James Trowbridge Grave
Trowbridge James born 1717, cemetery sign, Newton, MassachusettsBirth: 1636, Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Death: May 22, 1717, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
PARENTS: Thomas Trowbridge and Elizabeth Marshall, married March 26, 1627 in St. Petrock, Exeter, England.
1st WIFE: Margaret Atherton, married December 30, 1659 in Dorchester, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of Major General Humphrey Atherton and Mary Wales.
Their children were:
Mary TrowbridgeElizabeth Trowbridge
Mindwell Trowbridge
John Trowbridge
Margaret Trowbridge
Thankful Trowbridge
Hannah Trowbridge
Margaret Atherton Trowbridge died on August 17, 1672 in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
2nd WIFE: Margaret Jackson, married January 30, 1673 in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of John Jackson and Margaret Taft, first settlers of Newton.
Their children were:
James Trowbridge
Experience TrowbridgeThomas Trowbridge
Caleb Trowbridge
Deliverance Trowbridge
From the History of Newton, Page 101-102
DEACON JAMES TROWBRIDGE was born in Dorchester, and baptized there in 1638. His father was Thomas Trowbridge, one of he early settlers of Dorchester, a merchant, and was engaged in the Barbadoes trade; he came from Taunton, England, where his father founded a large charity for poor widows, which is still administering for their benefit. Thomas went home to Taunton in 1644, leaving his three sons in charge of Sergeant Jeffries, of Dorchester, who removed with those sons to New Haven about 1638. Thomas the father, died in Taunton, England, about 1670. James returned from New Haven to Dorchester about 1656 where he married Margaret, the daughter of Major Humphrey Atherton, December 30, 1659, and had three children in Dorchester, and removed to Cambridge Village; his wife Margaret was dismissed from Dorchester to form the church in Cambridge Village, in 1664. After the death of John Jackson he became deacon of he church. He was one for the first Board of Selectmen formed in the Village in August, 1679, and continued that office for nine years.
HEADSTONE INSCRIPTION: Here lyes ye body of Deacon James Trowbridge dec'd May 22, 1717 in ye 81st year of his age.
Winged EffigyParents: Thomas Trowbridge (1598-1673)
Children:
Mindwell Trowbridge Fuller (162-1758)
Mindwell Trowbridge Fuller (162-1758)
Experience Trowbridge Wilson (1675-1705)
James Trowbridge (1682-1714)
Caleb Trowbridge (1692-1760)
Burial: East Parish Burying Ground, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
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1st settlers monument, east parish burying grounds, Newton, Massachusetts
Deacon James TrowbridgeDeacon James Trowbridge was born in Dorchester, Massachusetts in 1636 and died May 22, 1717. On attaining his majority, he returned to Dorchester and married first December 3, 1659, Margaret Atherton, who died June 17, 1672, the daughter of Major General Humphrey Atherton, who came from England and settled in Dorchester about 1636. (General H. Atherton succeeded General Robert Sedgwick as commander of the military forces, was employed in negotiations with the Indians and was killed by falling from his horse while reviewing the militia on Boston common, September 17, 1661.)
James Trowbridge married second January 30, 1674, Margaret Jackson who was born June 20, 1649 and died September 16, 1797. He then moved to Cambridge Village after called Nonantum, and now Newton in 1664 and purchased 85 acres of land with dwelling and outbuildings, which he had occupied for some years, of Deputy Governor Danforth. After the death of Deacon John Jackson, he was chosen deacon of the Church 1675. By his will dated 1709, he bequeathed all the lands he had of him through his father in law, Atherton to the children of his first wife, equally. Source: The Greenwood Genealogies 1154-1914 by Frederick Greenwood, pg. 60.
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James and Thomas Trowbridge Info."As a young man, Thomas Trowbridge settled in Exeter where he was engaged in business as a wool mercer. He became a member of the powerful Merchants and Adventurer's Guild. His wife Elizabeth Marshall's father, John Marshall, was sheriff, alderman and mayor of Exeter (1615) and her grandfather, Richard Bevys (Beavis), in addition to his political offices, was a successful merchant. It was probably through these connections that Thomas was able to gain entrance to this Guild.
Possibly in hopes of furthering his fortune, Thomas decided to take his family to America to set up his business there. He apparently did not intend to make the American Colonies his home because he left his oldest son, John, with his father in Taunton. He landed his family at Dorchester, Massachusetts in about 1636. He and his wife are noted in Dorchester church records as 'Mr. and Mrs.' Trowbridge, a distinction confined at that time to persons of established gentility. His wife was a member of the Dorchester church in 1637-38 and their youngest son, James, was baptized there. Thomas and Elizabeth must have found it a considerable hardship to live in the newly settled town of Dorchester, accustomed as they were to the comforts of a city like Exeter. Additionally, there was considerable friction among differing factions within the church.
Thomas and his family left Dorchester in about 1638 and moved to the New Haven Plantation. His name does not appear among those subscribed to the articles of agreement at the organization of the church or body politic there in June, 1639. He may have been absent from New Haven at the time or this Fundamental Agreement, as it was afterwards called, required that "church members only shall be free burgesses". He may not have been eligible to sign it for there is no evidence that he ever severed his connections with the Church of England and became a member of the Puritan Church.
In the list of Proprietors of the Plantation in 1641, he was credited with five heads in his family. They were: himself, his wife, and three sons, Thomas, William and James. His estate was given as £500, a large sum for that place and time and it was among the larger of the 123 estates mentioned in the listing.
He appeared to have spent very little time in New Haven, making several voyages to Barbados and England in pursuit of his business. His wife (Elizabeth Marshall Trowbridge) died in about 1641, possibly in the spring or summer. He returned to England about this time, possibly to settle her estate and intending to send his sons at a later date. No record has been found proving the exact date he left, but it was before the fall of 1641. When he returned to Taunton he got caught up in the English Civil War which started about that time. He served as a Captain in the Parlimentary Troops, serving under Colonel Blake in the defence of Taunton. He never returned to America.
Some sources say that he married his first cousin, Frances Trowbridge Godsall, widow Shattuck in England.During his final absence, Thomas left his sons under the care of his steward, Henry Gibbons, who appeard to be an unfaithful servant who seized Thomas' property and deserted the three boys. Town records show that the boys were declared wards of the Colony in November, 1641, and the court placed them under the care of a nearby neighbor, Sergeant Thomas Jeffreys and his wife, who took them into their home to rear and educate until 'such time as their father shall come over or send to take order concerning them.' Thomas regularly corresponded from England to the authorities in New Haven to bring Gibbons to an account for his breach of trust, but Gibbons kept the property for many years. When the Trowbridge boys came of age, Thomas gave them power of attorney to regain his property from Gibbons. The sons sued Gibbons and were successful in reclaiming their father's estate in 1680 which he had previously given them on a share and share alike basis. Gibbons himself died without issue."
Thomas Trowbridge brought his family to Dorchester, Massachusetts in 1634. In 1639 the family was at New Haven, Connecticut. Thomas returned to England where he died, leaving his three known sons in Connecticut.
Source: This story comes from the research notes of Paul L. Nichols
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James Trowbridge from findagrave.orgBirth: 1636, Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Death: May 22, 1717, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
PARENTS: Thomas Trowbridge and Elizabeth Marshall, married March 26, 1627 in St. Petrock, Exeter, England.
1st WIFE: Margaret Atherton, married December 30, 1659 in Dorchester, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of Major General Humphrey Atherton and Mary Wales.
Their children were:
James Trowbridge
Mary Trowbridge
Elizabeth Trowbridge
Mindwell Trowbridge
John Trowbridge
Margaret Trowbridge
Thankful Trowbridge
Hannah Trowbridge
Margaret Atherton Trowbridge died on August 17, 1672 in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
2nd WIFE: Margaret Jackson, married January 30, 1673 in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of John Jackson and Margaret Taft, first settlers of Newton.
