The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-25

This most chivalrIc and prominent
family of the early settlers in the
colony of Virginia been recorded
by all OF their earliest historians as
among the foremost for their indomi-
table spirit. undaunted zeal and match |
less energy, amidst all the calamities
and vcisstudes OF the infant colony,
and it Is with pleasure that we give
a short, sletAs OF them.
The family aHescend directly from
Sir John Throckmorton, whose an
cestor, John de- Throckmorton, was
lord OF the manor of Throckmorton, |
about sixty years after the Conquest.
Sir John was a very eminent person.
age during the reign Of Henry " and
| vi. In the latter he was under
| treasurer of England. From him was
Thomas Throckmorton, ESD, high
| sheriff of Warwick and Leicester, in
1.-the fifth Of Edward ". There was the
tight Hon. Robert Throclsmorton, one
! Of the privy council Of Henry VII;
1 his eldest son. Sir Robert. time Of
Henry Will, who also had n son Rob
/ ert, who was high sheriff of Warwick,
| time OF Queen Mary. Tho descent goes
through two Roberts, Thomas AMI
| John Throckmorton, who died In 1914,
and was succeeded by his grandson,
robert Throckmorton, swho was created
/ baronet, September, 1642, with the
| arms granted as given above de-
4 scribed as "gules, on chevron. arg,
i three bars gemels. sable. Crest An
i elephants head. The more modern
A crest is now a falcon, yolant, ppr..
| armed with bells Jissant or. and.
charged on the breast with crescent cen.
i Motto. srVirtus sola nobilitat." (Vir-
i tue alone ennoblca) An older motto Isl.
4 "Moribus antiquis" with ancient man
| ners.)
4 1t was through this Robert that the.
i emigrant. Robert Throckmorton, land;
!. ed on the shores Of Virginia, and set
4 tied on Charles River, 1887 according
4 to family tradition: but Burk IN MS
list of settlers in the colony during
/ the year 1920, gives the name of SIT
J. William Throckmorton as the first
emigrant; yet this may have been a
: brother OF Robert who must have re-
: turned to England, as we hear no
Il more Of him Hening, in his eighth
j, |. volume speaks Of Robert, and the
!, name. of Robert has continued ever
since. Gabriel ThroGkmorton (prob-
! ably his SOM, seems to have been the
RI first In the Colonial service, being APP
! pointed as lieutenant in Colonel Byrd's
Regiment, 1853 and then captain IN
, a battalion under Colonel Peachy,
. serving from 1860 to 1851. He was
granted 5000 acres Of land as captain
FL in the Colonial service, as per the
) Kings proclamation, 1868, and signed
by Lord Dunmore. ITO. This Gabriel
a COR his sony was living in Spotsyl-
. vania in 1852. Turning to the Roberts
: again, we find Colonel Robert Throck-
/ |, norton" Of Gloucester county, Va,
| 1893; his wife was Sarah, daughter Of
q Mr.. Cooke, and they had two sons,
Warner and Mordecai and daughter,
| Sarah
Bishop Meade speaks frequently Of
| the Throckmorton family, as having
settled quite early in Gloucester coun-
l sty, and We're most active infthe church;
| the land on which the parish church
| was built at Ware, being given by the
Throckmorton family, which was pre-
| vious to 1900: about that year Morde-
cal Throckmorton was vestryman
in the church there, and Albion. Will
/ liam and John ,rhrocl1rnorton We're
vestrymen In tho old Petsworth Parish
1 of Gloucester.
/ In 1853 Mordecia Throckmdrton was
/ living in Essex county; the name
Mordecai, was from Mordecai Cooke
/ the father OF Colonel Robert Throclt-
4. morton's wife, and his son, Robert
II Throckmorton. was also In Spotsyl'
vania In 1893.
i William Throckmorton was also
mentioned as being In York county
1885, and participated in the surren.
der at Yorktown, 1t is believed tina
this William, or his son, 5emlgratet
\ early to Tennessee, and afterwards tt
A Texas. His son, James Webb Throck
morton, who was born In Tennessee
i 1925 went to Texas and became mos
| prominent In the affairs of that State
Though a Union man, after the seces
= sion of Texas. he Joined the Confed
crate army, and was made brigadler
n general In 1864. He became Governo
of the State in 1866, and was sent t
Congress In 1876, where he serve,
until 1885; he died 1894 leaving man,
4 descendants In the West.
The family In Virginia intermarre
with the Tallinferros, Cookies, Webb
and other we'll known families, VIII
having moved from the State, hay
r rendered tho name less familiar to tn
present generation.
j The FIRST name in Virginia wa
n Nathaniel Hall, who patented 20
a acres OF land in 1890. near Martin
u FIundred,n James River. He Is pre-
sumed to have been the father O
Il Robert Hall who came from Rermud
Y and settled In Caroline county, Va
lfJIis dauphter Martha married Judg