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Volume 4, No. I perwer, C)L6 • jan-Feb-Mar 2003 Robert Lothropp (b abt 1513 in Cherry Burton) inherited his fathers estates and expanded them. He married Ellen Aston and JOHN LOTHROPP: had four children, three boys and one girl. Both Robert (d abt DEACON IN THE GREAT MIGRATION 1558) and Ellen (d abt 1573) left wills.3 by Paul Kilbom Robert's eldest son Thomas Lothropp (b 19 Jun 1536 in Cherry Burton), was the father of Reverend John. He married (abt 1560) Much of the impetus for the Great Migration to New England in the Elizabeth Clark and had four children, again with no baptismal re- 1630's was religious and many deacons led members of their congrega- comis. He moved to nearby Etton, Yorkshire about 1568 when he tions in this emigration movement. One of the leading deacons to come at was 30 and had four more children with Elizabeth before she died that time was Reverend John Lothropp. A graduate of Cambridge Univer- in Etton in 1574. He then married ( 2 Sep 1575) Mary Howell and sity, John was a deacon in the Church of England for over a decade but had five children, the third being Thomas and the fourth being the gradually became disenchanted with the Church and left to become a Rev- emigrant John. Mary died in June 1588. Both John and his older erend in the Protestant independent Church in London in 1624. Over the brother, Thomas, attended Queens College, Cambridge. next decade the fortunes of all new and unorthodox religions were put to the test. The Anglican Church hierarchy reinforced old rules and estab- Etton today is a charming village with a rich history. There was lished new ones, eventually making non-orthodoxy a crime punishable by formerly a ten acre site occupied in the 13th and 14th centuries by jail. Lothropp was sent to jail for over two years but managed to get out of the Knights Templar. Noth- the country in 1635. He left there with his family and sailed to Boston with ing now remains but excava- several former church members. tions have revealed a great oven and inventories reveal John started his first church in Scituate in 1635 but soon left for Barn- the existence of a granary, stable where he preached his first sermon in 1639. He ministered to the kitchen, brew house, chapel Barnstable Church for the next 14 years and helped husband it to religious and extensive acreage in and economic prosperity. He died in 1653. John had 14 children, eight crops. St Mary's Church in with his first wife in England, and six with his second wife in MA. For the the center of the village dosed in Etton Church next two generations many of his descendants remained in Barnstable and dates from 1150. It is a very 1.584 the area is rich in Lothropp heritage. It is also the headquarters of the old perpendicular church Q.Deceintier Lothropp Family Foundation. 1 with a massive square Nor- actor at Scituate -.and man tower. The "richly arn§table.Plymouth Colony Lowthorpe Beginnings carved tower arch is one of Massachusetts the finest examples of 12th- 1634:-,1653 The family names of Low- century stonework in the thorpe, Lowthropp, Lothropp whole of Yorkshire.* Re- tiled atBarnstable and Lathrop and other varia- markable for Lothropp affi- oyg jbPr,A tions around the world come cionados is the memorial from the parish of Lowthorpe in stone on the north wall (Fig. East Riding, Yorkshire (Fig. 1). 2) commemorating the bap- Various records cite these sur- 1 ()Rh:SHIRE tism of Reverend John names back to the 13th century. which reads as shown in the figure The earliest record is that of Figure 2 Walter de Lov4horpe elected Stone plaque in the St. Mary's Church com- memorating John Lothropp who was baptized in sheriff of Yorkshire in 1216. But (Continued on page 8) this church. no continuous record begins until the record of the residence of Reverend John's great- ♦ IN THIS ISSUE: grandfather, John Lothropp, in CAMBRIDGESIIIE C'"dwid.". nearby Cherry Burton in 1535. At the time great-grandfather John Lothropp Front John was 33 and probably born LONDON Edgerton • • E.I. '"fi ident's Message 2 about 1480. Starting with this KEN John, documented evidence New Books —DPL 2 exists of family descent directly Member's Interest Column 3 to the emigrant ancestor Rever- Book Review by end John's baptism in 1584. Betty Brown 7 The elder John held extensive Figure 1 Irish Freedom Fighter , the next chapter 7 estates in Cherry Burton and Book Reviews by Zoe Lappin 9 surrounding parishes. He mar- Lothropp locations in England showing John's birth- ried Margaret Wade and records place (Yorkshire), higher education (Cambridge), fist Programs—First Quarter 2003 10 Preaching job (Edgerton), and emigration pod where indicate four children, including family left England (London) one son, Robert2 VOLUME 4, NO. I W.I.S.E. 9P6+9 PAGE 2 'From the President DPL Na,,Sera" llblkgscpl,p The winter is half over or half left, depending how you might look at it. James K. Jeffrey, Genealogy Specialist In reflecting back on this past year I hope that you had an enjoyable and productive year. My wife, Bettie, and I had a very busy and interesting General Society of Mayflower Descen- year. We attended family reunions, weddings and even a funeral. What an dants Mayflower Families Through Flve incentive if you welcomed a new grand child or great grandchild (we had Generations. Descendants of the Pilgrims 2) in getting more researches done. At my wife's family reunion in West who landed at Plymouth , Mass., Decem- Virginia, we displayed some of the research that had been accomplished. ber 1620. vol. 20, pt. 1 Family of Henry There was much interest in the display. Seeing our great grandchildren Sampson. 