W.I.S.E. Wortdr. The Newsletter of W.I.S.E. Family History Society
Volume 2, No. 3 Jul-Aug-Sep 2001
Finding the Unfindable by: Elizabeth E. Brown Joined Family History Society Finding one's roots across the Atlantic Ocean is im- How, then, did I find the correct village, which one must know, in possible if you don't know where to start, but some- order to research successfully in England and Wales? I followed the times surprising help is available. Call this a plug advice of an expert. The W.I.S.E. (Wales-Ireland-Scotland-England) for the family History Societies if you wish, but it's search group presented a symposium at the Denver Public Library fea- a true tale. turing George Felling, then Chairman of the Federation of Family His- I knew that Richard THOMAS and Mary tory Societies in the Untied Kingdom. He graciously agreed to counsel CHARLES came to American from Wales in 1795 attendees on their problems. "You know the county," he told me, "so I'd with most, but not all of their children. They settled start by joining the Family History Society in that county. Today it's in the Utica, N.Y. area. Their son, John Richard called Gwynedd." Simple advice, but oh — so good. THOMAS, my great-great-grandfather was then I joined the Gwynedd Family History Society. When the membership five years old. I knew little else. I realized that in secretary, Joyce Hinde, sent my card, she wrote that she did research for order to look for them in Wales, I had to find their Society members, charging only for expenses such as photocopying and parish, but I did not know where they had lived. A petrol. I thought the price was right; so I told her my problem. The next researcher I hired found a reading of the tombstone time she went to the Carnarvon Record Office, she found the marriage in Remsen, N.Y., for Richard THOMAS (1740-1813) record for Richard THOMAS and Mary CHARLES in 1766 in Bryncroes. that stated he came to the United States 25 July 1795 Yes — Bryncroes, not Brynorgas! No wonder I couldn't get started. and was a native of Brynorgas, Carnarvonshire, That was only the beginning of my good fortune. I followed another North Wales. I was elated. Now I knew where to of George Pelling's suggestions by writing to Mrs. Sheila Rowlands. She search for Welsh records! forwarded my letter to Gordon Roberts, a member of the society, who No, not yet. Diligent searching in gazetteers and r was in the process of compiling a list of emigrants form the three pre- atlases, with the assistance of very competent li- 1974 ,.countries of Gwynedd: Anglesley, Caernarfonshire and Meri- brarians in my local library, at the Denver Public ortieth. He was patiently going through three magazines published in Library and at the Family History Library in Salt the U.S, but published in Welsh, extracting genealogical information Lake City failed to find a place called Brynorgas. from obituaries and other notices. The list has now been published and The reason, I can tell you now, is that there is no is available for purchase on microfiche.2 This is a tremendous service for such place. My researcher had copied correctly us in America who can't read Welsh. from the burial list,1 but either the tombstone was At that time he had not yet come across the names of my ancestors, misread, or there was an error in typing the inscrip- but whenever he went to Bangor to do his research, he took the time and tion. I have since seen the headstone and can attest trouble to look for my people. Soon he was sending me material which that today it is impossible to read the numbers and he kindly translated. He never found an obtivary for Richard THOMAS words as they are badly eroded. or Mary CHARLES. Their names occur in his list because he did find an obituary for their son, my great-great grandfather, John Richard THOMAS (1790-1845), wich identified him as the son of Richard and IN THIS ISSUE: Mary, emigrated 1795. Roberts' list gives (1) the person's name, (2) place of death, (3) year of death, (4) year of birth, (5) condensed information Finding the Unfindable —Part I Front about the family (e.g., s. Rich. & Mary; H. Elinor Parry), (6) birthplace, (7) year of emigration and (8) a coded reference to the source of information. President's message 18 He has provided indexes not only by surname but also by birthplace. Member Profile— Betty Brown 19 John Lothropp: Deacon...Great Migration 20 Tourist Information Centre Helpful New Books—Denver Public Library 22 There's more. In 1990, when I knew I was going to visit Wales, I wrote to the Pwllheli Tourist Infomraiton Centre, the nearest one to Book Reviews 23 Bryncroes, asking for the usual information about the area, bed and Program Schedule 23 breakfast places, etc., but I also asked if they could suggest how to go about (continued on page 19) VOLUME 2, NO. 3 W.I.S.E. TP610.4k1 PAGE 18 From the President •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
