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- Verify relationship to Sarah Throckmorton:
John Throckmorton, 1601 - 1684. John Throckmorton of Providence, Rhode Island, traditionally son of Bassingboume & Mary Hill Throckmorton, of Norwick, England, was baptized 8 May 1601 at Herts, England. He married, place & date unknown, Rebecca Covill, & died between 17 March 1683/4 & 25 April 1684 at Middletown, New Jersey while visiting his sons Job & John & was interred in a plot set aside there by, & mentioned in the 1690 will of his son John Throckmorton.
John Throckmorton was one of the original proprietors of Providence Plantation, Rhode Island, a Deputy there 1664 - 1674. During the visitation of John Fox he was converted to The Society of Friends at Newport, Rhode Island. He had been one of the syndicators of the Mayflower voyage to Plymouth & came to Massachusetts to determine why there had been no financial return on their investment in ten years. He became active in the development of coastwise shipping among the colonies which probably was not what the Crown wanted. He founded in 1643 in Eastchester, New York, a colony on land which bore his name Throgmorton Neck, eventually shortened to Throg's Neck.
He was an unusually outspoken immigrant & left a trail of paper, much of it against various religious sects or people. By 1664 he was restless again & he became one of the Monmouth County, New Jersey Patentees. He remained a resident of Rhode Island & his trading ships plied the eastern waters. He deeded land in Middletown to his sons & "died an octogenarian while visiting" them there.
Rebecca Covill (possibly Comell), Mrs. Throckmorton, was cited in Providence as being a midwife. She is said to have predeceased her husband, but her place of interment is not Ref: Descendants of Founders of NJ, by Clifton Rowland Brooks, M.D. - - -
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1680 - 1780 (100 years)