Samuel Meachem, all Connecticut men and the first settlers. They took up a large tract of land and or ganized a town. George Harris was the leading man in the settlement and was for a number of years chosen selectman of the town. The Harris family have been prominent in that state for many years and they were evidently people of rank in England for the Coat of Arms of the family hung in the old homestead in America for more than a century.

The above mentioned Sarah Hubbard was born at Norwich or Windsor about 1734. Her father Isaac Hubbard was commissioned Captain of the 7th Military Company in the town of Windsor about Oct., 1749. He was a son of John and Mary (Merriam) Hubbard. There were five Revolutionary War patriots in the family, namely: Isaac, Nehemiah, Jr., Elisha, David and Jacob Hubbard. George Harris died at Canaan about 1791. In his will he mentions SARAH as one of his daughters. The above metioned Sarah Hubbard was a descendant of George Hubbard of England, who married Mary Bishop. She died in Guilford, Conn., Sept. 14, 1675. She was the daughter of John and Anna Bishop. Mr. Bishop first located at Wethersfield and then in 1639 removed to Guilford, Conn. He was one of the original proprietors of the town and died there in 1661.

315. John Hubbard a son of George and Mary (Bishop) Hubbard was born in England about 1630 and came to America with his parents in 1633. He married Mary Merriam about 1649. He lived in Hadley a number of years. He removed from there to Hatfield and died there at the house of his son Isaac in 1702.

They had children, Mary, John, Hannah, Jonathan, Daniel, Mercy, ISAAC, and Sarah.

He owned what was known as the "Hubbard Lots" or three mile lots bordering on the Connecticut River at South Glastonbury.

He left the lots to his son JOHN, who was born in Weathersfield, 12th of April, 1655. John added largely to his possession by the purchase of the George Wyllis tract of 185 acres.

316. JOHN HU.BARD (2nd) married Mary Wright, daughter of Thomas Wright, who lived on Wright's Island in the Connecticut River. He was a member of the Legislature from 1700 to 1724, their children were John, ISAAC, David, Ephraim and Sarah. Their son Isaac was born at Glastonbury in 1679. He received land from his father in 1725. He is supposed to have removed to Ellington, Ct., and died there. He married about the year 1700, Hannah Dickenson and had Isaac, born 1701, and Hannah, born 1703.

317. Isaac Hubbard, (2nd), son of Isaac and Hannah (Dickenson) Hubbard, owned land in Glastonbury in 1736. He married Hannah Goodrich of Tolland, Ct., and had Isaac, (3rd) born 1728, George, date of birth not known, Honore, born 1734 and SARAH, born 1735 and Hezekiah, born 1737.

The above named Sarah Hubbard, daughter of Isaac and Hannah (Goodrich) Hubbard, married George Harris as above stated, Aug. 15, 1749.

CHILDREN BY THIS MARRIAGE WERE:

48-1. Lucy, born Dec. 18, 1751. Married George
Walworth.

49-2. Joshua, born May 10, 1754.

50-3. Mary, born July 3, 1735.

51-4. Sarah, born Feb. 14, 1757.

Sarah Hubbard married first Denison Lathrop, son of Capt. Elisha Lathrop, by his second wife. They had a daughter Sally Lathrop who married Rev. Thomas Kennan. Sarah Hubbard Lathrop was my great grandmother and I visited her at Ridgeville, Ohio, in 1848. I was at that time studying law with my uncle Jairus Kennan, at Norwalk, Ohio. She was remarkably bright and active for one of her age at that time. She died there on the 23rd day of December, 1852, aged 95 years.

The descent of grandmother Sally Lathrop, from the Rev. John Lathrop, was as follows:

Rev. John Lathrop was baptized in Etten, Yorkshire, Dec. 20th, 1584. He was educated in Queens College, Cambridge, England. He was marticulated in 1601, graduated B.A. in 1605 and M.A. in 1609. For a number of years he was minister in an English church, but later he joined the Independents. He was soon after called to preach in the First Independent Church in London. The King threatened to harass the Separatists or Independents, as they were called, out of his kingdom, or do worse, and he did. They had to worship in secret places, but they were discovered and he and a large number of his congregation were arrested and put in prison. He was kept in prison two years, during which time his wife died. This circumstance having awakened public sympathy in his behalf, he was released from prison on condition that he would leave the country. This offer he gladly accepted and in 1634 he and a large number of his congregation came to America and landed at Scituate, Mass. His only offense was not preaching the doctrines of the English church and non-conformance with its forms. He preached in

Scituate a few years and then removed to Barnstable,
Mass., where he preached until he died, Nov. 8th, 1653.

Mr. Otis in writing of him said: "John Lathrop and his followers were held by the people to be martyrs in the cause of Independency. No persecutions, no severity, that their enemies could inflict caused him, or them to waver. They submitted without a murmer to loss of property, to imprisonment in loathsome jails, and to be separated for two years from their families and friends rather than to subscribe to the forms of worship that King Charles and his bigoted prelates endeavored to force on their consciences. No pastor was ever more beloved by his people and none ever had greater influence for good."

52. Samuel Lathrop, a son of Rev. John Lathrop, was born in England, and came with his father to Scituate in 1634, thence to Barnstable, where he married Nov. 28, 1644, Elizabeth Scudder, who had secured her dismissal from the church in Boston Nov. 10, 1644, in order that she might transfer her membership to the church in Barnstable. She is reported in Savage's Dictionary as having been a sister to that John Scudder who was in Barnstable in 1640. Samuel Lathrop made the acquaintance of Miss Scudder in Boston, where he had commenced his business as a contractor and housebuilder. Later he engaged also in extensive farming operations. Their marriage was recorded by his father, Rev. John Lathrop, on the Barnstable Church register as follows: "My son Samuel and Elizabeth Scudder married at my house by Mr. Freeman, Nov. 28, 1644."

They settled in Barnstable, where their house stood next to that of John Scudder.

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Samuel Lathrop is reported in 1643, as one of the five Lathrops at Barnstable "liable to bear arms.”

In 1648 he removed to New London, Connecticut, then called Pequot. We now find Mr. Lathrop mentioned in two letters from Governor Winthrop to his son John, Jr., at Pequot. In one of these bearing date August 14, 1648, on the subject of obtaining a minister for the settlement, he writes: "Your neighbor Lathrop came not at me (as expected) to advice about it," etc.

His "house lot" in the new plantation was the third in order from that of John Winthrop, Jr., Esq., and his name is found among the first eighteen to whom were assigned lands on the east side of the "great river" of Pequot, and for these the lots were drawn on the 17th and 31st of January, 1648-9.

Almost at once Mr. Lathrop was assigned by his new townsmen to positions of responsibility and honor. The General Court of the State, in May, 1649, organized a local court at Pequot, having for its judges John Winthrop, Esq., Samuel Lathrop and Thomas Minor, giving them power to sit in the trial of all causes between the inhabitants in which the differences were under forty shillings.

In 1650 he appears with fifteen other townsmen in town meeting "to arrange a system of co-operation with Mr. Winthrop in establishing a mill to grind corn."

He also received a large grant of land on the west side of the Pequot river north of the settlement. It was about five miles up the river at a place called Namussuck. A farm of 260 acres at this place remained in the family until 1735, when it was sold by his grandson Nathaniel, after settling all claims, for 2,300 pounds.

His "cattle marks" were recorded before 1650.