The summer is half over or half left, depending upon how you look at What do you need to help you things. What have you been doing? I have been preparing to do many prepare to write your family his- things. That is what genealogy is all about, preparing. tory? There are many educational Preparation is so important in order to be a good researcher. Education opportunities available, so search is part of that preparation. I am preparing to write the family stories I have them out and get prepared. been researching for many years. This seems to be one of the areas that we are constantly doing, but we never seem to quite reach a stage when we sit Happy Hunting, down and begin to write it down. Before I can write it down I have to have my research organized so that I will be able to put the information into a form from will facilitate this process. I thought that I was ready to do this Are .dida Pavaea but I now know that I have a long way to go before I can actually write it down. I have had a genealogy computer program for years and I have not been satisfied with it. I find that it does not print out the information on the fami- lies in the format that I like. There is a program that is supposed to do this better, but do I want another one? No, I do not. Patricia Law Hatcher was one of the instructors at the UGA Institute Writing Course I took in January. She writes her family history using Word Perfect. You could use Word, also. So, I am now preparing to write my families using Word Perfect. This will allow me to write in the "language" I chose so that everything is not so stiff and uniform. However, this does not mean that I will not use the Na- tional Genealogical Society Quarterly numbering system (also called the Modified Register System).
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Finding the Unfindable Hard copies have been deposited in the Family History (continued from the front page) Library in Salt Lake City and the Denver Public Library. Sales to the U.S.A. are on microfiche, available from the finding if there might be living descendants still in the area. Gwynedd Family History Society, G.F.H.S. , 36 Y Wem Y You can imagine my astonishment when I received a relpy, not Felinhelif--Gwy_nedd, LL564TX, Wales, UK. from the tourist center, but from a local genealogist, Huw 3 aernarvonshire Historical Society (Cymdeithas Hanes Sir Roberts, also a member of the Society, but no relation to Gordon Gaenarfon)r Transactions (Tradfodion), vol. 32 (1971), p. 113. Roberts. (Family History Library call no. British 942.02C4hs). Huw Roberts sent an abbreviated pedigree chart for Charles MARK (1720-1795), father of Mary CHARLES (1747-1831), This concludes Part 1 of the article. Part 2 will be featured (you've heard of the Welsh patronymic naming system?) — and in Vol. 2 No. 4, Oct-Nov-Dec 2001 issue of W.I.S.E. Words. the name and address of a descendant still living in the area! Later, when my neice and I visited Wales, he drove us to this This artiicle has been reprinted, with corrections, and with previously unknown cousin who had graciously;invited us to permission from Vol. 15, No. 3 of the ISBGFH Newsletter lunch. Afterwards her family took us to the Ty Mawr Chapel (July-Sept 1993) pp. 38, 44 45. founded by Charles MARK and to the Church of St. Mary in Bryncroes, where Richard THOMAS and Mary CHARLES were Betty Brown: Member Profile married. Her daughter made a grave rubbing of the grave of By James Jeffrey, W.I.S.E. Program Chair Charles MARK and his wife, Catherine,LEVVIS (1718-1799), who are buried in the graveyard of that church Mary CHARLES Member Profiles is an opportunity to get to know your and Richard THOMAS are buried in the Capel Ucha Cemetery fellow W.I.S.E. members. Please be thinking about what you in Remsen, N.Y. The Remsen Steuben Historical Society is would like other people to know about you and your re- taking care of the cemetery, so I have donated the rubbing to the search in Wales, Ireland, Scotland, and England. Society in Remsen for the museum they are developing. They Elizabeth E. "Betty" Brown was born in Michigan, grew deserve rcognition, praise, thanks and support for their