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William Throope baptised 19 Mar 1636/37 in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England d. 4 or 12 Dec 1704 in Bristol, RI, buried in East Burial Ground Cemetery, Bristol, RI. M 1. Elizabeth Cooke (b. 1642 in Lound, England, buried 26 Jul 1669 in Lound, England, dau. of Thomas and Elizabeth Cooke) in 1664 in England (specualtive). M 2. Mary Chapman (b. 28/31 Oct 1643 in Marshfield, Plymouth, MA d. 6 Jun 1732 in Bristol, RI, dau. of Ralph Chapman and Lydia Willis) on May 16, 1666 in Barnstable, MA. Both are buried in the East Burial Ground, Bristol, RI.

There is much discussion over the parentage of William. One faction claims he was the son of the Regicide Adrian Scroope while the other (the most likely) gives William Throope, York England, d. aft. 1669, m. 9 Jun 1636 Isabell Redshaw bur. 22 Jun 1658 as his parents. He was reported to have m. 7 Feb 1664/5 Elizabeth Cooke bur. 26 Jul 1669. This marriage took place before he left for America.

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[Across Throup's Bridge], Malcolm Throup, Margaret Throup Lancaster, 1986

Family tradition claims William's father to be Adrian Scroope, who signed as a witness for two deeds of transfer at Hartford, Conn on 31 March and 2 April 1667 and then was never seen or heard from again. This name was involved in considerable controversy because the signature on both deeds was to all intents and purposes identical to that of one Col. Adrian Scrope, who was one of three judges who signed the order for the beheading of Charles I. According to English public reccord, Adrian Scrope was beheaded himself on 17 October 1660 for that very act. To add some credability to this story, a Dr. Stiles is quoted by James Savage who compiled the very creditable "Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England Before May 1662, as claiming that the three judges came to New Haven to escape death themselves. Whoever he was cannot be conclusively proven at this late date, and besides, there are other viable candidates to be William's father.
Contrary to popular belief by many genealogists, William Throop has no relation at all to Adrian Scroope. It was said that Adrian's father Col. Adrian Scroope was executed in England for his part in the trail against King Charles I. Adrian junior then fled England and changed his name to William Throop after arriving in America. Our William Throop is not in any way related to the Scoope family, as I have found record of his father Nicholas Throop in MA, proving that the two lines are not connected. (or at least the our William was not Adrian Scroop) Sources : "The Throop Tree" by Walter Throop & Beryl Burch Throop pub. 1971 (They push the Scroope theory which is incorrect) "The Kingsley Family in America" by William Arthur Kingsley pub. 1980.
BIRTH: sources 1, 2 MARRIAGE: source 8, 9 1. Clarence Torrey, "New England Marriages Prior to 1700", NEHGS CD, 2001: TROOP, William (?1637, ?1638-1704) & Mary CHAPMAN (1643-1705+); 14 May 1666; Barnstable DEATH: source 1, 7 BURIAL: source 7 SOURCES: 1. Dorothy Saunders, "Lines Of Descent From William Throope of Bristol, Rhode Island," RIGR, vol. 14, p. 237: It is thought that William Throope was of Scottish descent. He was born ca 1638 and died in Bristol, per the records of the Congregational Church there, on 4 December 1704. On 14 May 1666 he married in Barnstable, MA, as William Troop, Mary CHAPMAN, born 31 October 1643 and died after 1732, daughter of Ralph and Lydia (Wills) Chapman of Marshfield, MA. Torrey says that William first lived in Barnstable. He was in Bristol, then in MA and now in RI, on 1 September 1681 when he was admitted as a citizen there at the first town meeting. He came with his family and household goods by oxcart from Barnstable, probably after June 1684, and was the first of the new settlers of Bristol to come in "by team". He was a selectman and surveyor, became a member of the Congregational Church in Bristol on 3 May 1687, and was its Deacon when he died 4 December 1704.

The will of Deacon William Throope of Bristol, yeoman, in his 67th year, dated 12 June 1704 and proved 1 January 1704/05, named his wife, Mary; three sons, Dan, John and William, and his youngest son, Thomas Throope; two eldest daughters, Mary Barney wife of John Barney, and Elizabeth Peck wife of Jonathan Peck, and his two youngest daughters, Mercy and Lidiah Throope. The acceptance by the heirs of this will on 4 June 1705 called Lidiah the wife of Eilazer Cary.

