Joshua LATHROP

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Graduated at Yale College in 1743. He became eminent among the business men of his native town. His brother Daniel and himself are reported in the sketch of Dr. Woodward as having been "successively the most celebrated druggists of their day in Connecticut. Importing medicines directly from Europe, they not only supplied a wide area of country about home, but also received orders from New York".

The following tribute, from mrs. Sigourney's "POST MERIDIAN" is well worth a place in this family memorial:
"Among childhood's unfading sketches of my native [lace, is the figure of a beautiful ole man of eight-four, Dr. Joshua Lathrop, who, until the brief illness that preceded dissolution, took daily equestrian excursions, withheld only by very inclement weather. Methinks I clearly see him now; his small, well-knit; perfectly upright form, mounted upon his noble, lustrous black horse, readily urged to an easy canter, his servant a little in the rear. I see the large, fair, white wig, with its depth of curls, the swarthy cocked hat, the rich buckles at knee and shoe, and the nicely plaited ruffles, over hand and bosom, that in those days designated the gentleman of the old school. Repeated rides in that varied and romantic region, were so full of suggestive thought to his religious mind, that he was led to construct a good little book, in dialogue form, on the works of nature and nature's God, entitled, 'The Father and the Son,' which we younglings received with great gratitude from its kind-hearted author His quick, elastic step in walking, his agility in mounting his steed, as well as his calm and happy temperament, were remarkable, ad a model for younger men."

His will, dated May 29, 1795, names as legtees his wife, "Mercy, son Thomas, daughter Lydia Austin, friends and nieces Abigail Gardiner, Hannah Thomas, Mehetabel Carew, and Sally Eells, living with me."

His death occurred Oct. 29, 1807, and that of his widow, July 7, 1833, at ninety-one years of age.

Joshua married Hannah GARDINER on 21 May 1748. Hannah died on 24 Jul 1750. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joshua married Mercy EELLS on 5 Nov 1761. Mercy (daughter of Rev Nathaniel EELLS and Mary CUSHING) was born about 1742; died on 7 Jul 1833. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Thomas LATHROP was born on 11 Sep 1762; died on 28 Dec 1817.

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He became a thriving man, having a good record as a Christian citizen. Letters of administration on his estate were taken out Oct. 22, 1774, by his brother Joshua and Joseph Coit.

Thomas married Lydia ABEL on 24 Feb 1708/9. Lydia died on 22 Mar 1752. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: Daughter of Joshua Abel and Mehetable Smith of Norwich