Bassingbourn Throckmorton, Esq

• Son of Sir Lionel Throckmorton, Kt. and Elizabeth Throckmorton (Blennerhasset)
• Baptized: May 31, 1565 -- Bassingbourne Throckmorton was baptized at Flixton, near Bungay, Suffolk, England.
• BASSINGBOURN THROCKMORTON IS LISTED IN THE VISITATIONS OF NORFOLK, 1568, 1589, AND 1613.
• 1589, May 3- Grocer apprenticed, admitted as a freeman at Norwich Castle, England.
• September 21, 1638 -- Sir Bassingbourne Throckmorton died at Norwich, Norfolk, England. His will was dated September 10 1638 and proved November 5 1638. A suit was brought by Lionel, Thomas, Miles and Robert Throckmorton and identifies John Throckmorton, his son who came to America in 1631 on the ship "Lyon". The full discussion can be found here. [7] The will specified he was to be buried Holy Trinity Churchyard, Bungay, Waveney District, Suffolk England.
• Bassingbourn Throckmorton, Esq, Find A Grave Memorial

Will of BASSINGBOURNE THROKMERTON, esq., citizen and Alderman of Norwich, dated 10 Sept. 1638, with codicil dated 15 Sept. 1638:

Dispute over Bassingbourne's Estate, page 2

Plantagenet Ancestry of Seventeenth-Century Colonists

THROCKMORTON GENEOLOGY

• EDWARD I OF ENGLAND, King of England, married ALIANORE DE CASTILLE.
• JOAN OF ENGLAND (of Acre], married GILBERT DE CLARE, Earl of Gloucester.
• ALIANOR DE CLARE, married HUGH LE DESPENSER, Lord Despenser.
• ISABEL LE DESPENSER, married RICHARD FITZ ALAN, Earl of Arundel.
• EDMUND FITZ ALAN, Knt., married SIBYL DE MONTAGU.
• PHILIPPE FITZ ALAN, married RICHARD CERGEAUX, Knt.
• PHILIPPE CERGEAUX, married ROBERT PASHLEY, Knt.
• ANNE PASHLEY, married EDWARD TYRRELL, Esq..
• PHILLIPE TYRRELL, married THOMAS CORNWALLIS.
• WILLIAM CORNWALLIS, Esq, married ELIZABETH STANFORD.
• JOHN CORNWALLIS, Knt, married MARY SULLIARD [see DADE 4].

ELIZABETH CORNWALLIS, was born about 1522, and was named, with her husband, in her father's will. She was married to JOHN BLENNERHASSET, Esq., of Barsham, Suffolk, and Boyland Hall and Frenze, Norfolk, M.P. for Norwich, fourth son of Thomas Blennerhasset, Knt., of Frenze and Boyland Hall, Norfolk, by his second wife, Margaret, daughter of John Braham, Esq., of Wetheringsett, Suffolk. They had one daughter. He was married for the second time to Mary Echingham, second daughter and co-heiress of Edward Echingham, Kat., of Barsham, and had nine children. She was buried 20 Mar. 1571. JOHN BLENNERHASSET, ESQ., was buried at Barsham on 29 June 1573.

ELIZABETH BLENNERHASSET, was born about 1540. She was married at Barsham on 29 June 1561 to LIONEL THROCKMORTON, Gent., of South Elmham and Bungay, Suffolk, son of Simon Throckmorton, of Barsham, Suffolk, by Anne, daughter of Edmund Louthe, of Sawtry, co. Huntingdon. He was born in 1525, and had been married previously, without issue, to Elizabeth Kemp, daughter of Bartholomew Kemp, of Gissing, Norfolk. Lionel & Elizabeth had three sons and two daughters. He was founder of Bungay Grammar School.
LIONEL THROCKMORTON, GENT., died testate on 24 Nov. 1599 and was buried at Holy Trinity church, Bungay. The will of his widow was dated 30 June and proved 7 Nov. 1608.

