Colonel Simon Lathrop^{[1, 2]}

1689 - 1774  (84 years)

• Name	Simon Lathrop
  Prefix	Colonel
  Birth	3 May 1689	Norwich, New London, Connecticut
  Gender	Male
  Death	25 Jan 1774	Norwich, New London, Connecticut
  Burial	Norwich, New London, Connecticut
  Person ID	I2092	Scudder
  Last Modified	11 Feb 2019

  
  

  Father	Samuel Lathrop,   b. 6 Mar 1649/50, New London, Connecticut d. 9 Dec 1732, Norwich, New London, Connecticut (Age 82 years)
  Mother	Hannah Adgate,   b. 6 Oct 1653, Norwich, New London, Connecticut d. 18 Sep 1695, Norwich, New London, Connecticut (Age 41 years)
  Marriage	Nov 1675	Norwich, Fairfield, Connecticut   [3]
  	Family of Samuel Lathrop and Hannah Adgate: E. B. Huntington, A Genealogical Memoir of the Lo-Lathrop Family in this Country: Embracing the Descendants, as far as known, of The Rev. John Lothropp, of Scituate and Barnstable, Mass...., (Ridgefield, Conn.: Mrs. Julia M. Huntington, 1884), pp. 57–59.
  Family ID	F552	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Mary Lathrop,   b. 15 Nov 1696, Norwich, New London, Connecticut d. Norwich, New London, Connecticut
  Marriage	Est 1706
  Children	1. Mary Lathrop,   b. Abt 1706   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Simon Lathrop,   b. Est 1708   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Elijah Lathrop,   b. Est 1710   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F2252	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2024

  
  

  Family 2	Martha Lathrop,   b. 15 Nov 1696, Norwich, New London, Connecticut d. 16 Oct 1775, Norwich, New London, Connecticut (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	24 Mar 1713/4
  Children	1. Martha Lathrop,   b. 7 Mar 1715/6, Norwich, New London, Connecticut d. 6 Dec 1795, Norwich, New London, Connecticut (Age 79 years)   2. Hannah Lathrop,   b. 1722, Norwich, New London, Connecticut d. 28 Sep 1744, Norwich, New London, Connecticut (Age 22 years)   3. Rufus Lathrop,   b. 29 Oct 1731, Norwich, New London, Connecticut d. 18 Aug 1805, Norwich, New London, Connecticut (Age 73 years)   4. Eunice Lathrop   5. Abigail Lathrop
  Family ID	F833	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2024

  
  

• Notes

  E. B. Huntington, A Genealogical Memoir of the Lo-Lathrop Family in this country, p. 58–59, 61. "[Simon's] will is dated April 2, 1772, and names as his legatees, wife Martha; son Elijah; son Rufus; daughter Martha Devotion of Windham; daughter Mary Bingham, to whom were given the land and buildings bought of Col. John Dyer in Canterbu; Eunice Huntington; Lucy Fitch; granddaughter Hannah Truman; grandson David Nevins; and granddaughter Eunice Carew, and her husband, Ebeneezer Carew. "In the distribution of widow Martha Lathrop's estate, April 20, 1776, the legatees named are: Elijah and Rufus Lathrop; Eunice Huntington; Mary Bindham; Hannah Truman; and grandson Simon Fitch. "His death occurred Jan. 25, 1774, and that of his widow Oct. 16, 1775. Their remains lie interred side by side interred in the Norwich Town burying ground."  Edwin L. Soper, comp., "Elizabeth Scudder [E]...Some Descendants," Scudder Searches, v. 4, no. 1, (Winter 1992), 5–6. Previous genealogist wrote: Simon was a prominent character in the history of Norwich, commander of one of the Connecticut regiments in the expedition against Annapolis and Louisburg, and at one time in the chief command of the fortress at Cape Breton. At the time of the famous Mason controversy about the Indian lands, the second Court of Commissioners met at his house for two days in 1743. This must have been an exciting time for the neighborhood, when all the distinguished men of the colony assembled here, crowds of people whose lands were involved in the dispute, driving in from the neighboring towns, and the whole tribe of Mohegan Indians hovering about, for whom the sympathizing Lathrops, Huntingtons, Leffingwells, Tracys, and other leading citizens kept open house during the proceedings.

  
  

• Sources

  [S102] Partial Genealogy of Descendants of Elizabeth Scudder-E, Section I, Bulletin XXX, p. 14. [S127] Ancestral File (R). [S102] Partial Genealogy of Descendants of Elizabeth Scudder-E, Section I, vol. XXX, p. 14.