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Subject: Lothrop/Aston/Housere
Date: Sat, 1 May 1999 21:57:27 EDT


On a tip from another member of this list, I have been looking further into
the ancestry of Rev. John Lothrop, the Plymouth Colony minister. I have been
looking through my files, which include a number of articles written by
Moriarty and, more recently, by Clifford Stott (adding to our cumulative
knowledge additional information on the family of one of Lothrop's wives,
Hannah House). I gather that, though much of the research on Lothrop's
ancestry was done in the 19th century by the untrustworthy Somerby, in this
case Moriarty concluded that this research largely checked out (except for a
mistaken identification of Lothrop's mother).

These secondary sources indicate that Lothrop's paternal grandmother was one
Ellen Aston (d 1572/3, Cherry Burton, Yorkshire), who was purportedly the
daughter of one Thomas Aston of Fole, Staffordshire. Of late there has been
some discussion in this forum about a landed Aston family of Staffordshire.
The Ancestral File, of course, links Thomas Aston to this gentry family, but
we all know how unreliable that resource is.

In my literature search through PERSI, I have not turned up any recent
scholarship on this family. My guess is that someone on this list may well
be familiar with this family.

And while we're at it, the Ancestral File also gives Hannah House some pretty
fancy genes. Has anyone looked into this family any further?

Dave Morehouse

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