenceville, IL to be with Mother. At this point, Dad was on 45 days of leave. He honorably discharged from the US A[rmy] on Armistice Day in 1945 (11 November). During the first three weeks after returning home, Mother and Dad worked together shucking corn for local farmers. Mother got a job working at Miesners in Bridgeport, IL winding electronic coils. Soon after this Dad joined her at Miesners and they eventually moved to Bridgeport. During this early part of their lives, Mother received a letter from her employer in Corvallis, Oregon asking her to cash her checks from her employment there many months before. 
William Grant Lathrop & Lenora McCally - William dropped dead at a feedstore in Olney, IL. Graduate of University of Illinois (1917). Was principal of Johnson City High School for six years. Returned to Lawrenceville area going into grocery bhusiness. In 1934 they moved to the family farm which is now adjacent to Red Hills State Park. 
Major John Mason, newspaper article, nd
Major John Mason, the pioneer of the Norwich settlement, to whom the people looked for counsel & protection [was] born in England about 1601.  The [first] knowledge we have of him is in the English army, under Sir Thomas Fairfax, fighting in the Netherlands in the battle of the Dutch patriots, against [the] bigotry and tyranny of Spain. It cannot be stated with absolute certainty when he emigrated to this country, but he appeared at Dorchester, Mass., in 1632 & was commissioned by the Massachusetts colony in company with Capt. John Gallop, to search for a pirate named Dixie Bull, who had committed depredations on the coast. 
In 1634 he was one of a committee to plan the fortifications of Boston harbor, and was placed in charge of a battery on Castle Island. In 1635 he was a representative to the general court from Dorchester, and later came to Connecticut, with the colony that settled at Windsor in 1636.
During the residence of Capt. Mason at Windsor all the stirring scenes of the Pequot war were enacted.
In April, 1637, the Pequot Indians made an attack on Wethersfield, and the general court, alarmed for the safety of the new settlements, declared war against them on May 1st. By May 10th an army of 90 men had been raised, which, under the command of Major Mason, sailed to Saybrook and arriving on the 17th, was there windbound for two days.
The court instructions were to land at the mouth of the Pequot river, but Mason, finding that the Indians had heard of this intention, concluded to act according to his own judgment, go to Narraganasett and approach them from the rear. At Saybrook they were joined by Capt. Underhill and 19 men, and 20 of the former guard the settlements. The small army of 90 men sailed on Friday, the 19th, from Saybrook, reaching their landing place on Saturday, the 20th.  They kept the Sabbath day aboard ship and were prevented from landing on Monday by a storm; but on Tuesday evening, the 23d, Capt. Mason and Capt. Underhill with 77 men disembarked, leaving the others in charge of the vessels. They were joined by 60 Mohegans and several hundred Narragansetts, in all about 500 Indians, who, with the exception of Uncas and a Niantic sachem named Wequash, all deserted before they reached their destination, where they arrived on the 25th.
The Pequot fort they were going to attack covered a circular area of one or two acres and was surrounded by a palisade ten or twelve feet high, formed by trunks of trees driven into the ground. 
There were two openings on opposite sides obstructed by light bushes or underbrush.  Into these two entrances, on the 26th of May, two hours before daylight, Captains Mason and Underhill forced their way each with 16 men, the others remaining outside. The barking of a dog gave the alarm and with the cry of "Owanax! Owanax!" the Indian name for Englishmen, the startled Indians rushed from their wigwams. There was a confused firing of muskets and arrows, and Captain Mason, seeing the need of immediate and decisive action,  seized on a brand from one of the wigwams and set fire to the mats with which they were covered. The flames fanned by the northeast wind spread rapidly, driving Captain Underhill outside the fort, to be ready to intercept the Indians as they emerged. Out of 700 Indians who were estimated to be in the fort at this time, only seven escaped and seven were taken captive. The rest were either shot or perished in the flames. As Captain mason says: "Thus did the Lord judge, filling the place with dead bodies." Of the English two were killed, and twenty wounded.
