I sent the following info to the new Lathrop site on rootsweb.com which you can see and which you can subscribe to if you think you might have some tie or just to snoop around a bit among a prolific family that has played a big part in our American History. Their genealogy reads like a history book, to say the least and your chances of being kin to them is very possible, and that is why I am including it on this fine Puget Sound Roots website. Like my ancestral Cousin on Whidbey Island kept telling me - don't just dwell on your surname, but hit the distaffs - he knew what I'd find there, but he didn't tell me - he wanted me to find it and get a real surprise. Like Benedict Arnold! But his father in law was the famous Great Awakening author, Rev. Jonathan Edwards - ask any real theologian about Jonathan Edwards, or just try you Enclyclopedia. They weren't Lathrops tho, so let's get back to the Lathrops and this is what I have which is just a drop in the puddle about this fascinating man of the cloth who was a Priest of the Church of England, attained his Masters, and perhaps D at Queens College, Cambridge in England. But he deviated a bit from the Church of England's rigid requirements of the time and he became a Leader among the Puritans who defied "authority". He had approx 11 children by his 1st wife, she died while he was imprisoned, possibly at the Clink Prison London, (he got thrown into the Clink, as we all used to say), but his kids got him out but not before his wife died from ill health. After coming to America, he had about another 12 children by his 2nd wife, so from the 1600s down - you could be a relative quite easily. What stories you'd have to tell. The book EXILED The Story of John Lathrop 1584-1653 by Helene Holt 228 pp with maps, illus. etc. copyright 1987 by Helene Holt, via Paramount Books, Box 379, Seafood, New York 11783 A Novel that is based upon a whole host of facts and great genealogical reading. The story theme alone is worth reading, and it had been talked of being made into a movie, but so far as I know has not materialized as yet. That book was followed by a book copyrighted 1988 by Apoclypse Books, P>O> Box 1371, Provo, Utah This thin book covers the period of time of the Good Rev. upon his Arrival in America and his Family Tree. Not as highly interesting with 15 pp of text but of historical interest, followe by another 21 pp of historical info, and the balance listing descendants which is somewhat interesting to those related to him perhaps, but typewritten pp of info of family descendants, which couldn't include all by a long shot, but provides clues to ties. Here is hoping that you may see a tie, or a clue, or something that might lead to this fabulous family that covers so much of American History, the parts which you had wished you had spent more time concentrating on. Little did you relize at the time that you had ties to those events, and didn't know it. So, you hit the history books and find it fascinating reading because some of your folks were participants in it. And it is a good way to push your gen back and also have fun finding things you never dreamed of . Won't the history books of the future be Classics - Today history is being made, has been made, will be made - and what will the kids of the Future find in their History Books! Great genealogy, huh!!! LOL! KAMBTP I used to type at the Title Insurance Co. in Everett, which translated to Know All Men By These Presents: (before Equal Rights, obviously - gendre gap!)= --------- Begin forwarded message ---------- From: clarkw7iml To: Lathrop-D@rootsweb.com, hclark@plainfield.bypass.com Subject: MY LATHROP TIE: Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1998 10:03:07 -0700 Message-ID: <19980914.100308.14526.18.clarkw7iml@juno.com> THANK YOU Harmon Clark who e-mailed me re his Clarks. I did not see any tie, however, I shall keep looking among my Clark info for any possible tie in with your Line. Here is my Lathrop connection, but I will begin it with what I found about the name Lothropp, Lathrop, Lothrop and any other variants of the name that are similar: At the Seattle Public Library, Seattle, WA. I was able to find a brand new set of books - 2 or 3 volumes, but very large oversized which were in the