Lathrop, Benjamin
Seperates
American colonist.
Farmer, blacksmith, and minister.
- Windham (from 1726 to 1804)
Married Sybil Backus, July 8, 1751.
Benjamin Lathrop was a farmer, blacksmith, and minister of a Separatist church that had seceded from the local Congregationalists; several independent congregations in Connecticut at this time were called "Seperates" or Seperatists. Lathrop was well known for his charity.
Huntington, E. B. A Genealogical Memoir of the Lo-Lathrop Family in This Country. Ridgefield, CT, 1884, p.90-91.