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Lawrence, John

Male Abt 1522 - 1579  (~ 57 years)


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  1. 1.  Lawrence, John was born about 1522 in Taunton, Somerset, England; died on 7 Sep 1579 in St James, Dorset, England.

    John married Hutchins, Alice about 1545. Alice was born in 1522 in Taunton, Somerset, England; was christened about 1522; died in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Lawrence, Joan Hutchins  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1546 in Taunton, Somerset, England; died on 20 Feb 1619 in Taunton, Somerset, England.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Lawrence, Joan Hutchins Descendancy chart to this point (1.John1) was born about 1546 in Taunton, Somerset, England; died on 20 Feb 1619 in Taunton, Somerset, England.

    Joan married Trowbridge, Thomas about 1569 in Somerset, England. Thomas (son of Trowbridge, John and Trowbridge, Ann) was born in 1542 in Taunton, Somerset, England; died on 20 Feb 1619 in England; was buried on 20 Feb 1619. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 3. Trowbridge, Alice  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 24 Jun 1568 in Taunton, Somerset, England; was christened on 24 Jun 1568 in Taunton, Somerset, England; died before 1619.
    2. 4. Trowbridge, John  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 25 Mar 1570 in Taunton, Somerset, England; was christened on 25 Mar 1570 in Taunton, Somerset, England; died on 5 Jul 1649 in Taunton, Somerset, England.
    3. 5. Trowbridge, Dorothy  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1572 in Taunton, Somerset, England; died about 1618.


Generation: 3

  1. 3.  Trowbridge, Alice Descendancy chart to this point (2.Joan2, 1.John1) was born on 24 Jun 1568 in Taunton, Somerset, England; was christened on 24 Jun 1568 in Taunton, Somerset, England; died before 1619.

    Alice married Webb, Benedict about 1590. Benedict was born about 1565. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 4.  Trowbridge, John Descendancy chart to this point (2.Joan2, 1.John1) was born on 25 Mar 1570 in Taunton, Somerset, England; was christened on 25 Mar 1570 in Taunton, Somerset, England; died on 5 Jul 1649 in Taunton, Somerset, England.

    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.

    John married Prowse, Agnes on 31 Jul 1597. Agnes (daughter of Prowse, John ll and Collack, Elizabeth) was born on 14 Apr 1575 in Taunton, Somerset, England; was christened on 15 Apr 1576 in Tiverton, Devon, England; died on 6 Jun 1622 in Taunton, Somerset, England; was buried on 6 Jun 1622 in Taunton, Somerset, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 6. Trowbridge, Thomas  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 8 Feb 1598 in Taunton, Somerset, England; died on 7 Feb 1672 in Taunton, Somerset, England; was buried on 7 Feb 1672.
    2. 7. Trowbridge, Elizabeth  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 8 Feb 1599 in Taunton, Somerset, England; died on 7 Feb 1673.
    3. 8. Trowbridge, John  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 31 May 1601 in Taunton, Somerset, England; died in Dec 1630.
    4. 9. Trowbridge, Prudence  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 3 Feb 1602 in Taunton, Somerset, England; died in UNKNOWN.
    5. 10. Trowbridge, Agnes  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 10 Feb 1604 in Taunton, Somerset, England; died on 14 Nov 1637 in Taunton, Somerset, England.
    6. 11. Trowbridge, William  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 22 Mar 1607 in Taunton, Somerset, England; died on 27 Mar 1616.
    7. 12. Trowbridge, James  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 3 Dec 1609 in Taunton, Somerset, England; died on 22 Oct 1638.
    8. 13. Trowbridge, Joan  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 21 May 1612 in Taunton, Somerset, England; died on 14 Oct 1616 in Taunton, Somerset, England.
    9. 14. Trowbridge, Tacy  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 7 May 1615 in Taunton, Somerset, England; died in UNKNOWN.

    John married Reed, Alice on 11 Mar 1623 in Tiverton, Devon, England. Alice was born about 1580. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 5.  Trowbridge, Dorothy Descendancy chart to this point (2.Joan2, 1.John1) was born about 1572 in Taunton, Somerset, England; died about 1618.

