death_date death_place religion birth_place children parents birth_date spouse article_title education name occupation
1684 middletown , new jersey quaker ? norwich , norfolk , england freegift , daughter -lrb- who married mr. taylor -rrb- , john , deliverance , job , joseph bassingburn throckmorton baptized 9 may 1601 rebecca farrand john throckmorton -lrb- settler -rrb-
 sufficient apprentice to write letters and be a scrivener 's john throckmorton merchant
john throckmorton -lrb- settler -rrb-

john throckmorton -lrb- 1601 -- 1684 -rrb- was an early settler of providence in the colony of rhode island and providence plantations , and one of the 12 original proprietors of that settlement .
originating in norfolk , england , he first settled in salem in the massachusetts bay colony , but religious tensions brought about his removal to providence .
in 1643 he made a land purchase in new netherland and settled there with several dozen others , but an attack by the natives during kieft 's war caused many , including throckmorton , to return to rhode island .
he became active in providence civil affairs , serving as moderator , deputy , and treasurer .
he died in 1684 in middletown , new jersey , where he went to visit his children , and was buried there .
throggs neck in bronx , new york city is named for him .