Their children were:
Experience Trowbridge
Thomas Trowbridge
Caleb Trowbridge
Deliverance Trowbridge
From the History of Newton, Page 101-102
DEACON JAMES TROWBRIDGE was born in Dorchester, and baptized there in 1638. His father was Thomas Trowbridge, one of the early settlers of Dorchester, a merchant, and was engaged in the Barbadoes trade; he came from Taunton, England, where his father founded a large charity for poor widows, which is still administering for their benefit. Thomas went home to Taunton in 644, leaving his three sons in charge of Sergeant Jeffries, of Dorchester, who removed with those sons to New Haven about 1638. Thomas the father, died in Taunton, England, about 1670. James returned from New Haven to Dorchester about 1656 where he married Margaret, the daughter of Major Humphrey Atherton, December 30, 1659, and had three children in Dorchester, and removed to Cambridge Village; his wife Margaret was dismissed from Dorchester to form the church in Cambridge Village, in 1664. After the death of John Jackson he became deacon of he church. He was one for the first Board of Selectmen formed in the Village in August, 1679, and continued that office for nine years.In 1675 he purchased of Deputy Governor Danforth, eighty-five acres of land with a dwelling-house, standing where Mr. Nathan Trowbridge's house stood in later times, which he had occupied for some yeard; bounded by the highways west and south, a narrow lane north, his own land east, the dividing line being straight through the swamp. He was a Lieutenant Clerk of the Writs in 1691 an 1693, and Representative in the General Cours in 1700 and 1703. He had five sons and nine daughters, and upwards of eighty grandchildren. His first wife died June 17, 1672; second wife was Margaret, the daughter of Deacon John Jackson; she died September 16, 1727, aged 48. He died May 22, 1717, Aged 81, Leaving a will dated 1709.
HEADSTONE INSCRIPTION: Here lyes ye body of Deacon James Trowbridge dec'd May 22, 1717 in ye 81st year of his age.
ARTWORK: Winged Effigy
Burial: East Parish Burying Ground, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
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From the History of Newton, Page 101-102 (Massachusetts)
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Elizabeth Marshall and Thomas Trowbridge3649. Elizabeth Marshall was christened 24 March 1602/1603 in St Mary Arches, Exeter, Devon, England. She died 1641 in New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut [Parents]
Elizabeth, first wife of Thomas Trowbridge, and mother of his children, was baptized at St. Mary Arches Church, Exeter, 24 March 1562 of a family at the centre of commercial and civic power in the cathedral city. This was amply set forth in 1905 in an article by Emory McClintock, "Thomas Trowbridge and Elizabeth Marshall", NEHGR 59:291-97 (1905). Elizabeth's father, the Alderman John Marshall, Mayor in 1615, was deceased by the daughter's marriage. Her mother Alice was the second daughter of the name, baptized at St. Kerrians Church, Exeter, 7 June 1572, and Marshall's bride 30 August 1695 at St. Mary Arches. Alice, buried there 13 January 1630/1, left to her favorite daughter Mrs. Elizabeth Trowbridge, 50 and a 10 piece of plate (PCC 23 St. John). Alice's father was Richard Beavis, who died in office as Mayor of Exeter 26 August 1603. He had married (1) Elizabeth Price, from the Welsh "Ape Rhys", mother of Alice Marshall, and (2) Jane, daughter of Henry Huish of Sands.
Thomas and Elizabeth had the following children:
F i Elizabeth Trowbridge was christened 6 March 1627/1628 in St Petrock, Exeter, Devon, England. She was buried 10 May 1630 in St Petrock, Exeter, Devon, England.
M ii John Trowbridge was christened 5 November 1629 in St Petrock, Exeter, Devon, England. He was buried 16 February 1653/1654 in St Mary Magdalien, Taunton, Somerset, England.
English Origins of American Colonists, p.66
Will of JOHN TROWBRIDGE of Exeter, county Devon. There is oweinge unto me from my uncle Mr. James Marshall of Exon, merchant, 49, and from my father Mr. Thomas Trowbridge 10 which I lent him, and I have sent for Muclinx (sic) eight peeces of Sarges, cost twentie pounds And twentie fowre pounds Mr. Jno: Manninge of New England, merchant, owes me, and twentie one pounds Mr. William Davis of Muskeeta in Newfoundland owes, which I have ordered George Pardon, master of the Willinge Minde, to receive of him this yeare there and carry it with him for St. Lukas and bring home returnes with him, All which summes amounts unto 129, of which if it please God to take me hence 20 shal be disbursed for my buriall, and of the other 109 I give unto my honored father fortie pounds, to my brothers Thomas, William and James Trowbridge betweene them 50, to my aunt Mace 5, and to my cozen James Marshall 14. Dated at Taunton, 20 October, 1653. Witnesses to the identity of the handwriting: James Marshall, senior, Christo: Clarke, junior, Chr: Dore. 26 June, 1654, commission to Thomas Trowbridge, father and principal legetary named in the will of John Trowbridge, late of the city of Exeter, deceased, to administer. (P.C.C. Alchin, 492.) M iii Thomas Trowbridge Jr. was christened 11 December 1631 in St Petrock, Exeter, Devon, England. He died 22 August 1702 in New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut 1824
M iv William Trowbridge was christened 3 September 1633 and died November 1688.
M v James Trowbridge 1, 2, 3 was born 1636/1637 in Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts and was christened 1637/1638 in Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. He died 22 May 1717 in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts and was buried in Old East Parish Burying Ground, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. James signed a will 1709 in Middlesex County, Massachusetts. He signed a will 1715 in Middlesex County, Massachusetts. He had a will probated June 1717 in Middlesex County, Massachusetts. James Trowbridge was likely born at Dorchester after his parents immigrated and was baptized there in 1637 or 1638. After his family's move to New Haven, CT, his mother died and, at about age 8, in 1644, his father returned to England, leaving James and his two brothers in the care of a Sgt. Thomas Jeffries, possibly a relative from the Taunton, England area.As the result of a lawsuit against their father's steward in New Haven, James acquired his father's property in Dorchester, Massachusetts and moved there, where he married his first wife in 1659. He removed to Cambridge Village, now Newton, in 1664. After the death of Deacon John Jackson, his second wife's father, he was chosen Deacon of the church at Newton.In 1675 he purchased 85 acres of land and a dwelling house and out buildings from Deputy Governor Danforth; he had occupied this land for some years. He was chosen one of the first Selectmen at the organization of the town 27 August 1679 and held that office for 9 years. He was clerk of the Writs in 1691 and 1693, and Commissioner, Lieutenant and Representative to the General Court in 1700 and 1703.
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Biographical sketchFrom New England Families, page 1211-12, Google Books, Thomas came to Dorchester, Massachusetts with his wife and two sons (Thomas and William), perhaps in 1636, and appeared to have been affluent as they are recorded as "Mr. and Mrs." His wife is mentioned in church records in 1638, and James was baptized in the Dorchester church in 1637 or 38. In 1639 he moved to New Haven, Connecticut, where in 1641 he shows up in records with "five heads of families." His business was shipping, and his fortune seems to have been large for the day. He returned to England in 1641 and left his estate under the direction of Henry Gibbons--who promptly took as much as he could until finally Thomas Junior was able to recover everything. Thomas Sr. died in England and his wife died in Connecticut.
When Thomas Sr. left, the boys, (Thomas Jr., William, and James) were, in April of 1644, in such sorry state regarding access to their estate that the town placed them under the care of Sargent Thomas Jeffrey and his wife "to be well educated and nurtured in the fear of God." Thomas Jr. became an active citizen and businessman and probably served in King Phillip's War.
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LieutenantJames Trowbridge served as a Lieutenant in King Phillip's War, 1675–1676.