There were many providential escapes. Lieutenant Bull had an arrow shot into a hard piece of cheese in his pocket, which, as the captain writes, "may verify the old saying, 'a little armor would serve, if a man knew where to place it.'"  The only surgeon had remained on board the ship, and there was no one to attend the wounded. Their provisions and munitions were spent; their pinnaces [small boats] at a great distance, and when they would come was uncertain; but as they were debating what to do, they suddenly saw the ships sailing into Pequot harbor. Sassacus and about 300 Pequots appeared from the neighboring fort and hovering in the rear of the English obliged them to fight their way to the ships, carrying their wounded with them.
When they reached Saybrook, they were "entertained with great rejoicing and triumph, praising God for His goodness to us," and the captain adds, "It is He that hath made His work wonderful, and therefore ought to be remembered."
The New Haven colony contemplated at one time making a settlement on the Delaware river, and urged Major Mason to become the leader of the expedition; but the Connecticut colony interposed and prevailed on him not to leave them.
In public affairs he was always a prominent figure, serving as judge to the courts, member of the legislature and commissioner, as arbitrator and agent in all Indian affairs, deputy governor for eight years, and assistant. 
Miss Caulkins divides his life into four periods, as follows: Lieutenant and captain at Dorchester, five and one-half years; conqueror of the Pequots, magistrate and major, twelve years; captain of the fort and commissioner of the united colonies at Saybrook, twelve years; deputy governor and assistant at Norwich, twelve years.
Norwich may well be proud of her founded. Miss Caulkins says: "He shines forth as a valiant soldier, a wise counselor, sturdy of frame and hardy in constitution, regardless of danger, fatigue or exposure, he was invaluable as a pioneer in difficult enterprises and a founder of new plantations. He was also a religious man and a patriot."
Major Mason was one of the earliest to die of the original proprietors. His last hours were cheered by the prayers and counsels of his beloved pastor and son-in-law, Mr. Fitch. There is no record that points out his burial place, but it is supposed he was laid in the Post and Gager burial ground, or First Cemetery of Norwich.
Norris, D.W. & H.A. Feldmann. The Wells Family, Milwaukee, WI: Cramer-Krasselt Company, 1942.
The Wells, or Welles family, in England is of very ancient origin, clearly traceable . . . it is claimed, to the time of the Norman conquest. 
The Welles family was founded in the United States by emigrants from England, principally from Colchester, Essex County, during the religious persecutions under Charles I, 1625-48. Nathaniel Wells lived there (Colchester, England) when the Civil War began in England. he owned extensive and valuable ship-yards near there, and also was owner and proprietor of a large hotel in the place. During these religious persecutions in 1629, he nearly lost his life on account of some remarks he made at dinner one day, and was obliged to leave the country for safety, and flee to America. He landed at Boston, Massachusetts and in 1639 or 1640 removed into Rhode Island with Richard Smith, and settled near Wickford. He called the place Wellestown. He was soon followed by his brothers, viz: Hugh of Hartford; Joseph of Boston; Deacon Thomas of Ipswich; George & William of Lynn, Mass., and Deacon Richard of Salisbury, Mass., who all came between 1630 and 1635. 
"About 1635 several families of that name (which was then spelt Wells, but oftener Welles), emigrated from England to Massachusetts. Some of these families remained in the eastern part of that state, others went to Rhode Island, others to Hartford and other towns in Connecticut, and still others to Hartford and Hadley, in the western part of Massachusetts; so that we find at a very early day, before 1660, persons bearing that name in many towns of New England. . It is probable that (1) Thomas Wells of Ipswich was one of the earliest emigrants of that name, who settled in this country. He came as early as 1635, and perhaps a year earlier. Savage, in his Genealogical Dictionary of New England, states that he came in 1635, on the Susan & Ellen, from London, with young Richard Saltonsall, when thirty years of age."  He was a physician, and came to Wells in 1657, later settled at Ipswich.
1. Thomas Wells, Deacon & Doctor b. 1605, Colchester, Essex County, England; bp. Dec. 11, 1605; d. Oct. 26, 1666; md. Abigail Warner, July 23, 1630, Colchester, England, dau. of William Warner. She d. July 22, 1671. 
