10th Great Grandfather
John was born on May 9, 1601 in Norwich, Norfolk, England to Bassingbourne Throckmorton and Mary Hill.
John - came to America, arriving at Nantasket, Massachusetts 5 Feb 1631, in the ship "Lyon," of which Mr. William Pierce was Master. The "Lyon" set sail from Bristol, 1 Dec 1630. On May 18, following his arrival, he was admitted a Freeman at Salem, Massachusetts.
He became a Baptist and followed the footsteps of Roger Williams, his fellow passenger in the "Lyon," into Rhode Island, in the summer of 1635 or 1636. In 1643, he made application to the Dutch to settle within their jurisdiction which was granted. This grant, subsequently called Throckmorton's Neck or Throg's Neck, embraced the eastern part of the present town.
Throckmorton's settlement had a short existence and was obliterated by the Indian uprising in the fall of 1643, when it was set upon by the savages and every vestige of it destroyed. Eighteen persons were killed and those who were so fortunate to escape death, made their way to the Fort at New Amsterdam and "some that escaped from the Indian attack went back to Rhode Island," says Winthrop. Among those who returned was John Throckmorton.
Lineage: Sandi Christensen, Albert Christensen, Ellen McAllister, Emma Smith Walling, Lydia Crawford, John Crawford, John Bowne Crawford, Catherine Bowne, Ann Lippitt, Sarah Throckmorton, John Throckmorton, John Throckmorton
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