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Seth Trowbridge

Seth Trowbridge

Male 1763 - 1836  (73 years)

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Seth Trowbridge was born in 1763 (son of James Trowbridge and Mary Dunning); died in 1836.

    Family/Spouse: Lucretia Spoor. Lucretia was born in 1765; died in 1855. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. John Trowbridge was born in 1790; died in 1884.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  James Trowbridge was born on 14 Dec 1729 in Wilton, Fairfield County, CT (son of Daniel Trowbridge and Sarah Seymour).

    Notes:

    BIRTH-DEATH-MARRIAGE-SPOUSE-PARENTS: The Trowbridge genealogy, history of
    the Trowbridge family in America; Francis Bacon Trowbridge; Tuttle,
    Morehouse & Taylor; New Haven; 1908.

    James married Mary Dunning. Mary was born in 1732; died in 1800. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Mary Dunning was born in 1732; died in 1800.
    Children:
    1. 1. Seth Trowbridge was born in 1763; died in 1836.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Daniel Trowbridge was born on 13 Aug 1701 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA (son of James Trowbridge and Mary Belden); died in 1800 in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.

    Notes:

    Daniel Trowbridge came with his father to the parish of Wilton in Norwalk, Conn., where he settled and was engaged in farming. His farm was near his father's on Chestnut Hill. He was elected fence viewer for Wilton in 1728; surveyor of highways in 1731; highway committeeman in 1737; grand juror in 1743 and 1749; and lister in 1747. He was a member of the Congregational church in Wilton, and was appointed one of its society's committee of three in 1733. The record of his death was not found.

    Daniel married Sarah Seymour in 1725 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, CT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Sarah Seymour (daughter of John Seymour and Sarah Gregory).

    Notes:

    BIRTH-DEATH-MARRIAGE-SPOUSE-PARENTS: The Trowbridge genealogy, history of
    the Trowbridge family in America; Francis Bacon Trowbridge; Tuttle,
    Morehouse & Taylor; New Haven; 1908.

    Children:
    1. Stephen Trowbridge was born on 16 Dec 1727 in Wilton, Fairfield County, CT.
    2. 2. James Trowbridge was born on 14 Dec 1729 in Wilton, Fairfield County, CT.
    3. Sarah Trowbridge was born about 1732 in Wilton, Fairfield County, CT.
    4. Abigail Trowbridge was born about 1735 in Wilton, Fairfield County, CT.
    5. Elizabeth Trowbridge was born about 1739 in Wilton, Fairfield County, CT.
    6. Joseph Trowbridge was born on 11 May 1741 in Wilton, Fairfield, CT.
    7. Daniel Trowbridge was born on 25 Aug 1726 in Wilton, Fairfield County, CT; died before 4 Dec 1792 in Bridgewater, Litchfield, CT.
    8. Samuel Trowbridge was christened on 18 Sep 1743 in Wilton, Fairfield County, CT.
    9. Lydia Trowbridge was christened on 27 Oct 1745 in Wilton, Fairfield County, CT.
    10. William Trowbridge was christened on 30 Dec 1747 in Wilton, Fairfield County, CT.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  James Trowbridge was born on 26 Mar 1664 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA (son of William Trowbridge and Elizabeth Lamberton); died about May 1732 in Wilton, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Birth: 21 Mar 1664, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

    Notes:

    James Trowbridge learned the trade of a "cord-wainer," or shoemaker, in his native town, and followed it in New Haven and also in Stratford, Conn., whither he removed in September, 1693. He and his wife were admitted members of the Stratford Congregational church April 8, 1694. In Stratford he was chosen sealer of leather at the town meetings held from 1698 to 1702. He lived on Long Hill. In 1712 he removed to the town of Norwalk, Conn., purchasing a large farm on Chestnut Hill in the parish of Wilton. He there passed the remainder of his life, engaged in farming.

    He was probably one of the three original members of the Wilton Congregational church, and was appointed a committee to make arrangements for the settlement of the Rev. Mr. Sturgeon. He was appointed a deacon of the church, an office which he filled until his death. In the town of Norwalk he served as fence viewer in 1717, grand juror in 1719 and town collector in 1721.

    Died:
    Age: 68

    James married Mary Belden on 19 Apr 1698 in Wilton, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. Mary (daughter of Daniel Belden and Elizabeth Foote) was born on 17 Nov 1677 in Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA; died after 1737 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Mary Belden was born on 17 Nov 1677 in Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA (daughter of Daniel Belden and Elizabeth Foote); died after 1737 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.

    Notes:

    Died:
    Age: 60

    Children:
    1. John Trowbridge was born on 22 May 1709 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died on 1 May 1777 in Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
    2. Abigail Trowbridge was born on 1 Sep 1712 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died in 1782 in USA.
    3. Lydia Trowbridge was born on 8 May 1715 in Wilton, Fairfield County, CT; died in 1785 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA.
    4. Sarah Trowbridge was born on 29 Jul 1717 in Wilton, Fairfield County, CT; died in Aug 1737 in USA.
    5. 4. Daniel Trowbridge was born on 13 Aug 1701 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died in 1800 in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
    6. Elizabeth Trowbridge was born on 1 Mar 1702/03 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died in 1723 in Wilton Parish, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
    7. Caleb Trowbridge was born on 8 Apr 1706 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died on 2 Jan 1759 in New Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
    8. Eleanor Trowbridge was born in 1722 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA; died in 1723.
    9. Elisha Trowbridge was born in 1725 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA; died in 1727.
    10. Benjamin Trowbridge was born in 1718 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA; died in 1720.
    11. Mary Trowbridge was born in 1708 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died on 3 Dec 1774 in North Carolina, USA.
    12. Mary Trowbridge was born in 1703 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died on 3 Dec 1774 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
    13. John Trowbridge was born in 1703 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA; died in 1705.

  3. 10.  John Seymour

    John married Sarah Gregory. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Sarah Gregory
    Children:
    1. 5. Sarah Seymour