CHILDREN, order of some births unknown:
1. Mary, b 6 Apr 1667; d aft 1728; m Bristol 4 Nov 1686 John BARNEY, b 1 Aug 1665, d 1728, son Jacob Jr and Ann (Witt) Barney of Salem and Rehoboth, MA. Mary had seven children, surname Barney, b Bristol: Mary; John; Elizabeth; Anna; Jacob; John II; and William.
2. Daniel/Dan, b 1670; d 3 Dec 1737, 67th yr at Lebanon, CT; m (1) Bristol 23 Aug 1689 Dorcas BARNEY; m (2) Bristol 5 Jan 1697/98 Deborah MACEY; m (3) Little Compton, RI 21 Jan 1712/13 Deborah (CHURCH) GRAY.
3. Elizabeth, b not rec; d 14 June 1729; m Bristol 31 Mar 1695 Jonathan PECK, b 5 Nov 1666 Seekonk, MA and d bef 3 July 1717, son Nicholas and Rebecca (Bosworth) Peck of Seekonk. Jonathan owned large tracts of land in Bristol and settled on Peck's Hill. Elizabeth had eight children, surname Peck, all except Elizabeth bp in the Congregational Church of Bristol: Mary; Jonathan Jr; Nicholas; William who m Elizabeth Throop and rem to New Haven, CT; Isaac; Elizabeth/Mercey, who m John BRADLEY of New Haven, CT; and Thomas.
4. Deacon John, b 1676; d 25 Jan 1772, 96 yr; m (1) Bristol 25 Nov 1697 Rebecca SMITH; m (2) (int) 9 Oct 1732 Mrs. Susannah TAYLOR "of Barnworth".
5. Capt William Jr, b ca 1679/80 Barnstable; d 3 Feb 1737/38, 59 yr Lebanon, CT; m Bristol 20 Mar 1698/99 Martha COBLEIGH/COBLEY.
6. Thomas, b 4 Sep 1681, bp 17 Sep 1683 by Pastor Russell, Barnstable; d Bristol 18 Sep 1756; m (1) by 1703 Abigail ____; m (2) 7 Apr 1742 Ziporah MANN of Wrentham, MA.
7. Mercy, b not rec, but named in father's will of 12 June 1704 as one of his two youngest daughters. Mary Throope was bp June 1684 in Barnstable by Pastor Russell as dau of "Willm and Mary Troop".
8. Lidiah/Lydia, b 15 July 1686 Bristol; m 1700 Bristol Eleazer CARY, b 27 Sep 1678 Bridgewater, MA, and d Bristol 28 July 1754, son John Jr and Abigail (Allen) Cary. Lydia had seven children, surname Cary, b Bristol: Abigail; Lydia; Ann; Elizabeth; Eleazer; Mary; and Martha.

SOURCES: James Arnold, Vit Recs RI, Vol 6 Bristol p 52-53, 62, 68, 98, 106, 156, 166, 168; Vol 8 Bristol p 265. Will of William Throope Sr, RIGR, Vol 2 p 172, and H.L.P. Rounds, Abstrs Bristol Co. MA Probate Recs 1687-1745, p 32-33. John Cary of Bristol, RIGR, Vol 2, p 172; Vol 11 p 222-223. Rounds, Vol I p 32-33, 52, 168. James Savage, Genealogical Dictionary First Settlers New England, Vol 1 p 123-124, 262-263; Vol 4 p 294. C.A. Torrey, New England Marriages Prior to 1700, p 45, 145, 567, 754. M.B. Clarke, Bosworth Genealogy, Pt 2 p 175. W.H. Munro, History of Bristol, p 79, 92, 384. Mayflower Source Recs, p 35, 611. Mayflower Families in Progress, Richard Warren, p 16-17, 71. NS Colonial Dames 17th Century Colonial Ancestors, p 252. I.B. Peck, Desc of Joseph Peck, p 130, 133, 135. Geneals RI Families, 1989, Vol 2 p 373, 375-377, 379. B. F. Wilbour, Little Compton Families, p 294. Vit Recs Barnstable, MA in Mayflower Descendants, Vol 14, p 86. 2. Thirty-One English Emigrants Who Came to New England by 1662 by Dorothy C. and Gerald E. Knoff. Gateway Press, Baltimore, 1989; p. 53, 209:
William Throop was most probably born Adrian Scrope, Jr. about 1637 or 1638. He married 4 May 1666, Mary Chapman, daughter of Ralph and Lydia (Wells) Chapman. After emigrating to the Plymouth Colony, he lived in Barnstable, MA and was a grand juryman in 1680. That same year he moved to Bristol, which was then in Plymouth Colony. He was one of the first who settled there after its purchase by four proprietors in Boston. In Bristol he served as surveyor of highways 1683, selectman 1689, grand juryman 1690, and Rhode Island Assembly Representative from Bristol 1691. He died 4 Dec 1704 and was buried in the East Burial Ground in Bristol, MA. His wife died 6 Jun 1732 and was buried beside him. Widespread belief in the Throop family is corroborated by the Burkes Landed Gentry that Colonel Adrian Scrope, the regicide, who was executed 17 Oct 1660, was his father and "his son Adrian insecure in his person and property with the paternal past following him everywhere, fled to Hartford, Connecticut in 1660, and assumed the name of William Throop, to escape pursuit from his father's enemies."

3. Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers to New England by James A. Savage
William Throop first appears in Bristol where he was a rep. 1691. He had five children by then beside a son-in-law.

4. Mount Hope a New England Chronicle by George Howe, NY, Viking Press 1959
William Throop came from Barnstable on Cape Cod; he was the grandson of Adrian Scrope (in England the name is still pronounced Scroop). Adrian was one of the judges who had sent Charles I to the block. Even though William had changed his name, it was not safe for him to stay too long in one place. He was a cobbler, and the only man among the sixty original proprietors who owned an oxcart. Bristol may have been named such because of William Throop. Col. Adrian Scroope was governor of Bristol Castle in 1649. Nathaniel Blagrave, a decendant of Daniel Blagrave, another of the regicides, also settled Bristol. William's sister, Elizabeth Scroope, had married Jothan Blagrave of Longworth, Buckinghamshire. Col. Adrian Scroope's brother-in-law was Sir Peter Saltonstall, son of Sir Richard Saltonstall, founder of the great New England family of that name. William Throop made out a will five months before his death but never signed it. Perhaps he couldn't make up his mind which name to put to it. William may have chosen "troop" and "Dan" from Genesis. He was a Puritan and knew his Bible.

5. The Throop Tree by Walter Fay Throop and Beryl Estelle Burch Throop, La Mirada, California, Throop Press 1971.
Ancestry of William Throop (Adrian Scrope) back to twelfth century. Trial transcript of Col. Adrian Scrope in 1660. Two instances where he signed his name, Adrian Scrope, in Hartford, CT witnessing deeds. He married in Barnstable, Mary Chapman, 4 May 1666. He served there on the Grand Jury in 1680 and later that year moved to Bristol, which was still within Plymouth Colony jurisdiction. There he was surveyor of the highways 6. Nellie Beaman, "Abstracts of Bristol County, RI Wills Before 1747," Bristol County Records of Deeds [& Wills] 1680-1747, RIGR, vol. 2, no. 3, Jan 1980, p. 172: THROOPE, William, of Bristol, yeoman 67 year of my age. Will dated 12 June 1704, recorded 5 June 1705, pgs 339-342 [2:125]. Mentions: Wife Mary Throope. Sons Dan Throop, John Throop, William Throop, & Thomas Throop. Daughters Mary Barney wife of John Barney, Elizabeth Peck wife of Jonathan Peck, Mercey Throop, & Lydia Cary wife of Eliazer Cary -- last dau appears mar between 12 June 1704 & 5 June 1705. 7. Gravestone, East Burial Ground, Bristol, Rhode Island
Note: "Here Lyeth Bvried The Body of William Throope. He Departed This Life Decembr ye 4th 1704 in ye 67th yeare Of His Age. 8. New England Marriages prior to 1700; by Clarence Torrey; NEHGS CD, 2001:
TROOP, William (?1637, ?1638-1704) & Mary CHAPMAN (1643-1705+); 14 May 1666; Barnstable 9. Vital Records of Barnstable, Massachusetts; TIMELINE: 1638 - born; 1666 - married Mary Chapman in Barnstable, Barnstable, MA; 1704 - died in Bristol, MA; 1747 - Bristol, Bristol, RI formed from Bristol, MA;