efforts up in New Jersey and worked in New York before retiring to to restore and preserve the early cememteries and churches in Colorado. the Prospect-Remsen-Steuben-Trenton area in Oneida County, She graduated from Westfield (NJ) High School, Albion New York. College (MI) and Pratt Institute (NY). She majored in Chem- Charles MAW, I've learned, was a 'still-revered early istry and Modem Languages at Albion. She commuted by Calvinistic Methodist minister on the Lleyn Peninsula in train, ferry and subway from her home in Westfield to Pratt Caemarfonshir6. His grandson, Evan '(son of Richard THOMAS Institute in Brooklyn to obtain a Masters in Library Science. and brother of John Richard THOMAS), never joined the rest of She worked as a librarian and information retrieval spe- the family in the U.S., but became famous in Wales as a bard cialist for the IBM Corp. for twenty-eight years, witnessing (poet), using the bardic name IEUAN LLEYN. The Bishops' the evolution of electronic accounting machines to electronic Transcripts record his baptism 26 Dec 1770 in Bryncroes as computers, on-line systems and networks to today's Internet "Evan THOMAS son of Richard and his wife Mary." That and the Web. record is in English, but I have found a surprising number of Betty has had many interesting experiences along the variations of his name(s) in articles about him that are in Welsh: way: hearing the unmistakable and unforgettable low horns Bardd Bryncroes, Bryncroes Bard, Efan Lleyn, Evan ap of the Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth for the transport of Pritchard, Evan Prichard, Evan Pritchard, Evan Richard, Evan troops in World War II; the office grew silent as the ships left Richard Bard, Evan Richards, Ieuan ap Rhisiart, Ieuan Fardd New York and shouted with joy when they returned. Bryncroes, Ieuan Llyn, Ifan ap Rhisiasrt, Ifan Prisiart, and a real She also remembers V-J Day in New York, Broadway tick- find, a patronymic name giving several generations — "Evan ertape parades for MacArthur and Eisenhower, the arrival of Richard ap Tomos ap Evan ap Tomas Prydderch alias Ieuan Khrushev and Eisenhower at the UN when Khrushev Lleyn." 3 He is listed in the Dictionary of Welsh Biography Down to banged his shoe on the table, and the 1976 Bicentennial Op- 1840 under the name PRITCHARD, EVAN (Ieuan Lleyn). His eration sail with the Parade of Ships up the Hudson River. tombstone reads IEUAN ap RHISIARD, BARDD BRYNCROES. She began her genealogical research about 1984 and has I believe that this is a good example of some of the difficutlies in found some fascinating families that include the inventor of searching Welsh literature and records. an improved potato digger, a Revolutionary War Pensioner, a Calvinistic Methodist Welsh lay preacher, a Welsh bard (or poet) and four Mayflower passengers. References: Betty has been to Wales five times and her last trip was in 1 Remsen-Steuben Cemetery Burial Lists and Index. Remsen, NY: 2000, when she attended the Welsh Heritage Week for the Remsen-Steuben Historical Society, July 1983. Supplement third time at Nant Gwrtheyrn, the home October 1986. of the Welsh Na- tional Language Center. 2 Cymdeithas Hanes Teuluoedd Gwynedd Family History Society. Emigrants from Gwynedd to the United States of America, Editor's note: With this issue of VV.LS.E. Words, we will present 1795-1932, A Selected List. Cyfres Gyfeiriadol Records Series member profiles in each issue. The above profile was taken from A01, 1990 [compiled by Gordon Roberts], 194p.ISSN 0267-372X. the W.I.S.E. Newsletter, July-August 1999. VOLUME 2, NO. 3 W.I.S.E. 9P6191,glf PAGE 20 JOHN LOTHROPP: DEACON IN THE GREAT MIGRATION by: Paul Kilburn Much of the instigation for the Great Migration to New Eng- Etton today is a charming village with a rich history. There land in the 1630's was religious and many deacons led members was formerly a ten acre site occupied in the 13th and 14th cen- of their churches to America. One of the leading deacons to turies by the Knights Templar. Nothing now remains but ex- come at that time was Reverend John Lothropp. A graduate of cavations have revealed a great oven and inventories reveal Cambridge University John was a deacon in the Church of Eng- the existence of a granary, kitchen, brew house, chapel and land for over a decade but gradually became disenchanted with extensive acreage in crops. St Mary's Church in the center of the Church and left to become a Reverend in the Protestant In- the village dates from 1150. It is a very old perpendicular dependent