Deacon James Trowbridge

James married Margaret Atherton on 30 Dec 1659 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts. Margaret (daughter of Maj. Gen. Humphrey Atherton and Mary) was born about 1633; died on 17 Aug 1672 in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

James married Margaret Jackson on 30 Jan 1674 in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Margaret (daughter of John Jackson and Margaret) was born on 20 Jun 1649 in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died on 16 Sep 1727 in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate death: 2 May 1725, New London, New London, Connecticut

Thomas married Mary Winchester about 1700 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts. Mary (daughter of John Winchester and Joanna Stevens) was born before 13 Aug 1676; was christened on 13 Aug 1676 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts; died before 3 Mar 1709 in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: 29 Oct 1709, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Margaret married Nathaniel Stowell on 22 Oct 1731 in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Nathaniel (son of David Stowell and Mary Stedman) was born about 1703 in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts; was christened on 20 Nov 1709 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died on 11 Mar 1757 in Pomfret, Windham, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Mehetabel Eaton about 1725 in Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Mehetabel (daughter of Jonas Eaton and Mehetabel Gould) was born on 12 Feb 1707 in Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died on 24 Mar 1777 in Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts; was buried on 26 Mar 1777 in Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Oliver married Abigail Strickland on 30 Jul 1778 in Stafford, Tolland, Connecticut. Abigail (daughter of Jonathan Strickland and Joanna Hibbard) was born on 16 Aug 1757 in New London, New London, Connecticut; died on 18 Aug 1856 in New London, New London, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Amos Gates on 28 Nov 1744 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Amos (son of Amos Gates and Hannah Oldham) was born on 28 Sep 1714 in Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts; was christened on 3 Oct 1714 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died in 1800 in Marlborough, Cheshire, New Hampshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate death: 23 Aug 1860, Ripon, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin

Notes:

From The Stowell Genealogy (citation details below):

There are so many of the Stowell name who have been Communicants of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and who have held prominent positions in it, that a short history of how they became members may be interesting.

They are all descendants of Augustus Oliver Artemas Stowell who was the first one of the name to join. He was a prominent lawyer of Westfield, N.Y. which place with Palmyra was the first center of the new faith founded in 1830. The following account of the way Augustus O.A. came to join the Church was written by his son William Rufus Rogers Stowell and has been taken from his family records.

"In Feb. 1833, when Augustus O.A. and his oldest son Dan were going to Westfield, N. Y. they overtook a Mrs. Brewster and invited her to ride. He remarked 'It is a very cold day.' She replied, 'Yes, it is exceedingly cold, nevertheless, it did not prevent five persons from being baptised today. He expressed surprise and inquired, 'Of what denomination?' She replied. 'Mormon.' He remarked he had never before heard of such a religion. She replied, 'They are a new sect of religionists and I am now on my way to attend one of their meetings.' She extended to him an invitation to be present which he accepted, sending his son Dan home with the team to inform his family."

"About eleven o'clock A.M. next day he arrived home accompanied by a Mr. Higbee who came with him to the saw mill of Augustus O.A. to buy a load of lumber. An important feature was that Augustus O.A. brought home with him a 'Book of Mormon' which had been loaned him by a neighbor, Mr. John Gould. He told his family what he had seen and heard, read the book, became absorbed in it and studied it intently, but made no comment until after he had twice carefully read it through, when he closed it with emphasis and said with conviction, 'That book is as true as the Bible.' This copy was of the first edition, printed in Palmyra, N.Y. in 1830 and is still in possession of the family."

"Augustus O.A. was baptised in his own mill pond by Elder James Higbee, the same man who accompanied him home from that first meeting. Soon after this his wife, his eldest son Dan and some of his daughters joined, but the second son William Rufus Rogers did not join until Aug. 1834, a year later."

"At this time the Mormons who were actively proselyting were also being subjected to violent persecutions, their property destroyed, and their persons assailed by hostile mobs, so they were forced to move from place to place, gradually gravitating West into what was then a new and sparsely populated country. They finally selected Jackson County, Missouri, as their prospective central headquarters."

"In 1834 a military body called 'Zion Camp' composed wholly of Mormons was organized and marched from Ohio to Missouri to defend their brethern, while the Elders strove to prevent the disintegration of their Church, already commenced, because of apostacy through fear and persecutions."

"These persecutions had an important bearing upon the relationship of Augustus O.A. to the Mormon Church for they served to weaken his faith in his religion. He was a strong patriot and a loyal citizen to his Government which he thought the Church antagonized. These views caused him to sacrifice his religion to his patriotism and he withdrew from the Church. He was doubtless honest in his motives but in error as to his facts. He returned to Westfield, N.Y., resumed the practice of law and became prominent in his profession, having previously been admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of N.Y., 11 May 1808. He became intolerant and finally forbid his wife and children from attending Church or associating with the Saints, but his son William Rufus Rogers continued in the Church. He had accompanied them in their migrations to Nauvoo, Ill. and was Captain of a military company in the pilgrimage over the Desert to Salt Lake City and in all their battles with the hostile Indians. He was ordained an Elder and rose through all the various Church offices until he became a Patriarch, the highest of all except the President."