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TROWBRIDGEThe name of TROWBRIDGE is of high antiquity in England as persons bearing that name are found to have lived during the reign of William the Conqueror. The first of the name are found in Trowbridge, a market town and parish in Wiltshire, England, which town received its name from that of one of the family, being their residence for many centuries, and the property of one of the name in the reign of Edward I. The name Trowbridge first appears in the Domesday book. Trowbridge formerly had a castle, but no trace now remains. It was besieged by Stephen about A. D. 1135. A younger branch of the Trowbridges settled in Somersetshire as early as 1541. They resided at Taunton in that county, and from this branch sprang the Trowbridges of America. That the Taunton family descended from that of Wiltshire is sufficiently proven by their arms, precisely the same as those seen in the stained glass window of the chancel of St. James' Church, Taunton, England. (Copied from the history of Woodbury, Connecticut.)
(I) John Trowbridge lived at Hutton, Somerset county, England, and died there in 1575.
In his will, dated February 17, 1575, he names two sons. Thomas, and Edmund, mentioned below, the former being remembered to this day for his bequest to the poor, the income of which is annually distributed in the parish church of St. Mary Magdalen, at Taunton, England. John Trowbridge named as executor of his will his two brothers, Thomas, Sr. and Thomas, Jr.
(II) Edmund Trowbridge, son of John Trowbridge (1), lived in Taunton, Somerset county, -England. He had a son, Thomas, mentioned below. He received a bequest from his father John of five silver spoons and a gold ring.
(III) Thomas Trowbridge, son of Edmund Trowbridge (2), was born in England about 1610. He came from Taunton, Somersetshire, England, and settled in Dorchester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, as early as 1636. His wife joined the church there in 1636, and their son was born there that year.' He drew a lot of land January 2, 1637, and at various times after that. Later in 1638 or early in 1639 however, he removed to New Haven. He was in the foreign shipping business and he continued in business, making voyages between the Barbadoes and England. He owned a house and lot in New Haven as early as 1639, but apparently was not living there. He and his wife and three children were living there in 1643, and he was rated as one of the richest men of the colony, paying taxes on five hundred pounds. In 1644 Mr. Cheever, the celebrated pedagogue, received payment for teaching Trowbridge's children; evidently the children were well educated for their day. He went to England in 1644, leaving his three sons and all his American property in charge of Henry Gibbons, who proved unfaithful to his trust. Sergeant Thomas Jeffries took the boys into his own family. Thomas Trowbridge wrote often from England to have Gibbons brought to account, but without avail. Kven a power of attorney to his sons was not effective. Thomas Trowbridge died in Taunton, England, February 7, 1672-73, and soon afterwards Gibbons gave to the sons a deed of everything he had, even to the bed he slept on, in an endeavor to make good the property of the family. When Gibbons died in 1086 Thomas Trowbridge was appointed his administrator and recovered all there was left of his father's estate in New Haven. The sons of Thomas Trowbridge were: 1. Thomas, born 1632 at Taunton, England. 2. William, born 1634. 3. James, born 1636. at Dorchester, Massachusetts, mentioned below.
(IV) Deacon James Trowbridge, son of Thomas Trowbridge (3), was bom at Dorchester, Massachusetts, in 1636, and baptized two years later. In 1641 he removed with his father to New Haven, Connecticut. He lived in New Haven until nearly twenty-one years old, when he returned to Dorchester and occupied the land his father had owned before removing to New Haven. He removed in 1664 to Cambridge Village, now Newton, Massachusetts. His wife Margaret. Thomas Wiswan, Goodman Kinwright, were dismissed by the Dorchester church July 11, 1664, to the church gathered at Cambridge Village. James Trowbridge was elected deacon to succeed his father-inlaw in 1675. and held the office forty-two consecutive years. In 1675 he bought of Deputy Governor Danforth a farm of eighty-five acres with house and other buildings, where the governor had lived several years, adjoining his farm, and the descendants of James Trowbridge have ever since kept in their possession a considerable part of the original homestead in Newton. In the seventh generation the place was owned by Nathan Trowbridge. James Trowbridge was selectman on the very first board, elected August 27, 1679, and served nine years. He was clerk of writs 1692-93, lieutenant of the military company, deputy to the general court from 1700 to 1703. He made his will in 1709, and added a codicil in 1715; it was proved in June, 1717. He mentioned his rights in land at Dorchester received from his father, Thomas Trowbridge. The estate amounted to two hundred and forty pounds and seven shillings.
He married December 30, 1659, Margaret Atherton, daughter of Major General Humphrey Atherton. She died August 17, 1672, and he married (second). January 30, 1674, Margaret Jackson, daughter of Deacon John Jackson. She died September 16. 1727, aged seventy-eight years.
Children of the first wife:
1. Elizabeth, born October 12, 1660, married John Myrick.
2. Mindwell. June 20, 1662, married Jonathan Fuller.
3. John, May 22, 1664, married Sarah Wilson.
4. Margaret, April 30, 1666. married Hon. Ebenezer Stone.
5. Thankful, March 4, 1668, married Deacon R. Ward.
6. Hannah, June 15, 1672, married John Greenwood.
Children of the second wife;
7. Experience, November 1, 1675, married Samuel Wilson.
8. Thomas. December 4, 1677. mentioned below.
9. Deliverance. December 31, 1679, married Eleazer Ward.
10. James. September 20, 1682, married (first) Hannah Bacon; (second) Hannah Jackson
11. William, November 19, 1684, married Sarah Ann Ward; married (second) Sarah Fullam.
12. Abigail, April 11, 1687, probably never married.
13. Caleb. November 9, 1692, married Sarah Oliver; married (second) Hannah Walter.
(V) Lieutenant Thomas Trowbridge, son of James Trowbridge (4), was born December 4, 1677, and died in 1724. He settled in Newton and removed to New London. Connecticut. He married his first wife about 1700; married (second), March 3, 1709, Mary Goffe. of Cambridge. He married (third), January 7, 1716, Susanna . In 1725 Edmund Goffe was appointed guardian of Trowbridge's minor children Edmund and Lydia, and Mr. Nathaniel Longley of Mary Trowbridge, aged thirteen.
Child of the first wife.
1. John, born about 1702. mentioned below.
Children of the second wife:
2. Edmund, born 1709, Harvard graduate, 1728; married Martha Remington and resided in Cambridge.
3. Lydia, born 1710-11. married, 1737. Richard Dana, and was mother of Chief Justice Dana.
4. Mary, born 1713, married Eben Chamberlain, in 1733.
5. Abigail, born about 1720 (see guardianship papers at Middlesex probate).
(VI) John Trowbridge, son of Thomas Trowbridge (5), was born about 1702, and died May 19, 1762. He was a housewright and came to Framingham, Massachusetts, as early as 1725. He bought fifty-five acres of land, part of the present Nathan Hosmer place, by deed dated February 3, 1726-27, from Joseph Buckminster. He exchanged this farm March 16, 1732, with Samuel Bullen for fifty acres of land and buildings, paying also fifty-five pounds. This farm adjoined Ezekiel How's. He also bought the Joshua Eaton place, now Captain Russell's and Mrs. Parsons, in 1742, and the Peter B. Davis farm in 1747. All his land was formerly of the six hundred acres of "reserved land," and the original title given by Colonel Buckminster or derived from him proving defective, Trowbridge recovered damages and gained new title of the heirs of Governor Danforth. Trowbridge was selectman and a prominent citizen of Framingham. He married Mehitable Eaton, daughter of Jonas Eaton. She was buried March 26, 1777.
Children:
1. Mehitable, born January 26, 1725-26. married Oldham (iates.
2. Mary, born July 27, 1728. married Amos Gates.
3. John, born May 22. 1730, married Margaret Farrar and lived in Framingham.
4. Lydia. born December 24, 1731, married. January 7, 1752-53. Ralph Hemenway.
5. Thomas, born April 1, 1734, mentioned below.
6. Ruth, born March 3, 1736, married Peter Rice.
(VII) Thomas Trowbridge, son of John Trowbridge (6). was born in Framingham, April 1, 1734, and died at Swanzey, New Hampshire, January 12, 1804. He lived in Framingham until 1771, when he settled in Fitzwilliam, where he was admitted to the church in 1772, removing to Swanzey. He was dismissed to the Swanzey church December 26, 1784. He resided on the J. O. C;ary place in Swanzey. His son Thomas succeeded to the homestead, and his grandson, Colonel Thomas Trowbridge, lived in Swanzey on the C. E. Hill place. Mr. Trowbridge married Hannah Perry, of Framingham, born 1735, died December 2, 1809, aged seventy four years.
