James TROWBRIDGE: Brooklyn Centre Change Log

1664 - 1732

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Birth 26 Mar 1664 New Haven, Connecticut [1]

Gender Male

Died May 1732 Wilton, Connecticut

Person ID I14252 Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish

Last Modified 24 Jan 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

Family 1 Lydia ALSOP, b. 26 Jul 1665, New Haven, Connecticut

Married 8 Nov 1688 New Haven, Connecticut

Children

1. James TROWBRIDGE, b. 13 Sep 1689

Family ID F6612 Group Sheet

Family 2 Esther HOWE, b. 18 Nov 1671, New Haven, Connecticut

Married 29 Sep 1692 New Haven, Connecticut

Children

	1. Isaac TROWBRIDGE, b. 1693
	2. Issac TROWBRIDGE, b. 1693, Stratford, Connecticut
	3. Esther TROWBRIDGE, b. 1694
	4. Mary TROWBRIDGE, b. 1697

Family ID F6614 Group Sheet

Family 3 Mary BELDEN, b. 17 Nov 1677, Hatfield, Mass.

Married 19 Apr 1698 Wilton, Connecticut

Children

>	1. Daniel TROWBRIDGE, b. 13 Aug 1701, Stratford, Connecticut
	2. Elizabeth TROWBRIDGE, b. 1 Mar 1702/1703
	3. Caleb TROWBRIDGE, b. 8 Apr 1706
	4. John TROWBRIDGE, b. 22 May 1709
	5. Abigail TROWBRIDGE, b. 1 Sep 1712
	6. Lydia TROWBRIDGE, b. 8 May 1715
	7. Sarah TROWBRIDGE, b. 29 Jul 1717

Family ID F6611 Group Sheet

Notes	James learned the trade of a "Cord - Wainer" or "Shoemaker" in his native town, and followed it in New Haven and also in Stratford, Connecticut, whither he removed in September 1693. He and his wife were admitted members of the Stratford Congregational Church April 8, 1694. In Stratford he was chosen sealer of leather at the town meetings held from 1698 to 1702. James lived on Long Hill. In 1712 he removed to the town of Norwalk, Conn. purchasing a large farm on Chestnut Hill in the Parish of Wilton. he there passed the remainer of his life, engaged in farming.. He was probably one of the three original members of the Wilton Congregational Church, and was appointed a committee to make arrangements for the settlement of the Rev. Mr. Sturgeon. He was appointed a deacon of the church an office which he filled until his death.

Sources
[S325] The Trowbridge Genealogy, History of the Trowbrige Family in America, Francis Bacon Trowbridge, (Heritage Books).