To make the record complete it might be added that none of the brothers or sisters of Augustus O.A. ever joined the Mormon Church. Some of the daughters of A. O. A. however, joined and remained in it. Dan, the eldest son of A.O.A. joined when a boy, but after he grew up lost all interest in the Church and remained in New York and Indiana until 1853 when he started with his wife and family of six children for California, but was killed while on the way by the Indians at the massacre at Provo, 16 March 1854. Some of Dan's descendants are members of the Church and some are not.

Augustus, the third and only other son of A.O.A., remained in New York State and never joined the Mormon Church, nor did any of his children.

Augustus married Mary Stephens Holmes in 1820. Mary (daughter of James Holmes and Milly Rawson) was born on 15 Sep 1797 in Warwick, Franklin, Massachusetts; died on 20 Nov 1885 in Ogden, Weber, Utah; was buried in Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Utah. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ruth married Ebenezer Hemingway in Jun 1786 in Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Ebenezer (son of Samuel Hemingway and Hannah Rice) was born on 26 May 1760 in Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died on 27 Oct 1839 in Marlborough, Cheshire, New Hampshire; was buried in East Cemetery, Marlborough, Cheshire, New Hampshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: 23 Jan 1822, Solon, Cortland, New York
• Alternate death: 30 May 1901, Colonia Juárez, Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, Mexico

Notes:

From The Stowell Genealogy (citation details below):

Resided in Nauvoo, Ill.; Council Bluff, Iowa; Provo, Fillmore, Bingham's Fort and Ogden, Utah. Was a farmer. Went to Colonia Juarez, Mexico in 1889.

Went to Nauvoo with the Prophet Joseph Smith and shared in all the trials coming to the Valley in 1848. Was a Pioneer, Indian Scout and Capt. of a Mormon Company in all the battles with the Indians. Was a Patriarch of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints until his death, having held previously all the other minor offices in suecession. All his family have remained in the Church.

William married Sophronia Kelly on 9 Oct 1855 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah. Sophronia (daughter of Alexander Kelley and Mary Holmes Davis) was born on 15 Jul 1826 in Potton, Richelieu, Quebec; died on 24 Jan 1907 in Franklin, Franklin, Idaho; was buried in Franklin Cemetery, Franklin, Franklin, Idaho. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Also called Luther Hemenway.

"Brief Bio", posted to ancestry.com by user "janaiwin":

Luther Sr., son of Ebenezer and Ruth Gates Hemenway, was born in Framingham January 2, 1787 and came to Marlborough with his parents when but six months old. He married, for his second wife, Eliza Cummings on October 26, 1813. She was of a well-known and honored New Hampshire family. He was a blacksmith by trade and had a shop in Marlborough and was familiarly known as Captain Hemenway. He was a stanch man, an old-time Whig, interested in educational affairs, and was one of the number who formed the Social Library Association. He removed to Jaffrey, where he died February 13, 1872.

Luther married Betsy Cummings on 26 Oct 1813 in Marlborough, Cheshire, New Hampshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Joseph Jackson on 22 Nov 1887. Joseph (son of William Jackson and Mary Argyle) was born on 2 Apr 1852 in England; died on 13 Apr 1935 in El Paso, El Paso, Texas; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, El Paso, El Paso, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Also called Sarah Hemenway.

She is named ("my daughter Sarah Towne") in her father's will, written 1871, and the records of his probate include a note from Sarah Towne dated 2 Aug 1873 acknowledging receipt of thirty dollars, her share in the estate.

Sarah married Warren C. Towne on 15 Nov 1840 in Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Warren (son of Enos Towne and Lucy Browning) was born on 15 Sep 1815 in Barre, Washington, Vermont; died on 4 Nov 1895 in Keene, Cheshire, New Hampshire; was buried in Woodland Cemetery, Keene, Cheshire, New Hampshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Harriet married Benjamin Earl Stevens on 25 Aug 1912 in El Paso, El Paso, Texas. Benjamin (son of David Alma Stevens and Sariah Agnes Johnson) was born on 5 Aug 1889 in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona; died on 17 Jul 1974 in El Paso, El Paso, Texas; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, El Paso, El Paso, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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The 1880 and 1900 US census both say that her father was born in Vermont and her mother in New Hampshire. As of the 1900 census she was a widow.

Sophronia married Henry Harrison Hartwell on 5 Feb 1869. Henry (son of Haskell F. Hartwell and Sarah Ann Ellis) was born on 18 Nov 1849 in Springfield, Windsor, Vermont; died on 21 Feb 1898 in Mansfield, Bristol, Massachusetts; was buried in Spring Brook Cemetery, Mansfield, Bristol, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: (Private). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: 1874, Foxboro, Norfolk, Massachusetts

Bert married Mabel Rebecca Geddes on 17 Oct 1900 in Easthampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts. Mabel (daughter of George E. Geddes and Isabella Jean Murray) was born on 28 Sep 1881 in North Easton, Bristol, Massachusetts; died on 25 Feb 1958 in Wilmington, Middlesex, Massachusetts; was buried in Spring Brook Cemetery, Mansfield, Bristol, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: (Private). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He was an MIT graduate and an electrical engineer.

Henry married Constance Elizabeth Nash on 26 Jun 1937. Constance (daughter of Thomas Vinson Nash and Daisy Maria Blanchard) was born on 14 Sep 1913 in Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts; died on 11 Nov 2005 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts; was buried in Spring Brook Cemetery, Mansfield, Bristol, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]