Children, born in Framingham, except the two youngest:
1. Luther, born June 3, 1756, married Elizabeth Tallman and lived in Albany, New York.
2. Hannah, December 19. 1759. died 1804; married. November 22, 1781, Jonathan Whitin, Jr.
3. Edmund. March 2, 1762, died 1766.
4. Mehitable, February 6, 1764, married, July 1. 1781, Abijah Wetherbee; she died February 6, 1844.
5. Polly, June 6, 1766, married Page and lived in Ohio.
6. Thomas, June 5, 1768.
7. Joseph, May 5, 1770, mentioned below.
8. Margaret. April 6, 1774. married Belden and lived in Vermont.
9. Martha, born in Fitzwilliam, May 10. 1778, married Jonathan Whitcomb; she died September 3, 1822, at Dummerston, Vermont.
(VIII) Joseph Trowbridge, son of Thomas Trowbridge (7), was born in Framingham, May 5, 1770. He married, at the age of eighteen, April 27, 1788, Lucy Barnes, of Marlborough, born September 16, 1756, daughter of Frederick Barnes. A certificate on file at the Middlesex probate records states that "Joseph Trowbridge of Marlborough, a minor, and husband to Lucy, daughter of Frederick Barnes, late of Marlborough, chose John Stowe for his guardian," May 6, 1789. The guardian's bond states that his father Thomas Trowbridge was "late of Framingham, now of New Hampshire." John and Simon Stowe and Uriah Brigham were on the bond. Joseph died November. 1808, and his widow Lucy administered his estate. The inventory filed December 21, 1808, showed property valued at $1910.98.
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Lt. James Trowbridge"Register of officers and members of the Society of Colonial Wars in the State of New Hampshire"
TROWBRIDGE, LIEUTENANT JAMES, 1636-1717, Newton. Deputy to the General Court from Cambridge, 1700 and 1703. Served in King Philip's War. Colony of Massachusetts Bay.
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1st Settler's Memorial, Newton, MassachusettsOld East Parish Burying GroundNewton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Contributed by Paul E. Truesdell, Jr [petjr@nirai.ne.jp].
1st Settlers Monument North Side: "Dea. John Jackson gave one acre of land for this Burial Place and First Church, which was erected upon this spot.", "Abraham Jackson son of Dea. John gave one acre which two acres form the old part of This Cemetery." "Edward Jackson gave 20 acres for the Parsonage in 1660, and 31 acres for the Ministensal Wood Lot in 1681."West Side:s. = settledd. = died Druce, Vincent, s. 1650, d. 1678Eliot, John, s. 1664, d. 1668, 33yFuller, John, s. 1644, d. 1698, 87yHammond, Thomas, s. 1650, d. 1675Hyde, Jonathan, s. 1657, d. 1711, 85yHyde, Samuel, s. 1640, d. 1689, 79yJackson, Edward, s. 1643, d. 1681, 79yJackson, John, s. 1639, d. 1674Kenrick, John, s. 1658, d. 1686, 82yPark, Richard, s. 1647, d. 1665Parker, John, s. 1650, d. 1686, 71yPrentice, James, s. 1650, d. 1710, 81yPrentice, Thomas 2nd, s. 1650, d. no datePrentice, Thomas, s. 1649, d. 1710, 89ySpring, John, s. 1664, d. 1717, 87yTrowbridge, James, s. 1664, d. 1717, 81yWard, John, s. 1650, d. 1708, 82yWilliams, Abraham, s. 1662, d. 1712, 84yWilliams, Isaac, s. 1661, d. 1708, 69yWiswall, Thomas, s. 1654, d. 1683South Side: "Thomas Wiswall ordained ruling elder Jul 20 1664. His sons Enoch of Dorchester died Nov 28, 1706 age 73", "Rev. Ichabod Minister of Duxbury 30 y. Agent of Plymouth Colony in England 1690. Died Jul 23, 1700 age 63.", "Capt. Noah, of Newton an officer in the expedition against Canada killed in Battle with the French and Indians July 6, 1690 age 50. Leaving a son Thomas."East Side: "Rev. John Eliot Jr. first Pastor of the first Church Ordained July 20, 1664", "His widow married Edmond Quincy of Braintree died in 1700.", "His only daughter married John Bowles Esq. of Roxbury and died Jun 28, 1740 AET 75, "His only son John settled in Windsor Connecticut When he died in 1733. leaving a son John a student in Yale College.On Base: "First settlers of Newton. Erected Sep 1, 1852 Times of their settlement by descendants of the first settlers."Memorial Tablets Tablet 1522 "Rev. Joseph Grafton, d. Erected by his congregation as a grateful tribute to the many virtues of a devoted pastor who Watched over them with tender interest, christian, diligence and parental affection more than sixty years. Also to his worthy companion who exhibited in unusual perfection all the graces of the christian."Tablet 232 "Nehemiah Hobart, d. In this tomb are deposited the remains of the Reverend and very learned teacher of divinity, Nehemias Hobart, an estimable fellow of H.C., a highly faithful and watchful Pastor of the ch. of Newton, for forty years. His singular gravity, humility, piety, and learning, rendered him the object of deep verneration, and ardent esteem, to men of science and religion. He was born Nov 21, 1648, and d. Aug 25, 1712, in the 64th year of his age. (Original Inscription in Latin...badly deteriorated)"Tablet 1527 "A memorial of unsurpassed Ministerial fidelity hallowed affections, social virtues and holy perseverance, d. erected by many friends."Tablet 1150 "Hic depositum mori quod potuit Rev. Verig Venerandi Johannis Cotton ecclesiae Newtoniensis fidelissimi prudentissimi doctissimig nuxes Pastoris concionandi tam precandi facultate celiberrimi pictate specatis simi moribus Sanctissimi undequaq et Suavissimi ab omnibus bene meriti deploratiq. Anditoribu praecipue quibus vel mortuus concionari non, d. desimi Famal onge latiq. Vacalius et diuttus marmore durantissimo nomen perdulce proclamabit Morbo non Senecta tractus e viat decessit Maii 17 A.D 1757 ÆT. Suae 64 Offici ministratis"Tablet 43 "Here lie interred the remains of Madam Mary Cotton consort of ye late Rev. Mr. John Cotton who died lamented Sept. 28, 1761 age 63.", "Here lie intered the remains of Dr. John Cotton A.M. Son of ye late Rev. Mr. John Cotton who died much lamented Sept. 6, 1758 age 29. And died March 28, 1833. Virtus superavit annos""Squire Kenrick's" Epitaph on Marble Slab in Old City Cemetery, Newton, Massachusetts. Fast becoming obliterated and decipherable only with great difficulty"John Kebrick, Esq. Aet. 77 years "He was laborious, honest and frugalThough possessed of wealthHe loved not money but loved his fellow men.Sparing in self, d. indulgence and hospitable to allHe was a benefactor to the needy and unfortunate. To the fundsFor the poor of his native landAnd to benevolent societies and Christian charities every(where?)To the temperance reformation he was an efficient and devoted friend.Early impressed with the un......and inhumanity of slaveryAnd its peculiar incompatability with republican institutionsHe strove alone and unassisted to awaken his fellow manTo this subject.""He wrote often and persuasively for this cause.He republished gratuitously the writings of others.If there had been ten like him in the (country??)The stain of slavery would not have darkened the (stars??)In the North American Constellation.A forerunner of Abolition, a liberal contributorTo the first Society formed for that object in this countryAnd died in holding office.He believed that goodness consists in doing goodAnd that the truest homage to Almighty GodIs in reverent imitation of His blessed word.He was born Nov 6, 1755"
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Cambridge CompanyHe was a soldier in King Philip's War, being a lieutenant of the Cambridge village company of foot soldiers, and he was also a deacon of the church, evidently a man of note in his community.
