1William Richard Cutter and William Frederick Adams, Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of the State of Massachusetts, Vol. 1, p. 91 (1910).
"(VI) Joseph Lathrop, son of Samuel Lathrop, was born October, 1661, and died in Norwich, Connecticut, July 5, 1740. He was a member of the First Church there. He married (first) Aoril 8, 1686, Mary Scudder, who died September 18, 1695. He married (second) February 2, 1696-7, Elizabeth Watrous, born March 22, 1661, died November 29, 1726, daughter of Isaac and Sarah Watrous. He married (third) November 22, 1727, Mrs. Martha Perkins, widow of Deacon Joseph Perkins, of Newent, now Lisbon, then a part of Norwich. Children: 1. Barnabas, born February 4, 1687, died May 25, 1710; married, January 12, 1709-10, Abigail Abell. 2. Joseph, September 18, 1688, mentioned below. 3. Abigail, September 16, 1693, married Jacob Hazen. 4. Mehitable, November 2, 1697, married (first) William Bushnell; (second) October 3, 1722, Captain Thomas Stoughton Jr. 5. Samuel, May 23, 1699. 6. Elizabeth, January 17, 1700-01. 7. Sarah, October 18, 1702. 8. Temperance, October 6, 1704. 9. Solomon, December 13, 1706, married, February 6, 1728-29, Mrs. Martha Todd. 10. Ruth, December 11, 1709. 11. Esther, November 17, 1712. 12. Zerviah, April 9, 1718, married 1739, William Bradford.".