Thomas Wells was one of the earliest inhabitants of Ipswich. He took the Freeman's oath at Boston, May 7, 1637. He had a house lot granted to him in 1635, on the south side of the river, near where the Stone Bridge now is, and afterwards, in 1638, 'planting lands' near 'Heart-break Hill.' He probably came from Essex, England, having had relatives at Colchester, in that County at the time of his decease in 1666.  He left three sons, Nathaniel the eldest, John, and Thomas; and five daughters, Sarah Massie of Salem, Abigail Tredwell of Ipswich, Elizabeth, Hannah and Lydia. The last named became Lydia Ropes before the decease of her mother in 1671. Nathaniel, the eldest son, with his wife Lydia, continued to reside in Ipswich until after the decease of his mother, who bequeaths to him the 'flax now growing.' He was probably father of Nathaniel, who was born 1669, and died at Ipswich, October 13, 1717, who was father of Capt. Nathaniel, who was born April 24, 1699 and died May 27, 1790. The Rev. Jonathan French, of North Hampton, in an article in the Genealogical Register, volume 1, page 43, states that the Rev. Nathanniel Wells, minister of Deerfield, New Hampshire was 'son of Deacon Nathaniel Wells, who removed to Wells, Me., from Ipswich, Mass., and who was a son of Deacon Thomas Wells of Ipswich.' I suspect that there is an error here, and that the first Dea. Nathaniel Wells, of Wells, was son of John, second son of Thomas of Ipswich, who married Sarah, daughter of Francis Littlefield and settled in Wells, which received its name from this family, having previously been called Preston.
His father transferred to him by a deed of gift, all his lands in that place, being about three hundred and fifty acres. To Thomas, the youngest son, the father by his will, dated July 3, 1666, bequeaths two hundred and fifty pounds sterling, to be paid him when he come to the age of 22 years, 4 months and 10 days. By the same instrument, it appears that he was born 11th 11th mo., 1646 or January 11, 1647, of the present style. Why this precise period was fixed on for the payment of the legacy does not appear. Is it possible that the good Deacon could have dabbled in astrology? He also provides for the contigency of his son's Goeing to the Colledge, and bequeaths to him all the books I bought for his use, and my phissic books and the books called orthodox evangelist. Two books which would probably come under the latter description, The Soul's Preparation for Christ, and Parkins upon the Creed, he had given to his daughters. (Mr. Wells says that this is not correctly stated, but that these books were given to his wife, as proved in the will of Thomas Wells . . . From this bequest of phissic books, the inference is drawn that he was a physician.  The evidence is not quite conclusive, yet I know of no other. The books were appraised at £8, 6s. 3d., a respectable medical library for those days. This was probably the Thomas Wells who, according to Farmer, was the first minister of Amesbury, ordained in 1672, and died July 10, 1734, aged eighty-six. If so, he was eighty-seven years and six months old at the time of his decease. 
Children:
  1. Nathaniel b. abt. 1636, d. December 15, 1681, m. Lydia Thurlley, May 9, 1661. By August 6, 1694, widow Lydia Wells had become Mrs. Ledia Emerson.
  2. John b. ca. 1638
  3. Sarah b. ca. 1640 m. John Massie of Salem
  4. Abigail b. ca. 1642 m. Nathaniel Tredwell of Salem, June 19, 1661
  5. Elizabeth b. ca. 1645, m. John Burnham, June 9, 1669
  6. Thomas b. jan. 11, 1647, Ipswich, Mass., d. July 11, 1734, Ambesbury, Mass., graduate of Harvard College 1669, ordained 1672, m. Mary Perkins, June 10, 1669, who d. Jan. 26, 1727
  7. Hannah b. ca. 1649 m. Richard Simonds, Aug. 16, 1679
  8. Lydia b. ca. 1651 m. John Ropes of Salem, March 25, 1669. 
Pedigree of Gallop of Strode & Bowood, typescript, nd

Taken from one in the possession of James Gallop, Esq., of Berwick, and the Visitation of the County of Dorset, taken in the year 1623, by Henry St. George, Richmond Herald, and Sampson Lennard, Blue Mantle Pursuviant, Marshals and Deputies to William Campden, Clarenceaux King of Arms, published by the Harleian Society, Vol. 20th, 1885.