6202.173 S678may just drives home why I do family research. Boyer, Carl. Medieval English Ancestors We have had an increase in membership since the first of the year. The of Certain Americans:. Many of the Eng- Society objectives of promoting interest in genealogy and history were lish ancestral lines prior to 1300 of those well met with our programs. Our goal is to try and serve the needs of all Colonial Americans with known royal an- our membership. Along these lines we were able to bring in David W. cestry but fully developed in all possible Webster from Edinburgh, Scotland, for a daylong seminar in May. He was lines. G929.72 B695me 2001 well received. At the conclusion of the daylong program, I received many encouraging comments. As the occasion arises we will endeavor to bring in Boyer, Cad. Medieval English Ancestors other prominent speakers. The board is always open to suggestions from of Robert Abell. Who died in Rehoboth, the membership on subjects for future programs. If you have interests Plymouth Colony, 20 June 1663, with that are not being met, please let an officer know. Also, tell your English ancestral lines of other Colonial friends about our Society so that they will not miss any of our programs. Americans. G929.2 Al41boy 2001
Before dosing t would like to stress how important it is to join a Carmack, Sharon DeBartolo. Your Guide society in the areas in which your ancestors lived if you wish to find to Cemetery Research. G929.5 C21yo others working on your family. I have been researching our families for 13 years and have belonged to a number of societies. In doing so I have Coldham, Peter Wilson. Settlers of Mary- discovered 6 cousins we didn't know we had. They have been of great help. land, 16794783. Also, I found a Mossman in Florida writing a book on the Mossman's in G929.3752 C673set Con ed. 2002 which he was devoting a portion of the book on the Mossman's of Gallia County, Ohio. I provided -him with family information that he used. He Dobson, David. Scots in New England, gave me recognition in his book which was very pleasing. 1623-1873. G929.3089916 D656sane 2002 Now is the time to renew your W.I.S.E. membership for 2003. The renewal form is enclosed in this newsletter. What better time than right now to complete the form, Dobson, David. Scots in the West Indies, write your check, and mail them. I appreciate your support of the Society. 1707-1857. 6929.3729 D856sc 1998 John Mossfromn McGee, Thomas D'Arcy. History of the Irish Settlers in North America. From the earliest period to the census of 1850. W.I.S.E. Family History Society G973.049162 M459hi 1980 National Society Sons and Daughters of Dedicated to research in Wales, Ireland, Scotland, England, the Channel Islands and the Isle of the Pilgrims. Edited by Arthur Louis Fin- Man. Interest in emigration and immigration of these people as well as heraldry and family nell. Lineage Book Iv, V, and VI. studies. G369.12 N2137U
Officers & Board Members Newsletter Staff Parshall, James Clark. History of the Par- shallFamily Tree From the Conquest of President... -John Mossman Editor Gordon Gray England by William of Normandy.
This is the fourth of our Members' Interest Column. W.I.S.E. Words has been printing a listing of our members' interests, as it relates to their 'tentage and the geographic areas where they are doing research. They have been ex- tracted from the information provided by our membership on their membership renewal forms. The information presented in this column will be presented in segments, so you will want to save it for future reference. Terry Quirke has compiled these data and if any member would like to submit information to be included, please send it to him at
W.I.S.E. Society—Register of Members' Interests by SURNAME as of: 8 December 2002 Town/City County Member Surname Other/Name Period Towniand Shire Country ID
ADAMS George W. c. 1822 ENG 4 ALSOP 1820-50 ENG 16 0-( ANDERSON C'S)g SCT 31 BABCOCK pre•1730 ENG 32 BAKER Adam R. 1800+ ENG 11 BAKER Elizabeth 1838-50 Eben ENG 6 BALDWIN Richard 1500-50 ENG 10 BARLEY Lulu Josephine 1879 Macombe, r< St. Lawrence Cnty 7 USA 33 BARLEY Seeley 1891-1892 Macombe,
<7 St Lawrence Cnty : USA 33 BARLEY Seeley 1891-1892 DePeyster, St. Lawrence Cnty USA 33 BARLEY Wiliam 1830 - ENG -sa BARLEY William Henry 1851 Morristown,
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St Lawrence Cnty 7 USA 33
BARTON George 1858-80 § IRL 6
BEATON Glenelg Z SCT 15
BECKET Sarah 1800+ —I IRL 9 BLACK Archibald pre-1813 South Knapdale SCT 8 BLACK(LAMOND) Sarah pre-1813 South Knapdale SCT 8
BOYLAND Joseph 1830-90 Bath 17) ENG 14 BRIGGS Henrie 1597 St. James, Clerkenwelt ENG 7 BRODIGAN IRL 15 BROWN John 1800 SCT 9 BURVILLE Wiliam 1780-1850 St Clement ENG 14 CAMPBELL May 1834-1850 Anywhere SCT 24 CAPPES Joane c. 1569 Norwich ENG 4 CARNES Jenny 1858 Mexico,
Oswego County 7 USA 33 CARTER Aaron pre-1800 Southwark ENG 18