Louise Walsh Throop, C.G., discussed this tradition in her article in The American Genealogist, "Proposed Etiology of the Throop-Scroope Tradition. She notes Winchester Fitch's heavy reliance on the tradition of "widely scattered descendants" of William and his citing of the witnessing of the two deeds in Hartford, Connecticut by a certain Adrian Scroope. She further notes that this tradition was apparently either proposed or elaborated on by Capt. William Throop (b. 1700) grandson of the immigrant and recorded by his brother, Rev. Benjamin Throop. She suggests the possibility that Capt. William Throop misread some illegible family record about a "Lord Throope" as "Scroope" and Rev. Benjamin, apparently quite willing to share his vast store of knowledge, spread the story of descent from Lord Scroope to other family members. Louise Walsh Throop concludes that in spite of the Hartford deed signing by Adrian Scroope and the long tradition in various branches of the family of descent from Scottish Lords, "no evidence has been found to connect him (Adrian Scroope) with the Bristol William Throope".
William Throope was a surveyor of highways in 1683; selectman, 1689, grand-juryman, 1690, and representative in 1691. His will is found in Bristol County, MA, [records of Probate, bol2, pages 125-126].
"In the name and fear of God, Amen. I, William Throope, in Ye County of Bristol, yeoman, in the sixty-seventh year of my age and being under some indisposition of body, " etc. There are bequests to three sons, Dan, John and William, two eldest daughters, Mary, wife of John Barney, and Elizabeth, wife of Jonathan Peck, "youngest son Thomas," "two younger daughters Mercy and Lidiah," "loving and well-beloved wife Mary Throope sole executrix." He mentions "the remaining service of two Indian boys which may be unexpired at my decease." The will was marked signed 12 June 1704, but the heirs state in a petition to the Probate Court that the foregoing instrument was drawn about five months before their father's death, and that although it was never signed, they are satisfied that it expresses the will of their father and they join in asking that it be admitted. This was signed by the heirs and widow and John Barney, Jonathan Peck, and Eleazer Carey, 1 January 1704, same records. William was born before 19 March 1637/1638 (ch at Sutton-cum-Lound, county Nottinghamshire, England. He was christened on 19 March 1637/38 at Sutton-cum-Lound, county Nottinghamshire, England.1,2 He was the son of William Throop and Isabell Redshaw. He married Mary Chapman on 14 May 1666 at Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts.3,4 William Throop was Bench & Bar in 1684 at Selectman, Bristol, Massachusets. William died on 4 December 1704 at Bristol, Massachusetts, USA.5 Children of William Throop and Mary Chapman Mercy Throop Mary Throop b. 6 Apr 1667 Dan Throop+ b. 1670, d. 9 Dec 1737 Elizabeth Throop b. 1670 John Throop b. 1676 William Throop b. 1678 Thomas Throop b. 1681 Lidiah Throop b. 15 Jul 1686 Citations [S88] NY Gen. & Biog. Rec., NY Gen & Bio. Soc., v. 36 pg 124. [S82] TAG, Jacobus, Donald, vol 62 pg 54. [S49] Gen. Notes Barn. Fam., Otis, Amos, pg 151. [S170] NE Marriages Prior, Torrey, Clarence A., pg 754. [S473] His will recorded in Probate Records V2 p125-6 Bristol. Mary Chapman F, b. 31 October 1643, d. after 1705/6 Mary Chapman|b. 31 Oct 1643\\\\\\\\nd. a 1705/6|p55.htm#i1964|Ralph Chapman|b. 1615\\\\\\\\nd. 1671|p63.htm#i2233|Lydia Wells||p63.htm#i2234|||||||Isaac Wells||p66.htm#i2306|Margaret NN |d. c 1675|p66.htm#i2307| Charts Florence Lucille Ashley - Ancestor Chart Mary was born on 31 October 1643 at prob. Duxbury.1,2 She was the daughter of Ralph Chapman and Lydia Wells. She married William Throop on 14 May 1666 at Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts.3,4 Mary died after 1705/6.4 Children of Mary Chapman and William Throop Mercy Throop Mary Throop b. 6 Apr 1667 Dan Throop+ b. 1670, d. 9 Dec 1737 Elizabeth Throop b. 1670 John Throop b. 1676 William Throop b. 1678 Thomas Throop b. 1681 Lidiah Throop b. 15 Jul 1686 Citations [S474] Duxbury, Ma by Winsor pg 244;. [S49] Gen. Notes Barn. Fam., Otis, Amos, pg 151. [S49] Gen.Notes Barn. Fam., Otis, Amos, pg 151. [S170] NE Marriages Prior, Torrey, Clarence A., pg 754. --Laurel Logan Laurel Logan August 5, 2008 from http://www3.telus.net/throopgenealogy/t1.html There is much discussion over the parentage of William. One faction claims he was the son of the Regicide Adrian Scroope while the other (the most likely) gives William Throope, York England, d. aft. 1669, m. 9 Jun 1636 Isabell Redshaw bur. 22 Jun 1658 as his parents. He was reported to have m. 7 Feb 1664/5 Elizabeth Cooke bur. 26 Jul 1669. This marriage took place before he left for America. World Family Tree;
Notes: Disk 18-2278 [Across Throup's Bridge], Malcolm Throup, Margaret Throup Lancaster, 1986
