Trowbridge, Elizabeth

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Israel Trowbridge came with his father to Oxford , Conn., and was engaged in farming there, his home being near the meeting house. In the summer or fall of 1780 he removed to the town of Fair Haven, VT, where he settled on a farm in the eastern part of the town, near the west line of Castleton and on the north side of the road leading from Hydeville. He was one of the proprietors named in the charter of Fair Haven, and located in September, 1780, three divisions of his right, nearly three hundred acres, in one body, along Castleton line and the river.

Israel married Johnson, Mary in 1747 in Derby, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. Mary was born on 3 Dec 1724 in Derby, New Haven, Connecticut, USA; died in 1781 in Fair Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Issac Trowbridge received a grant of land from his father at the north end of Long Hill in Stratford, and settled there after his marriage. He conducted a tannery in Stratford for a number of years. On January 28, 1719-20, he was appointed with Col. Ebenezer Johnson of Derby a committee to run a line between the town and the Indians. The following year he removed to the parish of Ripton (Huntington), where he and his wife were among those who organized the Congregational church in that parish on February 12, 1724. He was elected a grand juror of Stratford in December, 1732. He removed to the adjoining township of Derby, and lived in that part now the town of Oxford, "the southwest part of Waterbury woods." In May, 1740, he was a petitioner for the setting apart of Oxford as a separate parish. The petition was granted May 7, 1741, and he was chosen clerk of the new parish at the first meeting, which was held June 30, 1741. He was active in organizing the Congregational church in Oxford, and he and his wife were among it's first members, being received October 27, 1745, from the church in Ripton.

PLACE NOTES: Huntington is an extinct town in Fairfield County, Connecticut established in 1789 from part of Stratford. Two daughter towns were created out of Huntington called Monroe, and Shelton. In 1919 Huntington was annexed to Shelton.

Isaac married Perry, Ruth in 1717. Ruth was born on 5 May 1690 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died on 27 Jan 1767 in Oxford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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James Trowbridge learned the trade of a "cord wainer" (shoemaker) in his native town and followed it in New Haven and also in Stratford, Connecticut, USA, whither he removed in September, 1693. He and his wife were admitted members of the Stratford Congregational church April 8, 1694. In Stratford he was chosen sealer of leather at the town meetings held from 1698 to 1702. He lived on Long Hill. In 1712 he removed to the town of Norwalk, Connecticut, USA, purchasing a large farm on Chestnut Hill in the parish of Wilton. He there passed the remainder of his life, engaged in farming. He was probably one of the three original members of the Wilton Congregational church, and was appointed a committee to make arrangements for the settlement of the Rev. Mr. Sturgeon. He was appointed a deacon of the church, an office he filled until his death. In the town of Norwalk he served as fence viewer in 1717, grand juror in 1719 and town collector in 1721.

James married Howe, Esther on 29 Sep 1692. Esther (daughter of How (E), Ephraim and Haugh, Anne) was born on 18 Nov 1671 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA; died in 1697 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]