CATION Williams 1800+ Kinross 2Z:< SCT 3 CATION Willem 1800+ Kinross SCT 3 CATION Williams 1800+ Kinross SCT 3 CATION pre-1843 Anywhere SCT 25 CAVANAUGH 1800+ IRL 13
CHAMBERS 1700-1775 Kensinton >c ENG 19 X CHAPMAN Rebecca 1881+ Preston C1(257+110) ENG 18
CHARLES Mary 1746-1831 Bryncroes g WLS 20
CHRONIC Elisha Edward 1847+ Scotland • USA 23
CHURCH Richard 1608 London x ENG 7 COEY IRL 15 COLUNS Ellen 1842-1860 Gurtavalla IRL 24
COLUNS James 1800-1880 GurtavaNa ii5C1 IRL 24 COPELAND Samuel 1776+ IRL 4 l "r1 CORNELL Sarah 1650-90 if ENG 4 COWLEY Mary Ann 1820-50 Peel IOM 3
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Momberi Interest Column (continued from page 5)
Town/City County Member Surname Other/Name Period Townland Shire Country ID
CRAWFORD Elizabeth 1801-1871 Larne ANT IRL 23 CRAWFORD Mary M. 1845+ Tenn. USA 23 CRAWFORD Pre-1898 Kaloo ANT 1RL 23 CRAWFORD Pre-1898 Braid ANT IRL 23 CRAWFORD Pre-1898 DOW IRL 23 CRAWFORD Pre-1898 ARM IRL 23 CUMMINS pre-1800 SCT 12 DALRYMPLE James 1700+ Edinburgh MLN SCT 10 DALRYMPLE James ' 1700+ AYR SCT 10 DAVIDSON Madora Jane 1860+ Franklin Mo. USA 23 DEATON 1600-1680 DEV ENG 19 DICKSON pre-1840 Brechin ANS SCT 31 DOBYNS 1400-1700 GLS ENG 19 DOYLE Mary pre-1854 IRL 9 DURKAN Margaret IRLne 1830-50 Ballina MAY IRL 6 DWYER Bridget 1818-? Newport MAY IRL 24 DWYER John 1838-1860 Anywhere All IRL 24 EAVES Pierced 1615 St. George, Fordington DOR ENG 7 FLOYD Martha A. 1843+ Scotland Mo. USA 23 FOSDICK Stephen 1583-1620 Great Wenham SEX ENG 10 FOWLE Margaret Bayle 1587 Nayland SEX ENG 7 GARNER Jane 1830-50 WIC IRL 6 GARNER Jean 1830-50 WIC IRL 6 GILES Elizabeth . 1752+ IRL 4 GOOD Lydia Va USA 11 GRACE Ethel 1875+ Tenterden KEN ENG 18 GRACE Francis W. 1916+ London LND ENG 18 GRACE Frederick W. 1895+ Southampton HAM ENG 18 GRACE Frederick W. 1895+ Rolvenden KEN ENG 18 GRACE Grace 1916+ London LND ENG 18 GRACE Rhoda 1871+ Brighton SSX ENG 18 GREER 1600-1650 Capencch DES SCT 21 GRIER 1580-1650 Capenoch DES SCT 21 GRIERSON 1400-1500 Anywhere DES SCT 21 GRIFFITH Roland 1768-1801 Mallwyd MER WLS 20 GRIFFITH Rowland 1768-1801 Dines Mawddwy MER WLS 20 GRIT-r-iiH 1700 CGN WLS 32 HAINES 1800-1875 Bamwood GLS ENG 32 HANCOCK Joseph 1800-1850 SOM ENG 22 HANRAHAN Ennis CLA 1RL 15 HARVEY Daniel 1800-1870 Westbury on Severn GLS ENG 14 HAWLEY Edward pre-1840 IRL 6 HAWLEY John Henry pre-1840 IRL 6 HAY Thomas c. 1818+ Dundee ANS SCT 4 HILL Anne ANT IRL 9 HINCKES John 1562 Clerkenwell ESS ENG 7 HODGEKINS Elizabeth c. 1633 Ormsby St. Margaret NFK ENG 5 HODGKINS 1580-1680 CAM ENG 19
HOGBEN John 1800-60 Dover KEN ENG 10 HOLLAND pre-1898 LAN ENG 31 HOUSE Elvira 1857 Morristown, St Lawrence Cnty N.Y. USA 33 HUTTON Sarah 1864 Kingston Ont. CAN 33 JOB 1820-50 Liverpool LAN ENG 16 KEIGHIN David 1820-50 Peel 10M 16 KELL Andrew pre 1800 Ballyconnell CAV IRL 3 KELLS Robert 1700-1800 Ballyconnell CAV IRL 4 KELLS various ANT IRL 10 KENT Mary Ann 1818+ Gwennap CON ENG 4
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Members" Interest Column (continued front ogiee 51 Town/City County Member Surname Other/Name Period Townland Shire Country ID
LAIRD John 1755-1825 Kilmacoln RFW SCT 14 LAMOND Sarah pre-1813 South Knapdale SCT 9 LAMONT 1800+ Isle of Skye INV SCT 13 LANCASTER Robert 1720+ ENG 23 LAPPIN Armies MOG IRL 15 LAVELLE 1800+ IRL 13 LEONARD Job Strong c. 1600 Washington Cnty NY USA 3 LEONARD Sylverter c. 1600 NY USA 3 LEWIS Catherine 1718-1799 Penllech CAE WLS 20 LEWIS Catherine 1718-1799 Bryncroes CAE WLS 20 LOGAN Margaret 1700+ IRL 9 LUSK Margaret SCT 9 MacGREGOR pre-1400 Anywhere DFS SCT 21 MACKEY Catherine 1822-1860 Glenoe, Newport TIP IRL 24 MACPHERSON Hugh pre-1790 South Knapdale SCT 8 MACPHERSON Jannet pre-1790 South Knapdale SCT 8 MAGUIRL Andrew H. 1864-1885 Castleblayney MOG IRL 24 MAGUIRL Daniel C. 1835-1864 Castleblayney MOG IRL 24 MAGUIRL John Patrick 1858-1918 Middletown ARM IRL 24 MALONEY Michael, "Mick" pre-1850 IRL 6 MARC Siarl 1720-1795 Penllech or Bryncroes CAE W1.8 20 MARCH Elizabeth 1583 ENG 7 MARK Charles 1720-1795 Bryncroes or Penllech CAE WLS 20 MARTIN Mary pre-1850 WIC IRL 6 MATHEWSON David 1833-1850 Anywhere All SCT 24 MATHIESON David 1833-1850 Anywhere AI SCT 24 McCREATH James 1700-1800 IRL 9 McCREATH James 1800+ ANT IRL 9 McCREATH &MIS 1700-1800 SCT 9 McILRAITH Hugh pre-1780 Johnstone RAN SCT 18 McINTYRE Michael 1830-1852 Anywhere All IRL 24 IVIcKIDDIE Hugh 1767+ Newton of Glamis ANS SCT 4 McKUHEN Michael pre-1850 IRL 6 McNAIRN William 1770-1800 WIG SCT 9 McRAE Glenelg INV SCT 15 McWILUAM Elizabeth 1801-1871 Lame ANT IRL 23 MILUGAN 1800+ IRL 13 MOLLISON Catherine 1779+ Dundee ANS SCT 4 MONTGOMERY 1600-1718 ANT IRL 34 MONTGOMERY 1600-1718 ARM IRL 34 MONTGOMERY 1055-1155 MGY WLS " 34 MONTGOMERY 1200-1600 AYR SCT 34 MONTGOMERY 1300-1600 PER SCT 34 MULLINS Morgan 1847-1865 Anywhere AU IRL 24 NAIR John M. 1836 Wheeling W.Va. USA 23 NEFSEY Daniel 1827 MAY IRL 6 NORRINGTON Elizabeth 1790-1870 St. Clement KEN ENG 14. O'BOYLE 1800+ ANT IRL 13 O'NAFESEY Daniel 1827 MAY IRL • 6 O'NEILL John 1828 WC IRL 6 PALMER Ambrose c. 1585 Ormsby St. Margaret NFK ENG 5 PALMER John c. 1561 Ormsby St. Margaret NFK ENG 5 PALMER William c. 1637 Ormsby St Margaret NFK ENG 5 PALMER William c. 1633 Ormsby St Margaret NFK ENG 5 PARRY Eleanor 1791-1820 Uangian CAE WLS 20 PARRY Elinor 1791-1820 Uangian CAE WLS 20 PARRY John 1800-1870 St Marlebone LND ENG 14 PARRY William pre-1753 Uangian CAE WLS 20 PATON William 1775-1845 Erskine FRW SCT 14 PEARCE George Frederick 1856 West Bloomfield Ont CAN 33 PHILIPS Eurith 1819+ • IRL 4
