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We Served, We Settled
Patriots and Pioneers - The legacies of the Shane and Beck families
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 1598 - 1672 (73 years)
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| Name |
Trowbridge, Thomas |
| Birth |
8 Feb 1598 |
Taunton, Somerset, England  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
7 Feb 1672 |
Taunton, Somerset, England |
| Burial |
7 Feb 1672 |
- St. Mary Magdalen Church, Taunton, Somersetshire, England
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| Person ID |
I2295 |
Shane and Beck |
| Last Modified |
14 Jun 2023 |
| Father |
Trowbridge, John, b. 25 Mar 1570, Taunton, Somerset, England d. 5 Jul 1649, Taunton, Somerset, England (Age 79 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Mother |
Prowse, Agnes, b. 14 Apr 1575, Taunton, Somerset, England d. 6 Jun 1622, Taunton, Somerset, England (Age 47 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Marriage |
31 Jul 1597 [1, 2] |
- St. Peter's, Tiverton, England
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| Family ID |
F939 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 |
Marshall, Elizabeth, b. 24 Mar 1602 d. Bef 1639, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA (Age < 36 years) |
| Marriage |
26 Mar 1627 |
Exeter, Devon, England |
| Children |
| | 1. Trowbridge, Elizabeth, b. 6 Mar 1627 d. 10 May 1630, Exeter, Devon, England (Age 3 years) [Father: natural] |
| | 2. Trowbridge, John, b. 5 Nov 1629 d. 16 Feb 1653, Taunton, Somerset, England (Age 23 years) [Father: natural] |
| + | 3. Trowbridge, Thomas, b. 11 Dec 1631 d. 22 Aug 1702, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA (Age 70 years) [Father: natural] |
| + | 4. Trowbridge, William, b. 3 Sep 1633, Exeter, Devon, England d. Nov 1688, West Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA (Age 55 years) [Father: natural] |
| + | 5. Trowbridge, James, b. 1636, Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA d. 22 May 1717, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA (Age 81 years) [Father: natural] |
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| Family ID |
F937 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
14 Jun 2023 |
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| 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.
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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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