Deacon John Trowbridge

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• Religion: 1701, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; John was elected a Deacon.
• Married: 27 Feb 1708, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; Sarah Wilson, the daughter of Joseph and Deliverance Wilson. Issue: 1. Jonathan Trowbridge (1711-____)
• Offices Held: 1720, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; 1720-1721 - Selectman Constable Assessor Surveyor of Highways
• Military: 1721, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; He was promoted to a lieutenant.

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• Moved To: Abt 1639, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut
• Moved To: Abt 1657, Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
• Moved To: 1664, Cambridge Village (now Newton), Middlesex County, Massachusetts; He moved and purchased 85 acres of land with a house and outbuildings which had been owned by Deputy Governor Danforth.
• Freeman: 1665, Cambridge Village (now Newton), Middlesex County, Massachusetts
• Offices Held: 1666; He was appointed a Constable.
• Deed: 1675, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; James Trowbridge was deeded land from Deputy Governor Danforth which became the Trowbridge Homestead.
• Religion: 1675, Cambridge Village (now Newton), Middlesex County, Massachusetts; He was elected a deacon in the Newton Church,.
• Offices Held: 1679 to 1688, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; He was a Selectman.
• Offices Held: 1700, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; He was elected the Representative to the Massachusetts General Court from Newton. He served again in 1703.
• Will: 1709, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts

James married Margaret Atherton on 3 Dec 1659 in Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Margaret (daughter of Major Gen. Humphrey Atherton and Mary Kennion) was born in 1638 in Massachusetts; died on 17 Jun 1672 in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Died:
Page (1877) and Gozzaldi (1930) give her death date as 17 August 1672.

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Married:
Greenwood (1914) and Larson (1998-Wales) give their marriage date as 3 December 1659.

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• History: Abt 1630; He was the founder of a charity for poor widows, which, as of 1912, is still administered for their benefit.
• Immigration: Abt 1634
• Occupation: Abt 1635, Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; He was a merchant who was engaged in trade with the Barbados.
• Residence: 12 Oct 1637, East Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut
• Residence: 20 Sep 1639, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
• Moved To: say 1640, England; He left his houses, goods, lots, estates, and chattels in trust with his steward, Henry Gibbons, who kept possession in New Haven for many years. His three sons were left in the care of Sargent Thomas Jeffries who was also from Taunton, England. The sons later sued Henry for their lands from Henry Gibbons.

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The date was recorded as 12 (8) 1647.

Residence:
The date was recorded as 20 (7) 1639

Thomas married Elizabeth Marshall on 26 Mar 1627 in Exeter, Devonshire, England. Elizabeth (daughter of John Marshall and Alice Bevys) was christened on 24 Mar 1602/03 in Exeter, Devonshire, England; died about 1641 in New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Immigration: 1635; Humphrey and Mary came to New England on board the James out of Bristol, England
• Military: 1638; He became a member of the Ancient and Honorable artillery Company.
• Freeman: 2 May 1638, Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
• Military: 1645; He was promoted to Lieutenant in 1645, Captain in 1652, Major in 1652 and Major General in 1661.
• Offices Held: 1653; He was the Speaker of the House.
• Military: 1656; He was the commander of the military forces of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, succeeding General Robert Sedgwick.

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He was killed by a fall from his horse on Boston Common, when on his return from a military review on the Common at about 1 o'clock in the morning.

Buried:
HEARE LYES OVR CAPTAINE AND MAIOR OF SVFFOLK WAS WITHALL
A GODLY MAGISTRATE VAS HE AND
MAIOR GENERALL
TWO TROVPS OF HORS WITH HIME HERE CAME SVCH WORTH HIS LOVE DID CRAVE
TEN COMPANYES OF FOOT ALSO MOVRNING MARCHT TO HIS GRAV
LET ALL THAT READ BE SVRE TO KEEP
THE FAITH AS HE HATH DON
WITH CHRIST HE LIVS NOW CROWND HI SNAME WAS HVMPRY ATHERTON
HE DYED THE 16 OF SEPTEMBER 1661

Humphrey married Mary Kennion on 29 Mar 1625 in Winwick, Lancashire, England. Mary died in 1672 in Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Immigration: 1635; Humphrey and Mary came to New England on board the James out of Bristol, England

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• Offices Held: say 1644, Taunton, Somersetshire, England; He was the Mayor.
• Will: 5 Jul 1649, Taunton, Somersetshire, England

John married Agnes Prowse on 31 Jul 1597 in Tiverton, Devonshire, England. Agnes (daughter of John Prowse and Elizabeth Collack) was christened on 14 Apr 1567 in Tiverton, Devonshire, England; was buried on 6 Jun 1622 in Taunton, Somersetshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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1st - John
1st - Agnes

John married Alice Bevys. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Legal: 18 Jan 1613/14, Wigan, Lancashire, England; An inquisition was taken after the death of Edmund. It states that his son, Humphrey, was four years and three months old.

Edmund married ElizabethEngland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]