Thomas Trowbridge

Family/Spouse: Mary Winston. Mary was born on 24 Jun 1667 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut; died on 16 Sep 1742 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut; was buried in Center Church on the Green Churchyard, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Sarah Trowbridge was born on 26 Nov 1686; died on 23 Jan 1761; was buried in Branford Center Cemetery, Branford, New Haven, Connecticut.

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A merchant and ship owner of New Haven, he held several different public offices during his career.

Thomas married Sarah Rutherford on 24 Jun 1657 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut. Sarah (daughter of Henry Rutherford and Sarah) was born on 31 Jul 1641 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut; was christened on 1 Oct 1643 in First Congregational Church, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut; died on 5 Jan 1687 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut; was buried in City Burial Ground, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Buried: 7 Feb 1672, St. Mary Magdalen, Taunton, Somerset, England

Notes:

One of DDB's six proven "gateway ancestors", one of DGH's four, one of LD's five, one of AW's three, and one of XYZ's two. He emigrated from Exeter to New England in 1636 or 1637 with his wife and children, settling first in Dorchester and then in New Haven. By April 1644, but possibly as early as February 1641, he was back in Exeter. It is not known that he ever returned to New England, but his children remained there and his American descendants are numerous.

Thomas Trowbridge (~1600-1673) = Elizabeth Marshall (b. 1602)
William Trowbridge (1633-1690) = Elizabeth Lamberton (1632-1716)
Elizabeth Trowbridge (1662-1732) = Peter Mallory, Jr. (1653-1720)
Caleb Mallory ()1681-1716) = Miriam Blakeslee (1688-1776)
Miriam Mallory (1708-1776) = Jonathan Hitchcock (b. 1701)
Lois Hitchcock (1741-1800) = Solomon Palmer (1740-1817)
Tamar Palmer (1771-1850) = Amos Ranney (1777-1850)
George Washington Ranney (1819->1900) = Fannie B. Coon (~1823-1894)
Flora Amalia Ranney (1858-1945) = Benjamin Richards (1858-<1890)
Edna Agnes Richards (~1880-1960) = John Alphonse McCarthy (~1872-1944)
Eileen Marie McCarthy (1901-1977) = Frank Patrick Herbert, Sr. (1893-1968)
Frank Patrick Herbert, Jr., author of Dune (1920-1986)

Thomas married Elizabeth Marshall on 26 Mar 1627 in St. Mary Arches, Exeter, Devon, England. Elizabeth (daughter of John Marshall, Mayor of Exeter and Alice Beavis) was born before 24 Mar 1602; was christened on 24 Mar 1602 in St. Mary Arches, Exeter, Devon, England; died in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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The date of her death has not been established; only that she had died in New Haven when her husband returned to England.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: Aft 8 Sep 1688

Henry married Sarah. Sarah died on 3 Feb 1673 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Mayor and magistrate of Taunton, Somerset in 1629 and 1637. Warden of St. Mary Magdalen. Constable and portreve of the castle manor.

John married Agnes Prowse on 31 Jul 1597 in St. Peter's, Tiverton, Devon, England. Agnes (daughter of John Prowse and Elizabeth Colwick) was born before 15 Apr 1576; was christened on 15 Apr 1576 in Tiverton, Devon, England; died before 6 Jun 1622; was buried on 6 Jun 1622 in Taunton, Somerset, Engand. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Also called Annis.

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Bailiff of Exeter in 1609; sheriff in 1609; mayor in 1615; alderman subsequent to that. His will refers to himself as "one of the Aldermen of the City of Exeter."

John married Alice Beavis on 30 Aug 1595 in Exeter, Devon, England. Alice (daughter of Richard Beavis, Mayor of Exeter and Elizabeth Price) was born before 7 Jun 1572; was christened on 7 Jun 1572 in St. Kerrian's, Exeter, Devon, England; died before 13 Jan 1631; was buried on 13 Jan 1631 in Exeter, Devon, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Referred to in the 25 Jul 1556 will of his mother's third husband, Peter Daberham, as "Thomas Strowbridge, my son in law, prentice in London."

"Thomas Trowbridge Sr. was a leading citizen and charitable founder, a mercer, with a Tudor mansion, extant, in the high street, and had served as constable and portreve of the castle manor." [Ancestral Roots, citation details below.]

Thomas married Joan Lawrence alias Hutchins. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: of Tiverton, Devon, England

John married Elizabeth Colwick on 1 Jun 1567 in Tiverton, Devon, England. Elizabeth (daughter of Robert Colwick and Richarda) was born in Tiverton, Devon, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Robert married Joan Owsley. Joan was born in of Chillington, Somerset, England; died after 9 Oct 1576. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Sheriff in 1591; governor of the Guild of Merchant Adventurers in 1594, and Mayor of Exeter in 1602. He died in office while mayor.

One of the executors of the will of his son Nicholas, dated 8 Nov 1612 and proved 2 Jun 1613, was Ignatius Jourdain (1561-1640), mayor of Exeter in 1617, and an ancestor of JTS.

Richard married Elizabeth Price on 6 Mar 1567 in Exeter, Devon, England. Elizabeth died before 12 Jul 1585; was buried on 12 Jul 1585 in Exeter, Devon, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Not Elizabeth Prouz (Prowse, Prous, etc.) as stated by Emory McClintock, based on a mistaken reading of the handwritten marriage record.

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Appears in Taunton records between 1525-45.

John married Alice. Alice died after Jul 1556. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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A clothier. He inherited copyhold land in the manor of Chevythorn, Tiverton from his father; at his death he had five manors in Devon and Cornwall and much other property.

John married Alice White about 1536. Alice died on 13 Aug 1583 in Tiverton, Devon, England; was buried in St. Peter's, Tiverton, Devon, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Referred to in contemporary records as an heiress, she may have been a daughter of Christopher Whyte, who was taxed on £10 of goods in 1546.

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Also called Colwyck, Colleck, Collocke. He was a merchant tailor and a clothier. He made his will, died, and was buried all on the same day.

Robert married Richarda. Richarda died before 10 May 1571. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]