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We Served, We Settled
Patriots and Pioneers - The legacies of the Shane and Beck families
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 1570 - 1649 (79 years)
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| Name |
Trowbridge, John |
| Birth |
25 Mar 1570 |
Taunton, Somerset, England  |
| Baptism |
25 Mar 1570 |
Taunton, Somerset, England [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
5 Jul 1649 |
Taunton, Somerset, England [1] |
| Person ID |
I2296 |
Shane and Beck |
| Last Modified |
14 Jun 2023 |
| Father |
Trowbridge, Thomas, b. 1542, Taunton, Somerset, England d. 20 Feb 1619, England (Age 77 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Mother |
Lawrence, Joan Hutchins, b. Abt 1546, Taunton, Somerset, England d. 20 Feb 1619, Taunton, Somerset, England (Age ~ 73 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Marriage |
Abt 1569 |
Somerset, England |
| Family ID |
F895 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 |
Prowse, Agnes, b. 14 Apr 1575, Taunton, Somerset, England d. 6 Jun 1622, Taunton, Somerset, England (Age 47 years) |
| Marriage |
31 Jul 1597 [1, 2] |
- St. Peter's, Tiverton, England
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| Children |
| + | 1. Trowbridge, Thomas, b. 8 Feb 1598, Taunton, Somerset, England d. 7 Feb 1672, Taunton, Somerset, England (Age 73 years) [Father: natural] |
| | 2. Trowbridge, Elizabeth, b. 8 Feb 1599, Taunton, Somerset, England d. 7 Feb 1673 (Age 73 years) [Father: natural] |
| | 3. Trowbridge, John, b. 31 May 1601, Taunton, Somerset, England d. Dec 1630 (Age 29 years) [Father: natural] |
| | 4. Trowbridge, Prudence, b. 3 Feb 1602, Taunton, Somerset, England d. UNKNOWN [Father: natural] |
| | 5. Trowbridge, Agnes, b. 10 Feb 1604, Taunton, Somerset, England d. 14 Nov 1637, Taunton, Somerset, England (Age 33 years) [Father: natural] |
| | 6. Trowbridge, William, b. 22 Mar 1607, Taunton, Somerset, England d. 27 Mar 1616 (Age 9 years) [Father: natural] |
| | 7. Trowbridge, James, b. 3 Dec 1609, Taunton, Somerset, England d. 22 Oct 1638 (Age 28 years) [Father: natural] |
| | 8. Trowbridge, Joan, b. 21 May 1612, Taunton, Somerset, England d. 14 Oct 1616, Taunton, Somerset, England (Age 4 years) [Father: natural] |
| | 9. Trowbridge, Tacy, b. 7 May 1615, Taunton, Somerset, England d. UNKNOWN [Father: natural] |
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| Family ID |
F939 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
14 Jun 2023 |
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| Notes |
- John Trowbridge was sole son and h. at his father's death 1620, and served Taunton as Mayor & Magristrate 1629 & 1637, and also as warden of St. Mary Magdalen, constable & portreve of Taunton castle manor. He m. (2) 11 Mar. 1623/4 Alice Reed of Tiverton. (The Gen., cit, pp. 1-2, 13, 15, 25 ).
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Proof: (The Gen., op. cit., p. 13; "The Trowbridge Ancestry in England" by Donald Lines Jacobus, THE AMERICAN GENEALOGIST, 18:3, pps. 129-137)
JOHN TROWBRIDGE was even more prominent than his father. He was a wool merchant and had a shop next to his father on FORE STREET. Monies collected in 1611 for the relief of plague victims at Minehead and Dunster were brought to his house, and in 1625 he supervised the repair of the TAUNTON HOUSE OF CORRECTION, and provided a field at WEST MONKTON for tents to quarantine travellers suspected of bringing the plague from LONDON to TAUNTON. He was regularily churchwarden of St. Mary Magdalen, twice mayor of TAUNTON (1629-30 and 1637-8), and traded with LONDON and BRISTOL.
ABSTRACTED DETAILS OF THE WILL OF JOHN TROWBRIDGE
The will of John Trowbridge of Taunton, woolendraper, published by word of mouth on 1 July 1649 in the presence of George Serle, esq., and Thomas Trowbridge, his son, and John Trowbridge, his grandchild. He left to his eldest son Thomas Trowbridge his messuage and tenement near Barthpoole Bridge in the parish of West Monckton, occupied by Henry Beale, to hold to Thomas for the remainder of his term therein after the deaths of the testator and Alice his wife. To his son Thomas his land in Stogursey, viz., certain tenements from which the testator received high rent. All his goods and chattels he left to his son Thomas whom he made sole executor. The will was proved on 25 Feb. 1649/50.
The will of John Trowbridge is found at the Public Record Office in London. The complete text can be found under ref. P.C.C. 32 Pembroke, Prob. 11/211.
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- [S202] Ancestry.com, The Trowbridge genealogy : history of the Trowbridge family in America, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT; Date: 2005;), John Trowbridge; Page 36;.
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- [S210] Weis, Frederick L, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who came to America before 1700, (Name: Genealogical Publishing Co; Location: Baltimore MD; Date: 2004;), Line 246G-41; Page 219.
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