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Birth |
8 Feb 1597/1598 |
Taunton, Somersetshire, England |
Gender |
Male |
Died |
BEF. 7 Feb 1671/72 |
Taunton, Somersetshire, England |
Person ID |
I14284 |
Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish |
Last Modified |
24 Jan 2005 00:00:00 |
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Father |
John TROWBRIDGE, b. 25 Mar 1570, Taunton, Somersetshire, England |
Mother |
Agnes PROWSE, b. 14 Apr 1575, Tiverton, Devonshire, England |
Family ID |
F6631 |
Group Sheet |
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Family |
Elizabeth MARSHALL, b. 24 Mar 1601/1602, St. Mary's Arches, Exeter, England |
Married |
20 Dec 1624 |
St. Mary's Arches, Exeter, England |
Children |
| 1. Elizabeth TROWBRIDGE, b. 6 Mar 1626/1627 |
| 2. John TROWBRIDGE, b. 5 Nov 1629 |
| 3. Thomas TROWBRIDGE, b. 11 Dec 1631 |
> | 4. William TROWBRIDGE, b. 3 Sep 1633, Exeter, Devonshire, England |
| 5. James TROWBRIDGE, b. 1636, Dorchester, Massachusetts |
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Family ID |
F6622 |
Group Sheet |
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- John; born 1510 in Hutton, Somersetshire, England. I do not yet know who his wife is. John is my 12th great grandfather. He died on 17-Feb-1574 at Hutton. He was the father of Thomas, born 1542 in Taunton, Somersetshire, England. Thomas married Joan Lawrence Hutchin sometime before 1570 and died on 20-Dec-1619 in Taunton. Thomas and Joan were the parents of John, born 25-Mar-1570 in Taunton. He married Agnes Prowse on the 31st day of July, 1597 in Tiverton, England. John was in the Woolen Trade business and well known in both Somersetshire and Devonshire.
We will begin with Thomas, the second of the nine children of John and Agnes (Prowse) Trowbridge. He was born 08-Feb-1597 at Taunton, Somersetshire, England and baptized at the Parish of St. Petrock. He married Elizabeth Marshall on 26-Mar-1627 at the Parish of St. Mary Arches in Exeter, Devonshire, England. Elizabeth was the daughter of Alice Bevys and John Marshall, Sherrif of Exeter, and granddaughter to Richard Bevys, Lord and Mayor of Exeter (elected 1600, died in Office 1603) . It is Thomas who is our first ancestor in America, having arrived at Dorchester in the Massachusetts Bay colony in 1636.
Owing to some religious difficulties arising in Dorchester, Thomas moved his family to New Haven, Connecticut sometime before 1644. Thomas actually spent very little time in America as he was involved in trading between the West Indies and England. In Taunton he was a "prominent citizen and wealthy merchant", his father having long since been identified with the woolen trade. As a young man, Thomas opened his business as a mercer in the city of Exeter.
It is unknown exactly when Elizabeth died. What is known is that in 1644 Thomas left his sons in the care of his servant, Henry Gibbons. He remained in close contact with the boys, but never returned to America. Thomas died in Taunton in 1673. Mr. Gibbons was charged by New Haven town authorities with mismanaging the property and moneys of Thomas and the boys (Thomas, William & James) were then placed in the care of Sgt. Thomas Jeffrey and his wife, there they passed their boyhood.
From Thomas our direct line follows his son, William, who was baptized on 03-Sep-1633 at the Parish of St. Mary Arches in Exeter. William was the fourth born of the five children of Thomas and Elizabeth. On 09-Mar-1655 he married Elizabeth Lamberton of the noteworthy Lamberton family in Milford, New Haven County, Connecticut.
It was William, who upon reaching his majority, attempted to bring Mr. Gibbons to an account of the moneys spent during his stewardship:
"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 marvells that there is not an account of it given. It was told him that some time has been spent in searching ye records, but it could not be cleared. Wherefore he paying the secretary then ye secretary would afford him that help he could therein to clear it."
