 1598 - 1672 (73 years)
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| Name |
Thomas Trowbridge |
| Birth |
8 Feb 1598 |
Taunton, Somerset, England  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
7 Feb 1672 |
Somerset, England |
| Burial |
7 Feb 1672/73 |
St Mary Magdalen, Taunton, Somerset, England |
| Person ID |
I12822 |
Bob Juch's Tree |
| Last Modified |
31 Dec 2022 |
| Father |
The Elder John Trowbridge, b. 25 Mar 1570, Taunton, Somerset, England d. 25 Jul 1649, Taunton, Somerset, England (Age 79 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Mother |
Agnes Prowse, b. 14 Apr 1575, Exeter, Devon, England d. 6 Jun 1622, Taunton, Somerset, England (Age 47 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Marriage |
31 Jul 1597 |
St Peters, Tiverton, England |
| Family ID |
F101 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 |
Elizabeth Marshall, c. 24 Mar 1602/03, St Mary Arches, Exeter, Devon, England d. 1641, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA (Age ~ 37 years) |
| Marriage |
26 Mar 1626/1627 |
St Mary's Arches, Exeter, Devonshire, England |
| Children |
| | 1. James Trowbridge, b. 1636/37, Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA d. 22 May 1717, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA (Age 80 years) [natural] |
| | 2. William Trowbridge, b. 3 Sep 1633, Exeter, Devon, England d. Nov 1688, West Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA (Age 55 years) [natural] |
| | 3. Elizabeth Trowbridge, c. 6 Mar 1627/28, St Petrock, Exeter, Devon, England bur. 10 May 1630, St Petrock, Exeter, Devon, England (Age ~ 2 years) [natural] |
| | 4. John Trowbridge, c. 5 Nov 1629, St Petrock, Exeter, Devon, England bur. 16 Feb 1653/54, St Mary Magdalien, Taunton, Somerset, England (Age ~ 24 years) [natural] |
| | 5. Jr. Thomas Trowbridge, c. 11 Dec 1631, St Petrock, Exeter, Devon, England d. 22 Aug 1702, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA (Age ~ 70 years) [natural] |
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| Family ID |
F4950 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
31 Dec 2022 |
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| Notes |
- THOMAS TROWBRIDGE, b. ca. 1600, and named in his father John's nuncupative will 1 July 1649 as "eldest son" (PCC pro. 25 Feb. 1649/50) when he moved from Taunton to Exeter, where he was fined for freeman 12. On 20 Dec. 1624, according to registers of St. May Arches he m. Elizabeth Marshall. In his own parish of St. Petrocks were b. to him: 6 Mar. 1627 Elizabeth; 5 Nov. 1629 John; 11 Dec. 1631 Thomas; Sep. 1633 William. The child Eliz. d.y. & John, the s. & h., remained in England, d. 1653: local will, naming John Maiming of New England, merchant, Wm. Davis of Muskeeta, Newfoundland, implied that he had sailed the sea with father (vide Trowbrdge Family). Sons Thomas (Jr.) and William emigrated with parents to Dorchester, Mass., where James Trowbridge was born; they moved to New Haven, where Elizabeth the mother died. Three children remained to have large families. Thomas Sr. returned to Exeter to remarry, by license, widow Frances Shattuck 10 Feb. 1640 in St. David's church. She, his cousin, was dau. of Dorothy, dau. of Thos. Trowbridge (Sr.) of Taunton. Thos. Jr. paid 4 subsidy at West Muncton, nr. Taunton. By 1643 they were back in New Haven, a family of 5, rated at 5OO. When Taunton, under colonel, later admiral Robert Blake, was besieged by the royalists, Thomas served as captain in Cromwell's army, 1645. Later, he supported a wounded soldier's pension claim at Taunton Court of Sessions. He gave his New England sons power of attorney for property there 14 Jan. 1664. He and they traded to the Azores from both sides of the Atlantic. He was buried at St. Mary Magdalen Church, Taunton, Somerset, 7 Feb. 1672. (Trowbridge Family (1872); The Gen, cit).
-From: Ancestry of Bob and Mary Beth Wheeler
Mary Beth Wheeler
Thomas Trowbridge removed from Taunton, England where he was born, to Exeter in Devon and established himself there as a mercer. He married an Exeter girl in 1627. "In the Exeter records, his marriage license appears as follows: '26 March 1627 Mr. Thomas Trobridge and Elizabeth daughter of Mrs. Alice Marshall widow married, Jeremy Short parson.'" [William Richard Cutter, "Genealogical & Family History of the State of Connecticut," Vol. I, (Orig. publ. NY, 1911; repr. by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1997), pg. 210.]
The ancestry of Thomas Trowbridge can be traced back to Hugh Capet, King of France, died 996 and his wide, Adelaide of Poitou, through Thomas's mother, Agnes Prowse. See Ancestors of American Presidents, pp. 191-192.
Thomas was one of the early settlers of Dorchester, MA, and of New Haven, CT, a merchant engaged in the Barbados trade from Jan. 1637 to 1639. He came from Taunton, Somerset, where his father had established a charity for poor widows which was still being administered in the mid-19th century. He was at Dorchester in 1636, where his wife became a member of the church in 1638. Their son James was baptized there in 1637 or 1638. They are referred to in Dorchester records as "Mr. & Mrs." a distinction confined at that time to persons of gentility. He was likely a member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company there, the name 'Thomas Strawbridge, 1638' likely a misspelling of his name. Thomas removed his family to New Haven 1639-1641 and appears in the census of 1641. His estate is given at 500 pounds, a large sum for the time, and his household consisted of 5 persons (he, his wife and 3 surviving sons. Records seem to indicate that his wife had died by the end of 1643, possibly in 1641.
He returned to England about 1641-1644 and left his 3 sons in charge of Sgt. Thomas Jeffries who came from the vicinity of Taunton, England and appears in probate records at New Haven, CT and was at Dorchester 1634 and New Haven 1637 or 1638. Thomas sailed for England leaving his houses, goods, lots and estates and chattel in trust with his steward, Henry Gibbons, who kept possession of Thomas's estates at New Haven for many years. It appears that Thomas never returned to New England.
In 1662, 18 years later, sons Thomas, William and James obtained power of attorney from their father, making his property over to them jointly and severally, and they sued Gibbons for possession. The suit was finally settled by Gibbons making a deed of property to Thomas, Jr. to take effect after the death of Gibbons.
Thomas, Sr. died at Taunton, England 1672, apparently never having returned to New England.
"The Ancestry of Lorenzo Ackley & his wife Emma Arabella Bosworth," N.G. Parke & D.L. Jacobus, 1960, pg. 136 speculates that Thomas may have been born about April, 1598, although provides no basis for the speculation. A baptism record has not been found. He was the eldest son and the date is a reasonable possibility.
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