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Trowbridge, John

Trowbridge, John

Male 1629 - 1653  (23 years)

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  • Name Trowbridge, John 
    Birth 5 Nov 1629  [1
    • St. Petrocks, Exeter, Devonshire, England
    Gender Male 
    Death 16 Feb 1653  Taunton, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial 16 Feb 1653 
    Person ID I2163  Shane and Beck
    Last Modified 14 Jun 2023 

    Father Trowbridge, Thomas,   b. 8 Feb 1598, Taunton, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Feb 1672, Taunton, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Marshall, Elizabeth,   b. 24 Mar 1602   d. Bef 1639, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age < 36 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 26 Mar 1627  Exeter, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F937  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
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  • Notes 
    • English Origins of American Colonists, p.66
      Will of JOHN TROWBRIDGE of Exeter, co. Devon. There is oweinge vnto me from my uncle Mr. James Marshall of Exon, merchant, £49, and from my father Mr Thomas Trowbridge £10 which I lent him, and I have sent for Muclinx (sic) eight peeces of Sarges, cost twentie pounds And twentie fowre pounds Mr Jno: Manninge of New England, merchant, owes me, and twen-tie one pounds Mr William Davis of Muskeeta in Newfoundland owes, which I have ordered George Pardon, master of the Will-inge Minde, to receive of him this yeare there and carry it with him for St. Lukas and bring home returnes with him, All which summes amounts vnto £129, of which if it please God to take me hence £20 shalbe disbursed for my buriall, and of the other £109 I give vnto my honored father fortie pounds, to my brothers Thomas, William and James Trowbridge betweene them £50, to my aunt Mace £5, and to my cozen James Marshall £14. Dated at Taunton, 20 Oct., 1653. Witnesses to the identity of the handwriting: James Marshall, senior, Christo: Clarke, junior, Chr: Dore. 26 June, 1654, commission to Thomas Trowbridge, father and principal legetary named in the will of John Trowbridge, late of the city of Exeter, deceased, to administer. (P.C.C. Alchin, 492.)

  • Sources 
    1. [S202] Ancestry.com, The Trowbridge genealogy : history of the Trowbridge family in America, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT; Date: 2005;), Thomas Trowbridge; Family registriy of Thomas Trowbridge of Taunton, England; Page 48; Family No. 1.
      John is unmarried.
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