When Octaevan Throckmorton was born about 1537, in Coughton, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Sir Kenelm Throckmorton, was 26 and his mother, Alice Peyton, was 22.
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English: habitational name from Throckmorton in Worcestershire, which is named with Old English throc ‘beam bridge’ + mere ‘pool’ + tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’.
History: The Throckmorton family was powerful and influential in England in Tudor times, but has since almost died out there. American bearers of the name trace their descent from either John Throckmorton (1601–1684) of New England or Robert Throckmorton (1609–1663) of VA.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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