WILLIAM LATHAM
William Latham came to Plymouth in 1620 on the Mayflower as a servant to John Carver. In early 1651, in his accounting of the family of John Carver, Bradford reports that "His servant boy Latham, after more than 20 years' stay in the country, went into England and from thence to the Bahama Islands in the West Indies; and there with some others was starved for want of food" [Bradford 441, 444 ].
In the 1627 Plymouth division of cattle William Latham was the seventh person in the eleventh company [PCR 12:12].
In a Plymouth tax list of 25 March 1633, William Latham was assessed 9s., and the same amount on 27 March 1634 [PCR 1: 11, 28].
In the inventory of Francis Eaton, dated 8 November 1633, "Will[i]am Lathan" appeared as a creditor, being owed £1 8s. [MD 1:200]. On 5 June 1638, "William Lathame" was fined 40s. "for entertaining of John Phillips into his house contrary to the act of the Court" [PCR 1:87]. He had a crop of lndian com with John Phillips of Duxbury, as seen in a 6 July 1638 deed [PCR 12:31].
On 26 December 1639, "Will[ia]m Lathame of Duxborrow, planter," sold to Ralph Partrick his dwelling house, twenty acres of land and one acre of meadow [PCR 12:54].
In a deposition of about 8 July 1641, "William Latham of Duxbury planter aged 32 years" gave evidence in a case involving John Moses and Thomas Keyser [Lechford 421].
On 28 October 1645, "William Lathame" joined Roger Cooke in a complaint against John Barker and Ann, his wife, for Ann burning their house accidentally [PCR 7:41].
COMMENTS: William Latham's name does not appear in the 1623 Plymouth division of land; Robert S. Wakefield suggests that he may have been included in the household of William Brewster [MQ 40:9].
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