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- Rev. John LOTHROP, was minister at Egerton in Kent, England. He removed to London in 1624 and was pastor of a Congregational church there. The archbishop caused to arrest of him and 43 members of the church 29 Apr 1632, and most of them were imprisoned for 2 years for the simple offese of practising the teachings of the New Testament. His first wife died while he was in prison. John and some others were released on condition of leaving the country, and came to New England. He arrived with his family 18 Sep 1634 in Boston with fellow passengers, Rev.Zachary Symmes and celebrity Ann Hutchinson, and others. On the 27th of the same month he with others went to Scituate, there he married his second wife, Ann, who long outlived him, dying 25 Feb 1688. He was admitted freeman in the Plymouth Colony 07 Feb 1636/7. Two years later he, with the principal part of the church removed to found the church and town of Barnstable. His record of the two congregations was copied in 1769 by Rev.Ezra Stiles. Mr.Lathrop was a man of deep piety, great zeal and large ability.
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