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Members Interest Column (continued from page 5) Town/City County Member Surname Other/Name Period Towniand Shire Country ID PHILIPS Urith 1819+ IRL 4 PHILUPS Thomas 1818+ Redruth CON ENG 4 PHILLIPS William CON ENG 4 POTTINGER William 1800-50 ENG 10 QUIRKE Eliza 1850+ Unknown TIP IRL 18 QUIRKE Michael 1780s Clonmel TIP IRL 18 RAMSAY Mary 1746+ Dundee ANS SCT 4 REED 1200-1500 NBL ENG 34 REED 1500-1620 KEN ENG 34 REYNOLDS Mary Ann 1877 Willetsholrn Ont. CAN 33 REYNOLDS Thomas 1850 CON ENG 17 REYNOLDS Thomas 1850 DEV ENG 10 REYNOLDS pre-1800 SCT 12 RITCHIE pre-1843 Sterling SEL SCT 3 RITCHIE c. 1800 Stonshausmuir SEL SCT 3 ROSE pre-1800 SCT 12 ROSS Elizabeth 9 RUTHERFORD James 1800-1870 Jedburgh ROX SCT 14 SAVAGE Haggardstown LOU IRL 15 SCOTT Samuel 1790 Cosquin(?) WY IRL 6 SHORT John 1850 Uskeard CON ENG 17 SIARL Mari 1746-1795 Bryncroes CAE WLS 20 SMITH Anne 1821+ Glasgow SCT 4 SMITH Robert 1817+ SCT 4 SPENCER John 1550+ Edworth BDF ENG 7 SPRAGUE WiMam 1609 ENG 7 SPRY pre•1640 CON ENG 32 STAMFORTH Mary c. 1637 Ranworth NFK ENG 5 STEEPLETON James pre-1854 IRL 9
STEWART pre-1800 SCT 12 SWEENEY Bridgete 1838-1900+ Newport MAY IRL 24 SWEENEY Owen 1818+ Newport MAY IRL 24 TAGGART 1800+ Belfast ANT IRL 13 THOMAS John Richard 1790-1795 Bryncroes CAE WLS 20 THOMAS Richard 1740-1795 Bryncroes CAE WLS 20 THOMPSON 1820-1850 Liverpool LAN ENG 16 THOMSON Mary SCT 9 TIPPET Jane 1758+ Cambome CON ENG 4 TIPPETT Andrew Bodus Jackson 1834+ Baltimore Md. USA 23 TOMOS Rhisiard 1740-1795 Bryncroes CAE WLS 20 TOPPIN Sarah 1800+ SCT 11 TOPPIN Thomas 1850 Va USA 11 TOPPIN Thomas 1850-70 Ind. USA 11 TOPPING Sarah 1800+ SCT 9 VAUGHAN Elizabeth 1773-1801 Mallwyd MER WLS 20 VERNEY Elizabeth c.1585 Ormsby St. Margaret NFK ENG 5 VINCENT Philip 1759+ Cambome CON ENG 4 VIVIAN Mary 1733+ Cambome CON ENG 4 WALEN Ann 1838 CLA(?) IRL 6 WARREN John 1585 Nayland SFK ENG 7 WARREN Richard 1578 London MDX ENG 7 WATSON Charles Harry 1858 Worcester County Mass USA 33 WAUGH c. 1800 Stonshausmuir STI SCT 3 WEBSTER Mary 1777+ Gam/brit WEX IRL 4 WEBSTER Robert 1745+ Garrybrit WEX IRL 4 WESTGATE Sarah 1835 CAN 33 WESTGATE Thomas IRL 33 WILLiAMS Edward 1760 WLS 9 WOODALL ALL YKS ENG 19 WOODARD 1500-1630 LDN ENG 34 1NOODWARD 1600-1780 LND ENG 34
Editor's Note: This listing represents the complete list of Members' Interests by SURNAME. It will not be repeated in Its entirety but only for updates. Retain this listing for your future reference. VOLUME 4. NO. I W.1.S.E. f11020,1 PAGE 7 Book Review by Betty Brown Irish freedom fighter, Fathers and Mothers: History and Genealogy of Kilburn and Graham the next chapter by Zoe Lappin by Paul Dayton Kilburn. Arvada, CO: Kilbum Press, 2002. 328 pp. $30.00 plus $5.00 shipping and handling. Soft cover. Also available as a CD for The saga of Thomas Callan, Irish freedom fighter, terrorist $10.00. or a Yank in the wrong place at the wrong time, was told by his distant cousin and WISE member Zoe von Ends Lappin In Paul Kilburn, one of our W.LS,E. Directors, has published an awesome WISE Words last year. Callan, a native of Ireland, served five family history of his fathers' (Kilburn) and mothers' (Graham) ancestries. years in a London prison, 1888-1893, after he was convicted Awesome because of his diligent scholarly historical research, the result of of participating in an Irish dynamite plot against the British twenty years of investigation. Awesome, too, because he has found ties to government He was freed 10 years short of serving his so many noteworthy persons, e.g. from: "The Ancients — Clovis, the Ripar- complete term thanks to arcane twists in British-Irish politics ian (b. 380); Charlemagne; King Alfred; William the Conqueror; and Saher and pressure from America. He returned to his home in de Quincy IV (one of the barons who signed the Magna Charta), to two May- Lowell, Mass., where he died a year and a half later of Injuries flower ancestors and both Loyalist and Patriot Revolutionary War ancestors, sustained when he fell off a garbage cart. to mention but a few of his interesting connections. Geographically, his re- search and travels cover a lot of territory from several locations in the U.S. Since the articles were published, Callan - In a manner of to Canada and to several countries in Europe. speaking — has taken Zoe on even more adventures. Here's her latest chapter: This book is fascinating reading. Is the writing dear? Absolutely. Is it well-organized? Definitely, but the style and format are not like most gene- My husband and I, with our daughter and son-on-law, visited alogies. The author does not give information for himself or his parents, but Oxford, England, in early June 2002, and I had an experience that divides the book into two parts for his paternal grandparents (Kilbum) and can only be called typical of this passion known as genealogical his maternal grandparents (Graham). Also, he has departed from custom- research. In Oxford, Jack Lappin (my husband) and I went to the ary formats in order to emphasize the historical times and events in the lives most spectacular