James
TROWBRIDGE
(b.
abt. 1636
,
Dorchester, Massachusetts Bay Colony
d.
22 May 1717
,
Newton, Province of Massachusetts Bay
)
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James TROWBRIDGE was born abt. 1636 in Dorchester, Massachusetts Bay Colony
James TROWBRIDGE was the child of ? and ?Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
James married Margaret ATHERTON 30 December 1659 in Dorchester, Massachusetts Bay Colony . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Margaret ATHERTON was born 30 April 1638 in Dorchester, Massachusetts, USA (Neponset). Margaret died 17 August 1672 in Newton, Massachusetts, USA. Margaret was the child of Humphrey ATHERTON and Mary WALES.
James TROWBRIDGE died 22 May 1717 in Newton, Province of Massachusetts Bay.
PARENTS: Thomas Trowbridge and Elizabeth Marshall, married March 26, 1627 in St. Petrock, Exeter, England.
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Margaret ATHERTON-- Date: 30 December 1659 Place: Dorchester, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Margaret ATHERTON was the child of Humphrey ATHERTON and Mary WALES
Children of James TROWBRIDGE and Margaret ATHERTON:
Margaret TROWBRIDGE (b.30 April 1666, Newton, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 4 May 1710, Newton, Province of Massachusetts Bay)
m. Ebenezer STONE 1686
Mary TROWBRIDGE (b.11 June 1670, Newton, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 14 April 1724, Brookline, Province of Massachusetts Bay)
m. Thomas STEDMAN
Margaret ATHERTON-- Date: 30 December 1659 Place: Dorchester, Massachusetts Bay Colony Margaret ATHERTON was the child of Humphrey ATHERTON and Mary WALES
Children of James TROWBRIDGE and Margaret ATHERTON:
Margaret TROWBRIDGE (b.30 April 1666, Newton, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 4 May 1710, Newton, Province of Massachusetts Bay)m. Ebenezer STONE 1686
Mary TROWBRIDGE (b.11 June 1670, Newton, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 14 April 1724, Brookline, Province of Massachusetts Bay)m. Thomas STEDMAN
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From the History of Newton, Page 101-102
DEA. JAMES TROWBRIDGE was born in Dorchester, and baptized there in 1638. His father was Thomas Trowbridge, one of he early settlers of Dorchester, a merchant, and was engaged in the Barbadoes trade; he came from Taunton, England, where his father founded a large charity for poor widows, which is still administering for their benefit. Thomas went home to Taunton in 644, leaving his three sons in charge of Sergeant Jeffries, of Dorchester, who removed with those sons to New Haven about 1638. Thomas the father, died in Taunton, England, about 1670. James returned from New Haven to Dorchester about 1656 where he married Margaret, the daughter of Major Humphrey Atherton, December 30, 1659, and had three children in Dorchester, and removed to Cambridge Village; his wife Margaret was dismissed from Dorchester to form the church in Cambridge Village, in 1664. After the death of John Jackson he became deacon of he church. He was one for the first...Read MORE...
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From the History of Newton, Page 101-102
DEA. JAMES TROWBRIDGE was born in Dorchester, and baptized there in 1638. His father was Thomas Trowbridge, one of he early settlers of Dorchester, a merchant, and was engaged in the Barbadoes trade; he came from Taunton, England, where his father founded a large charity for poor widows, which is still administering for their benefit. Thomas went home to Taunton in 644, leaving his three sons in charge of Sergeant Jeffries, of Dorchester, who removed with those sons to New Haven about 1638. Thomas the father, died in Taunton, England, about 1670. James returned from New Haven to Dorchester about 1656 where he married Margaret, the daughter of Major Humphrey Atherton, December 30, 1659, and had three children in Dorchester, and removed to Cambridge Village; his wife Margaret was dismissed from Dorchester to form the church in Cambridge Village, in 1664. After the death of John Jackson he became deacon of he church. He was one for the first...Read MORE...
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1659 Marriage / PartnerJames TROWBRIDGE and Margaret ATHERTON 30 December 1659, Dorchester, Massachusetts, USA (Neponset)
1666 Birth of ChildMargaret TROWBRIDGE was born 30 April 1666, Newton, Massachusetts, USA
1670 Birth of ChildMary TROWBRIDGE was born 11 June 1670, Newton, Massachusetts, USA
1672 Death of Spouse/PartnerMargaret ATHERTON died 17 August 1672, Newton, Massachusetts, USA
1710 Death of ChildMargaret TROWBRIDGE died 4 May 1710, Newton, Massachusetts, USA
1717 Death 22 May 1717
Newton, Province of Massachusetts Bay
James is buried at: East Parish Burying Ground Newton Middlesex County Massachusetts, USA
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