"January 3, 1664, William Trowbridge having had a warrant for Henry Gibbons to answer him in action of ye case, was now called to clear this action. He required of Henry Gibbons an account of his father's estate that was left with him when he went to England. Wm. Trowbridge was asked by what authority he had made his demand? He showed a letter of attorney from his father, which being read was allowed and accepted. Henry Gibbons said that he had given him an account as well as he could, but the estate was taken out of his hands by order of authority here and therefore it must be referred to ye records. The records having been looked into formerly and matters not found so clear as was desired and there being much business at this time, the case was referred to another time."
At the county court held at New Haven on June 10, 1664, before James Bishop, assistant and moderator, commissioners and a jury in the case of Trowbridge vs. Gibbons:
"Wm. Trowbridge of New Haven, plaintiff, Henry Gibbons of same place, defendant, in the action of the case for an account of the estate of Mr. Thomas Trowbridge of Taunton in the realm of England mentioned in his letters of attorney dated ye 19th of January, 1662, and sometime in ye possession of trust of ye said Henry ye defendant disposed of and not accounted for."
The records of the transaction concerning the estate were read. Mr. Gibbons made some restitution, in which the plaintiff "seemed to be satisfied".
In 1664 William was master of the sloop COCKE, making many voyages out of New Haven. In July of 1667 he became one of the first residents in the parish of West New Haven. He built his house on Lamberton Farm in which he had received a 1/6th share from his father-in-law, George Lamberton. He owned an additional 144 acres on Long Island Sound near Oyster River. In early West Haven town records William is referred to as a "planter", in later records he is described as a "husbandman".
William was nominated a Freeman (having exclusive rights in the community) of the colony of Connecticut on 13-May-1669. He and his wife, Elizabeth (Lamberton) were admitted as members of the First Church of New Haven on 28-Apr-1686.
The next in our line would be Joseph, the son of William & Elizabeth, born in New Haven in 1676. He was the youngest of ten children. Very little is known of Joseph as he died young having fathered only 3 children: a son, Mathew, died while still an infant; a daughter, Anne, married Jacob Wakely; and the son David, our direct ancestor. What is known about Joseph is that he was a carpenter by trade, but farmed his own land. He married Anne Sherwood, the daughter of Captain Mathew Sherwood in 1708 at Fairfield. He and his wife were members of the Stratfield, Connecticut Congregational Church. He died sometime in May of 1715 as a Probate inventory of his estate was taken on the 31st of May, 1715. Anne then married Caleb Fairchild in 1716 and moved to Hanover, Morris County, New Jersey where she and Caleb raised David & Anne. Caleb & Anne had nine children together, I have not researched any of David's Fairchild half siblings; however, their names are Hezekiah (b.1717), Sarah (b.1722) Matthew(b.1720), Joseph (b.1724), Samuel (b.1726), Gershom (b.1728), Ebenezer (b.1730), Mehitable (b.1732) and Ezra (b.1734)
David, born 30-Dec-1709 at Stratfield, Connecticut married Lydia Holmes on 03-Jul-1735 in Bedford, New York. They settled in what is now known as Morristown, Morris county, in West New Jersey. He homesteaded the area known as Trowbridge Mountain, having derived it's name from the fact that David, several of his sons and his grandsons built their farms there. David was a farmer by trade and he and his wife were members of the Baptist church in Morristown.
The children of David and Lydia are known to have spread out into states such as: Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, Vermont, Ohio, Michigan, New York, Illinois, Kentucky and Indiana. Hence, Trowbridge lines everywhere.