book store we've ever seen, called Blackwell's. of his ancestors. He has been meticulous in referenCing his historical docu- Many people familiar with English attractions know about or have mentation, but his genealogical documentation is not always evident, so visited it. I headed for the history section, and as I reached it at anyone wishing to retrace his genealogical lines may have some difficulty. the head of the stairs on the second floor, a new book caught my He has illustrated the book profusely with Pedigree (Descendant) Charts, eye. It was on a display table with several other new books, just hand-drawn maps, family crests and photographs of people, castles, man- waiting for me to walk in. The title is "Fenian Fire; The British sions, houses, farmhouses and other features. He has provided an Index to Government Plot to Assassinate Queen Victoria" by Christy names, places and subjects. There is no over-all Bibliography. There is no Campbell. (HarperCollins publisher, London, 2002.) ISBN (International Standard Book Number) or LC (Library of Congress) Card Number on the verso (back) of the Title Page. Lbrarians look for Reading the fly-leaf, i realized it was a thoroughly researched these numbers when ordering and cataloging books. Is the LC (Library of version of the episode in which Thomas Callan was involved! His Congress) Control Number he gives really an LC Card Number? name is in the index, and there are several details about him and the plot that were new to me, though some errors, too. I know a I anticipate a mixed reaction to his "Kilburn Style" — many will be de- lot more about Thomas Callan than Christy Campbell does. At lighted — others will bemoan his rejection of a conventional numbering sys- least than he did when he wrote the book. tem for listing the members of his families. He has provided Pedigree (Descendant) Charts that give names and dates, but no places and no I bought the book, of course, and ifs not easy reading. One sources. Places one normally finds in numbered listings or in Family Group Francis Millen, who was at the head of the plot hatched by Irish- Sheets are found in his narrated textual style. Most comments and refer- American Fenians, actually was a British spy. Campbell had just ences are at the end of each chapter as ENDNOTES. In at least one in- uncovered this fact as he dug into recently released documents in stance, he has "added a few children arid changed a few names of the chil- Dublin and London. Some are still classified, purportedly to dren according to census data," but he does not tell which names or which protect the descendants of informers of 115 years ago. censta(es) (page 13). Documents include Thomas Callan's "confession, " but that has been removed from the file at the Public Record Office in London. I wish he had chosen Elizabeth Shown Mills' book Evidence! Citation & Campbell concludes that Callan was a dupe, set up to take a fall - Analysis for the Family Historian, Baltimore: Genealogical Publication - big time. Co., 1997 for his citation style manual instead of K Turbians's A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses and Dissertations, 6th edition. Both are I made only one reference to Millen in my article, calling him based on The Chicago Manual of Style, but Mills' work is tailored to ge- General Millen — I couldn't find his first name. I recognized, from nealogical materials. She gives explicit examples of citations for an exhaus- the footnotes of "Fenian Fire," that some of the PRO items are tive list of types of material. A prime requirement is that a FULL citation, among those I was longing for when I was doing my research and including place and name of publisher, be given at the first mention of a writing. work. Shortened forms may be used subsequently. Mills gives examples for both versions. Kilbum rarely gives a publisher and place of publication in Last summer, alter I read the book, I began corresponding with his references, but he is meticulous in citing the author, date of publication, the author, Christy Campbell. I sent him a copy of the articles and title. He does not always specify page numbers. I would have liked to published in WISE Words. He said he is updating the book for a see a full citation in the ENDNOTES at the end of each chapter the first time paperback version and publication in the U.S. next spring. He was a work is mentioned in a chapter, with shortened citations for further refer- delighted to hear from me, and to learn of some sources he hadn't ences to the same work. A Bibliography covering all the works cited, giving used (principally, National Archives microfilms of State full citations, with an explanation that only shortened citations would be in Department documents). He sent me several transcripts. When the ENDNOTES, would be an acceptable alternative. next he gets to the PRO in London, he said, he'll copy the entire Callan file. I wonder what's in it that isn't included in the book. Fathers and Mothers is an unusual work. Anyone related to any of the ancestries covered will be fascinated. Presumably all names are But that was in July, and I haven't heard from Campbell for included in the Index. The historical descriptions are appealing and educe- four months despite repeated e-mails and another airmail letter. bonal even for people like me who have no relation to anyone in the book. What's happening here? It's possible some of my conclusions and Should libraries add it to their collections? Yes — Paul Kilburn deserves research weakened his arguments that the dynamite plot was a recognition for the scope and quality of his outstanding historical research. British setup, but I doubt it. I hope he writes soon! VOLUME 4. NO. I W.I.S.E. fitigtaf PAGES