basement and had not been shelved as yet. I was able to obtain the use of the one that was written about Yorkshire, East Riding, England where I knew that the Lothropp Fam had apparently originated. Rev. John Lothropp, our ancestoral Immigrant to America signed his name spelled just that way. The variants that I have seen for myself or know of are- Lothrop, Lowthrope, Lowthrop, Lowthroppe, and Lathrop. I have not seen any others, but I suppose there could be other variants as they have begun to appear on this rootsweb site. I can't, and won't even attempt to, relate the oversized books info. except to say that if anyone can find them(it) it had a lot of information about the countryside of East Riding, Yorkshire descriptively, and it discusses Lowthorpe which is a small village in East Riding. But I wish to say that the name we commonly call Lathrop, came from the place - village, or towne, called Lowthorpe, - the thorpe having derived from when the Danes had raided the East Coast of England in what is now the Yorkshire area and many of the towns or villages have the thorpe attached to the name. In this case, as far as I can tell the translation of Lowthrope, means approximately a Low Farm area or Low Place. The area consists of rolling hills, I understand. So the -thrope comes down from the times in which the Danes raided and settle in England and intermarried, or co-habited with the local population to become a part of it and the influence of the name places has remained for us to see in many places. The artifacts at York bore much of this out. I was able to visit York, the Capital, which was spelled something like Jarvik, or some such spelling that you will have to check out as I am doing this from Memory and my memory system is "relaxed" these days. You will need a fairly detailed map of Yorkshire, to find these tiny places but to me they are fascinating. It begins in my account with the English Gent. John Lowthroppe circa 1480 of Cherry Burton, E. Riding, Yorkshire, Eng. m Margaret Wade, dau of John & Margaret Wade, landed estates - John Wade held extensive estates at Cherry Burton and elsewhere. Lowthroppe was son of Roberti Lowthrop of Cherry Burton, no dates given for the latter. Children l m. 3 f. Then. Robert Lowthrop circa 1513 Cherry Burton acquired more estates & added considerably to them. He was yeoman of North Burton, will Junly 16, 1558, proved Prerogative Court of York Oct 20, 1558 he m. Ellen Aston dau of Thomas Aston of Fole, Checkley, Staffordshire. Robert d. 1558/9. Children 3 m, 1 f. Then Thomas Lowthrop June 19, 1536 Cherry Burton, eldes son of Robert, moved to Etton, Yorkshire circa 1566, buried Etton Oct 9, 1606, He was yeoman, m..1)Eliaabeth Clark,(NOT my Line that I am aware of!) wid., buried July 29, 1574, Etton., 2), m. Mary Howell, dau of John Howell, Sep 2, 1575, she bur. Etton June 6, 1588; 3) m. Jane Carter, dau Richard Carter. Children by 1) 3m, 5f; 2) 3 m, 2 f; 3) 5 m, 4 ft. Note: the 4th child of Thomas and wife 2) was our John Lothropp, John Lothropp, 4th child of Mary & Thomas Lowthrop, ba[t Dec 20, 1584, Etton d. Nov 8, buried Nove 10, 1653 Barnstable, MA. m. 1)Hannah Howse, in Eastwell, Kent, Eng Oct 10, 1610, dau of John & Alice ___Howse. You will have to read the rest of our ancestor in various accounts published over the years. But here is how my Lathrop Line descends from the Rev. John: Samuel Lothrop, 6th child of John and Hannah Howse Lathropp, b. Eng Feb or Mar 1622/23 d. Norwich CT Feb 29, 1699/1700. m. 1) Elizabeth Scudder, Nov 28,1644, Barnstable MA, dau of Thomas & Elizabeth SCUDDER. Then, John Lothrop, Lathrop bapt Dec 7, 1645 Boston MA da Aug 26, 1688 in New London CT. he m. Dec 15, 1669 Ruth ROYCE in New London CT dau of Ropbert and Mary ROYCE of New London. As a widow Ruth Royce Lothrop m. 1689 Abraham Doolittle. The 2nd child of of John and Ruth ROYCE Lathrop was Mary: Mary Lathrop d. Mar 14, 1754 Wallingford Vitals CT; m. June 3, 1692, William Tyler, Danbury Vitals, CT. Their dau Martha Tyler dau of William and Mary Lathrop Tyler, m. Capt. Abraham Clark Oct 4, 1721, Wallingford Vitals. CT. Martha was b. Oct 4, 1706, Wallingford Vitals, CT. She d. circa 1740. Abraham Clark, a military Capt. b Oct 11, 1699 in East Jersey, CT., New Haven Vitals CT, d Sep 