1723 Reverend John Lothrops Son, Captain John Lothrop's Signed Religious Book

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  1723 Reverend John Lothrop's Son, Owner Signed Religious Book "The Communicant's Companion Or Instructions... Lord's Supper" by M. Henry, Lothrop Sr. was a Proponent of "Separation of Church and State" and "Freedom of Religion"
  CAPTAIN JOHN LOTHROP (1643/44 - c. 1755), of Barnstable, MA. was the son of the famous Reverend John Lothrop (1584-1653). (Sometimes spelled Lothrop or Lathrop) The father being an English Anglican Clergyman, later Congregationalist Minister and emigrant to New England, among the First Settlers of Barnstable (Cape Cod), a strong proponent of the idea of the Separation of Church and State, also called "Freedom of Religion". The Father's descendants (besides Captain John Lothrop), include at least Six UNITED STATES Presidents!
  1723-Dated Colonial Era Book - Signed Twice on the front inside cover "John Lothrop his Book price 4(s)/6(p) - (dated) 1723" as Owner, also Signed by his wife "Anne Lothrop - her book - 1753". Clearly, the primary information we will discuss relates to Captain Lothrop's father, due to his importance in American history and the history of religion in New England and its influence on the United States. This early colonial Boston printed book titled, "The Communicant's Companion Or Instructions... Lord's Supper, by M. (Matthew) Henry, Re-printed in Boston by S. Kneeland, for Eleazer Phillips at his Shop in Charlestown, 1723," Very Good. This original Printed Book measures 4" x 6" being an early Boston Religious Text, this 8th "corrected" edition being Re-printed in Boston by S. Kneeland, for Eleazer Phillips to sell at his Shop in Charlestown, 1723. Original full leather binding over wood boards, 256 pages plus Table of Contents with only the last leaf of the Table of Contents lacking, otherwise complete. There is some faint humidity tone in the upper right corner of about the first 50 pages, pages 29/30 has a chip in the lower corner, pages 179/180 has a small tear and a small chip on the edge of the leaf otherwise well worn from actual use. Original and former owners names on inside cover and blank front end page "John Lothrop his Book price 4(s)/6(p) - (dated) 1723". Overall this book is very boldly printed with early typeset text and remains in quite good condition. A rare early Colonial Boston religious text owned by Captain John Lothrop and his wife Anne.
  
  This idea was considered heretical in England during his time, but eventually became the mainstream view of people in the United States of America, because of the efforts of John Lothrop and others. Lothrop left an indelible mark on the culture of New England, and through that, upon the rest of the country. He has had many notable descendants, including at least six US presidents, as well as many other prominent Governors, government leaders, leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and business people.
  Matthew Henry (October 18, 1662 - June 22, 1714) was a nonconformist minister and author (of this book), born in Wales but spending much of his life in England. He is best known for the six-volume biblical commentary Exposition of the Old and New Testaments.
  
  Captain John Lothrop (born February 9, 1643/44 - c. 1755) in Barnstable, MA was the son of the famous Reverend John Lothrop (1584-1653) - (sometimes spelled Lothropp or Lathrop) - was an English Anglican Clergyman, who became a Congregationalist Minister and early emigrant to New England. He was among the first settlers of Barnstable, Massachusetts. Perhaps Lothrop's principal claim to fame is that he was a strong proponent of the idea of the Separation of Church and State (also called "Freedom of Religion").
  
  This idea was considered heretical in England during his time, but eventually became the mainstream view of people in the United States of America, because of the efforts of John Lothrop and others. Lothrop left an indelible mark on the culture of New England, and through that, upon the rest of the country. John Lothrop has had many notable descendants, including at least Six UNITED STATES Presidents, as well as many other prominent Governors, government leaders, leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and business people.
  
  Lothrop was born in Etton, East Riding of Yorkshire. He was baptised on 20 December 1584. He attended Queens' College, Cambridge, where he matriculated in 1601, graduated with a BA in 1605, and with an MA in 1609.
  
  He was ordained in the Church of England and appointed curate of a local parish in Egerton, Kent. In 1623 he renounced his orders and joined the cause of the Independents. Lothrop gained prominence in 1624, when he was called to replace Reverend Henry Jacob as the pastor of the First Independent Church in London, a congregation of sixty members which met at Southwark. Church historians sometimes call this church the Jacob-Lathrop-Jessey (JLJ) Church, named for its first three pastors, Henry Jacob, John Lothrop and Henry Jessey.
  
  They were forced to meet in private to avoid the scrutiny of Bishop of London William Laud. Following the group's discovery on 22 April 1632 by officers of the King, forty-two of Lothrop's Independents were arrested. Only eighteen escaped capture. The arrested were prosecuted for failure to take the oath of loyalty to the established church.
  
  Evidence gleaned by the historians Burrage and Kiffin and from the Jessey records indicate many were jailed in The Clink prison. As for Reverend John Lothrop, the question is still unresolved. English historian Samuel Rawson Gardiner, whose book Reports of Cases in the Courts of Star Chamber and High Commission, gives an account of the courtroom trial and cites information from the trial record that the convicted dissenters were to be divided up and sent to various prisons.
  
  Historian E. B. Huntington suggests Lothrop was incarcerated in either the Clink or Newgate prison. Further, it may be that Lothrop actually served time in both prisons since it was customary to move prisoners from one prison to another due to space availability. In the end, the precise location of Lothrop's imprisonment is not confirmable from primary documentation.
  
  While John Lothrop was in prison, his wife Hannah House became ill and died. His six surviving children were, according to tradition, left to fend for themselves begging for bread on the streets of London. Friends, being unable to care for his children, brought them to the Bishop who had charge of Lothrop.
  