Arms: Gules on a bend, or a lion passant guardant, sable.
Crest: A demi lion, barry, or and sable, holding in his dexter paw, a broken arrow, gules. 
Motto: Be bolde, Be wyse
Generation 1. John Gallop came out of the north 1465, md. Alice, daughter & heir of William or Peter Temple of Templecombe, in Broadwinsor, County Dorset.
Generation 2. John Gallop of North Bowood and temple, gent. lease tenant of North Bowood, md. Joan, daughter of (--?--) Collins of Nailescroft, County Dorset.
Generation 3. John Gallop living 1562. 
Generation 4. William & Thomas.
Thomas of North Bowood, gent., styled of Bremley, b. ca. 1517, d. April 8, 1610 aged 93, md. Agnes, daughter of Humphrey Watkins of Holwel, County Somerset, Esq.
Generation 5
  1. Giles, a Jesuit, died at Rome in 1579
  2. Humphrey d. 1598
  3. Thomas, son and heir of North Bowodd & Strode, md. Frances daughter of George Paulet, of Melplash, granddaughter of Lord Thomas Paulet, son of the first Marquis of Winchester.
  4. John married (--?--) daughter of (--?--) Crabb of Southampton
  5. Richard md. Mary, daughter of John Davy of Sampford, County Devon
Generation 6
3a. John Gallop, of Mosterne md. Christabel (--?--). He was thirty three years of age at the visitation of 1623 and came to America in the Mary & John, arriving at Natascot, (the name of which was changed to Hull in 1646) the thirtieth of May, 1630.  He joined the First Church, Jan. 5, 1634. Was made a freeman, April 1st, 1634. he died in Boston, Jan. 11th, 1650. His will is one of the earliest on record.  Christabel, the wife of John of Mosterne, followed him later, (see Governor John Winthrop's letter to the Reverend John White, dated July 4, 1632) undoubtedly in the ship Griffin, arriving at Boston on the fourth of September 1633. She joined the First Church June 22, 1634 and died in Boston Sept. 27th 1655. Her will is one of the earliest on record. 
5a. Frances
5b. Katherine
5c. Anna
5d. Agnes
5e. Alisabeth
5f. Martha
Generation 7
3a1. Captain John md. Hannah Lake, daughter of John and Margaret (Read) Lake of Wickford, Essex Co., England. She was born in England and came to this country with her mother in the ship Abigail, arriving Oct. 6, 1635, after a passage of ten weeks. Mrs. Lake, with her two daughters, Hannah and Martha, accompanied her sister, Elizabeth (Read) Winthrop, the new wife of Governor John Winthrop, Jr., who returned to America in this ship, "with commission from Lord Say, Lord Brook and divers other great persons in England, to begin a plantation in Connecticut, and to be governor there."  With Mrs. Lake and Mrs. Winthrop, came also their step-father, the Rev. Hugh Peter. She left a son in England, named John, who never came to America.  Captain John Gallop killed at the battle of Narraganset Fort, commonly called the Narraganset Swamp Fight, Dec. 19, 1675. 
3a2. Samuel md. in Boston by Richard Bellingham on the 20th day of January 1651 to Mary Phillips. He died previous to 1670.
3a3. Nathaniel married in Boston by Richard Bellingham on the 11th day of June 1652 to Margaret Eueley. He died previous to 1676. 
3a4. Joan married to Thomas Joy, probably in 1639, as their first child, Samuel was born on the 26th of February 1640. 
