Person:Job Throckmorton (4)

Job Throckmorton, self, 120 acres.

Birth Date 29 Sep 1650
Death Date 20 Aug 1709
Burial Place Middletown, Monmouth, New Jersey, United States of America
Cemetery Throckmorton-Lippit-Taylor Burial Ground
Photograph Included Y
Note Contains Biography

F-36, Job Throckmorton (John, Bassingbourne) of Middle Town, NJ; born 30 Sep 1650; died 20 Aug, 1709. Married 2nd Feb, 1684-85, Sarah Leonard, born 27th May, 1660, died 5 Feb, 1743-4, daughter of Henry and Mary Leonard. He was buried at Middletown and his widow at Shrewsbury, NY. Admin. Jun 8,1711, N.J. Wills, Libr. B, p. 321

Job was a farmer and frequently bought and sold land in the area. In 1693, he represented Middletown in the General Assembly, and in 1694, he was a “Messenger at the Council at Perth Amboy”.
Info at Throckmorton burying ground website
Between the years 1688 and 1695 a strip of land reaching nearly across the county was taken by men from Middletown and was known as the "Middletown Men's Lots." It reached from the fifteen hundred acres of Peter Sonmans along the northwest side of Burlington path to the Pines and was divided as follows: In equal divisions of 480 acres to Joseph Throckmorton, James Bowne, James Ashton, Philip Smith; also 300 acres to John Stout, 270 acres to Job Throckmorton, and 240 acres to Benjamin Borden. The tract below the Burlington pate, consisting of 480 acres, belonged to John Throckmorton and extended southerly to Lahaway creek.

pp. 62-63 No 7. : 'Job Throckmorton ... b. Providence, R. I., 30 Sept., 1650. At the age of sixteen he accompanied his elder brother, John, to Monmouth Co., N. J., and drew Lot No. 22 in the division of land at Middletown, 30 Dec. 1667; m[arried] Sarah Leonard, 2 Feb, 1683/4 ... He was one of the Proprietors of East Jersey and a man of prominence and property. His name appears frequently upon the public records in the buying and selling of lands. The following from the First Town Book of Middletown, 1667: ' Job Throgmorton buys Surveys of Lands on Quit Rent in County of Monmouth.

p. 63: 'from NJ Archives and Burlington Court Records: 1675. Job Throckmorton purchased 120 acres; warrants of tracts of land to be subsequently located and surveyed. ... Job Throckmorton took 274 acres in what was known as "Middletown Mens Lots." 1699. ... Jan 1, 1678, he was "chosen to receive the tobaco for the surveying of the Towne boundes." '

p. 63 (footnote): 'Joseph Throckmorton Jr., also soon died without issue. And thus it will be seen that much of the property of three sons of John 1st: Freegift, Joseph and John, came into the possession of Alice Stout Throckmorton and her daughters. While Job Throckmorton, the only son to perpetuate the Throckmorton name received a younger son's portion' according to English law.

p. 64: '1693 Oct 11, Job Throckmorton testified as witness to his brother John's will.
1693 he represented Middletown in the General Assembly ...
1694. "Messenger at Council at Perth Amboy";
1708, May 22, "Jobe Throckmorton's affedavitt aged 57 years." -- Leeds Papers. He d[ied] intestate 20 Aug., 1709; [buried] in the family burial ground, Middletown, beside his father and brother John. His tombstone ... is a reddish brown slab of pre-Revolutionary days, the top curving to outline head and wings of the moon-faced angel who presided there. ...
"Here lies the Body of Job Throckmorton who Departed this Life August the twentieth Day Anno Domini one thousand seven hundred and nine Aged fifty Eight years ten months and twenty one Days." '
Job's wife Sarah is buried in Christ Churchyard, Shrewsbury, NJ.
An inventory of his goods at the time of his death are as follows. 6 cows, 3 oxen, a 3 yr old colt and mayr, 2 cowse, 2 bulls, 7 young cattell 3 of them cows, 22 sheep, 13 small swine 6 months old, plow tackling, cartbox and chest, axes, and other old iron, an old gun, 30 bushells wheat 3 pr, 89 bushells wheat to bound, 2 bushells wheat and various household items.
Job gave his brother Joseph, a piece of Bogg meadow on the east side of Mine Brook, 22 April, 1748 that had been granted Job in his Father's will.

Vol. I 1670-1730 p. 462: Job Throckmorton, Location: Shrewsbury, NJ. Vol. I 1670-1730. Inventory of the personal estate of (L90.0)pounds made by Henry Leonard, David Killy and William Leeds Jr. Sworn to by Sarah (his wife) and John Throckmorton (son) June 8, 1711. Monmouth Wills. Job died 20 Aug. 1709.

Part II p. 461: Judge John Throckmorton, Esquire, son of Job T. b 30 Sep 1650. 1741, Nov 10. Inventory, L1259.3.7. Includes sword, 2 negro men, negro woman, negro boy (L180), 92 head of cattle, 3 guns. Made by John Campbell, Jonathan and John Forman.

