John Lothrop 1653

memorial memorial

ERECTED TO THE MEMORY OF
REV. JOHN LOTHROP
1584 - 1653
AND SUCH FIRST SETTLERS WHO FILL
UNMARKED GRAVES IN THIS CEMETERY
AND AT THE "CALVES PASTURE".
MR. LOTHROP WAS PASTOR OF THE
CHURCH OF ENGLAND AT EGERTON 1611 - 1623
THE CONGREGATIONAL SOCIETY AT
SOUTHWARK, LONDON, 1624 - 1632
CONFINED NEWGATE PRISON, 1632 - 1634
SCITUATE, 1634 - 1639
BARNSTABLE, 1639 - 1653
HE WAS A GENTLE, KINDLY MAN AND BELOVED BY ALL WHO KNEW HIM

BARNSTABLE TERCENTENARY 1939

The memorial is mounted in the cemetery stone wall fronting on Route 6A. The right photo was taken in 2007 by Carrie Miller.


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