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- John Throckmorton (1601?1684) was an early settler of Providence in the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, and one of the 12 original proprietors of that settlement. Originating in Norfolk, England, he first settled in Salem in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, but religious tensions brought about his removal to Providence. In 1643 he made a land purchase in New Netherland and settled there with several dozen others, but an attack by the natives during Kieft's War caused many, including Throckmorton, to return to Rhode Island. He became active in Providence civil affairs, serving as moderator, deputy, and treasurer. He died in 1684 in Middletown, New Jersey, where he went to visit his children, and was buried there. Throggs Neck in Bronx, New York City is named for him.
Family
Gary Boyd Roberts has published a genealogy of Throckmorton, showing him to be descended in the 15th generation from King Edward I of England and his wife Eleanor of Castile.[6] Throckmorton's wife was named Rebecca Farrand,[6] and the couple had six known children, the oldest named Freegift, a daughter who died unmarried in Jamaica by 1669.[4] The oldest son, John, married a daughter of Richard and Penelope Stout of Gravesend, New York, and resided in Monmouth County, New Jersey. Deliverance married Reverend James Ashton of Middletown, New Jersey, had seven known children, and was widowed by 1705.[4] Job, born about 1651 was a Deputy in Middletown, whose estate was administered by his widow Sarah in 1711,[4] and Joseph was a mariner and landowner, who died unmarried in Philadelphia in 1690.[7] Patience married John Cogeshall and died in 1676.
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1601 - 1684 (82 years)
