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• Birth	14 Dec 1720	Wilton, Connecticut   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	1800	Tully, New York
  Person ID	I14229	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2005 00:00:00
  Father	Daniel TROWBRIDGE, b. 13 Aug 1701, Stratford, Connecticut
  Mother	Sarah SEYMOUR
  Family ID	F6609	Group Sheet
  Family	Molly DUNNING, b. 1732, Wilton, Connecticut
  Married	27 Nov 1752	Wilton, Connecticut
  Children	1. James TROWBRIDGE, b. 1757   2. Lurania TROWBRIDGE, b. 1758   3. Stephen TROWBRIDGE, b. 22 Jun 1760   4. Samuel TROWBRIDGE, b. 17 Jul 1761 > 5. Seth TROWBRIDGE, b. 1 Jun 1763, Wilton, Connecticut   6. Aaron TROWBRIDGE, b. 25 Mar 1765   7. Sarah TROWBRIDGE, b. 1769   8. Mary TROWBRIDGE, b. 9 Jul 1771   9. John TROWBRIDGE, b. 28 Feb 1772   10. Daniel TROWBRIDGE, b. 1773
  Family ID	F6606	Group Sheet

• Notes

  James settled in his native place the parish of Wilton, in the town of Norwalk, Conn where he was elected a tithingman in 1761 and a Grand Juror in 1763. Soon after the close of the Revolution he removed with several of his sons to Sheffield. Mass. The closing years of his life were passed with his eldest daughter in Tully, New York. He followed the trade of shoemaker for some years but for most of his life was engaged in farming..

• Sources

  [S317] The Trowbridge Genealogy, History of the Trowbridge family in America By Francis Bacon Trowbridge.