Generation 8
3a1a. Hannah b. Boston, MA, Sep. 14, 1644
3a1b. John b. Boston, MA, 1646
3a1c. Benadam b. at Stonington, CT, 1655
3a1d. William b. Stonington, CT, 1658
3a1e. Samuel b. Stonington, CT
3a1f. Esther, b. Stonington, CT 1653 - grandmother
3a1g. Christobel b. Stonington, CT
3a1h. Mary b. Stonington, CT
3a1i. Elisabeth b. Stonington, CT
3a1j. Margaret b. Stonington, CT
Ancestry of Hannah (Lake) Gallop - John Lake the father of Hannah, descended from the Lakes of Normanton, Yorkshire, who claimed descent through the Cailleys from the Albinis Ears of Arundel and Sussex, from the Counts of Louvain (the right line of Charlemagne) and from William the Conqueror. 
1. Margaret (Read) Lake mother of Hannah, was born in England, d. at Ipswich, MA in 1672 between August 30 and September 24. Her will is dated the 30th of August 1672, and the inventory of her property, December 24, 1672, both of which are on record. 
2. Edmund Read of Wickford, Essex County, b. ca. 1600, d. 1623
3. Elizabeth Cook, md. 2) Rev. Hugh Peter
4. William Read of Wickford, b. 1540, d. 1603
8. Roger Read of Wickford, d. 1558
16. William Read of Wickford, d. 1534
The youngest sister of Margaret Lake was Elizabeth (Read) Winthrop, the second wife of governor John Winthrop, Jr. and the mother of all his children.
Martha Epps, her eldest sister (widow) married for her second husband, Deputy Governor Samuel Symonds of Ipswich.
They were also the step-daughters of the celebrated Hugh Peters, who was the second husband of their mother, Elizabeth (Cook) Read.
Thomas read, the brother, who came to this country and settled at Salem, where he was an ensign, returned to England and entered Cromwell's Army, as did Peters. Thomas Read was made a colonel, and assisted Gen. Monk in the restoration of Charles the Second, and was placed in command of Sterling Castle. Hugh Peters was convicted of treason, and hung, drawn and quartered, at Charing Cross in London, on the 16th of October 1660.
Perry, Phillip. Will, Isle of Wight County, Virginia, manuscript copy
November 1667 mentions:
  • wife Grace
  • son Phillipp under age 21
  • youngest son John under age 21
  • friend Ralph Channel (?) executor
  • witness James Bagwell
Proved 9 Oct 1669 
Price, Richard & Arlene Eakle. John Lathrop 1584-1653: Reformer, Sufferer, Pilgrim, Man of God, Salt Lake City, UT: Institute of Family Research, Inc. nd.
References: 
Articles from New England Historical & Genealogical Register:
  • Abstract of the Earliest Wills in the Probate Office, Plymouth 5 (Apr 1851): 260
  • Abstract of the First Wills in the Probate Office, Plymouth 4 (Jan 1850): 36
  • Bibliography of the Local History of Massachusetts 21 (Apr 1867) 41
  • Deceased of the Fathers of New England, 1 (July 1847): 286
  • Letter of James Cudworth of Scituate, 1634 14 (Apr 1860) 103
  • List of Those Able to Bear Arms in the Colony of New Plymouth 4 (Jul 1850): 258
  • Memoir of Hugh Peters 5 (Apr 1851): 231
  • Scituate & Barnstable Church Records 9 (Jul 1855): 279; 10 (Jan 1856) 37; 10 (Oct 1856): 345
  • The First Settlers of Barnstable, 2 (Jan & Apr 1858: 64, 195
  • Time of the Arrival in New England of the Following Ministers 1 (July 1847): 289 
Timeline
  • 1584 - christened at Etton, Yorkshire, England
  • 1601 - matriculation - Queen's College, Cambridge
  • 1605 - received BA from Queen's College, Cambridge
  • 1607 - ordained deacon by Bishop of Lincoln
  • 1609 - received MA from Queen's College, Cambridge, Vicor of Egerton, Kent
  • 1610 - married Hannah Howse
  • 1614 - daughter Jane born
  • 1616 - daughter Anne, born
  • 1617 - son John born, daughter Anne, died
  • 1619 - daughter Barbara born
  • 1621 - son Thomas born
  • 1623 - left Egerton, Church of England, son Samuel born - grandpa
  • 1624 - minister of independent church, Southwark, London, son Joseph born
  • 1626 - son Benjamin born
  • 1632 - thrown in the Clink
  • 1633 - Hannah Howse died
  • 1634 - released on bail, arrives in Boston aboard the Griffin, settles in Scituate, MA
  • 1635 - chosen to be minister of Scituate Church, married Anna Hammond
  • 1636 - son Barnabas born
  • 1638 - daughter (unnamed), born and died same day
  • 1639 - arrived Barnstable, daughter Abigail born
  • 1641 - daughter Bathsheba born
  • 1644 - son John born
  • 1649 - son (unnamed) born and died same day
  • 1653 - died and buried in Barnstable, MA, age 68 years, 7 months
Wahl, Mrs. Gordon, comp. The Skinner Kinsmen, Niagara Falls, NY: Wahl, nd
Generation 1 - Sergeant Thomas Skinner - Immigrant, of the Essex County families, was b. England, about 1617. He d. Malden, Mass., Mar. 2, 1703-4.