Church in London in 1624. Over the next decade the church with a square massive Norman tower. The "richly fortunes of all new and unorthodox religions were put to the carved tower arch is one of the finest examples of 12th-century test. The Anglican Church hierarchy reinforced old rules and stonework in the whole of Yorkshire." Remarkable for established new ones, eventually making non-orthodoxy a Lothropp aficionados is the memorial stone on the north wall crime punishable by jail. Lothropp was sent to jail for over two commemorating the baptism of Reverend John which reads as years but managed to get out, leave the country, and sail to Bos- follows: ton with his own and many families of former church members. "To John started his first church in Scituate in 1635 but soon left THE MEMORY OF for Barnstable where he preached his first sermon in 1639. He REVD. JOHN LOTHROPP was to Minister to the Barnstable Church for the next 14 years Baptised in Etton Church and help husband it to religious and economic prosperity. He 20 December 1584 died in 1653. John had 14 children, eight with his first wife in Pastor at Scituate and England, and six with his second wife in MA. For the next two Barnstable Plymouth Colony generations many of his descendants remained in Barnstable Massachusetts and the area is rich in Lothropp heritage. It is also the head- 1634-1653 quarters of the Lothropp Family Foundation.1 Buried at Barnstable 8 November 1653 Lowthorpe Beginnings QUI TRANSTULIT SUSTINET" The family names of Lowthorpe, Lowthropp, Lothropp and Lathrop and other variations around the world come from the John Lothropp (bap 20 Dec 1584 in Etton), and his older parish of Lowthorpe in 'Fast Riding, Yorkshire. Various records brother Thomas, were the first of the name to attend Univer- cite these surnames back to the 13th century. The earliest record sity. John received his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1605 from is that of Walter de Lowthorpe elected sheriff of Yorkshire in Queens College, Cambridge and his Master's Degree in 1609. 1216. But no continuous record begins until the record of the Cambridge was well known for its encouragement of differ- residence of Reverend John's great-grandfather, John Lothropp, ent religious ideas and many of the divinity students ques- in nearby Cherry Burton in 1535. At the time great-grandfather tioned the practices and beliefs of the Anglican Church. John was 33 and probably born about 1480. Starting with this Many Separatist, Puritan and other groups developed from John, documented evidence exists of family descent directly to the ideas these young people learned at University. The non- the Reverend's John's baptism in 1584. The elder John held ex- adherence to the established religious ideas conflicted with tensive estates in Cherry Burton and surrounding parishes. He the religious ideas of the royal hierarchy of King Charles, married Margaret Wade and records indicate four children, one crowned in 1625, his archbishop and bishops. This foment, as son, Robert 2 well as the King's political troubles, led directly to the Great Robert Lothropp (b abt 1513 in Cherry Burton) inherited his Migration of the fourth decade. Thus, between the years 1629 father's estates and expanded them. He married Ellen Aston and 1641 at least 13,000 people emigrated to New England.5 and had four children, three boys and one girL Both Robert This dissention also led to civil war and finally the execution (d abt 1558) and Ellen (d abt 1573) left wills. 3 of King Charles in 1649. Robert's eldest son Thomas Lothropp (b 19 Jun 1536 in After obtaining his Master's degree he became a curate in Cherry Burton), was the father of Reverend John He married the Egerton Parish Church in 1609, where he met and soon (abt 1560) Elizabeth Clark and had four children, again with no married Hannah Howse on 10 Oct 1610. The village of Eger- baptismal records. He moved to nearby Etton, Yorkshire about ton was in Kent County about 48 miles southeast of London-6 1566 when he was 30 and had four more children with Elizabeth Hannah was the daughter of John Howse, rector of neighbor- before she died (1574 in Etton). He then married ( 2 Sep 1575) ing Eastwell Parish. The Lothropp's had several children Mary Howell and had five children, the third being Thomas and and remained at Egerton for over a decade. the fourth being the emigrant John. Mary died in June 1588, and During this period John, as did many other rectors and cu- Thomas married for the third time, Jane Carter, (11 Nov 