BASSINGBOURNE THROCKMORTON, Esq., Grocer, Citizen, and Alderman of Norwich, was born in 1564. He was married for the first time in 1591 to MARY HILL, daughter of William Hill, Gent., of Bury St. Edmunds, by Joan, daughter of John Annabel, of Bury St. Edmunds. She died in 1615. He was married for the second time to HESTER PYE, daughter of Henry Pye, of Norwich, by his wife Susanna Sotheron, and had issue. BASSINGBOURNE THROCKMORTON, ESQ., died testate (P.C.C., 152 Lee) on 21 Sep. 1638. In litigation involving his estate in 1640 it could not be determined if his son John was dead or alive.

Children & grandchildren of Bassingbourne Throckmorton, by Mary Hill

• 1. LIONEL THROCKMORTON, son and heir, baptised 1595, living 1677. ii.
• 2. THOMAS THROCKMORTON.
• 3. JOHN THROCKMORTON, baptised Norwich 9 May 1601, apprenticed to a scrivener, his uncle Robert Debenay, at Norwich 20 Mar. 1620/1, emigrated on ship Lyon, embarked Bristol I Dec. 1630, arrived Nantasket 5 Feb. 1631, merchant and ship-owner, Salem, Massachusetts, 1634-1639, one of the original companions of Roger Williams in the settlement of Providence, Rhode Island, 1637-1642, 1647-1687, New Netherlands 1642-1643, Warwick, Rhode Island, 1651, died Middletown, New Jersey 1687; married REBECCA

Children of JOHN THROCKMORTON & REBECCA FARRAND

• a. FREEGIFT THROCKMORTON, born about 1635, died Jamaica, May 1669 s.p.
  
• b. PATIENCE THROCKMORTON, born about 1640, died 7 Sep. 1676; married December 1655 DEP. GOV. JOHN COGGESHALL, of Newport, Rhode Island. They had Nine children.
  
• c. JOHN THROCKMORTON, born about 1642, resided Middletown, New Jersey, died 17 July 1690; married 12 Dec. 1670 ALICE STOUT. They had Six children.
  
• d. DELIVERANCE THROCKMORTON, born about 1645, married 25 May 1669 REV. JAMES ASHTON, of Monmouth County, New Jersey. Seven children.
  
• e. JOB THROCKMORTON, born 30 Sep. 1650, resided Middletown, New Jersey, died 20 Aug. 1709; married 2 Feb. 1684/5 SARAH LEONARD), born 27 May 1660, died 5 Feb.1743/4. Eight children.
  
• f. JOSEPH THROCKMORTON, born about 1652, mariner, owner of two vessels, resided Middletown, New Jersey, died shortly before 13 Oct. 1690 s.p.
  

• 4. MILES THROCKMORTON, baptised 18 June 1605.
• 5. ROBERT THROCKMORTON, baptised 1610, hosier, Freeman 1632.
• 6. GEORGE THROCKMORTON, died s.p. vii. SIMON THROCKMORTON.
• 7. MARY THROCKMORTON, married WILLIAM RAWLEY, of Clay, Norfolk.

Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study In Colonial And Medieval Families, 2nd Edition