John Lothropp (continued from Front page) Price describes the conflict between Laud and Lothropp as fol- lows (p10) when he states that King Charles:
empowered him [Laud] to reform the entire John Lothropp (bap 20 Dec 1584 in Etton), and his older brother Church of England Laud, determined to impose Thomas, were the first to attend university. John received his Bachelor a uniform system of worship on all Englishmen, of Arts degree in 16Q5 from Queens College, Cambridge and his Mas- outlawed unadorned buildings and simple ser- ter's Degree in 1609. Cambridge was well known for its encouragement vices, reviewed and licensed of different ideas and many of the all publications, held religious divinity students questioned public bumings of books and the practices pamphlets which and beliefs of the Anglican Church. Many Separatist, Pu- did not pass the ritan and other religious groups censor, denounced landowners developed from the ideas these young who were encroaching on people learned at church lands for pri- :University. The non-adherence to the established vate profit, religious ideas conflicted with the religious and ordered inspection tours of all ideas of the royal hierarchy of parishes to King Charles, crowned in 1625, his archbishop and bishops. This fo- determine the orthodoxy of the clergy and the use of the Bock of Common Prayer. ment, as well as the King's political troubles, led directly to the Great Migration of the fourth decade. Thus, between tine years 1629 and 1641 Together, King Charles and at least 13,000 people emigrated to New England Archbishop Laud .° This dissention also prosecuted scores of Puritans on charges, real led to civil war and finally the execution of King Charles in 1649. and imagined, before the king's courts. Cruel punishments, long unused, were revived: brand- obtaining his Masters After degree, John became a curate in the ing, nose splitting, amputation of ears, enormous 1609, where he met and Egerton Parish Church in soon married Hannah fines, and long imprisonments. Howse on 10 Oct 1610. The Village of Egerton was in Kent County about 48 miles southeast d London. Hannah was the daughter of John Laud sent out a mandate ordering constables and Hoene, rector of neighboring Eastwell Parish. The Lothropps had sev- other authorities to seek out groups who might be eral children and remained at Egerton for over a decade. having religious meetings not under Anglican jurisdiction. When they found such private and During this period John, as did many other rectors and curates, illegal church beliefs and shifted from gatherings, they were to seize, ap- gradually changed his a strong believer and prehend, and attack supporter to a doubtful and questioning one. He all persons involved, and to eventually rejected keep them in safe custody until they ideas and resigned from the church in could be these earlier 1623. He renounced dealt with by the established clergy. A special his "fulfill ministry to which his orders to the conscience and his heart watch was kept on eleven had called him.1 congregations in Lon- don, one of which was John Lothropp's group. John accepted the teachings of the non-conformist denomination of Laud discovered where Reverend Lothropp's group worshiped the Independent Chinch, founded secretly hi Southwark, Surrey as and on 22 April 1632 while he was still Bishop of London and only a (London) in 1616 with Henry Jacob Minister. He succeeded Jacobin year before becoming the Archbishop of Canterbury, sent 1624 when the latter left for Virginia - laud John was Minister of the Church agents to arrest him as well as the other members of the group. for the next decade, although their meetings were Megal. The group met Lothropp's group met as usual in the house of Humphrey Barnet, a in secret and frequently moved their meeting places to avoid detection. brewers clerk in Black Friars, London. Laud's warrant officer Tomlinson and his 'ruffian band' overpowered the church group and They were often assailed by the Anglicans for their non-conformist seized 42 men. Only 18 escaped. All were fettered and put in the beliefs. There were many reasons for the disputes with the Church d Clink Prison in Newgate. England. One was whether the word of God came to the congregation from the Minister, or from the congregation to the Minister. The latter The jailed church members were released on bail from prison in idea was a common Puritan belief that is present today in the Congrega- the spring of 1634. Lothropp was considered too dangerous to be tional approach. Others had to do with many of the ceremonies which released and he languished in jail. Shortly after his wife became sick Puritans rejected as relics of idolatry. They wanted to reform the Sacra- and eventually died. John had obtained permission to visit her when ment, abandon the use of the