He came to America from Chichester County, Sussex, England about 1649-51 with his wife Mary, and two sons. He was a victueller and May 31, 1652 was licensed to keep an inn at Malden. he was admitted Freeman at Malden May 18, 1653. He was a selectman of Malden in 1680 and the same year was made a sergeant of the Malden Company in the First Regiment of Major Gookin. His house in Malden was situated at the southeast corner of Cross and Walnut Streets. It was given to Skinner's son Abraham on Mar. 16, 1694-5.
Thomas Skinner m. 1) in England Mary (--?--) who d. in Malden, Apr. 9, 1671. He m. 2) about 1680, Lydia Sheperdson Call bp. July 24, 1637, dau. Daniel & Joanna Sheperdson of Malden. She had been m. 1) to Thomas Call, Jr. who d. Nov. 1678. Lydia d. in Malden, Dec. 17, 1723, aged 87 years.
Generation 2
  1. Thomas bp. Subdeanery Parish, Chichester, Eng. July 25, 1645, d. probably in Colchester, Conn., between 1722 and 1732. Married Colchester, Conn., Mary Pratt b. Sep 9 or 30, 1643, dau. Richard & Mary Pratt of Charlestown, Mass. (They had come from Malden, Essex Co., England). She d. Colchester, Conn. Mar. 26, 1704.  They removed from Malden, MA to Colchester, CT ca 1700 where Thomas was one of the original proprietors of Colchester. his sons Abraham and John had already removed to Taunton, MA and with the parents went Richard, Benjamin, Ebenezer, Nathaniel and Abigail. Thomas Skinner held various town offices and served on important committees during his residence in Colchester. He and his son Benjamin were granted lots Jan. 21, 1702, and in May 1702, he drew his house lot. The diary of this Thomas has been preserved and gives many interesting details of family history. 
  2. John bp North Mundham April 19, 1647
  3. Abraham bp Pallant Parish, Chichester, Eng., Sep 29, 1649
Generation 3 - all born in Malden, MA
1a. Mary b. Nov. 3, 1666
1b. Thomas b. Nov. 3, 1668 md. Hannah
1c. Abraham b. June 16, 1671 md. Abigail dau. of Benj. Chamberlain
1d. John b. Apr. 5, 1673 m. Sarah
1e. Richard b. Jan. 3, 1675 md. Hannah Pratt
1f. Hannah b. Jan. 8, 1677, d. Jan. 18, 1725
1g. Joseph b. (twin to Hannah) d. Oct. 1, 1728
1h. Benjamin b. Jan. or Nov. 30, 1681 - m. Eliz. Dixon
1i. Ebenezer b. Feb. or Apr. 23, 1684 - m. Sarah Lord
1j. Nathaniel b. Jan. 27, 1686 - m. Mary Gillett
1k. Abigail b. Feb. 17, 1691 - m. Ebenezer Mudge
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