Samuel Lothrop was born in England between 1620 and 1624 in England. His parents were John Lothrop and Hannah Howse.
He came to America on the ship Griffin with his family in 1634.
The Griffin left England August 1, 1634 and arrived in Boston on September 18, 1634 with about one hundred passengers and cattle for the plantations. The passengers included the Bartholomew, Cotton, Hammond, Haines, Heaton, Hutchinson (including dissident Anne), Lothrop, Lynde, Magatt, and Symmes families.
He married Elizabeth Scudder on November 28, 1644. She has sometimes been erroneously identified as daughter of Thomas Scudder of Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts. The Salem family was from Darenth, Kent, England. She was the sister of John Scudder of Barnstable. She was dismissed from the church in Boston, on November 10, 1644, to the church in Barnstable, where she was married later in the month by the bridegroom's father, Reverend John Lothrop.
They had nine children including: John Lothrop (1645, married Ruth Royce),
Mary Lothrop Moss,
Elizabeth Lothrop Royce (married Isaac Royce),
Samuel Lothrop (1652),
Israel Lothrop (1659),
Joseph Lothrop (1661), and
Ann Lothrop Hough (married William Hough).
In 1648 the family moved to New London, Connecticut, then called Pequot or Nameag. He held various positions of honor and responsibility, including judge. He farmed and was a carpenter. He built the second church in New London.
His second wife was Abigail Doane who was born in Plymouth, Massachusetts on January 29, 1631/32. Her father was John Doane.
In 1668 they moved to Norwich, where Samuel was a Constable and Townsman.
Samuel died in February 9, 1700 in Norwich, Connecticut. Abigail died in 1734. when she was 102. She was buried in the old Town Burial Ground near the Congregational church in Norwich.
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