Vol. II 1730-1750. Part II pg 481: John Throckmorton son of Job T. b. 30 sep 1650 Date 12 Oct 1741, Location Shrewsbury, Monmouth Co. Yeoman; will of John Throckmorton, Wife, Abigail. Mother, Sarah Throckmorton. Son Job, land bought of John Williams; lot near Wintepeck Bog purchased by testator's father from Nathaniel Leonard: lot bought of Samuel Dennis; pine right purchased of Richard Ashfield. Son, John, land in Middlesex Co purchased of Robert Lucting? and William Bradford in New York. Son, Joseph. Daughter, Mary Leonard. Son, James, under age. Daughters, Sarah, and Eliza. under age. Son, Samuel. Executors--brothers, Joseph and Job Throckmorton and Thomas Morford. Witnesses--Parthenay Cook, William Nichols. Richard Saltar. Proved Nov. 11, 1741.

"Job Throckmorton, son of John Throckmorton [the immigrant], was born in the year 1650, (Sept. 30), probably in the State of Rhode Island, and was likely the youngest of the children. "In 1667 he came to Middletown, and was allotted lands in the village and outlying country. 1667, Dec. 30. Job Throckmorton drew, in the first division of lands in Middletown, lot No. 22, and on Dec. 31, 1667, he drew lot No. 36. In 1668, he recorded his cattle-mark.... In 1670, he owned a large tract of ground, in Middletown, to which he added a grant from the Proprietors, Nov. 18, 1676, which he subsequently exchanged for land at Colt's Neck, Jan. 7 (20) [sic], 1700, owned by Nathaniel Leonard, who was joined in the deed by his wife, Susannah Leonard. Each family thereupon took permanent residence upon their newly acquired domain, and the Leonards gave to their land the name of Leonardsville. These sites have remained in the respective families and have been their homesteads for over two hundred years. In 1700, when this transfer took place, Job Throckmorton was residing at Shrewsbury." Other legal transactions for Job included, as Stillwell records: "1678, Jan. 1. Job Throckmorton and Thomas Cox were chosen to receive the tobacco for the town; i. e. Middletown.... 1690, Aug. 18. Job Throckmorton appointed his brother, Samuel Leonard, attorney, in re his brother, Joseph, deceased.... 1705. Job Throckmorton and Sarah, his wife, of Shrewsbury, conveyed lands to Daniel Applegate.... 1705. Release of this date; recorded in 1714, in which Job Throckmorton, of Shrewsbury, released to John Stillwell, Thomas Stillwell, Moses Lippit, and Hugh Coward, property of his late brother, Joseph Throckmorton. Recorded before Jeremiah Stillwell, Justice...." "Job Throckmorton rose to eminence in the community, and filled many positions of trust. Job Throckmorton and Sarah Leonard were married by Peter Tilton, at Middletown, Feb. 2, 1684-5. Witnesses: Henry Leonard, Samuel Leonard, John Leonard, Mary Leonard, William Hunt, Anne Hunt, Rebecca Tilton. She [Sarah] 'died Feb. 5, 1743-4, aged 83 years, 8 months and 6 days,' [thus born May 30, 1660], and her remains were interred in Christ Churchyard, Shrewsbury. The site is marked with a brown stone with the preceding inscription and is surrounded today by the graves of many of her descendants. Job Throckmorton died Aug. 20, 1709, aged 58 years, 10 months and 21 days, and was buried in the Lippit or Taylor Buryingground, in the heart of Middletown village. The brown stone slab that marked the site of his grave was badly broken and fallen, but is now repaired. He left a numerous progeny from whom all of the name of Throckmorton in the United States at this day, descend, except the descendants of John Throckmorton, of Virginia. Job Throckmorton, of Shrewsbury, Monmouth Co., died intestate, and letters of administration were granted to Sarah Throckmorton, widow, of Monmouth Co., and John Throckmorton, of Monmouth Co., June 8, 1711. The inventory amounted to £99-00-01, and was made by Henry Leonard, David Killy and William Leeds, Jr. Trenton, N. J., Wills and Administrations, Lib. 1, p. 321." Stillwell lists nine children of Job's, "so far as known." They were John Throckmorton; Joseph Throckmorton; Job Throckmorton; Samuel Throckmorton; Rebecca Throckmorton; James Throckmorton "(supposed)"; Mary Throckmorton married Daniel Grandin; Sarah Throckmorton, born 1685, married first, John Powell, and second, Dr. William Nichols; Patience Throckmorton, who married Amos Grandin.

Job Throckmorton was born in Providence, Rhode Island on September 30, 1650. He was the son of John Sr. In The First Town Book of Middletown, he drew lot #22 and outlot # 36. He married Sarah Leonard, and they had about nine children. The Leonardo section of Middletown is named after Sarah’s family. Job was a farmer and frequently bought and sold land in the area. In 1693, he represented Middletown in the General Assembly, and in 1694 was a Messenger at the Council at Perth Amboy.
Job died on August 20, 1709. His tombstone is the reddish brown slab in the style of those used in the pre-Revolutionary War years. “The top of the slab curves to outline the head and wings of the moon-faced angel who presided there." This tombstone was erected beside his father’s and brother, John’s. (Theirs has not been found.) Job’s is one of the oldest headstones, in existence, in Monmouth County