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS VOLUME XIV—SIXTH MEMOIR BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR OF JOHN TROWBRIDGE 18434923 BY EDWIN H. HALL PRESENTED TO THE ACADEMY AT THE ANNUAL MEETING, 1930
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Deacon James TrowbridgeDeacon James Trowbridge was born in Dorchester, Massachusetts in 1636 and died May 22, 1717 . On attaining his majority, he returned to Dorchester and married first December 3, 1659, Margaret Atherton, who died June 17, 1672, the daughter of Major General Humphrey Atherton, who came from England and settled in Dorchester about 1636. (General H. Atherton succceeded Geneneral Robert Sedgwick as commander of the military forces, was employed in negotiations with the Indians and was killed by falling from his horse while reviewing the militia on Boston common, September 17, 1661.) James Trowbridge married second January 30, 1674, Margaret Jackson who was born June 20, 1649 and died September 16, 1797. He then moved to Cambridge Village after called Nonantum, and now Newton in 1664 and purchased 85 acres of land with dwelling and outbuildings, which he had occupied for some years, of Deputy Governor Danforth. After the death of Deacon John Jackson, he was chosen deacon of the Church 1675. By his will dated 1709, he bequeathed all the lands he had of him through his father in law, Atherton to the children of his first wife, equally. Source: The Greenwood Genealogies 1154-1914 by Frederick Greenwood, pg. 60.
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James Trowbridge married second January 30, 1674, Margaret Jackson who was born June 20, 1649 and died September 16, 1797. He then moved to Cambridge Village after called Nonantum, and now Newton in 1664 and purchased 85 acres of land with dwelling and outbuildings, which he had occupied for some years, of Deputy Governor Danforth. After the death of Deacon John Jackson, he was chosen deacon of the Church 1675. By his will dated 1709, he bequeathed all the lands he had of him through his father in law, Atherton to the children of his first wife, equally. Source: The Greenwood Genealogies 1154-1914 by Frederick Greenwood, pg. 60.
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James and Thomas Trowbridge Info."As a young man, Thomas Trowbridge settled in Exeter where he was engaged in business as a wool mercer. He became a member of the powerful Merchants and Adventurer's Guild. His wife Elizabeth Marshall's father, John Marshall, was sheriff, alderman and mayor of Exeter (1615) and her grandfather, Richard Bevys (Beavis), in addition to his political offices, was a successful merchant. It was probably through these connections that Thomas was able to gain entrance to this Guild.
Possibly in hopes of furthering his fortune, Thomas decided to take his family to America to set up his business there. He apparently did not intend to make the American Colonies his home because he left his oldest son, John, with his father in Taunton. He landed his family at Dorchester, Massachusetts in about 1636. He and his wife are noted in Dorchester church records as 'Mr. and Mrs.' Trowbridge, a distinction confined at that time to persons of established gentility. His wife was a member of the Dorchester church in 1637-38 and their youngest son, James, was baptized there. Thomas and Elizabeth must have found it a considerable hardship to live in the newly settled town of Dorchester, accustomed as they were to the comforts of a city like Exeter. Additionally, there was considerable friction among differing factions within the church.
Thomas and his family left Dorchester in about 1638 and moved to the New Haven Plantation. His name does not appear among those subscribed to the articles of agreement at the organization of the church or body politic there in June, 1639. He may have been absent from New Haven at the time or this Fundamental Agreement, as it was afterwards called, required that "church members only shall be free burgesses". He may not have been eligible to sign it for there is no evidence that he ever severed his connections with the Church of England and became a member of the Puritan Church.
In the list of Proprietors of the Plantation in 1641, he was credited with five heads in his family. They were: himself, his wife, and three sons, Thomas, William and James. His estate was given as £500, a large sum for that place and time and it was among the larger of the 123 estates mentioned in the listing.
He appeared to have spent very little time in New Haven, making several voyages to Barbados and England in pursuit of his business. His wife (Elizabeth Marshall Trowbridge) died in about 1641, possibly in the spring or summer. He returned to England about this time, possibly to settle her estate and intending to send his sons at a later date. No record has been found proving the exact date he left, but it was before the fall of 1641. When he returned to Taunton he got caught up in the English Civil War which started about that time. He served as a Captain in the Parlimentary Troops, serving under Colonel Blake in the defence of Taunton. He never returned to America.
Some sources say that he married his first cousin, Frances Trowbridge Godsall, widow Shattuck in England.During his final absence, Thomas left his sons under the care of his steward, Henry Gibbons, who appeard to be an unfaithful servant who seized Thomas' property and deserted the three boys. Town records show that the boys were declared wards of the Colony in November, 1641, and the court placed them under the care of a nearby neighbor, Sergeant Thomas Jeffreys and his wife, who took them into their home to rear and educate until 'such time as their father shall come over or send to take order concerning them.' Thomas regularly corresponded from England to the authorities in New Haven to bring Gibbons to an account for his breach of trust, but Gibbons kept the property for many years. When the Trowbridge boys came of age, Thomas gave them power of attorney to regain his property from Gibbons. The sons sued Gibbons and were successful in reclaiming their father's estate in 1680 which he had previously given them on a share and share alike basis. Gibbons himself died without issue."
Thomas Trowbridge brought his family to Dorchester, Massachusetts in 1634. In 1639 the family was at New Haven, Connecticut. Thomas returned to England where he died, leaving his three known sons in Connecticut.
Source: This story comes from the research notes of Paul L. Nichols
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James Trowbridge from findagrave.orgBirth: 1636, Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Death: May 22, 1717, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
PARENTS: Thomas Trowbridge and Elizabeth Marshall, married March 26, 1627 in St. Petrock, Exeter, England.
1st WIFE: Margaret Atherton, married December 30, 1659 in Dorchester, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of Major General Humphrey Atherton and Mary Wales.
Their children were:
James Trowbridge
Mary Trowbridge
Elizabeth Trowbridge
Mindwell Trowbridge
John Trowbridge
Margaret Trowbridge
Thankful Trowbridge
Hannah Trowbridge
Margaret Atherton Trowbridge died on August 17, 1672 in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
2nd WIFE: Margaret Jackson, married January 30, 1673 in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of John Jackson and Margaret Taft, first settlers of Newton.
Their children were:
Experience Trowbridge
Thomas Trowbridge
Caleb Trowbridge
Deliverance Trowbridge
From the History of Newton, Page 101-102
DEACON JAMES TROWBRIDGE was born in Dorchester, and baptized there in 1638. His father was Thomas Trowbridge, one of the early settlers of Dorchester, a merchant, and was engaged in the Barbadoes trade; he came from Taunton, England, where his father founded a large charity for poor widows, which is still administering for their benefit. Thomas went home to Taunton in 644, leaving his three sons in charge of Sergeant Jeffries, of Dorchester, who removed with those sons to New Haven about 1638. Thomas the father, died in Taunton, England, about 1670. James returned from New Haven to Dorchester about 1656 where he married Margaret, the daughter of Major Humphrey Atherton, December 30, 1659, and had three children in Dorchester, and removed to Cambridge Village; his wife Margaret was dismissed from Dorchester to form the church in Cambridge Village, in 1664. After the death of John Jackson he became deacon of he church. He was one for the first Board of Selectmen formed in the Village in August, 1679, and continued that office for nine years.In 1675 he purchased of Deputy Governor Danforth, eighty-five acres of land with a dwelling-house, standing where Mr. Nathan Trowbridge's house stood in later times, which he had occupied for some yeard; bounded by the highways west and south, a narrow lane north, his own land east, the dividing line being straight through the swamp. He was a Lieutenant Clerk of the Writs in 1691 an 1693, and Representative in the General Cours in 1700 and 1703. He had five sons and nine daughters, and upwards of eighty grandchildren. His first wife died June 17, 1672; second wife was Margaret, the daughter of Deacon John Jackson; she died September 16, 1727, aged 48. He died May 22, 1717, Aged 81, Leaving a will dated 1709.