Children of David and Lydia:
Lydia Trowbridge b: February 23, 1769 in Morristown, Morris County, New Jersey
Daniel Trowbridge b: December 28, 1737 in Morristown, Morris County, NJ
d: Abt 1786 in survied his wife but died while youngest son was a little boy
Shubael Trowbridge b: September 03, 1739 in Morristown, NJ
d: March 12, 1782 in Morristown, NJ
Ann Trowbridge b: November 15, 1740 in Morristown,NJ
d: June 06, 1755 in Morristown, NJ
Samuel Trowbridge b: February 23, 1741/42 in Morristown,NJ
d: Aft 1800 in Frederick County, Virginia farm called "Apple Pie Ridge"
David Trowbridge b: July 11, 1743 in Morristown, NJ
d: in Washington County, Indiana
Caleb Trowbridge b: May 29, 1745 in Morristown,NJ
d: March 13, 1760 in Morristown, NJ
Mary Ann Trowbridge b: October 17, 1747 in Morristown,NJ
Tabitha Trowbridge b: 1748 in Morristown, NJ : Bef 1758
Joseph Trowbridge b: April 16, 1749 d: July 07, 1753 NJ
Absalom Trowbridge b: May 25, 1750 NJ
d: September 10, 1824 in Randolph, New Jersey
Tabitha Trowbridge b: 1752 d: in died @ age 21 years and 8 months, Whippany, New Jersey
Job Trowbridge b: March 08, 1754 in Morristown, NJ
d: August 12, 1821 in Hart County, Kentucky
Joseph Trowbridge b: October 02, 1756 in Morristown, NJ
d: 1815 in Catawissa, PA
Ann Trowbridge b: January 30, 1763 in Morristown, NJ
d: December 12, 1767 in Morristown, NJ
Lydia Trowbridge b: February 23, 1769 in Morristown, NJ
Daniel was the second child born to David & Lydia, born 28-Dec-1737 on Trowbridge Mountain in the county of Morris, the state of New Jersey. Daniel also was a farmer by trade and a member of the Morristown Baptist Church. He is said to have been a soldier in the War of the Revolution but I am awaiting the documentation before stating this as a fact. On 04-Oct-1764 he married Sarah Ludlum at Morristown. There is some discrepancy about her last name. It is recorded in the marriage as Ludlum; however, clearly the descendants of her family use the name Ludlow. (Another area of research that still needs to be done.)
David, born 26-Jan-1768 at Morristown is the second of the seven children of Daniel & Sarah. He is listed in old records as a "weaver" and was thus employed as such in Morristown. In 1788 he married Hannah Beers, the daughter of Joseph Beers (another long time New Jersey family) and they had their first four children in Morristown. In 1791 he became a member of the Morristown Militia under Captain Joseph Halsey. Sometime in 1796 they removed to Painted Post in the county of Steuben in the state of New York where our Joseph Bears was born in 1797. (the surname Beers was pronounced Bears having derived from the name Bayer.) It is unclear where the spelling change took place. Joseph and his brother Henry both shared the same middle name, Beers. Our line spells it Bears and the line of Henry records it as Beers. Our only documentation of the Bears spelling exists in the family bible of Ruahma (Riley) Trowbridge. It is not known whether the family knowingly spelled it this way or whether Ruahma spelled it the way it sounded. It is known that when she gave some of her children this name as a middle name it was spelled Bears. (For anyone wishing to research this line, it will be necessary to research under the Beers spelling.) David and Hannah had five more children in Painted Post before moving to Cheviot, Ohio in 1818. Hannah died there in 1820 when her youngest child was but 12 years old. David & children then settled on Taylor's Creek in Greene Township. in the county of Hamilton, Ohio. David then married Catherine Dolph but no children were born of this marriage. In 1832 David moved to Milan, Ripley County, Indiana then on to Blountsville, Randolph County, Indiana where he died on 16-May-1859.
Joseph Bears was born on the 28th day of September, 1797 in Painted Post, Steuben County, New York. He was the fifth of 14 children born to David & Hannah. He moved in 1818, with his parents, to Ohio where religious reformation under Barton Warren Stone was "waking up the people". Joseph, having been raised a strict Calvinist-Presbyterian, got into several religious controversies, particularly with Father Shumaker, and continually came off second best. (Christian Standard Dec. 1883)
"He became satisfied that the Bible, and only the Bible, would do to tie up to as infallible, and dropping all his creed ideas, he began to study the Scriptures with an interest he had not hitherto known; and from his studies he learned and submitted himself to the Lord, fully determined to follow the teachings of the Scriptures."
(The Christian Standard Dec. 1883)
Joseph, having become knowledgeable not only in the Bible, but also in concepts of Mr. Stone, became the founder of the White Oak Christian Church in Cinncinati, Hamilton County, Ohio. He preached for congregations in Carthage, Mount Pleasant, Cumminsville & Miamitown in Ohio as well as many of the Christian churches in Kentucky and Indiana.
"He was a preacher for 53 years, during all that time supporting his large family by his physical labor on his farm. Thus has passed from us a man full of years filled up in labor, not only for this life, but in preparation of the life to come."
(The Christian Standard, Dec. 1883)
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