1588) rates, gradually changed his beliefs and shifted from a strong and had nine more children. He fathered 22 children. John and believer arid supporter to a doubtful and questioning one. He his brother, Thomas, attended Queens College, Cambridge. (continued on page 21) VOLUME 2, NO. 3 W.I.S.E. 91/616t0,1' PAGE 21 the orthodoxy of the clergy and the use of the Book JOHN LOTHROPP (continued from page 20) of Common Prayer. eventually rejected these earlier ideas and resigned from the Together, King Charles and Archbishop Laud church in 1623. He renounced his orders to "fulfill the ministry prosecuted scores of Puritans on charges, real and to which his conscience and his heart had called him." 7 imagined, before the king's courts. Cruel punish- John accepted the teachings of the non-conformist denomi- ments, long unused, were revived; branding, nose nation of the Independent Church, founded secretly in South- splitting, amputation of ears, enormous fines, and wark, Surrey (London) in 1616 with Henry Jacob as minister. long imprisonments. He succeeded the Minister in 1624 when the latter left for Vir- ginia. John was Minister of the Church for the next decade, Laud sent out a mandate ordering constables and although their meetings were illegal. The group met in secret other authorities to seek out groups who might be and frequently moved their meeting places to avoid detection. having religious meetings not under Anglican They were often assailed by the Anglicans for their non- jurisdiction. When they found such private and conformist beliefs. There were many reasons for the disputes illegal church gatherings, they were to seize, with the Church of England. One was whether the word of apprehend, and attack all persons involved, and God came to the congregation from the Minister, or from the to keep them in safe custody until they could be congregation to the Minister. The latter idea was a common dealt with by the established clergy. A special Puritan belief, present today, in the Congregational approach. watch was kept on eleven congregations in London, Others had to do with many of the ceremonies which Puritans one of which was John Lothropp's group." rejected as relics of idolatry. They wanted to reform the Sacra- ment, abandon the use of the surplice, abandon the sign of the Laud discovered where Reverend Lothropp's group wor- cross at baptism, and other outward ceremonies and forms. shiped and on 22 April 1632 Laud, while he was still Bishop of But modification of the Church of England in any way and London and only a year before becoming the Archbishop of acceptance of Puritanism or Separatism was not possible with Canterbury, sent agents to arrest him as well as the other mem- Charles I as the head of state. He came to the throne in 1625 bers of the group. They met as usual in the house of Hum- imbued with the divine right of kings and tried to force all po- phrey Barnet, a brewer's clerk in Black Friars, London. Laud's litical and religious institutions to conform to his will. He was warrant officer Tomlinson and his 'ruffian band' overpowered soon embroiled in deep controversy with Parliament and dis- the church group and seized 42 men. Only 18 escaped. All solved it. He raised money without Parliament's approval, a were fettered and put in the Clink Prison in Newgate . feature which it had always jealously retained. King Charles The jailed church members were released from prison in the used various methods to obtain money: import and export spring of 1634 on bail. Lothropp was considered too danger- duties, compulsory knighthood, selling monopolies, titles and ous to be released and he languished in jaiL Shortly after his church positions. He also mortgaged crown lands, pawned wife became sick and eventually died. John had obtained per- crown jewels and even levied illegal taxes. Small wonder he mission to visit her when she was near death, but he was then became England's most unpopular king. A civil war began returned to prison. The seven surviving children ranged in and the King was finally executed. ages from five to 18 years and had to fend for themselves. It The man who most antagonized the non-conformists was was a time of extraordinary hardship for John and his children. William Laud, Bishop of London from 1628 to 1633 and After his wife's death John petitioned for liberty to go into for- Archbishop of Canterbury from 1633 to 1640 when he was im- eign exile and the petition was granted 24 April 1634. By the peached. He was confined to the Tower of London and exe- beginning of summer he and his children secured passage on cuted in 1645. He pursued Puritans and other non-conformists the ship 'Griffin,' packed their meager belongings, boarded with the same single mindedness as his King. He decreed ex- and sailed for Boston. They arrived in Boston on the 18th of communication to all who opposed him or his doctrines and September 1634 with 200 passengers and were duly recorded punished separation from the Anglican church with the threat in Winthrop's Journal. of heresy. Repeated offences led to charges of high treason, punishable by imprisonment or even death. John Lothropp in New England
