The Throop Family Crest

The last of the recognized baronies of Scrope, in the Peerage of England, became extinct in 1630. It was the Barony of Bolton; and it was claimed later unsuccessfully, the political strifes of the time preventing full justice to be rendered to the heir of the last Lord Scrope of Bolton. Among his descendants was Colonel Adrian Scroop, the regicide, who was executed at Charing Cross in 1660. His son, Adrian, insecure in his person and property, with the paternal past following him everywhere, fled to Hartford, Ct., in 1660, and assumed the name of William Throop, to escape pursuit from his father's enemies. He changed, at the same time, the Scrope arms [azure, a bend, or] for the arms we reproduce here. Later, the emigrant settled at Bristol, R. I. The line of descent is clear to the well-known New York Governor, Enos T. Throop, and to other descendants, now living, of William Throop.

Family

Throop

Motto

Debita facere.They did their duty.

Blazon

A Naked Arm, Grasping A Coiled Serpent: All Proper.

Source

America Hereldica