HEADSTONE INSCRIPTION: Here lyes ye body of Deacon James Trowbridge dec'd May 22, 1717 in ye 81st year of his age.
ARTWORK: Winged Effigy
Burial: East Parish Burying Ground, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
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From the History of Newton, Page 101-102 (Massachusetts)
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Elizabeth Marshall and Thomas Trowbridge3649. Elizabeth Marshall was christened 24 March 1602/1603 in St Mary Arches, Exeter, Devon, England. She died 1641 in New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut [Parents]
Elizabeth, first wife of Thomas Trowbridge, and mother of his children, was baptized at St. Mary Arches Church, Exeter, 24 March 1562 of a family at the centre of commercial and civic power in the cathedral city. This was amply set forth in 1905 in an article by Emory McClintock, "Thomas Trowbridge and Elizabeth Marshall", NEHGR 59:291-97 (1905). Elizabeth's father, the Alderman John Marshall, Mayor in 1615, was deceased by the daughter's marriage. Her mother Alice was the second daughter of the name, baptized at St. Kerrians Church, Exeter, 7 June 1572, and Marshall's bride 30 August 1695 at St. Mary Arches. Alice, buried there 13 January 1630/1, left to her favorite daughter Mrs. Elizabeth Trowbridge, 50 and a 10 piece of plate (PCC 23 St. John). Alice's father was Richard Beavis, who died in office as Mayor of Exeter 26 August 1603. He had married (1) Elizabeth Price, from the Welsh "Ape Rhys", mother of Alice Marshall, and (2) Jane, daughter of Henry Huish of Sands.
Thomas and Elizabeth had the following children:
F i Elizabeth Trowbridge was christened 6 March 1627/1628 in St Petrock, Exeter, Devon, England. She was buried 10 May 1630 in St Petrock, Exeter, Devon, England.
M ii John Trowbridge was christened 5 November 1629 in St Petrock, Exeter, Devon, England. He was buried 16 February 1653/1654 in St Mary Magdalien, Taunton, Somerset, England.
English Origins of American Colonists, p.66
Will of JOHN TROWBRIDGE of Exeter, county Devon. There is oweinge unto me from my uncle Mr. James Marshall of Exon, merchant, 49, and from my father Mr. Thomas Trowbridge 10 which I lent him, and I have sent for Muclinx (sic) eight peeces of Sarges, cost twentie pounds And twentie fowre pounds Mr. Jno: Manninge of New England, merchant, owes me, and twentie one pounds Mr. William Davis of Muskeeta in Newfoundland owes, which I have ordered George Pardon, master of the Willinge Minde, to receive of him this yeare there and carry it with him for St. Lukas and bring home returnes with him, All which summes amounts unto 129, of which if it please God to take me hence 20 shal be disbursed for my buriall, and of the other 109 I give unto my honored father fortie pounds, to my brothers Thomas, William and James Trowbridge betweene them 50, to my aunt Mace 5, and to my cozen James Marshall 14. Dated at Taunton, 20 October, 1653. Witnesses to the identity of the handwriting: James Marshall, senior, Christo: Clarke, junior, Chr: Dore. 26 June, 1654, commission to Thomas Trowbridge, father and principal legetary named in the will of John Trowbridge, late of the city of Exeter, deceased, to administer. (P.C.C. Alchin, 492.) M iii Thomas Trowbridge Jr. was christened 11 December 1631 in St Petrock, Exeter, Devon, England. He died 22 August 1702 in New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut 1824
M iv William Trowbridge was christened 3 September 1633 and died November 1688.
M v James Trowbridge 1, 2, 3 was born 1636/1637 in Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts and was christened 1637/1638 in Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. He died 22 May 1717 in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts and was buried in Old East Parish Burying Ground, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. James signed a will 1709 in Middlesex County, Massachusetts. He signed a will 1715 in Middlesex County, Massachusetts. He had a will probated June 1717 in Middlesex County, Massachusetts. James Trowbridge was likely born at Dorchester after his parents immigrated and was baptized there in 1637 or 1638. After his family's move to New Haven, CT, his mother died and, at about age 8, in 1644, his father returned to England, leaving James and his two brothers in the care of a Sgt. Thomas Jeffries, possibly a relative from the Taunton, England area.As the result of a lawsuit against their father's steward in New Haven, James acquired his father's property in Dorchester, Massachusetts and moved there, where he married his first wife in 1659. He removed to Cambridge Village, now Newton, in 1664. After the death of Deacon John Jackson, his second wife's father, he was chosen Deacon of the church at Newton.In 1675 he purchased 85 acres of land and a dwelling house and out buildings from Deputy Governor Danforth; he had occupied this land for some years. He was chosen one of the first Selectmen at the organization of the town 27 August 1679 and held that office for 9 years. He was clerk of the Writs in 1691 and 1693, and Commissioner, Lieutenant and Representative to the General Court in 1700 and 1703.
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Biographical sketchFrom New England Families, page 1211-12, Google Books, Thomas came to Dorchester, Massachusetts with his wife and two sons (Thomas and William), perhaps in 1636, and appeared to have been affluent as they are recorded as "Mr. and Mrs." His wife is mentioned in church records in 1638, and James was baptized in the Dorchester church in 1637 or 38. In 1639 he moved to New Haven, Connecticut, where in 1641 he shows up in records with "five heads of families." His business was shipping, and his fortune seems to have been large for the day. He returned to England in 1641 and left his estate under the direction of Henry Gibbons--who promptly took as much as he could until finally Thomas Junior was able to recover everything. Thomas Sr. died in England and his wife died in Connecticut.
When Thomas Sr. left, the boys, (Thomas Jr., William, and James) were, in April of 1644, in such sorry state regarding access to their estate that the town placed them under the care of Sargent Thomas Jeffrey and his wife "to be well educated and nurtured in the fear of God." Thomas Jr. became an active citizen and businessman and probably served in King Phillip's War.
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LieutenantJames Trowbridge served as a Lieutenant in King Phillip's War, 1675–1676.
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TROWBRIDGEThe name of TROWBRIDGE is of high antiquity in England as persons bearing that name are found to have lived during the reign of William the Conqueror. The first of the name are found in Trowbridge, a market town and parish in Wiltshire, England, which town received its name from that of one of the family, being their residence for many centuries, and the property of one of the name in the reign of Edward I. The name Trowbridge first appears in the Domesday book. Trowbridge formerly had a castle, but no trace now remains. It was besieged by Stephen about A. D. 1135. A younger branch of the Trowbridges settled in Somersetshire as early as 1541. They resided at Taunton in that county, and from this branch sprang the Trowbridges of America. That the Taunton family descended from that of Wiltshire is sufficiently proven by their arms, precisely the same as those seen in the stained glass window of the chancel of St. James' Church, Taunton, England. (Copied from the history of Woodbury, Connecticut.)
(I) John Trowbridge lived at Hutton, Somerset county, England, and died there in 1575.
In his will, dated February 17, 1575, he names two sons. Thomas, and Edmund, mentioned below, the former being remembered to this day for his bequest to the poor, the income of which is annually distributed in the parish church of St. Mary Magdalen, at Taunton, England. John Trowbridge named as executor of his will his two brothers, Thomas, Sr. and Thomas, Jr.
(II) Edmund Trowbridge, son of John Trowbridge (1), lived in Taunton, Somerset county, -England. He had a son, Thomas, mentioned below. He received a bequest from his father John of five silver spoons and a gold ring.