Price describes the conflict between Laud and Lothropp as fol- He and his children soon left Boston for Scituate, MA (see lows (p10) when he states that King Charles New England map in the Newcomb chapter). Thirty-four fol- lowers joined him to establish the new Puritan church there. "empowered him [Laud] to reform the entire At the time there were nine palisado houses in this very small Church of England. Laud, determined to impose village. These were small log cabins with upright instead of a uniform system of worship on all Englishmen, horizontal logs. On 29 January, 1635, at a meeting at outlawed unadorned buildings and simple services, Lothropp's house, John was formally chosen to be the Minister reviewed and licensed all publications, held public of Scituate. Church meetings were held in James Cudworth's burnings of books and pamphlets which did not home, the largest in the village. Shortly thereafter the church pass the censor, denounced landowners who were members erected a meetinghouse at the top of Kent Hill and encroaching on church lands for private profit, and named the road leading to it Meetinghouse Lane. ordered inspection tours of all parishes to determine (continued on page 22) VOLUME 2, NO. 3 W.I.S.E. Wie2g10,f PAGE 22 JOHN LOTHROPP (continued from page 21) New Book Bibliography By the middle of 1635 John had married his second wife Ann. Denver Public Library With her he had a second family of six children, four of whom sur- during that summer another influx of peo- vived childhood. Also Abbott, William Henry. Heraldry Illustrated: Being a Short England, where John had been a ple came from County Kent Account of the Origin and History of Heraldry and an Ex- preacher for many years. By 1638 Lothropp's journal recorded 62 planation of its Nature. New York: Bureau of Heraldry, members in the Scituate Church 1897. G929.6 A134he Over the next years contention within the church impelled John Plymouth Colony to leave Scituate. By 1638 the General Court of Bird, Vivian. Warwickshire. London Batsford, 1973. offered land to John on Cape Cod in the town of Mattakeese, G914.248 B532war meaning 'plowed fields', now called Barnstable. This was some of the best land in the colony with many cleared fields and large ar- Dickson, William Brown. Genealogy of the Dickson Family cattle and horses. Reverend John eas in salt marsh so valuable for and its Immediate Collateral Branches: with Notes on the and many of the members of his church made the 60 mile move to Scottish Emigration to North Ireland. Salem, Massachusetts: Barnstable. Twenty-two male church members and their families Higginson Book Co., 19%. G929.2 D5655dic followed the Reverend while some seven families remained be- cattle and hind in Scituate. Many went by boat; others with Dobson, David. Scottish Maritime Records, 1600-1850: a arriving at household goods traveled by land on the rough paths Guide for Family Historians. Baltimore, Maryland: Clear- Barnsta- the site in October, 1639. A service at Sacrament Rock in field, 1997. G929.3411 D656sc ble was held by John on 21 October 1639 to commemorate their successful move. John was to be the Minister of the church for the Dobson, David. Ships from Ireland to Early America, 1623- the next 14 years until his death in 1653. During that period 1850 Baltimore, Maryland: Printed for Clearfield Company from persecution church and its members thrived. They had come by Genealogical Pub. Co., 1999. G929.373 D656sh in England, and despite many hardships realized both religious freedom and economic prosperity in America. Duffy, Godfrey F. Guide to Tracing Your Donegal Ances- Owing to the large number of descendants and interest in Rev- tors. Glenageary Co. Dublin, Ireland: Flyleaf Press, 1996. erend John Lothropp, a great deal of information has been accu- G929.1072041 D874gu mulated about his genealogy. His descendants include a few of the following: four former Presidents of the U.S. including Ulys- Fennell, Paul Daniel. Fennells of Manister, Co. Limerick, ses Grant Franklin Roosevelt George Bush, and George W Bush; Eire. Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, 2000. G929.2 F362fen former New York Governor Thomas Dewey; Senator Adlai Ste- venson; genealogist Donald Lines Jacobus; John and Allen Dulles; Humphery-Smith, Cecil R. Armigerous Ancestors: a Cata- Founder of the Mormon Church, Joseph Smith; financier J P Mor- logue of Sources for the Study of the Visitations of the Her- The loss to Eng- gan; physician Benjamin Spock. The list goes on. alds in the 16th and 17th Centuries, with Referenced Lists of land by the emigration of this Reverend became America's gain. 8 Names. Canterbury: Family History Books, 1997. G929.72 Alhum REFERENCES 1 For a guidebook and much of the Lothrop history see Helen Lathrop Lewis, Samuel. Topographical Dictionary of Ireland. Selec- Taber, 1995, A New Home in Mattakeese for sale by the author in Barnstable County Clare: a History and Topography. Ennis: and from the Foundation. tions CLASP Press, 1995. G914.193003 L588co 2 Information through emigrant ancestor John (b 1584) comes from E. B. Huntington, 1884, A Genealogical Memoir of the Lo-Lathrop Family; this tradi- tional genealogy provides extensive information on the ancestors and de- O'Laughlin, Michael C. Families of County Cork, Ireland: scendants of emigrant John; but the gem on John is the booklet by Richard Over One Thousand Entries from the Archives of the Irish Price, John Lothropp (1584-1653), A Puritan Biography & Genealogy which Genealogical Foundation. Kansas City, MO: Irish Genea- provides considerable detail on John before his emigration as well as his logical Foundation, 1996. G929.34195 042fam life in MA. Much of this chapter is condensed from these two sources. See also Helene Holt, 1987, Exiled for an excellent novel based on known facts Rees, Jim. Surplus People: the Fitzwilliam Clearances, 1847- but interpreting them in a most readable fashion by a genealogist well G941.5081 versed in the history of this time. 1856. Doughcloyne, Wilton, Cork: Collins, 2000. 3 See the booklet by Betty Huzzard, 1980, Cherry Burton Past and Present for R259su details of the town and the fairly new Cherry Burton church 4 From Gail White, 1992, Etton, A Village of the East Riding with a verbal Teehan, Virginia. Provision of Genealogical Services in Ire- and photographic history of the Village; the book provides a history of the land. Dublin: Heritage Council, 2000. G929.1072041 T228pr village and much on the life of Reverend Lothropp; the quote is from p17. 5 The number of people in the Great Migration is taken from Virginia Copies of Lists of Passengers Arriving at Miscellaneous Anderson, 1991, New England's Generation. Ports on the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts, 1820-1873. 16 micro- 6 The lovely St. James Church of Egerton and village are described by film reels. G929.373 C791 MICROFLM Bryan Gipps, 1995, Egerton Church and Village. 7From Price, John Lothropp, p9. James K. Jeffrey 8 From Price, rear foldout VOLUME 2, NO. 3 W.I.S.E. IP90.4kf PAGE 23
BOOK REVIEWS plus straggling Saints and merchant adventurers. He dates By: Zoe Lappin the end of the colony as 1692 when it was absorbed by Massa- chusetts Bay, the Puritans. My only complaint is that Willison too often quotes the Pil- Getting to know Roger Williams grims language, obsolete and hard to follow, though some- times colorful. The book was recommended by Paul Kilburn of Settle, Mary Lee, I, Roger Williams, A Fragment of Autobiography, W.I.S.E. in my search for my husband's Birmingham/ New York and London: W.W. Norton & Company, 2001. Brumaghim roots, possibly in Holland. I enjoyed it immensely even though it didn't necessarily further my cause. Roger Williams, the famous separatist, seeker and founder of Rhode Island, has long been a hero of mine, and I was thrilled when my research showed that my husband is a de- Program Schedule scendant of his. This latest volume in the none-too- James K. Jeffrey, Program Chairman voluminous Williams literature is a fictional biography dealing mainly with his life in England before 1630, when he emigrated to the colonies. Summer Heritage Festivals We are treated to the events that led up to his fierce determi- nation that nothing can interfere with the right to follow your Saint Andrew Society of Colorado Highland Games conscience, chiefly his service as a clerk to the radical Sir Ed- ward Coke, an English jurist The