Joan Lawrence (Hutchins) Trowbridge (abt. 1546 - abt. 1619)

Born about 1546 in Taunton, Somerset, England

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas Trowbridge — married about 1565 in Taunton, Somerset, England

Descendants

Died about 1619 at about age 73 in Taunton, Somerset, England

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Biography

Joan Lawrence alias Hutchins was the daughter of John Lawrence alias Hutchins and Alice ____. She was the wife of Thomas Trowbridge.^[1]

She was the mother of Alice (Trowbridge) Webb; John Trowbridge and Dorothy (Trowbridge) Godsall.^[1]

Resided at the Tudor Tavern at 15 Fore Street in Taunton -- presently the oldest surviving domestic dwelling in the city. Beneath the front window on the second floor of no. 15 is a board inscribed "T.T. 1578 I.T.", these initials can be identified as those of Thomas Trowbridge, described variously as a mercer or merchant tailor, and his wife Joan. Trowbridge stated in 1610 that he had held the premises for nearly thirty years. (Note, on Thomas wife, was her name Joan or Johanna? Somerset Record Office, DD/PM, box 7, makes mention of the facade panel erected by Thomas Trowbridge, this reads: T.T. 1578 I.T. Thomas and Johanna or Johane Trowbridge - the letters I and J being interchangeable at that time).^{[citation needed]}

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Donald Lines Jacobus. "The Trowbridge Ancestry in England" in The American Genealogist, vol. 18 no. 3, (January 1942):129-137. Online at AmericanAncestors.org ($)