Samuel2 Lathrop and Elizabeth2 (Scudder) Lathrop of Barnstable, New London and Norwich:
Some character traits through five generations to their great-great grandson Charles5 Lathrop
Descriptions primarily drawn from E. B. Huntington’s Memoirs of the Lathrop and Huntington families.
By Margery Boyden, Scudder Association Foundation Historian, ©2019
© Scudder Association Foundation, All rights reserved
When someone does something out of the ordinary, especially when they engage in a cause bigger than themselves for which they know they may give up their lives, curiosity begs to explore their motivations and what influences formed their decisions.
The year 2019 is also the bicentennial year of the first of the four Lathrop/Scudder missionaries to enter service to Ceylon. We honor them and their exceptional family with several articles in this December 2019 issue of the Scudder Family Historical & Biographical Journal.
The Lathrop sisters’ parents’ heritage begins with Rev. John1 Lothrop who fled from England’s persecutors and from his incarceration for his religion, arriving in Massachusetts in 1634. (In order to promote the accurate biographical data for Rev. John Lothrop and his family,
In this issue of our online Journal, we continue our series of articles to clarify and correct the history of the three sons of Henry Scudder, Yeoman of Horton Kirby, Kent (read Our Story begins with Henry Skudder (Scudder) Yeoman).
“Thomas1 Scudder (T)” is the way the Scudder Association Foundation refers to the original immigrant ancestor of the Scudder (T) line in America. This designation serves to differentiate the many thousands of Thomas1 (T)’s posterity from those of his nephew John2 (J)’s line.
“Well, Christmas is over and the New Year almost upon us. I had my celebration in Vellore as I was on Obstetric and Gynecological duty. Before Christmas, everyone was busy getting things ready. The nurses were planning their ward decorations: there were rehearsals for the Christmas plays; and everyone was doing up mysterious parcels for at least two weeks before.
Hi. I am working on my family tree. I am researching my Newcomb family tree. I am finding much conflicting information on Ancestry. Did Samuel Lathrop (1622-1700) and Elizabeth Scudder(1625-1690) have a daughter by the name of Deborah? I am finding other family trees on Ancestry that have a Deborah Lathrop as the wife of my 7th great grandfather, Simon Newcomb. Thank you for your time.