23, 1789 at the age of 90. His 2) m. to Margeryu Gillet, Oct 4, 1742, Southington, CT. Abraham Clark was a desc of James CLARK, immigrant from Eng. 1637 aboard the Hector with Rev. John Davenport, and Theophilus Eaton, and in 1638 were Founders of New Haven, and New Haven Colony, CT. One of the sons James Clark, the Immigrant, was Samuel Clark of New Haven, and Samuel removed to Southington, CT. where he founded CLARK FARMS, SOUTHINGTON, CT. which became a vast complex of farms, making their own brick, from local materials, making their own tools, maintaining various farms and developing it into quite a large complex via the intermarriages that went together to make it quite a going concern, with their own cemetery(s). There is still a house on the site of Clark Farms built by the Clarks in 1721 still being used as a home, and I have visited 2 of the cemeteries which are well maintained even today. >From Abraham and Martha (maternal LATHROP) was son, Rufus CLARK b 1730, Southington CT, m. Mary NEAL (maternal Strickland), he d. 1803 Southington. Their son Joel CLARK b 1763 Southington CT m. Southington 1784 Phebe SQUIRES , HE d. . 1864 Decatur Co., INDIANA Their son Archibald CLARK b. Bristol CT 1794, m. 1816 Ontario Co., NY Nancy POPE; he di. 1864, Lima, ILLINOIS Their son Jason Squire CLARK, Jason S. Clark, b 1819 Switzerland Co., IN, m. 1838 Decatur Co., IND Anna MICHAEL, Jason d. 1896, Hartland, Klickatat Co. WA - located 12 miles NE of Lyle, WA on the Columbia River across the River from The Dalles, or approximately so. There is an ANNUAL REUNION of the Descendants of this Family called the Clark-Sorensen (Danish) which has been meeting since 1934, and I was able to find with some Genealogical Detective Work in 1983 and acquired my genealogy suddenly back to 1637 and James CLARK before I had even gotten really started in Genealogy. The Post Office at Lyle, WA was able to put me in contact with the person in charge of the Hartland Cemetary(sic. -that is the way it is spelled over the gate to the cemetery, but I could care less - I loved it!) That is where I was able to find the grave of my Great Great GF, thanks to Nada McMurrin, and Gladys Knapp her sister when they took me up to see the grave site, of course watching out for rattle snakes. I have visited there several times (mit boots, and caution- a young bob-cat sprung out of the tall dried grass as I was wending my way to the site by myself - scared the wits out of me!). I must say that I visited the MICHAELS Cemetery at Brownsville, OR which is on a knoll at the top of a private field - circa 20 graves there perhaps. Brownsville, OR was where the Jason CLARKS & the MICHAELS Fams arrived at after the long trek from Indiana over the Oregon Trail 1847. It wasn't until 1865 that the CLARKS migrated from the Umpqua Academy of Wilbur OR near Roseburg OR to White River Valley, WA Territory , now named Kent, WA slightly South of Seattle, WA. where my father, my Clark grandparents and my Grt grandparents are all buried in the Kent area. This is long, I realize, but perhaps someone out there may have a tie to the Lathrops or among the distaff and other descendants along the way. Hope so, as that is why I am making this available. Harmon Clark, please keep in touch with me as I just might run across something that could be of help to you even if it isn't a tie- in . Good hunting! Anyone who differs with me on anything, please feel free to contact me - this was from one set of notes, and I have had many notes, but I always feel open to corrections if they appear to be substantiated. I try to avoid corrupted info but it happens with the best of intentions. All mistakes are probably mine! Grammatical and otherwise! Carroll of Snohomish Carroll Clark,Snohomish,WA 33 mi NE of Seattle;10 mi SE of Everett 747 767 777 717 Plant. GEN: James Clark 1638New Haven CT;John Lothropp1630s;Wm Tuttle 1630s John Gibson 1630s MA;John Carman NY 1630s;Michael(Michel, Mikel Palatines 1770s; Scott, McMillin etc. Jason S. Clark 1847 IN>OR;1847-1865 OR;1865>White River WA Terr now KENT, WA. Oregon Trail Pioneer 1847.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>30<<<<<<<<<<<<< --------- End forwarded message ---------- _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]