Person:John Throckmorton (9)

John Throckmorton
m. 1591-12-07
  1. John Throckmorton1601 - 1684
  1. John Throckmorton1642 - 1690
  2. Deliverance ThrockmortonAbt 1645 - 1705
  3. Job Throckmorton1650 - 1709
Facts and Events
Name John Throckmorton
Gender Male
Christening[1] 9 May 1601 Norwich, Norfolk, England
Immigration[2] 1630s Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Alt Death? 17 Mar 1683 Middletown, Monmouth, New Jersey, United States
Death[1] Mar or Apr 1684 Middletown, Monmouth, New Jersey, United States
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 John Throckmorton (settler), in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. (Online: Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.).

    citing Moriarty, G. Andrews (October 1943). "Additions and Corrections to Austin's Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island". The American Genealogist 20: 116-8.

  2. George Throckmorton, in Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995).

    Many sources claim that John Throckmorton arrived in 1631 aboard the Lyon and was mis-recorded as "George Throckmorton". However, examination of the original freeman record shows "George", not "John", and there is no further record of a Throckmorton until John shows up five years later with Roger Williams. But it is unlikely given the prominence of John that he would have remained completely under the radar.

Founders of Providence, Rhode Island
Roger Williams was exiled from Massachusetts Bay in June 1636 for his religious beliefs. He settled the area now known as Providence with a few others, and two years in 1638 purchased it from the Narragansett. He then deeded 12/13 of it to twelve other religious dissenters known as the "Original Proprietors." There also exists in City Hall in Providence a manuscript that purports to show the lands of the first settlers, as originally allotted. It is undated, but appears to have been created before about 1650.
First Comers with Williams: William Arnold, John Smith, William Harris, Francis Wickes, and possibly Joshua Verin and Thomas Angell
Original Proprietors: Stukely Westcott, William Arnold, William Carpenter, John Greene, Thomas James, Robert Cole, William Harris, Thomas Olney, John Throckmorton, Francis Weston, Richard Waterman and Ezekiel Holliman.
Other early landowners (from south to north): Robert Williams - Christopher Unthank - William Hawkins - Robert West - Hugh Bewitt - John Lippitt - Matthew Weston - Edward Hart - Thomas Hopkins - Widow Sayer - Widow Tiler - Nicholas Power - William Wickenden - William Man - William Burrow - Adam Goodwin - Thomas Harris - Joshua Winsor - John Field - William Field - Richard Scott - George Rickard - John Warner - Chad Brown - Daniel Abbott - William Reynods - John Sweet - Alice Daniels - Widow Reeve - Benedict Arnold - John Greene Jr. - Edward Manton - Thomas Painter - Matthew Waller - Gregory Dexter
Resources: History of the State of Rhode Island - Lands and Houses of the First Settlers of Providence

Current Location: Newport County, Rhode Island   Parent Towns: Boston   Daughter Towns: Newport