surplice, abandon the sign of the cross at she was near death, but he was then returned to prison. The seven baptism, and outward ceremonies other and forms. surviving children ranged in ages from five to 18 years and had to fend for themselves. It was a time of extraordinary hardship for John But modification of the Church of England in any way and accep- and his children. After his wife's death John petitioned for Iberty to tance of Puritanism or Separatism was not possible with Charles I as the go into foreign oft and the petition was granted 24 April 1634. By head of state. He came to the throne in 1625 imbued with the divine the beginning of summer he and his children secured passage on the right of kings and tried to force all political and religious institutions to ship Griffin, packed their meager belongings, boarded and sailed for conform to his will. He was soon embroiled in deep controversy with Boston. They arrived in Boston on the 18 of September 1634 with Parliament and dissolved it. He raised money without Parliament's ap- 200 passengers and were duly recorded in Winthrop's Journal. proval, a feature which it had always jealously retained. King Charles used various methods to obtain money: import and export duties, com- pulsory knighthood, selling monopolies, titles and church positions. He John Lothropp in New England also mortgaged crown lands, pawned crown jewels and even levied ille- gal taxes. Small wonder he became England's most unpopular king and John and his children soon left Boston for Scituate, PM. Thirty- was eventually executed. four followers joined him to establish the new Puritan church there. At the time there were nine 'palisado' houses in this very small village. The man who most antagonized the non-conformists was William These were small log cabins with upright instead of horizontal logs.8 Laud, Bishop of London from 1628 to 1633 and Archbishop of Canter- On 29 January 1635, at a meeting at Lothropp's house, John was bury from 1633 to 1640 when he was impeached. He was confined to formally chosen to be the Minister of Scituate. Church meetings were the Tower of London and executed in 1645. He pursued Puritans and held in James Cudworth's home, the largest in the village. Shortly other non-conformists with the same single-mindedness as his King. He thereafter the church members erected a meetinghouse at the top of decreed excommunication to ail who opposed hen or his doctrines and Kent Hill and named the road leading to it Meetinghouse Lane. punished separation from the Anglican church with the threat of heresy. Repeated offences led to charges of high treason, punishable by impris- onment or even death. (Continued on page 9) VOLUME 4, NO. I W.I.S.E. WORDS PAGE 9
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Clearing the Highlands, an economic affair By the middle of 1635 John had married his second wife Ann. With her he had a second family of six children, four of whom survived child- Prebble, John, The Highland Clearances, New York Penguin Books hood. Also during that summer another influx of people came from USA, 1969; original copyright 1963, County Kent, England, where John had been a preacher for many years. By 1638 Lothropp's journal recorded 62 members in the The Clearances have found their way into folk tales and folk songs Scituate Church. ever since they occurred in the early half of the 19th century, and in this paperback volume, John Prebbie separates facts from fancy. Over the next years contention within the church forced John to Thousands of Highland Scots were removed from their lands to make leave Scituate. By 1638 the General Court of Plymouth Colony offered room for sheep, which paid landlords — mostly English and Lowland land to John on Cape Cod in the town of Mattakeese, meaning 'plowed Scots — far more than the labor of the native people. Prebbie sees the fields', now called Barnstable. This was some of the best land in the Clearances as the result of the defeat of the Scottish chiefs at the Bat- colony with many cleared fields and large areas in salt marsh so valu- tle of Culloden in 1746. Their loss on the battlefield was accompanied able for cattle and horses. Reverend John and many of the members by the loss of parental interest in their clansmen, who were left to their of his church made the 60-mile move to Barnstable. Twenty-two male own meager devices. With few skills to sustain them and deserted by church members and their families followed the Reverend while some their protectors, they easily were driven from their homes. They went to seven families remained behind in Scituate. Many went by boat others Canada, America, Australia and New Zealand, often with the blessings with cattle and household goods traveled by land on the rough paths and even financial assistance of the land owners. Their departure — arriving at the site in October 1639. A service at Sacrament Rock in and their ghosts — are strongly felt in the Highlands of today, for, as Barnstable was held by John on 21 October 1639 to commemorate Prebble says, "the hills are still empty." The Scots, like the Irish, were their successful move. John was to be the Minister of the church for shabbily treated, but in the process they, too, established remarkable the next 14 years until his death in 