Israel Lathrop b 1659 married in 1686 Rebecca daughter of Thomas Bliss and in 1687 he buys the former house of Lt Thomas Tracy We assume that he occupies the Tracy house until his purchase of the Crane house in 1695 6 possibly then resides in the latter for a while and after his father's death in 1700 takes possession of the homestead Israel and Joseph Lathrop were married on the same day April 8 1686 Joseph to Mary Scudder and Israel to Rebecca Bliss With James Huntington Israel was commissioned by the town to lay out the east sheep walk later known as the Landing or Chelsea The Lathrop Family Memoir says Israel was a man of wordly thrift and had a family of enterprising sons who are said to have planted themselves on seven hills within the old nine miles square of Norwich He died in 1733 and his wife in 1737 On his gravestone is inscribed Here lies buried ye body of Mr Israel Lothrup ye Husband of Mrs Rebekah Lothrup who lived a life of exemplary piety and left ye Earth for Heaven March ye 28 1733 in ye 73rd year of his age In the division of the home lot between Joseph and Israel Israel's share abuts south on the street 38 rods 7 feet west on the highway 27 rods 9 feet east on the highway 19 rods 2 feet and north on Joseph Lathrop 32 rods 4 feet In 1 730 1 Israel deeds one half of the house and lot to his son Jabez and at his death in 1733 the house becomes the property of Jabez but the land is divided between Jabez and Ebenezer Jabez Lathrop b 1706 7 married 1 in 1728 Elizabeth Burnham daughter of Eleazer and Lydia Waterman Burnham who died in 1730 He married 2 in 1734 Delight daughter of Judge Joseph and Dorothy Thomas Otis of Montville She died in 1747 and he married 3 Lydia widow of Dr Joseph Wetherell of Taunton Mass Jabez had three daughters and four sons and died in 1796 source: Old Houses of the Antient Town of Norwich [Conn.] 1660-1800 By Mary Elizabeth Perkins p. 207 -------------------- (gsi) "Here lyes buried ye body of Mr. Israel lothrup ye husband of Mrs. Rebekah Lothrup who lived a life of exemplary piety & left ye earth for heaven March ye 28 1733 in ye year of his age" Added by: Max 9/01/2011 -tcd (f/g) Israel Lathrop Birth: Oct., 1659 New London New London County Connecticut, USA Death: Mar. 28, 1733 Norwich New London County Connecticut, USA A son of Samuel & Elizabeth (Scudder) Lothrop. He married Rebecca Bliss on April 08, 1686 at Norwich, CT. Family links: Parents: Samuel Lothrop (1621 - ____) Elizabeth Scudder Lothrop (1622 - 1700) Spouse: Rebekah Bliss Lothrop (1648 - 1737) Children: Ebenezer Lathrop (1703 - 1781) Sibling: Martha Lathrop Moss (1657 - 1719) Burial: Old Norwichtown Cemetery Norwich New London County Connecticut, USA Created by: Diana L. Brace Record added: Apr 23, 2009 Find A Grave Memorial# 36254563 -tcd
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