author gives her hero an ar- Saturday and Sunday, 11-12 August 2001, 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. chaic voice, but not so dense a one as you likely were subjected Highlands Park at Highlands Ranch, Colorado to in early American literature courses. Though tolerance of conscience was Williams great claim to fame, he exercised his Come work the Games. W.I.S.E. does not have regularly right to distaste — he didn't have much use for the Pilgrims, scheduled meetings in July and August this year. Volunteer to whom he called the "Visible Saints"; the Quakers; or the Puri- work the Highland Gaines. Volunteer to help in the genealogy tans who, of course, kicked him out of Massachusetts, perse- tent for a four-hour shift and gain free admission to the field. cuted for his beliefs, not his actions. This is an opportunity to help the Saint Andrew Society of Settle does a particularly good job of placing events in the Colorado and W.I.S.E. FIIS. Books for the genealogy tent at the colonies in the framework of contemporary English events, Saint Andrew Society of Colorado Highland Games are pro- especially events leading to the Civil War of 1642-49, the vided by the W.I.S.E. HIS and the Western History and Gene- bloody Stuarts, Oliver Cromwell (once a friend of Williams), alogy Department of the Denver Public Library. To volunteer the Protectorate and the Restoration. Settle loved reading pri- call James K. Jeffrey at the Denver Public Library at 720-865- mary records, including Williams own writings, and she 1816 or Ann Lisa Pearson at 303-770-7164 found those that he wrote on the run far more enlightening than his carefully constructed philosophical writings. Her fa- Colorado Irish Festival vorites were "The Bloody Tenent of Persecution for Cause of Conscience," which he wrote in London on his first trip back in Saturday and Sunday, 18-19 August 2001, 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. 1642 and his letters. However, sometimes the going is pretty Lakewood Heritage Center slow and you might find yourself nodding off, even at this 21st 797 S. Wadsworth Blvd. Lakewood, Colorado century style re-examination of a 17th century man whose ideas and courage resonate so strongly. Participate in the largest gathering of Ireland's children in the Rocky Mountain region. Get your Celtic fix for the year when Getting to know the Pilgrims you hear traditional and contemporary Irish music and ob- serve step dancing.
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Although this book was written 56 years ago, it maintains THE NEXT W.I.S.E. MEETING its place as a definitive history of the Pilgrims — the Saints. Stonehenge: A Tribute to the Stone Age Man, Strangers in the title refers to the equal number of non- Our First Astronomer religious emigrants from London and Holland who came with them to fill out the ships' manifests in hopes of turning a profit Saturday, 22 September 2001,1:30 p.m. for the backers in Europe. These included Miles Standish, and 7th Floor Class Room — Central Denver Public Library many (not Standish) eventually converted. 10 W. Fourteenth Avenue Parkway Willison uses a narrow definition of Pilgrim (those at Ply- With George Fosdick, Ph.D. mouth, the Old Colony), and goes into the intricate politics and other tribulations that dogged these brave settlers. Seven ships We have all seen photographs of Stonehenge, that magnificent besides the Mayflower carried Pilgrims: Fortune, Sparrow, monument in the heart of Salisbury Plain in England. Come Anne, Little James, second Mayflower, Talbot and Handmaid, (continued page 24) Program Schedule (continued from page 23) Foreign Exchange Made Easy along as George Fosdick, PhD. leads us through the various ages of man as he explains the historical chronology, beliefs Do you have your fora currency and travelers checks for and ritual associations of this structure. Stonehenge has your trip? been the focus of intense debate through the ages from Dru- ids to "New Agers" as they all define the purpose of this Do you need to purchase a check in foreign currency to pay for construction. George will lead us the interpretation of your hotel Stonehenge as a lunar astronomical calendar. He will share reservation or a subscription? with us the role of the heel stone as it lines up perfectly with the midsummer and midwinter solstices as well as the Companies like International Currency Express can assist you phases of the moon with all your foreign exchange needs.
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