Lothrop History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
England

The Lothrop surname is derived from a medieval given name of uncertain origins.

Early Origins of the Lothrop family

The surname Lothrop was first found in Kent where the Pipe Rolls of 1162 include and entry for Alwin Loth. Over one hundred years later, William Lot was listed in the Hundredorum Rolls of 1273 in Suffolk. The same rolls included: John Lotte in Norfolk; and Andrew, John Lote in Cambridgeshire. The same John Lotte was listed in the Feet of Fines for Essex in 1317. Richard and William atte Lote were listed in the Subsidy Rolls for Sussex in 1332 and the Subsidy Rolls for Surrey in 1332. "There is no evidence for the early use of the Biblical Lot in England, but the first form may be this in its French form Loth which was common in Brittany." 1

Another source claims the name is for someone who was a "dweller on the apportioned share of land, i.e., the allotted land" 2 and another claims that it is an Anglo-Saxon name for "lote" meaning "crafty" or perhaps from the Anglo-Saxon "hlot", "a caster of lots, a fortune-teller." 3

Returning back to the Hundredorum Rolls of 1273, we found: Richard filius Lote, Cambridgeshire; Robert Lote, Cambridgeshire; Walter Lotte, Cambridgeshire; William Lot, Suffolk; and John Lotte, Norfolk. 4

Early History of the Lothrop family

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Lothrop Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Lot, Lott, Loth, Lots and others.

Early Notables of the Lothrop family

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Lothrop migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Lothrop Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Benjamin Lothrop, (Lothropp), (b. 1626), from Yorkshire, who arrivied in Boston, Massachuetts in 1634 aboard the ship "Griffin", son of John who settled in Boston in 1634
Rev. John Lothrop, (Lothropp), (1584-1653), from Yorkshire, an English Anglican clergyman who arrivied in Boston, Massachuetts in 1634 aboard the ship "Griffin". He was among the first settlers of Barnstable, Massachusetts. 5
John Lothrop, (Lothropp), (b. 1617/18), from Yorkshire, who arrivied in Boston, Massachuetts in 1634 aboard the ship "Griffin", son of John 5
Thomas Lothrop, (Lothropp), (B. 1612/13), from Yorkshire, who arrivied in Boston, Massachuetts in 1634 aboard the ship "Griffin", son of John 5
Samuel Lothrop, (Lothropp), (b. 1621), from Yorkshire, who arrived in Boston, Massachusetts in 1634 aboard the ship "Griffin", son of John 6
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Lothrop Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

L Lothrop, who landed in San Francisco, California in 1851 5

Lothrop migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Lothrop Settlers in Canada in the 19th Century

Fordyce L Lothrop, who arrived in Canada in 1829

Contemporary Notables of the name Lothrop (post 1700) +

Samuel Kirkland Lothrop (1804-1886), American clergyman
Forrest T. Lothrop (b. 1924), American former head football coach for the Dickinson State Blue Hawks
Samuel Kirkland Lothrop (1892-1965), American archaeologist and anthropologist
George Van Ness Lothrop (1817-1897), American politician, Michigan Attorney General (1848-1851)
Sylvanus Lothrop, American engineer and businessman who constructed the first locks on the Monongahela River in the 1830s and 1840s, eponym of Lothrop Hall, University of Pittsburgh
Daniel Lothrop (1831-1892), American publisher, founder of D. Lothrop & Co., Boston
Alvin Mason Lothrop (1847-1912), American co-founder of Woodward & Lothrop was a department store chain headquartered in Washington, D.C. in 1887, active until 1995, owner of the Lothrop Mansion, now listed the National Register of Historic Places
Edwin H. Lothrop (1806-1874), American politician, Member of Michigan State House of Representatives from Kalamazoo County, 1835-37, 1842-44, 1848; Speaker of the Michigan State House of Representatives, 1844 7
C. E. Lothrop, American Democratic Party politician, Member of Michigan National Democratic State Central Committee, 1899 7
C. B. Lothrop, American Republican politician, Alternate Delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1888 7
... (Another 6 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Citations +

Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)
Smith, Eldson Coles, New Dictionary of American Family Names New York: Harper & Row, 1956. Print
Lower, Mark Anthony, Patronymica Britannica, A Dictionary of Family Names of the United Kingdom. London: John Russel Smith, 1860. Print.
Bardsley, C.W, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6)
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
Pilgrim Ship's of 1600's Retrieved January 6th 2023, retrieved from https://www.packrat-pro.com/ships/shiplist.htm
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 8) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html