  After about a year, all were released on bail except Lothropp, who was deemed too dangerous to be set at liberty. The Bishop ultimately released him on bond in May 1634 with the understanding that he would immediately remove to the New World. Since he did not immediately leave for the New World, a court order was subsequently put out for him. Family tradition and other historical reflections indicate he then "escaped."
  
  Lothropp was told that he would be pardoned upon acceptance of terms to leave England permanently with his family along with as many of his congregation members as he could take who would not accept the authority of the Church of England. Lathrop accepted the terms of the offer and left for Plymouth, Massachusetts. With his group, he sailed on the Griffin and arrived in Boston on September 18, 1634. The record found on page 71 of Governor Winthrop's Journal, quotes John Lothropp, a freeman, rejoicing in finding a "Church without a bishop... and a State without a King." John Lothrop married Anne Hammond (1616-1687).
  
  Lothrop did not stay in Boston long. Within days, he and his group relocated to Scituate where they "joined in covenaunt together" along with nine others who preceded them to form the "Church of Christ collected att Scituate." The Congregation at Scituate was not a success. Dissent on the issue of baptism as well as other unspecified grievances and the lack of good grazing land and fodder for their cattle caused the church in Scituate to split in 1638.
  
  Lothropp petitioned Governor Thomas Prence in Plymouth for a "place for the transplanting of us, to the end that God might have more glory and wee more comfort."
  
  Thus as Otis says "Mr. Lothropp and a large company arrived in Barnstable, October 11, 1639 O.S., bringing with them the crops which they had raised in Scituate." There, within three years they had built homes for all the families and then Lothrop began construction on a larger, sturdier meeting house adjacent to Coggin's (or Cooper's) Pond, which was completed in 1644.
  
  This building, now part of the Sturgis Library in Barnstable, Massachusetts is one of John Lothrop's original homes and meeting houses, and is now also the oldest building housing a public library in the USA.
  
  Captain John Lathrops' son, John Lathrop (the third) (1740-1816) was a Congregationalist Minister in Boston, Massachusetts, during the American Revolutionary War Era and early Republic periods. He served as Minister of the Second Church, Boston, 1768-1816, when it was located in the North End-first on North Square, and after 1779, on Hanover Street. In 1776, during the British occupation of Boston, the Second Church was burnt for firewood by British soldiers. Lathrop was considered a patriot. He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1790, and a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1813.
  
  Historical Works Authored by John Lathrop Include:
  
  Innocent blood crying to God from the streets of Boston. A sermon occasioned by the horrid murder of Messieurs Samuel Gray, Samuel Maverick, James Caldwell, and Crispus Attucks, with Patrick Carr, since dead, and Christopher Monk, judged irrecoverable, and several other badly wounded, by a party of troops under the command of Captain Preston: on the fifth of March, 1770. And preached the Lord's-day following. Boston, Re-printed and sold by Edes and Gill, Opposite the New Court-House in Queen-Street, 1771.
  
  A discourse, preached on March the fifth, 1778. Boston: Draper & Folsom, 1778.
  
  A discourse, in two parts, preached at the commencement of the nineteenth century. Boston : Printed by E. Lincoln for John West, 1801.
  
  A discourse delivered in the church in Hollis Street, April 13, 1808, at the interment of the Rev. Samuel West, D.D., late pastor of said church. Boston : Printed by Belcher and Armstrong, 1808.
  
  Peace and war, in relation to the United States of America: a discourse, delivered in Boston, on the day of public thanksgiving in the state of Massachusetts, November 21, 1811. Boston : J.W. Burditt, 1811.
  
  A discourse, delivered in Boston, April 13, 1815 : the day of thanksgiving appointed by the president of the United States, in consequence of the peace. Boston : J.W. Burditt, 1815.
  
  A compendious history of the late war : containing an account of all the important battles, and many of the smaller actions, between the American, and the British forces, and Indians ... Boston : J.W. Burditt, 1815.
  
  Descendents and Legacy:
  
  While Reverend John Lathrop's fame may not have lasted much beyond his life, his lineage of famous descendants continue to influence the world through this day. His direct descendants in America number more than 80,000, including:(Price, 1984, p38-39) * Presidents of the United States: o Millard Fillmore o James Garfield o Ulysses S. Grant o Franklin D. Roosevelt o George H. W. Bush o George W. Bush * Revolutionary War figure Benedict Arnold * Mormon prophet Joseph Smith * State governors: o Mitt Romney o George W. Romney o Sarah Palin o Thomas E. Dewey o Jeb Bush * US Senator Adlai Stevenson * Secretary of State John Foster Dulles * CIA Director Allen Welsh Dulles * Old West gunfighter and lawman Wild Bill Hickock * Poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow * Educator, president of Yale University, and American diplomat Kingman Brewster, Jr.. * Historian, College Administrator, and the president of Harvard University, Catherine Drew Gilpin Faust * Artist Lewis Comfort Tiffany * Author Laura Ingalls Wilder * Physician, author Benjamin Spock * Wife of the founder of Stanford University Jane Stanford * Inventor Eli Whitney * Author and doctor Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. and his son, US Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. * Founder of General foods Marjorie Merriweather Post * Founder of Fuller Brush Company Alfred Carl Fuller * Founder of University of Chicago Law School, Founder of the Harvard Law Review, and Royall Professor of Law at Harvard University Law School, Joseph Henry Beale * Financier John Pierpont Morgan * Music Therapist Aimee Lathrop * Detroit rapper Sean Strnad, whose stage name is Pick Up * The Allred family, including actor Corbin Allred and polygamist sect leaders and brothers Rulon C. Allred and Owen A. Allred * Actors Clint Eastwood, Dina Merrill, Shirley Temple, and Brooke Shields.... and more.
  
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