John Lathrop | |
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| Born | 1740  |
| Died | 1816 (aged 75–76) |
| Children | Ann Motley (Lothrop) |
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John Lathrop (1740-1816) was a congregationalist minister in Boston, Massachusetts, during the revolutionary and early republic periods.[1]
Lathrop was born 1740 and served as minister of the Second Church, Boston, 1768-1816, when it was located in the North End—first on North Square, and after 1779, on Hanover Street. In 1776, during the British occupation of Boston, the Second Church was burnt for firewood by British soldiers.[2] Lathrop was considered a patriot. He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1790,[3] and a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1813.[4]
Lathrop died in 1816.
- ^ WorldCat. Lathrop, John 1740-1816
- ^ Chandler Robbins. A history of the Second Church, or Old North, in Boston: to which is added a History of the New Brick Church. Boston: John Wilson & Son, 1852.
- ^ "Book of Members, 1780–2010: Chapter L" (PDF). American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved July 28, 2014.
- ^ American Antiquarian Society Members Directory