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• Birth	2 Oct 1659	New Haven, Connecticut   [1]
  Gender	Male
  BIRT	2 Oct 1659	New Haven, Connecticut
  Died	Jul 1750	West Haven, Connecticut
  Person ID	I14245	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	01 May 2005 00:00:00
  Father	William TROWBRIDGE, b. 3 Sep 1633, Exeter, Devonshire, England
  Mother	Elizabeth LAMBERTON, b. 1632, London, England
  Family ID	F6618	Group Sheet
  Married	26 May 1684	New Haven, Connecticut
  Family ID	F6617	Group Sheet

• Notes

  Thomas settled in the Parish of West Haven, CT in his native town. His home was on the north side of what is now Main Street, a little east of Campbell Avenue, near the Green, but he also owned considerable farm land towards the Sound. He was engaged in farming and is described as "husbandman" in the public records of that time. He was elected a selectman of New Haven in 1715 & 1716. He was among the first members of the West Haven Congregational Church, organized in 1719, and became one of it's first two deacons an office which he held until his death. In 1733 his name heads the church fund with a donation of $ 130, the largest amount subscribed by any one person.

• Sources

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