Family name origins & meanings
- English : habitational name from Throckmorton in Worcestershire, possibly named from Old English þroc ‘beam bridge’ + mere ‘pool’ + tūn ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’.
- Bearers of the name Throckmorton in the U.S. trace their descent from a John Throckmorton (1601–1684) of New England or a Robert Throckmorton (1609–1663) of VA.