(III) Thomas Trowbridge, son of Edmund Trowbridge (2), was born in England about 1610. He came from Taunton, Somersetshire, England, and settled in Dorchester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, as early as 1636. His wife joined the church there in 1636, and their son was born there that year.' He drew a lot of land January 2, 1637, and at various times after that. Later in 1638 or early in 1639 however, he removed to New Haven. He was in the foreign shipping business and he continued in business, making voyages between the Barbadoes and England. He owned a house and lot in New Haven as early as 1639, but apparently was not living there. He and his wife and three children were living there in 1643, and he was rated as one of the richest men of the colony, paying taxes on five hundred pounds. In 1644 Mr. Cheever, the celebrated pedagogue, received payment for teaching Trowbridge's children; evidently the children were well educated for their day. He went to England in 1644, leaving his three sons and all his American property in charge of Henry Gibbons, who proved unfaithful to his trust. Sergeant Thomas Jeffries took the boys into his own family. Thomas Trowbridge wrote often from England to have Gibbons brought to account, but without avail. Kven a power of attorney to his sons was not effective. Thomas Trowbridge died in Taunton, England, February 7, 1672-73, and soon afterwards Gibbons gave to the sons a deed of everything he had, even to the bed he slept on, in an endeavor to make good the property of the family. When Gibbons died in 1086 Thomas Trowbridge was appointed his administrator and recovered all there was left of his father's estate in New Haven. The sons of Thomas Trowbridge were: 1. Thomas, born 1632 at Taunton, England. 2. William, born 1634. 3. James, born 1636. at Dorchester, Massachusetts, mentioned below.
(IV) Deacon James Trowbridge, son of Thomas Trowbridge (3), was bom at Dorchester, Massachusetts, in 1636, and baptized two years later. In 1641 he removed with his father to New Haven, Connecticut. He lived in New Haven until nearly twenty-one years old, when he returned to Dorchester and occupied the land his father had owned before removing to New Haven. He removed in 1664 to Cambridge Village, now Newton, Massachusetts. His wife Margaret. Thomas Wiswan, Goodman Kinwright, were dismissed by the Dorchester church July 11, 1664, to the church gathered at Cambridge Village. James Trowbridge was elected deacon to succeed his father-inlaw in 1675. and held the office forty-two consecutive years. In 1675 he bought of Deputy Governor Danforth a farm of eighty-five acres with house and other buildings, where the governor had lived several years, adjoining his farm, and the descendants of James Trowbridge have ever since kept in their possession a considerable part of the original homestead in Newton. In the seventh generation the place was owned by Nathan Trowbridge. James Trowbridge was selectman on the very first board, elected August 27, 1679, and served nine years. He was clerk of writs 1692-93, lieutenant of the military company, deputy to the general court from 1700 to 1703. He made his will in 1709, and added a codicil in 1715; it was proved in June, 1717. He mentioned his rights in land at Dorchester received from his father, Thomas Trowbridge. The estate amounted to two hundred and forty pounds and seven shillings.
He married December 30, 1659, Margaret Atherton, daughter of Major General Humphrey Atherton. She died August 17, 1672, and he married (second). January 30, 1674, Margaret Jackson, daughter of Deacon John Jackson. She died September 16. 1727, aged seventy-eight years.
Children of the first wife:
1. Elizabeth, born October 12, 1660, married John Myrick.
2. Mindwell. June 20, 1662, married Jonathan Fuller.
3. John, May 22, 1664, married Sarah Wilson.
4. Margaret, April 30, 1666. married Hon. Ebenezer Stone.
5. Thankful, March 4, 1668, married Deacon R. Ward.
6. Hannah, June 15, 1672, married John Greenwood.
Children of the second wife;
7. Experience, November 1, 1675, married Samuel Wilson.
8. Thomas. December 4, 1677. mentioned below.
9. Deliverance. December 31, 1679, married Eleazer Ward.
10. James. September 20, 1682, married (first) Hannah Bacon; (second) Hannah Jackson
11. William, November 19, 1684, married Sarah Ann Ward; married (second) Sarah Fullam.
12. Abigail, April 11, 1687, probably never married.
13. Caleb. November 9, 1692, married Sarah Oliver; married (second) Hannah Walter.
(V) Lieutenant Thomas Trowbridge, son of James Trowbridge (4), was born December 4, 1677, and died in 1724. He settled in Newton and removed to New London. Connecticut. He married his first wife about 1700; married (second), March 3, 1709, Mary Goffe. of Cambridge. He married (third), January 7, 1716, Susanna . In 1725 Edmund Goffe was appointed guardian of Trowbridge's minor children Edmund and Lydia, and Mr. Nathaniel Longley of Mary Trowbridge, aged thirteen.
Child of the first wife.
1. John, born about 1702. mentioned below.
Children of the second wife:
2. Edmund, born 1709, Harvard graduate, 1728; married Martha Remington and resided in Cambridge.
3. Lydia, born 1710-11. married, 1737. Richard Dana, and was mother of Chief Justice Dana.
4. Mary, born 1713, married Eben Chamberlain, in 1733.
5. Abigail, born about 1720 (see guardianship papers at Middlesex probate).
(VI) John Trowbridge, son of Thomas Trowbridge (5), was born about 1702, and died May 19, 1762. He was a housewright and came to Framingham, Massachusetts, as early as 1725. He bought fifty-five acres of land, part of the present Nathan Hosmer place, by deed dated February 3, 1726-27, from Joseph Buckminster. He exchanged this farm March 16, 1732, with Samuel Bullen for fifty acres of land and buildings, paying also fifty-five pounds. This farm adjoined Ezekiel How's. He also bought the Joshua Eaton place, now Captain Russell's and Mrs. Parsons, in 1742, and the Peter B. Davis farm in 1747. All his land was formerly of the six hundred acres of "reserved land," and the original title given by Colonel Buckminster or derived from him proving defective, Trowbridge recovered damages and gained new title of the heirs of Governor Danforth. Trowbridge was selectman and a prominent citizen of Framingham. He married Mehitable Eaton, daughter of Jonas Eaton. She was buried March 26, 1777.
Children:
1. Mehitable, born January 26, 1725-26. married Oldham (iates.
2. Mary, born July 27, 1728. married Amos Gates.
3. John, born May 22. 1730, married Margaret Farrar and lived in Framingham.
4. Lydia. born December 24, 1731, married. January 7, 1752-53. Ralph Hemenway.
5. Thomas, born April 1, 1734, mentioned below.
6. Ruth, born March 3, 1736, married Peter Rice.
(VII) Thomas Trowbridge, son of John Trowbridge (6). was born in Framingham, April 1, 1734, and died at Swanzey, New Hampshire, January 12, 1804. He lived in Framingham until 1771, when he settled in Fitzwilliam, where he was admitted to the church in 1772, removing to Swanzey. He was dismissed to the Swanzey church December 26, 1784. He resided on the J. O. C;ary place in Swanzey. His son Thomas succeeded to the homestead, and his grandson, Colonel Thomas Trowbridge, lived in Swanzey on the C. E. Hill place. Mr. Trowbridge married Hannah Perry, of Framingham, born 1735, died December 2, 1809, aged seventy four years.
Children, born in Framingham, except the two youngest:
1. Luther, born June 3, 1756, married Elizabeth Tallman and lived in Albany, New York.
2. Hannah, December 19. 1759. died 1804; married. November 22, 1781, Jonathan Whitin, Jr.
3. Edmund. March 2, 1762, died 1766.
4. Mehitable, February 6, 1764, married, July 1. 1781, Abijah Wetherbee; she died February 6, 1844.
5. Polly, June 6, 1766, married Page and lived in Ohio.
6. Thomas, June 5, 1768.
7. Joseph, May 5, 1770, mentioned below.
8. Margaret. April 6, 1774. married Belden and lived in Vermont.
9. Martha, born in Fitzwilliam, May 10. 1778, married Jonathan Whitcomb; she died September 3, 1822, at Dummerston, Vermont.
(VIII) Joseph Trowbridge, son of Thomas Trowbridge (7), was born in Framingham, May 5, 1770. He married, at the age of eighteen, April 27, 1788, Lucy Barnes, of Marlborough, born September 16, 1756, daughter of Frederick Barnes. A certificate on file at the Middlesex probate records states that "Joseph Trowbridge of Marlborough, a minor, and husband to Lucy, daughter of Frederick Barnes, late of Marlborough, chose John Stowe for his guardian," May 6, 1789. The guardian's bond states that his father Thomas Trowbridge was "late of Framingham, now of New Hampshire." John and Simon Stowe and Uriah Brigham were on the bond. Joseph died November. 1808, and his widow Lucy administered his estate. The inventory filed December 21, 1808, showed property valued at $1910.98.
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Historic homes and places and genealogical and personal memoirs ..., Volume 1 edited by William Richard Cutter
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Lt. James Trowbridge"Register of officers and members of the Society of Colonial Wars in the State of New Hampshire"
TROWBRIDGE, LIEUTENANT JAMES, 1636-1717, Newton. Deputy to the General Court from Cambridge, 1700 and 1703. Served in King Philip's War. Colony of Massachusetts Bay.
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1st Settler's Memorial, Newton, MassachusettsOld East Parish Burying GroundNewton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Contributed by Paul E. Truesdell, Jr [petjr@nirai.ne.jp].
1st Settlers Monument North Side: "Dea. John Jackson gave one acre of land for this Burial Place and First Church, which was erected upon this spot.", "Abraham Jackson son of Dea. John gave one acre which two acres form the old part of This Cemetery." "Edward Jackson gave 20 acres for the Parsonage in 1660, and 31 acres for the Ministensal Wood Lot in 1681."West Side:s. = settledd. = died Druce, Vincent, s. 1650, d. 1678Eliot, John, s. 1664, d. 1668, 33yFuller, John, s. 1644, d. 1698, 87yHammond, Thomas, s. 1650, d. 1675Hyde, Jonathan, s. 1657, d. 1711, 85yHyde, Samuel, s. 1640, d. 1689, 79yJackson, Edward, s. 1643, d. 1681, 79yJackson, John, s. 1639, d. 1674Kenrick, John, s. 1658, d. 1686, 82yPark, Richard, s. 1647, d. 1665Parker, John, s. 1650, d. 1686, 71yPrentice, James, s. 1650, d. 1710, 81yPrentice, Thomas 2nd, s. 1650, d. no datePrentice, Thomas, s. 1649, d. 1710, 89ySpring, John, s. 1664, d. 1717, 87yTrowbridge, James, s. 1664, d. 1717, 81yWard, John, s. 1650, d. 1708, 82yWilliams, Abraham, s. 1662, d. 1712, 84yWilliams, Isaac, s. 1661, d. 1708, 69yWiswall, Thomas, s. 1654, d. 1683South Side: "Thomas Wiswall ordained ruling elder Jul 20 1664. His sons Enoch of Dorchester died Nov 28, 1706 age 73", "Rev. Ichabod Minister of Duxbury 30 y. Agent of Plymouth Colony in England 1690. Died Jul 23, 1700 age 63.", "Capt. Noah, of Newton an officer in the expedition against Canada killed in Battle with the French and Indians July 6, 1690 age 50. Leaving a son Thomas."East Side: "Rev. John Eliot Jr. first Pastor of the first Church Ordained July 20, 1664", "His widow married Edmond Quincy of Braintree died in 1700.", "His only daughter married John Bowles Esq. of Roxbury and died Jun 28, 1740 AET 75, "His only son John settled in Windsor Connecticut When he died in 1733. leaving a son John a student in Yale College.On Base: "First settlers of Newton. Erected Sep 1, 1852 Times of their settlement by descendants of the first settlers."Memorial Tablets Tablet 1522 "Rev. Joseph Grafton, d. Erected by his congregation as a grateful tribute to the many virtues of a devoted pastor who Watched over them with tender interest, christian, diligence and parental affection more than sixty years. Also to his worthy companion who exhibited in unusual perfection all the graces of the christian."Tablet 232 "Nehemiah Hobart, d. In this tomb are deposited the remains of the Reverend and very learned teacher of divinity, Nehemias Hobart, an estimable fellow of H.C., a highly faithful and watchful Pastor of the ch. of Newton, for forty years. His singular gravity, humility, piety, and learning, rendered him the object of deep verneration, and ardent esteem, to men of science and religion. He was born Nov 21, 1648, and d. Aug 25, 1712, in the 64th year of his age. (Original Inscription in Latin...badly deteriorated)"Tablet 1527 "A memorial of unsurpassed Ministerial fidelity hallowed affections, social virtues and holy perseverance, d. erected by many friends."Tablet 1150 "Hic depositum mori quod potuit Rev. Verig Venerandi Johannis Cotton ecclesiae Newtoniensis fidelissimi prudentissimi doctissimig nuxes Pastoris concionandi tam precandi facultate celiberrimi pictate specatis simi moribus Sanctissimi undequaq et Suavissimi ab omnibus bene meriti deploratiq. Anditoribu praecipue quibus vel mortuus concionari non, d. desimi Famal onge latiq. Vacalius et diuttus marmore durantissimo nomen perdulce proclamabit Morbo non Senecta tractus e viat decessit Maii 17 A.D 1757 ÆT. Suae 64 Offici ministratis"Tablet 43 "Here lie interred the remains of Madam Mary Cotton consort of ye late Rev. Mr. John Cotton who died lamented Sept. 28, 1761 age 63.", "Here lie intered the remains of Dr. John Cotton A.M. Son of ye late Rev. Mr. John Cotton who died much lamented Sept. 6, 1758 age 29. And died March 28, 1833. Virtus superavit annos""Squire Kenrick's" Epitaph on Marble Slab in Old City Cemetery, Newton, Massachusetts. Fast becoming obliterated and decipherable only with great difficulty"John Kebrick, Esq. Aet. 77 years "He was laborious, honest and frugalThough possessed of wealthHe loved not money but loved his fellow men.Sparing in self, d. indulgence and hospitable to allHe was a benefactor to the needy and unfortunate. To the fundsFor the poor of his native landAnd to benevolent societies and Christian charities every(where?)To the temperance reformation he was an efficient and devoted friend.Early impressed with the un......and inhumanity of slaveryAnd its peculiar incompatability with republican institutionsHe strove alone and unassisted to awaken his fellow manTo this subject.""He wrote often and persuasively for this cause.He republished gratuitously the writings of others.If there had been ten like him in the (country??)The stain of slavery would not have darkened the (stars??)In the North American Constellation.A forerunner of Abolition, a liberal contributorTo the first Society formed for that object in this countryAnd died in holding office.He believed that goodness consists in doing goodAnd that the truest homage to Almighty GodIs in reverent imitation of His blessed word.He was born Nov 6, 1755"
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Cambridge CompanyHe was a soldier in King Philip's War, being a lieutenant of the Cambridge village company of foot soldiers, and he was also a deacon of the church, evidently a man of note in his community.
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS VOLUME XIV—SIXTH MEMOIR BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR OF JOHN TROWBRIDGE 18434923 BY EDWIN H. HALL PRESENTED TO THE ACADEMY AT THE ANNUAL MEETING, 1930
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Deacon James TrowbridgeDeacon James Trowbridge was born in Dorchester, Massachusetts in 1636 and died May 22, 1717 . On attaining his majority, he returned to Dorchester and married first December 3, 1659, Margaret Atherton, who died June 17, 1672, the daughter of Major General Humphrey Atherton, who came from England and settled in Dorchester about 1636. (General H. Atherton succceeded Geneneral Robert Sedgwick as commander of the military forces, was employed in negotiations with the Indians and was killed by falling from his horse while reviewing the militia on Boston common, September 17, 1661.) James Trowbridge married second January 30, 1674, Margaret Jackson who was born June 20, 1649 and died September 16, 1797. He then moved to Cambridge Village after called Nonantum, and now Newton in 1664 and purchased 85 acres of land with dwelling and outbuildings, which he had occupied for some years, of Deputy Governor Danforth. After the death of Deacon John Jackson, he was chosen deacon of the Church 1675. By his will dated 1709, he bequeathed all the lands he had of him through his father in law, Atherton to the children of his first wife, equally. Source: The Greenwood Genealogies 1154-1914 by Frederick Greenwood, pg. 60.
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