 1570 - 1649 (79 years)
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| Name |
John Trowbridge [1] |
| Title |
The Elder |
| Birth |
25 Mar 1570 |
Taunton, Somerset, England  |
| Baptism |
25 Mar 1570 |
Taunton, Somerset, England [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Christening |
25 Mar 1570 |
St Mary Magdelaine, Taunton, Somerset, England |
| Death |
5 Jul 1649 |
Taunton, Somerset, England [1] |
| Death |
25 Jul 1649 |
Taunton, Somerset, England |
| Person ID |
I287 |
Bob Juch's Tree 2 |
| Last Modified |
16 Feb 2025 |
| Father |
The Elder Thomas Trowbridge, b. 1542, Taunton, Somerset, England d. 20 Feb 1619, Taunton, Somerset, England (Age 77 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Mother |
Joan Lawrence, b. Abt 1546, Taunton, Somerset, England d. 20 Feb 1618, Taunton, Somerset, England (Age 72 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Marriage |
Taunton, Somerset, England |
| Family ID |
F106 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 |
Agnes Prowse, b. 14 Apr 1575, Exeter, Devon, England d. 6 Jun 1622, Taunton, Somerset, England (Age 47 years) |
| Marriage |
31 Jul 1597 |
St Peters, Tiverton, England |
| Children |
| + | 1. Thomas Trowbridge, b. 8 Feb 1598, Taunton, Somerset, England d. 7 Feb 1672, Somerset, England (Age 73 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| > | 2. Elizabeth Trowbridge, c. 18 Feb 1598/99 bur. 7 Feb 1672/73 (Age ~ 73 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| > | 3. John Trowbridge, c. 31 May 1601, Taunton, Somerset, England d. Dec 1630 (Age ~ 29 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| > | 4. Prudence Trowbridge, c. 3 Feb 1602/03, Taunton, Somerset, England [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| > | 5. Agnes Trowbridge, c. 10 Feb 1604/05, Taunton, Somerset, England d. 14 Nov 1637, Taunton, Somerset, England (Age ~ 32 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 6. William Trowbridge, c. 22 Mar 1607/08, Taunton, Somerset, England bur. 27 Mar 1616 (Age ~ 8 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 7. James Trowbridge, c. 3 Dec 1609, Taunton, Somerset, England bur. 22 Oct 1638 (Age ~ 28 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 8. Joan Trowbridge, c. 21 May 1612, Taunton, Somerset, England bur. 14 Oct 1616 (Age ~ 4 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| > | 9. Tracy Trowbridge, c. 7 May 1615, Taunton, Somerset, England [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
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| Family ID |
F101 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
16 Feb 2025 |
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| Notes |
- John Trowbridge was sole son and h. at his father's death 1620, and served Taunton as Mayor & Magistrate 1629 & 1637, and also as warden of St. Mary Magdalen, constable & portreve of Taunton castle manor. He m.(2) 11 Mar. 1623/4 Alice Reed of Tiverton. (The Gen., cit, pp. 1-2, 13, 15, 25 ).
"The Trowbridge Ancestry in England" by Donald Lines Jacobus, THE AMERICAN GENEALOGIST, 18:3, pps. 129-137)
JOHN TROWBRIDGE was even more prominent than his father. He was a wool merchant and had a shop next to his father on FORE STREET. Monies collected in 1611 for the relief of plague victims at Minehead and Dunster were brought to his house, and in 1625 he supervised the repair of the TAUNTON HOUSE OF CORRECTION, and provided a field at WEST MONKTON for tents to quarantine travellers suspected of bringing the plague from LONDON to TAUNTON. He was regularily churchwarden of St. Mary Magdalen, twice mayor of TAUNTON (1629-30 and 1637-8), and traded with LONDON and BRISTOL.
Rhoades, Trowbridge and Related Families 929.273 R346C He was a man of considerable wealth and became Chief Constable of Taunton and was elected major of Taunton.
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| Sources |
- [S78] Heritage Consulting, Millennium File, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2003.Original data - Heritage Consulting. The Millennium File. Salt Lake City, UT, USA: Heritage Consulting.Original data: Heritage Consulting. The Millennium File. Salt Lake City, UT, USA: ;).
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