Mark LOTHROP

- 1685

• Name	Mark LOTHROP  [1]
  	MARK LOTHROP may be considered the second pioneer of the Lothrop-Lathrop family in this country. The following items relating to him are found on the town records of Salem, Mass.: "At a meeting of the 7 men on the 11th day of the 10th month 1643, Marke Lothrop is receavd an inhabitant and hath a request for some ground neer to his kinsman, Thos. Lothrop." "At a meeting of the selectmen, the 17th, 3rd mo 1652 granted to Hugh Woodherrie, Marke Lothrop and Thomas Priton a spot of medoe, lying between Benjamin Felton's medoe and the Great Swamp, near Wenham, to be equally divided between them." As his name does not appear on any town records previous to 1643, it is probable that he settled in Salem immediately after his arrival in this country. It is uncertain how long he remained there. In 1656, we find him living in Bridgewater, Mass, and one of the proprietors of the town. In 1657, he took the "oath of Fidelitie," and in 1658 was elected constable, and for about twenty-five years held a prominent place in town affairs. He was often elected one of the jury for trials, a grand juror, and surveyor of highways, and was one of the committee appointed "to lay out all the waics requisett in the township of Bridgewater." The records also indicate that he took an active part in the affairs of the church. He died Oct. 25, 1685. His son Samuel was appointed administrator on his estate March 2, 1686. [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	25 Oct 1685  [1]
  Person ID	I96452	Main Tree
  Last Modified	6 Nov 2019

  
  

  Family	? UNKNOWN
  Children	+ 1. Samuel LOTHROP,   b. Bef 1660   d. Aft 111 Apr 1724 (Age 64 years)  [Birth]
  Family ID	F5412	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 Nov 2019

  
  

• Sources

  [S10825] Rev. E.B. Huntington, A Genealogical Memoir of the LO-LATHROP Family in this Country, Embracing the Descendants as far as known.