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• Birth	3 Sep 1633	Exeter, Devonshire, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  DEAT	Nov 1688	New Haven, Connecticut
  Died	Nov 1688	West Haven, Connecticut
  Person ID	I14250	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	01 May 2005 00:00:00
  Father	Thomas TROWBRIDGE, b. 8 Feb 1597/1598, Taunton, Somersetshire, England
  Mother	Elizabeth MARSHALL, b. 24 Mar 1601/1602, St. Mary's Arches, Exeter, England
  Family ID	F6622	Group Sheet
  Family 1	Elizabeth LAMBERTON, b. 1632, London, England
  Married	9 Mar 1655/1656	Milford, Connecticut   [1]
  Children	1. Thomas TROWBRIDGE, b. 2 Oct 1659, New Haven, Connecticut > 2. James TROWBRIDGE, b. 26 Mar 1664, New Haven, Connecticut   3. Samuel TROWBRIDGE, b. 7 Oct 1670, New Haven, Connecticut   4. Joseph TROWBRIDGE, b. 1676, New Haven, Connecticut
  Family ID	F6618	Group Sheet
  Family 2	Elizabeth LAMBERTON, b. 1630, London, England
  Married	9 Mar 1655/1656	Milford, Connecticut
  Children	1. William TROWBRIDGE, b. 12 Nov 1657, New Haven, Connecticut   2. Elizabeth TROWBRIDGE, b. 5 Jan 1660/1661, New Haven, Connecticut   3. Margaret TROWBRIDGE, b. 1 Jun 1666, New Haven, Connecticut   4. Hannah TROWBRIDGE, b. 6 Jul 1668, New Haven, Connecticut   5. Abigail TROWBRIDGE, b. 7 Oct 1670, New Haven, Connecticut   6. Mary TROWBRIDGE, b. 12 Oct 1672, New Haven, Connecticut   7. Joeseph TROWBRIDGE, b. 1676, New Haven, Connecticut
  Family ID	F6621	Group Sheet

• Notes

  William was brought in childhood by his parents from England first to Dorchester in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and then to the plantation of New Haven. When his father was called back to England, he and his brothers were left in charge of his father's former servant Henry Gibbons. The latter mismanaged the property left for the boys support, and after a time they were taken from him by the town authorities and put under the care of Sergt. Thomas Jeffrey and his wife, and in their home William and his brothers passed thier boyhood. His schoolmaster was Mr. Ezekiel Cheever. Soom after reaching his majority William Trowbridge made an attempt to bring Gibbons to an account for his stewardship. His efforts were continued over a series of years, but gained little result during his father's lifetime. A few years after the latter's death Gibbons made some restitution as has been printed. William Trowbridge propounded to ye Court if he might have an account of his father's estate that was left in New Haven and for this end presented two letters from his father one dated March 6, 1655, the other March 4, 1658 wherein his father writes that he marvels that there is not an account of it given. IT was told that some time has been spent in searching ye records but it could not be cleared thein in to cleae it the Secretary would afford him what help he could therein to cleare it. "January 3, 1664, William Trowbridge having had a warrant for Henry Gibbons to answer him in an action of ye case was not called to enter his action. He required of Henry Gibbons an account of his father's estate that was left with him when he went for England.

• Sources

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