1853. During that period the church cultures in the lands they were forced to inhabit I was delighted to read and its members thrived. They had come from persecution in England, an account of how my own Highlands ancestors were forced from their and, despite many hardships, realized both religious freedom and eco- native village, Gleneig, in 1849 and sent to Quebec. Prebbie's other nomic prosperity in America. books about Scotland, notably "Culloden" and "Glencoe," also are wor- thy of those of us in search of an understanding of our Scots forebears. Barnstable has several features preserved from the Lathrop years. First of alt is his second and first substantial home, built about 1645. From the Lowlands to Ulster to America The house is the front part of the Sturgis Library and the front room has been dedicated as the Lathrop room, with its original low ceiling and Leybum, James G., The Scolch-lrish, a Social History, Chapel Hill: wide floorboards, where the Reverend lived, held church services, pre- University of North Carolina Press, 1962. pared his sermons. His bible is on display there. Also available to the visitor is 'Sacrament Rock', the cemetery where John and some of his This book is a classic in its field a history of the Lowland Scots descendants are buried, and plaques commemorating the location of who wore planted in Ulster (Northern Ireland) starting in 1610 and then the First and Second Meeting Houses. made their way across the Atlantic to the colonies in the 18th century. Their name, Scotch-Irish, comes from their origins in both Scotland and Owing to the large number of descendants and genealogical inter- Ireland. There were about 200,000 of these pre-Revolutionary Protes- est in Reverend John Lothropp, a great deal of information has been tant immigrants in Pennsylvania and the southern colonies. Others, accumulated. His descendants include the following: four former including my own Ulster ancestors, went to Canada after the American Presidents of the US including Ulysses Grant, Franklin Roosevelt, Revolution. Leybum believes it's important for Americans in search of George Bush, and George W. Bush, former New York Governor Tho- their Scots-Irish roots to understand that they'll find no aristocrats mas Dewey; Senator Adlai Stevenson, genealogist Donald Lines Jaco- among their forebears, but will have to be content with humble folks bus, John and Allen Dulles, Founder of the Mormon Church, Joseph with ambition and strong characters that made them good pioneers. Smith, financier J P Morgan, physician Benjamin Spook. And the list Leybum divides the history of these people into three sections: their goes on. The loss to England by the emigration of this Reverend be- lives in Scotland about 1600, the events leading to their plantation in came America's gain. g Ulster (yet another political movement aimed at subjugation of the na- tive Irish) and their migration and settlement in America The story 1 For a guidebook and much of the Lothrop history see Helen Lathrop Taber, 1995, A ends at roughly 1800, but if your Scotch-Irish ancestors crossed the New Home in Mottakeese for ode by the author In Barnstable and from the Lothropp ocean after that, you'll still find plenty to broaden your understanding of Family Foundation. them and their culture. 2 Information through emigrant ancestor John (b 1584) comes from E. & Huntington, 1884, A Genealogical Memoir ofthe Lo-Lathrop Fan*. This traditional genealogy provides extensive idormatiou on the ancestors and descendants of emigrant John, but the gem on John Is the booklet by Richard Price, 1989, John Lothropp (1584-1653) A Puritan Biog- raphy & Genealogy that provides considerable detail on John before his emigration as well as his We In MA. Much of this chapter is condensed from these two sources. See also the excellent novel of John Lothropp's life by genealogist Helene Holt, 1987, Exiled 3 See the booklet by Betty Humid, 1980. Cherry Burton Past and Present for details of the town and the fairly new Cherry Burton Church. 4 From Gail White, 1992, Etton, A Wave ofthe East Riding with a verbal and photo- graphic history of the Village; the book provides a history of the village and much on the life of Reverend Lothropp; the quote Is from p17. Correction.... 5 The number of people in the Great Migration is taken from Virginia Anderson, 1991, New England's Generation The following corrections should be made to the Member Profile article 6 The lovely St. James Church of Egerton and village are described by Bryan Gipps, in the Oct-Nov-Dec 2002 (Volume 3, No. 4) issue of W.I.S.E. Words. 1995, Egerton Church and Wage 7 From Price, John Lathrop); . ..,p9. The article profiled Donna J. Porter and corrections are to the principal 8 Figures 5 and 7 are from Waiter Goehring 1959. West Parish Church ofBarnstabie surnames she is researching. pp5 & 7, and reproduced with requested permission of Mrs. Walter Goehring. She is researching COSS not COFF 9 From Price, John Lothropp ,rear foldout. This article modified from Fathers and and STILLY not DILLY. Her COSS family is from Maryland and her Mothers, Ch II, by the author Ond available from him. STILLY family is from Sweden. The Editor apologizes for these errors. VOLUME 4, NO. I W.I.S.E. 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