Amelia Throckmorton (1843-1877) of Little Egg Harbor Township, married in Bass River, Burlington County, is mentioned in Leah Blackman's History of Little Egg Harbor Township ¹. Leah says: "Thomas J. Allen married Anna Jones, and after her death he married Amelia Throckmorton". Amelia's immediate genealogy is given in "The Short and Tall Allens of New Gretna, New Jersey" by Shirley Whealton and Peter H. Stemmer ² and the relevant part is reproduced here:

Amelia Throckmorton's siblings, from data on Ancestry and Familysearch.org are:

1.    CRAIG¹ THROCKMORTON was born on 16 Aug 1809 in Monmouth, New Jersey, USA. He died on 17 Jun 1863 in Burlington County, New Jersey. He married Rhoda Hannah Nugent, daughter of William Nugent and Mary Elizabeth Trout on 05 Mar 1835 in Burlington, New Jersey, USA. She was born in Jan 1816 in Little Egg Harbor, Ocean, New Jersey. She died on 17 Dec 1903 in Tuckerton, Ocean, New Jersey.

Craig Throckmorton and Rhoda Hannah Nugent had the following children:

            i.     MARY² THROCKMORTON was born on 11 Nov 1837 in New Gretna, Burlington,New Jersey. She died in 1900 in Tuckerton, Burlington, New Jersey. She married SAMUEL STILES. He was born in 1831 in New Jersey. He died in 1908.

            ii.     SIDNEY THROCKMORTON was born in 1834 in Tuckerton, Ocean, New Jersey. He died on 08 Jul 1906 in Barnegat, Ocean, New Jersey. He married CASSANDRA HEDDON. She was born in 1845 in New Jersey. She died on 11 Feb 1896 in Ocean Co., New Jersey.

            iii.     LEAH THROCKMORTON was born on 21 Jan 1840 in New Gretna, Burlington, New Jersey. She died on 31 Jan 1894 in Tuckerton, Ocean, New Jersey. She married SAMUEL ARNOLD LIPPINCOTT. He was born on 12 Oct 1835 in Ocean Co., New Jersey. He died on 12 Jun 1898 in Ocean Co., New Jersey.

            iv.     ESTHER THROCKMORTON was born on 28 Aug 1841 in Tuckerton, Ocean, New Jersey. She died in 1910 in Tuckerton, Ocean, New Jersey. She married WILLIAM K SEAMAN. He was born in May 1836 in Little Egg Harbor, Ocean, New Jersey, USA. He died in 1920 in Little Egg Harbor, Ocean, New Jersey.

    2.     v.     AMELIA THROCKMORTON was born on 24 Aug 1843 in Bass River, Burlington, New Jersey. She died on 10 May 1877 in Tuckerton, Burlington, New Jersey. She married Thomas Jefferson Allen on 08 Jul 1862 in Little Egg Harbor, Burlington, New Jersey. He was born on 21 May 1834 in New Gretna, NJ. He died on 10 Nov 1915 in Little Egg Harbor, Ocean, New Jersey.

            vi.     ELECTA THROCKMORTON was born on 23 Jul 1845 in Tuckerton, Ocean, New Jersey. She died on 28 Mar 1919 in Bass River, Burlington, New Jersey. She married URIAH BURRIS CRAMER.

            vii.     JANE THROCKMORTON was born on 11 Jun 1846 in New Gretna, Burlington, New Jersey. She died on 17 Oct 1914 in Little Egg Harbor, Ocean, New Jersey. She married THOMAS JEFFERSON ALLEN. He was born on 21 May 1834 in New Gretna, NJ. He died on 10 Nov 1915 in Little Egg Harbor, Ocean, New Jersey.

Note: If you are a direct blood descendant of any of the names in bold above (in particular, Amelia's blood siblings or her father Craig Throckmorton), you descend from the Throckmorton ³ line that will be further fleshed out in this RHB series via documentation that appears to be reasonably credible. This includes a smattering of royalty, noble men and women, and the most recent find is Rollo (who died between 928 and 933), a Viking. Genealogy for royals and nobles has been well documented and kept over the centuries. Throckmortons have resided at Coughton Court since 1409, and a number of Throckmortons were awarded the hereditary title of baronet by Kings.

I have known of many titles of nobility in this Throckmorton ancestry for years, ever since I discovered the connection to Coughton Court, but only recently have discovered collections of published royal lineages that connect Throckmortons directly to royal ancestors that appear to be credible. This is a work in progress, and this RHB series will present what has been found so far. By the end of the series, there will be an on-line navigable tree summarizing it, from Amelia Throckmorton's generation back, including the sources of the information.

The History of Monmouth and Ocean Counties New Jersey by Edwin Salter ⁴ gives the following, brief and interesting, description of the Throckmorton family:

"THROCKMORTON- John Throckmorton was one of the original purchasers of land in Monmouth, named in the settlement 1667, and was awarded a share. John Throckmorton 1st, came to Monmouth after 1673, and died previous to 1687, and was buried at Middletown. Thomas C. Throckmorton, born in Middlesex county, came to Monmouth and settled in Freehold, 1803; he was an officer of the war of 1812, justice of the peace for forty-two years and a judge twenty-seven years. In 1808, he was m. to Elizabeth, dau. of Major James Craig of Freehold, who had been an officer in the Continental army under General Washington. Mrs. Throckmorton died in 1863 and her husband in 1868. John B. Throckmorton, M.D., son of James and Frances B. Throckmorton, was born at South River, Middlesex county, April 3d, 1796; he studied medicine and was licensed in Monmouth April 29th, 1822; he d. at Freehold, Sept. 19th, 1856. John Throckmorton, founder of the Throckmorton family of New Jersey, came with his w. to this country in the ship Lion, Capt. William Pierce, and landed on Nantasket Beach, near Boston, Feb., 1631 (legal year 1630). In the same ship, which was laden with provisions, came Roger Williams. Their arrival was at an opportune time; sickness and want of necessaries of life were almost universal among the colonists; even the Governor's stores were almost exhausted and people of small or moderate means were on scanty allowance and a day of fasting and prayer was turned into one of thanksgiving and a proclamation was issued. In an Indian massacre, at Throg's Neck, Oct., 1643, the opportune passage of a boat enabled a number of the settlers to escape, but as many as remained were slaughtered, their cattle killed and their houses and barns destroyed. In this massacre, it is stated that several members of the Throckmorton family were killed. The Throckmorton family derive their name from Throckmertonn, or the Rockmoortown, which is situated in the vale of Evesham, in Warwickshire, England. John Throckmorton was lord of the manor of Throckmorton about sixty years after the Norman conquest. Eighth in descent from John Throckmorton, lord of Throckmerton in 1130, was John Throckmorton, lord of Throgsmorton Neck, who left issue John Throckmorton. The patentee (of Throckmorton's Neck) is now represented by the Throckmortons of Middletown, N.J. The history and pedigree of the Throckmortons of Warwickshire, England, is given in Dugdale's Antiquities of Warwickshire, vol. 2, pages 749-756. The Throckmorton family, like many others of New Jersey, had representatives on both sides of the contest in the war of the Revolution. On the American side were John, Samuel and others. Other members of the family adhered to the Crown. One John Throckmorton of Monmouth was a lieutenant in the New Jersey Royal Volunteers, and was taken prisoner on Staten Island in 1777 and sent to Trenton; and there was a John who was a lieutenant in the King's Rangers, who in Nov., 1782, retired to the Island of St. John. The crest of the Throckmortons was an elephant's head, and many descendants use a representation of the elephant's head for seals to hang on watch guards, etc."