Brief Life History of Augustus
Age 33 years. From Hale Collection of Cemetery Inscriptions, 1934. His father, Azariah Lathrop, "was one of the wealthiest citizens of Norwich, and his tavern was one of the best known and prosperous." It included a bar, and was said to allow card playing at a time when it was illegal. "His sons were highly respected citizens and both they and his daughters married into the prominent families of the town. Azariah died in 1810, aged 82, leaving the house to his widow, and son, Augustus, and the shop to his son, Charles. Augustus Lathrop died in 1819, and in 1821, the administrator of the estate sells the tavern to Bela Peck. It was shortly after partly destroyed by fire." (Mary Elizabeth Perkins, Old Houses of the Antient Town of Norwich [Conn.] 1660–1800, Norwich: Press of the Bulletin Company, 1895, p. 341.) "MARRIED.—At Norwich, Mr. Augustus Lathrop to Miss Polly Gale." —The Connecticut Courant (Hartford, Connecticut), Wednesday, June 7, 1809, p. 3. Son of Abigail Huntington (d. 1820) and Azariah Lathrop (1728–1810). "AUGUSTUS, born in Norwich, Feb. 11, 1785, married Polly Gale...May 28, 1809. She was born July 21, 1785. He died Oct. 7, 1819, and his widow, July 4, 1839, aged 54." Children include: 1. Azariah, born May 7, 1810; married Jane Fish on September 11, 1836; died September 18, 1862 in Willimantic 2. Augustus Frederick, born October 15, 1811; died November 7, 1828, aged 17 3. John, born June 3, 1813; married Laura E Tilton on July 27, 1846; died April 23, 1849, no children 4. Mary Edgerton, born December 19, 1814; married Lyman Baker on May 28, 1855; lived in New London, Connecticut 5. Nabby Whiting, born December 19, 1814; died September 22, 1861 in Norwich, single 6. James Stedman, born July 21, 1816; married Juliette Stanley on June 22, 1845 7. Sarah Gale, born April 2, 1818; married Charles Champlin on June 22, 1845; died November 24, 1849 in New London 8. Charlotte Augusta, born February 23, 1820; married Henry W Morgan on December 13, 1843 (E. B. Huntington, Lo-Lathrop Family in This Country, Embracing the Descendants as Far as Known, Privately Printed, 1884, pp. 78–79, 109, 158; also see Vital Records of Norwich, 1913, II:600.)
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- Augustus Lathrop, "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
- Augustus Lathrop, "Connecticut Marriages, 1630-1997"
- Augustus Lathrop, "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934"
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1786 · Shays' Rebellion
Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
1788 · Connecticut Becomes the 5th State
Connecticut became a state on January 9, 1788. In 1650, before it was a state, the boundary of Connecticut ran north from the westside of Greenwich Bay and the coast of the Pacific Ocean. During the 1600s, Westmoreland County was in Connecticut when the boundaries were changed Westmoreland County went to Pennsylvania.
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
Name Meaning
English: perhaps a variant of Laythorpe, a habitational name from Laythorpe, the former name of a settlement in Lincolnshire which is recorded as Ledulftorp in 1086 and Leilthorp in the 12th century. The placename derives from the Old Norse personal name Leithulfr + Old Norse thorp ‘secondary settlement, outlying farmstead’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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