    Dorothy married Godsall, Robert on 22 Sep 1594 in Taunton, Somerset, England. Robert was born about 1570. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 15. Godsall\shattuck, Frances  Descendancy chart to this point


Generation: 4

  1. 6.  Trowbridge, Thomas Descendancy chart to this point (4.John3, 2.Joan2, 1.John1) was born on 8 Feb 1598 in Taunton, Somerset, England; died on 7 Feb 1672 in Taunton, Somerset, England; was buried on 7 Feb 1672.

    Notes:

    THOMAS TROWBRIDGE, b. ca. 1600, and named in his father John's nuncupative will I July 1649 as "eldest son" (PCC pro. 25 Feb. 1649/50) when he moved from Taunton to Exeter, where he was fined for freeman £12. On 20 Dec. 1624, according to registers of St. May Arches he m. Elizabeth Marshall. In his own parish of St. Petrocks were b. to him: 6 Mar. 1627 Elizabeth; 5 Nov. 1629 John; 11 Dec. 1631 Thomas; Sep. 1633 William. The child Eliz. d.y. & John, the s. & h., remained in England, d. 1653: local will, naming John Maiming of New England, merchant, Wm. Davis of Muskeeta, Newfoundland, implied that he had sailed the sea with father (vide Trowbrdge Family). Sons Thomas (Jr.) and William emigrated with parents to Dorchester, Mass., where James Trowbridge was born; they moved to New Haven, where Elizabeth the mother died. Three children remained to have large families. Thomas Sr. returned to Exeter to remarry, by license, widow Frances Shattuck 10 Feb. 1640 in St. David's church. She, his cousin, was dau. of Dorothy, dau. of Thos. Trowbridge (Sr.) of Taunton. Thos. Jr. paid £4 subsidy at West Muncton, nr. Taunton. By 1643 they were back in New Haven, a family of 5, rated at £5OO. When Taunton, under colonel, later admiral Robert Blake, was besieged by the royalists, Thomas served as captain in Cromwell's army, 1645. Later, he supported a wounded soldier's pension claim at Taunton Court of Sessions. He gave his New England sons power of attorney for property there 14 Jan. 1664. He and they traded to the Azores from both sides of the Atlantic. He was buried at St. Mary Magdalen Church, Taunton, Somerset, 7 Feb. 1672. (Trowbridge Family (1872); The Gen, cit).

    Thomas is the 4th cousin of his spouse, Elizabeth Marshall. Their common ancestors are John Prowse, lord of Chagford b. 1436, and his spouse, Joan Orchard.

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    From: (The Gen., op. cit., p. 13; "THE TROWBRIDGE ANCESTRY IN ENGLAND by Donald Lines Jacobus, THE AMERICAN GENEALOGIST, 18:3, pps. 129-137)

    As a young man, THOMAS TROWBRIDGE settled in EXETER where he became a member of the powerful MERCHANTS AND ADVENTURER'S GUILD. His wife ELIZABETH'S father, JOHN MARSHALL, was Sheriff, Alderman and Mayor of EXETER and ELIZABETH'S grandfather, RICHARD BEVYS (BEAVIS), was Mayor of EXETER from 1600 - 1603 when he died in office. JOHN MARSHALL, in addition to his political offices, was a successful merchant. It was probably through his connections that THOMAS was able to gain entrance to this Guild.

    When he immigrated to America, he was working as a merchant and was therefore not one of the Puritans in the settlement at Dorchester, MA. He sided with those who were dissatisfied with conditions at Dorchester and moved with them in 1639 to the NEW HAVEN Colony. He appeared to have spent very little time in NEW HAVEN, making several voyages to BARBADOS and ENGLAND in pursuit of his business. His wife, ELIZABETH, died in about 1643 or 44, possibly while he was away. He never returned to NEW HAVEN but returned to TAUNTON where he got caught up in the ENGLISH CIVIL WAR of 1645. He served as a CAPTAIN in the PARLIMENTARY TROOPS , serving under COLONEL BLAKE in the defence of TAUNTON. He later married his first cousin, widow Frances Shattuck, daughter of his aunt Dorothy Trowbridge.