• 20. BASSINGBOURNE THROCKMORTON, Esq., Grocer, Citizen, and Alderman of Norwich, Norfolk, 2nd son by his father's 2nd marriage, born in 1564. He married (1s) in 1591 MARY HILL, daughter of William Hill, Gent., of Bury S. Edmunds, by Joan, daughter of John Annabel, of Bury St. Edmunds. They had eight sons, Lionel, Thomas, John, Miles, Robert, George, Simon, and Lionel (again), and five daughters, Elizabeth, Mary, Ursula, Mary (again) (wife of William Rawley) and Elizabeth (again) (wife of John Layer). His wife, Mary, died in 1615. He married (2nd) HESTER PYE, daughter of Henry Pye, of Norwich, Norfolk, by his wife Susanna Sotherton. They had no issue. BASSINGBOURNE THROCKMORTON, Esq., died 21 Sept. 1638. He left a will dated Sept. 1638, proved 5 Nov. 1638 (P.C.C. 152 Lee). Harvey et al. V is of Norfolk 1563 & 1613 (H.SP. 32) (1891): 282-283 (1613 Vis.) (Throckmorton ped.: " Bassingborne Throgmorton of the city of Norwich. = Mary da of Willm Hyll of Bury S Edmunds"). Throckmorton Gen. & H ist. A count of the Throck morton Fam. (1930): 205-209. N EH GR 86 (1932): 265 (Throckmorton arms: Gules on achevron silver two gemelles sable); 98 (1944): 67-72, 111-123, 271-279; 117 (1963): 234. TA G 12 (1935-36): 79-85.
• 21. JOHN THROCKMORTON, merchant and ship-owner, 3rd son by his father's 1s marriage, baptized at St. Paul's, Norwich, Norfolk 9 May 1601. He was apprenticed to a scrivener at Norwich, Norfolk 20 March 1620/ 1. He married REBECCA FARRAND, daughter of Richard Farrand, of Hatfield Broad Oak, Essex, by Rebeca Harrison. They had four sons, Freegift, John, Job, and Joseph, and two daughters, Patience (wife of John Coggeshall) and Deliverance (wife of James Ashton). He and his family immigrated to New England c. 1634, where they settled initially at Salem, Massachusetts. He was one of the original companions of Roger Williams in the settlement of Providence, Rhode Island in 1636. In 1642 he removed to New York; however, following the Indian uprising in the fall of 1643, he returned to Providence, Rhode Island, where he was Town Moderator, 1652, and Town Treasurer, 1677. He also served as Deputy in 1664-68, 1670-3, and 1675. His wife, Rebecca, was a legatee in the 1661 will of her sister, Elizabeth Farrand, spinster, of Halstead, Essex. JOHN THROCKMORTON died visiting his sons at Middletown, New Jersey shortly before 25 Apr. 1684. Harvey et al. Vis of Norfolk 1563 & 1613 (H.SP. 32) (1891): 282-283 (1613 Vis.) (Throckmorton ped.: " John [Throckmorton]."). Sillwell Hist. & Gen. Miscellany, Early Settlers of New Jersey & their D esc (1916): 75-87. TAG 12 (1935-36): 79 85; 77 (2002): 110-124, 229-234, 290-297. NE H GR 98 (1944): 67-72, 111-123, 271-279; 117 (1963):

Sources

• Collins-Brydges (1812) 2:544. Copinger 3:242 (1909). Throckmorton (1930), pp. 202-203. NEHGR 98:278 (July 1944). H.S.P. (n.s.) 3:360 (1984) (1561 Vis. Suffolk) (Blennerhasset arms: Gules, a chevron ermine between three dolphins embowed argent, on the chevron an annulet for a difference).
• H.S.P. 32:283 (1891) (identification of children, including four dying in infancy: Lionel, Elizabeth, Mary, and Ursula). Throckmorton (1930), pp. 205-209. NEHGR 86:265 (July 1932) (Throckmorton arms: Gules on a chevron silver two gemelles sable). TAG 12:79-85 (Oct. 1935) (Edward Covill, of Bradwell, Essex, in his will proved 1 Aug. 1679 bequeathed "Six pounds to my kinsman John Throckmorton of Middle Towne in New England"). NEHGR 98:67-72 (Jan. 1944). NEHGR 98:111-123 (Apr. 1944). NEHGR 117:234 (July 1963).
• Throckmorton (1930), pp. 200-205. NEHGR 98:277-278 (July 1944). H.S.P. 32:283 (1891) (Vis.Norfolk). NEHGR 98:67-72,111-123. NEHGR 110:122-7. H.S.P. (n.s.) 3:360 (1984).
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