Joseph Lathrop (1725 - 1809)

Born 23 Mar 1725 in Easton, Bristol, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Content (Washburn) Lathrop — married 24 Oct 1746 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 10 May 1809 at age 84 in Easton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Joseph, son of Mark and Hannah (Alden) Lathrop, was born at Easton, MA on March 23, 1725. He married Content Washburn, daughter of John and Margaret (Packard) Washburn, at Bridgewater, MA on October 24, 1746.

Massachusetts Colony

• From John Maltby:

Content Washburn, youngest daughter of Lt. John and Margaret (Packard) Washburn, married Joseph Lathrop, son of Mark and Hannah (Alden) Lathrop, of Easton,^[1] on 24 Oct. 1746 in Bridgewater.^[2] He was born on 23 Mar. 1725 in Easton,^[3] a grandson of Samuel and Sarah (Downer) Lothrop, and of Deacon Joseph and Hannah (Dunham) Alden (Jr.).^[4]

Joseph and Content Lathrop supposedly lived in Easton, MA,^[5] and Canton, ME. She inherited her father's best bed in his will of 1746, and Joseph Lathrop was a head of household in Easton, MA, in the 1790 federal census.^[6]

Joseph Lathrop and Content Washburn supposedly had children,^[7] including:

• Hannah Lathrop, born on 1 Aug. 1747, baptized on 22 Nov. 1747, probably in Bridgewater, possibly married Elixander Keith on 18 Feb. 1773 in Easton.

• John Lathrop, born on 25 Oct. 1748, died at 4 years, 1 month, probably in Bridgewater.

• Content Lathrop, born on 1 Feb. 1751, baptized on 17 Feb. 1751, probably in Bridgewater.

• Mehitable Lathrop, born on 3 July 1752, baptized on 23 Aug. 1752, probably in Bridgewater.

• John Lathrop, born on 12 Mar. 1754, baptized on 30 June 1754 in North Bridgewater, possibly married Rebeckah Cocks, of Easton, on 19 Nov. 1778 in Easton.

• Joseph Lathrop (Jr.), born on 14 Nov. 1755, probably in Bridgewater, possibly married Martha Packard, of Easton, on 26 Dec. 1781 in Easton. Children not found.

• Rebecca Lathrop, born on 27 Aug. 1757, baptized on 5 June 1759, possibly married Matthew Hayward, Esq., of Easton, on 19 Mar. 1786 in Easton.

• Isaac Lathrop, born on 15 Aug. 1759.

• Jacob Lathrop, born on 20 Feb. 1761.

• Zenas Lathrop, born on 4 June 1764, baptized on 26 Oct. 1766.

Joseph was born in 1723. ^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ Woodworth-Barnes, Esther Littleford, and Alicia Crane Williams, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Vol. 16, Part 1, Family of John Alden, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1999, [hereinafter MF5G: Alden, pt. 1], p. 343.
2. ↑ Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 385.
3. ↑ “Easton, Massachusetts, Bristol County, Births, Deaths and Marriages by Families, 1697-1847,” from FHL microfilm #1059951, a transcription of the entire town vital records from the incorporation of the town of Easton to about 1843 made in 1880 by Geo. G. Withington, Easton town clerk, [hereinafter Easton VRs], p. 15.
4. ↑ MF5G: Alden, pt. 1, pp. 343, 99-101.
5. ↑ Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 225, but no birth records were found for the children of Joseph and Content Lathrop in the Easton vital records.
6. ↑ Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 45, Easton Town, Bristol County, the Joseph Lathrop household had 1 free white male aged 16 or older and 3 free white females.
7. ↑ All from MF5G: Alden, pt. 3, p. 135, taken from Lathrop family bible records, published in The Mayflower Descendant, Vol. 35, p. 178.
8. ↑ Unsourced family tree handed down to Christina Crandall.

• Esther Littleford Woodworth-Barnes, comp., Alicia Crane Williams, ed., Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, John Alden, Volume 20, Part 1 of 5, (Plymouth: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2002), p. 343

• Esther Littleford Woodworth-Barnes, comp., Alicia Crane Williams, ed., Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, John Alden, Volume 20, Part 3 of 5, (Plymouth: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2004), p. 134-135

• Easton, Massachusetts, Vital Records, The Mayflower Descendant, (Boston: Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1995), vol. 45, p. 36

• Mayflower Births and Deaths, Vol. 1 and 2 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2013; Repository: #R2

• John A. Maltby Genealogies - Content Washburn