Colonel Rotheus Latham

M, (1 May 1726 - 1784)
Father-Biological*Thomas Latham b. 1682, d. 1769
Mother-Biological*Deborah Hardin b. 29 Jul 1694
Last Edited=14 May 2023
     Colonel Rotheus Latham was born on 1 May 1726 at Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.1,2,3 He was christened on 1 May 1726 at East Bridgewater, Massachusetts.3 He was the son of Thomas Latham and Deborah Hardin. Rotheusmoved to Hyde County, North Carolina, in 1735 or 1736. with his family.4 Deborah (Hardin) wife of Thomas Latham, millwright, was waylaid on the Kings High Road in 1740 in North Carolina in 1740. Deborah's 15 year old son Rotheus was a witness.4

Colonel Rotheus Latham married ______ Sarah Martin in 1741.

Children:
1. Daniel Latham
2. Phineas Latham
3. Seth Latham
4. Jesse Latham
5. Mary Latham.5,6


On 6 March 1759 he was granted 100 acres on the west side of the Matchapougo River in Hyde County, North Carolina.7 He was made a Justice of the Peace on 20 November 1760. The Minutes of the North Carolina Governor's Council North Carolina. Council November 18, 1760 - November 29, 1760 Volume 06, Pages 341-343 read:

"Ordered that a Commission and Dedimus issue to William Harris, Thomas Smith, Thomas Barrow, Richard Harvey, Edward McSwain, John Lockhart, Benjamin Mason, John Webster, Thomas Jordan, George Barrow, Samuel Smith, Robert Gilles, Richard Wilkinson, Thomas Jones and Rotheas Latham to be Justices of the Peace of Hyde County.8"


From 1767 to 1774 he represented Hyde County in the Colonial Assembly.5 The North Carolina Provincial Congress appointed Rotheas Latham as Colonel/Commandant over the Hyde County Regiment of Militia on 9 September 1775. Col. Rotheas Latham resigned his commission in the second quarter of 1779. From 1780 to 1781 he represented Hyde County in the North Carolina House of Commons. Colonel Rotheus Latham died in 1784 at Hyde County, North Carolina.5 His will was proved in 1784.

Citations

  1. New England Historic Genealogical Society. Massachusetts, U.S., Town Birth Records, 1620-1850. Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, 1999.
  2. Mitchell, Nahum. History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater in Plymouth county, Massachusetts. Bridgewater, Massachusetts: Edward Alden, 1897.
  3. Scott, Henry Edwards. Vital Records of East Bridgewater, Massachusetts, to the year 1850. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1917.
  4. Sherman, Robert M, Verle D. Vincent, Robert S. Wakefield and Lydia D. Finlay. Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: James Chilton and Richard More. volume 15. Plymouth, Massachusetts: The Mayflower Society, 1997.
  5. Unknown author. "Cambell-Rhea article in the Highlander", Alabama, Surname Files Expanded, 1702–1981.
  6. Ancestry.com. Ancestry Member Trees - Use with Caution. Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations.
  7. Ancestry.com. North Carolina, Land Grant Files, 1693-1960. Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, 2016.
  8. Minutes of the North Carolina Governor's Council North Carolina. Unknown repository.