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                   Trowbridge Family Pg. 25 #2 - Thomas Trowbridge eldest son of Thomas Trowbridge the primitive settler, born in England in 1632; was twice married. 1st to Sarah Rutherford, daughter of Henry and Sarah Rutherford 24 June 1657 by whom he had eight children.  Mrs. Sarah (Rutherford) Trowbridge died 15 June 1687 aged 46 yrs.  2nd to Hannah Ball, widow of Eliphalet Ball and daughter of Major John Nash, by whom he had one child.  He was an Enterprising and successful West India merchant, Just of the Quorum and a man of note.  He died 22 August 1702 aged 70 leaving a large estate.  His wife Hannah (Ball) Trowbridge, died 3 February 1708.

Find a Grave - Thomas Trowbridge - birth: unknown - died: 22 August 1702 - age 70 yrs
Children: Hannah Trowbridge Whiting (1690-1748)
Spouse: Hannah Nash Trowbridge (1655-1707)
Burial: Center Church on the Green Churchyard, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
                  

                   Trowbridge Family Pg. 215-216 - #4 - Deacon James Trowbridge, third and youngest son of Thomas Trowbridge, the settle, from Taunton, England was born at Dorchester, Massachusetts, in 1636, and baptized in 138.  In 1641 his father moved, with his family to New Haven,Connecticut.  James, however, when near his majority, returned to Dorchester and occupied lands owned by his father prior to his removal.  He was twice married - 1st to Margaret Atherton, daughter of Major-General Humphrey Atherton, 30 December 1659, being about 23 yrs of age, by whom he had seven children.  She died 17 August 1672.  2nd He married Margaret Jackson, daughter of Deacon John Jackson 30 January 1674 by whom he had seven children.  In 1664 he moved from Dorchester to Cambridge Village, (now Newton).  The Dorchester Church Records state that the wife of Thomas Wiswall, the wife of Goodman Kinwright, and Margaret, the wife of James Trowbridge, were dismissed to the church, gathered at Cambridge Village, 11th of July 1664.  After the death of his father-in-law, Deacon John Jackson, he was elected to succeed him in office, in 1675, the duties of which he discharged until his death, a period of 42 years.  In 1675 he purchased of Deputy Governor Danforth 85 acres of land, with a dwelling-house and out-buildings thereon which the Governor had occupied for some years, bounded with the highways west and south, the narrow lane north, his own land east, "the dividing line being straight through the swamp."  This estate has always been occupied by his descendants, and is the property, at present (1869) of Mr. Nathan Trowbridge of the seventh generation from the first settler.  He was chosen one of the first board of selectmen, at the organization of the town 27 August 1679, and continued in that office nine years.  He was clerk of the Writs in 1692 and 1693; Lieutenant and Representative to the General Court in 1700 and 1703.  He left a will dated 1709, and a codicil dated 1715, proved June 1717.  The inventory of his personal estate was £240 Os. 7d.  By said will he bequeathed what right of lands he had in Dorchester which came by his own father, Thomas, to all his children equally; and all the right to lands that came by his father-in-law, Atherton, to the children of his first wife equally.  He died 22 May 1717, aged 81.  Mrs. Margaret Trowbridge died 16 September 1727, aged 78.

Find a Grave - James Trowbridge - born 1636 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA - died 22 May 1717 in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA

PARENTS: Thomas Trowbridge and Elizabeth Marshall, married March 26, 1627 in St. Petrock, Exeter, England.

1st WIFE: Margaret Atherton, married Dec 30, 1659 in Dorchester, Middlesex Co., MA. She was the daughter of Major General Humphrey Atherton and Mary Wales.

Their children were:
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 Co., MA.

2nd WIFE:  Margaret Jackson  , married January 30, 1673 in Newton, Middlesex Co., MA. She was the daughter of John Jackson and Margaret Taft, first settlers of Newton.

Their children were:
James Trowbridge
Experience Trowbridge
Thomas Trowbridge
Caleb Trowbridge
Deliverance Trowbridge
From the History of Newton, Page 101-102

DEA. 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 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
A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO MR. JIM SANDERS, THE ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTOR WHO ALLOWED ME TO ADOPT THIS MEMORIAL PAGE FOR MY 9TH GREAT GRANDFATHER.

Children:
   James Trowbridge (1682 - 1714)
Burial:
   East Parish Burying Ground, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA