The Bronx (then part of West Chester County) -- 1778
From a map by Thomas Kitchen, Sr,
Map Room, New York Public Library
Note: "Frogs Point" for "Throckmorton's Point," now "Throgs Neck"
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"Throckmorton" is a name from Worcestershire England. It possibly meant "farmstead by a pool with a beam bridge" ....
-- From research by Steve (Visual Photons)
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The Bronx (then part of West Chester County) -- 1778
From a map by Thomas Kitchen, Sr,
Map Room, New York Public Library
Note: "Frogs Point" for "Throckmorton's Point," now "Throgs Neck"
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"Throckmorton" is a name from Worcestershire England. It possibly meant "farmstead by a pool with a beam bridge" ....
-- From research by Steve (Visual Photons)
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Uploaded on July 18, 2018
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