William Throope (1680-1737) - Find a Grave Memorial

William Throope

Birth

1680

Bristol, Bristol County, Rhode Island, USA

Death

3 Feb 1737 (aged 56–57)

Lebanon, New London County, Connecticut, USA

Burial

Old Cemetery

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aged 58 years

Born in 1678, in Bristol, Plymouth Colony. He married Martha Cobleigh on 20 March 1698/99, in Bristol, Bristol County, Rhode Island. Find A Grave contributor Grace (Cronin) Schmitt

The wife of William Throope is Martha (COBLEIGH) Throope, daughter of John and Mary (Bosworth) Cobleigh. Find A Grave contributor Virginia Ritsema

Inscription

These ?? the Memory of
William Throope Esq
(That P___ of T___
& Example of Virtue who
after many Years of ___
Pain?? & Sweet Experience)
Departed this Life on
February ye 3d A.D. 1737*
In ye 58th** Year of his age.

* By Julian calendar, where new year fell on Mar. 31st, rather than Jan. 1st (1738 by modern Gregorian calendar)
**Before 1750, "in the nth year of his age" did not have the same meaning as "aged n," due to the year between birth and age one counting as the first year. After a man passed his 57th birthday, he was "in the 58th year of his age."