Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

Griffin

This ship arrived at Boston September 18, 1634 with about one hundred passengers and livestock.

Columns represent: Name, where from, where settled

    
 1 Rev. John Lothrop *          London                 Scituate 
 2 Mrs Ann (?) Lothrop 
 3 Thomas Lothrop 
 4 Samuel Lothrop 
 5 Joseph Lothrop 
 6 John Lothrop 
 7 Benjamin Lothrop
 8 Jane Lothrop
 9 Barbara Lothrop
10 William Hutchison            Alford, Co. Lincoln    Boston 
11 Mrs. Anne Hutchinson 
12 Edward Hutchinson 
13 Faith Hutchinson 
14 Bridget Hutchinson 
15 William Hutchinson 
16 Samuel Hutchinson 
17 Anne Hutchinson 
18 Mary Hutchinson 
19 Susanna Hutchinson
20 Rev. Zachariah Symmes        Canterbury, Co. Kent   Charlestown 
21 Mrs. Sarah Symmes 
22 William Symmes 
23 Mary Symmes 
24 Elizabeth Symmes 
25 Huldah Symmes 
26 Hannah Symmes 
27 Rebecca Symmes
28 William Bartholomew                                  Ipswich
29 Mrs. Mary Bartholomew
30 Nathaniel Heaton             Alford, Co. Lincoln     Boston 
31 Mrs. Elizabeth Heaton 
32 Samuel Heaton 
33 Jabez Heaton 
34 Leah Heaton 
35 Mary Heaton
36 Thomas Lynde                 Dunstable, Co. Bedford  Charlestown 
37 Mrs. Margaret Lynde 
38 Thomas Lynde 
39 Henry Lynde
40 William Haines               Dunstable, Co. Bedford  Salem
41 Richard Haines               Dunstable, Co. Bedford  Salem
 
 
Transcriber's Notes:

*9th Gr. grandfather of transcriber.
Rev. John Lothrup - It appears that the name Lothropp, which his father 
used when naming his children, was changed by dropping the final 'p'. 
However, John's son Samuel occasionally wrote his name Lathrop, which 
can be seen in certain genealogies concerning the CT or western MA branches 
of the family. In addition to these, the names Laythrop and Lawthrop are 
seen referring to descendants. 
After receiving his Master of Arts degree from Queens College, Cambridge 
in 1609, John became the perpetual curate of the Egerton Church in Kent 
(the last Anglican Church parish he would serve). In 1624 he succeeded 
Rev. Henry Jacob as pastor of the first Independent (Congregationalist) 
Society in London. Jacob was one of the puritans who fled to Leyden, 
Netherlands before 1616 to avoid persecution, but returned to England when, 
in 1620, a portion of the church moved to Plymouth, MA. 

In 1625, Charles I became King. He tried to conform all politicial and 
religious institutions; sold monopolies, titles, and church positions to 
the highest bidder; levied fines against those who refused to take an oath 
of allegiance. Those who did not affirm that the Church of England was 
the true apostolic church were excommunicated. To this end, Charles I 
appointed a Bishop Laud as Archbishop of Canterbury and empowered him to 
reform the entire Church of England. Laud established a uniform system of 
worship that he imposed on all Englishmen; burned books and pamphlets that 
did not pass his censorship; ordered inspection tours of parish churches 
to insure the use of the Book of Common Prayer. 

On 22 Apr 1632, Rev. Lothropp's group met at the home of Humphrey Barnet 
in Black Friars, London for their normal worship. Archbishop Laud sent 
agents to arrest the group, seized forty-two, while eighteen others 
escaped. They were all sent to Newgate prison (built for felons). By 1634, 
the group had been released on bail, except for Rev. Lothropp, who 
finally procurred his liberty on the occassion of his wife's sickness. 
She died shortly thereafter, and his many children were placed with the 
Bishop at Lambeth. Rev. Lothropp was finally granted liberty to go into foreign exile 
on 24 Apr 1634. 

He came to America on the 'Griffin' in 1634 together with six of his seven 
living children and thirty-two members of his church, landing in Plymouth, 
MA. On 27 Sep 1634, Rev. Lothropp moved to a settlement of nine houses 
called Scituate, MA, where the meeting-house was the largest home, 
belonging of Mr. James Cudworth (who would become one of the colony's 
leading military figures). On 8 Jan 1634/35 thirteen initial members 
formed the Church at Scituate, and he was ordained as their minister. 

Not everyone was happy with the manner in which Rev. Lothropp conducted 
his religious duties. On 26 Jun 1639, Rev. Lothropp and a few of his 
followers moved to an area on Cape Cod that became known as Barnstable. 
Early Plymouth settlers who came to Scituate and later went to Barnstable
with Rev. Lothropp included Anthony Annable, Henry Cobb, the younger 
Samuel Fuller (who married his daughter, Jane), Isaac Robinson, and 
Henry Rowley; ultimately, James Cudworth would also join the group at 
Barnstable.

See also "John Lathrop 1584-1653" published in 1979 by the Institute of 
Family Research in Salt Lake City.  Distinguished descendants of 
Lathrop/Lothrop: 

SAMUEL LATHROP: 
| 
| Samuel LATHROP 
|    Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32nd President of the US 
|    Benedict Arnold, US Revolutionary War figure 
|    Thomas E. Dewey, Gov. of NY, twice candidate for President of the US 
|    Adlai E. Stevenson, US Senator from IL, twice candidate for President 
| 
| Israel LATHROP 
|    John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State of the US 
|    Alan W. Dulles, director of the CIA of the US 
|    Marion Meriwether Post, founder of General Foods 
|    Dina Merrill, actress 
| 
| Joseph LATHROP 
|    Oliver Wendell Holmes, Justice of the Supreme Court of the US 
|    Ulysses S. Grant, 18th President of the US 
|    Parley Parker Pratt, Mormon Pioneer 
|    George Romney, Gov. of MI, President of American Motors
|
| John LATHROP 
|    Harold Bingham Lee, 11th President of the Church of JC of LDS. 
| 
| Elizabeth LATHROP ROYCE 
|    Willard Woodruff, 4th President of the C of JC of LDS 
| 

Jane LATHROP FULLER: 
| John FULLER 
|    Alfred C. Fuller, founder of the Fuller Brush Co. 
|    Joseph Smith, founder C of JC of LDS 
|    David Daniel Marriott, Congressman from UT 

| Thomas LATHROP 
|    Eli Whitney, inventor of the cotton gin 
|    George H. W. Bush, Diplomat, Congressman from TX (and president of the 
|                          US - this book was written before that occurred) 
|    Benjamin M. Spock, Physician and writer 
|    Sir Robert Laird Borden, Prime Minister of Canada 
|    John P. Morgan, Financier 

John LATHROP: 
|    Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, poet 

Barnabas LATHROP: 
|    Lewis C. Tiffany, artist, philanthropist 
|    Sylvia Brett, Rani of Sarawak  

Taken from records compiled by James Savage, Michael Tepper, and others

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