William Throope in his own words said 'he had just changed his name from Colonel Adrian Scroope'. He and Mary traveled into the New England interior by ox cart. He became Surveyor of Highways, Grand Juryman and Representative, finally dying in December 1704 aged 67, commencing his will "In the name and fear of God". A somewhat unusual wording. Three of his children were baptised (in the English Throope tradition), John, William and Thomas. This story is related in the New York Genealogical and Bibliographical Record 1905, vol 36, a lengthy article and an interesting account of American 'Throop' history. The writer must not have known of the marriage of William Throope to Elizabeth Cooke, or of other Nottinghamshire Throopes. In all fairness, the article was written in the era before Parish records were centralized and placed on microfilm. Perhaps with the aid of modern research facilities, a different conclusion might have been reached.
The above would not be complete without some elaboration on Col. Adrian Scroope. Col. Adrian, the regicide (signatory of the Death Warrant of Charles I) was executed in 1660, aged 58, as retribution for this deed, on the restoration of the English monarchy, without ever having left England's shores. Without any doubt, Col. Adrian Scroope, the regicide, and William Throope of New England could not possibly have been one and the same. Whatever connection they had in England, if any, will never be known.
Disk 1-267 Known as Deacon Throope
Disk 11-4139 WILLIAM THROOPE(ADRIAN SCROOPE) (1637-1704) -- William Throope, born and named Adrian Scroope, was the youngest son of Colonel Adrian Scroope, member of the English Parliament and one of the members who formed the High Court of Justice that tired and found guilty King Charles I of England and them imposed the death penalty on the King on January 30, 1649. Several years later, after Oliver Cromwell died, Sir Adrian and the other conspirators were put into prison. While there, Sir Adrian met with his sons, including William, and suggested that as he was certain to be executed for his role in the High Court of Justice, it might be that the conspirators sons would also be arrested. Thus, he cautioned that they leave England. As a result, William left England for the American Colonies, possibly traveling there via Leyden, Holland. Once in the American Colonies, William changed his name from Adrian Scroope to William Throope, married in Barnstable, MA, had a family, and settled in Bristol, Rhode Island along with Nathaniel Blagrave, one of the regicides. William's sister Elizabeth had married Jothan Blagrave of Longworth, Buckinghamshire, England. In Bristol, William was a highway surveyor, selectman (in 1689), grandjuryman (in 1680 and 1690), and served as a representative to the Rhode Island Assembly in 1691. It is interesting that William settled in Bristol. In 1649, his father was governor of Bristol Castle in England and other members of his family had settled in the town of Bristol, England. World Family Tree;
Notes: Disk 11-4139 MARY CHAPMAN (1643-1732) -- Mary Chapman, wife of William Throope, was the daughter of Ralph Chapman who arrived in the American colonies in 1635 on board the "Elizabeth," the next ship to come after the "Mayflower." --Laurel Logan There was a regicide named Scroop. view all 18 Deacon William Throope, "The Immigrant"'s Timeline 1636 March 19, 1636 Birth of William Sutton-cum-Lound, Nottinghamshire, England, (Present UK) March 19, 1636 christened on 3/19/1636 Lound, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom March 19, 1636 christened on 3/19/1636 Lound, , Nottinghamshire, England March 19, 1636 christened on 3/19/1636 Lound, , Nottinghamshire, England 1667 April 6, 1667 Age 31 Birth of Mary Throope Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, (present USA) 1670 April 16, 1670 Age 34 Birth of Daniel Throop Barnstable, Cape Cod, Plymouth Colony 1672 March 3, 1672 Age 35 Birth of Elizabeth Pabodie Barnstable, Cape Cod, Plymouth Colony 1674 1674 Age 37 Birth of Martha Throope Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA.

Christen	19 Mar 1636	Sutton Cum Lound, Nottinghamshire, England
Marriage	11 Feb 1664	Sutton Cum Lound, Nottinghamshire, England - Elizabeth Cooke
Marriage	14 May 1666	Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts - Mary Chapman
Death	4 Dec 1704	Bristol, Bristol County, Rhode Island
Burial		East Burial Ground, Bristol, Bristol County, Rhode Island

Spouse	Mary Chapman (1643 - 1732)
Child	Mary Throop ( - )
Child	Daniel Throop (1670 - 1737)
Child	Elizabeth Throop (1672 - 1717)
Child	John Throop (1676 - 1772)
Child	William Throop (1678 - 1738)
Child	Thomas Throop (1681 - 1756)
Child	Mercy Throop (1684 - 1756)
Child	Lydia Throop (1686 - 1761)

Spouse

Elizabeth Cooke (1642 - 1669)

Father	William Throop (1613 - )
Mother	Izabell Redshaw (1617 - )

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