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 The focal ancestor for this wiki's Throckmorton line is Daniel Throckmorton, born in 1800 in Ohio.
+Daniel Throckmorton was descended from immigrant John Throckmorton who came to Massachusetts Colony c.1636.  John Throckmorton was descended from an English aristocratic family whose origins can be traced back to pre-Norman times. From times after the Norman Conquest, John's ancestry includes king Edward I of England and Edward's ancestors (e.g. William the Conquerer), as well as [[articles:william_the_marshal|William Marshal]].  A lot has been written about the Throckmorton families, including those of southern Ohio.  This page will eventually include some further information about the Throckmorton line, but it's difficult to know where to start....
-Daniel Throckmorton is descended from original immigrant John Throckmorton who came to Massachusetts Colony c.1636.  John Throckmorton is descended from an English aristocratic family that can trace its origins to pre-Norman times, and John's ancestry includes king Edward I and his ancestors (e.g. William the Conquerer), as well as [[rticles:william_the_marshal|William Marshal]].  A lot has been written about the Throckmorton families, including those of southern Ohio.  This page will eventually include some further information about the Throckmorton line, but it's difficult to know where to start....
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+John Throckmorten was a religious dissenter who came to Massachusetts and was initially a member of a Puritan congregation that included Roger Williams.  In fact, Throckmorton may have known Williams in England and the two men may have come to Massachusetts on the same ship.  In any event, like Roger Williams, Throckmorton was excommunicated from his community's church, which in effect meant he had to leave the settlement.  He joined Roger Williams and became one of the original twelve proprietors who founded Providence Plantation, which led to the establishment of the chartered colony of Rhode Island.  John Throckmorton was also one of the original members of the first Baptist Church in America, which was organized by Roger Williams in Providence.
+((See Wikipedia article on [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charter_colony|Charter colony for more information.]]
+With encouragement from Roger Williams, John Throckmorton obtained a grant from the Dutch authorities to create a settlement in an area that is now part of the Bronx and known as Throggs Neck.  The name "Throggs Neck" is derived from "Throggmorton," which was an alternative spelling of Throckmorton often used before standardized spelling became a thing.  Throckmorton and his group abandoned the settlement during [[https://www.nps.gov/rowi/learn/historyculture/kingphilip.htm|King Phillip's War]] (in which they did not fight), but the name Throggs Neck stuck.
+When George Fox, founder of the English Quaker movement, visited the New England colony, John Throckmorton met him and had in-depth discussions with him.  Throckmorton came to appreciate some of the Quaker views and practices, and this led to a series of letters between John Throckmorton and Roger Williams (who were neighbors) in which Throckmorton defended the Quakers from some of the charges and arguments Williams raised against them.  (Note: Roger Williams was a firm believer in religious liberty.  His goal was not to suppress Quaker worship by coercion but rather to persuade the Quakers to his way of thinking.)
+John Throckmorton became the owner of merchant ships which operated along the New England coast.  Although he continued to live in Rhode Island, he purchased land land in New Jersey that he gifted to his sons.  It was in New Jersey that he died during a visit to one of these sons.
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