    During his many absences he left his family under the care of his steward, HENRY GIBBONS, who appeared to be an unfaithful servant who seized THOMAS' property and deserted the three boys. Town records show where the boys were declared wards of the Colony and SERGEANT THOMAS JEFFRIES took them into his home to rear and educate. THOMAS corresponded with his sons and when they became of age, he gave them power of attorney to regain his property from GIBBONS. The sons were successful in reclaiming their father's estate which he gave them on a share and share alike basis. GIBBONS died without any children in about 1680.

    Buried:
    St. Mary Magdalen Church, Taunton, Somersetshire, England

    Thomas married Marshall, Elizabeth on 26 Mar 1627 in Exeter, Devon, England. Elizabeth (daughter of Marshall, John and Bevys, Alice) was born on 24 Mar 1602; died before 1639 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 16. Trowbridge, Elizabeth  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 6 Mar 1627; died on 10 May 1630 in Exeter, Devon, England; was buried in Exeter, Devon, England.
    2. 17. Trowbridge, John  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 5 Nov 1629; died on 16 Feb 1653 in Taunton, Somerset, England; was buried on 16 Feb 1653.
    3. 18. Trowbridge, Thomas  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 11 Dec 1631; died on 22 Aug 1702 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
    4. 19. Trowbridge, William  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 3 Sep 1633 in Exeter, Devon, England; was christened on 3 Sep 1633; died in Nov 1688 in West Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
    5. 20. Trowbridge, James  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1636 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA; died on 22 May 1717 in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.

    Thomas married Godsall\shattuck, Frances on 10 Feb 1640. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 7.  Trowbridge, Elizabeth Descendancy chart to this point (4.John3, 2.Joan2, 1.John1) was born on 8 Feb 1599 in Taunton, Somerset, England; died on 7 Feb 1673.

  3. 8.  Trowbridge, John Descendancy chart to this point (4.John3, 2.Joan2, 1.John1) was born on 31 May 1601 in Taunton, Somerset, England; died in Dec 1630.

    John married Rose, Judith in 1628. Judith was born about 1600. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 9.  Trowbridge, Prudence Descendancy chart to this point (4.John3, 2.Joan2, 1.John1) was born on 3 Feb 1602 in Taunton, Somerset, England; died in UNKNOWN.

    Prudence married Mace, William on 1 Jul 1621. William was born about 1600. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  5. 10.  Trowbridge, Agnes Descendancy chart to this point (4.John3, 2.Joan2, 1.John1) was born on 10 Feb 1604 in Taunton, Somerset, England; died on 14 Nov 1637 in Taunton, Somerset, England.

    Agnes married Wether, Charles on 13 Dec 1629. Charles was born about 1600. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 11.  Trowbridge, William Descendancy chart to this point (4.John3, 2.Joan2, 1.John1) was born on 22 Mar 1607 in Taunton, Somerset, England; died on 27 Mar 1616.

  7. 12.  Trowbridge, James Descendancy chart to this point (4.John3, 2.Joan2, 1.John1) was born on 3 Dec 1609 in Taunton, Somerset, England; died on 22 Oct 1638.

  8. 13.  Trowbridge, Joan Descendancy chart to this point (4.John3, 2.Joan2, 1.John1) was born on 21 May 1612 in Taunton, Somerset, England; died on 14 Oct 1616 in Taunton, Somerset, England.

  9. 14.  Trowbridge, Tacy Descendancy chart to this point (4.John3, 2.Joan2, 1.John1) was born on 7 May 1615 in Taunton, Somerset, England; died in UNKNOWN.

    Tacy married Seaman, Aldred on 1 Jan 1637/38 in Taunton, Somerset, England. Aldred was born about 1615. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  10. 15.  Godsall\shattuck, Frances Descendancy chart to this point (5.Dorothy3, 2.Joan2, 1.John1)

    Frances married Trowbridge, Thomas on 10 Feb 1640. Thomas (son of Trowbridge, John and Prowse, Agnes) was born on 8 Feb 1598 in Taunton, Somerset, England; died on 7 Feb 1672 in Taunton, Somerset, England; was buried on 7 Feb 1672. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Frances married Shattuck, **** about 1620. **** died before 1640. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
  

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